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The Best of Musikladen - The Osmonds |
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The Osmonds, the musical brothers from Utah who enjoyed a blockbuster bubblegum career in the 1970s, are captured in 1972 performances taped in Germany as part of the MusikLaden program. Fronted by pinup king Donny, the brothers appear onstage sporting leather (or is it vinyl?) jumpsuits bespangled with rhinestones and color-coordinated silk scarves. Singing frothy pop songs, they even occasionally play their instruments. Those who couldn't stand the Osmonds back then sure won't be won over by this trip into the archives. In fairness, though, if it's viewed as a cultural document, there is a certain innocent charm to the proceedings. There is squealing galore for Donny, who naturally ventures into the audience to kiss a young girl before breaking into dance moves that make him look like a pubescent Elvis. The Osmonds serve up a sugary child's helping of '70s rock, such as during "Crazy Horses," when one of Donny's older brothers fronts the band and cuts loose with a bizarrely awkward if exuberant imitation of Mick Jagger's stage strut. Proof that this was a less cynical time: despite all the artifice, no one seems concerned about hiding the band that's actually playing the instruments, and at times the camera even focuses on the frazzled hippies doggedly wailing away behind a stack of amps. --Robert J. McNamara
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