If you didn’t get a chance to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Benefit Concert at Madison Square Garden Sunday night on HBO, I highly recommend you access it on HBO On Demand at your convenience.
Noteable no-shows included Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Led Zeppelin and The Who, but the assembled talent was still awesome. U2 was the house band one night and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band another.
Some of my favorites included the above performance of “Gimme Shelter” by Mick Jagger and Fergie, with U2 as the backing bank.
Other favorites with links to the videos include:
John Fogerty/Bruce Springsteen: Fortunate Son
Springsteen/Tom Morello: Ghost of Tom Joad
Smokey Robinson: The Tracks of My Tears
Ozzy/Metallica: Iron Man/Paranoid
Simon & Garfunkel: The Sounds of Silence
Stevie Wonder/Jeff Beck: Superstitious
Here’s the set list courtesy The New York Times:
Jerry Lee Lewis :
“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”
Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“Woodstock”
“Marrakech Express”
“Almost Cut My Hair”
Bonnie Raitt with David Crosby and Graham Nash:
“Love Has No Pride”
Bonnie Raitt and Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“Midnight Rider”
Jackson Browne with Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“The Pretender”
James Taylor with David Crosby and Graham Nash:
“Mexico”
Crosby, Stills and Nash with James Taylor:
“Love the One You’re With”
Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“Rock and Roll Woman”
Crosby, Stills and Nash with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and James Taylor:
“Teach Your Children”
Paul Simon:
“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”
“Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”
“You Can Call Me Al”
Dion DiMucci with Paul Simon:
“The Wanderer”
Paul Simon with David Crosby and Graham Nash:
“Here Comes the Sun”
Paul Simon:
“Late in the Evening”
Little Anthony and the Imperials:
“Two People in the World”
Simon and Garfunkel: “The Sounds of Silence”
“Mrs. Robinson”/”Not Fade Away”
“The Boxer”
“Bridge Over Troubled Water”
“Cecilia”
Stevie Wonder: “Blowin’ in the Wind”
“Uptight (Everything’s Alright)”
“I Was Made To Love You”
“For Once in My Life”
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours”
“Boogie On Reggae Woman”
Smokey Robinson with Stevie Wonder:
“The Tracks of My Tears”
John Legend with Stevie Wonder:
“Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology)”
Stevie Wonder with John Legend:
“The Way You Make Me Feel”
B.B. King with Stevie Wonder:
“The Thrill Is Gone”
Stevie Wonder:
“Living for the City”
Stevie Wonder and Sting:
“Higher Ground”/”Roxanne”
Stevie Wonder with Jeff Beck:
“Superstition”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“10th Avenue Freeze-Out”
Sam Moore with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“Hold On I’m Comin’”
“Soul Man”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with Tom Morello:
“The Ghost of Tom Joad”
John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“Fortunate Son”
“Proud Mary”
“Oh. Pretty Woman”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“Jungleland”
Darlene Love with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“A Fine, Fine Boy”
“Da Doo Ron Ron”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with Tom Morello:
“London Calling”
“Badlands”
Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“You May Be Right”
“Only the Good Die Young”
“New York State of Mind”
“Born To Run”
Darlene Love, John Fogerty, Tom Morello, Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, Peter Wolf and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”
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askboz / December 3, 2009
the ozzy performance was pretty lame – how many times does he need to tell the crown to “Stand the f up”? – i think it only seemed good because he is almost human-like again, not the oz-zombie from his reality show era
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