Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - THE Collection

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has unleashed to the world a 10 DVD set of all its awards shows, acceptance speeches and performances and extra interviews and god knows what else.

Time-Life writes:
"Some highlights include:

* Bruce Springsteen and Bono share a microphone on U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."

* The original 3 members of Cream take the stage for the first time in 25 years to play a 3 song set of the group's biggest hits.

* Mick Jagger and Tina Turner perform a sultry duet of the Stones' "Honky Tonk Woman."

This is the first time ever these performances have been available on home video! With 125 exclusive performances, over 24 hours of classic rock entertainment, and over 9 hours of bonus material, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Live is a comprehensive collection sure to exceed the expectations of any rock 'n' roll fan!"

Whoo-Hoo!

Big Shiny Robot likes the set overall, but notes:

"My biggest complaint: the organization of this set. In a word, it’s terrible. Logically, one would think that this would all be presented chronologically, but it’s not. Performances jump around from year to year, as do the speeches -in fact, some of the speeches are actually cut up and presented across multiple discs. Instead, Time Life has chosen to package certain performances together by “theme”. For instance, one of the discs is called “Message of Love” and features The Who, Melissa Etheridge, James Taylor, the Bee Gees, John Mellencamp, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, the Pretenders, Metallica, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Maybe it’s me, but this is a pretty random sampling of bands and only a few would represent a “Message of Love”. Each disc is like this in that they all feature an off mash-up of bands that supposedly represent a theme -the reason for this choice in arrangement is beyond my understanding. In short, with regards to the organization, it doesn’t flow at all and actually takes quite a bit away from the overall enjoyment of this collection."

Too bad. Obviously, this DVD set is aimed at fat old guys who have the $$$ to spend ($120 plus shipping), and would rather not wade through YouTube's archives to find these performances. But a quick search at YouTube finds a lot of it ready for your viewing pleasure. So go figure.

Oh, I get it. You don't get it packaged in 'themes'. :-)

Watch all your favorite rockers in various stages of dress in the promo clip below.