Product Details

• Actors: Billy Jonas
• Directors: Paul Bonesteel
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Ivy Video
• VHS Release Date: January 15, 2000
• Run Time: 41 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000K3UM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #328,055 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A tremendously entertainng video for kids of all ages, July 21, 2000

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N. Weinstein (Snoqualmie, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Billy Jonas: Bangin' and Sangin' [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love this video. More importantly, my almost-three-year-old daughter thinks its the best. Billy's use of "industrial repercussion" (recycled drums, bells, etc.) is inspiring her to find musical instruments with anything in the house.

The kids in the video are energetic and fun to watch, but it's Billy's music that makes this a winner. Favorites: "Some Houses," about where we live and what our houses are made of; "Old St. Helens" the best song to date about the famous eruption of May 18, 1980--complete with dance steps; "One," a high energy tune with some great drumming by Billy.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The whole family loves Billy!, April 11, 2003

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bensmomma "bensmomma" (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Billy Jonas: Bangin' and Sangin' [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My kids (ages 4 and 9) had never heard Billy Jonas when I brought home this video, but his music is so infectious and enjoyable that they were both out of their seats and bouncing around within about 30 seconds of turning it on. The video replicates the energy of his live performance with kids in the 'audience' dancing and singing along.

I am your usually-cynical grown-up who would ordinarily avoid children's music for fear of sentimentality and bad songwriting, but Billy Jonas writes wisecracking lyrics and tuneful melodies that even Mom and Dad will be singing to themselves in the car on the way to work ("Some Houses are made of wood [mom bangs on the steering wheel]...bang on them and they sound good [mom bangs on the steering wheel some more]").

Since we got the video we've seen Billy perform live; you should drive for miles if you get that chance, he will lift your spirits for weeks.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gotta Love Billy Jonas!, October 1, 2002

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Deborah J. Taub "college prof and avid reader" (Lafayette, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Billy Jonas: Bangin' and Sangin' [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My whole family loves this video. I bought it for my 8 year old -- who favors songs like "Pharoah, Pharoah" (a song about the Exodus to the tune of "Louie, Louie" -- you've gotta hear it!). My 2 year old loves it too. And, the grown-ups in the house sing along at the tops of voices and drum on the tables and chairs. Billy encourages lots of participation with drumming on found instruments and dance moves.

It's infectious fun -- just look at how much fun the kids on the video are having!