Let Me Hear That Rock 'N' Roll Music

Time/Life The History Of Rock 'N' Roll (2004) Rating: NR

So I was really excited about this. A 5 disc set on the "history" of rock 'n' roll. How can you go wrong? Here's how...you have the people of Time/Life produce it. The first disc where they talk about Buddy Holly, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis etc. is really good. Good interviews with Little Richard & Carl Perkins to name a few of the people. So watching that I was excited to see what else they had in store. From there on, it went downhill. There was no continuity in any of the other discs, the bands they focused on for the most part were the cliched boring ones that I guess you'd expect to be on there. But here's the part that really turned me off. The only mention of 80's metal was Van Halen and GN'R. Apparently, according to the director or Time/Life, the 80's metal thing never happened. And then when they briefly touched upon the grunge thing they clumped it in with punk and made it sound like the only good bands to come out of that era was Nirvana (naturally) and Green Day. GREEN DAY? Really? As I always say, they were good...back when they were called The Ramones. If all that isn't already making you sick to your stomach....here's the worst part. So no 80's metal...but why not throw in almost a full disc on...wait for it...wait for it...RAP!!!!! Now the bands they discussed were bands I like, and bands I have no problem with (Run D.M.C. Public Enemy & N.W.A.), but to say it is Rock 'N' Roll? I want to know where was I when they decided to call rap "rock 'n' roll" Should I be blaming Limp Bizkit? Now the whole Run D.M.C. thing with Aerosmith...ok fine, call that rock if you want. But to see a documentary on the history of rock 'n' roll and have no mention of metal...and a full disc devoted to rap. I could rant about it all day, but I won't. You're welcome.