The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts [DVD]

Overview

For two October nights in 2009, some of the world's most revered rock bands came together to perform a pair of concerts to celebrate the silver anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This documentary captures those two shows in full including sets from Stevie Wonder, U2, Metallica, and Bruce Springsteen among many others.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/28/2010
UPC:	0610583405095
Original Release:	2010
Rating:	NR
Source:	Time Life
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	5:00:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Crosby, Stills & Nash	Performer
Bonnie Raitt	Performer
James Taylor	Performer
Smokey Robinson	Performer
John Legend	Performer
B.B. King	Performer
Sting	Performer
Jeff Beck	Performer
Graham Nash	Performer
Dion di Mucci	Performer
Simon & Garfunkel	Performer
Aretha Franklin	Performer
Annie Lennox	Performer
Metallica	Performer
Lou Reed	Performer
Ozzy Osbourne	Performer
Ray Davies	Performer
Bruce Springsteen	Performer
Patti Smith	Performer
Roy Bittan	Performer
Mick Jagger	Performer
Fergie	Performer
will.i.am	Performer
Buddy Guy	Performer
Billy Gibbons	Performer
Sam Moore	Performer
Tom Morello	Performer
John Fogerty	Performer
Darlene Love	Performer
Billy Joel	Performer
Jackson Browne	Performer
Stevie Wonder	Performer
Paul Simon	Performer
U2	Performer

Technical Credits

Editorial Reviews

As a celebration for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 25th Anniversary, the institute held two star-studded concerts in late October 2009, each bill bursting with inductees from throughout the decades. It's all captured here on a four-disc box (the individual nights are available as two separate two-CD sets). Covers and collaborations were the order of the day, usually in sensible pairings: James Taylor sat in with Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jeff Beck reprised his guitar showcase on Stevie Wonder's "Superstition," Darlene Love fronted the E-Street Band, Metallica gleefully supports Ozzy Osbourne on a pair of Black Sabbath songs, U2 leads Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and Roy Bittan make it through "Because the Night." Surprises aren't quite the order of the day -- the only performance that reimagines the original is Jeff Beck's instrumental reading of the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" -- and that goes for cameos from the younger set, too: Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello naturally appears during Springsteen's stomp through "London Calling," John Legend steps in for Marvin Gaye during Wonder's set and Fergie does capable Merry Clayton during U2 and Mick Jagger's "Gimme Shelter." Then again, who turns to a celebration of the past for anything but comfort? A reminder of what they loved in the first place? This concert does indeed offer that, and if there are some bumpy moments -- the pairing of Lou Reed and Metallica on "Sweet Jane" defies any logic -- they are outweighed by the pleasure of professionals taking a stroll through their back pages. [A DVD of the concerts was released in 2010.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine