Customer Reviews

Daniel O'Donnell & Friends [VHS]

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I purchased this video for my 81 years young mother. She adores Daniel O'Donnel's music. She has nearly worn out the video. As I write this, my 82 year old mother in-law is not only enjoying the presentation, she is giggling,humming and singing along with it. Yes, Daniel O'Donnell may not be for the Irish purest or younger generation but,at 54 myself, I have no trouble enjoying this man's performance of old Irish balads, a little mix of country artists, some Elvis, and he is now singing "How Great Thou Art." My mother in-law said "This is better than any movie!" I am about to order two more copies.

This has come and I purchased it for my mother-in-law. She likes it very much.

I received a garden program recorded off a tv program, not Daniel O'Donnell. I kept it as I have several flower beds and a large garden so always looking for new idea's.
Will try to order the VHS of Daniel O'Donnell again but from a different source.
We enjoy Daniel O'Donnell's music so very much and look forward to seeing him in person again. !

As with all of Daniel's work this is GREAT !!

We are thrilled with this DVD and all the others in Daniel's collection. We intend to buy more soon.

Nothing against grannies, I hope to be one myself eventually...but if you're looking for real Irish culture, this isn't it. Daniel O'Donnell is a glorified lounge singer and his material is aimed at the Lawrence Welk demographic. It's a mystery to me why he's become popular. He had a HUGE hit in Ireland with "Veil Of White Lace", some friends in Ireland were discussing it so I asked them to send me a tape. This oh-so-popular song turned out to be a revamped "On Top Of Old Smokey", anyone with a shred of musical knowledge could hear it in there....but I wasn't going to judge the man on one song, so I watched "Daniel O'Donnell And Friends" on PBS. Ugh. Treacle and sentimentality, milk and cookies in front of the fire, sweeter than sweet. He was way too young when he started singing the easy-listening songs, now he's old before his time.

If you want to hear a REALLY stunning Irish voice, check out DANU's "Think Before You Think" or "All Things Considered" CDs....fabulous instrumentals and Ciaran O Gealbhain's voice will leave you speechless.

Please note: I'm not one of those people who dislikes something only because it's become very popular... I still love Riverdance. And even though the Irish Tenors aren't quite my style, I have to respect them for the quality of their performance. But Daniel O'Donnell is marshmallow fluff. Pass the peanut butter.