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On October 29th and 30th, 2009, rock 'n' roll royalty held court at Madison Square Garden for what have been called "the best concerts ever," where "rock 'n' roll history was made." In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, the concerts in New York City featured a who's who of rock from the '50s to the '90s and included artists performing together in unique combinations that will most likely never be seen again. Now, this critically-acclaimed and highly-rated special is available on DVD for the very first time! The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts features all 51 performances from the acclaimed special, plus 16 performances not seen on TV, all in a 3-DVD set. Highlights from the concerts include: Mick Jagger and Fergie in a blistering version of the Stones' classic "Gimme Shelter," with U2 as the backing band; a Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel duet of "Born to Run"; Sting joining Jeff Beck for the Curtis Mayfield classic "People Get Ready"; Paul Simon, David Crosby, and Graham Nash joining together for a spine-tingling "Here Comes the Sun"; Ozzy Osbourne singing with Metallica on the Black Sabbath classics "Iron Man" and "Paranoid"; and John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen sharing vocals on Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman." Plus there's appearances by Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Simon & Garfunkel, Dion, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, John Legend, Annie Lennox, Smokey Robinson, B.B. King, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Jackson Browne, and more. Originally nominated for 5 Emmy Awards, this 3-DVD set includes all 4 hours of the TV special on 2 DVDs, plus a bonus DVD of 16 exclusive performances never seen before. Also included are a special collector's edition full-length color reprint of the Rolling Stone magazine article about the planning, rehearsals, and concerts. This is a must-have for any fan of rock and roll.
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334 of 339 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Join Together With The Bands,
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This review is from: The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (DVD)
I still have The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concert on my DVR from when it originally aired on HBO at the end of 2009, and I still often find myself viewing many of the standout performances pretty regularly to this day. I have vowed not to erase it until it is released on Blu Ray and DVD, and finally owning this will be a welcome treat!
If you're wondering where the Blu Ray version is of the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts and you're reading this prior to November 2, 2010, the DVD is available at Amazon on September 28th, 2010, and the Blu Ray version of the package is available only at Best Buy for the first 30 days. Man, I hate that. But I've waited now for a year for this release, so waiting an extra 30 days is no sweat I guess. Anyway.... If you were at The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts or you saw it when it aired on HBO you already know how awesome these performances were that occurred over the course of two nights in late October 2009. If you haven't seen this and you like music, even just a little, you're in for a great experience. This collection is worth its weight in gold. The great news is that the DVD and Blu Ray releases include a ton of bonus stuff that wasn't aired on HBO, so it'll be great fun again for me to give this entire release a fresh look. According to Time Life, following is what's going to be on the release, and I've marked the standout performances with this mark: ***** Rest assured that almost every performance stands out; it's all a matter of musical preference. I like all kinds of music with a preference for hard rock, but some of these performances truly converted me into a fan of acts that I never liked or really paid little attention to prior to seeing this: TOM HANKS Introduction JERRY LEE LEWIS Great Balls of Fire CROSBY, STILLS & NASH Woodstock***** Almost Cut My Hair Love Has No Pride with Bonnie Raitt The Pretender with Jackson Browne Love the One You're With with James Taylor STEVIE WONDER For Once in My Life The Tracks of My Tears with Smokey Robinson The Way You Make Me Feel with John Legend (watch how Stevie chokes up singing this tribute to Michael Jackson...quite touching) The Thrill Is Gone with B.B. King Higher Ground/Roxanne with Sting***** Superstition with Jeff Beck***** PAUL SIMON Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (not included on the HBO airing) You Can Call Me Al Here Comes the Sun with David Crosby and Graham Nash The Wanderer with Dion DiMucci Little Anthony and the Imperials: Two People in the World SIMON & GARFUNKEL The Sounds of Silence The Boxer***** Bridge over Troubled Water ARETHA FRANKLIN Baby I Love You Don't Play That Song Chain of Fools with Annie Lennox METALLICA For Whom the Bell Tolls Sweet Jane with Lou Reed Iron Man/Paranoid with Ozzy Osbourne All Day and All of the Night with Ray Davies Enter Sandman U2 Vertigo Magnificent Because the Night with Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and Roy Bittan I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For with Bruce Springsteen Gimme Shelter with Mick Jagger and Fergie***** This performance just blew me away; I've watched this over and over again! Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of with Mick Jagger Beautiful Day JEFF BECK People Get Ready with Sting Let Me Love You Baby with Buddy Guy Foxy Lady with Billy Gibbons***** A Day in the Life*****This number is also part of Beck's Live at Ronnie Scott's DVD which I also highly recommend, but the performance of it here at the R&R 25th is greatly enhanced by large images of The Beatles behind the band. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND (Gotta admit that I was not the biggest Bruce fan prior to seeing him here; his performances with Sam Moore, and then of all people, Tom Morello absolutely knocked it out of the park.) Hold On I'm Comin' with Sam Moore***** Soul Man with Sam Moore***** The Ghost of Tom Joad with Tom Morello***** Okay, this is THE most memorable performance of the entire concert for me; Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine plays a guitar solo in this song unlike any rock solo I've ever seen! Fortunate Son with John Fogerty Pretty Woman with John Fogerty Jungleland***** A Fine Fine Boy with Darlene Love New York State of Mind with Billy Joel Born to Run with Billy Joel Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher with Darlene Love, John Fogerty, Sam Moore, Billy Joel and Tom Morello BONUS MATERIAL CROSBY, STILLS & NASH Mexico with James Taylor Teach Your Children with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and James Taylor STEVIE WONDER Uptight I Was Made to Love Her Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Mercy Mercy Me with John Legend SIMON & GARFUNKEL Mrs. Robinson/Not Fade Away METALLICA Turn the Page Iron Man/Paranoid with Ozzy Osbourne (the HBO version was edited; this apparently is not) U2 Mysterious Ways Where Is the Love/One with the Black Eyed Peas JEFF BECK Freeway Jam Big Block BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND London Calling with Tom Morello Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher with Darlene Love, John Fogerty, Sam Moore, Billy Joel and Tom Morello (the HBO version was edited; this apparently is not) I don't know how the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert organizers could ever top this. All of these artists join together and play like they've been playing together forever to give viewers one of the most memorable shows in recent rock history. There is no question here. Add this to your cart.
41 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing concert,
By Jeff P. (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (DVD)
I was at these concerts too and saw the special on HBO and the performances are awesome. Seeing U2, Mick Jagger and Fergie do the Stones' "Gimme Shelter" is worth the price of admission alone. But you also get tons of other great performances: Sting with Stevie Wonder; Jeff Beck with Buddy Guy and Billy Gibbons (the ZZ Top guy); Simon & Garfunkel doing all their biggest hits; Lou Reed and Ray Davies playing with Metallica; John Fogerty and Billy Joel playing with Springsteen; etc. etc. And it looks like there's a bunch of bonus songs that we didn't see on HBO. I definitely recommend this.
45 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Join Together With the Bands,
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I still have The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concert on my DVR from when it originally aired on HBO at the end of 2009, and I still often find myself viewing many of the standout performances pretty regularly to this day. I have vowed not to erase it until it is released on Blu Ray and DVD, and finally owning this will be a welcome treat!
If you're wondering why the Blu Ray version of the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert is available at Amazon 30 days after the DVD release date, it's because the Blu Ray version of the package is available only at Best Buy for the first 30 days. Man, I hate that. But I've waited now for a year for this release, so waiting an extra 30 days is no sweat I guess. Anyway.... If you were at The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts or you saw it when it aired on HBO you already know how awesome these performances were that occurred over the course of two nights in late October 2009. If you haven't seen this and you like music, even just a little, you're in for a great experience. This collection is worth its weight in gold. The great news is that the DVD and Blu Ray releases include a ton of bonus stuff that wasn't aired on HBO, so it'll be great fun again for me to give this entire release a fresh look. According to Time Life, following is what's going to be on the release, and I've marked the standout performances with this mark: ***** Rest assured that almost every performance stands out; it's all a matter of musical preference. I like all kinds of music with a preference for hard rock, but some of these performances truly converted me into a fan of acts that I never liked or really paid little attention to prior to seeing this: TOM HANKS Introduction JERRY LEE LEWIS Great Balls of Fire CROSBY, STILLS & NASH Woodstock***** Almost Cut My Hair Love Has No Pride with Bonnie Raitt The Pretender with Jackson Browne Love the One You're With with James Taylor STEVIE WONDER For Once in My Life The Tracks of My Tears with Smokey Robinson The Way You Make Me Feel with John Legend (watch how Stevie chokes up singing this tribute to Michael Jackson...quite touching) The Thrill Is Gone with B.B. King Higher Ground/Roxanne with Sting***** Superstition with Jeff Beck***** PAUL SIMON Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (not included on the HBO airing) You Can Call Me Al Here Comes the Sun with David Crosby and Graham Nash The Wanderer with Dion DiMucci Little Anthony and the Imperials: Two People in the World SIMON & GARFUNKEL The Sounds of Silence The Boxer***** Bridge over Troubled Water ARETHA FRANKLIN Baby I Love You Don't Play That Song Chain of Fools with Annie Lennox METALLICA For Whom the Bell Tolls Sweet Jane with Lou Reed Iron Man/Paranoid with Ozzy Osbourne All Day and All of the Night with Ray Davies Enter Sandman U2 Vertigo Magnificent Because the Night with Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and Roy Bittan I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For with Bruce Springsteen Gimme Shelter with Mick Jagger and Fergie***** This performance just blew me away; I've watched this over and over again! Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of with Mick Jagger Beautiful Day JEFF BECK People Get Ready with Sting Let Me Love You Baby with Buddy Guy Foxy Lady with Billy Gibbons***** A Day in the Life***** This number is also part of Beck's Live at Ronnie Scott's DVD which I also highly recommend, but the performance of it here at the R&R 25th is greatly enhanced by large images of The Beatles behind the band. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND (Gotta admit that I was not the biggest Bruce fan prior to seeing him here; his performances with Sam Moore, and then of all people, Tom Morello absolutely knocked it out of the park.) Hold On I'm Comin' with Sam Moore***** Soul Man with Sam Moore***** The Ghost of Tom Joad with Tom Morello***** Okay, this is THE most memorable performance of the entire concert for me; Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine plays a guitar solo in this song unlike any rock solo I've ever seen! Fortunate Son with John Fogerty Pretty Woman with John Fogerty Jungleland***** A Fine Fine Boy with Darlene Love New York State of Mind with Billy Joel Born to Run with Billy Joel Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher with Darlene Love, John Fogerty, Sam Moore, Billy Joel and Tom Morello BONUS MATERIAL CROSBY, STILLS & NASH Mexico with James Taylor Teach Your Children with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and James Taylor STEVIE WONDER Uptight I Was Made to Love Her Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Mercy Mercy Me with John Legend SIMON & GARFUNKEL Mrs. Robinson/Not Fade Away METALLICA Turn the Page Iron Man/Paranoid with Ozzy Osbourne (the HBO version was edited; this apparently is not) U2 Mysterious Ways Where Is the Love/One with the Black Eyed Peas JEFF BECK Freeway Jam Big Block BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND London Calling with Tom Morello Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher with Darlene Love, John Fogerty, Sam Moore, Billy Joel and Tom Morello (the HBO version was edited; this apparently is not) I don't know how the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert organizers could ever top this. All of these artists join together and play like they've been playing together forever to give viewers one of the most memorable shows in recent rock history. There is no question here. Add this to your cart.
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