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see the love there that's sleeping while my guitar gently weeps ♪ ♪ announcer: in 2004, tom petty, jeff lynne, george harrison's son danny, and steve winwood paid this special tribute to george harrison. >> ♪ still my guitar gently weeps ♪ announcer: and then this really happened. ♪ [electric guitar solo] announcer: and now you can have your very own piece of rock history, the rock 'n roll hall of fame in concert. all 30 years of induction ceremonies are together for the very first time. these are some of rock music's greatest performances ever in a massive collection with over 170 complete songs.

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i got a chance to sing, to find my voice on stage, and i took it. >> ♪ you'd have me down, down down, down on my knees now wouldn't ya, barracuda? ♪ >> ♪ girl, i want to be with you all of the time, ok ♪ >> the first thing anybody learns on a guitar, the riff that has actually been banned from being played in music stores to preserve the sanity of the staff. >> ♪ smoke on the water ♪ >> being a little competitive, i also noticed that jackson drew an enormous amount of good-looking women. [laughter] >> great-looking women. you see, what most people don't realize, and for me, this was a big part of jackson's rock 'n roll credentials, that jackson browne was a bona fide rock 'n roll sex star.

>> ♪ running low >> ♪ running on empty >> ♪ running low >> ♪ running dry >> ♪ running low >> ♪ running until the sun goes running behind ♪ announcer: jackson browne, cat stevens, paul simon, james taylor, plus so many more great singer-songwriters have performed for the rock hall. >> ♪ i was out on the edge of darkness their rides a peace train peace train, take this country come take me home again ♪

>> ♪ well, i'm on my way i don't know where i am going i'm on my way now taking my time i don't know where goodbye to rosie, the queen of corona to you, me, and julio down by the schoolyard ♪ >> ♪ oh mexico sounds so simple, i just got to go ♪ >> ♪ and i saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills 'til the landslide brought me down ♪ ♪ >> buffalo springfield was born in 1966. they were blonde and brunette. they were fringe and paisley. they were the city, and they were the canyon. they were the sunset strip and the whiskey a go-go. they were three great voices and they were poets. >> ♪ it's time to stop, hey, what's that sound? everybody look what's going down ♪

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and the lights go down and there's not another living soul around you woo me until the sun comes up and you say that you love me ♪ >> ♪ here's to you, mrs. robinson jesus loves you more than you'll know whoa-oa-oa ♪ >> as it was last year with me and cream, it's a beautiful thing to have a reunion if you can and get together and rejoice in the gift we have been given, which's music. tonight, i am very happy to induct the band into the rock 'n roll hall of fame. [applause] >> ♪ take a load off, annie take a load for free take a load off, annie and put the load right on me put the load right on me ♪ >> ♪ there's a rose in a fisted glove and the eagle flies with the dove

and if you can't be with the one you love >> let me hear you. >> ♪ love the one you're with ♪ announcer: let's face it, these artists and their songs are a part of our lives. >> ♪ because the night belongs to lovers because the night belongs to love ♪ >> ♪ the hungry and the hunted explode into rock 'n roll bands that face off against each other out in the street down in jungleland ♪ >> it was a dark and stormy night, and in walked clarence clemens. [applause] >> that moment, you know, i knew, i knew that my life had changed. um, miss you. love you, big man.

♪ >> real bands, real bands are made primarily from the neighborhood. from a real time and a real place that exists for a little while, and then changes, and it's gone forever. announcer: incredible artists and music we'll never forget. that's what these rock 'n roll hall of fame induction ceremonies are all about. ♪ >> the music overcame me at a very early age and has consumed my life. i love everything about it, all the people i have met, the great times i have had. i am very proud that we are being inducted as a group, as tom petty and the heartbreakers, because they are the best [beep] band in america. [applause] >> ♪ oh yeah, all right take it easy, baby make it last all night

she was an american girl ♪ >> ♪ but i still still haven't found what i'm looking for but i still haven't found ♪ announcer: and now you can have your very own piece of rock history, the rock 'n roll hall of fame in concert, all 30 years of induction ceremonies are together for the first time. remember, this offer's only available from time life, and your satisfaction's guaranteed. so order now. >> i want you -- [cheers and applause] >> -- to want me! ♪ announcer: these are rock's legends. >> ♪ i want you to want me i need you to need me ♪ announcer: rocking their classic songs in historic, live performances. >> ♪ i go crazy on you

crazy on you ♪ announcer: time life presents the rock 'n roll hall of fame in concert dvd collection. ♪ >> it's our great, great honor to right a terrible wrong, and to finally welcome yes into the rock 'n roll hall of fame. >> ♪ owner of a lonely heart owner of a lonely heart ♪ >> it's our honor to finally induct rush into the rock 'n roll hall of fame ♪ ♪ announcer: 30 years of the best performances all together for the first time. ♪ >> let me hear you scream. announcer: you'll see rush, ac/dc, lynard skynyrd, aerosmith, billy joel, green day. >> ♪ i think i'm cracking up am i just paranoid? ♪

rock 'n roll hall of fame, baby! announcer: once-in-a-lifetime performances that only the rock hall could make happen. >> ♪ it's so easy to fall in love it's so easy to fall in love ♪ announcer: plus, you'll go behind the scenes with rare and exclusive all-access footage. ♪ >> break it down. right out of there. announcer: so order now and get the rock 'n roll hall of fame in concert on nine dvd's for just five payments of $19.99 each. ♪ >> but wait. announcer: order in the next two minutes, and you'll also get three free bonus dvd's, the complete rock 'n roll hall of fame 25th anniversary concert.

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>> it might be a fine idea. >> it might not be a bad idea. i thought someone might want to mention it. >> would you give me a sample of your work? >> you really want a sample? >> ♪ when somebody loves you, it's no good unless he loves you all the way someone to cheer you and who's happy to be near you all the way ♪ >> ♪ these are the blues nothing but blues the blues ♪ announcer: bob came by to trade a joke.

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years from now, perhaps will see see the day of glory ♪ announcer: for so many of us, it just isn't the holiday season until we hear bing singing the best-selling christmas songs of all-time. >> ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas just like the ones i used to know where the treetops glisten and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow ♪ announcer: the holidays are a time to surround yourself with family. >> merry christmas.

announcer: bing's specials brought his entertainment family together. the family gathered around as well. >> ♪ may your day be merry and bright. and may all your christmases be white ♪ mary: i think my dad should be remembered the way he would like to be remembered. he represented really old-fashioned values. all of the things america used to stand for. apple pie and kindness, take care of your neighbor, all of these really old-fashioned american values. ♪ announcer: bing had a sound and spirit that brought joy to everyone who heard it.

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