5/5 It's only rock and roll and I think I LOVE it!
  by MyModernDad (Gary, IN)
Amazing collection - i didn't have the $$ to get the full set but after getting this I feel I got the best of it- The Bono speech inducting Bob Marley was incredible! The footage is great - sure there is some stuff missing from the big set but whatever - what you get is so great at a great cost. I played disc two during a cocktail party last week instead of playing my iPod - fun times - something different!

5/5 Felt like i was at the party!
  by Lanye Myers
I loved watching this because you really feel like you are part of the action - the footage is raw and some of the performers seem like they had been partying before their induction (thank god - it IS rock and roll after all) so you like you are there and in on the action. SO many performances to point to but my favorite is the Metallica Rehearsal footage and when ever U2 is on! This is a must buy for anyone who loves Rock!

5/5 5 Stars for the Performances, but Beware of the Glaring Omissions...
  by Boy
The bottom line is that this 3-disc set is Rock and Roll Heaven for true fans of the form.

Too many magic moments and balls-to-the-wall performances to mention them all, but suffice to say that there are no duds here. Off the top of my head, some major hi-lites include Santana's blistering "Black Magic Woman," Metallica's epic "Master of Puppets," U2 and Springsteen's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," The Doors and Eddie Vedder's mind-blowing "Light My Fire," Prince's over-the-top guitar solo during "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and... Well, it goes on and on.

Also, let's not forget the many memorable speeches, which range from the poignant (Paul McCartney's "letter" to John Lennon), to the brilliant (Bono's tribute to The Boss, and vice-a-versa), to the hilarious (Pete Townshend roasting the Rolling Stones), to the absurd (Mike Love's scathing crack-up).

So ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME LIVE gets 5 stars for its content, but if I were grading this collection by what it lacks? Well that would be a different story.

For instance:

No Pink Floyd. Wow. Although their induction and performance of Wish You Were Here, with Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, is included on the band's PULSE dvd.

No Led Zeppelin. And even though Page does unleash a fierce solo during a group version of All Along the Watchtower, this is still an unforgivable omission.

No Bob Dylan, except for a completely lame cameo.

No David Bowie. Was he even inducted? Yeesh...

No Police.

No Talking Heads.

You get the picture.

Pretty outrageous stuff, especially whehn you consider the number of artists who appear multiple times, like Jagger, Springsteen, U2, CS&N, and others. All of whom are great, but I would have rathered see as many artists as possible represented.

So if these exclusions bother you, then I understand. But if I'm going to judge this collection for what it is (as opposed to for what it isn't), then it's 5 stars all the way.

2/5 why no Led Zeppelin? & very sloppy editing
  by art 87 (LA, Ca USA)
leaving out Led Zeppelin is like leaving the A out of the alphabet.

my other complaint is inductions are chopped to pieces & thrown across multiple dvds. a prime example is the Stones. Pete Townshend inducts them on Disc 1, Mick accepts on both Discs 2 & 3. His speech with Keith is chopped in both places. why not just have their complete acceptance speech in one place. definitely some butcher did the editing here.

most likely, they'll release a correctly sequenced version probably in the future on Blu-ray & milk consumers for more money. until then we are stucked with this chop suey version.

1/5 No R&B Acts on this DVD
  by Carlos Williams
Well I do not know who put this line up and selection together, but why are not any R&B acts on this 3 DVD set? Where is Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Fats, Little Richard, etc