Product Details

• Actors: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, Charlie Watts, Whoopi Goldberg
• Directors: David Mallet
• Producers: Anne-Marie Mackay, Eric Liekefet, James Glander, Jonathon Ker, Michael Cohl
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram Video
• VHS Release Date: December 5, 1995
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303905188
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,435 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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When the Rolling Stones decided to broadcast one of their stops on 1994's Voodoo Lounge Tour to the entire world, they probably hoped to give home viewers the authentic feeling of being at the stadium. Well, it worked. For over 90 minutes, you feel like you're sitting right in the middle of Miami's cavernous Joe Robbie Stadium. The sound cuts in and out, you can't understand a word Mick says, the fans' screams are louder than Keith, Ronnie, and Charlie's playing, and the only real pleasure is watching close-ups of the aging band's still-energized antics on a screen. The boys look like they're having a blast, especially when guest guitarists Robert Cray and Bo Diddley join them for such classics as Robert Johnson's "Stop Breaking Down," and "Who Do You Love." But the audio transfer here continually frustrates and baffles. It best resembles an audience bootleg tape. The Stones may have been too concerned with the show's visual production value because the real reason to watch the thing, the music, pales in comparison. They've got giant snakes breathing fire, screens flashing computer animation, ramps, ledges, suggestive backup singers, and enough costume changes that "Las Vegas Lounge" would have been a more apt tour moniker. If you like the Stones potent, dangerous, and truly inspired, you'll have to wait for better film representations, such as Gimme Shelter, Cocksucker Blues, and Rock and Roll Circus. If you're a die-hard, the set list reads like this: "Not Fade Away," "Tumbling Dice," "You Got Me Rocking," "Satisfaction," "Angie," "Sweet Virginia," "It's All Over Now," "Stop Breaking Down," "Who Do You Love," "Miss You," "Honky Tonk Women," "The Worst," "Sympathy for the Devil," "Start Me Up," "It's Only Rock 'n Roll," "Brown Sugar," and "Jumpin' Jack Flash." –-Dave McCoy

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the one to have, December 17, 1999

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This review is from: Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge (DVD)

As a video document of a performance, Voodoo Lounge beats Bridges To Babylon, or Live At The Max. Despite not being in 5.1, the DVD captures the raw excitement and swagger of the Stones in Concert and is better paced than the other two. Plus, you get Bo Diddley in the bargain. I own all three and attended a Bridges concert, but the Voodoo Lounge DVD is the one I return to.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars VERY GOOD, BUT NOT THE BEST, September 1, 2004

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T. H. Spivey "music lover" (Portsmouth, VA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge (DVD)

To say that the Voodoo Lounge tour was the Stones' best is a strecth, but this is a good concert film. The picture quality is dull and faded. It looks sort of foggy. The sound quality is not that great. The screams are louder than the band! The special guests is interesting. Out of the two special guests Robety Cray is the best one. I have seen him once. If you are a die-hard fan (as I am) this video is something you should have. If you are the casual fan, you should get "Live at the Max." All in all, this is a cool film

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Stones bring Voodoo magic back to touring, July 22, 2003

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G. A. CLEMENT (Dunedin, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge (DVD)

Those of you who were at the Thanksgiving concert will know that this concert went for a LOT longer than 95 minutes, and what a killer set list it was !!

Where as the Bridges to Babylon concert was left uncut, this Voodoo Lounge performance is pretty much butchered. Great songs like "Monkey Man","Beast Of Burden","Before they Make Me Run","Live With Me" (guest vocals: Sheryl Crow !) and quite a few others deserved to be kept for this release.

Hopefully the awesome HBO Madison Suare Gardens concert in January 2003(40 Licks tour) will be released uncut like the Babylon DVD.

Still, what remains is a good looking concert, and shows the Stones proving they can keep up the pace post-Steel Wheels. This DVD would've gotten a higher rating if the full concert had been included with 5.1 surround sound though.