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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Announcer: TO INDUCT
DURAN DURAN INTO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME, ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
♪ ♪
>> I AM SO PSYCHED.
♪ CALIFORNIA, UGH!
KNOWS HOW TO PARTY ♪
[APPLAUSE]
UM, WOW.
THIS IS ELECTRIC.
LET'S KICK IT OFF.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I GOT A QUESTION.
WHAT MAKES FOR LONGEVITY IN
ARGUABLY THE MOST CUTTHROAT
BUSINESS ON EARTH?
[AUDIENCE SHOUTING RESPONSES]
YES.
I SAY CONSISTENT QUALITY
OVER TIME, PLUS HEADBANDS.
BY WHICH I MEAN: ICONIC,
ERA-DEFINING FASHION, HIGH-LEVEL
MUSICIANSHIP, PLUS HITS, RIGHT?
DOZENS OF 'EM, ALBUMS SOLD,
HUNDREDS AND MILLIONS OF THEM IF
YOU CAN, BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN
ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS, YOU NEED
A SENSE OF WHAT I LIKE TO CALL
THE "CSF" -- COOL, SOPHISTICATED
FUN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU KNOW WHO'S GOT THAT IN
SPADES?
DURAN DURAN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YEAH.
YEAH!
DURAN DURAN, THEY OWN THAT
SPACE, AND THEY HAVE FOR OVER 40
YEARS.
I MEAN, READ THE LYRICS TO
"PAPER GODS," WATCH THE VIDEO
FOR "CELEBRATION."
CRY IN THE MIRROR AS YOU
LIP-SYNC TO "ORDINARY WORLD."
WATCH THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS OR THE
TWENTY-SOMETHINGS' FACES WHEN
THEY HEAR "GIRLS ON FILM,"
"HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF,"
"SAVE A PRAYER," OR "WILD BOYS"
FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THEN
PRETEND YOU'RE SURPRISED WHEN
THEY HIP YOU TO THE OTHER 79
HITS THEY WROTE THAT YOU MISSED
THAT ARE JUST AS GOOD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MIND-BLOWING.
I'M A LUCKY DUDE TO BE HERE
TONIGHT.
THE ORIGIN STORY OF THIS ICONIC
BAND COMES DOWN TO TWO WORDS:
CONFIDENCE AND FAITH.
NICK AND JOHN PUT A CHEEKY
LITTLE AD IN "MELODY MAKER."
ROGER ANSWERED THE CALL ONCE
THAT POWER TRIO CHOSE A POET IN
A PAIR OF PINK LEOPARD PRINT
PANTS NAMED SIMON.
AND THEN, ANDY SIGNED ALONG WITH
THEM A BIT AFTER THAT.
THE REST WOULD BECOME HISTORY.
A HISTORY OF FAITH IN EACH
OTHER, THEMSELVES, AND,
HONESTLY, IN US, IN THE AUDIENCE
THAT THEY HAVE NEVER TAKEN FOR
GRANTED.
AND THE FACT THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS
BEEN TRANSPARENT ABOUT BEING A
WORK IN PROGRESS, LIKE WE ALL
ARE, I FEEL IT'S WHY I ADORE
THESE MEN.
THAT'S THE GIFT THEY'VE GIVEN
US.
THEY BESTOWED THAT ON THEIR
FANS, PERMISSION TO GROW AND
CHANGE, AND AGE OUT OF ONE MODE
AND EMBRACE THE NEXT.
ALL RIGHT.
HIGH AMONG THE MANY
SURREAL MOMENTS I'VE WITNESSED
IN MY LIFE SHALL FOREVER REMAIN.
MY 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY, THEY
PLAYED A SHORT SET, AND I SHIT
YOU NOT, HALFWAY THROUGH "RIO,"
A PROMINENT HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR,
HIS WIFE TORE OFF HER BRA AND
TOSSED IT ON STAGE.
[LAUGHTER]
I THINK THEY STILL GOT IT.
IT'S INFECTIOUS.
DURAN DURAN INVITES US ALL TO
PUT OUR BEST DAYS HERE, NOW, AND
STILL IN FRONT OF US.
AND SO, AS A FAN, I'M AMAZED.
I'M HONORED TO BE HERE FOR THEIR
INDUCTION INTO THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, BUT AS
A HUMAN, I'M GRATEFUL THAT THESE
GIFTED SOULS ARE FINALLY
RECEIVING THE LONG-DESERVED
CEMENTING OF THEIR LEGACY.
LET'S GO TO THE TAPE!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE
NAME "DURAN DURAN?"
>> "DURAN DURAN?"
>> YES, DURAN DURAN, FROM THE
PLANET EARTH.
♪ PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ME NOW ♪
♪ I MADE A BREAK, I RUN OUT
YESTERDAY ♪
♪ TRIED TO FIND MY MOUNTAIN
HIDEAWAY ♪
>> I WAS CONVINCED THAT I WOULD
MARRY ONE MEMBER OF DURAN DURAN,
IF NOT ALL FIVE OF THEM.
I MEAN, I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH
DURAN DURAN, IT HURT.
>> DURAN DURAN IS MY LIFE.
AND I GREW UP DANCING TO
DURAN DURAN.
♪ PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ME NOW ♪
>> JOHN!
JOHN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WHEN WE STARTED DURAN DURAN
IN 1979, WE HAD A VERY VIVID
VISION OF WHAT WE WANTED TO
SOUND LIKE.
WE HAD TO FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
IT WAS JOHN AND I, AND THEN WE
ADDED ROGER.
AND THEN ANDY, AND SIMON WAS THE
LAST PIECE TO THE JIGSAW.
>> SIMON CAME DOWN TO ONE OF
OUR REHEARSALS AND HE HAD THE
LYRICS.
THESE ARE SONGS IN HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GOT TO
PUT SOME MUSIC TO THESE.
♪ CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? ♪
♪ LOOKING AT PLANET EARTH ♪
>> HELLO, GOOD EVENING.
AND WELCOME TO OUR SHOW.
♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪
>> FOR A BAND, IT'S -- WE'VE
GOT, LIKE, RECORDS, WE'VE GOT
THE LIVE PERFORMANCE.
AND NOW, YOU'VE GOT VIDEOS,
SOMETHING REALLY NEW AND REALLY
EXCITING.
>> THE FIRST TIME I SAW
"GIRLS ON FILM," WE WERE JUST
KIND OF LIKE, "WHAT IS THIS?"
LIKE, "WHAT'S HAPPENING?"
IT WAS JUST SO ARTY, AND THEY
HAD THESE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
OUTFITS, AND HAIRDOS, AND
MAKEUP, THAT YOU COULDN'T HELP
BUT JUST BE FASCINATED.
♪ ♪
>> WE BROKE IN A LOT OF OTHER
COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, BUT WE
HADN'T BROKE THROUGH IN
AMERICA.
WE COULDN'T GET THROUGH TO
ANYBODY.
BUT FORTUNATELY, IT WAS THE
ADVENT OF MTV.
THEY WANTED TO SHOW NEW BANDS.
AND WHEN THEY DID, THE RADIO
STATIONS PICKED UP ON US AND
"HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF" BROKE
THROUGH.
♪ I'M ON THE HUNT
I'M AFTER YOU ♪
♪ SMELL LIKE I SOUND,
I'M LOST IN A CROWD ♪
♪ AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE
THE WOLF ♪
♪ HER NAME IS RIO AND SHE
DANCES ON THE SAND ♪
>> NOBODY KNEW THAT BECAUSE OF
THE EXPOSURE LEVEL OF IT IN THIS
COUNTRY, 24 HOURS A DAY, THE
PEOPLE WERE GONNA START KNOWING
MORE ABOUT THE WAY OUR GROUP
LOOKED.
>> RIGHT NOW, DIRECT FROM
LONDON, DURAN DURAN.
♪ AND WHEN SHE SHINES, SHE
REALLY SHOWS YOU ALL SHE CAN ♪
♪ OH RIO, RIO, DANCE ACROSS THE
RIO GRANDE ♪
>> EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED, IT
WAS, LIKE, YOU COULD SEE
DURAN DURAN IN EVERY MALL ON
EVERYBODY'S OUTFIT.
THEIR STYLE, THEIR MUSIC,
EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID JUST
BECAME HUGE.
>> WE'VE ALWAYS SORT OF WRITTEN
SONGS TOGETHER, THE FIVE OF US.
JUST BASHING THINGS OUT UNTIL WE
AGREED TO SOME POINT AND SAY,
"OKAY.
NOW, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING.
WE'LL BUILD ON THAT."
♪ THE UNION OF THE SNAKE IS ON
THE CLIMB ♪
>> WHILE NICK RHODES IS SAVING
THE PLANET, WE'VE GOT MORE MUSIC
VIDEOS ON MTV MUSIC TELEVISION.
♪ UNTIL WE DANCE INTO
THE FIRE ♪
♪ THAT FATAL KISS ♪
>> THE SONGWRITING WAS SO
WELL-CRAFTED AS POP SONGS, AND
SO ADDICTIVE THAT YOU JUST CAN'T
GET THEM OUT OF YOUR HEAD.
♪ WHEN ALL WE SEE IS THE VIEW
TO A KILL ♪
>> EXCUSE ME, AREN'T YOU --
>> BOND.
SIMON LE BONS.
♪ THE REFLEX IS A
LONELY CHILD ♪
>> "THE REFLEX," WE ALL FELT IT
WAS A COMMERCIAL-SOUNDING SONG,
BUT IT JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT QUITE
RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE THOUGHT,
"NILE MIGHT BE THE MAN."
>> THEY CALLED ME UP AND THEY
SAID, "HEY, NILE, COULD YOU
REMIX THIS FOR US?"
SO I SAID, "I'M GONNA DO WHAT I
WOULD'VE DONE, HAD I BEEN WITH
YOU GUYS WHEN YOU FIRST WROTE
THIS."
♪ THE REFLEX IS ALONE, THE
REFLEX ♪
♪ FLEX, FLEX, FLEX,
FLEX, FLEX ♪
♪ YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR
THIS TIME ♪
♪ AND I'M DANCING ON THE
VALENTINE ♪
♪ OH, I, I, I ♪
♪ OH, WHOA, WHOA ♪
♪ WHY, AY, AY? ♪
>> "ORDINARY WORLD" IS A SONG
ABOUT TRYING TO GET OVER THE
DEATH OF A BEST FRIEND.
IT BECAME SUCH AN IMPORTANT SONG
FOR US, AND I THINK IT ONLY HAD
THAT POWER TO TOUCH PEOPLE
BECAUSE IT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.
♪ BUT I WON'T CRY FOR
YESTERDAY ♪
♪ THERE'S AN ORDINARY WORLD ♪
♪ SOMEHOW I HAVE TO FIND ♪
>> WE HAVE THIS SENSE THAT
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER THAT'S WORTH
SHOWING UP FOR.
WE GO OUT AND WE PLAY AND WE
REMIND EACH OTHER, "WHEN WE DO
THIS TOGETHER, THIS IS WHAT WE
GET."
♪ REACH UP FOR THE SUNRISE ♪
♪ FEEL THE NEW DAY ENTER
YOUR LIFE ♪
>> THEY ARE LEGENDS.
THEY ARE ICONS.
THEY'RE STILL SELLING OUT
MASSIVE SHOWS AND CONTINUE TO BE
AN INSPIRATION TO SO MANY
PEOPLE.
♪ DON'T SAY A PRAYER FOR ME
NOW ♪
♪ SAVE IT TILL THE MORNING
AFTER ♪
♪ NO, DON'T SAY A PRAYER FOR ME
NOW ♪
♪ SAVE IT TILL THE MORNING
AFTER ♪
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> NICK RHODES, JOHN TAYLOR,
ROGER TAYLOR, SIMON LE BON.
I'LL TAKE A KNEE WHILE YOU GET
ON YOUR FEET FOR DURAN DURAN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
♪ SEE THEM WALKING
HAND IN HAND ♪
♪ ACROSS THE BRIDGE AT
MIDNIGHT ♪
♪ HEADS TURNING AS THE LIGHTS
FLASHING OUT ♪
♪ ARE SO BRIGHT ♪
♪ AND WALK RIGHT OUT TO THE
FOUR LINE TRACK ♪
♪ THERE'S A CAMERA ROLLING
ON HER BACK ♪
♪ ON HER BACK ♪
♪ AND I SENSE A RHYTHM HUMMING
IN A FRENZY ♪
♪ ALL THE WAY DOWN HER SPINE ♪
♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪
♪ ♪
♪ LIPSTICK CHERRY ALL OVER THE
LENS AS SHE'S FALLING ♪
♪ AND MILES OF SHARP BLUE WATER
COMING IN ♪
♪ WHERE SHE LIES ♪
♪ THE DIVING MAN'S COMING UP
FOR AIR ♪
♪ 'CAUSE THE CROWD ALL LOVE
PULLING DOLLY BY THE HAIR ♪
♪ BY THE HAIR ♪
♪ AND SHE WONDERS HOW SHE EVER
GOT HERE ♪
♪ AS SHE GOES UNDER AGAIN ♪
♪ ♪
♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪
♪ TWO MINUTES LATER ♪
♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪
♪ GOT YOUR PICTURE ♪
♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪
♪ ♪
♪ DARKEN THE CITY,
NIGHT IS A WIRE ♪
♪ STEAM IN THE SUBWAY,
EARTH IS A AFIRE ♪
♪ DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO-DO
DO-DO-DO DO-DO ♪
♪ WOMAN, YOU WANT ME,
GIVE ME A SIGN ♪
♪ AND CATCH MY BREATHING
EVEN CLOSER BEHIND ♪
♪ DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO-DO
DO-DO-DO DO-DO ♪
♪ IN TOUCH WITH THE GROUND ♪
♪ I'M ON THE HUNT
I'M AFTER YOU ♪
♪ SMELL LIKE I SOUND,
I'M LOST IN A CROWD ♪
♪ AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF ♪
♪ STRADDLE THE LINE
IN DISCORD AND RHYME ♪
♪ I'M ON THE HUNT
I'M AFTER YOU ♪
♪ MOUTH IS ALIVE, WITH JUICES
LIKE WINE ♪
♪ AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF ♪
♪ STALKED IN THE FOREST,
TOO CLOSE TO HIDE ♪
♪ I'LL BE UPON YOU BY THE
MOONLIGHT SIDE ♪
♪ DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO-DO
DO-DO-DO DO-DO ♪
♪ HIGH BLOOD DRUMMING ON YOUR
SKIN, IT'S SO TIGHT ♪
♪ YOU FEEL MY HEAT,
I'M JUST A MOMENT BEHIND ♪
♪ DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO-DO
DO-DO-DO DO-DO ♪
♪ IN TOUCH WITH THE GROUND ♪
♪ I'M ON THE HUNT
I'M AFTER YOU ♪
♪ I SMELL LIKE I SOUND,
I'M LOST AND I'M FOUND ♪
♪ AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF ♪
♪ STRUT ON A LINE,
IT'S DISCORD AND RHYME ♪
♪ I HOWL AND I WHINE,
I'M AFTER YOU ♪
♪ MOUTH IS ALIVE, WITH JUICES
LIKE WINE ♪
♪ AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF ♪
IS A GOOD MUSICAL
♪ ♪
♪ CAME IN FROM A RAINY THURSDAY
ON THE AVENUE ♪
♪ THOUGHT I HEARD YOU TALKING
SOFTLY ♪
♪ I TURNED ON THE LIGHTS, THE
TV, AND THE RADIO ♪
♪ STILL I CAN'T ESCAPE THE GHOST
OF YOU ♪
♪ WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO IT ALL? ♪
♪ CRAZY, SOME'D SAY ♪
♪ WHERE IS THE LIFE THAT I
RECOGNIZE? ♪
♪ GONE AWAY ♪
♪ BUT I WON'T CRY FOR
YESTERDAY ♪
♪ THERE'S AN ORDINARY WORLD ♪
♪ SOMEHOW I HAVE TO FIND ♪
♪ AND AS I TRY TO MAKE MY WAY ♪
♪ TO THE ORDINARY WORLD ♪
♪ I WILL LEARN TO SURVIVE ♪
♪ ♪
♪ PASSION OR COINCIDENCE ♪
♪ ONCE PROMPTED YOU TO SAY ♪
♪ "PRIDE WILL TEAR US
BOTH APART" ♪
♪ WELL, NOW PRIDE'S GONE OUT
THE WINDOW ♪
♪ CROSS THE ROOFTOPS ♪
♪ RUN AWAY ♪
♪ LEFT ME IN THE VACUUM OF MY
HEART ♪
♪ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME? ♪
♪ CRAZY, SOME'D SAY ♪
♪ WHERE IS MY FRIEND WHEN I NEED
YOU MOST? ♪
♪ GONE AWAY ♪
♪ BUT I WON'T CRY FOR
YESTERDAY ♪
♪ THERE'S AN ORDINARY WORLD ♪
♪ SOMEHOW I HAVE TO FIND ♪
♪ AND AS I TRY TO MAKE MY WAY ♪
♪ TO THE ORDINARY WORLD ♪
♪ I WILL LEARN TO SURVIVE ♪
♪ ♪
♪ BUT I WON'T CRY FOR
YESTERDAY ♪
♪ THERE'S AN ORDINARY WORLD ♪
♪ SOMEHOW I HAVE TO FIND ♪
♪ AND AS I TRY TO MAKE MY WAY ♪
♪ TO THE ORDINARY WORLD ♪
♪ I WILL LEARN TO SURVIVE ♪
♪ EVERY ONE ♪
♪ IS MY WORLD ♪
♪ ANY ONE ♪
♪ IS MY WORLD ♪
♪ YEAH ♪
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU.
>> FIRSTLY, THERE ARE TWO OF OUR
BAND MEMBERS BEING INDUCTED WHO
SADLY CANNOT BE HERE.
WARREN CUCCURULLO, EXTRAORDINARY
GUITAR PLAYER.
HE MADE A MASSIVE CONTRIBUTION
TO DURAN DURAN.
AND THEN THERE'S ANDY TAYLOR,
OUR ORIGINAL GUITARIST.
[APPLAUSE]
ANDY HAS WRITTEN AN OPEN
LETTER TO US.
I'M GONNA READ SOME OF IT NOW.
"WHAT AN ABSOLUTE HONOR IT IS TO
BE NOMINATED, LET ALONE BE
INDUCTED INTO THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT COMES CLOSE
TO SUCH RECOGNITION.
JUST OVER FOUR YEARS AGO, I WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR
METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER.
MANY FAMILIES HAVE EXPERIENCED
THE SLOW BURN OF THIS DISEASE
AND, OF COURSE, WE ARE NO
DIFFERENT.
SO I SPEAK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
OF A FAMILY MAN, BUT WITH
PROFOUND HUMILITY TO THE BAND,
THE GREATEST FANS A GROUP COULD
HAVE, AND THIS EXCEPTIONAL
ACCOLADE.
[APPLAUSE]
I'M TRULY SORRY.
I'M MASSIVELY DISAPPOINTED I
COULDN'T MAKE IT.
LET THERE BE NO DOUBT I WAS
STOKED ABOUT THE WHOLE THING,
EVEN BOUGHT A NEW GUITAR WITH
THE ESSENTIAL WHAMMY.
I AM SO VERY PROUD OF THESE FOUR
BROTHERS.
I'M AMAZED AT THEIR DURABILITY
AND I'M OVERJOYED AT ACCEPTING
THIS AWARD.
I'M SURE AS HELL GLAD I'M AROUND
TO SEE THE DAY.
ALL MY LOVE, ANDY TAYLOR."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN MUSIC
IS IN ITSELF AN HONOR.
OVER THE 40 YEARS I'VE BEEN
WORKING, I'VE COME TO BELIEVE
THAT THE ESSENCE OF OUR JOB IS
THIS:
WE GET TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL
BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT I AM
PROUD TO BE A PART OF.
THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WE ARE SO, SO VERY HAPPY TO
BE HERE TONIGHT, YOU GUYS.
YOU KNOW, MUSIC NOURISHED US AND
GAVE US IDENTITIES.
WE WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT THE
INFLUENCE OF THE BEATLES,
DAVID BOWIE AND MICK RONSON,
SIOUXSIE SIOUX AND PATTI SMITH.
NILE RODGERS AND
BERNARD EDWARDS.
THESE ARTISTS AND SO MANY OTHERS
WERE ALL AT ONE TIME PARENTS,
MENTORS, AND SPIRIT GUIDES.
WITHOUT THEM AND THEIR MUSIC, WE
MIGHT NEVER HAVE FOUND EACH
OTHER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU.
I'M USED TO BEING IN THE BACK,
SO I'M NOT GONNA SAY A LOT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE
HALL OF FAME.
WE FINALLY GOT HERE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S A LONG WAY FROM BIRMINGHAM.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK MY
BAND MATES FOR THIS INCREDIBLE
JOURNEY THAT WE'VE BEEN ON FOR
40 YEARS, AND IS STILL, STILL
GOING ON.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE
THAT'S WORKED WITH DURAN DURAN
OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS.
AND THAT'S THE MUSICIANS, THE
PRODUCERS, THE MANAGERS, THE
AGENTS, THE RECORD COMPANIES,
THE TECHNICIANS, THE STYLISTS,
THE FILMMAKERS.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK OUR
FAMILIES FOR BEING WITH US FOR
THE WHOLE JOURNEY THROUGH THICK
AND THIN.
SO THANK YOU.
THANKS A LOT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WOW.
IT'S GREAT TO BE IN A ROOM
FILLED WITH PEOPLE THAT LOVE
MUSIC.
YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN
THIS ROOM IS HERE ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER BECAUSE YOU LOVE MUSIC.
WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD, I MET
JOHN, AND WE BONDED OVER OUR
LOVE FOR MUSIC THEN.
AND, JUST A FEW YEARS LATER,
WE'RE STILL TOGETHER.
BUT ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN QUITE A
LONG MARRIAGE, I GUESS.
I'M SORT OF MARRIED TO THREE
PEOPLE.
SOME PEOPLE CALL IT POLYGAMY,
BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR US IT'S JUST
A BAND.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL DRIVEN BY
FANS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WE WERE FANS.
JOHN READ OUT A LIST OF A LOT OF
THE BANDS THAT INFLUENCED US.
ANOTHER ONE I'D LIKE TO MENTION
IS THE NEW YORK DOLLS, WHO WERE
SUPER IMPORTANT, AND THEY WERE
ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT IN, BUT I
REALLY HOPE THEY DO.
AND ALL I REALLY WANNA SAY IS
THANK YOU TO ALL THE FANS.
WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING A
FAN.
WE WON THE FAN VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT REALLY MEANT A LOT TO US.
THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US GOING.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
THANK YOU.
WE SHARE THESE AWARDS WITH YOU.
THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
♪ FIVE, FOUR, THREE,
TWO, ONE ♪
♪ ♪
>> GROWING UP, EVERY SONG THAT
CAME ON THE RADIO WAS A
JIMMY JAM AND TERRY LEWIS
PRODUCTION.
SO THEIR SOUND WAS JUST ANYTHING
THAT WAS HOT.
♪ ♪
>> WHEN I MET JIMMY AND TERRY,
WE CLICKED INSTANTLY.
THEY UNDERSTOOD ME, AND THEY
WERE ABLE TO HELP ME FIND MY
VOICE.
>> AND I'VE BEEN TOTALLY
INFLUENCED BY JIMMY AND TERRY
AND THE RECORDS THEY'VE DONE
SINCE FOREVER.
IT'S LIKE THEIR SONGS WERE THE
SOUNDTRACK TO MY LIFE.
♪ ♪
♪ WHAT TIME IS IT? ♪
>> BACK WHEN WE STARTED AND WE
TOLD EVERYBODY WE WANTED TO BE
PRODUCERS, EVERYBODY SAID,
"WHY?
YOU GUYS ARE IN A BAND,
THE TIME.
YOU GUYS ARE FAMOUS."
"WHAT TIME IS IT?"
MORE SO THAN BEING FANS OF
CERTAIN ARTISTS, WE WERE FANS OF
CERTAIN WRITERS AND PRODUCERS,
SO WE SAID, "IF WE EVER HAD A
CHANCE TO DO THAT, THAT'S THE
END OF IT.
WE'D LIKE TO BE IN."
♪ HONEY, BABY, CAN'T YOU SEE? ♪
♪ GIRL, I'M SO COOL ♪
>> OKAY.
THIS IS LIKE OUR HALL OF FAME.
WE START WITH THE ORIGINS, OF
COURSE, THE TIME TO THE --
OUR NEWER STUFF WITH
PATTI AUSTIN, ROBERT PALMER, SO
ON AND SO FORTH.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
AND, OF COURSE, JANET JACKSON.
♪ NOW CONTROL THIS ♪
♪ WHEN I WAS 17, I DID WHAT
PEOPLE TOLD ME ♪
♪ BUT THAT WAS LONG AGO ♪
♪ I'M IN ♪
>> WE HAD AN IDEA THAT WE COULD
PRODUCE JANET IN A WAY THAT SHE
HADN'T BEEN PRODUCED BEFORE.
JANET HAD WAY MORE ATTITUDE THAN
WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HEARD.
>> IT WAS APPARENT THAT NOBODY
HAD REALLY ASKED HER OPINION
ABOUT WHAT SHE WANTED TO SING
ABOUT.
WE WANTED HER TO MAKE HER
RECORD.
IT WAS LIKE A REVELATION TO HER.
>> JIMMY JAM!
>> THERE'S A MAGIC THAT I FEEL
THAT THE THREE OF US HAVE
TOGETHER, AND IT JUST COMES
THROUGH --
[LAUGHS]
>> I THINK THE JAM AND LEWIS IS
THE SOUND OF THE ARTISTS
SOUNDING THEIR BEST.
WE ALWAYS LOOKED AT IT LIKE WE
WERE TAILORS MAKING A SUIT FOR
SOMEBODY.
♪ I'M ONLY HUMAN ♪
>> WE'RE DESPERATELY TRYING TO
GET AN ALBUM TOGETHER, SO WE'VE
WRITTEN, SAY, ABOUT 13 TRACKS.
>> AND THE STUFF WE WERE DOING
JUST WASN'T QUITE MAKING IT.
IT WASN'T BAD, BUT IT WASN'T AS
GOOD AS JIMMY AND TERRY COULD
MAKE IT.
SO I THOUGHT, "WE'RE GONNA DO IT
AGAIN IN MINNEAPOLIS."
>> THE GENIUS THING IN THAT WAS
TERRY WROTE THE LINE AND HAD THE
GIRLS SAY, "WHILE WE WERE APART,
I WAS HUMAN, TOO."
AND THAT WAS THE LINE THAT
SEALED THE DEAL.
>> "WHEN WE WERE APART, I WAS
HUMAN, TOO."
>> THE HUMAN LEAGUE, NUMBER ONE.
AND JANET JACKSON, NUMBER ONE.
WHAT'S THE JAM AND LEWIS SECRET?
>> IT'S NOT REALLY A SECRET.
I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT WE WORK
WITH HAVE DONE JUSTICE TO WHAT
WE DO.
♪ WHY CAN'T YOU DO IT? ♪
♪ WHY CAN'T YOU SET YOUR
MONKEY FREE? ♪
>> THERE IS NOTHING IN MY ENTIRE
CAREER, REALLY, IN TERMS OF
ANYTHING CREATIVE, ANYWAY, THAT
I EVER DELEGATE, AND WORKING
WITH JIMMY AND TERRY, I
BASICALLY JUST LET THEM TAKE MY
VOCAL AND REMAKE THE TRACK.
>> THEY ONLY WANT FROM YOU YOUR
TRUTH, YOUR STORY.
AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY?
>> ONE DAY I WOKE UP, IT WAS
LIKE, "OKAY, I'MA GET MY LIFE
TOGETHER."
AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, JIMMY
JAM AND TERRY LEWIS WROTE ME
THIS RECORD.
IT WAS LIKE THEY WAS LOOKING
INTO MY LIFE.
♪ I DON'T WANNA CRY NO MORE ♪
♪ NO MORE PAIN, NO MORE PAIN ♪
♪ NO MORE GAME ♪
♪ TIRED OF YOU PLAYING GAMES ALL
THE TIME WITH MY MIND ♪
NO MORE, NO MORE, NO MORE ♪
>> THE GREATEST PART ABOUT THE
JOURNEY IS JUST THE LIFE THAT
YOU LIVE IN BETWEEN, AND THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET ALONG THE
WAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> Announcer: TO INDUCT
JIMMY JAM AND TERRY LEWIS,
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMER,
JANET JACKSON.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, I GREW UP
WITH NO SHORTAGE OF BIG BROTHERS
TO LOOK UP TO, AND I HAD A
FATHER WHO INSPIRED AND
ENCOURAGED ME.
BUT MY EXTENDED BROTHERS AND
CLOSEST ARTISTIC COLLABORATORS
ARE JIMMY JAM AND TERRY LEWIS.
[APPLAUSE]
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE
MET, THEY WERE MEMBERS OF ONE OF
MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE BANDS,
THE TIME.
[APPLAUSE]
YEAH.
IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE BROKE THROUGH
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TOGETHER.
THEY TAUGHT ME SO MUCH, AND I
LEARNED THEIR LESSONS WELL.
WHEN I WENT TO WORK ON WHAT
BECAME "CONTROL" WITH JIMMY AND
TERRY, IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF
MINNEAPOLIS, THERE WAS NO
PRESSURE, AND WE FELT LIKE WE
WERE KIDS IN A SANDBOX.
I WAS JUST, WHAT?
EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN YEARS OLD?
AND NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION
TO US.
NO RECORD COMPANY EXECUTIVES
WERE AT THE STUDIO.
WE TALKED AND LAUGHED SO MUCH
THAT SOMETIMES IT FELT LIKE WE
WEREN'T EVEN MAKING A RECORD,
UNTIL THEY SHOWED ME A LYRIC
IDEA THEY HAD STARTED.
"WHEN I WAS 17, I DID WHAT
PEOPLE TOLD ME.
DID WHAT MY FATHER SAID AND WHAT
LET MY MOTHER MOLD ME."
I REALIZED THAT THOSE LYRICS
CAME DIRECTLY FROM OUR
CONVERSATIONS, WHICH EXCITED ME,
BECAUSE NO ONE HAD EVER ASKED ME
WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.
I HAD A MILLION IDEAS, AND JIMMY
AND TERRY ENCOURAGED ME TO WRITE
THEM DOWN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I WAS A SONGWRITER.
I WAS A PERFORMER.
I WAS A YOUNG WOMAN AND AN
ARTIST WITH A STORY TO TELL.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CONTINUED
TO WORK TOGETHER TO THIS DAY,
ALMOST 40 YEARS LATER.
THAT'S A LONG TIME.
WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT THEM IS
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT MAKING
MUSIC IS NOT JUST ABOUT
FOLLOWING THE TRENDS, OR CHASING
THE LATEST SOUND, OR WATCHING
THE CHARTS.
IT'S ABOUT SAYING WHAT YOU TRULY
FEEL, AND EXPRESSING IT IN A WAY
THAT FANS CAN ENJOY AND
APPRECIATE.
I'M NOT THE ONLY ARTIST THAT
JIMMY AND TERRY HAVE WORKED
WITH.
I'M JUST THEIR FAVORITE.
[LAUGHS]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THE LIST OF ARTISTS THEY'VE
COLLABORATED WITH READS LIKE A
WHO'S WHO OF THE POPULAR MUSIC
OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES.
UH, LET'S SEE...
MARY J. BLIGE, ARETHA FRANKLIN,
MARIAH CAREY, LIONEL RICHIE,
GEORGE MICHAEL, BOYZ II MEN,
USHER, MY BROTHER MICHAEL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TO JIMMY AND TERRY, PRODUCTION
IS ULTIMATELY AN ACT OF LOVE.
AND AS YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
THEM, THAT LOVE GROWS.
SO I COULDN'T BE PROUDER AND
MORE EXCITED TO BE THE PERSON
PRIVILEGED TO SAY TONIGHT,
JIMMY AND TERRY, I LOVE YOU SO
MUCH, AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU
TO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> THIS IS HEAVY.
OH, MY GOD.
>> WELL, I GUESS I'D GET THE
PARTY STARTED, BECAUSE --
>> GET THE PARTY STARTED,
TERRY LEWIS.
>> JUST STANDING HERE, MAN, I
GOT TO BE THE LUCKIEST GUY IN
THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
>> YEAH.
>> BECAUSE I JUST HAD
JANET JACKSON INDUCT ME INTO THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
[APPLAUSE]
CAN'T DO NO MORE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> LOOK, MAN, THERE'S SO MANY
THANK YOUS TO BE HAD HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> I HAVE MY MOTHER HERE
TONIGHT.
MOM, THIS ALL STARTED OUT IN THE
BASEMENT FOR US.
>> YEAH.
>> AND WE WERE MAKING NOISE,
BOY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE TOLERATED
THAT.
AND WE USED TO HEAR EVERY DAY --
[STOMPING FEET]
"TURN THAT SHIT DOWN!"
[LAUGHTER]
SO I THANK YOU, MOM, FOR
TOLERATING ALL OF THAT NOISE.
[LAUGHS]
I LOVE YOU.
I WANT TO THANK MY BROTHERS IN
THE TIME.
>> YES.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THERE'S MORRIS, JESSE,
JELLYBEAN, MONTY, JIMMY JAM,
MYSELF, AND JEROME.
>> YEAH.
>> BECAUSE AIN'T NOBODY BAD LIKE
THE TIME.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> BUT THERE'S NO TIME WITHOUT
THE PURPLE MAN.
AND WE ALL HAVE TO BOW DOWN WHEN
WE SAY THE WORD "PRINCE."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND WE HAVE TO THANK
CLARENCE AVANT.
>> THE BLACK GODFATHER.
>> THE BLACK GODFATHER, WHO GAVE
US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND
ACTUALLY GAVE US THE AUTONOMY TO
JUST MAKE MUSIC.
HE DIDN'T CHASE US AND TELL US
WHAT TO DO.
HE JUST SAID, "BRING IT TO ME
WHEN YOU'RE DONE."
>> YEAH.
>> AND THAT HELPED US FORM OUR
ABILITY TO CREATE.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MY LOVELY
WIFE WHO HOLDS ME DOWN.
AND SHE IS SO AWESOME.
AND DEAR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I LOVE YOU, BABY.
AND I'MMA LET JIMMY JAM SPEAK,
'CAUSE I CAN'T DO NO MORE.
I'M TOO HIGH.
GO.
>> LET ME FIX YOUR COLLAR.
>> FIX ME UP, GIRL.
MY STYLIST.
JANET JACKSON, MY STYLIST,
Y'ALL.
YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?
FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S THE MOST
I'VE EVER HEARD TERRY LEWIS
TALK IN MY WHOLE LIFE, OKAY?
CAN WE JUST SAY THAT?
NOW, "HALL OF FAME" TO ME MEANS
THAT IT'S EXCELLENCE AT
SOMETHING, RIGHT?
IT COULD BE A SPORTS HALL OF
FAME, OR IT COULD BE WHATEVER.
AND EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED
THE SPORT OR HAVEN'T WATCHED IT,
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE SONGS,
WHEN YOU PUT "HALL OF FAME"
BEFORE IT, ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT
MEANS SOMETHING TO PEOPLE.
SO, WE THANK THE HALL OF FAME
FOR ALLOWING US TO BE IN.
AND THEN, THE NICEST THING ABOUT
IT TO ME IS THAT, IN SPORTS, YOU
HAVE TO BE RETIRED TO GET IN,
OKAY?
NOW, I DON'T SEE A GOLD WATCH
QUITE YET.
SO I THINK WE STILL GOT SOME
TIME TO GET SOME THINGS DONE,
OKAY?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS,
MUSIC, I CALL IT THE DIVINE ART.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IF I SAID
TO YOU, "WHAT WERE YOU DOING 20
YEARS AGO?"
LIKE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PIECE
IT TOGETHER IN SOME SORT OF WAY.
BUT IF I PLAY YOU A SONG FROM 20
YEARS AGO, EVERY MEMORY COMES
BACK.
IT'S THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS
EVERYTHING.
[APPLAUSE]
SO, WHEN PEOPLE SAY, "WE'RE
GONNA CUT THE BUDGETS IN
SCHOOLS, AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO
CUT THE BUDGET?
WE'RE GONNA TAKE MUSIC OUT OF
SCHOOLS."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
HOW DO WE LEARN OUR ALPHABET?
WE DON'T GO: "A, B, UM, C."
NO.
WE GO:
♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G, ♪
WHAT'S NEXT?
♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪
RIGHT.
NO, WE DON'T NEED THE LONG
VERSION.
WE DO THE SINGLE VERSION, SINGLE
EDIT.
[LAUGHTER]
OUR GOAL IS TO LEAVE MUSIC IN A
BETTER PLACE.
THAT'S ME AND TERRY'S GOAL AT
THIS POINT.
WE ARE CELEBRATING 40 YEARS.
WE DID THIS, AND WE SAID 50/50.
THAT'S OUR CONTRACT.
40 YEARS ON THAT CONTRACT, WE'VE
BEEN TOGETHER.
AND NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE
CELEBRATING OUR 50TH YEAR AS
FRIENDS.
1973, WE MET.
[APPLAUSE]
WE'VE NEVER HAD AN ARGUMENT.
WE'VE HAD DISAGREEMENTS.
BUT A DISAGREEMENT, YOU'RE
TRYING TO SOLVE.
AN ARGUMENT, YOU'RE TRYING TO
WIN.
I DON'T WANNA WIN ANYTHING THAT
HE LOSES, AND HE FEELS THE SAME
WAY ABOUT ME.
[APPLAUSE]
SO, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS
HEAVY-ASS AWARD AND WE'RE GONNA
ENJOY IT.
WE WANNA THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
ROCK AND ROLL, BABY.
♪ ♪
>> Announcer: TO INDUCT
PAT BENATAR AND NEIL GIRALDO
INTO THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME,
SHERYL CROW.
♪ ♪
>> ISN'T THIS COOL?
AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU'RE HERE?
I WAS 18 YEARS OLD WHEN THIS
"ROLLING STONE" MAGAZINE CAME
OUT.
YES, I WAS.
I HAD JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL
IN MY TINY LITTLE TOWN OF
KENNETT, MISSOURI.
I HAD HEADED TO COLLEGE TO STUDY
CLASSICAL PIANO AND VOICE.
BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO BE
WAS PAT BENATAR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I HAD ALWAYS HEARD THAT
PAT BENATAR WAS CLASSICALLY
TRAINED, SO I IDENTIFIED WITH
HER AS A YOUNG MUSIC MAJOR.
BUT WHEN I GOT INTO A COVER BAND
AND BEGAN ATTEMPTING TO SING HER
SONGS, I REALIZED THAT PAT'S
VOICE WAS NOT JUST CLASSICALLY
TRAINED, OKAY?
SHE HAD A POWER TO HER VOICE
THAT WAS LIKE NO OTHER FEMALE.
THIS YOUNG, TOUGH CHICK WAS
ROCK 'N' ROLL PERSONIFIED, AND
SHE COULD HOLD HER OWN IN A
ROCKING BAND.
HER FIRST ALBUM,
"IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT," WAS
MANY TIMES CERTIFIED PLATINUM
WITH HITS LIKE "HEARTBREAKER"
AND "I NEED A LOVER."
BUT IT WAS THE SONG
"WE LIVE FOR LOVE," PENNED BY
HER GUITAR PLAYER AND FUTURE
HUSBAND, NEIL GIRALDO, THAT
REALLY PUT BOTH OF THEM ON THE
MAP BY REACHING THE TOP 10.
THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST OF MANY
TOP 10 HITS THEY WOULD CREATE
OVER THE YEARS TO COME.
IN 1980, PAT AND NEIL RELEASED
"CRIMES OF PASSION," WHICH
RENDERED
"HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT,"
WHICH I BUTCHERED.
THE VERY CONTROVERSIAL BUT
MESSAGE EMPOWERED
"HELL IS FOR CHILDREN,"
"TREAT ME RIGHT," AND
"YOU BETTER RUN."
HER VOICE AND THE SOUND THAT SHE
AND NEIL CREATED WAS TOTALLY
INDIVIDUAL AND IMMEDIATELY
RECOGNIZABLE.
AND HOW THAT POWERHOUSE OF A
VOICE WOULD COME FROM HER TINY
FRAME WAS REMARKABLE.
PAT'S CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH HER
HUSBAND, NEIL GIRALDO, WHO HAD
BEEN HER PRODUCER, GUITARIST,
AND CO-WRITER FOR MORE THAN FOUR
DECADES, CREATED A SOUND THAT IS
SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLICATE.
BUT ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT
I LOVE ABOUT PAT AND NEIL IS
THEIR LOVE FOR WHAT THEY DO AND
FOR EACH OTHER.
[APPLAUSE]
NEIL HAS SAID THAT HE COMPARES
HE AND PAT TO JOHNNY AND JUNE.
I CAN SEE THAT.
SPIDER, AS PAT CALLS NEIL, AND
PATRICIA, AS NEIL CALLS PAT,
HAVE A LIFE THAT IS ALL ABOUT
FAMILY, AND LOVE, AND MUSIC.
AS A WOMAN IN THIS BUSINESS AND
AS A YOUNG WOMAN STARTING OUT
PLAYING IN CLUBS WHO WEATHERED
SOME VERY CHALLENGING MOMENTS
ALONG THE WAY OF MY OWN, PAT WAS
AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE.
SHE EXEMPLIFIED TRUE FEMINISM.
SHE KNEW WHO SHE WAS AND WHAT
SHE DESERVED.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR PAT, FOR MAKING
MY AND SO MANY OTHER FEMALE
ARTISTS' PATHS A LITTLE BIT
EASIER ALONG THE WAY.
PROPELLED BY NEIL'S ROCK AND
ROLL MUSCLE, PAT ALWAYS REACHED
FOR THE DEEPEST PLACES WITHIN
HERSELF AND CAME ROARING OUT OF
THE SPEAKERS TO CONFIDE HER
TRUTHS DIRECTLY TO YOU.
YOU COULD LOOK AT HER WHEN YOU
WERE A YOUNG GIRL AND SOMEHOW
SEE YOURSELF.
SHE WAS FEARLESS IN WHAT SHE
CHOSE TO SING ABOUT.
SONGS LIKE
"LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD" TOOK ON
CHARGED ISSUES AND PUSHED THE
BOUNDARIES OF WHAT ROCK SONGS
AND VIDEOS COULD PORTRAY.
SHE MADE HIT SONGS THAT SAID
SOMETHING.
PAT BENATAR AND NEIL GIRALDO
WERE UNSTOPPABLE.
IN BOTH THEIR PERSONAL AND
CREATIVE LIVES, THEY ARE A
PERFECT MATCH.
THEY'RE SOULMATES AND ROCK AND
ROLL ICONS.
LET'S CHECK THIS FILM OUT.
♪ ♪
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
ABOUT FEELING.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE THE
GREATEST SINGER ON THE PLANET.
IF YOU HAVE NO SOUL, YOU'RE
WORTH NOTHING.
I MEAN, I'D RATHER SING BAD
NOTES WITH A LOT OF FEELINGS
THAN SING GOOD ONES WITH
NOTHING.
♪ WE ARE YOUNG ♪
♪ HEARTACHE TO HEARTACHE ♪
♪ WE STAND ♪
>> THE FIRST CONCERT I EVER WENT
TO WAS A PAT BENATAR CONCERT.
SHE'S AN INSPIRATION FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
♪ LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD ♪
>> SHE'S THE EPITOME OF COOL.
SHE'S SUPER TALENTED.
HER VOICE IS JUST COMPLETELY
UNMISTAKABLE.
AND NO MATTER WHAT STYLE SHE'S
SINGING, AS SOON AS THAT SONG
COMES ON, YOU KNOW IT'S
PAT BENATAR.
♪ ♪
>> I CAME FROM A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT BACKGROUND.
MY BACKGROUND WAS IN MUSICAL
THEATER AND CLASSICAL MUSIC.
IN 1975, I AUDITIONED TO
"CATCH A RISING STAR."
GREAT STUFF WAS HAPPENING THERE,
LOTS OF EXCITEMENT.
EVERYBODY WAS THERE.
CHEVY CHASE WAS WORKING OUT, AND
JOHN BELUSHI, AND
ROBIN WILLIAMS.
IT WAS A COMEDY CLUB, BUT I KNEW
THEY HAD SINGERS IN THERE FOR
FILLER.
♪ OH, IT'S A LITTLE
TOO LITTLE ♪
♪ IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE ♪
THAT'S WHERE I MET RICK NEWMAN,
AND HE BECAME MY MANAGER.
>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT X
FACTOR, AND YOU HAVE TO BE
COMPELLING.
AND PATTI SURE WAS COMPELLING.
>> ONE NIGHT, IT WAS ON
HALLOWEEN, WE ALL DRESSED UP.
THERE WAS AN OLD SCIENCE FICTION
MOVIE CALLED
"CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON."
THEY HAD THIS, LIKE, REALLY COOL
OUTFIT THAT I ALWAYS LOVED, AND
THEY WORE THESE BLACK TIGHTS.
WE WENT UP AND I GOT ON STAGE TO
PLAY.
♪ HELL, HELL IS FOR ♪
♪ HELL, HELL IS FOR CHILDREN ♪
NOT ONLY DID IT CHANGE THE WAY
THAT I LOOK, BUT MY ATTITUDE
CHANGED.
I BECAME REALLY AGGRESSIVE.
IT FELT VERY POWERFUL TO BE LIKE
THAT.
♪ ♪
I DIDN'T WANNA BE LIKE A SOLO
ARTIST, GIRL SINGER WITH AN
INNOCUOUS BAND BEHIND ME.
I WANTED A PARTNER.
I WANTED IT TO BE LIKE
ROBERT PLANT AND JIMMY PAGE, OR,
YOU KNOW, KEITH AND MICK.
AND MIKE CHAPMAN SAID, "I GOT
THIS KID."
>> I GET A PHONE CALL FROM
CHRYSALIS, "WE SIGNED THIS GIRL.
SHE'S LOOKING FOR A PARTNER."
>> IT WAS INSTANTANEOUS.
IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
>> SHE GOT EXACTLY WHAT SHE
WANTED.
I GOT EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED.
IT WAS A PERFECT FIT.
♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪
♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND
WITH ME ♪
♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ DREAM MAKER ♪
>> NEIL CAME INTO THE BAND AFTER
I WAS SIGNED AS A SOLO ARTIST.
HAD I KNOWN HIM BEFORE THAT
HAPPENED, I WOULD NEVER HAVE
BEEN A SOLO ARTIST, BECAUSE THIS
BAND IS NOT ABOUT ME.
THIS BAND IS ABOUT US.
♪ ♪
>> I CAME FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO,
AND I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR
WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.
WHEN I SAW WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN
YOU TURN A GUITAR AMP UP,
CHANGED MY LIFE.
♪ ♪
>> IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY WHO
DOES WHAT, BECAUSE ALL OF US,
YOU KNOW, CHARLIE, ROGER,
EVERYBODY'S IN THERE, ALWAYS
PUTTING IN THEIR LITTLE OPINIONS
AND STUFF.
>> WHEN YOU GO TO SEE US LIVE,
YOU'RE SEEING THE WHOLE BAND.
>> [VOCALIZING]
>> SHE PROVED THAT WOMEN CAN
FRONT ROCK AND ROLL BANDS.
WE CAN SING OVER LOUD GUITARS,
AND WE CAN COMPETE IN THE BOYS
CLUB, AND STILL DO OUR OWN THING
THAT MAKES US ARGUABLY BETTER AT
SOME THINGS.
♪ HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT ♪
♪ WHY DON'T YOU HIT ME WITH YOUR
BEST SHOT ♪
>> YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK OF
THOSE EARLY YEARS AS THIS, ALL
THE TIME.
I THINK THAT THAT AGGRESSIVE
BEHAVIOR WAS ATTRACTIVE TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE, AND THAT MADE IT WHAT
IT WAS.
>> IT GOT SO CRAZY AND SO FAST.
>> IT JUST EXPLODED.
[ROCKET LAUNCHING]
>> SOMEBODY CAME AND SAID THEY
WERE GONNA START THIS THING.
"WE WANNA MAKE THESE MOVIES OF
SONGS.
ARE YOU WILLING TO TRY THIS?
DO YOU WANNA DO THIS?"
AND WE SAID, "YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WHY NOT?
SURE."
♪ WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO
MY HEART? ♪
>> "YOU BETTER RUN" BECAME THE
SECOND VIDEO THAT WAS EVER AIRED
ON MTV.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW YOU WERE
IN EVERYONE'S HOME ALL DAY, ALL
NIGHT.
♪ YOU BETTER RUN ♪
♪ YOU BETTER HIDE ♪
♪ YOU BETTER LEAVE ♪
OUR LIVES CHANGED, AND IT NEVER
WAS THE SAME AGAIN, EVER.
♪ I NEED A LOVER THAT WON'T
DRIVE ME CRAZY ♪
>> WE KNEW THAT WE WERE MEANT TO
BE TOGETHER ALL THE TIME ANYWAY,
SO WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST GET
MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN.
>> AND WE GOT ENGAGED ON
VALENTINE'S DAY, AND SIX DAYS
LATER, WE WERE MARRIED IN HAWAII
AND THAT WAS IT.
♪ WE BELONG TO THE LIGHT, WE
BELONG TO THE THUNDER ♪
♪ WE BELONG TO THE SOUND OF THE
WORDS ♪
♪ WE'VE BOTH FALLEN UNDER ♪
>> SHE'S ONE OF THE TRAILBLAZERS
THAT PROVED TO ME AS A YOUNG
GIRL THAT I CAN BE IN A ROCK AND
ROLL BAND.
THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF EPIC
FEMALE ROCK SINGERS, AND PAT IS
ONE OF THE GREATS.
♪ WE'RE RUNNING WITH THE
SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT ♪
♪ SO BABY, TAKE MY HAND, YOU'LL
BE ALRIGHT ♪
>> YOU GET TO SEE THEIR REACTION
AND YOU SEE THEM RELIVING
MEMORIES.
♪ YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BE
INNOCENT ♪
I'M GRATEFUL AND HAPPY FOR
EVERYTHING THAT WENT DOWN THE
WAY IT DID.
IT WAS REALLY, REALLY FUN.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I'M SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO
SAY: PAT BENATAR AND
NEIL GIRALDO, WELCOME TO THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME!
I LOVE YOU.
♪ ♪
♪ WE ARE YOUNG ♪
♪ HEARTACHE TO HEARTACHE ♪
♪ WE STAND ♪
♪ NO PROMISES ♪
♪ NO DEMANDS ♪
♪ LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA ♪
♪ WE ARE STRONG ♪
♪ NO ONE CAN TELL US
WE'RE WRONG ♪
♪ SEARCHING OUR HEARTS
FOR SO LONG ♪
♪ BOTH OF US KNOWING ♪
♪ LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ YOU'RE MAKING ME GO ♪
♪ THEN MAKING ME STAY ♪
♪ WHY DO YOU HURT ME SO BAD? ♪
♪ IT WOULD HELP ME TO KNOW ♪
♪ DO I STAND IN YOUR WAY ♪
♪ OR AM I THE BEST THING
YOU'VE HAD? ♪
♪ BELIEVE ME, BELIEVE ME ♪
♪ I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY ♪
♪ BUT I'M TRAPPED BY YOUR LOVE ♪
♪ AND I'M CHAINED TO YOUR SIDE ♪
♪ WE ARE YOUNG ♪
♪ HEARTACHE TO HEARTACHE ♪
♪ WE STAND ♪
♪ NO PROMISES ♪
♪ NO DEMANDS ♪
♪ LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD ♪
♪ WE ARE STRONG ♪
♪ NO ONE CAN TELL US
WE'RE WRONG ♪
♪ SEARCHING OUR HEARTS
FOR SO LONG ♪
♪ BOTH OF US KNOWING ♪
♪ LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD ♪
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PLEASE SAY GOODBYE TO
MR. CHRIS RALLES.
AND PLEASE WELCOME THE ONE AND
ONLY MR. MYRON GROMBACHER.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT.
♪ ♪
♪ YOUR LOVE IS LIKE A TIDAL
WAVE, SPINNING OVER MY HEAD ♪
♪ DROWNIN' ME IN YOUR PROMISES,
BETTER LEFT UNSAID ♪
♪ YOU'RE THE RIGHT KIND OF
SINNER
♪ TO RELEASE MY INNER FANTASY ♪
♪ THE INVINCIBLE WINNER ♪
♪ AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE
BORN TO BE ♪
♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪
♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND
WITH ME ♪
♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪
♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND,
NO, NO, NO ♪
♪ ♪
♪ YOUR LOVE HAS SET MY SOUL ON
FIRE, BURNIN' OUT OF CONTROL ♪
♪ YOU TAUGHT ME THE WAYS OF
DESIRE ♪
♪ NOW IT'S TAKIN' ITS TOLL ♪
♪ YOU'RE THE RIGHT KIND OF
SINNER, TO RELEASE MY INNER
FANTASY ♪
♪ THE INVINCIBLE WINNER
♪ AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE
BORN TO BE ♪
♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪
♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND
WITH ME ♪
♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪
♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND,
NO, NO, NO ♪
♪ ♪
♪ YOU'RE THE RIGHT KIND OF
SINNER ♪
♪ TO RELEASE MY INNER FANTASY ♪
♪ THE INVINCIBLE WINNER ♪
♪ AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE
BORN TO BE ♪
♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪
♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND
WITH ME ♪
♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪
♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND
WITH ME ♪
♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪
♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND
WITH ME ♪
♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪
♪ HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ ♪
[GUITAR SOLO]
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING,
THAT THAT GIRL CAN SING HER ASS
OFF.
OKAY?
[APPLAUSE]
>> FIRST OFF, I WANNA THANK A
GUITAR HERO OF MINE,
RICK DERRINGER, FOR GIVING ME
THE OPPORTUNITY.
YEAH, HE GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY
TO JOIN HIS BAND IN 1978.
IT REALLY PREPARED ME FOR WHAT
WAS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT.
I WANNA THANK A RECORD
EXECUTIVE, JEFF ALDRIDGE.
JEFF ALDRIDGE, IN THE SPRING OF
1979, HE INSISTED I MEET A
YOUNG, CLASSICALLY-TRAINED
SINGER FROM LONG ISLAND,
NEW YORK, WHO WAS LOOKING FOR A
MUSICAL PARTNER TO PUT A BAND
TOGETHER.
I TOLD HIM, "IF IT DOESN'T WORK
OUT, CAN YOU GET ME A PLANE
TICKET BACK TO MY HOMETOWN,
CLEVELAND, OHIO?"
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YEAH.
HE SAID, "SURE."
I NEVER LEFT NEW YORK.
ALL I EVER WANTED WAS A GREAT
SINGER, AND WHAT I GOT WAS AN
EXCEPTIONAL VOCALIST.
YEAH.
FIRST TIME I HEARD PATRICIA
SING, I SAID, "MY GOD, ARE YOU
SURE YOU REALLY WANNA DO THIS?
BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO BE THE
ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR RUINING THAT
BEAUTIFUL VOICE, I'M JUST
TELLING YOU THAT."
I DO WANT TO SHARE THIS HONOR
WITH ALL THE MUSICIANS THAT HAVE
SHARED THE STAGE AND STUDIO WITH
US FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND
THERE WAS QUITE A FEW.
I THANK ALL OF THEM.
AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK
PATRICIA.
YOU COULD HAVE CHOSE ANYBODY.
YOU KNOW THAT.
OKAY.
I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL.
SO THANKS FOR HAVING FAITH IN
ME, TRUSTING ME, AND LISTENING
TO MY SOMETIMES UNORTHODOX,
WACKY MUSICAL IDEAS.
AND BEING UNAFRAID TO
TAKE THE CHANCES.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
YEAH.
IN CLOSING, I'M EXCITED AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE ROCK
HALL, THEIR NONPROFIT SCHOOL
PROGRAMS THAT KEEP MUSIC AND ART
EDUCATION IN CLASSROOMS.
[APPLAUSE]
YEAH.
AND ONE LAST THING, IF YOU ARE
SHUT DOWN, STRUGGLING
EMOTIONALLY OR PHYSICALLY, AND
IF YOU'RE AFRAID TO LEAVE YOUR
BEDROOM, OR YOU'RE BULLIED,
START PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT AND
START DREAMING.
REALLY.
START DREAMING.
[APPLAUSE]
LISTEN TO THE PIONEERS AS YOU
WORK AS HARD AS YOU CAN.
OKAY?
YOU WANNA BE A SONGWRITER?
READ BOOKS, AND READ A LOT OF
THEM.
AND DON'T LET OUTSIDE NEGATIVE
NOISE LIVE RENT-FREE IN YOUR
MIND, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER.
[APPLAUSE]
PATRICIA AND I ARE HONORED TO BE
PART OF THIS EXCEPTIONAL 2022
CLASS OF THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
AND I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH
MY INCREDIBLY LONG LIST OF ALL
THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WE
LOVE, WHO WORKED SO HARD AND
GAVE UP SO MANY SACRIFICES TO
GET US HERE TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I WILL THANK ALL OF YOU, OUR
AMAZING FANS, WHO GRACIOUSLY
JOINED US ON THIS 43-YEAR
JOURNEY.
IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE RIDE
AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT
WITHOUT YOU.
THANK YOU TO OUR FAMILIES AND
OUR FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY OUR TWO
BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, HALEY AND
HANA, WHO GENEROUSLY SHARED
THEIR LIVES AND SHARED THEIR
PARENTS WITH THE WORLD AS THEY
WERE GROWING UP.
OUR THREE DARLING GRANDBABIES,
STEVIE, LOLA, AND LITTLE CASH.
GRANDMA AND PAPA LOVE YOU AND
ADORE YOU.
AND YOU, MY PARTNER, MY LOVE.
43 YEARS AGO IN A REHEARSAL
STUDIO IN NEW YORK, COULD YOU
EVER HAVE IMAGINED THIS NIGHT
TONIGHT?
>> HMM, NOT REALLY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> SO, I'M GUESSING WE COULD
HAVE PROBABLY DONE THIS
SEPARATELY ON OUR OWN, IN OUR
OWN WAY, BUT IT NEVER WOULD HAVE
BEEN THIS MUCH FUN.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.
GOOD NIGHT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I WALKED INTO THE RECORD
PLANT, THIS SKINNY, LITTLE
ITALIAN KID SITTING AT THE TAPE
MACHINE.
BASIC JOB WAS TO TAKE THE TAPE
ON AND OFF, PUSH THE STOP AND
START BUTTON.
THAT WAS JIMMY IOVINE.
HE CAME WITH THE FURNITURE.
>> I DID COME WITH THE
FURNITURE.
>> JIMMY IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
WHO HAS NOT ONLY SUCCEEDED, BUT
HAS BECOME A BETTER PERSON IN
THE PROCESS.
>> YOU ALWAYS FELT THAT HIS
WHOLE GOAL WAS FOR THE WORLD TO
SEE WHAT HE WAS SEEING.
>> AND JIMMY HAS THIS BRUTAL
HONESTY.
BUT BRUTAL HONESTY IS WHY YOU
WANT HIM IN THE ROOM.
>> OF COURSE, IT'S ALL DRIVEN BY
HIS LOW SELF-ESTEEM, I MEAN,
BUT SO ARE WE ALL.
>> IN MY PARTICULAR CASE, IT'S
PURELY ONE THING: I LEARNED IT.
I MET A GUY NAMED ROY CICALA,
WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE STUDIO.
HE WAS THE CHIEF ENGINEER.
AND I WENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS, AND IN SIX ALBUMS, THREE
WITH JOHN LENNON, TWO WITH
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, AND ONE WITH
PATTI SMITH.
♪ BECAUSE THE NIGHT BELONGS TO
LOVERS ♪
>> AND EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW
ABOUT TASTE TODAY, I LEARNED IN
THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
♪ HEY! ♪
♪ HERE COMES MY GIRL ♪
>> WHEN WE FIRST MET
JIMMY IOVINE, HE TAUGHT US A LOT
ABOUT MAKING THE RECORD SOUND
BIGGER, AND HOW IMPORTANT THE
ARRANGEMENT WAS.
♪ STOP DRAGGIN' MY ♪
♪ STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART
AROUND ♪
>> THIS GUY GAVE ME MY SOLO
CAREER ON A PLATTER WITH A
SINGLE FROM TOM PETTY.
♪ ♪
>> HE HAPPENS TO -- HE'S LIKE A
VIRUS THAT ENTERS THE SYSTEM
UNINVITED.
IT'S LIKE HE KNOWS THIS IS GOING
TO WORK OUT WELL FOR BOTH OF
YOU.
♪ I WANNA RUN ♪
>> WE DID TWO ALBUMS, AND A
MOVIE, AND WENT ON THE ROAD AND
RECORDED 18 SHOWS.
>> I THINK "RATTLE AND HUM" WAS
JIMMY'S LAST STAND.
>> I JUST NEEDED TO STOP.
I DIDN'T WANNA SEE A STUDIO.
I WAS DONE.
>> THE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE
MADE HIM A SUCCESS TO THIS
POINT, HE'S WILLING TO SHED THAT
AND GO FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY
ELSE.
>> AND THAT'S HOW INTERSCOPE
CAME ABOUT.
♪ RICO ♪
>> I SAID, "MAN, FUCK IT.
WE'RE GONNA SIGN THIS."
>> WHAT?
THIS IS GONNA BE OUR FIRST
SIGNING?
♪ SUAVE ♪
>> 'CAUSE I DON'T CARE. WE'RE
JUST SIGNING.
HUGE HIT, PUT US ON THE MAP.
>> PRIMUS, HELMET,
4 NON BLONDES, MARK WAHLBERG WHO
WE KNOW AS MARKY MARK.
TUPAC WAS SIGNED BY TOM WHALLEY.
AND NO DOUBT.
>> WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
>> I'M GWEN.
>> I HAD NO IDEA WHAT
INTERSCOPE RECORDS WAS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO JIMMY IOVINE
WAS, AND HE SAID TO ME, "YOU'RE
GONNA BE A STAR IN SIX YEARS."
OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, UM, WHO ARE
YOU?
♪ DON'T SPEAK, I KNOW JUST WHAT
YOU'RE SAYIN' ♪
>> AND THEN I FOUND MY NICHE AND
SAID, "OKAY, I GOTTA FIND GREAT
PRODUCERS."
AND I PRODUCED THEM.
>> THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
HE HAD THE STAGE PRESENCE, HE
PRODUCED THOSE RECORDS HIMSELF.
TRENT GOT EVERY OUNCE OF IT.
>> YEAH, HE KINDA SAID, "WHAT DO
YOU WANT?"
AND I SAID, "WELL, I'D LIKE YOU
TO GIVE ME AN ADVANCE FOR AN
ALBUM AND THEN JUST LEAVE ME
ALONE.
♪ ONE, TWO, THREE AND TO THE
FOUR ♪
♪ SNOOP DOGGY DOGG AND DR. DRE
IS AT THE DOOR ♪
>> DRE AND SUGE CAME IN TO PLAY
US "THE CHRONIC."
I SAID, "DRE, WHO RECORDED THIS
FOR YOU?"
AND HE SAID, "ME."
I SAID, "WOW, THIS GUY WILL
DEFINE INTERSCOPE."
GREAT CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE.
>> HOLY SHIT.
I'M IN THE INTERSCOPE OFFICE.
>> EMINEM WAS THE MOST
CONTROVERSIAL THING WE'D EVER
BEEN INVOLVED IN.
>> JIMMY IOVINE, HE'S BEEN THAT
LITTLE VOICE INSIDE MY HEAD.
>> WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE EXTREMES
AND YOU NURTURE THEM, AND NOT
INTERFERE WITH WHAT THEY'RE
DOING, THE POTENTIAL IS
LIMITLESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT INTERSCOPE WAS
ABOUT.
EMPOWERING THOSE ARTISTS.
>> COMPLETELY REMOVE THE
MOTHERFUCKING EGO, JIMMY TOLD ME
THAT.
"REMOVE THE EGO."
>> DRE AND I, WE SHARED
SOMETHING, AND IT WASN'T MUSIC.
IT WAS THE DREAM OF MUSIC.
WE SAID, "OKAY, THIS IS GONNA
CHANGE OUR LIVES.
WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND GO DO
SOMETHING, AND MAKE SOME MONEY,
AND LIVE A BETTER LIFE."
SO, WE BUILT BEATS.
WE BUILT BEATS MUSIC, AND WE GOT
LUCKY.
♪ ♪
>> JIMMY IS ONE OF THE TWO OR
THREE GREATEST INVENTORS.
HIS INVENTION WAS JIMMY IOVINE.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE OF THEM.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Announcer: TO HONOR
JIMMY IOVINE WITH THE
AHMET ERTEGUN AWARD,
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER,
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HI.
IT'S 1978, JIMMY IOVINE HAS
GRADUATED FROM BEING THIS SKINNY
ITALIAN KID WHO CHANGES THE TAPE
AND HITS THE START AND STOP
BUTTONS ON THE RECORDING
MACHINE, TO THE SKINNY ITALIAN
KID AT THE CONSOLE, ENGINEERING
"BORN TO RUN" AND
"DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN."
[APPLAUSE]
SO, I WALK IN THE STUDIO AND
JON JUST SAYS TO ME, "HE TOLD
ME HE COULD DO IT.
HE JUST --"
WHEN I ASKED HIM, "WHAT'S THIS
KID DOING AT OUR MIXING
CONSOLE?"
BUT SOMEHOW, HE DID IT.
AND ON AN ENGINEER'S SALARY, HE
HAD PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE RECORD
PLANT AN ORANGE MERCEDES-BENZ.
ONE AFTERNOON, HE GETS ME IN THE
ORANGE MERCEDES-BENZ, TAKES ME
ON A LITTLE DRIVE TO
CONEY ISLAND.
ALONG THE WAY, HE CASUALLY
DROPS, "HEY, BRUCE, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING WITH THAT SONG,
'BECAUSE THE NIGHT'?"
I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
IT'S AN OUTTAKE.
IT'S UNFINISHED."
"UH, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA FINISH IT,
CAN I HAVE IT?"
[LAUGHTER]
I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
WITH IT?"
"I WANNA GET PATTI SMITH TO SING
IT."
[APPLAUSE]
SO WE'RE IN THE MERCEDES.
IT'S A SUNNY DAY.
I'M WITH MY PAL.
I LOVE PATTI.
IT'S A GREAT CHORUS.
"SURE, WHY NOT?"
OF COURSE, WITH JIMMY'S
GUIDANCE, PATTI TURNS
"BECAUSE THE NIGHT" INTO A HUGE
TOP FIVE HIT RECORD.
YUP.
[APPLAUSE]
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I COULD
NEVER HAVE DONE, BECAUSE I
DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO TURN IT
INTO A LOVE SONG, AS JIMMY KNEW
THAT PATTI WOULD.
SO JIMMY KNOWS GREAT SONGS AND
HE KNOWS WHO CAN SING THEM.
HE HAS ONE OF THE GREATEST GUTS
FOR TALENT.
HE'S ONE OF THE GREATEST SPONGES
FOR LEARNING I'VE EVER MET.
IN THE ROOM WITH MYSELF AND
JON LANDAU, JIMMY MISSES
NOTHING.
HE LEARNS, TRUST YOUR ARTISTS.
LET THEM KNOW IT.
HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE.
GIVE THEM THE REINS.
DON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY TALENT.
RECOGNIZING THEIR TALENT IS YOUR
TALENT.
JIMMY IS BRAVE AND SMART.
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GREAT
DR. DRE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST
AND VALUED PARTNERSHIPS IN THE
MUSIC BUSINESS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HE TRUSTED DRE, AND HE TRUSTED
DRE'S VISION, AND HE RECOGNIZED
THE POWER OF HIP HOP, AND ITS
ABILITY TO CONQUER A CULTURE.
OF COURSE, AS AN ENTREPRENEUR,
BEATS.
HE KNEW THAT -- HE TELLS ME HE
TOLD DRE, "WE SHOULDN'T MAKE
SNEAKERS.
WE SHOULD MAKE SPEAKERS."
[LAUGHTER]
AND SO THEY DID.
THEY MADE MILLIONS OF THEM.
[LAUGHS]
AND JIMMY HAD THE INTELLIGENCE,
THE HEART, AND THE SOUL TO
TRUST, UNDERSTAND HIS ARTISTS,
PUT THEM FIRST, AND PUT THE
BUSINESS OF MUSIC IN ITS PROPER
PERSPECTIVE.
HE'S AN INCREDIBLY WELL-ROUNDED
VISIONARY EXECUTIVE.
JIMMY NEVER TOOK OFF HIS FANS'
SHOES.
HE KNEW TO KEEP THEM ON.
I STILL GET MESSAGES FROM HIM.
WITH "BORN TO RUN" BLASTING THE
BACKGROUND, AND, UH, JIMMY KNEW
AND RECOGNIZED THAT THE
CHEMISTRY, THAT JON AND MINE'S
RELATIONSHIP WAS THE SECRET
FORMULA, NOT JUST FOR ROCK AND
ROLL MAGIC, BUT FOR ROCK AND
ROLL SUCCESS.
SO, WHAT DOES JIMMY KNOW?
JIMMY KNEW EVERYTHING IMPORTANT.
SO, JIM, ALL I CAN SAY IS
"RICO SUAVE."
[LAUGHTER]
CONGRATULATIONS, LITTLE BROTHER.
COME ON UP AND GET IT.
WELCOME TO THE HALL OF FAME.
♪ ♪
♪ BECAUSE THE NIGHT BELONGS
TO LOVERS ♪
♪ BECAUSE THE NIGHT BELONGS
TO LUST ♪
BECAUSE THE NIGHT BELONGS
TO LOVERS ♪
♪ BECAUSE THE NIGHT BELONGS
TO US ♪
>> THANK YOU.
HE'S THAT ANNOYING OLDER BROTHER
THAT DOES EVERYTHING BETTER THAN
YOU, INCLUDING GIVING A SPEECH.
FIRST, I WANNA THANK JON LANDAU
AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.
[APPLAUSE]
I WALKED INTO THE SESSIONS FOR
"BORN TO RUN," THERE WAS AN
ENGINEER THERE, BUT FOR WHATEVER
REASON, THAT ENGINEER WAS
LEAVING.
JON LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,
"CAN YOU DO THIS?"
I'D LIKE TO THANK MYSELF FOR
HAVING THE BALLS TO SAY YES.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TWO YEARS LATER, PATTI SMITH
TOOK A CHANCE ON ME PRODUCING
HER ALBUM, "EASTER."
IT COMPLETELY REARRANGED MY
BRAIN ABOUT WHAT ART IS, AND HOW
IMPORTANT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
GLASS CAN BE.
[APPLAUSE]
THEN, I GOT TO WORK WITH
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
ON "DAMN THE TORPEDOES."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TOM TAUGHT ME THAT, IN THE
SERVICE OF GREAT ART, TAKE NO
PRISONERS.
I THANK YOU AND I MISS YOU
DEARLY.
[APPLAUSE]
THEN, STEVIE NICKS DECIDED, STEP
OUT FROM THE BIGGEST ROCK AND
ROLL BAND AROUND AND MAKE A SOLO
ALBUM.
A BRAVE AND RISKY DECISION.
THANK YOU, STEVIE, FOR BEING ONE
OF THE GREAT, GREAT VOICES OF
ROCK AND ROLL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
FAST FORWARD TO 1983, NOW I'M 30
YEARS OLD.
THANKFULLY, AT THAT MOMENT, I
MET BONO, EDGE, LARRY, AND ADAM.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BONO TAUGHT ME THAT THERE WERE
THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH INSIDE OF
MUSIC, AND BEYOND.
HE ALSO TAUGHT ME HOW TO DRINK
CRANBERRY AND VODKA.
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN I DECIDED TO TRY TO START A
RECORD COMPANY, I WENT TO
DAVID GEFFEN, AND HE TOLD ME,
"YOU CAN DO THIS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE
RECORD BUSINESS A LOT DUMBER
THAN YOU."
[LAUGHTER]
I SAID, "OKAY."
THANK YOU, DAVID.
I CAN NEVER REPAY YOU FOR
40 YEARS OF CLARITY, GUIDANCE,
AND FRIENDSHIP.
[APPLAUSE]
BACK IN 1990, DR. DRE CHANGED
THE FATE OF MUSIC FOR INTERSCOPE
OVERNIGHT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU, DRE, FOR BRINGING
SNOOP AND EMINEM INTO MY LIFE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, DRE AND I
STARTED "BEATS BY DRE."
AND WHERE WE WENT ON A JOURNEY
TOGETHER, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS,
NO GREATER PERSON YOU COULD HAVE
AS A PARTNER THAN
DR. ANDRE YOUNG.
[APPLAUSE]
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
MARY J. BLIGE AND GWEN STEFANI.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TWO VERY, VERY POWERFUL WOMEN
WHO CAME TO OUR FAMILY, BOTH IN
MUSIC AND IN LOVE, AND WE
APPRECIATE AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
WHEN I MET LIBERTY ROSS, SHE
GAVE ME THE LOVE AND STRENGTH TO
SEE LIFE THROUGH A
MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LENS.
LIBERTY, THANK YOU FOR
COMPLETING ME.
AND BRINGING THE WONDERFUL SKYLA
AND SONNY INTO OUR LIVES.
AND OF COURSE, WITH ALL MY
HEART, I WANNA THANK JAMIE,
JESSICA, JEREMY, AND JADE IOVINE
FORSUPPORTING YOUR DAD AND
MAKING HIM FEEL SPECIAL FROM THE
DAY YOU WERE BORN.
YOU ARE MY GREATEST
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
[APPLAUSE]
MY MESSAGE TONIGHT IS THIS:
REMEMBER, THANK THE PEOPLE WHO
MENTORED YOU, AND TRY TO RETURN
ALL THOSE FAVORS BY BEING SOME
KIND OF MENTOR FOR SOMEBODY ELSE
WHENEVER YOU CAN.
BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, NO ONE
GETS TO A MOMENT LIKE THIS
ALONE.
SO TO ALL WHO MADE MY LIFE STORY
POSSIBLE, I WANNA SAY ONE MORE
TIME: THANKS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO
MRS. ELIZABETH COTTEN, AN OLD,
OLD FRIEND, I'VE KNOWN HER ABOUT
20 YEARS, FRIEND OF MY FAMILY AS
WELL, AND THE WOMAN WHO WROTE
THAT SONG, "FREIGHT TRAIN,
FREIGHT TRAIN, RUN SO FAST."
♪ FREIGHT TRAIN, FREIGHT TRAIN,
RUN SO FAST ♪
♪ FREIGHT TRAIN, FREIGHT TRAIN,
RUN SO FAST ♪
>> YOU GOT TO REALIZE THAT THIS
IS ONE PERSON, WHEN YOU HEAR
THESE RECORDS.
SHE'S PLAYING BASS LINE, SHE'S
PLAYING RHYTHM, SHE'S PLAYING
LEADS, ALL AT THE SAME TIME, AND
DIFFERENT STYLES, TOO, THAT ARE
THE FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN
MUSIC.
♪ ♪
>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I TELL
YOU WHAT I DID.
I COOKED AND CLEANED PEOPLE'S
HOUSES, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE
ENOUGH EDUCATION TO DO ANYTHING
ELSE, SO THAT WAS MY LINE OF
WORK.
♪ ♪
>> SHE'S REALLY KIND OF A GENIUS
GUITAR PLAYER, PLAYED
LEFT-HANDED, UPSIDE DOWN GUITAR.
AND I LOVE THE SEEGER FAMILY AND
I'VE STUDIED WITH TWO OF THEM,
MIKE AND PEGGY SEEGER.
MIKE, WHO'S PASSED ON NOW.
AND SHE USED TO WORK AS A
DOMESTIC IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT SHE
PLAYED GUITAR AND THEY SAID,
"OH, NO, PUT THE BROOM DOWN, YOU
GO AND PLAY."
AND SO SHE GOT TO PERFORM IN HER
LATER YEARS.
♪ OH, BABE IT AIN'T NO LIE ♪
♪ I KNOW THIS LIFE I'M LIVING IS
VERY HIGH ♪
[APPLAUSE]
♪ OH, LORDY ME, DIDN'T I SHAKE
SUGAREE ♪
♪ EVERYTHING I GOT IS DONE AND
PAWNED ♪
[GUITAR STRUMMING]
>> HER PLAYING BANJO MAKES A LOT
MORE SENSE OF WHERE HER RHYTHM
KINDA COMES FROM, HER KINDA
PLUCKING, PICKING TECHNIQUE.
>> MY OLDEST BROTHER OWNED A
BANJO, AND WHEN HE'D GO TO WORK,
I'D SNEAK IN AND GET HIS BANJO
DOWN, TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO
PLAY.
I WOULDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS
TUNED OR NOT TUNED.
>> IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
♪ PLEASE DON'T TELL WHAT TRAIN
I'M ON ♪
♪ SO THEY WON'T KNOW WHAT ROUTE
I'M GOIN'♪
♪ PLEASE DON'T TELL WHAT TRAIN
I'M ON ♪
♪ SO THEY WON'T KNOW WHAT ROUTE
I'M GOIN' ♪
♪ FREIGHT TRAIN, FREIGHT TRAIN,
RUN SO FAST ♪
♪ FREIGHT TRAIN, FREIGHT TRAIN,
RUN SO FAST ♪
♪ PLEASE DON'T TELL WHAT TRAIN
I'M ON ♪
♪ THEY WON'T KNOW WHICH ROUTE
I'M GOIN' ♪
>> THE WAY SHE PLAYS THAT
GUITAR, IT'S LIKE SHE WAS BORN
WITH IT.
[GUITAR STRUMMING]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> Announcer: TO INDUCT
JUDAS PRIEST,
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER
ALICE COOPER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> THANK YOU.
WELL, WHAT A GREAT ROOM THIS IS.
EVERY TABLE I LOOK AT HAS GOT AN
OLD FRIEND ON IT.
AND DURING THAT 18 MONTHS, WHERE
NONE OF US COULD TOUR, EVERY
BAND, EVERY ARTIST I TALKED TO
SAID, "I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK
ON STAGE."
SO I DON'T WANNA HEAR ROCK IS
DEAD.
OKAY?
BECAUSE IT ISN'T.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ONE
OF THOSE BANDS RIGHT NOW.
OF COURSE, I KNEW THEIR MUSIC
BEFORE I EVEN MET THEM.
EVERYONE KNEW THEIR MUSIC.
EVERYONE STILL DOES.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT'S THE REASON
WHY THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT.
JUDAS PRIEST ARE TRULY THE
DEFINITIVE METAL BAND.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THEY DEFINED THE SOUND WE CALL
"HEAVY METAL."
AND THEIR SOUND IS UNMISTAKABLE.
THEIR EXPLOSIVE DUAL LEAD GUITAR
ATTACK UNLEASHES A ROAR THAT HAS
INSPIRED THOUSANDS OF BANDS IN
THEIR GARAGES.
AND WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT
ROB HALFORD'S VOICE?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IS THERE ANY EMOTION THAT HE
CAN'T EXPRESS, A NOTE THAT HE
CAN'T HIT, OR ONE THAT HE CAN'T
HOLD SEEMINGLY FOREVER?
HE IS SIMPLY ONE OF THE GREATEST
SINGERS IN HEAVY METAL HISTORY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THEIR
MUSIC.
JUDAS PRIEST ALSO DEFINED THE
LOOK THAT DEFINES HEAVY METAL.
THE BLACK LEATHER, THE METAL
STUDS, THE CHAINS, THE
MOTORCYCLE.
IT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE THOSE
WERE ALWAYS ELEMENTS OF WHAT
HEAVY METAL LOOKED LIKE, BUT
THEY WEREN'T.
HEAVY METAL DIDN'T HAVE THAT
LOOK UNTIL JUDAS PRIEST.
THEY HAVE ATTITUDE, DESPAIR.
JUST LOOK AT THEM.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THEY WERE ALWAYS ROUGH AROUND
THE EDGES, COMING STRAIGHT OUT
OF BIRMINGHAM, WHICH IS KIND OF
LIKE ENGLAND'S DETROIT.
[LAUGHTER]
AN INDUSTRIAL WORKING-CLASS TOWN
THAT, LIKE DETROIT, HAS LAUNCHED
SO MANY GREAT HARD ROCK BANDS,
PRIEST BEING ONE OF THE VERY
BEST.
THE BAND DIDN'T JUST HAVE A
GREAT SOUND, THEY ALSO WROTE
GREAT SONGS.
PRIEST'S GROUNDBREAKING
"BRITISH STEEL" ALBUM...
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WITH "LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT" AND
"BREAKING THE LAW," TOTALLY PUT
THEM ON THE MAP.
AND THERE WAS NO LOOKING BACK
FOR THEM AFTER THAT.
THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF RECORDS
THEY'VE SOLD SAYS IT ALL.
NOW, I'VE DONE MANY SHOWS WITH
JUDAS PRIEST OVER THE YEARS, AND
THEY NEVER FAILED TO DELIVER,
AND THEN SOME.
BELIEVE ME, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT
IT IS TO CREATE A LIVE SHOW THAT
PEOPLE NEVER FORGET.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
PRIEST HAS ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD
THAT, TOO.
THEY ARE ELECTRIFYING ON STAGE,
ONE OF THE HARDEST-HITTING LIVE
BANDS IN THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND
ROLL.
PRIEST HAS CARRIED THE FLAG OF
HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL
PROUDLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE
50 YEARS, NEVER WAVERING, OR
FOLLOWING TRENDS, OR PRETENDING
TO BE ANYTHING BUT EXACTLY WHAT
THEY ARE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> WHO ARE YOU HERE TO SEE
TONIGHT?
>> JUDAS PRIEST!
♪ ♪
♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪
♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪
♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪
♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪
♪ I TOOK THE CITY 'BOUT
1:00 A.M. ♪
♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪
>> HI.
THIS IS ROB FROM JUDAS PRIEST.
WHAT?
♪ ♪
♪ RACING 'CROSS THE HEAVENS ♪
♪ STRAIGHT INTO THE DAWN ♪
♪ LOOKING LIKE A COMET ♪
>> IN THE EARLY DAYS OF PRIEST,
THERE WAS NO REAL SPECIFIC LOOK
OR IMAGE FOR HEAVY METAL.
♪ ♪
>> I THINK ROB WAS THE FIRST WHO
STARTED TO WEAR THE LEATHER.
>> I WEAR ALL THESE BECAUSE THIS
IS ME ANYWAY.
BUT THIS IS A SECOND SKIN.
>> AND WE WROTE A FEW TRACKS FOR
"HELL BENT FOR LEATHER."
AND IT SUDDENLY ALL FELL INTO
PLACE.
♪ ♪
♪ SEEK HIM HERE, SEEK HIM ON
THE HIGHWAY ♪
♪ NEVER KNOWING WHEN HE'LL
APPEAR ♪
♪ ALL AWAIT, ENGINE IS TICKING
OVER ♪
♪ HEAR THE ROAR AS THEY SENSE
THE FEAR ♪
♪ WHEELS! ♪
>> I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO GO INTO
ONE OR TWO S&M SHOPS.
♪ A GLINT OF STEEL AND A FLASH
OF LIGHT! ♪
>> I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THE
HARLEY-DAVIDSON, IT'S
EVERYTHING ABOUT METAL, YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S BIG, IT'S
LOUD, IT SMELLS, AND IT PISSES
OFF SOME PEOPLE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> IN EVERY CONVERSATION ABOUT
HEAVY METAL, IT HAS TO HAVE
JUDAS PRIEST IN IT.
♪ ♪
THEY SOLIDIFIED THE TWO-GUITAR
ATTACK BEFORE ANYONE.
♪ ♪
>> THE TWO-GUITAR SOUND, YOU
KNOW, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A
STEREO EFFECT.
♪ ♪
>> THERE'S THE RIFFS.
THERE'S THE TWIN AX ATTACK.
ROB HALFORD'S VOICE, YOU KNOW,
THE GREATEST HEAVY METAL SINGER
OF ALL TIME.
♪ ♪
>> AND HE CAN STILL HIT THEM
FUCKING NOTES, WHICH IS
MIND-BLOWING TO ME.
AND HE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE
FUCKING SINGERS.
♪ WHISKEY WOMAN, DON'T YOU
KNOW ♪
♪ THAT YOU ARE DRIVIN' ME
INSANE? ♪
>> I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY
OCTAVES ROB HAS.
WHAT DOES HE HAVE, LIKE, FUCKING
500?
[LAUGHS]
♪ THE LIQUOR YOU GIVE STEMS
YOUR WILL TO LIVE ♪
♪ AND GETS RIGHT TO MY BRAIN ♪
>> HE HOLDS THE MIC TO HERE.
♪ ♪
AND THE WHOLE P.A. JUST GOES --
♪ ♪
>> WHAT IS THIS?
>> YEAH, WHAT IS THIS?
♪ THERE I WAS COMPLETELY
WASTING ♪
♪ OUT OF WORK AND DOWN ♪
>> YEAH, THIS IS JUDAS PRIEST.
>> YES!
>> THIS IS GONNA BE COOL.
>> YEAH.
♪ ALL INSIDE IT'S SO FRUSTRATING
AS I DRIFT FROM TOWN TO TOWN ♪
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAME OUT
WITH "BRITISH STEEL," IT JUST
MADE SENSE.
YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A RAZOR
BLADE ON THE COVER BECAUSE
SABBATH IS SABBATH, BUT PRIEST
STREAMLINED IT AND MADE IT
"CUTTING EDGE," SO TO SPEAK.
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SHIT AS
A KID THAT -- LIKE, I HAD NEVER
HEARD BEFORE, AND IT JUST BLEW
MY MIND.
>> FROM "BRITISH STEEL" ONWARDS,
THE BAND JUST EXPLODED
INTERNATIONALLY.
♪ IF YOU THINK I'LL SIT AROUND
AS THE WORLD GOES BY ♪
>> NOT ONLY WERE PRIEST
PIONEERS, BUT THEY ALSO SOLD
50 MILLION RECORDS AND HAD HUGE
RADIO HITS ACROSS DECADES.
♪ YOU THINK I'LL LET IT GO,
YOU'RE MAD ♪
♪ YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THING
COMIN' ♪
♪ ♪
>> SOMEBODY SAID THE OTHER NIGHT
ACTUALLY THAT SABBATH WERE
HEAVY, BUT PRIEST WERE METAL.
I KIND OF LIKE THAT.
>> PRIEST!
>> A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT
BECAME THE ARCHETYPICAL PARTS OF
HEAVY METAL WERE INVENTED BY
JUDAS PRIEST -- THE LEATHER, THE
MOTORCYCLE, THE ATTITUDE.
AND WE'RE NOT GONNA APOLOGIZE
FOR IT.
WE'RE GONNA EMBRACE IT WITH BOTH
LEATHER CLAD ARMS, AND I'M GONNA
HARLEY-RIDE THAT METAL INTO THE
SUNSET TOGETHER.
♪ ♪
>> BY DEFINITION, ROCK AND
ROLL SHOULD STILL BE PISSING
PEOPLE OFF.
♪ I'M MADE OF METAL ♪
MY CIRCUITS GLEAM ♪
AND SO YOU PUNCH BACK, YOU FIGHT
BACK, YOU CLAW BACK, YOU SCREAM
BACK WITH HEAVY METAL.
♪ I'M ELECTED, ELECTRIC SPY
I'M PROTECTED ELECTRIC EYE ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> ROB HALFORD, IAN HILL,
GLENN TIPTON, DAVE HOLLAND,
SCOTT TRAVIS, K.K. DOWNING, AND
LES BINKS, I AM HONORED TO SAY
TO YOU: WELCOME TO THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
♪ THERE I WAS COMPLETELY
WASTING, OUT OF WORK AND DOWN ♪
♪ ALL INSIDE IT'S SO FRUSTRATING
AS I DRIFT FROM TOWN TO TOWN ♪
♪ FEEL AS THOUGH NOBODY CARES
IF I LIVE OR DIE ♪
♪ SO I MIGHT AS WELL BEGIN TO
PUT SOME ACTION IN MY LIFE ♪
♪ YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ SO MUCH FOR THE GOLDEN FUTURE,
I CAN'T EVEN START ♪
♪ I'VE HAD EVERY PROMISE BROKEN,
THERE'S ANGER IN MY HEART ♪
♪ YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE,
YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE ♪
♪ IF YOU DID
YOU'D FIND YOURSELVES
DOING THE SAME THING ♪
♪ YOU'RE DOING TO ME NOW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ BREAKING THE LAW,
BREAKING THE LAW ♪
♪ ♪
♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪
♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪
♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪
♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪
♪ I HIT THE CITY 'BOUT
1:00 A.M. ♪
♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪
♪ I'M ALL GEARED UP TO SCORE
AGAIN ♪
♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪
♪ I COME ALIVE IN THE NEON
LIGHT ♪
♪ THAT'S WHEN I MAKE MY
MOVES RIGHT ♪
♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪
♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪
♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪
♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪
♪ GOT GLEAMING CHROME,
REFLECTING STEEL ♪
♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪
♪ READY TO TAKE ON EVERY DEAL ♪
♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪
♪ MY PULSE IS RACING, HOT TO
TAKE ♪
♪ AND THIS MOTOR'S REVVED UP,
FIT TO BREAK ♪
♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪
♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪
♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪
♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'M AIMING FOR YA ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'M GONNA FLOOR YA ♪
♪ MY BODY'S COMING ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ♪
♪ THE AIR'S ELECTRIC,
SPARKIN' POWER ♪
♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪
♪ I'M GETTING HOTTER
BY THE HOUR ♪
♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪
♪ I SET MY SIGHTS AND THEN
HOME IN ♪
♪ THE JOINT STARTS FLYING
WHEN I BEGIN ♪
♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪
♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪
♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪
♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪
♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪
♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪
♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪
♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪
♪ THEN I'M GONE ♪
♪ ♪
[CROWD CHANTING]
>> JUDAS PRIEST!
JUDAS PRIEST!
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BAND
AND OBVIOUSLY ALL OF OUR SUPER,
SUPER FANS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
AND THE BIGGEST SHOUT-OUT GOES
TO TWO PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T BE
HERE TONIGHT, MY MOTHER, DORIS,
AND MY BROTHER, GREG.
I KNOW THEY'RE WATCHING.
AND WITHOUT THEM, THEY NEVER
WOULD HAVE INTRODUCED ME TO THE
IMMOVABLE OBJECT THAT IS ROCK
AND ROLL!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HI, EVERYONE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHOA.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY I HAVE A
VERY, VERY BIG HUMONGOUS THANK
YOU TO ALL OF THE FANS, AND
EVERYBODY ELSE, OF COURSE, BUT
THE FANS IN PARTICULAR,
FOR STAYING THE TEST OF TIME
WITH US, MANY DECADES,
SUPPORTING THE METAL AND THE
BAND.
IT'S FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A BIG
THANK YOU TO JUDAS PRIEST FANS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE PLAYED IN SMALL PLACES IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, AND 15,000
PEOPLE HAVE TURNED UP.
AND ALL THROUGH THE YEARS WHEN
OTHER BANDS HAVE SHUNNED THE
TITLE "HEAVY METAL," WE'VE FLOWN
THE FLAG FOR METAL, BECAUSE IT'S
SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS
BAND LOVES.
AND WE'VE GOT A GENUINE LOVE OF
THE MUSIC, AND WE EMBRACE IT,
AND ALWAYS HAVE, AND ALWAYS BEEN
PROUD TO PLAY HEAVY METAL.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO
EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HI, THERE.
WELL, I'M GONNA KEEP THIS SHORT
AND SWEET.
AS YOU KNOW, DRUMMERS ARE ALWAYS
THE QUIET ONES IN BANDS.
UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU HAPPEN TO
BE KEITH MOON.
VERY, VERY HONORED TO HAVE THIS
AWARD TONIGHT.
I WANNA THANK THE ROCK AND ROLL
HALL OF FAME VERY MUCH, RIGHT
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> HELLO.
YOU KNOW, YOU START OFF ALL
THOSE YEARS AGO, AND YOU
REBEL AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT.
YOU WANNA DO IT YOUR WAY.
YOU WANNA BE DIFFERENT AND TRY
TO BE UNIQUE.
AND YOU CARRY THAT THROUGH WITH
YOU OVER THE YEARS, UNTIL
SUDDENLY YOU REALIZE THAT YOU'VE
BECOME THE ESTABLISHMENT, AND
PEOPLE ARE REBELLING AGAINST
YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
AND HERE WE ARE.
THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I MEAN, THAT'S THE ULTIMATE
ESTABLISHMENT.
AND SO NOW I AM PROUD AND
HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HELLO.
I'M THE GAY GUY IN THE BAND.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU SEE, THAT THERE IS WHAT
HEAVY METAL IS ALL ABOUT.
WE CALL OURSELVES THE
HEAVY METAL COMMUNITY, WHICH IS
ALL-INCLUSIVE, DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT YOUR SEXUAL IDENTITY IS,
WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, COLOR OF
YOUR SKIN, THE FAITH THAT YOU
BELIEVE IN OR DON'T BELIEVE IN.
EVERYBODY'S WELCOME.
PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
TO HEAVY METAL KIND OF LOOK AT
US AND, YOU KNOW, ARE A LITTLE
BIT SCARED.
BUT PLEASE, YOU'VE SEEN IT HERE
TONIGHT.
WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE POWER, AND
THE EMOTION, AND THE DEDICATION,
AND THE LOVE OF HEAVY METAL THAT
WE'VE BEEN CARRYING FOR
50 HEAVY METAL YEARS!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WITHOUT OUR FANS, WE HAVE
NOTHING.
WE ARE NOTHING WITHOUT OUR FANS.
SO WE THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF YOU HERE IN THIS BUILDING,
AND AROUND THE WORLD, FOR YOUR
LOVE AND SUPPORT AND DEDICATION,
FOR WHAT WE DO.
WHEN PRIEST FIRST CAME OUT HERE
IN THE '70s, AND WE OPENED UP
FOR BANDS LIKE MOLLY HATCHET AND
REO SPEEDWAGON, WE WENT ON, AND
PEOPLE WERE LIKE, "WHAT THE HELL
IS THIS?"
[LAUGHTER]
AND 20 MINUTES LATER, WE HAD
THEM STAMPING THEIR FEET AND
THROWING UP THE HORNS OF HEAVY
METAL.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE LOVED DOING
FOR 50 YEARS, AND WE WISH WE
COULD HAVE ANOTHER 50 YEARS.
BUT THE JOY ABOUT MUSIC IS THAT
IT LIVES FOREVER.
AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE'RE
HERE.
WE LIVE FOR HEAVY METAL.
WE LIVE FOR MUSIC.
AND WE LIVE FOR THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT
RAP.
AND I SAW THIS DJ PLAYING MUSIC,
AND HE WAS SAYING THINGS TO THE
KIDS, AND THEY WOULD ANSWER HIM
BACK.
YOU PUT A CONCEPT LIKE THAT ON
RECORD, AND YOU GO TO THE MOON.
[RECORD SCRATCHING]
>> EARLY HIP HOP WAS A MACHINE
THAT REQUIRED DJS, REQUIRED
DANCERS, REQUIRED RAPPERS.
WHEN SYLVIA ROBINSON WENT OUT
AND SAID, "YOU CAN MAKE A RECORD
OF THIS STUFF," THE KIDS WEREN'T
THINKING ABOUT THAT.
>> RAP ON RECORD WAS COMPLETELY
REVOLUTIONARY.
IT TOOK SYLVIA ROBINSON TO MAKE
IT HAPPEN.
♪ ♪
NOT ONLY DID SHE CONCEIVE OF
MAKING A RAP RECORD, BUT SHE
ALSO ASSEMBLED HER OWN RAP
GROUP.
>> I PUT SUGARHILL GANG
TOGETHER.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER.
♪ I SAID A HIP, HOP, THE
HIPPIE, THE HIPPIE ♪
♪ TO THE HIP HIP HOP AND YOU
DON'T STOP THE ROCK ♪
>> SYLVIA ROBINSON AND RAPPERS
DELIGHT CAPTURED 1979 LIKE NO
OTHER.
♪ NOW, WHAT YOU HEAR IS
NOT A TEST ♪
♪ I'M RAPPIN' TO THE BEAT ♪
>> THIS CHANGED THE GAME OF
HIP HOP.
THIS RECORD JUST SET THE GOAL TO
A WHOLE 'NOTHER LEVEL NOW.
IT WASN'T RULE THE BRONX OR RULE
MANHATTAN.
IT WAS NOW, HOW SOON CAN YOU
MAKE A RECORD?
♪ ♪
>> IT'S THE JOINT!
>> SHE GOT THESE OTHER GROUPS,
BECAUSE SHE FELT THAT RAP WAS
HERE TO STAY.
>> THE SUGARHILL RECORD COMPANY
IS A FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS.
JOE ROBINSON, SR. IS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY.
HIS WIFE, SYLVIA ROBINSON, IS
ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER,
RESPECTED PRODUCERS IN THE
INDUSTRY.
♪ ♪
>> I HAD THE MESSAGE TWO YEARS
BEFORE I EVER MET THEM, AND I
SAID, "I HAVE A SONG HERE.
IF YOU DO THIS, IT WILL MAKE YOU
BIGGER THAN YOU'VE EVER BEEN."
>> SHE WOULD PLAY THIS TAPE FOR
US.
"IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE SOMETIMES,
IT MAKES ME WONDER HOW I KEEP
FROM GOING UNDER."
♪ BROKEN GLASS EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ PEOPLE PISSIN' ON THE STAIRS ♪
♪ YOU KNOW THEY JUST
DON'T CARE ♪
♪ I CAN'T TAKE THE SMELL, CAN'T
TAKE THE NOISE ♪
>> THE LYRICS WERE DARK.
♪ GOT NO MONEY TO MOVE OUT,
I GUESS I GOT NO CHOICE ♪
>> 'CAUSE, LIKE, FINALLY
SOMEBODY'S TELLING THE WORLD HOW
WE LIVE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING
THROUGH.
>> I KNEW "THE MESSAGE" WOULD
WORK BECAUSE OF THE STORY.
MOST PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
GHETTO, THAT'S THE STORY OF
THEIR LIFE.
>> THE CONCEPT SHIFTED THE
PARADIGM OF WHAT TYPES OF
RECORDS WOULD BE MADE AND WHAT
KINDS OF THEMES COULD BE TALKED
ABOUT.
♪ WHITE LINES ♪
♪ VISION DREAMS OF PASSION ♪
>> IT WAS LIKE A REAL BOLD STEP
INTO TAKING THIS MUSIC AND
MAKING IT LEGITIMATE.
>> SHE PIONEERED SOMETHING THAT
WAS DEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.
SHE KNEW IT ALL.
AND WHY NOT DO IT ALL?
>> THEY WOULD COME UP WITH A
CONCEPT THEMSELVES, AND YOU KNOW
YOU HAVE A GREAT PIECE OF
PRODUCT.
♪ I'M SYLVIA ON THE SCENE ♪
♪ BETTER KNOWN AS THE RAPPING
QUEEN ♪
♪ THE QUEEN SUGAR'S HERE ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> Announcer: TO INDUCT
CARLY SIMON INTO THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME,
SARA BAREILLES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> LIKE SO MANY
SINGER-SONGWRITERS WHO HAVE COME
AFTER HER, I, TOO, HAVE FELT THE
POWERFUL IMPACT OF CARLY SIMON
AND BEEN MADE BETTER FOR IT.
WEAVING TOGETHER FIERCE
INTELLIGENCE, SOULFUL HONESTY,
AND VULNERABILITY, CARLY MADE
SONG AFTER SONG, RECORD AFTER
RECORD, THAT TRANSCENDED ANY ONE
GENRE OR ANY ONE GENERATION OF
STORYTELLERS.
THE ELEGANCE OF HER MELODIES
SPEAK TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE
EMOTIONS AND THE EXPERIENCES SHE
WRITES ABOUT.
AND HER SINGULAR, UNFORGETTABLE
VOICE, AN ARROW OF TRUTH, TELLS
IT LIKE IT REALLY IS.
SHE NEVER CHASED FAME OR
SUCCESS.
THEY CAME TO HER, BECAUSE OF THE
UNDENIABLE ESSENCE OF HER WORK.
SHE IS A ONE OF A KIND ARTIST, A
UNIQUE VISIONARY WHO REMAINS A
MODEL, A TRAILBLAZER, AND AN
INSPIRATION.
RAISED IN A HOUSEHOLD RICH WITH
MUSIC AND LITERATURE, CARLY
LAUNCHED HER CAREER AS ONE HALF
OF THE SIMON SISTERS, A DUO SHE
FORMED WITH HER OLDER SISTER,
LUCY.
WHEN SHE LATER SET OUT ON HER
OWN, SHE IMMEDIATELY MADE AN
INDELIBLE IMPRESSION WITH HER
VERY FIRST SINGLE,
"THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS
HEARD IT SHOULD BE," WHICH SHE
CO-WROTE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHICH SHE CO-WROTE WITH HER
FREQUENT COLLABORATOR AND
FRIEND, JACOB BRACKMAN.
THAT SONG SET THE TONE FOR THE
REST OF CARLY'S CAREER.
COMPLEX IN BOTH MUSIC AND
LYRICS, IT EXPLORED THE TANGLE
OF DESIRES AT THE HEART OF THE
LIVES OF MANY WOMEN IN THE EARLY
'70S, QUESTIONING SOCIAL NORMS,
AND PUSHING BACK ON GENDER
STEREOTYPES.
IT REFLECTED THE FEMINIST
MOVEMENT RISING UP AT THE TIME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THAT CONTINUES TODAY, BUT IT
OFFERED NO EASY ANSWERS.
IT ACCOMPLISHED ALL THAT, AND IT
WAS A TOP 10 HIT.
THE LIST OF BRILLIANT SONGS THAT
FOLLOWED IS SIMPLY SPECTACULAR:
"ANTICIPATION," "LEGEND IN YOUR
OWN TIME," "YOU'RE SO VAIN."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HER BIGGEST HIT THAT HAS KEPT
EVERYONE GUESSING ABOUT ITS
SUBJECT FOR 50 YEARS.
"THE RIGHT THING TO DO,"
"HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN,"
"NOBODY DOES IT BETTER,"
"YOU BELONG TO ME," "JESSE,"
"COMING AROUND AGAIN,"
"LET THE RIVER RUN."
CARLY'S RANGE AND SOPHISTICATION
ARE PEERLESS.
HER SONGS ARE LIKE A GREAT
COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, THE
KIND YOU READ OVER AND OVER
AGAIN AS THEY CONTINUE TO REVEAL
NEW TRUTHS EVERY TIME YOU
ENCOUNTER THEM.
SHE IS GENRE-BENDING AND
BOUNDARY-BREAKING.
ADORED AND ADMIRED BY THE TITANS
OF HER INDUSTRY, AND YOUNG
ARTISTS ALIKE, WHO LOOK TO HER
FOR THE TRUTH AND BRAVERY SHE
OFFERS.
HER WELL-KNOWN STAGE FRIGHT HAS
ONLY MADE THE PERFORMANCES SHE'S
GIVEN MORE PRECIOUS AND MORE
COMPELLING.
CARLY SIMON HAS NEVER BEEN
AFRAID TO REVEAL HER PERSONAL
FEARS, OR TO BRAVELY TRAVEL HER
OWN CREATIVE PATH DESPITE THEM.
AND TONIGHT, THAT PATH HAS LED
HER HERE, MOST DESERVEDLY TO THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
♪ ANTICIPATION, ANTICIPATION ♪
♪ IS MAKIN' ME LATE ♪
>> I WAS SITTING ON THE END OF
MY BED, AND I WAS PLAYING THE
GUITAR.
I WAS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT MY
FORTHCOMING DATE WITH
CAT STEVENS.
AND I THOUGHT, "LET'S SEE, IF I
CAN WRITE A FULL SONG BEFORE THE
DOORBELL RINGS, I WOULD HAVE AT
LEAST SPENT THIS TIME NOT IN A
MODE OF ANXIETY, BUT I WILL HAVE
CREATED SOMETHING."
AND I FINISHED "ANTICIPATION"
BEFORE HE ARRIVED, BEFORE THE
DOORBELL RANG.
♪ THESE ARE THE GOOD OLD
DAYS ♪
>> SHE WRITES THINGS IN HER OWN
SONGS.
SHE RECENTLY WON A GRAMMY FOR
THE BEST NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR.
WILL YOU WELCOME, PLEASE,
MS. CARLY SIMON?
♪ THEN YOU'D TURN ON THE
RADIO ♪
♪ AND SING WITH THE SINGER IN
THE BAND ♪
>> I WAS BORN VERY SHY, WITHOUT
THE DESIRE TO BE IN FRONT OF
ANYBODY OR TO SHOW OFF.
AND, PARADOXICALLY, THERE WAS A
PART OF ME THAT SAID,
"ME, ME, ME."
>> DO YOU COME FROM A MUSICAL
FAMILY?
YOU DO, DON'T YOU?
>> YES.
MY SISTER, SHE'S AN OPERA
SINGER.
AND THE OTHER SISTER, LUCY, AND
I USED TO SING TOGETHER WHEN WE
WERE MUCH, MUCH YOUNGER.
♪ WYNKEN AND BLYNKEN AND NOD
ONE NIGHT ♪
♪ SAILED OFF ON A WOODEN SHOE ♪
♪ SAILED DOWN A RIVER OF
CRYSTAL LIGHT ♪
♪ INTO A SEA OF DEW ♪
♪ ♪
♪ WELL, HEY, IT'S TIME WE MOVED
IN TOGETHER ♪
♪ AND RAISED A FAMILY OF OUR
OWN, YOU AND ME ♪
>> THE MORE WELL-KNOWN I BECOME,
I FIND IT MORE AND MORE
DIFFICULT TO DO LIVE CONCERTS.
IN THE TIME WHEN I STARTED OUT,
NOBODY HAD REALLY PAID TO COME
AND SEE ME, AND THEREFORE, I
DIDN'T FEEL THE SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE AUDIENCE.
AND NOW IT'S DIFFERENT.
NOW I FEEL TRAPPED BY THE LIGHTS
AND, YOU KNOW, TRAPPED BY THE
PEOPLE THAT COME TO SEE ME.
♪ SON OF A GUN ♪
>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONING
FOR A LONG TIME WHO IT'S ABOUT.
THAT'S THE GREATEST EGO TRIP
ANYBODY CAN HAVE.
THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE THAT
INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU WERE
THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WROTE
A SONG.
♪ YOU WALKED INTO THE PARTY ♪
♪ LIKE YOU WERE WALKING ONTO
A YACHT ♪
>> WHEN I HEARD
"YOU'RE SO VAIN," I JUST THOUGHT
THAT IT'S THE BEST SONG THAT HAS
EVER BEEN WRITTEN.
THAT IS THE MOST DIRECT WAY
ANYONE HAS EVER ADDRESSED A
BREAKUP.
IT'S AMAZING.
♪ YOU HAD ONE EYE IN
THE MIRROR ♪
♪ AS YOU WATCHED YOURSELF
GAVOTTE ♪
>> I MET MICK JAGGER AT A PARTY.
NO, THE SONG IS NOT ABOUT HIM.
HE HAPPENED TO CALL AT THE
STUDIO WHILE I WAS DOING THE
BACKGROUND VOCALS WITH
HARRY NILSSON.
"WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN AND
SING WITH US?"
♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG
IS ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS
ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU? ♪
SO MICK, HARRY AND I STOOD
AROUND THE MIC SINGING, "YOU'RE
SO VAIN.
YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG IS
ABOUT YOU."
AND HARRY WAS SUCH A GENTLEMAN.
HE KNEW THAT THE CHEMISTRY WAS
BETWEEN ME AND MICK, IN TERMS OF
THE SINGING.
AND SO HE SORT OF BOWED OUT AND
SAID, "YOU KNOW, THE TWO OF YOU
HAVE A REAL BLEND.
YOU SHOULD DO IT YOURSELVES."
AND THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED.
♪ NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO,
NO, NO, NO, NO ♪
♪ LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ LISTEN NOW, UNDERSTAND ♪
>> YOU'RE PROBABLY KNOWN IN THE
BUSINESS AS THE QUEEN OF STAGE
FRIGHT.
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO THINK WHY
YOU'RE NERVOUS AND THEN HAD IT
DISSOLVE?
>> I'VE NEVER HAD IT DISSOLVE,
BUT I'VE THOUGHT A GOOD DEAL
ABOUT WHY IT EXISTS.
>> OH.
>> IT'S GOTTEN SOFT A COUPLE OF
TIMES.
♪ AND NO ONE'S GONNA TAKE THAT
TIME AWAY ♪
>> I REMEMBER SEEING A PICTURE
OF HIM.
HE WAS ON THE COVER OF
"TIME MAGAZINE" AND I SAID,
"I'M GOING TO MARRY HIM."
THIS WAS A GOOD NINE MONTHS
BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAD A DATE.
♪ SO CLOSE YOUR EYES ♪
♪ YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR EYES ♪
♪ IT'S ALL RIGHT ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR
THE PAIN ♪
♪ I HAVEN'T GOT ROOM FOR
THE PAIN ♪
>> I'M VERY MESSY.
I'M NOT ORGANIZED.
I COULD ONLY WRITE IF THERE
WAS CHAOS AROUND ME, BECAUSE I
WOULD GET THE ENERGY FROM THE
CHAOS, AND FOCUS IT IN ON A
PARTICULAR SUBJECT MATTER.
♪ LET THE RIVER RUN ♪
>> AND THE OSCAR GOES TO
CARLY SIMON FOR
"LET THE RIVER RUN" FROM
"WORKING GIRL."
[APPLAUSE]
♪ COME, THE NEW JERUSALEM ♪
♪ NOBODY DOES IT QUITE THE WAY
YOU DO ♪
♪ WHY'D YOU HAVE TO BE
SO GOOD? ♪
>> CARLY SIMON'S WORK,
"YOU'RE SO VAIN,"
"THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS
HEARD IT SHOULD BE,"
"ANTICIPATION."
SHE WAS A SONGWRITER IN THAT
GOLDEN ERA OF ROCK AND ROLL
SONGWRITING.
SHE WAS A WOMAN THAT STOOD OUT.
♪ I'M NOT NECESSARILY ♪
♪ THE GIRL YOU THINK YOU SEE ♪
♪ WHOEVER YOU WANT IS EXACTLY
WHO ♪
♪ I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO BE ♪
>> SO MANY PEOPLE SAID,
"YOU KNOW, YOU'VE JUST MEANT SO
MUCH TO ME OVER THE YEARS, AND
I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU SINCE
I'VE EEN SEVEN YEARS OLD.
AND NOW I'VE NAMED MY DAUGHTER
AFTER YOU."
IT'S VERY MOVING TO ME THAT I
HAVE HAD THAT EFFECT.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE MY SONGS
ARE AS PERSONAL AS THEY ARE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> DUE TO PERSONAL TRAGEDY,
CARLY IS TREMENDOUSLY SORRY NOT
TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
SHE ASKED ME TO PASS ALONG THE
FOLLOWING MESSAGE:
"I AM HUMBLED, SHOCKED, PROUD,
OVERACHIEVED, UNDERQUALIFIED,
AND SINGULARLY GRATEFUL TO
EVERYONE WITHOUT WHOM I REALLY
COULDN'T BE HERE.
ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS ABOUT
MUSIC IS ITS UNCANNY KNACK FOR
MAKING PHYSICAL ART OUT OF
FORMLESS EMOTIONS LIKE JOY AND
PAIN, JUST THROUGH THE STRENGTH
OF OUR FEELINGS.
WHEN WE CANNOT SHARE OUR GRIEF,
WE ARE AWFULLY LONELY CREATURES.
MOSTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME FOR
RECOGNIZING ME, AND FOR MAKING
SURE DISTINCTION AND ACHIEVEMENT
WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN EDGE.
THANK YOU."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
♪ NOBODY DOES IT BETTER ♪
♪ MAKES ME FEEL SAD FOR
THE REST ♪
♪ NOBODY DOES IT HALF AS GOOD
AS YOU ♪
♪ BABY, YOU'RE THE BEST ♪
♪ I WASN'T LOOKIN' BUT SOMEHOW
YOU FOUND ME ♪
♪ I TRIED TO HIDE FROM YOUR
LOVE LIGHT ♪
♪ BUT LIKE HEAVEN ABOVE ME ♪
♪ THE SPY WHO LOVED ME ♪
♪ IS KEEPIN' ALL MY SECRETS
SAFE TONIGHT ♪
♪ AND NOBODY DOES IT BETTER ♪
♪ MAKES ME FEEL SAD FOR
THE REST ♪
♪ NOBODY DOES IT HALF AS GOOD
AS YOU ♪
♪ BABY, BABY ♪
♪ DARLIN', YOU'RE THE BEST ♪
♪ BABY, YOU'RE THE BEST ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME
OLIVIA RODRIGO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
♪ YOU WALKED INTO THE PARTY ♪
♪ LIKE YOU WERE WALKING ONTO A
YACHT ♪
♪ YOUR HAT STRATEGICALLY DIPPED
BELOW ONE EYE ♪
♪ YOUR SCARF IT WAS APRICOT ♪
♪ YOU HAD ONE EYE IN
THE MIRROR ♪
♪ AS YOU WATCHED YOURSELF
GAVOTTE ♪
♪ AND ALL THE GIRLS DREAMED THAT
THEY'D BE YOUR PARTNER ♪
♪ THEY'D BE YOUR PARTNER AND ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG
IS ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS
ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU? ♪
♪ WELL, YOU HAD ME SEVERAL YEARS
AGO ♪
♪ WHEN I WAS STILL QUITE NAIVE ♪
♪ WELL, YOU SAID THAT WE MADE
SUCH A PRETTY PAIR ♪
♪ AND THAT YOU WOULD NEVER
LEAVE ♪
♪ BUT YOU GAVE AWAY THE THINGS
YOU LOVED ♪
♪ AND ONE OF THEM WAS ME ♪
♪ I HAD SOME DREAMS ♪
♪ THEY WERE CLOUDS IN
MY COFFEE ♪
♪ CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE AND ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG
IS ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS
ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU,
DON'T YOU? ♪
>> JIMMY RYAN, EVERYONE!
[GUITAR SOLO]
♪ ♪
♪ I HAD SOME DREAMS ♪
♪ THEY WERE CLOUDS IN
MY COFFEE ♪
♪ CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE AND ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG
IS ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS
ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU? ♪
♪ WELL I HEAR YOU WENT UP TO
SARATOGA ♪
♪ AND YOUR HORSE NATURALLY WON ♪
♪ THEN YOU FLEW YOUR LEAR JET UP
TO NOVA SCOTIA ♪
♪ TO SEE THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF
THE SUN ♪
♪ WELL, YOU'RE WHERE YOU SHOULD
BE ALL THE TIME ♪
♪ AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE
WITH SOME UNDERWORLD SPY ♪
♪ OR THE WIFE OF A
CLOSE FRIEND ♪
♪ WIFE OF A CLOSE FRIEND AND ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG
IS ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS
ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU, DON'T
YOU, NOW? ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG
IS ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG
ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS
ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU, DON'T
YOU? ♪
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> MY FIRST MAJOR IMPRESSION OF
ALLEN WAS BEING IN
WALTER YETNIKOFF'S OFFICE AS WE
CONCLUDED A MAGNIFICENT DEAL,
AND WALTER TORE ALLEN'S SHIRT
FROM HIS BODY.
>> WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT,
LIKE, THE COWARDLY LION HERE,
LIKE, IT'S ALLEN GRUBMAN.
>> BY THE TIME I MET HIM, I'D,
I'D NEVER MET A LAWYER BEFORE,
SO I HAD NOTHING TO COMPARE HIM
WITH, APART FROM THE CHARACTER
OF ROBERT DUVALL IN THE
GODFATHER.
SO I HAD NO IDEA WHAT OTHER
LAWYERS WERE LIKE, AND I STILL
DON'T.
>> "BONO, EDGE, ADAM, LARRY,
YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME.
AREN'T MUSICIANS SUPPOSED TO
HAVE EARS?"
>> HE HAS AN IDEA OF WHAT THE
STAKES -- THE TRUE STAKES, NOT
JUST THE FINANCIAL STAKES -- BUT
WHAT THE EMOTIONAL STAKES OF
YOUR NEGOTIATION IS.
>> ALLEN ONCE SAID TO ME,
"FRIENDS?
I'VE GOT FRIENDS I HAVEN'T EVEN
USED YET."
>> HIS GREATEST GIFT IS CLARITY.
>> HE'S IRREVERENT.
>> SOULFUL.
>> THOROUGH.
>> HE'S LIKE A TEDDY BEAR.
>> HE'S A CLAIRVOYANT.
>> HE'S FUNNY.
>> LOVING.
>> CUT TO THE CHASE.
>> HE'S A POP SONG IN A WORLD OF
MEANDERING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
>> ALLEN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN
REBALANCING THE SCALES IN FAVOR
OF THE ARTIST, WHILE THEY CALL
IT THE MUSIC BUSINESS, THE
BUSINESS ALWAYS HELD THE UPPER
HAND.
ALLEN TURNED THAT AROUND.
>> THAT MAKES HIM A GREAT LAWYER
THAT GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE, PRIOR
TO MY SIGNING, THEIR MASTERS
BACK ALREADY BY NOW.
>> GRATEFUL IS A GREAT PLACE TO
BE, AND THAT'S WHERE I AM.
THAT'S WHERE THE U2 GROUP ARE.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT I'M HERE TALKING TO YOU
AND ABLE TO THANK YOU IS PRETTY
COOL.
SO, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME
WITHSTAND THE INDUSTRY.
>> ALLEN, I'M DELIGHTED THAT YOU
GOT THIS HONOR, AND, UH, THE
REST OF THE ROCK AND ROLL WORLD
CAN KISS YOUR ASS.
>> ALLEN, YOU ARE IN THE ROCK
AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
HOLY SHIT.
[LAUGHS]
>> Announcer: TO HONOR
ALLEN GRUBMAN WITH THE
AHMET ERTEGUN AWARD,
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER
JOHN MELLENCAMP.
[APPLAUSE]
>> ALLEN GRUBMAN IS ONE OF THE
MOST COLORFUL PEOPLE IN OUR
BUSINESS, WHO ISN'T AFRAID TO
TELL THE TRUTH.
OFTEN IN AN OFFENSIVE,
PROFANITY-MANNERED WAY.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN TELLING ME THE
TRUTH, SINCE 1982 WHEN I BECAME
ONE OF HIS VERY FIRST CLIENTS,
AND HE'S BEEN DOING THE SAME FOR
COUNTLESS OTHERS FOR DECADES.
AND I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU ONE
OF THE FIRST THINGS ALLEN SAID
TO ME WHEN WE WERE BOTH KIDS.
HE SAID, "LOOK HERE, JOHN.
HERE'S THE WAY THE MUSIC
BUSINESS WORKS.
THERE'S A GREAT, BIG
MOTHERFUCKING TREE STANDING ON
TOP OF THE HILL.
THIS TREE IS MASSIVE, AND IT'LL
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SURVIVE
ANYTHING, ANYTHING THAT THEY
CARE TO THROW AT IT.
AND ON THIS TREE ARE A BUNCH OF
APPLES.
THERE ARE A FEW APPLES THAT
STAY FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE
TREE, AND THEY SEEM TO GROW
BIGGER, AND BETTER, EVERY TIME
YOU LOOK AT THE TREE.
BUT MOST OF THE APPLES, SORRY TO
SAY, THEY SHRIVEL UP AND DROP TO
THE GROUND, SADLY FORGOTTEN.
IT'S MY GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT
ANYONE I REPRESENT NEVER FALLS
OFF THAT TREE."
[APPLAUSE]
THIS APPLE HAS MANAGED TO STAY
ON THAT TREE, IN NO SMALL PART
TO MY LAWYER, MY FRIEND, AND MY
RABBI, ALLEN GRUBMAN.
[APPLAUSE]
ALSO, ALLEN IS JEWISH.
I'M AN ARTIST, AND A GENTILE,
WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN ENRICHED
GREATLY BY MY FRIENDSHIP AND
ASSOCIATION WITH COUNTLESS
JEWISH PEOPLE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
GUYS, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW
FUCKING IMPORTANT IT IS TO SPEAK
OUT IF YOU'RE AN ARTIST AGAINST
ANTI-SEMITISM, AGAINST ALL FORMS
OF HATRED.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HERE'S THE TRICK:
SILENCE IS COMPLICITY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I WANNA SAY I'M STANDING HERE
TONIGHT LOUDLY AND PROUDLY AND
IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALLEN, HIS
FAMILY, AND ALL MY JEWISH
FRIENDS, AND ALL THE ENTIRE
JEWISH PEOPLE OF THE WORLD.
FUCK ANTI-SEMITISM.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT IS MY PROUD TIME HERE TO
HONOR MY FRIEND, ONE HELL OF AN
APPLE FARMER, INTO THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME,
MR. ALLEN GRUBMAN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> BEFORE HE MADE THAT SPEECH,
THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET FOR THE
REST OF MY LIFE, I WAS GONNA
SAY, LOOK AT ALL THE BRILLIANT
ENTERTAINMENT THAT WAS HERE
TONIGHT, ALL THE BRILLIANT
ARTISTS, AND THEIR CREATIVITY.
[APPLAUSE]
WHAT AM I GONNA TALK ABOUT?
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE DEALS I
MADE OR THE ADVICE I'VE GIVEN?
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT.
[LAUGHTER]
I'M GONNA TELL YOU ALL HOW THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WAS
CREATED.
IT WAS 1983, AND I GOT A CALL
FROM AHMET ERTEGUN, WHO WAS LIKE
THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN THE
RECORD BUSINESS.
HE WAS A GIANT.
AND HE SAYS, "ALLEN, I WANT YOU
TO COME TO LUNCH NEXT MONDAY AT
PEARL'S RESTAURANT."
I SAID, "WHO'S COMING?"
HE SAYS, "MYSELF, JANN WENNER,
SEYMOUR STEIN, AND YOURSELF.
AND WHEN YOU COME, WE'LL GET
INTO IT."
PEARL'S CHINESE RESTAURANT HAD
THE BEST FUCKING SPARE RIBS
YOU'VE EVER EATEN IN YOUR LIFE.
[LAUGHTER]
SO I GET THERE ON MONDAY, THE
FIRST THING I DO IS I ORDER A
HUGE PORTION OF SPARE RIBS.
AND I'M EATING AWAY, AND EATING
AWAY, AND AHMET IS STARTING TO
TALK.
AND I'M LISTENING WITH HALF AN
EAR, BECAUSE I'M EATING THE
GODDAMN SPARE RIBS.
[LAUGHTER]
AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR
HIM SAY, "YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
BASEBALL HALL OF FAME, THERE'S A
FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, THERE'S A
BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A ROCK AND
ROLL HALL OF FAME."
THAT -- LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY.
AT THAT MOMENT, THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WAS
CREATED.
AT PEARL'S CHINESE RESTAURANT,
WITH ME EATING SPARE RIBS.
AND NOW LOOK.
[APPLAUSE]
I'VE GOT TO TRY TO
NOT GET EMOTIONAL.
I'VE BEEN THE LUCKIEST GUY IN
THE WORLD.
I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS
CAREER.
I GREW UP IN BROOKLYN, I WENT TO
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, I SHOULD'VE
BEEN A NEGLIGENCE LAWYER.
[LAUGHTER]
AND I WOULD'VE BEEN A SHITTY
NEGLIGENCE LAWYER, BECAUSE I
HATE ACCIDENTS.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT FOR SOMEHOW, I GOT INTO
BEING AN ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER,
AND IT HAS BEEN SO WONDERFUL FOR
DEBBIE AND I, WE'VE HAD THIS
GREAT LIFE, WE'VE MET THE MOST
FASCINATING PEOPLE.
AND WE'RE JUST LUCKY.
I WANT TO SAY IT IS MY HONOR TO
HAVE BROKEN THE GLASS CEILING
FOR LAWYERS.
[LAUGHTER]
I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.
I HOPE THAT, IN THE FUTURE, MORE
LAWYERS, MANAGERS, AND AGENTS
WILL GET INTO THE HALL OF FAME.
I KNOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND MY FINAL WORDS ARE: "AND
REMEMBER, WE ALL SING IN OUR OWN
WAY."
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, ISN'T IT?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
THANK YOU!
[APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> Announcer: TO INDUCT
LIONEL RICHIE INTO THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME,
LENNY KRAVITZ.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY
THAT IT IS A BLESSING THAT WE
CAN ALL BE HERE THIS EVENING,
CELEBRATING LIFE AND MUSIC
TOGETHER.
[APPLAUSE]
AND I AM HONORED TO BE HERE THIS
EVENING TO INDUCT LIONEL RICHIE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LIONEL RICHIE, INTO THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
OUTRAGEOUS!
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
LIONEL AND I MET ABOUT 25 YEARS
AGO, AND HE'S BEEN LIKE A BIG
BROTHER TO ME EVER SINCE.
LIONEL AND I HAD BEEN WANTING TO
WRITE TOGETHER, SO WHEN HE WAS
IN MIAMI, WHERE I WAS LIVING AT
THE TIME, HE CAME BY THE HOUSE
FOR A SESSION.
I WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY.
I WAS GOING TO BE CREATING WITH
ONE OF MY MUSICAL HEROES.
I WANTED EVERYTHING TO BE
PERFECT.
I SET UP A PORTABLE STUDIO IN
THE KITCHEN, AND AS SOON AS HE
ARRIVED, WE STARTED JAMMING.
AS OUR IDEAS WERE STARTING TO
FLOW, MY 93-YEAR-OLD
GRANDFATHER, ALBERT ROKER,
WALKED IN AND TURNED ON THE TV
TO WATCH A HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT
HE'D BEEN WAITING FOR.
[LAUGHTER]
JUST AS WE WERE FINDING THE
CHORUS, GRANDPA TURNED AROUND
AND SAID, "HEY, FELLAS, YOU MIND
TAKING THAT NOISE SOMEPLACE
ELSE?"
[LAUGHTER]
I FROZE.
I LOOKED AT LIONEL, LIONEL
LOOKED AT ME, AND THEN I LOOKED
AT MY GRANDFATHER, AND I WANTED
TO SAY, "GRANDPA, I'M WRITING
WITH LIONEL FUCKING RICHIE."
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD
NEVER SPEAK TO MY GRANDFATHER
LIKE THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
AND SECONDLY, IF I HAD, HE
WOULD'VE WHUPPED MY ASS RIGHT IN
FRONT OF LIONEL.
[LAUGHTER]
SO THAT'S WHEN LIONEL JUMPED IN
AND SAID, "YES, SIR, MR. ROKER.
WE'LL BE RIGHT OUT OF YOUR WAY,
WE'LL MOVE TO ANOTHER ROOM."
THAT'S LIONEL RICHIE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
RESPECTFUL, WARM, AND ABOVE ALL,
HUMBLE.
HE HAS REMAINED THAT DOWN-HOME
BROTHA FROM TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA.
AS A SINGER-SONGWRITER,
PRODUCER, AND PERFORMER, HE'S ON
THE MOUNTAINTOP OF MUSICAL
ICONS.
[APPLAUSE]
AS A COMMODORE...
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HE WAS SENSATIONAL, ONLY TO
OUTDO HIMSELF AS A SOLO ARTIST.
[APPLAUSE]
HIS MUSIC HAS BRIGHTENED THE
LIVES OF MILLIONS OF FANS, AND
HAS INFLUENCED ON ARTISTS LIKE
ME WHO HAVE FOLLOWED HIM IS
PERVASIVE AND PROFOUND.
LIONEL'S LEGACY IS ROCK-SOLID.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HIS SONGS ARE THE SOUNDTRACK OF
MY LIFE, YOUR LIFE, AND
EVERYONE'S LIFE.
LIONEL'S SONGBOOK IS RICH AND
BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE.
TO NAME ALL OF HIS BRILLIANT
SONGS WOULD TAKE, WELL,
"ALL NIGHT LONG."
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
I HAD TO.
ANTHEM AFTER ANTHEM AFTER
ANTHEM.
I'M TELLING IT LIKE IT IS.
AND ALONG WITH MICHAEL JACKSON,
LIONEL COMPOSED ONE OF THE MOST
MONUMENTAL SONGS IN MUSICAL
HISTORY, "WE ARE THE WORLD."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
PRODUCED BY QUINCY JONES, WHICH
BROUGHT TOGETHER THE GREATEST
ARTISTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
FIGHT AGAINST FAMINE IN AFRICA.
[APPLAUSE]
IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY ACT OF
LOVE, BUT OF COURSE, LIONEL
RICHIE IS LOVE.
LOVE PERSONIFIED, LOVE PROJECTED
TO EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING HE
TOUCHES.
LOVE INCORPORATED IN HIS ACTS OF
KINDNESS, COMPASSION, AND CARE.
[APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> THERE'S A TIME IN YOUR
CREATIVE DISCOVERY WHERE YOU
HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION, "WHERE
IS THIS COMING FROM?"
MARVIN GAYE WAS ONE OF MY
INSTRUCTORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MOTOWN.
HE JUST SAID, "MAN, YOU NEVER
KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM.
YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP MOVING
FORWARD, WRITE AS FAST AS YOU
CAN."
SO AS I GOT MORE AND MORE
COMFORTABLE, ONE SONG TO THE
NEXT SONG, YOU START GOING,
"OH, OKAY.
I GOT THIS."
♪ THAT'S WHY I'M EASY ♪
♪ I'M EASY LIKE SUNDAY
MORNING ♪
[APPLAUSE]
>> STARTING OUT AT
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE IN ALABAMA AS
CLASSMATES WHO JUST LIKE TO GET
TOGETHER AND PLAY MUSIC,
A GREAT WELCOME, GANG, FOR
THE COMMODORES.
♪ LISTEN TO ME, BROTHERS,
LISTEN WELL ♪
♪ BROTHERS, WE GOT SOMETHING TO
TELL ♪
>> AND THE GREATEST THING THAT
EVER HAPPENED WAS I MET
THOMAS McCLARY, THE GUITAR
PLAYER OF THE COMMODORES.
AND HE SAID, "I HEARD YOU
BROUGHT YOUR HORN TO SCHOOL?"
AND I SAID YES.
HE SAID, "THERE'S A TALENT SHOW,
WANNA JOIN THE BAND?"
I WALKED OUT ON STAGE THAT
FATEFUL NIGHT AND I DIDN'T
REALIZE IT WAS GONNA CHANGE MY
LIFE FOREVER.
♪ IF YOU AIN'T TAKIN' CARE OF
BUSINESS ♪
♪ THIS YOU MUST EXPECT ♪
♪ LOVE GETS SLIPPERY ♪
>> LIONEL RICHIE HAS BEEN A
STAPLE IN MY LIFE FROM THE
BEGINNING, WHEN I FIRST STARTED.
THE MANAGER OF MY GROUP WAS A
DIE-HARD FAN OF LIONEL RICHIE,
AND MADE US LISTEN TO EVERY SONG
THAT HE EVER MADE.
THE TEXTURE, AND THE WAY THAT HE
WOULD SING, LIKE, HE WAS THE
GREATEST STORYTELLER.
♪ YOU'RE ONCE, TWICE, THREE
TIMES A LADY ♪
>> I WRITE THIS SONG CALLED
"BABY" FOR THE COMMODORES.
AND THE FIRST THING THEY TELL ME
IS, "WE DON'T WANT A BALLAD."
NOW I GET A PHONE CALL FROM
KENNY ROGERS.
"DO YOU HAVE A SONG?
I WANT ONE OF THOSE
LIONEL RICHIE BALLADS."
SO I CHANGED IT FROM "BABY" TO
"LADY," AND THE REST IS HISTORY.
♪ LADY, I'M YOUR KNIGHT IN
SHINING ARMOR AND I LOVE YOU ♪
>> LIONEL WRITES SONGS THAT SAY
WHAT EVERY MAN WOULD LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO SAY, AND EVERY WOMAN
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.
AND HE HAS A WAY OF WRITING
LYRICS THAT ALL OF US SPEAK.
♪ GIRL, TELL ME ONLY THIS ♪
♪ THAT I'LL HAVE YOUR HEART ♪
>> I HAD JUST FINISHED TWO
SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTIONS, "LADY"
WITH KENNY ROGERS, AND THEN
"ENDLESS LOVE" WITH DIANA ROSS.
I WASN'T THINKING OF SOLO, BUT
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THAT
CHANGE.
♪ BECAUSE I'M TRULY, TRULY IN
LOVE WITH YOU, GIRL ♪
>> THE GRAMMY GOES TO "TRULY,"
LIONEL RICHIE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WE FINALLY MADE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> WHEN I WAS WITH THE
COMMODORES, ALL I HAD TO DO WAS
WORRY ABOUT ONE SONG FOR AN
ALBUM.
NOW I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NINE.
>> WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR
AT MOTOWN RECORDS WITH
"ALL NIGHT LONG,"
"WELL, MY FRIENDS, DE TIME
HAS COME"
I THOUGHT BERRY GORDY WAS GONNA
FALL BEHIND THE DESK.
I MEAN, WHAT DOES CALYPSO HAVE
TO DO AT ALL WITH MOTOWN?
♪ TAM BO LI DE SAY DE MOI YA ♪
♪ YEAH ♪
>> "ALL NIGHT LONG", MAN, FOR
ME, WAS JUST A CELEBRATION OF
LIFE.
I THINK IT WAS A RESPONSIBLE
MOMENT FOR LIONEL TO SHOW THAT
WE AS BLACK AMERICANS CAN GO
ANYWHERE.
HE JUST SHOWS YOU THAT THERE'S
NO LIMITS.
♪ ♪
>> WHEN "ALL NIGHT LONG" CAME
OUT, THE ROCKET TOOK OFF.
AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, WE'RE
SINGING IT AT THE OLYMPICS.
♪ ♪
>> IT'S AMAZING HOW ONE PHONE
CALL WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND
PROBABLY CHANGE THE LIVES OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
HARRY BELAFONTE CALLED AND SAID
THAT THE TIME FOR US AS ARTISTS
TO GET TOGETHER IS NOW.
♪ THERE ARE PEOPLE DYING ♪
>> SO MICHAEL AND I GOT TOGETHER
AND SAID, "LET'S WRITE A SONG."
QUINCY HAD SAID, "WELL, LIONEL,
WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO, I'M
GONNA HELP YOU."
IT WAS JUST EVERYONE WORKING
TOGETHER.
♪ WE ARE THE WORLD ♪
>> THE FIRST TIME WE GOT DOWN TO
THE CHORUS, WHEN EVERYBODY SANG
IT TOGETHER, IT WAS DIVINE
GUIDANCE.
♪ WE'LL MAKE A BETTER DAY, JUST
YOU AND ME ♪
♪ ♪
>> THERE'S TWO PARTS OF THIS
BUSINESS.
HAVING THE SUCCESS IS HALF OF
IT.
SURVIVING THE SUCCESS IS THE
OTHER HALF.
THE TEST NOW IS JUST TO SURVIVE
IT.
AND AS LONG AS THE CROWD KNOWS
THE LYRICS, YOU COULD HAVE A
SHOW.
♪ SAY YOU, SAY ME, SAY IT
TOGETHER ♪
♪ OH, WHAT A FEELING WHEN WE'RE
DANCING ON THE CEILING ♪
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOLO
ARTISTS THAT PLAY, THAT SING,
THEY WRITE, HE'S REALLY PAVED
THE WAY FOR ALL OF THEM.
AND HE'S PROBABLY THE LAST TO
EVEN SAY IT.
BUT I'M SAYING IT FOR YOU, YOU
A GOAT, YOU A G.
AND YOU'VE MADE IT CLEAR FOR US
WHAT IT IS TO BE GREAT AT WHAT
YOU DO, AND BE TIMELESS IN THE
MATTER IN WHICH YOU CREATE.
♪ I'VE BEEN ALONE WITH YOU
INSIDE MY MIND ♪
♪ HELLO ♪
♪ IS IT ME YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR? ♪
♪ ♪
>> IT'S REALLY THE BEST BLESSING
IN THE WORLD, IS TO BE ABLE TO
DO WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO.
WHAT WOULD I LIKE TO DO?
I'D LIKE TO DO THIS FOR ANOTHER
400 YEARS.
>> I LOVE YOU SO MUCH,
EVERYBODY!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> SO, IN THE NAME OF LOVE, I'M
HONORED TO INDUCT INTO THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, A
MAN WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY GIFT
AND MAGNIFICENT HUMANITY,
MR. LIONEL RICHIE!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> ALL RIGHT, GET READY.
♪ I KNOW IT SOUNDS FUNNY ♪
♪ BUT I JUST CAN'T STAND THE
PAIN ♪
♪ GIRL, I'M LEAVING YOU
TOMORROW ♪
♪ SEEMS TO ME, GIRL ♪
♪ YOU KNOW I'VE DONE ALL I CAN ♪
♪ YOU SEE, I BEGGED, STOLE, AND
I BORROWED, YEAH, OOH ♪
♪ THAT'S WHY I'M EASY ♪
♪ BABY, I'M EASY LIKE SUNDAY
MORNING ♪
♪ YEAH, WELL, WELL, WELL, I FEEL
SO EASY ♪
♪ I'M EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING ♪
>> HERE WE GO, NOW!
♪ I WANNA BE HIGH, SO HIGH ♪
♪ I WANNA BE FREE TO KNOW THE
THINGS I DO ARE RIGHT ♪
♪ AH, I WANNA BE FREE ♪
♪ JUST ME, OH, BABY ♪
♪ OH, NO ♪
>> COME ON, DAVE!
PLAY THAT UKULELE FOR THE FOLKS
OUT THERE!
♪ ♪
[GUITAR SOLO]
>> COME ON, MAN!
YOU ARE SOUNDING GOOD, MY
BROTHER.
♪ ♪
OH, YEAH!
♪ THAT'S WHY I'M EASY ♪
♪ I'M EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING,
YEAH ♪
♪ THAT'S WHY I'M EASY ♪
♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪
♪ EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING,
YEAH ♪
♪ EASY LIKE, EASY LIKE, EASY
LIKE ♪
♪ EASY ♪
♪ LIKE SUNDAY MORNING, YEAH,
YEAH ♪
♪ ♪
>> ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.
THANKS, DAVE!
LET'S DO THIS!
♪ DA DA, WHOA-OOH-OH, YEAH ♪
♪ WELL, MY FRIENDS, THE TIME HAS
COME ♪
♪ TO RAISE THE ROOF AND HAVE
SOME FUN, NOW ♪
♪ THROW AWAY THE WORK TO BE
DONE ♪
♪ LET THE MUSIC PLAY ON ♪
♪ EVERYBODY SING,
AND EVERYBODY DANCE ♪
♪ LOSE YOURSELVES IN
WILD ROMANCE ♪
♪ WE'RE GOING TO PARTY ♪
♪ KARAMU, FIESTA, FOREVER ♪
♪ COME ON AND SING ALONG! ♪
♪ WE'RE GOING TO PARTY ♪
♪ KARAMU, FIESTA, FOREVER ♪
♪ COME ON AND SING ALONG! ♪
♪ EVERYBODY, ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG! ♪
♪ OOH, YEAH ♪
♪ WATCH ME NOW ♪
♪ PEOPLE DANCING ALL IN THE
STREET ♪
♪ SEE THE RHYTHM ALL IN THEIR
FEET, YEAH ♪
♪ LIFE IS GOOD, WILD AND SWEET ♪
♪ LET THE MUSIC PLAY ON ♪
♪ FEEL IT IN YOUR HEART AND FEEL
IT IN YOUR SOUL ♪
♪ LET THE MUSIC TAKE CONTROL ♪
♪ WE'RE GOING TO PARTY, LIMING,
FIESTA, FOREVER ♪
♪ COME ON AND SING ALONG ♪
♪ WE'RE GOING TO PARTY ♪
♪ LIMING, FIESTA, FOREVER ♪
♪ COME ON AND SING MY SONG! ♪
♪ EVERYBODY, ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT, ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT ♪
♪ YEAH, ONCE YOU GET STARTED YOU
CAN'T SIT DOWN ♪
♪ YEAH ♪
♪ COME JOIN THE FUN, IT'S A
MERRY-GO-ROUND ♪
♪ PEOPLE ARE DANCING THEIR
TROUBLES AWAY ♪
♪ COME JOIN OUR PARTY, SEE HOW
WE PLAY! ♪
♪ COME ON! COME ON! ♪
♪ TAM BO LI DE SAY DE MOI YA ♪
YOUR TURN.
>> OH, JAMBALI.
>> SAY "TAM BO LI DE SAY DE MOI
YA."
YEAH, JAMBO, JUMBO.
♪ TAM BO LI DE SAY DE MOI YA ♪
♪ HEY JAMBO JUMBO ♪
♪ WAY TO PARTI O WE GWAN ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT, ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> OH, MY GOD.
THAT WAS --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT HAS BEEN A VERY INTERESTING
ROAD FROM TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA, TO
THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
WE ARE CELEBRATING TONIGHT
PROBABLY ONE OF THE FUNNIEST
THINGS, FUNNIEST JOKES IN MY
LIFE, BECAUSE ALL THE SONGS THAT
I WROTE AND RECORDED WERE TOLD
TO ME BY SO MANY PEOPLE, "THESE
ARE THE SONGS THAT WILL DESTROY
YOUR CAREER."
[LAUGHTER]
"WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU
THINKING ABOUT?"
FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD A GROUP OF
PEOPLE COME TO ME AND SAY,
"LIONEL, UH, THIS IS FUNK.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH
'THREE TIMES A LADY,' A WALTZ?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
AND IT WENT ON TO DO GREAT
THINGS.
AND THEN THEY SAID,
"CAN YOU GIVE US ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE 'THREE TIMES A LADY?'"
[LAUGHTER]
AND I GAVE THEM "SAIL ON."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND THEN THEY SAID, "CAN YOU
GIVE US ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE
'SAIL ONS?'"
[LAUGHTER]
AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THE
BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS, THE TRUE
BUSINESS WAS IN THE COPYING, NOT
BEING ORIGINAL.
SO THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THERE
ARE TWO TYPES OF ARTISTS:
CREATIVE ARTISTS, AND CREATED
ARTISTS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND FROM THAT POINT, I DECIDED I
WOULD BE IN THE CREATIVE ARTIST
CATEGORY.
SO WHEN SOMEONE SAID TO ME,
"OH, MY GOD, I WOULDN'T DO THAT
SONG IF I WERE YOU."
THAT'S THE EXACT SONG I'M
PUTTING OUT.
[LAUGHTER]
I'M GOING IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION.
BECAUSE, AT THIS TIME, I NEEDED
TO UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE WHO SPECIALIZE IN THEIR
GENRE.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
WHO DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER, BUT
GOD'S GIFT WAS, "WHAT DO YOU
WANNA WRITE, WE CAN WRITE IT."
[APPLAUSE]
AND SO, TONIGHT...
I'M STANDING ON THIS STAGE
BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO LET THE
CREATIVE FLOW.
IF YOU GET AN IDEA, THE LAST
THING YOU WANNA DO IS OPEN YOUR
MOUTH AND SAY SOMETHING STUPID
LIKE, "I WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I
WERE YOU."
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE TALKING TO
A CREATIVE ARTIST.
[APPLAUSE]
SO TONIGHT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT,
LOOKING AT THIS CLASS TONIGHT
THAT I'M IN -- JUDAS PRIEST,
LIONEL RICHIE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BROUGHT ON BY LENNY KRAVITZ.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I'M A BAD MAN.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU SEE, WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS,
ROCK AND ROLL IS NOT A COLOR.
IT IS A FEELING.
IT'S A VIBE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S A VIBE!
AND IF WE LET THAT VIBE COME
THROUGH, THIS ROOM WILL GROW AND
GROW AND GROW.
[APPLAUSE]
I ACCEPT THIS TONIGHT, I CANNOT
AND I WILL NOT WALK OFF OF THIS
STAGE WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING MY
DEAR, DEAR, DEAR FRIENDS,
THE COMMODORES.
THANK GOD FOR THE COMMODORES,
BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO
LIONEL RICHIE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THEY GAVE ME THE BED.
THEY GAVE ME THE FOUNDATION,
THEY HELPED ME DISCOVER WHO THE
HELL I WAS.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
I WANNA THANK ALL OF MY FRIENDS,
MY FAMILY.
MILES, SOPHIE, NICOLE.
THE GRANDKIDS.
LISA, MY HEART.
I WANNA THANK THEM FOR ACTUALLY
SITTING THROUGH MY MAGICAL
MYSTERY TOUR.
I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS BUSINESS.
I LOVE WHAT I DO.
[APPLAUSE]
THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> CONGRATULATIONS!
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> Announcer: TO INDUCT
EURYTHMICS,
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER,
THE EDGE.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING.
THE SWEETER THE DREAM, THE
SWEETER THE REALITY, AND THE
MORE BITTER THE DISAPPOINTMENT.
IT TAKES COURAGE TO DREAM, AND
IT TAKES EVEN MORE COURAGE TO
CONTINUE DREAMING WHEN THE
INEVITABLE DISASTERS OF LIFE AND
ART SEEM TO CONSPIRE AGAINST
YOU.
THAT'S WHAT'S SO INSPIRING ABOUT
THE STORY OF EURYTHMICS TO ALL
OF US DREAMERS.
[APPLAUSE]
THEIR SWEET DREAMS WERE FORGED
IN THE FURNACE OF FAILURE AND
FAITH.
ANNIE LENNOX AND DAVE STEWART
MET IN 1975 WHEN THEY WERE BOTH
STRUGGLING MUSICIANS.
THEY BECAME LOVERS AND
CO-FOUNDERS OF THE TOURISTS, A
BAND THAT ENJOYED SOME SUCCESS
BUT ENDED DRAMATICALLY IN EARLY
1980.
REMARKABLY, THIS BREAKUP
MIRRORED THE END OF THEIR
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP, BUT DID
NOT END THEIR CREATIVE
PARTNERSHIP.
IT ACTUALLY KICK-STARTED IT.
THEY FORMED EURYTHMICS LATER
THAT YEAR, AND UP TO THAT POINT,
THEY HAD NEVER WRITTEN A SONG
TOGETHER.
I SO LOVE THE SONGS OF ANNIE AND
DAVE, BECAUSE THEY DARE TO TAKE
ON AND HAVE A HARD LOOK AT
DIFFICULT AND UNCOMFORTABLE
SUBJECTS, AND BRING THEM TO
GREAT POP SONGS.
FOR ME, THE BEST SONGS ARE
OFTEN DEADLY SERIOUS.
I FEEL I NEED COMPLEXITY TO KEEP
ME ENGAGED -- CONTRAST, TENSION,
DICHOTOMY BETWEEN LYRICS AND
MUSIC.
AND THIS IS THE KIND OF TENSION
THAT EURYTHMICS MAJORED IN.
WHEN "IN THE GARDEN" WAS
RELEASED IN 1981, THE TWO
VALIANTLY TOURED THE UK, TOWING
A HORSEBOX OF EQUIPMENT UP AND
DOWN THE M1, SETTING IT UP
THEMSELVES.
DAVE RECALLS ONE GIG WHERE ONLY
FOUR PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU DON'T COUNT
THE BARMAN, THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE
MORE THAN CAME TO SEE U2 IN THE
HOPE AND ANCHOR TWO YEARS
EARLIER.
[LAUGHTER]
BY THE END OF THIS GRUELING
TOUR, ANNIE WAS CLOSE TO A
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN AND DAVE WAS
IN HOSPITAL WITH A COLLAPSED
LUNG, OR SO HE CLAIMS.
SO WHAT DID ANNIE AND DAVE DO AT
THIS MOMENT?
THEY DID WHAT ALL GREAT DREAMERS
DO.
THEY DOUBLED DOWN ON THEIR
VISION, RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT
WHEN THEY WERE BOTH OVERWHELMED
BY DESPONDENCY.
JUST WHEN THE WEIGHT OF
REJECTION WAS AT ITS MOST
UNBEARABLE, DAVE STARTS A NEW
SONG.
A SYNTHESIZER-BASS PART PLAYED
OVER AN ELECTRONIC DRUM USING
MACHINES THEY'D ONLY JUST
LEARNT HOW TO PROGRAM.
ANNIE INSTANTLY RECOGNIZED THAT
SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL WAS
HAPPENING AND JOINED IN ON
KEYBOARDS, ADDING HER VOCAL.
IN A COLD AND BROKEN HALLELUJAH,
SHE SANG "SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE
OF THIS."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
"AND WHO AM I TO DISAGREE?
I TRAVEL THE WORLD AND THE
SEVEN SEAS.
EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING.
SOME OF THEM WANT TO USE YOU,
SOME OF THEM WANT TO GET USED BY
YOU, SOME OF THEM WANT TO ABUSE
YOU, SOME OF THEM WANT TO BE
ABUSED."
AS IF IN A CONVERSATION,
DAVE'S REPLY WAS,
"HOLD YOUR HEAD UP.
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP.
KEEP IT MOVING ON."
IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT
"SWEET DREAMS" WAS PASSED OVER
AS A SINGLE BECAUSE RCA DIDN'T
THINK IT HAD A CHORUS.
[LAUGHTER]
RIGHT?
THE TRACK GOT SO MUCH RADIO PLAY
THAT EVENTUALLY IT WAS RELEASED,
AIDED BY ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC
MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE MTV ERA.
AND IT WAS, OF COURSE, A SMASH
HIT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE ALBUM, TOO, BECAME A GLOBAL
SENSATION.
THEIR SWEET DREAMS FINALLY HAD
BECOME REALITY.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
EURYTHMICS.
♪ I WAS BORN AN ORIGINAL
SINNER ♪
♪ I WAS BORN FROM ORIGINAL SIN ♪
♪ IF I HAD A DOLLAR BILL FOR ALL
THE THINGS I'VE DONE ♪
♪ THERE'D BE A MOUNTAIN OF
MONEY PILED UP TO MY CHIN ♪
HEY!
♪ ♪
>> WE BOTH GOT STARTED IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.
ANNIE IS A CLASSICALLY TRAINED
MUSICIAN, AND I STARTED OFF
CLIMBING IN THE BACK OF A
GROUP'S VAN AND RUNNING AWAY
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 14.
>> WE BECAME A COUPLE AND WE
WERE LIKE, "THAT'S IT, WE'RE
TOGETHER, WE'RE DOING THIS
THING."
♪ ♪
>> WHEN ANNIE AND I, WHEN WE
SPLIT FROM A GROUP CALLED
THE TOURISTS, OUR PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WAS, LIKE, BREAKING
DOWN, BUT WE STILL WANTED TO
CARRY ON WITH MUSIC.
>> WE WERE NEVER SATISFIED WITH
THE SOUND THAT OTHER PEOPLE
CREATED FOR US.
WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD HAVE
THE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING THAT
WE DID.
WE JUST HAD TO PROVE IT.
AND THE PROGRESSION HAS BEEN
SOMETHING FANTASTIC.
♪ ♪
♪ SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE
OF THIS ♪
♪ WHO AM I TO DISAGREE ♪
>> FROM THE FIRST NOTE, YOU'RE
LIKE, "OH, I'M IN."
THE SONG IS SO COOL AND SO
ICONIC WITH SUCH MINIMAL
PRODUCTION.
>> WHAT WE WANT TO CAPTURE WAS
A EUROPEAN EMPTINESS AND AN
ICINESS, BUT WITH SOME SOUL
WITHIN IT.
WE HAD A MANIFESTO.
IT'S THINGS LIKE MOTOWN AND
IT'S THINGS LIKE KRAFTWERK.
AND IF YOU TRY TO PUT THE TWO
TOGETHER, YOU'D BE LIKE, OH.
BUT, IN A WAY, THAT'S WHAT
"SWEET DREAMS" DID.
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, KEEP YOUR
HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪
>> THE WAY THAT EURYTHMICS, IN
THOSE DAYS, WERE PRESENTING
OURSELVES, I WANTED TO BE SEEN
AS AN EQUAL TO MY PARTNER.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE PERCEIVED IN
A PARTICULARLY KIND OF SEXUAL
PASSIVE WAY.
>> WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE
IMAGE MAKERS, AS WELL AS MUSIC
MAKERS.
♪ ♪
>> IT WAS DAVE'S IDEAS MAINLY
IN MOST OF THE VIDEOS, HE'S
GIFTED.
♪ HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN ♪
♪ FALLING ON MY HEAD LIKE A
MEMORY ♪
>> WORKING WITH ANNIE IS HAVING
A GREAT THING UP YOUR SLEEVE
BECAUSE YOU CAN DO THE MOST
BIZARRE BACKING TRACK.
AND AS SOON AS ANNIE SINGS ON
IT, SHE CAN KIND OF MAKE IT
SOUND LIKE EURYTHMICS.
>> THE SOUND MADE ME WEEP.
I JUST FELT LIKE THE MUSIC WAS
SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO ME.
LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON IN THE
UNIVERSE.
♪ ♪
>> SO WHAT, YOU START WITH A
RIFF OR A RHYTHM?
>> YES.
AND ANNIE WILL START SINGING
WORDS, LIKE, OFF THE TOP OF HER
HEAD.
♪ ♪
♪ WELL, THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE
ON THE TELEPHONE ♪
♪ MAKE ME FEEL DISTRESSED, MAKE
ME ALL ALONE ♪
♪ WHY DO I FEEL SO INCOMPLETE? ♪
♪ WHEN YOU'RE NOT THERE, I'M
JUST OBSOLETE ♪
♪ I LOVE YOU LIKE A BALL AND
CHAIN, CHAIN, CHAIN ♪
>> YOU FEEL CONNECTED TO
SOMETHING, I THINK, WHEN YOU
HEAR ANNIE LENNOX SING.
SOMETHING DEEP AND SOMETHING
ETERNAL.
SHE'S SO FUCKING AWESOME.
♪ MY FRIENDS, KNOW WHAT'S IN
STORE ♪
>> WHETHER IT'S AN EMOTIONAL
STATEMENT, WHETHER IT'S A
POLITICAL STATEMENT, WHETHER
IT'S JUST SAYING I FEEL HAPPY.
EVERY SONG IS A STATEMENT.
♪ SISTERS ARE DOIN' IT FOR
THEMSELVES ♪
>> WE'RE A POP GROUP.
WE ENTERTAIN PEOPLE.
AND IF WE'RE LUCKY, WE MAYBE
MAKE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONSCIOUS, A LITTLE BIT MORE
AWARE OF WHO THEY ARE, HOW THEY
FEEL, YOU KNOW.
AND MAYBE WE CAN SET A GOOD
EXAMPLE.
MAYBE I CAN SET A GOOD EXAMPLE
TO PEOPLE.
♪ TAKE ME TO THE DESERT WHERE
THERE'S GOT TO BE ♪
♪ A WHOLE HEAP OF NOTHING FOR
YOU AND ME ♪
>> THEY CHANGED THE GAME IN SO
MANY WAYS.
THE TWO OF THEM ARE JUST LARGER
THAN LIFE TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE
SONGS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY
ETERNAL.
>> I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE WHO
BROKE UP FROM A RELATIONSHIP AND
FORMED A PARTNERSHIP, AND THEN
WENT ON TO BE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL.
♪ ♪
>> I JUST WANT TO BE SEEN AS A
GOOD SINGER, GOOD MUSICIAN, WHO
WRITES GOOD SONGS.
I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN A
REALLY GOOD GROUP.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
WORK FOR.
♪ ♪
>> IT IS MY ABSOLUTE HONOR AND
PLEASURE TO INDUCT ANNIE LENNOX
AND DAVE STEWART INTO THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
AND HERE THEY ARE, EURYTHMICS.
♪ ♪
♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU? ♪
♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU, HONEY? ♪
♪ NOW, WOULD I SAY SOMETHING
THAT WASN'T TRUE? ♪
♪ I'M ASKING YOU, SUGAR ♪
♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU? ♪
♪ MY FRIENDS KNOW WHAT'S IN
STORE ♪
♪ I WON'T BE HERE ANYMORE ♪
♪ I'VE PACKED MY BAGS ♪
♪ I'VE CLEANED THE FLOOR ♪
♪ WATCH ME WALKIN' ♪
♪ WALKIN' OUT THE DOOR! ♪
♪ BELIEVE ME ♪
♪ I'LL MAKE IT, MAKE IT ♪
♪ BELIEVE ME ♪
♪ I'LL MAKE IT, MAKE IT ♪
♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU? ♪
♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU, HONEY? ♪
♪ NOW, WOULD I SAY SOMETHING
THAT WASN'T TRUE? ♪
♪ I'M ASKING YOU, SUGAR ♪
♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU? ♪
♪ TELL YOU STRAIGHT, NO
INTERVENTION ♪
♪ TO YOUR FACE, NO DECEPTION ♪
♪ YOU'RE THE BIGGEST FAKE ♪
♪ THAT MUCH IS TRUE ♪
♪ HAD ALL I CAN TAKE ♪
♪ NOW I'M LEAVING YOU ♪
♪ ♪
>> COME ON, DAVE.
PLAY THAT GUITAR.
HIT IT.
♪ ♪
♪ MY FRIENDS KNOW WHAT'S IN
STORE ♪
♪ I WON'T BE HERE ANYMORE ♪
♪ I'VE PACKED MY BAGS ♪
♪ I'VE CLEANED THE FLOOR ♪
♪ WATCH ME WALKIN' ♪
♪ WALKIN' OUT THERE NOW! ♪
♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH! ♪
♪ HERE WE GO ♪
♪ WELL I WAS BORN AN ORIGINAL
SINNER ♪
♪ I WAS BORNE FROM ORIGINAL
SIN ♪
♪ AND IF I HAD A DOLLAR BILL ♪
♪ FOR ALL THE THINGS I'VE DONE ♪
♪ THERE'D BE A MOUNTAIN
OF MONEY ♪
♪ PILED UP TO MY CHIN ♪
♪ ♪
♪ MY MOTHER TOLD ME GOOD ♪
♪ MY MOTHER TOLD ME STRONG ♪
♪ SHE SAID "BE TRUE TO
YOURSELF ♪
♪ AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG ♪
♪ BUT THERE'S JUST ONE THING ♪
♪ THAT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ YOU CAN FOOL WITH YOUR
BROTHER ♪
♪ BUT DON'T MESS WITH A
MISSIONARY MAN ♪
♪ DON'T MESS WITH A MISSIONARY
MAN ♪
♪ DON'T MESS WITH A MISSIONARY
MAN" ♪
♪ DON'T MESS WITH A MISSIONARY
MAN ♪
♪ WELL, THE MISSIONARY MAN ♪
♪ HE'S GOT GOD ON HIS SIDE ♪
♪ HE'S GOT THE SAINTS AND
APOSTLES ♪
♪ BACKIN' UP FROM BEHIND ♪
♪ BLACK EYED LOOKS FROM THOSE
BIBLE BOOKS ♪
♪ HE'S A MAN WITH A MISSION ♪
♪ GOT A SERIOUS MIND ♪
♪ THERE WAS A WOMAN IN THE
JUNGLE ♪
♪ AND A MONKEY ON A TREE ♪
♪ THE MISSIONARY MAN ♪
♪ HE WAS FOLLOWIN' ME ♪
♪ HE SAID "STOP WHAT YOU'RE
DOING ♪
♪ GET DOWN UPON YOUR KNEES ♪
♪ I'VE A MESSAGE FOR YOU THAT
YOU BETTER BELIEVE ♪
♪ BELIEVE, BELIEVE, BELIEVE ♪
♪ OH, YEAH ♪
♪ I WAS BORN AN ORIGINAL SINNER
♪ I WAS BORNE FROM ORIGINAL
SIN ♪
♪ AND IF I HAD A DOLLAR BILL ♪
♪ FOR ALL THE THINGS I'VE DONE ♪
♪ THERE'D BE A MOUNTAIN
OF MONEY ♪
♪ PILED UP TO MY CHIN ♪
♪ OH, YEAH ♪
♪ DON'T MESS WITH A MISSIONARY
MAN ♪
♪ SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE
OF THIS ♪
♪ WHO AM I TO DISAGREE ♪
♪ I TRAVEL THE WORLD AND THE
SEVEN SEAS ♪
♪ EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING ♪
♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO USE YOU ♪
♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO GET USED
BY YOU ♪
♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO
ABUSE YOU ♪
♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO
BE ABUSED ♪
♪ ♪
♪ SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE
OF THIS ♪
♪ WHO AM I TO DISAGREE ♪
♪ I TRAVEL THE WORLD AND THE
SEVEN SEAS ♪
♪ EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING ♪
♪ ♪
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, KEEP YOUR
HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP ♪
♪ ♪
♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO USE YOU ♪
♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO GET USED
BY YOU ♪
♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO
ABUSE YOU ♪
♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO
BE ABUSED ♪
♪ SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE
OF THIS ♪
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP ♪
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP ♪
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪
♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
BIG LOVE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, THE EDGE.
I FIRST MET ANNIE WHEN SHE WAS
21 YEARS OLD AND I WAS 24.
AND, LIKE EVERY INDUCTEE
TONIGHT, WE HAVE WALKED A VERY
LONG AND SOMETIMES PERILOUS ROAD
TO BE STANDING HERE TONIGHT.
WE'VE HAD OUR SHARE OF GLORY,
GRIEF, LIVING ON LESS THAN $20 A
WEEK BETWEEN US, IN A DERELICT
SQUAT.
BY THE WAY, THOSE WERE SOME OF
THE BEST TIMES.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YEAH.
THEY WERE.
>> WE FOUGHT FIERCELY FOR OUR
ART, AND WE WOULD NOT LET ANY
INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE
COMPANY INTERFERE WITH OUR
CREATIVITY.
THAT WAS OURS AND OURS ALONE.
[APPLAUSE]
ANNIE AND I WROTE OVER A HUNDRED
AND TWENTY SONGS TOGETHER, AND
WHILST RECORDING THOSE SONGS, WE
FIXATED OVER EVERY NOTE.
ANNIE METICULOUSLY PROOFREADING
AND CORRECTING HER LYRICS UNTIL
SHE LAID DOWN HER LEAD VOCAL,
AND THAT WAS USUALLY IN ONE
TAKE.
[APPLAUSE]
SO WHAT AN HONOR TO BE STANDING
HERE NEXT TO MY PARTNER IN THIS
CRAZY COLLABORATION.
ANNIE, ONE OF THE GREATEST
PERFORMERS AND
SINGER-SONGWRITERS OF OUR TIME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, DAVE.
>> BEING IN A TINY ROOM WITH
ANNIE AND TALKING ABSTRACTLY FOR
HOURS ABOUT WHAT WE WERE TRYING
TO DO WITH OUR ART WERE SOME OF
THE MOST THRILLING TIMES IN MY
LIFE.
WE SAW INFINITE POSSIBILITIES
AND REFUSED TO BE CONSTRAINED BY
CONVENTION.
WE WERE LED BY THE HANDS OF
GRACE AND PROTECTED BY THE ARMOR
OF OUR ART.
OF COURSE, WE WOULDN'T BE
STANDING HERE WITHOUT THE GALAXY
OF HELPERS ALONG THE WAY,
INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS, ENGINEERS,
ROAD CREW, RECORD COMPANY,
BELIEVERS, AND RADIO DJs, AND
NOT FORGETTING, OF COURSE, MTV,
WHO LET THE WORLD WITNESS OUR
VISUAL ARTISTRY FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
AND A BIG SHOUT-OUT TO OUR FANS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHO, TO THIS DAY, REMAIN LOYAL,
WITHOUT A SINGLE ALBUM RELEASE
OR TOUR IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
I'M HOPING OUR LEGACY WILL NOT
ONLY BE ABOUT OUR MUSIC, BUT
ALSO ABOUT THE RESPECT AND
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN TO THE MOON AND
BACK IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY, AND
MADE IT HOME SAFELY HERE ON THE
STAGE OF THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, ANNIE?
AFTER 45 YEARS, WE STILL ROCK.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, DAVE.
THAT WAS A VERY NICE THING TO
SAY.
THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANKS, GUYS.
YOU CAN SURELY RELAX.
TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF YOUR FEET.
I WANT TO THANK EDGE SO MUCH FOR
COMING ALL THE WAY TO INDUCT US
HERE.
WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE INDUCTED
BY THE WONDERFUL EDGE.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED US OVER
ALL THESE YEARS.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE.
THE LIST IS LIKE A CREDIT ROLL
AFTER A "LORD OF THE RINGS"
FILM.
IT REALLY IS THAT LONG.
LIKE THE TRILOGY.
[LAUGHS]
MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO
THANK EURYTHMICS FANS,
WITHOUT WHOM --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WE WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE
WITHOUT YOU.
A FEW NIGHTS AGO, THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
INVITED ALL THE INDUCTEES TO GET
TOGETHER FOR A SPECIAL DINNER.
THE ROOM WAS SO WARM AND FULL OF
LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE
INSPIRATION AND CELEBRATION,
BECAUSE, YOU SEE, MUSIC IS
HEALING.
IT BUILDS BRIDGES, NOT
BOUNDARIES.
WE MUSICIANS ARE A DIVERSE AND
PEACEFUL PEOPLE.
WE SPREAD LOVE AROUND THE WORLD,
NOT HATRED AND DIVISION.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WE, MUSICIANS, BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER, IN JOY, IN SADNESS, IN
MOVEMENT, BEAUTY, INSPIRATION,
AND REFLECTION.
MUSIC IS IN OUR BLOOD CELLS, IN
OUR HEARTS, AND IN THE DEEPEST
PARTS OF OUR SOULS.
WE ARE GRATEFUL BEYOND MEASURE
TO BE PART OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY
DIASPORA.
THANK YOU, DAVE, FOR THIS GREAT
ADVENTURE.
AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> SOMETIMES THE GOOD LORD
ACCEPTS HIS OWN PERFECTION,
CLOSES HIS EYES AND GOES AHEAD
AND HE MAKES HIMSELF A MAN.
SOMETIMES THAT MAN GETS HOLD
OF THE IDEA OF WHAT IT IS
POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO DO.
SO YOU LOOK AT HIM AND BE
THANKFUL THE LORD LET SUCH A
MAN TOUCH OUR LIVES.
♪ ♪
♪ SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SENORA ♪
♪ SHAKE YOUR BODY LINE ♪
>> THIS BEAUTIFUL BLACK MAN, WHO
WAS NOT ONLY WARMING OUR HEARTS
WITH THE MUSIC BUT WARMING OUR
HEARTS WITH HIS PERSONA, WARMING
OUR HEARTS WITH HIS ELEGANCE,
SINGING THESE SONGS.
AND IT GAVE EVERYBODY SOMETHING
TO ASPIRE TO BE.
>> WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW IS THAT MUSIC IS REALLY AN
ACCIDENT IN MY LIFE.
WELL, I STARTED OFF AS A STUDENT
OF THE THEATER.
♪ ♪
THE FIRST TIME I EVER STARTED
SINGING FOR THE PUBLIC WAS IN A
PLAY.
♪ ♪
A LOT OF THE LITTLE NIGHT CLUBS
IN GREENWICH VILLAGE WAS AROUND
LIKE BILL BROONZY AND LEAD BELLY
AND THOSE THAT INHERITED DRAMA
TO THE MATERIAL.
I JUST FELT THAT THAT, THAT WAS
THE CHARACTER OF WHAT I SHOULD
BE DOING.
AND THEN I DEVELOPED THIS ACT.
♪ DAY-O, DAY-O ♪
♪ DAYLIGHT COME AND ME WANNA GO
HOME ♪
>> WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, ALL OVER
THE WORLD TO THIS DAY, IN 2022,
THE WHOLE WORLD SINGS THAT SONG.
♪ DAYLIGHT COME AND WE WANNA GO
HOME ♪
>> IT WAS A SONG ABOUT STRUGGLE,
ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE, AND DOING
THE MOST GRUELING WORK, AND I
TOOK THAT SONG AND HONED IT INTO
AN ANTHEM.
♪ ♪
>> WITH THE RCA VICTOR LONG PLAY
WORLD RECORD FOR BEING THE FIRST
PERFORMER TO SELL OVER A MILLION
COPIES OF A SINGLE ALBUM.
♪ ♪
>> HERE'S ONE OF THE GREAT
ARTIST OF THE WORLD,
HARRY BELAFONTE.
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY
PURSUE ART AND NOT HAVE A SOCIAL
AND A HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS.
FOR ME, ALL GREAT ART DOES THAT.
♪ ♪
THERE ARE OTHER DIMENSIONS TO ME
THAN WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO CONTRIBUTE JUST MUSICALLY.
>> HE SPOKE TRUTH TO POWER.
HE WAS ABLE TO DO SOMETHING FOR
US THAT NOT ONLY OUR RACE
BENEFITED FROM, BUT THE WHOLE
WORLD BENEFITED FROM, AND
CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM TODAY.
>> PEACE!
PEACE!
>> ARTISTS ARE THE GATEKEEPERS
OF TRUTH.
THE PURPOSE OF ART IS TO SHOW
LIFE NOT AS IT IS BUT TO SHOW
LIFE AS IT SHOULD BE.
♪ THERE'D BE PEACE ON EARTH ♪
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
♪ ♪
>> Announcer: TO INDUCT EMINEM,
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER,
DR. DRE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> YES, YES, YES.
WHEN I STARTED WORKING ON THIS
SPEECH, I ASKED EMINEM IF THERE
WAS ANYTHING SPECIFIC HE'D LIKE
ME TO SAY EVERYBODY, AND HE
SAID, "OKAY, NUMBER ONE, I WANT
YOU TO TELL EVERYBODY I HAVE A
HUGE PENIS."
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
BUT WHEN HE STARTED COUNTING, I
WAS WONDERING WHY HE DECIDED TO
USE THIS FINGER.
[LAUGHTER]
ALL RIGHT.
LET ME GET SERIOUS.
OKAY.
OVER 20 YEARS AGO, JIMMY IOVINE
PLAYED A DEMO TAPE FOR ME, FROM
A GUY WHO CALLED HIMSELF EMINEM.
THE FIRST THING I SAID WHEN I
HEARD IT WAS, "WHAT THE FUCK DID
HE JUST SAY?"
[LAUGHS]
I LOVED IT SO MUCH THAT I
COULDN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT.
A FEW DAYS LATER, JIMMY
CALLED ME UP AND HE SAID,
"HEY, DRE, YOU KNOW HE'S A WHITE
GUY, RIGHT?"
[LAUGHTER]
COMPLETELY FUCKED ME UP.
IT NEVER EVEN CROSSED MY MIND.
BUT, LOOKING BACK, I DON'T KNOW
WHY IT DIDN'T CROSS MY MIND.
I GUESS IT WAS MY IGNORANCE AT
THE TIME, THINKING THAT,
"OKAY, IF YOU'RE A GOOD RAPPER,
YOU MUST BE BLACK," RIGHT?
NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT, WE MET
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WE HIT IT OFF, AND THE NEXT
THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE
STUDIO AT MY HOUSE, WORKING.
THE FIRST TIME I PUT ON A BEAT,
HE GOT ON THE MIC AND SAID
"HI, MY NAME IS --
SLIM SHADY."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BOOM.
THAT WAS IT.
AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF
WHAT BECAME AN AMAZING CREATIVE
COLLABORATION.
THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
"LOOK AT HIM, DRE.
THIS GUY HAS BLUE EYES.
YOU CAN'T SIGN HIM."
WHILE EVERYONE ELSE AROUND ME
HAD THEIR DOUBTS, I KNEW THAT
HIS GIFTS WERE UNDENIABLE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HIS RAW, DARK, HUMOROUS LYRICS
COUPLED WITH AN IMPECCABLE
CADENCE STOOD OUT FROM
EVERYTHING I HAD EVER HEARD
BEFORE.
AND HE WAS HUNGRY.
BOTH OF US WERE.
WE WERE TWO ARTISTS IN DO-OR-DIE
SITUATIONS.
EACH OF US WERE EXACTLY WHAT THE
OTHER ONE NEEDED.
AND I WAS WILLING TO BET MY
ENTIRE CAREER ON THAT.
[APPLAUSE]
MY REBUTTAL TO THOSE NAYSAYERS
WAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
"HE'S GONNA BE THE BEST-SELLING
ARTIST ON OUR LABEL."
LITTLE DID I KNOW, HE WAS GONNA
BE ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING
ARTISTS OF ALL TIME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
FROM THE MOMENT HE INTRODUCED
HIMSELF TO THE WORLD WITH
"THE SLIM SHADY LP," HE
SKYROCKETED TO THE TOP OF THE
CHARTS AND STAYED THERE FOR 100
WEEKS.
AND, CAN YOU BELIEVE, AFTER
PROMOTING VIOLENCE TO LITTLE
CHILDREN, KILLING HIS DAUGHTER'S
MOTHER, THIS GUY STILL HAD MORE
SHIT TO GET OFF HIS CHEST?
[LAUGHTER]
"THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP" DROPS.
ON THAT ALBUM ALONE, HIS ALTER
EGO, SLIM SHADY, TIED ME UP IN A
BASEMENT, HE HAD SEX WITH HIS
MOTHER...
KILLED HIS DAUGHTER'S MOTHER,
AGAIN, WHILE PROCEEDING TO
OFFEND ABOUT EVERY SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUP WE HAVE.
[LAUGHS]
IT CLEARLY STRUCK A CHORD AND
BECAME ONE OF THE
FASTEST-SELLING ALBUMS IN
UNITED STATES HISTORY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BUT HERE'S EMINEM'S GENIUS: WITH
HIS INCREDIBLE WIT AND WILD
IMAGINATION, HE WAS ABLE TO HOLD
A MIRROR UP TO WHITE AMERICA
WHILE ALSO EXPRESSING PAIN
THROUGH POVERTY AND
DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES DEVOID OF
HOPE.
EMINEM BROUGHT HIP-HOP TO MIDDLE
AMERICA AND OFFERED KIDS WHO
LOOKED LIKE HIM A WAY TO CONNECT
TO IT.
[APPLAUSE]
EMINEM WASN'T JUST THE UNDERDOG
WHO BROKE THROUGH THE GLASS
CEILING OF HIP-HOP, HE SHATTERED
THAT SHIT.
OVER 220 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THIRTEEN NUMBER ONE ALBUMS,
TEN OF WHICH ALL CONSECUTIVELY
DEBUTED AT NUMBER ONE, MAKING
HIM THE FIRST ARTIST TO EVER
ACHIEVE THIS SHIT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
GRAMMY AWARDS, AN EMMY, AN
OSCAR, MAKING HIM THE
BEST-SELLING ARTIST OF THE
2000s.
BEST-SELLING HIP-HOP ARTIST
EVER.
LET ME REPEAT THAT.
THE BEST-SELLING HIP-HOP ARTIST
EVER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND THE CRAZY PART ABOUT IT IS
HE DOESN'T EVEN REALLY CARE
ABOUT THAT.
I THINK I CARE ABOUT IT MORE
THAN HE DOES, YOU KNOW?
WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO HIM IS
THAT HE'S EARNED THE RESPECT OF
HIS PEERS AS ONE OF THE BEST TO
EVER DO IT, POINT BLANK.
TURNS OUT, THIS UNASSUMING WHITE
GUY WITH BLUE EYES FROM DETROIT
BEING REPEATEDLY TURNED DOWN AND
TURNING EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT WE
KNEW ABOUT HIP HOP ON ITS HEAD
WHILE FORCING US TO CONFRONT OUR
OWN BIASES, GROWING NOT ONLY THE
GENRE BUT ALL OF US RIGHT ALONG
WITH IT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[CLOCK TICKS]
♪ LOOK, IF YOU HAD ONE SHOT OR
ONE OPPORTUNITY ♪
>> HERE I AM.
EVERYBODY EXCEPT ME.
♪ TO SEIZE EVERYTHING YOU EVER
WANTED IN ONE MOMENT, WOULD YOU
CAPTURE IT OR JUST LET IT SLIP?
YO.
YOU BETTER LOSE YOURSELF IN THE
MUSIC, THE MOMENT.
YOU OWN IT.
YOU BETTER NEVER LET IT GO.
YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT.
DO NOT MISS YOUR CHANCE TO BLOW.
THIS OPPORTUNITY COMES ONCE IN A
LIFETIME ♪
♪ ♪
>> TOWARDS THE END OF '97, I WAS
IN THE RAP OLYMPICS.
KIDS FROM INTERSCOPE WERE THERE
AND THEY GOT THE TAPE.
AND JIMMY IOVINE, HE LIKED IT
AND HE PLAYED IT FOR DRE.
>> I LISTEN TO IT AND I WOULD
LIKE, I NEED TO LOOK AT HIM,
LIKE, YESTERDAY.
I HAD A STUDIO IN MY HOUSE AT
THE TIME AND I INVITED HIM OVER
AND I HIT THE DRUM MACHINE, AND
MAYBE TWO OR THREE SECONDS WENT
BY AND HE JUST WENT, "HI, MY
NAME IS -- MY NAME IS --
>> SOP UP THE TAPE, THIS KID
NEEDS TO BE LOCKED AWAY!
DR. DRE, DON'T JUST STAND THERE,
OPERATE!
>> I'M ALL THEY CONFUSED.
BLACK PEOPLE DON'T TALK LIKE
THIS.
TIE A ROPE AROUND YOUR DECK AND
JUMP OFF A TREE?
>> HI, KIDS.
DO YOU LIKE VIOLENCE?
WANT TO SEE ME STICK
NINE INCH NAILS FOR EACH ONE OF
MY EYELIDS?
>> THIS GUY IS THE BIGGEST FREAK
I'VE WORKED WITH.
THAT'S RIGHT CLICKED, YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN?
>> WE WOULD LIKE, HE DUG UP.
BUT WHEN WE HEARD HIM AFTER
DR. DRE PRODUCED HIS ALBUM, WE
WERE LIKE, DANG, HE'S SUPER DOP
DOPE.
>> RAPPER EMINEM'S DEBUT ALBUM,
"SLIM SHADY," HAS ALREADY
SPARKED QUITE A CONTROVERSY IN
SOME QUARTERS.
>> IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T
BUY IT.
>> IT WAS VERY VIOLENT AND VERY
SEXIST AND ALL THAT, HOMOPHOBIC,
BUT THAT RECORD WAS AMAZING.
>> THEY CAN'T TELL ME I CAN'T DO
THE MUSIC THAT I LOVE, THAT I
FLOODING SUPPORTED FROM SINCE I
WAS NINE YEARS OLD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
♪ ♪
>> EMINEM.
>> EMINEM!
>> WAS THIS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN?
♪ ♪
>> I NEED TO WRITE ALL THE TIME.
I NEED TO BE WRITING EVERY DAY.
>> I WANT TO WRITE UNTIL MY SHIP
STANDS
OUT.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO PERFORM
AND GO OUT ON THE LIMB AND
DEFEND THEM, YOU'RE GOING TO
CRITICIZE.
BUT I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT
THAT, BECAUSE I THINK HE'S
REALLY BRILLIANT.
>> SOMEONE LIKE EMINEM, YOU JUST
HAVE A AMAZING CADENCE.
IT ALMOST BECOMES A PERCUSSION.
SOME PEOPLE JUST HAVE IT ALL.
♪ ♪
>> THERE IS SOMETHING INSIDE ME
THAT IS A LITTLE MORE HAPPY WHEN
I'M ANGRY.
♪ IT SO I AM.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY MOTHER
FUCKERS GET SO FUCKING PISSED
OFF THEY COULD KILL SOMEBODY.
>> MY MOTTO.
FUCK LOTTO.
♪ ♪
>> HE'S DOING HIS THING, MAN.
HE SANG WHAT HE WANTS TO SAY,
AND AS AN ELEMENT OF
FEARLESSNESS IN THIS KID.
♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
HOLLER IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE
BEEN DOWN THE SAME ROAD ♪
♪ ♪
>> I ALMOST FEEL LUCKY FOR HIM
THAT HE HAS MUSIC.
HE HAS SO MUCH IN HIS HEAD, THAT
MUSIC IS SUCH A GREAT RELEASE
FOR HIM.
♪ I'M FRIENDS WITH THE MONSTER
THAT'S UNDER MY BED ♪
♪ AND YOU THINK I'M CRAZY, YEAH,
YOU THINK I'M CRAZY MAMA WELL,
THAT'S NOTHING ♪
>> HE HAS SO MUCH IN HIS MIND.
SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH EMINEM.
>> I MARCEL CARE ABOUT WHAT I
BELIEVE AND THEN WHOEVER ELSE
GETS FUCKING PISSED OFF.
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK.
♪ ♪
>> HIP-HOP WAS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING THAT EMPOWERED
ME AS A KID.
GROWING UP ON 8-MILE, PUT
HEADPHONES ON, AND IT MADE ME
FEEL POWERFUL.
I'M SO IN LOVE WITH THIS ART
FORM.
IT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT
I EVER WAS GOOD AT.
♪ ♪
♪ TILL THE ROOF COMES OFF, TO
THE LIGHTS GO OUT ♪
♪ TILL MY LEGS GAVE OUT, CAN'T
SHUT MY MOUTH ♪
♪ TILL THE SMOKE CLEARS OUT, AND
MY HIGH, PERHAPS BECAUSE MAMA >>
IT'S HARD TO GET IT AND IT'S
EVEN HARDER TO MAINTAIN.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE WHAT YOU WANT
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS
WORLD.
GIVE IT EVERYTHING.
>> THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S MY
HONOR TO INDUCT MY FRIEND,
EMINEM, INTO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ HI! ♪
♪ MY NAME IS ♪
♪ WHAT? ♪
♪ MY NAME IS ♪
♪ WHO? ♪
♪ MY NAME IS ♪
♪ CHIKA-CHIKA ♪
♪ SLIM SHADY ♪
♪ HI! ♪
♪ MY NAME IS ♪
♪ HUH? ♪
♪ MY NAME IS ♪
♪ WHAT? ♪
♪ MY NAME IS ♪
♪ CHIKA-CHIKA ♪
♪ SLIM SHADY ♪
♪ HI! ♪
♪ MY NAME IS ♪
♪ WHAT? ♪
♪ MY NAME IS ♪
♪ SLIM SHADY ♪
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU ALL
GOT SO LUCKY TONIGHT!
YOU'RE ABOUT TO WITNESS THE ONE
AND ONLY RAP GOD!
♪ I'M BEGINNIN' TO FEEL LIKE A
RAP GOD, RAP GOD ♪
♪ ALL MY PEOPLE FROM THE FRONT
♪ THE WAY I'M RACIN' AROUND THE
TRACK, CALL ME NASCAR, NASCAR ♪
♪ DALE EARNHARDT OF THE TRAILER
PARK, THE WHITE TRASH GOD ♪
♪ KNEEL BEFORE GENERAL ZOD ♪
♪ THIS PLANET'S KRYPTON--
NO, ASGARD, ASGARD ♪
♪ SO YOU'LL BE THOR AND I'LL
BE ODIN ♪
♪ YOU RODENT, I'M OMNIPOTENT ♪
♪ LET OFF, THEN I'M RELOADIN' ♪
♪ IMMEDIATELY WITH THESE BOMBS
I'M TOTIN' ♪
♪ AND I SHOULD NOT BE WOKEN ♪
♪ I'M THE WALKIN' DEAD, BUT I'M
JUST A TALKIN' HEAD ♪
♪ A ZOMBIE FLOATIN' ♪
♪ BUT I GOT YOUR MOM
DEEP-THROATIN' ♪
♪ I'M OUT MY RAMEN NOODLE ♪
♪ WE HAVE NOTHIN' IN COMMON,
POODLE ♪
♪ I'M A DOBERMAN, PINCH YOURSELF
IN THE ARM ♪
♪ AND PAY HOMAGE, PUPIL ♪
♪ IT'S ME ♪
♪ MORPHIN' INTO AN IMMORTAL,
COMIN' THROUGH THE PORTAL ♪
♪ YOU'RE STUCK IN A TIME WARP
FROM 2004 THOUGH ♪
♪ AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK
THAT YOU RHYME FOR ♪
♪ YOU'RE POINTLESS AS RAPUNZEL
WITH FUCKIN' CORNROWS ♪
♪ YOU WRITE NORMAL?
FUCK BEING NORMAL! ♪
♪ AND I JUST BOUGHT A NEW RAYGUN
FROM THE FUTURE ♪
♪ JUST TO COME AND SHOOT YA ♪
♪ LIKE WHEN FABOLOUS
MADE RAY J MAD ♪
♪ 'CAUSE FAB SAID HE LOOKED LIKE
A FAG AT MAYWEATHER'S PAD ♪
♪ SINGIN' TO A MAN WHILE HE
PLAYED PIANO ♪
♪ MAN, OH MAN, THAT WAS A 24/7
SPECIAL ON THE CABLE CHANNEL ♪
♪ SO RAY J WENT STRAIGHT TO THE
RADIO STATION ♪
♪ THE VERY NEXT DAY,
"HEY FAB, I'MMA KILL YOU!" ♪
♪ LYRICS COMIN' AT YOU AT
SUPERSONIC SPEED ♪
♪ UH, SUMMA-LUMMA, DOOMA-LUMMA,
YOU ASSUMIN' I'M A HUMAN ♪
♪ WHAT I GOTTA DO TO GET IT
THROUGH TO YOU I'M SUPERHUMAN? ♪
♪ INNOVATIVE AND I'M MADE OF
RUBBER SO THAT ANYTHING ♪
♪ YOU SAY IS RICOCHETIN' OFF OF
ME, AND IT'LL GLUE TO YOU AND ♪
♪ I'M DEVASTATING, MORE THAN
EVER DEMONSTRATING ♪
♪ HOW TO GIVE A MOTHERFUCKIN'
AUDIENCE A FEELING ♪
♪ LIKE IT'S LEVITATING ♪
♪ NEVER FADING, AND I KNOW THE
HATERS ARE FOREVER WAITING ♪
♪ FOR THE DAY THAT THEY CAN SAY
I FELL OFF ♪
♪ THEY'LL BE CELEBRATING ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW THE WAY TO GET
'EM MOTIVATED ♪
♪ I MAKE ELEVATING MUSIC, YOU
MAKE ELEVATOR MUSIC ♪
♪ "OH, HE'S TOO MAINSTREAM" ♪
♪ WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO WHEN
THEY GET JEALOUS ♪
♪ THEY CONFUSE IT ♪
♪ "IT'S NOT HIP-HOP, IT'S POP,"
'CAUSE I FOUND A HELLA WAY TO
FUSE IT ♪
♪ WITH ROCK, SHOCK RAP
WITH DOC ♪
♪ THROW ON "LOSE YOURSELF" AND
MAKE 'EM LOSE IT ♪
♪ I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE SONGS
LIKE THAT ♪
♪ I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORDS
TO USE ♪
♪ LET ME KNOW WHEN IT OCCURS
TO YOU ♪
♪ WHILE I'M RIPPIN' ANY ONE OF
THESE VERSES THAT VERSUS YOU ♪
♪ IT'S CURTAINS, I'M
INADVERTENTLY HURTIN' YOU ♪
♪ HOW MANY VERSES I GOTTA
MURDER TO ♪
♪ PROVE THAT IF YOU WERE HALF AS
NICE ♪
♪ YOUR SONGS YOU COULD SACRIFICE
VIRGINS TOO? ♪
♪ UGH, SCHOOL FLUNKY,
PILL JUNKIE ♪
♪ BUT LOOK AT THE ACCOLADES
THESE SKILLS BRUNG ME ♪
♪ FULL OF MYSELF,
BUT STILL HUNGRY ♪
♪ I BULLY MYSELF 'CAUSE I MAKE
ME DO WHAT I PUT MY MIND TO ♪
♪ AND I'M A MILLION LEAGUES
ABOVE YOU ♪
♪ ILL WHEN I SPEAK IN TONGUES,
BUT IT'S STILL TONGUE-IN-CHEEK ♪
♪ FUCK YOU ♪
♪ I'M DRUNK, SO, SATAN, TAKE THE
FUCKING WHEEL ♪
♪ I'MMA SLEEP IN THE
FRONT SEAT ♪
♪ BUMPIN' HEAVY D AND THE BOYZ,
STILL "CHUNKY BUT FUNKY" ♪
♪ BUT IN MY HEAD, THERE'S
SOMETHING I CAN FEEL TUGGING AND
STRUGGLING ♪
♪ ANGELS FIGHT WITH DEVILS AND
HERE'S WHAT THEY WANT FROM ME ♪
♪ THEY'RE ASKIN' ME TO ELIMINATE
SOME OF THE WOMEN HATE ♪
♪ BUT IF YOU TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION ♪
♪ THE BITTER HATRED I HAVE ♪
♪ THEN YOU MAY BE A LITTLE
PATIENT ♪
♪ AND MORE SYMPATHETIC TO THE
SITUATION ♪
♪ AND UNDERSTAND THE
DISCRIMINATION ♪
♪ BUT FUCK IT, LIFE'S HANDIN'
YOU LEMONS? ♪
♪ MAKE LEMONADE, THEN! ♪
♪ BUT IF I CAN'T BATTER THE
WOMEN ♪
♪ HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO
BAKE THEM A CAKE THEN? ♪
♪ DON'T MISTAKE HIM FOR SATAN ♪
♪ IT'S A FATAL MISTAKE ♪
♪ IF YOU THINK I NEED TO BE
OVERSEAS AND TAKE A VACATION ♪
♪ TO TRIP A BROAD, AND MAKE HER
FALL ON HER FACE AND ♪
♪ DON'T BE A RETARD, BE A KING?
THINK NOT ♪
♪ WHY BE A KING WHEN YOU CAN BE
A GOD? ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
♪ EVERY TIME THAT I LOOK IN THE
MIRROR ♪
♪ ALL THESE LINES ON MY FACE
GETTING CLEARER ♪
♪ THE PAST IS GONE ♪
♪ OH, IT WENT BY LIKE DUSK TO
DAWN ♪
♪ ISN'T THAT THE WAY?
MAMA EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR DUES
IN LIFE TO PAY CL ♪ ♪
♪ THESE IDEAS ARE, NIGHTMARES
TO WHITE PARENTS ♪
♪ WHOSE WORST FEAR IS A CHILD
WITH DYED HAIR ♪
♪ AND WHO LIKES EARRINGS ♪
♪ LIKE WHATEVER THEY SAY HAS
NO BEARING ♪
♪ IT'S SO SCARY IN A HOUSE THAT
ALLOWS, NO SWEARING ♪
♪ TO SEE HIM WALKING AROUND WITH
HIS HEADPHONES BLARING ♪
♪ ALONE IN HIS OWN ZONE, COLD
AND HE DON'T CARE ♪
♪ HE'S A PROBLEM CHILD, AND WHAT
BOTHERS HIM ALL COMES OUT ♪
♪ WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT, HIS
FUCKIN' DAD WALKING OUT ♪
♪ 'CAUSE HE HATES HIM SO BAD
THAT HE BLOCKS HIM OUT ♪
♪ IF HE EVER SAW HIM AGAIN HE'D
PROBABLY KNOCK HIM OUT ♪
♪ HIS THOUGHTS ARE WACKED,
HE'S MAD SO HE'S TALKING BACK ♪
♪ TALKING BLACK, BRAINWASHED
FROM ROCK AND RAP ♪
♪ HE SAGS HIS PANTS, DURAGS AND
A STOCKING CAP ♪
♪ HIS STEPFATHER HIT HIM SO HE
SOCKED HIM BACK ♪
♪ AND BROKE HIS NOSE, HIS HOUSE
IS A BROKEN HOME ♪
♪ THERE'S NO CONTROL, HE JUST
LETS HIS EMOTIONS GO ♪
♪ SING WITH ME, SING FOR THE
YEAR ♪
♪ SING FOR THE LAUGHTER,
SING FOR THE TEAR ♪
♪ SING IT WITH ME,
JUST FOR TODAY ♪
♪ MAYBE TOMORROW THE GOOD LORD
WILL TAKE YOU AWAY ♪
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAKE
SOME NOISE FOR STEVEN
MOTHERFUCKIN' TYLER.
♪ MY TEA'S GONE COLD, I'M
WONDERING WHY I ♪
♪ GOT OUT OF BED AT ALL ♪
♪ THE MORNING RAIN CLOUDS UP
MY WINDOW ♪
♪ AND I CAN'T SEE AT ALL ♪
♪ AND EVEN IF I COULD IT'LL ALL
BE GRAY ♪
♪ BUT YOUR PICTURE ON MY WALL ♪
>> IT WHAT?
♪ IT REMINDS ME, THAT IT'S NOT
SO BAD ♪
♪ IT'S NOT SO BAD ♪
♪ MY TEA'S GONE COLD, I'M
WONDERING WHY I ♪
♪ GOT OUT OF BED AT ALL ♪
♪ THE MORNING RAIN CLOUDS UP MY
WINDOW ♪
♪ AND I CAN'T SEE AT ALL ♪
♪ AND EVEN IF I COULD IT'LL ALL
BE GRAY ♪
♪ BUT YOUR PICTURE ON MY WALL ♪
♪ IT REMINDS ME, THAT IT'S NOT
SO BAD ♪
♪ IT'S NOT SO BAD ♪
♪ DEAR SLIM, I WROTE YOU BUT YOU
STILL AIN'T CALLIN' ♪
♪ I LEFT MY CELL, MY PAGER, AND
MY HOME PHONE AT THE BOTTOM ♪
♪ I SENT TWO LETTERS BACK
IN AUTUMN ♪
♪ YOU MUST NOT'VE GOT 'EM ♪
♪ THERE PROBABLY WAS A PROBLEM ♪
♪ AT THE POST OFFICE OR
SOMETHIN' ♪
♪ SOMETIMES I SCRIBBLE ADDRESSES
TOO SLOPPY WHEN I JOT 'EM ♪
♪ BUT ANYWAYS, FUCK IT, WHAT'S
BEEN UP, MAN? ♪
♪ HOW'S YOUR DAUGHTER? ♪
♪ MY GIRLFRIEND'S PREGNANT TOO,
I'M 'BOUT TO BE A FATHER ♪
♪ IF I HAVE A DAUGHTER, GUESS
WHAT I'MMA CALL HER? ♪
♪ I'MMA NAME HER BONNIE ♪
♪ I READ ABOUT YOUR UNCLE RONNIE
TOO, I'M SORRY ♪
♪ I HAD A FRIEND KILL HIMSELF ♪
♪ OVER SOME BITCH WHO DIDN'T
WANT HIM ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HEAR THIS
EVERY DAY ♪
♪ BUT I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN ♪
♪ I EVEN GOT THE UNDERGROUND
SHIT THAT YOU DID WITH SKAM ♪
♪ I GOT A ROOM FULL OF YOUR
POSTERS AND YOUR PICTURES, MAN ♪
♪ I LIKE THE SHIT YOU DID WITH
RAWKUS TOO, THAT SHIT WAS PHAT ♪
♪ ANYWAYS, I HOPE YOU GET THIS,
MAN, HIT ME BACK ♪
♪ JUST TO CHAT, TRULY YOURS,
YOUR BIGGEST FAN ♪
♪ THIS IS STAN ♪
♪ MY TEA'S GONE COLD, I'M
WONDERING WHY I ♪
♪ GOT OUT OF BED AT ALL ♪
♪ THE MORNING RAIN CLOUDS UP
MY WINDOW ♪
♪ AND I CAN'T SEE AT ALL ♪
♪ AND EVEN IF I COULD IT'LL ALL
BE GRAY ♪
♪ BUT YOUR PICTURE ON MY WALL ♪
♪ IT REMINDS ME, THAT IT'S NOT
SO BAD ♪
♪ IT'S NOT SO BAD ♪
>> MAKE SOME NOISE FOR ED
SHEERAN, Y'ALL.
>> ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, IF
YOU'RE STILL WITH US, MAKE SOME
NOISE.
♪ ♪
♪ IT MAY NOT MEAN NOTHIN' TO
Y'ALL ♪
♪ BUT UNDERSTAND NOTHING WAS
DONE FOR ME ♪
♪ SO I DON'T PLAN ON STOPPIN' AT
ALL ♪
>> LADIES, WHERE YOU AT?
♪ I'M SHUTTIN' SHIT DOWN IN THE
MALL ♪
♪ AND TELLIN' EVERY GIRL SHE THE
ONE FOR ME ♪
♪ AND I AIN'T EVEN PLANNIN' TO
CALL ♪
♪ I WANT THIS SHIT FOREVER MANE,
EVER MANE, EVER MANE ♪
>> HEY, ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME, IF Y'ALL STILL
WITH US, EVERYBODY IN THIS BITCH
MAKE SOME MOTHERFUCKIN' NOISE!
♪ THERE THEY GO, PACKIN'
STADIUMS ♪
♪ AS SHADY SPITS HIS FLOW ♪
♪ NUTS THEY GO, MACADAMIA ♪
♪ THEY GO SO BALLISTIC, WHOA ♪
♪ HE CAN MAKE THEM LOOK
LIKE BOZOS ♪
♪ HE'S WONDERING IF HE SHOULD
SPIT THIS SLOW ♪
♪ FUCK NO, GO FOR BROKE, HIS CUP
JUST RUNNETH OVER, OH NO ♪
♪ HE AIN'T HAD HIM A BUZZ
LIKE THIS ♪
♪ SINCE THE LAST TIME HE
OVERDOSED ♪
♪ THEY'VE BEEN WAITIN' PATIENTLY
FOR PINOCCHIO TO POKE HIS NOSE ♪
♪ BACK INTO THE GAME AND
THEY KNOW ♪
♪ RAP WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
AS BEFO' ♪
♪ BASHIN' IN THE BRAINS OF
THESE HOES ♪
♪ AND ESTABLISHIN' A NAME AS
HE GOES ♪
♪ THE PASSION AND THE FLAME IS
IGNITED ♪
♪ YOU CAN'T PUT IT OUT ONCE WE
LIGHT IT ♪
♪ THIS SHIT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE
FUCK I'M TALKIN' ABOUT ♪
♪ WHEN WE RIOT ♪
♪ YOU DEALIN' WITH A FEW
TRUE VILLAINS ♪
♪ WHO STAND INSIDE OF THE BOOTH,
TRUTH SPILLIN' ♪
♪ AND SPIT TRUE FEELINGS ♪
♪ UNTIL OUR TOOTH FILLINGS COME
FLYIN' UP OUT OF OUR MOUTHS ♪
♪ NOW REWIND IT ♪
♪ PAYBACK, MOTHERFUCKER, FOR THE
WAY THAT YOU GOT AT ME ♪
♪ HOW'S IT TASTE? ♪
♪ WHEN I SLAP THE TASTE OUT
YOUR MOUTH ♪
♪ WITH THE BASS SO LOUD THAT IT
SHAKES THE PLACE ♪
♪ I'M HANNIBAL LECTER, SO JUST
IN CASE YOU'RE THINKIN' OF
SAVIN' FACE ♪
♪ YOU AIN'T GONNA HAVE NO FACE
TO SAVE ♪
♪ BY THE TIME I'M THROUGH WITH
THIS PLACE, SO DRAKE ♪
♪ IT MAY NOT MEAN NOTHIN'
TO Y'ALL ♪
>> SAY WHAT?
♪ BUT UNDERSTAND NOTHING WAS
DONE FOR ME ♪
♪ SO I DON'T PLAN ON STOPPIN'
AT ALL ♪
♪ I WANT THIS SHIT FOREVER MANE,
EVER MANE, EVER MANE ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> YEAH.
IT'S BEEN A RIDE.
I GUESS I HAD TO GO TO THAT
PLACE TO GET TO THIS ONE.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT STILL BE IN
THAT PLACE, TRYING TO GET OUT.
FOLLOW ME.
I'LL GET YOU THERE.
♪ YOU CAN TRY AND READ MY LYRICS
OFF OF THIS PAPER ♪
♪ BEFORE I LAY 'EM ♪
♪ BUT YOU WON'T TAKE THE STING
OUT THESE WORDS ♪
♪ BEFORE I SAY 'EM ♪
♪ 'CAUSE AIN'T NO WAY I'MMA LET
YOU STOP ME ♪
♪ FROM CAUSIN' MAYHEM ♪
♪ WHEN I SAY I'MMA DO SOMETHIN',
I DO IT ♪
♪ I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU
THINK ♪
♪ I'M DOIN' THIS FOR ME, SO FUCK
THE WORLD, FEED IT BEANS ♪
♪ IT'S GASSED UP, IF IT THINKS
IT'S STOPPIN' ME ♪
♪ I'MMA BE WHAT I SET OUT TO BE,
WITHOUT A DOUBT, UNDOUBTEDLY ♪
♪ AND ALL THOSE WHO LOOK DOWN
ON ME ♪
♪ I'M TEARIN' DOWN YOUR
BALCONY ♪
♪ NO IF, ANDS, OR BUTS ♪
♪ DON'T TRY TO ASK HIM WHY OR
HOW CAN HE ♪
♪ FROM "INFINITE" DOWN TO THE
LAST "RELAPSE" ALBUM ♪
♪ HE'S STILL SHITTIN' ♪
♪ WHETHER HE'S ON SALARY, PAID
HOURLY, UNTIL HE BOWS OUT ♪
♪ OR HE SHITS HIS BOWELS OUT
OF HIM ♪
♪ WHICHEVER COMES FIRST, FOR
BETTER OR WORSE ♪
♪ HE'S MARRIED TO THE GAME, LIKE
A FUCK YOU FOR CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ HIS GIFT IS A CURSE, FORGET
THE EARTH, HE'S GOT THE URGE TO
PULL HIS DICK FROM THE DIRT ♪
♪ AND FUCK THE WHOLE UNIVERSE ♪
♪ I'M NOT AFRAID ♪
♪ TO TAKE A STAND ♪
♪ EVERYBODY ♪
♪ COME TAKE MY HAND ♪
♪ WE'LL WALK THIS ROAD TOGETHER,
THROUGH THE STORM ♪
♪ WHATEVER WEATHER, COLD OR
WARM ♪
♪ JUST LETTIN' YOU KNOW THAT
YOU'RE NOT ALONE ♪
♪ HOLLA IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE
BEEN DOWN THE SAME ROAD ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, EMINEM!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THIS SHIT IS CRAZY TO ME.
I REALIZE WHAT AN HONOR IT IS
RIGHT NOW FOR ME TO BE OUT HERE
TONIGHT, AND WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT
IS TO DO THE MUSIC THAT I LOVE,
AND THE MUSIC THAT BASICALLY
SAVED MY LIFE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THE MAN WHO SAVED MY LIFE,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
DR. MOTHERFUCKIN' DRE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I'M PROBABLY NOT SUPPOSED TO
ACTUALLY BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE
OF A COUPLE OF REASONS.
ONE, I KNOW THAT I'M A RAPPER,
AND THIS IS THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME, AND THERE'S ONLY A
FEW OF US RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE
BEEN INDUCTED IN ALREADY.
BUT THERE'S ONLY A FEW OF US.
SECONDLY, I ALMOST DIED FROM AN
OVERDOSE IN 2007, WHICH KIND OF
SUCKED BECAUSE -- HAILIE, PLUG
YOUR EARS.
BECAUSE DRUGS WERE FUCKING
DELICIOUS, AND I THOUGHT WE HAD
A GOOD THING GOING, MAN.
BUT I HAD TO GO IN FUCK IT ALL
UP AND TAKE TOO MANY.
GOD DAMN.
OKAY, HAILIE, YOU'RE GOOD.
MY MUSICAL INFLUENCES ARE MANY,
AND THEY SAY IT TAKES A VILLAGE
TO RAISE A CHILD.
WELL, IT TOOK A WHOLE GENRE AND
CULTURE TO RAISE ME.
THEY SAY SUCCESS HAS MANY
FATHERS, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY
TRUE FOR ME.
SO WHATEVER MY IMPACT HAS BEEN
ON HIP-HOP MUSIC, I NEVER WOULD
HAVE OR COULD HAVE DONE THIS
SHIT WITHOUT GROUNDBREAKING
ARTISTS, SOME OF THE GROUND
BREAKING ARTISTS I'M ABOUT TO
MENTION.
THESE WERE MY TEACHERS RIGHT
HERE.
I'LL START WITH THE
2 LIVE CREW, TUPAC, 3RD BASS,
ALLIANCE, APACHE, AUDIO TWO,
MILK DEE, WADDAP?
AWESOME DRE, THE BEASTIE BOYS,
BIG DADDY KANE, BIG PUN, BIG L,
BIZ MARKIE, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G,
OF COURSE.
BLACK MOON, THE BOOGIE MONSTERS,
BRAND NUBIAN, BROTHER J FROM X
CLAN, BUCKSHOT, CASUAL FROM
HIEROGLYPHICS, CHILL ROB G,
CHUBB ROCK, CHUCK D, AND
PUBLIC ENEMY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
CYPRESS HILL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
D-NICE, DANA DANE, DE LA SOUL.
NOW I'M ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY
DONE.
DEF JEFF, DEL THE FUNKY
HOMOSAPIEN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
DJ QUIK.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
DR. DRE.
OF COURSE
DRES OF BLACK SHEEP, ED O.G.,
EPMD, THE FAT BOYS, FAT JOE,
FU-SCHNICKENS, GANG STARR, GETO
BOYS, HEAVY D, HOUSE OF PAIN,
ICE CUBE, ICE-T, THE INTELLIGENT
HOODLUM, J.J. FAD, JAZ-O, JAZZY
JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE,
JUST-ICE, KING SOLO, KID 'N
PLAY, KING SUN, KING TEE, KOOL G
RAP, KOOL MOE DEE, KRS-ONE,
KWAME, LAKIM SHABAZZ, LARGE
PROFESSOR, LEADERS OF THE NEW
SCHOOL, AND MY MAN, WHERE'D I
JUST SEE HIM?
THE ONE AND ONLY LL COOL J.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LOVE YOU, BRO.
LORD FINESSE, LORDS OF THE
UNDERGROUND, MANTRONIX,
MASTA ACE, MC BREED, MC LYTE,
MC SHAN, MELLE MEL, MERCILESS
AMEER, MOBB DEEP, MONIE LOVE,
NAS, NEWCLEUS, ONYX, ORGANIZED
KONFUSION, OUTKAST, ANDRE 3000.
PARIS, PHARCYDE, QUEEN LATIFAH,
RAKIM, REDHEAD KINGPIN, PETE
ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH.
I'M ALMOST DONE.
REDMAN, ROXANNE SHANTE,
RUN-D.M.C, SALT-N-PEPA, SLICK
RICK & DOUG E. FRESH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SNOOP DOGG, SOULS OF MISCHIEF,
SPECIAL ED, STETSASONIC.
NOW I'M DOWN TO THE S, ALL
RIGHT.
I ALPHABETIZED THIS SHIT.
SUPER LOVER CEE & CASANOVA RUD,
THE D.O.C, THE ROOTS, BLACK
THOUGHT, THE SKINNY BOYS, TONY
D, TOO SHORT, TREACH OF NAUGHTY
BY NATURE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, UTFO,
WHODINI, WISE INTELLIGENT AND
THE POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS,
WU-TANG CLAN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND YZ.
YO, THOSE WERE MY ROCK STARS,
MAN.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY, LIKE,
THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
NAMES THAT I HOPE WILL BE
CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE FOR
INDUCTION, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM,
A LOT OF US WOULDN'T BE HERE.
I KNOW I WOULDN'T.
[APPLAUSE]
I'M A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT, MAN,
WITH A HIP HOP EDUCATION, AND
THESE WERE MY TEACHERS, AND IT'S
THEIR NIGHT JUST AS MUCH AS IT
IS MINE.
SO THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
♪ THE NIGHT WE MET I KNEW I
NEEDED YOU SO ♪
♪ AND IF I HAD THE CHANCE I'D
NEVER LET YOU GO ♪
♪ SO WHAT YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME ♪
♪ I'LL MAKE YOU SO PROUD OF ME ♪
♪ WILL MAKE THEM TURN THEIR
HEADS ♪
♪ EVERY PLACE WE GO ♪
♪ SO WON'T YOU PLEASE ♪
♪ BE MY, BE MY BABY MAMA WILL BE
MY LITTLE BABY ♪
♪ MY ONE AND ONLY BABY ♪
♪ SAY YOU'LL BE MY DARLING ♪
♪ BE MY, BE MY BABY MAMA BE MY
BABY NOW ♪
♪ ♪
♪ AND SO IT WAS THAT LATER ♪
♪ AS THE MILLER TOLD HIS TALE ♪
♪ THAT HER FACE, AT FIRST JUST
GHOSTLY ♪
♪ TURNED A WHITER SHADE OF
PALE ♪
♪ BUT NOW THERE'S NOWHERE TO
HIDE ♪
♪ SINCE YOU PUSHED MY LOVE
ASIDE ♪
♪ I'M OUT OF MY HEAD ♪
♪ HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU ♪
♪ ♪
♪ IS THERE ONE TROUBLED SOUL ♪
♪ THE TENTH OF MIND COULD HOLD ♪
♪ WHO'S GOING TO MISS ME WHEN
I'M GONE?
♪
♪ WHO'S GOING TO MISS ME? ♪
♪ WHO'S GONNA MISS ME, LORDY ♪
♪ WHO'S GOING TO MISS ME WHEN
I'M GONE? ♪
♪ AS I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY
OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH ♪
♪ I TAKE A LOOK AT MY LIFE AND
REALIZE THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT ♪
♪ BEEN SPENDING MOST THEIR LIVES
LIVING IN THE GANGSTA'S
PARADISE ♪
♪ BEEN SPENDING MOST THEIR LIVES
LIVING IN THE GANGSTA'S
PARADISE ♪
♪ ♪
>> WHAT ABOUT TAYLOR HAWKINS ON
THE MOTHERFUCKIN' DRUM SET?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪
♪ HE'S ORDINARY BEC ♪ ♪
♪ YOU SHAKE MY NERVES AND YOU
HAD A MIGRAINE MEMO TOO MUCH
LOVE DRIVES A MAN INSANE ♪
♪ YOU BROKE MY WILL ♪
♪ BUT WHAT A THRILL MAMA
GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS
OF FIRE ♪
>> I WAS PRETTY ACTIVE ON STAGE.
I HAD TO BE, I HAD A LOT OF
COMPETITION.
I NEED TO DO SOMETHING, SO I
KICKED MY PIANO STOOL BACK, AND
WOW, MAN.
♪ SHAKE, BABY SHAKE CLOSE MAMA
>> I LOVED TO PLAY THE PIANO.
I LOVED TO SING.
AND I WILL DO IT UNTIL THE GOOD
LORD CALLS ME HOME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU.
♪ YOU SHAKE MY NERVES AND YOU
RATTLE MY BRAIN ♪
♪ TOO MUCH LOVE DRIVES A MAN
INSANE ♪
♪ YOU BROKE MY WILL, BUT WHAT A
THRILL ♪
♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS
OF FIRE ♪
♪ I LAUGHED AT LOVE 'CAUSE I
THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY ♪
♪ YOU CAME ALONG AND YOU MOVED
ME HONEY ♪
♪ I'VE CHANGED MY MIND, THIS
LOVE IS FINE ♪
♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS
OF FIRE ♪
♪ KISS ME, BABY, OOH, FEELS
GOOD ♪
♪ HOLD ME, BABY ♪
♪ WELL, I'LL ONLY LOVE YOU LIKE
A LOVER SHOULD ♪
♪ YOU'RE FINE, SO KIND ♪
♪ GOT TO TELL THIS WORLD THAT
YOU'RE MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE ♪
♪ I CHEW MY NAILS AND I TWIDDLE
MY THUMBS ♪
♪ I'M REAL NERVOUS, BUT IT SURE
IS FUN ♪
♪ COME ON, BABY, YOU DRIVE ME
CRAZY ♪
♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS
OF FIRE ♪
♪ ♪
♪ KISS ME, BABY ♪
♪ OOH, FEELS GOOD ♪
♪ HOLD ME, BABY ♪
♪ WELL, I WANNA LOVE YOU LIKE A
LOVER SHOULD ♪
♪ YOU'RE FINE, SO KIND ♪
♪ GOT TO TELL THIS WORLD THAT
YOU'RE MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE ♪
♪ I CHEW MY NAILS AND I TWIDDLE
MY THUMBS ♪
♪ REAL NERVOUS, BUT IT SURE IS
FUN ♪
♪ COME ON, BABY, DRIVE ME
CRAZY ♪
♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS
OF FIRE ♪
♪ ♪
[GUITAR SOLO]
♪ ♪
♪ KISS ME, BABY ♪
♪ OOH, JOHNNY, IT FEELS GOOD ♪
♪ HOLD ME, BABY ♪
♪ WELL, I WANNA LOVE YOU LIKE A
LOVER SHOULD ♪
♪ YOU'RE FINE, SO KIND ♪
♪ GOT TO TELL THIS WORLD THAT
YOU'RE MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE ♪
♪ REAL NERVOUS, BUT IT SURE IS
FUN ♪
♪ COME ON, BABY, DRIVE ME
CRAZY ♪
♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS
OF FIRE ♪
♪ ♪
>> LET'S ROCK 'N' ROLL!
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ZAC BROWN BAND.
>> Announcer: TO INDUCT
DOLLY PARTON INTO THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, PINK?
IS A GOOD
MUS♪ ♪L
>> HI.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST MAGICAL
NIGHTS I'VE EVER WITNESSED IN
THE HISTORY OF ME BEING IN
MUSIC.
HONESTLY.
I'M BLOWN AWAY, AND I'M GOING TO
GET STARTED.
DOLLY PARTON.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THERE ARE FEW FINER SONGWRITERS,
MALE OR FEMALE, THAT HAVE EVER
LIVED.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SHE GREW UP IN A TWO ROOM HOME
WITH NO RUNNING WATER.
SHE WOULD GO ON TO BECOME ONE OF
THE GREATEST STORYTELLERS OF OUR
TIME.
[APPLAUSE]
OF ANY TIME.
WHILE SHE GOT HER START ON THE
PORTER WAGONER CHILD, SHE KNEW
SHE WASN'T ANYBODY'S SIDEKICK.
SHE KNEW THAT SHE WAS A SHOOTING
STAR, AND SHE HAD SOME THINGS
SHE NEEDED TO GET OFF HER CHEST.
AND SO SHE CRAFTED HEARTBREAKING
AND SOUL STIRRING STORIES ABOUT
THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OFTEN
OVERLOOKED.
SHE PAINTED A PICTURE WITH HER
WORDS AND THEN COLORED AND THE
LINES WITH THAT ANGELIC VOICE.
SHE PLAYS THE GUITAR WITH LONG
TALON-LIKE FINGERNAILS.
[LAUGHTER]
AND NEVER MISSES A NOTE.
SHE WRITES ABOUT THINGS THAT
OTHERS WOULD PREFER TO BE SWEPT
UNDER THE RUG.
SHE GIVES A VOICE TO THE
VOICELESS.
HER LIFE'S WORK, TO ME, IS A
NARRATIVE OF PAINFUL, BEAUTIFUL,
POETIC, MELODIC COMMENTARY ON
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE HUMAN, AND
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A WOMAN IN
AMERICA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SHE WRITES ABOUT POVERTY, SHAME,
THE CRUELTY OF BULLYING, AND A
DAUGHTER'S UNWAVERING AND TRUE
LOVE FOR HER MAMA IN "THE COAT
OF MANY COLORS."
SHE WRITES ABOUT SUICIDE AND
"THE BRIDGE."
SHE WRITES ABOUT THE UTTER AGONY
AND HEARTBREAK OF GIVING BIRTH
TO A STILLBORN CHILD IN "DOWN
FROM DOVER."
SHE RET REASSURES US IN THAT LOG
TONE THAT SHE CAN SEE THE LIGHT
OF A CLEAR BLUE MORNING AND
WE'LL ALL BE OKAY.
[APLAUSE]
SHE WRITES ABOUT WOMEN IN THE
WORKPLACE.
♪ WORKING 9 TO 5 MAMA AIN'T
ENOUGH TO MAKE A LIVING ♪
[APPLAUSE]
SHE SINGS OUT HER HEART ACHE AND
PUT WORDS TO IT FOR US WHEN YOU
CAN'T FIND THEM FOR OURSELVES.
SHE MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE GOD IS
LISTENING AND THAT HELP IS RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER.
[APPLAUSE]
DOLLY PARTON WROTE THE NUMBER
ONE MOST SELLING SONG OF ALL
TIME BY A FEMALE ARTIST, "I WILL
ALWAYS LOVE YOU."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
APPARENTLY SHE WASN'T EXHAUSTED
AFTER THAT SHEER GENIUS, BECAUSE
ON THE SAME NIGHT, SHE WROTE
"JOLENE."
[APPLAUSE]
SHOW OFF!
[LAUGHS]
DOLLY PARTON IS ONE OF THE MOST
HONORED FEMALE COUNTRY
PERFORMERS OF ALL TIME.
[APPLAUSE]
SHE HAS HAD 26 SONGS REACH
NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD
COUNTRY CHARTS, WHICH IS A
RECORD FOR A FEMALE ARTIST.
SHE HAS HAD 42 CAREER TOP TEN
COUNTRY ALBUMS, I RECORD FOR ANY
ARTIST, AND 110 CAREER-CHARTED
SINGLES OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS.
[APPLAUSE]
BUT SHE'S ALSO A KIND AND
GENEROUS SOUL.
SHE STARTED THE DOLLY PARTON
IMAGINATION LIBRARY, AND HAS
SINCE GIVEN 150 MILLION BUCKS TO
CHILDREN ACROSS THE WORLD.
[APPLAUSE]
SHE HAS GIVEN SCHOLARSHIPS, AND
EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES FOR KIDS
TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL.
I COULD HAVE USED ONE OF THOSE.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE AWARDS AND
HER BRILLIANT SONGWRITING, AND
HOW SHE HAS A MACHETE AND HAS
CARVED HER OWN PATH FOR ENTIRE
LIFE.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LEGEND
THAT SHE HAS CREATED.
I'M STEREOTYPING A LITTLE BIT
HERE, BUT I IMAGINE THAT MOST
MEN LOOK AT DOLLY PARTON, AND I
WONDER HOW OFTEN THEY DEEPLY
GAZE INTO YOUR EYES.
[LAUGHTER]
AND MOST WOMEN LOOK AT DOLLY AND
INSTEAD SEE HER SPIRIT, AND HER
HEART ON HER SLEEVE.
[APPLAUSE]
AND I THINK HOW DOLLY SEES
HERSELF AS THE BEST PART.
DOLLY DIDN'T JUST GET THE JOKE.
SHE WROTE IT.
SHE DOESN'T CARE IF YOU'RE
LAUGHING, AS LONG AS YOU'RE
LISTENING.
SHE ALWAYS SAID, "I WEAR THIS
BIG HAIR AND THESE FANCY CLOTHES
AND ALL THIS MAKEUP SO I KNOW
THAT NO ONE WILL MISS ME."
AND SHE WAS ALSO PUT THAT
SAYING, ONE OF MY FAVORITE
QUOTES OF ALL TIME, "IT TAKES A
LOT OF MONEY TO LOOK THIS
CHEAP."
[LAUGHTER]
PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT SHE IS
THE ONLY AUTHOR OF HER STORY,
AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY
THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN,
DOLLY PARTON.
[APPLAUSE]
♪ SITTING ON THE FRONT PORCH ON
A SUMMER AFTERNOON MAMA IN A
STRAIGHT-BACKED CHAIR ON TWO
LEGS CLOSE MAMA >> NO ONE
DOESN'T LIKE DOLLY.
THE WAY SHE WOULD TREAT HER
BIGGEST FAN, THE WAY SHE'D TREAT
HER WORST ENEMY, IT'S ALL THE
SAME.
I'VE HAD SUCH A GREAT ROLE MODEL
AS A MUSICIAN BUT ALSO AS A
PERSON.
SHE'S THE KINDEST OF ALL.
>> MS. DOLLY PARTON.
♪ ♪
>> BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LADY THAT
HAS BEEN ON TOUR WITH US OUT IN
THE GREAT NORTHWESTERN PART OF
THE UNITED STATES, MISSED
DOLLY PARTON.
>> PORTER WAGONER, THAT WAS THE
BIG, BIG BREAK.
BUT I SAID, I WANT TO GO OUT ON
MY OWN.
I'M A WRITER, I'M A SINGER.
I DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THE
DUET.
I WAS GOING TO BE A STAR.
♪ JOSHUA, JOSHUA MAMA WHAT YOU
DOING LIVING HERE ALONE? ♪
♪ JOSHUA, JOSHUA ♪
♪ AND YOU GOT NOBODY TO CALL
YOUR OWN?
CLOSE MAMA >> MY FOLKS WERE JUST
SIMPLE POOR MOUNTAIN PEOPLE.
BUT IT WAS ON THE WHEN I GOT ON
STAGE THE FIRST TIME IN SING IN
FRONT OF A CROWD, THAT WAS THE
MOMENT I REALIZED WHAT I WAS
GOING TO DO THE REST OF MY LIFE.
♪ MY COAT OF MANY COLORS THAT
MY MAMA MADE FOR ME ♪
♪ MADE ONLY FROM RAGS, BUT I
WORE IT SO PROUDLY CL ♪E
>> IT'S PROBABLY IN HER
APPELLATION DNA TO BE SUCH A
STORYTELLER.
SHE'S GOT HUMOR, SHE'S GOT
HEART.
SHE ALWAYS BEGS IT BACK TO THE
TRIALS AND TRIBUTE NATIONS OF
BEING A PERSON THAT ALIVE, THAT
YOU CAN RELATE TO.
>> WE HAD ALL THE IMPORTANT
THINGS IN LIFE.
THINGS LIKE A GOOD MAMA AND
DADDY, UNDERSTANDING AND
KINDNESS, LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, A
LOVE FOR THE LORD, AND
APPRECIATION FOR THE LAND.
♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE,
JOLENE ♪
♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU, PLEASE
DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
DOLLY PARTON.
♪ ♪
>>> THE DOLLY WITH A COTTON CANY
HAIR SO FAR IS NOT DESERTING HER
COUNTRY FANS, BUT SHE IS LOOKIG
FOR EVEN BIGGER AUDIENCES.
TO DO THAT, SHE MUST APPEAL TO
THE POP AND ROCK CROWD.
♪ ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS SMILE
THAT SMILE ♪
♪ AND I GOT MY DEFENSES CLOSE
MAMA >> I LOVE NASHVILLE.
I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC.
I SAID, I'M NOT LEAVING COUNTRY
MUSIC.
I'M TAKING WITH ME WHEREVER I
GO.
>> WHAT IS THE REASON FOR YOUR
VISIT?
>> I'M A REFORMER.
>> WHAT YOU DO?
>> ICING.
>> DOLLY IS CAPTIVATING.
SHE LOOKS LIKE SUCH AN ICON.
THE JULIE, THE COLORS, THE
RHINESTONES.
BUT WHEN SHE SPEAKS, YOU'RE
LIKE, SHE'S JUST MY FRIEND NEXT
DOOR.
>> WHEN I STARTED WEARING MAKEUP
AND BLEACHING MY HAIR, MY
GRANDPA THOUGHT I WAS GOING
STRAIGHT TO HELL.
JEZEBEL, HE CALMLY.
"THE DEVIL MADE YOU AWARE THAT
HAIR."
♪ ♪
>> YOU MUST FEEL SEXY.
>> I DON'T REALLY THINK OF
MYSELF JUST SEXY.
I JUST ALWAYS HAD A LOOK.
I LIKE THE BIG HAIR AND ALL THE
MAKEUP, AND TO LOOK MORE LIKE A
HOOKER.
[LAUGHTER]
PEOPLE CAN'T MISS ME HARDLY WITH
ALL THIS GODLY APPEARANCE, WHICH
IS THE REASON I WEAR IT.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO MISS ME.
>> HER CUTENESS AND HER LOVE,
HER ENERGY AROUND IS SO GOOD.
NO MATTER HOW MANY
TRANSFORMATIONS, NEVER HAVE MATR
HOW MANY LEGS, BOOBS, WHATEVER
SHE DOES, IT STILL THAT FACE AND
THAT PHASE OF LOVE AND COMPASSIN
AND CARING FOR OTHER
PEOPLE.
♪ ♪
♪ WORKING 9 TO 5 MAMA WHAT A
WAY TO MAKE A LIVING CLOSE MAMA
>> I THINK ANYONE THAT CAN WRITE
THAT KIND OF SIGN CAN BE THE
SELF TO BE AN ACTRESS.
>> I'M GOING TO CHANGE FROM A
ROOSTER TO HEN WITH ONE SHOT!
>> I JUST WROTE THE SONG AND
PRESENTED IT AND THEY LOVED IT.
I TAKE MY SONGWRITING MORE
SERIOUS THAN ANYTHING ELSE I DO.
>> SHE'S A SONGWRITER.
SHE WRITES BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.
SHE HAS AN INCREDIBLE VOICE, AND
SHE USES HER SEXUALITY TO HAVE
THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.
>> I STARTED WITH PORTER IN A
POT 366 AND THAT WAS MY BIG
BREAK.
WE HAD MANY DUET YEARS LATER.
I GOT TO WORK WITH KENNY ROGERS,
ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE IN THE
WHOLE WORLD.
♪ ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, THAT
IS WHAT WE ARE MAMA NOW AND IN
BETWEEN MAMA HOW CAN WE BE
WRONG? ♪
♪ SAIL AWAY WITH ME ♪
♪ TO ANOTHER WORLD, AND WE RELY
ON EACH OTHER, UH-HUH ♪
>> DOLLY, SINCE DAY ONE, HAS AN
APPENDAGE
UNAPOLOGETICALLY SAID, THIS IS
WHAT I'M SINGING, THESE ARE THE
SIGNS I'M WRITING, THIS IS WHAT
I'M STANDING AT FOUR.
SHE DOES IT IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
WAY, AND THAT IS FUCKING
ROCK 'N' ROLL.
♪ ♪
♪ IF I SHOULD STAY MAMA I WOULD
ONLY BE IN YOUR WAY ♪
♪ AND SO I'LL GO ♪
>> I HAVE NO REGRETS.
I WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR
TRYING.
WHEN I'M OLD AND ROCKING AWAY ON
MY ROCKING CHAIR, I'D RATHER
REGRET A FEW THINGS I DID THAN
TO REGRET A WHOLE BUNCH OF
THINGS I DIDN'T DO.
♪ I WISH YOU LOVE ♪
♪ AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ♪
♪ I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ♪
♪ ♪
[APPLAUSE]
>> DOLLY, YOU ARE AMAZING.
YOU BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND
YOU PUT SO MUCH LIGHT AND JOY
INTO THE WORLD.
WE ALL LOVE YOU SO MUCH, AND I
AM BEYOND HONORED.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INDUCT YOU
INTO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> WELL, THANK YOU, PINK!
I'M A ROCK STAR NOW!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHS]
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THIS IS A
VERY, VERY, VERY SPECIAL NIGHT
FOR ME.
I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU KNEW THAT,
BACK WHEN THEY SAID THEY WERE
GOING TO PUT ME IN THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, I
DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE I HAD
DONE ENOUGH TO DESERVE THAT.
AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AT THE
TIME THAT IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE
MORE THAN THAT.
BUT I'M JUST HONORED AND SO
PROUD TO BE HERE TONIGHT, AND
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
BUT I FEEL HONORED, MOSTLY, I
THINK, TO BE IN THIS HOUSE OF
ALL THIS GREATNESS, AND ALL THIS
TALENT.
AND WHEN I ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT
THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, I
THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST FOR PEOPLE
IN ROCK 'N' ROLL.
AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU KNOW,
IF I'M GOING TO BE IN THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO DO A ROCK
ALBUM."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MY HUSBAND OF 56 YEARS IS A HUGE
ROCK FAN, AND ALL THROUGH THE
HOUSE HE HAS MUSIC LOUDER THAN
THIS GOING ON AT ALL TIMES.
AND HE HAS ALWAYS SAID, "YOU
SHOULD DO A ROCK ALBUM."
AND I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO
WRITE A SONG FOR TONIGHT, WHICH
I'M GOING TO SING IN A MINUTE,
BUT...
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT KIND OF TELLS MY STORY, HOW I
FELT ABOUT IT.
ANYWAY, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK
THE HALL OF FAME.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE
OUT THERE THROUGH ALL THESE
YEARS.
I STARTED SINGING WHEN I WAS TEN
YEARS OLD ON A LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION, AND I'VE BEEN DOING
IT ALL MY LIFE.
I DO LOVE IT, AND I AM SO PROUD
TO HAVE HAD SO MANY OF YOU EVEN
PERFORM SOME OF MY SONGS, AND I
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M VERY HUMBLED BY THIS.
I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FANS
HERE TONIGHT, AS WELL.
COUNTRY FANS, AND THE OTHERS.
I AM JUST HONORED TO BE PART OF
THIS AND HAVE ALL THE FRIENDS
HERE TONIGHT THAT ARE GOING INTO
THE HALL OF FAME WITH ME.
AND SO I JUST FEEL PROUD TO BE
HERE, AS MINNIE PEARL WOULD SAY.
SO THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> AND NOW, JOINING ME ON STAGE
IS BRANDI CARLILE AND THE ZAC
BROWN BAND.
♪ ♪
♪ BACK THROUGH THE YEARS ♪
♪ I GO WANDERIN' ONCE AGAIN ♪
♪ BACK TO THE SEASONS OF MY
YOUTH ♪
♪ I RECALL A BOX OF RAGS THAT
SOMEONE GAVE US ♪
♪ AND HOW MY MOMMA PUT THE RAGS
TO USE ♪
♪ THERE WERE RAGS OF MANY
COLORS ♪
♪ EVERY PIECE WAS SMALL ♪
♪ AND I DIDN'T HAVE A COAT ♪
♪ AND IT WAS WAY DOWN IN THE
FALL ♪
♪ MOMMA SEWED THE RAGS
TOGETHER ♪
♪ SEWIN' EVERY PIECE WITH LOVE ♪
♪ SHE MADE MY COAT OF MANY
COLORS ♪
♪ THAT I WAS SO PROUD OF ♪
♪ AND WHILE SHE SEWED, SHE TOLD
A STORY ♪
♪ FROM THE BIBLE, SHE HAD READ ♪
♪ ABOUT A COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪
♪ JOSEPH WORE AND THEN SHE
SAID ♪
♪ I HOPE THIS COAT WILL BRING
YOU ♪
♪ GOOD LUCK AND HAPPINESS ♪
♪ AND I JUST COULDN'T WAIT TO
WEAR IT ♪
♪ AND MOMMA BLESSED IT WITH A
KISS ♪
♪ MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪
♪ THAT MY MOMMA MADE FOR ME ♪
♪ MADE ONLY FROM RAGS ♪
♪ BUT I WORE IT SO PROUDLY ♪
♪ ALTHOUGH WE HAD NO MONEY ♪
♪ I WAS RICH AS I COULD BE ♪
♪ IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪
♪ MY MOMMA MADE FOR ME ♪
♪ SO WITH PATCHES ON MY
BRITCHES ♪
♪ AND HOLES IN BOTH MY SHOES ♪
♪ IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪
♪ OH, I HURRIED OFF TO SCHOOL ♪
♪ JUST TO FIND THE OTHERS
LAUGHING ♪
♪ AND MAKING FUN OF ME ♪
♪ IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪
♪ MY MOMMA MADE FOR ME ♪
♪ AND OH, I COULDN'T
UNDERSTAND IT ♪
♪ FOR I FELT I WAS RICH ♪
♪ AND I TOLD 'EM OF THE LOVE ♪
♪ MY MOMMA SEWED IN EVERY
STITCH ♪
♪ AND I TOLD 'EM ALL THE STORY ♪
♪ MOMMA TOLD ME WHILE SHE
SEWED ♪
♪ AND HOW MY COAT OF MANY
COLORS ♪
♪ WAS WORTH MORE THAN ALL THEIR
CLOTHES ♪
♪ BUT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
IT ♪
♪ AND I TRIED TO MAKE THEM SEE ♪
♪ THAT ONE IS ONLY POOR ♪
♪ ONLY IF THEY CHOOSE TO BE ♪
♪ ALTHOUGH WE HAD NO MONEY ♪
♪ I WAS RICH AS I COULD BE ♪
♪ IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪
♪ MY MOMMA MADE FOR ME ♪
♪ JUST FOR ME ♪
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> PLEASE WELCOME SHERYL CROW
AND ZAC BROWN.
♪ ♪
♪ TUMBLE OUT OF BED ♪
♪ AND STUMBLE TO THE KITCHEN ♪
♪ POUR MYSELF A CUP OF
AMBITION ♪
♪ AND YAWN AND STRETCH AND TRY
TO COME TO LIFE ♪
♪ JUMP IN THE SHOWER ♪
♪ AND THE BLOOD STARTS PUMPIN' ♪
♪ OUT ON THE STREETS, THE
TRAFFIC STARTS JUMPIN' ♪
♪ FOR FOLKS LIKE ME ON THE JOB
FROM 9 TO 5 ♪
♪ WORKIN' 9 TO 5 ♪
♪ WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVIN' ♪
♪ BARELY GETTIN' BY ♪
♪ IT'S ALL TAKIN' AND NO
GIVIN' ♪
♪ THEY JUST USE YOUR MIND ♪
♪ AND THEY NEVER GIVE YOU
CREDIT ♪
♪ IT'S ENOUGH TO DRIVE YOU ♪
♪ CRAZY IF YOU LET IT ♪
♪ 9 TO 5 ♪
♪ FOR SERVICE AND DEVOTION ♪
♪ YOU WOULD THINK THAT I ♪
♪ WOULD DESERVE A FAT
PROMOTION ♪
♪ WANT TO MOVE AHEAD ♪
♪ BUT THE BOSS WON'T SEEM TO LET
ME ♪
♪ I SWEAR SOMETIMES THAT MAN
IS ♪
♪ OUT TO GET ME ♪
♪ THEY LET YOU DREAM ♪
♪ JUST A WATCH 'EM SHATTER ♪
♪ YOU'RE JUST A STEP ON THE BOSS
MAN'S LADDER ♪
♪ BUT YOU GOT DREAMS HE'LL NEVER
TAKE AWAY ♪
♪ IN THE SAME BOAT WITH A LOT OF
YOUR FRIENDS ♪
♪ WAITIN' FOR THE DAY YOUR
SHIP'LL COME IN ♪
♪ AND THE TIDE'S GONNA TURN ♪
♪ AND IT'S ALL GONNA ROLL YOU
AWAY ♪
♪ WORKIN' 9 TO 5 ♪
♪ WHAT A WAY TO MAKE LIVIN' ♪
♪ BARELY GETTIN' BY ♪
♪ IT'S ALL TAKIN' AND NO
GIVIN' ♪
♪ THEY JUST USE YOUR MIND ♪
♪ AND YOU NEVER GET THE CREDIT ♪
♪ IT'S ENOUGH TO DRIVE YOU ♪
♪ CRAZY IF YOU LET IT ♪
♪ 9 TO 5 ♪
♪ YEAH, THEY GOT YOU WERE THEY
WANT YOU ♪
♪ THERE'S A BETTER LIFE ♪
♪ AND YOU THINK ABOUT IT, DON'T
YOU? ♪
♪ IT'S A RICH MAN'S GAME ♪
♪ NO MATTER WHAT THEY CALL IT ♪
♪ AND YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE ♪
♪ PUTTING MONEY IN HIS WALLET ♪
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> AND NOW, HERE SHE IS, THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMER,
DOLLY PARTON.
>> I FIGURE IF I'M GOING TO BE
IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME,
I'M GONNA HAVE TO EARN IT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[GUITAR RIFF]
AND YOU THOUGHT I COULDN'T ROCK!
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
♪ ♪
♪ I GREW UP LOVING ELVIS MAMA
AND WILD MAN JERRY LEE ♪
♪ CHUCK BERRY, LITTLE RICHARD ♪
♪ THEY ALL CAST A SPELL ON ME ♪
♪ CARL PERKINS IN THOSE BLUE
STATES SHE HAS HAD NO PLACE ON
THE FARM MAMA BUT THEY WAS
BETTER THAN THEM BROGANS I WAS
WEARING AROUND THE BARN MAMA
WITH MY TRANSISTOR RADIO MY
UNCLE BOUGHT FOR ME ♪
♪ I DANCED AND PRANCED AROUND
THE SMOKE HE HAS OF TENNESSEE,
SINGING DON'T BE CRUEL, GREAT
BALLS OF FIRE MAMA AND BE GOOD,
JOHNNY B ♪
♪ I WAS JUST A CHILD BUT I WENT
HOG WILD WITH THE RHYTHM AND THE
BEAT MAMA I'VE BEEN ROCKING,
ROCKING, ROCKING SINCE THE DAY I
WAS BORN.
I'LL BE ROCKIN' TILL THE DAY I'M
GONE ♪
♪ I STILL GOT ROCK 'N' ROLL DOWN
IN MY COUNTRY SO ♪
♪ AND I'LL BE ROCKIN' IT TILL
THE COWS COME HOME ♪
♪ UH-HUH ♪
♪ A DANCING FOOT, PRAYING ME ♪
♪ Y'ALL DEAD ON THE SAME LEG
MAMA THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTRY
PREACHER SAID WHEN HE WOULD
PLEAD AND BEG MAMA GIVE UP THAT
TYPE OF MUSIC, IT'LL SING YOU
STRAIGHT TO HELL! ♪
♪ IT SET ME STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN
WHEN I HEARD THAT GUITAR WAIL ♪
♪ I'M ROCKIN' IT! ♪
♪ -ROCKIN', ROCKIN', ROCKIN'
SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN ♪
♪ I'D BE ROCKIN' TILL THE DAY
I'M GONE ♪
♪ I GOT ROCK 'N' ROLL DOWN IN MY
COUNTRY SOLD ♪
♪ AND I'LL BE ROCKING IT UNTIL
THE COWS COME HOME ♪
♪♪ ♪
[GUITAR SOLO]
HERE I AM ON THE STAGE, YOU ALL
KNOW MY NAME ♪
♪ WITH MANY COUNTRY ACCOLADES,
COUNTRY IS IN MY VEINS MAMA BUT
SINCE I HAD THE BIG NEWS, I
AIN'T NEVER BEEN THE SAME MAMA
BECAUSE THEY DONE GONE AND PUT
ME IN THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME ♪
♪ ROCKIN', ROCKIN', ROCKIN'
SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN ♪
♪ I'D BE ROCKIN' TILL THE DAY
I'M GONE ♪
♪ YEAH, I STILL GOT
ROCK 'N' ROLL DOWN IN MY COUNTRY
SOUL ♪
♪ AND I'LL BE ROCKIN' IT TILL
THE COWS COME HOME ♪
♪ Y'ALL PUT ME IN THE
HALL OF FAME, SO I GUESS THERE
AIN'T NO SHAME ♪
♪ I'LL BE ROCKIN' IT TILL THE
COWS COME HOME ♪
♪ YEAH, I'LL BE ROCKIN' UNTIL
THE COWS COME HOME ♪
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I GUESS WE ARE GOING TO DO
SOMETHING ELSE NOW, HUH?
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO
"JOLENE," IS THAT RIGHT?
♪ ♪
♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE,
JOLENE ♪
♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU
PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪
♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,
JOLENE, JOLENE ♪
♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM EVEN
THOUGH YOU CAN ♪
♪ YOUR BEAUTY IS BEYOND
COMPARE ♪
♪ WITH FLAMING LOCKS OF
AUBURN HAIR ♪
♪ WITH IVORY SKIN AND
EYES OF EMERALD GREEN ♪
♪ YOUR SMILE IS LIKE
A BREATH OF SPRING ♪
♪ YOUR VOICE IS SOFT
LIKE SUMMER RAIN ♪
♪ AND I CANNOT COMPETE WITH YOU,
JOLENE ♪
♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE,
JOLENE ♪
♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU
PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪
♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,
JOLENE, JOLENE ♪
♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM JUST
BECAUSE YOU CAN ♪
>> SIMON?
♪ HE TALKS ABOUT YOU
IN HIS SLEEP ♪
♪ THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO
TO KEEP FROM CRYING ♪
♪ WHEN HE CALLS YOUR NAME,
JOLENE, JOLENE ♪
♪ AND I CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ HOW YOU COULD EASILY
TAKE MY MAN ♪
♪ BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE
MEANS TO ME, JOLENE ♪
♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,
JOLENE, JOLENE ♪
♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU
PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪
♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,
JOLENE, JOLENE ♪
♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM JUST
BECAUSE YOU CAN ♪
♪ YOU COULD HAVE YOUR
CHOICE OF MEN ♪
♪ BUT I COULD NEVER LOVE AGAIN ♪
♪ HE'S THE ONLY ONE
FOR ME, JOLENE, JOLENE ♪
♪ I HAD TO HAVE THIS
TALK WITH YOU ♪
♪ MY HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON YOU ♪
♪ AND WHATEVER YOU
DECIDE TO DO, JOLENE ♪
♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,
JOLENE, JOLENE ♪
♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU
PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪
♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,
JOLENE, JOLENE ♪
♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM JUST
BECAUSE YOU CAN ♪
♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,
JOLENE, JOLENE ♪
♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU
PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪
♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,
JOLENE, JOLENE ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM JUST
BECAUSE YOU CAN.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪
♪ TWO MINUTES LATER ♪
♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪
♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪
♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪
♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND
WITH ME ♪
♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪
♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪
♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪
♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG
IS ABOUT YOU ♪
♪ EVERYBODY, ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪
♪ ALL NIGHT ♪
♪ NOW, WOULD I SAY SOMETHING
THAT WASN'T TRUE? ♪
♪ I'M ASKING YOU, SUGAR ♪
♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU? ♪
♪ MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪
♪ THAT MY MOMMA MADE FOR ME ♪
♪ MADE ONLY FROM RAGS ♪
♪ BUT I WORE IT SO PROUDLY ♪
♪ WE'LL WALK THIS ROAD TOGETHER,
THROUGH THE STORM ♪
♪ NOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT STILL BE
IN THAT PLACE ♪
♪ WHATEVER WEATHER,
COLD OR WARM ♪
♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS
OF FIRE ♪
>> LUTZ ROCK 'N' ROLL.