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♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ TONIGHT, YOU ARE MINE
COMPLETELY ♪
♪ YOU GIVE YOUR LOVE SO
SWEETLY ♪
♪ TONIGHT THE LIGHT OF LOVE
IS IN YOUR EYES ♪
♪ BUT WILL YOU LOVE ME
TOMORROW? ♪
♪
♪ ♪
♪ IS THIS A LASTING TREASURE ♪
♪ OR JUST A MOMENT'S PLEASURE? ♪
♪ CAN I BELIEVE THE MAGIC OF
YOUR SIGHS? ♪
♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME
TOMORROW? ♪
♪ TONIGHT WITH WORDS UNSPOKEN ♪
♪ YOU SAY
THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE ♪
♪ BUT WILL MY HEART BE BROKEN ♪
♪ WHEN THE NIGHT MEETS
THE MORNING SUN? ♪
♪ I'D LIKE TO KNOW
THAT YOUR LOVE ♪
♪ IS LOVE I CAN BE SURE OF ♪
♪ SO TELL ME NOW, AND I WON'T
ASK AGAIN ♪
♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME
TOMORROW? ♪
♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME
TOMORROW? ♪
♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME
WILL YOU ♪
♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME
WILL YOU ♪
♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME
TOMORROW ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> MUSIC COMES THROUGH ME, IT
COMES OUT OF ME.
THIS HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE
TIME I CAN REMEMBER.
I'M VERY LUCKY THAT I SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE OF MUSIC.
♪ ONE FINE DAY, YOU ARE GOING
TO WANT ME FOR YOUR GIRL ♪
>> SHE IS LIKE THE AIR.
SHE IS ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
>> WITHOUT HER, I WOULD NEVER
HAVE WANTED TO WRITE SONGS.
>> THE BAR THAT CAROLE SETS IS
THE ONE THAT WE ARE ALL TRYING
TO ASPIRE TO.
♪ ONE FINE DAY, YOU ARE GOING
TO WANT ME FOR YOUR GIRL ♪
♪ ♪
>> MY MOTHER HAD A PIANO, AND SO
I WAS ABLE TO PLAY IT AND WORK
ON IT BY EAR AND WRITE A LITTLE
DITTIES.
I WAS PLAYING PIANO AT AGE FOUR.
I CAN CONDUCTED AN ORCHESTRA AT
AGE 15.
MY MOM USED TO PLAY THE RADIO,
AND I LOVED THE PUPS DRUNKS.
I MARRIED GERRY GOFFIN
, AND HE IS WORKING AS A
CHEMIST, AND WE WOULD WRITE
SONGS AT NIGHT, AND I WOULD
PRESENT THEM.
>> IS VERY PRETTY MELODY, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> I LIKE THAT.
>> IT WAS MAGIC.
THEY WERE A SONGWRITING MACHINE
PERFECTLY IN TUNE.
>> ♪ TONIGHT YOUR MIND
COMPLETELY ♪
>> ♪ ANOTHER PLEASANT VALLEY
SUNDAY ♪
>> JERRY WEXLER PRESENTED GERRY
GOFFIN WITH THE TITLES, I NEED
SOMETHING FOR ARETHA, "NATURAL
WOMAN."
>> ♪ WHAT YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE
A NATURAL WOMAN.
>> IF CAROLE HAD NEVER WRITTEN
THAT SONG OF THAT ERA, SHE WOULD
STILL BE ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN
ROCK 'N' ROLL HISTORY.
>> MY DIVORCE WAS PROBABLY THE
SHATTERING OF MY WORLD.
>> ♪ WAY OVER YONDER ♪
>> I HAPPENED TO MOVE TO L.A.
AND MEET JAMES TAYLOR.
THERE HAPPENED TO BE A COMMUNITY
OF SONGWRITERS SINGING THEIR OWN
SONGS.
>> IT WAS COMMUNITY.
IT WAS PEOPLE GIVING AND
RECEIVING AND INFLUENCING AND
SHARING.
>> IT FELT A LOT LIKE FAMILY,
AND EVERYONE WANTED EVERYONE
ELSE TO SUCCEED.
THE FIRST THING THAT I
ENVISIONED WITH CAROLE WAS A
SOLO ARTIST THAT YOU ALWAYS FELT
SHE WAS SITTING AT THE PIANO AND
SINGING TO YOU.
>> SHE IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL
SINGER-SONGWRITER.
HER SONGS ARE SO SIMPLE, SO
MOVING.
>> I NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF A
SINGER.
I SANG MY OWN SONGS BECAUSE
THAT'S HOW YOU GET THEM OUT.
>> "WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW,"
JONI AND JAMES SAYING BACKGROUND
ON.
>> ♪ BUT WILL YOU LOVE ME
TOMORROW ♪
>> ♪ ♪ ♪
MUSICAL SO FAR AWAY...
♪
>> ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ IT WOULD BE SO FUN TO SEE YOUR
FACE AT MY DOOR ♪
>> IT HIT A NERVE WITH PEOPLE AT
THAT TIME.
IT JUST BECAME THEIR SOUNDTRACK.
>> ♪ OH, DARLING, WHEN YOU'RE
NEAR ME ♪
♪ AND YOU TENDERLY CALL MY
NAME ♪
>> CAROLE KING CAROL'S YOUR
LIFE.
YOU SUDDENLY HAVE THIS
WONDERFULLY FEMININE TAKE ON
RELATIONSHIPS THAT SORT OF,
LIGHT, ANSWERED ALL OF THESE
IMPOSSIBLE-2ESQUE QUESTIONS.
>> IS A YOUNG WOMAN, I GREW UP
LISTENING TO HER AND WAS
INSPIRED BY THE WAY THAT SHE
FEARLESSLY TOLD HER STORY.
♪ ♪
>> ♪ THERE SOMETHING WRONG
HERE, THERE CAN BE NO DENYING ♪
♪ ONE OF US IS CHANGING ♪
>> TAPESTRY IS LIKE AN ARTISTS
DREAM, TO CREATE A BODY OF WORK
THAT FOR EVER TOUCHES PEOPLE,
THAT BREAKS RECORDS AND
BOUNDARIES.
INCREDIBLE GREATNESS, PURENESS,
REALNESS, AND RAWNESS.
>> ♪ AND IT'S TOO LATE BABY,
NOW, IT'S TOO LATE ♪
♪ THOUGH WE REALLY DID TRY TO
MAKE IT ♪
>> I'VE ALWAYS HAD CONFIDENCE IN
THE FACT THAT WHEN I PLAYED
MUSIC, IT TOUCHED PEOPLE IN SOME
WAY.
AND THE PLACE I DIDN'T HAVE
CONFIDENCE WAS AS A PERFORMER.
THAT'S WHERE YOU CAME END.
>> ONE NIGHT, JAMES SAID, YOU
SHOULD DO "UP ON THE ROOF."
AND I'M LIKE, NO, PLEASE DON'T
MAKE ME DO IT.
>> AND TO GIVE ME A LOVELY
INTRODUCTION, AND AS I WAS
PERFORMING THE SONG, I COULD
FEEL THE AUDIENCE WITH ME.
>> ♪ OH, LET'S GO UP ON THE
ROOF ♪
>> SHE FINALLY STEPPED UP TO THE
PLATE ITSELF.
IT WAS LIKE HITTING A MAJOR VEIN
THAT WELLED UP.
>> ♪ YOU'VE GOT TO GET UP EVERY
MORNING WITH A SMILE ON YOUR
FACE ♪
♪ AND SHOW THE WORLD ALL THE
LOVE IN YOUR HEART ♪
♪ THAT PEOPLE GOING TO TREAT YOU
BETTER ♪
♪ YOU ARE GOING TO FIND, YES,
YOU WILL ♪
♪ THAT YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AS YOU
FEEL ♪
>> NOTHING BUT GENEROSITY,
KINDNESS.
SHE LET ME CUT THIS TO INVERSE,
RELEASE IT, AND I WAS AMAZED,
BECAUSE SHE WAS CUTTING
"TAPESTRY" AT THE TIME.
>> ♪ YOU JUST CALL OUT MY
NAME ♪
♪ AND YOU KNOW, WHEREVER I AM ♪
♪ OUT I'LL COME RUNNING ♪
♪ TO SEE YOU AGAIN ♪
>> I FIND HEARING CAROLE SING
HER OWN SONGS IS TRANSCENDENT.
THERE IS A CLOSENESS THAT CAN BE
REPLICATED.
>> IT IS A REAL THING THAT
YOU'RE GETTING RIGHT FROM HERE
TO YOU.
AND THAT'S WHAT SHE MEANS TO ME.
>> ♪ SNOW IS COLD, RAIN IS
WET ♪
>> BUT WHAT THEY ARE LOVING IS
WHAT THE SONG HAS MEANT TO THEM
IN THEIR LIVES, TO EACH OF YOU
LISTENING IN YOUR LIFE.
>> ♪ I WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL I
SING ♪
>> TO "TAPESTRY" ALONE WOULD'VE
BEEN THE GREATEST HALLMARK.
YOU INCLUDE ALL OF THE OTHER
WORK THAT SHE DID, AND ARGUABLY,
SOME OF IT IS THE GREATEST MUSIC
OF ALL TIME.
THANK GOD FOR CAROLE KING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> TO INDUCT CAROLE KING INTO
THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME,
TAYLOR SWIFT.
♪ ♪
MUSICAL [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I CANNOT REMEMBER A TIME WHEN
I DIDN'T KNOW CAROLE KING'S
MUSIC.
I WAS RAISED BY TWO OF HER
BIGGEST FANS, WHO TAUGHT ME THE
BASIC TRUTHS OF LIFE AS THEY SAW
IT, THAT YOU SHOULD TREAT PEOPLE
THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED,
THAT HE MUST BELIEVE YOU CAN
ACHIEVE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO IN
LIFE, AND THAT CAROLE
KING IS THE GREATEST SONGWRITER
OF ALL TIME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN
ANY FANS DEDICATION TO THE
ARTIST THEY LOVE CAN COMPLICATE
THINGS IN THEIR PERSONAL LIFE.
FOR EXAMPLE, MY DAD ONCE TOLD ME
A STORY FROM WHEN HE WAS IN
COLLEGE AND A GIRL HE WAS JUST
STARTING TO DATE FLIRTATIOUSLY
ASKED HIM IF THERE WERE ANY
SONGS THAT MADE HIM THINK OF
HER.
HE INSTANTLY RESPONDED WITH HIS
ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SONG, WHICH
WAS "IT'S TOO LATE" BY CAROLE
KING.
NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION
THAT THE LYRICS INCLUDE LINES
LIKE, "SOMETHING INSIDE HAS
DIED, AND I JUST CAN'T HIDE, AND
I JUST CAN'T FAKE IT."
SHOCKINGLY, THE RELATIONSHIP
DIDN'T WORK OUT, BUT IF IT HAD,
I WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
I GREW UP DANCING AROUND THE
LIVING ROOM AND SOCKED FEET TO
THE SOUNDS OF CAROLE'S SOULFUL
VOICE, OR INFECTIOUS
MELODIES, AND LYRICS THAT I, A
7-YEAR-OLD, THOUGHT HAD BEEN
CRAFTED FROM MY EXACT, SPECIFIC
LIFE EXPERIENCE.
I LISTEN TO CAROLE'S MUSIC NOW
AND I FEEL THAT SAME TINGLE OF
RECOGNITION.
HER SONGS SPEAK TO THE TRUE AND
HONEST FEELINGS THAT EVERYONE
HAS FELT, IS CURRENTLY FEELING,
OR HOPES TO FEEL ONE DAY.
SO IT IS ONLY RIGHT FOR THEM TO
BE PASSED DOWN LIKE PRECIOUS
HEIRLOOMS FROM PARENTS TO
CHILDREN, OLDER SIBLINGS TO
YOUNGER, LOVERS TO EACH OTHER.
THESE SONGS COME TO YOU FROM
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND THEN SUDDENLY, THEY ARE
PARTLY YOURS.
THE PURITY TO THE MUSIC SHE
CREATES EXISTS BETWEEN TWO
WORLDS:
THE MYSTERIOUS MAGICAL
INSPIRATION AND DECADES OF
HARD-EARNED AND HARD-LEARNED
CRAFTSMANSHIP.
JUST BECAUSE CAROLE KING MAKES
WHAT SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED LOOK
SO EFFORTLESS DOESN'T MEAN IT
HAS BEEN.
SHE STARTED OUT WRITING SONGS AS
A STAFF SONGWRITER IN THE
LEGENDARY BRILL BUILDING WHEN
SHE WAS A TEENAGER AND A YOUNG
MOTHER.
LATER IN HER SONGWRITING CAREER,
CAROLE HAD TO BE COAXED TO STEP
OUT FRONT AND PERFORM HER SONGS
HERSELF.
AND WHAT A MOMENT IN MUSIC
HISTORY THAT WAS.
WITH "TAPESTRY," SHE BECAME ONE
OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE
ARTISTS OF ALL TIME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HER PERSONA ON "TAPESTRY" FEELS
LIKE LISTENING TO A CLOSE FRIEND
INTIMATELY SHARING THE TRUTHS OF
HER LIFE SO THAT YOU CAN
DISCOVER THE TRUTHS OF YOUR OWN.
IT WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR
HUMANS IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE
FEELINGS AND FOR CATS WHO HAD
BIG DREAMS OF ONE DAY ENDING UP
ON ICONIC ALBUM COVERS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHS]
CAROLE TAUGHT ARTISTS LIKE ME
THAT TELLING YOUR OWN STORY IS
WORTH THE WORK AND STRUGGLE IT
TAKES TO EARN THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOUR STORY TO BE HEARD.
THAT MUSICAL CONNECTION CAN BE
GENERATION SPANNING.
SHE CREATED THE PUREST WORKS OF
LOVE AND STRENGTH AND CATHARSIS
WHILE NAVIGATING THE POLITICS OF
AN ERA THAT DIDN'T MAKE SPACE
FOR THE IDEA OF A FEMALE GENIUS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SLOWLY BUT SURELY, CAROLE KING
WORKED AND WORKED UNTIL SHE HAD
CREATED ONE.
AND IT WILL HERS FOREVER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SHE IS AN IMMENSELY GENEROUS
ARTIST IN EVERY SENSE
OF THAT TERM.
SHE HAS GIVEN US ALL SO MUCH.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO MOVED AND
HONORED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING
TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO HER.
CAROLE, PLEASE ACCEPT YOUR
WELL-DESERVED PLACE IN THE ROCK
AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE UNDER
MY FEET ♪
♪ I FEEL THE SKY TUMBLING DOWN ♪
♪ I FEEL MY HEART START
TREMBLING WHENEVER YOU ARE
AROUND ♪
♪ BABY, WHEN I SEE YOUR FACE ♪
>> I WANT TO HOLD ONTO THAT, BUT
IT'S HEAVY.
AS IS TONIGHT, BUT IT'S HEAVY
AND ALSO LIKED.
I WANT TO THANK TAYLOR.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AWESOME
PERFORMANCE.
AND ALL OF Y'ALL.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THAT WAS AMAZING.
AND ALSO, THANK YOU FOR CARRYING
THE TORCH FORWARD.
YOU ARE LIKE MY PROFESSIONAL
GRANDDAUGHTER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF TONIGHT'S
INDUCTEES FOR CARRYING THE
TORCH, FROM RHYTHM AND BLUES TO
ROCK 'N' ROLL TO THE MUSIC THAT
INSPIRES US TODAY.
I HAVE TO START WITH GERRY
GOFFIN.
I OWE SO MUCH TO GERRY GOFFIN,
WHOSE LYRICS NAILED OUR DEEPEST
FEELINGS.
AND MS. TONY STERN, WHO WROTE ♪
IT'S TOO LATE BABY, NOW, IT'S
TOO LATE ♪
TWO LOU ADLER, WHO RECORDED
"TAPESTRY" AS IF I WERE PLAYING
A NEW SONG FOR A FRIEND, AND HE
GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE IN 1971
TO OPEN FOR JAMES TAYLOR AT THE
TROUBADOUR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
OH, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
I LOVE YOU TOO, AND I WANT TO
SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF A
HERMIT, AND TO COME OUT TONIGHT
AND SEE OLD FRIENDS AND NEW AND
JUST ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT TO
WELCOME ALL THE INDUCTEES, AND
ME AS ONE OF THEM, IT'S
UNBELIEVABLE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, I AM
USED TO PERFORMING AND WHEN, YOU
KNOW, THAT FATEFUL NIGHT WHEN
THE AUDIENCE BEGAN TO SING ALONG
AND I FELT THEM WITH ME, AND
HERE WE ARE.
51 YEARS LATER.
WOW.
THANK YOU, JAMES.
TO MY MOTHER, MY FIRST PIANO
TEACHER, WHO EXPOSED ME TO ALL
KINDS OF MUSIC.
TO MY FATHER, WHO TOLD ME I
COULD DO ANYTHING.
TO MY DAUGHTER AND MANAGER, WHO
HELPS ME DO EVERYTHING.
AND TO LOUISE GOFFIN WHO ADDED
TO HER PARENTS SONGWRITING
SKILLS AND CONTINUES TO BRING
HER OWN WONDERFUL GIFT TO THE
WORLD.
AND TO ALL MY DESCENDANTS, I
LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
NOW, I AM TOLD THAT TODAY'S
FEMALE SINGERS AND SONGWRITERS
STAND ON MY SHOULDERS.
LET IT NOT BE FORGOTTEN THAT
THEY ALSO STAND ON THE SHOULDERS
OF THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE
INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME, MAY SHE REST IN
POWER, MISS ARETHA FRANKLIN!
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WE FEEL YOU, BABY.
WELL, THERE IS A MOVIE OUT NOW
CALLED "RESPECT," AND HER
JOURNEY IS PORTRAYED IN THAT
MOVIE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS MY
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE STAR
OF "RESPECT," THE AMAZING
JENNIFER HUDSON!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU.
>> ♪ LOOKING OUT
ON THE MORNING RAIN ♪
♪ I USED TO FEEL UNINSPIRED ♪
♪ WHEN I KNEW I HAD TO FACE
ANOTHER DAY ♪
♪ LORD, IT MADE ME FEEL
TIRED ♪
MM-MM-MM.
♪ BEFORE THE DAY I MET YOU,
LIFE WAS SO UNKIND ♪
♪ BUT YOU'RE THE KEY TO MY PEACE
OF MIND ♪
SING IT WITH ME, Y'ALL!
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE
A NATURAL WOMAN ♪
♪ OOH ♪
LISTEN.
♪ WHEN MY SOUL WAS IN THE LOST
AND FOUND ♪
♪ YOU CAME ALONG TO CLAIM IT ♪
♪ I DIDN'T KNOW JUST WHAT WAS
WRONG WITH ME ♪
♪ YEAH ♪
♪ 'TIL YOUR KISS
HELPED ME NAME IT ♪
♪ NOW I'M NO LONGER DOUBTFUL,
OF WHAT I'M LIVING FOR ♪
♪ AND IF I MAKE YOU HAPPY I
DON'T NEED TO DO MORE ♪
♪ 'CAUSE YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪
I KNOW YOU KNOW IT!
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE
A NATURAL WOMAN ♪
THIS IS WHAT CAROLE WROTE.
♪ OH, BABY, WHAT YOU'VE DONE
TO ME ♪
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD
INSIDE ♪
♪ AND I, I WANT TO BE ♪
♪ CLOSE TO YOU, YOU MAKE ME FEEL
SO ALIVE ♪
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪
♪ YOU REALLY MAKE ME FEEL ♪
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE
A NATURAL WOMAN ♪
♪ YOU REALLY REALLY ♪
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE
A NATURAL WOMAN ♪
♪ ♪
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE
A NATURAL WOMAN ♪
♪ I FEEL LIKE ♪
♪ SAID I FEEL ♪
♪ FEEL LIKE A NATURAL ♪
♪ WOMAN ♪
♪ ♪
GOD BLESS, AND CONGRATULATIONS
TO CAROLE KING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS INDEED AN HONOR TO BE HERE
TONIGHT AND TO STAND ON THE
SHOULDERS OF THE WOMEN GREATS,
LIKE CAROLE KING.
LIKE SHE SAID, MISS ARETHA
FRANKLIN.
AND WITHOUT THEM, I KNOW I
WOULDN'T BE HERE ON THIS STAGE.
SO EVERYBODY PLEASE PUT YOUR
HANDS TOGETHER FOR THE ONE AND
ONLY, THE LEGENDARY ICON,
MS. CAROLE KING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL
RECOGNIZE THE CAPS, BUT HERE'S
DANNY KORTCHMAR, LELAND SKLAR,
AND RUSS KUNKEL!
♪ ♪
>> ♪ WHEN YOU'RE DOWN
AND TROUBLED ♪
♪ AND YOU NEED
SOME LOVIN' CARE ♪
♪ AND NOTHIN', OH, NOTHIN'
IS GOIN' RIGHT ♪
♪ ♪
♪ CLOSE YOUR EYES
AND THINK OF ME ♪
♪ AND SOON I WILL BE THERE ♪
♪ TO BRIGHTEN UP
EVEN YOUR DARKEST NIGHT ♪
♪ YOU JUST CALL OUT MY NAME ♪
♪ AND YOU KNOW WHEREVER I AM ♪
♪ I'LL COME RUNNIN' ♪
♪ TO SEE YOU AGAIN ♪
♪ WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER
OR FALL ♪
♪ ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL ♪
♪ AND I'LL BE THERE ♪
♪ YES, I WILL ♪
♪ YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND ♪
♪ NOW, AIN'T IT GOOD TO KNOW
THAT YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND ♪
♪ WHEN PEOPLE CAN BE SO COLD? ♪
♪ THEY'LL HURT YOU, YES,
AND DESERT YOU ♪
♪ AND TAKE YOUR SOUL
IF YOU LET THEM ♪
♪ BUT DON'T YOU LET THEM ♪
OKAY, EVERYBODY PLEASE SING
ALONG.
♪ YOU JUST CALL OUT MY NAME ♪
♪ AND YOU KNOW WHEREVER I AM ♪
♪ I'LL COME RUNNIN', RUNNIN',
YEAH, YEAH ♪
♪ TO SEE YOU AGAIN ♪
♪ ♪
♪ WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER
OR FALL ♪
♪ ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL ♪
♪ AND I'LL BE THERE,
YES, I WILL ♪
♪ YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND ♪
♪ AIN'T IT GOOD TO KNOW ♪
♪ YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND ♪
OH, YES, YOU DO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> TO INDUCT C LL COOL J,
ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAMER
DR. DRE.
♪ ♪
>> HEY, HEY.
LL COOL J IS HARD AS HELL.
YEAH, YEAH.
SO WHAT DOES LL
REALLY STAND FOR?
LADIES LOVE?
LIVING LARGE?
LICKIN' LIPS?
[LAUGHS]
WELL, I'M HERE BECAUSE
I PERSONALLY THINK IT STANDS FOR
"LIVING LEGEND."
DO YOU REMEMBER A STORY YOU TOLD
ME ABOUT LEAVING DEF JAM?
YOU WERE THE FIRST ARTIST
ON DEF JAM.
YOU RECORDED ALL OF THIS MUSIC
AND DELIVERED ALL OF THESE
ALBUMS.
THEN FAST FORWARD TO THIS:
YOUR DEAL IS UP AND YOU TOLD ME
YOU WERE REALLY EXPECTING
A REALLY DOPE PARTING GIFT.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU TOLD ME
YOU GOT?
A CHEAP WATCH.
RIGHT.
BUT NOW I GUESS YOU KNOW
WHAT TIME IT IS, RIGHT?
[LAUGHS]
THE FOLKS AT DEF JAM PROBABLY
COULD HAVE DONE BETTER WITH
THEIR PARTING GIFT, BUT THEY
KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE
DOING WHEN THEY SIGNED YOU AS
THEIR VERY FIRST ACT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LL WAS 17 YEARS OLD WHEN HIS
DEBUT ALBUM CAME OUT, AND IT NOT
ONLY PUT DEF JAM ON THE MAP, BUT
IT LAUNCHED A FUCKING SUPERSTAR.
WHENEVER I HEAR THE FIRST ALBUM
ON RADIO, IT IMMEDIATELY
TRANSPORTS ME BACK TO WHEN I WAS
JUST GETTING STARTED AS A DJ
BEHIND THE TURNTABLES.
I STARTED OFF PRACTICING MIXING
AND SCRATCHING "ROCK THE BELLS"
IN MY GARAGE.
AND THEN I TOOK THAT SHIT TO THE
CLUB AND WATCHED THE CLUB GO
CRAZY.
REALLY.
LL COOL J GAVE US 13 STUDIO
ALBUMS OVER THREE DECADES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HOW ABOUT THAT?
HE WENT FROM THE SONIC BRUTALITY
OF "MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT"
TO A SILKY BALLAD LIKE
"I NEED LOVE," AND ALSO SMOOTH
R&B AND POP-INFLUENCED SONGS
LIKE "AROUND THE WAY, GIRL,"
"DOIN' IT,"
"GOING BACK TO CALI."
"I DON'T THINK SO."
YOU KNOW THAT OLD HIP-HOP TERM,
RIGHT?
IT AIN'T WHERE YOU FROM,
IT'S WHERE YOU AT.
WHERE YOU LIVE NOW, LL?
CALIFORNIA.
[LAUGHS]
WELL, I'M HERE TO SHOW YOU SOME
CALIFORNIA LOVE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ALL RIGHT.
LL'S BODY OF WORK CONTAINS SOME
OF THE MOST DIVERSE HIP-HOP HAS
EVER SEEN.
HE BECAME RAP'S FIRST POP
SUPERSTAR WHILE STAYING TRUE TO
HIS ROOTS REPRESENTING QUEENS,
NEW YORK.
THE SECOND THING I THINK ABOUT
HE SAID THAT UNIQUE SPACE THAT
CROSSES AND BRIDGES GENERATIONS.
THE RARE ARTIST BELOVED BY YOU,
YOUR MAMA, AND ALL OF YOUR KIDS
ALL AT ONCE.
HOW MANY ARTISTS IN THE RAP GAME
ARE RELEVANT AFTER 30 YEARS?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHS]
MOST OF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS BUT
LL COOL J TERMED THE PHRASE
G.O.A.T., THE "GREATEST OF ALL
TIME."
YES.
HE'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY
CAME UP WITH THAT PHRASE.
SO THAT PARTING GIFT TO GOD WAS
JUST A PLACEHOLDER FOR TONIGHT.
SOMETHING BIGGER WAS ALWAYS IN
STORE TO CELEBRATE YOU, MY MAN.
SO HERE'S A LOOK AT MY MAN
LL COOL J'S EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
AND HIS JOURNEY AND THE REASON
WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
>> QUICK LIGHT LIGHTNING, TOO
EXCITING, LOVER OF LADIES, DON'T
ALLOW FIGHTING, I RHYME, LIKE
AND LISTEN AND YOU WILL LOVE
WHAT I'M WRITING.
LADIES LOVE, AND NOW THAT YOU
KNOW WHAT LL MEANS.
>> LL COOL J IS HARD AS --
I --
THEY ARE --
♪ ♪
>> LL COOL J IS ROCK 'N' ROLL.
HE IS ELVIS.
>> HE HAS SONGS WITH SO MUCH
SWAG BUT HE MOST DEFINITELY WAS
LYRICALLY OUT THERE
ANNIHILATING.
>> HE KNEW HE WAS THE BIGGEST
STAR ON STAGE.
>> I STILL WANT MORE.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN,
MICHAEL JACKSON CANNOT BE JUST
AS RESPECTED FOR WHAT I DO.
♪ ♪
>> HE COULD BATTLE YOUR ASS AND
HE COULD DO SOMETHING DYNAMIC
THAT WOULD TOTALLY DESTROY.
LL DESTROYED CAREERS.
>> YES, I, AND A ROUNDABOUT WAY,
DISCOVERED COOL J.
JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ON THE
RECORD.
>> I GOT A DEMO TAPE FROM A GUY
NAMED "LADIES LOVE COOL J."
I USED TO LISTEN TO ALL THE DEMO
TAPES, AND IT WAS VERY, VERY
GOOD.
I WAS LIKE, RICK, IF GOT TO
LISTEN TO THE STATE.
>> I GOT LOTS OF DEMO TAPES SENT
TO THE DORM ROOM BUT THIS WAS
VERY SPECIAL.
SPEAK AT THE PLACE HE WAS
STAYING, AND NYU DORMITORY, HE
WAS IN COLLEGE.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN HE FIRST CAME
DOWN, HE WAS VERY CONFUSED BY
THE WHOLE SCENE.
>> RICK CAME DOWN, CAME OUT THE
ELEVATOR, IT WAS A WHITE GUY.
I THOUGHT HE WAS BLACK.
AND>> AND DIG INTO MY DORM ROOM,
HAD A MEETING, LET'S MAKE
RECORDS.
THAT WAS IDEAL.
>> LL WAS OUR APPRENTICE.
LL WAS THE GUY THAT WE PASSED
THE TORCH TO.
MTV RECORDED ONE OF OUR EARLY
SHOWS, RUN DMC LIVE, AT THE
RITZ.
YOU SEE THIS GUY UP FRONT
STUDYING ME AND RUN.
>> RUN DMC, I TOTALLY RESPECT.
I LOOK UP TO THEM, I ALWAYS WILL
RESPECT AND LOVE THEM BECAUSE I
FEEL LIKE THEY OPENED THE DOORS.
>> THIS CONCERT PRODUCES ITS
FIRST BONA FIDE STAR.
>> HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE
HIP-HOP WORLD WAS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPRESSIVE, JAW-DROPPING
DEBUTS THAT HIP-HOP HAS SEEN.
>> AUDITIONS ARE OVER TODAY.
BOX.
>> LL CAME OFF THE MOMENT,
PULLING EXCALIBUR OUT OF THE
ROCK, AND SAYING EVERYBODY IS
SOBER.
>> ♪ I LIKE IT LOUD, I CAN ROCK
THE CROWD ♪
>> I PULLED MY SWORD OUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SHING!
>> LL IS PHENOMENAL BECAUSE HE
EXISTED, DOMINATED, AND
SUCCEEDED IN AN ERA THAT WAS
MOSTLY GROUPS.
♪ ♪
HE COULD DO "GOING BACK TO
CALAIS," IT WAS SO AVANT-GARDE.
>> FLYING AT ME, BLACK AND
WHITE, THE MUSIC, IT WAS, LIKE,
FAST AND DIFFERENT.
I LIKE WHAT LL SAID.
>> SHE SAID SHE LIKE --
>> I FELT LIKE PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE
THOUGHT, THIS IS A LITTLE SOFT,
BUT LL, WHERE IS IT GOING WITH
THIS?
>> ♪ I'M NOT SAYING NO NAMES ♪
>> THE SONG "I NEED LOVE."
>> I NEEDED IT.
>> IT'S CALLED BEING REAL, YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVE.
ONLY SUCKERS ARE SCARED OF LOVE.
>> IT MADE THE WOMEN MELT, THAT
WAS THE FIRST TIME HEARING OF
VULNERABILITY, THAT OPENED THE
DOOR F HOLE ANOTHER LANE.
>> I FELT LIKE MAYBE I WAS
LOSING IT OR SLIPPING BECAUSE I
FELT LIKE THERE IS A BACKLASH
AGAINST EVERYTHING I REPRESENTED
IN HIP-HOP, AND I TOLD MY
GRANDMOTHER THAT, AND SHE WAS
LIKE, LOOK, JUST GO DOWN IN THE
BASEMENT, MAKE YOURSELF A SONG,
KNOCK THEM OUT.
>> ♪ DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK
MAMA I'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS ♪
♪ MAKING THE BASE GO BOOM,
EXPLODING ♪
>> LL HAS HAD ABOUT FIVE MAJOR
COMEBACKS IN HIP-HOP.
>> LL'S GREATEST STRENGTH AS A
RAPPER IS CONFIDENCE.
>> I NEVER GIVE UP.
>> HE IS NOT AN OG.
HE IS THE G.
>> ♪ I'M GOING TO KNOCK YOU
OUT ♪
♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
>> HE HAS THIS HOLE, ON SEXY BUT
NOT TRYING TO BE SEXY.
♪ ♪
YOU FELT LIKE, THAT COULD BE
MADE.
I'VE GOT THE BAD BLUE EARRINGS
ON.
IT WAS HIP-HOP, BUT IT WAS SEXY
SEXY. ♪
.♪ RAISE DR. BROOKLYN ♪
>> LL HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY
FORECAST FOR WHERE HIP-HOP IS
GOING.
>> ♪ WIN THE LOTTERY ♪
♪ FREE, BUT WASN'T A ROBBERY ♪
>> LL NOT ONLY SUCCEEDED, HE
DOMINATED, HE INFLUENCED, AND HE
INTIMIDATED.
>> I THINK LL'S GREATEST
CHARACTER TRAIT IS THE FACT THAT
HE LISTENS TO HIS MUSICAL
COLLABORATORS.
YOU CAN TELL HE LISTENS TO RICK
RUBIN, THAT HE LISTENED TO
MARLEY, THAT HE LISTEN TO THE
TRACK MASTERS.
THEY BOTH WROTE EACH OTHER INTO
GLORY.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO
ORCHESTRATE THIS.
I WAS JUST BLESSED.
YOUR MAN IS VERY GRATEFUL.
BECAUSE I KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE
TO BE LIKE THAT.
I KNOW THAT I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO
HAVE A CAREER RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY RECORD
COMPANIES OUTBACK TO PUT ME ON
BEFORE I GOT THE DEMO WITH
DEF JAM?
I WANT TO MAX OUT EVERYTHING
THAT'S INSIDE ME.
I WANT TO DIE EMPTY.
>> ♪ LL COOL J IS HARD AS -- ♪
♪ ♪
>> ♪ 1, 2, 3 'O' CLOCK
4 'O' CLOCK ROCK ♪
♪ 5, 6, 7 'O' CLOCK
8 'O' CLOCK ROCK ♪
♪ 9, 10, 11 'O' CLOCK
12 'O' CLOCK ROCK ♪
♪ GONNA ROCK ♪
♪ ROCK, ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK ♪
♪ THREE YEARS AGO IN ST. ALBANS,
QUEENS ♪
♪ I WAS ROCKIN AT A PARK CALLED
ONE EIGHTEEN ♪
♪ LITTLE KIDS STOOD AND WATCHED
AS I ROCKED THE SPOT ♪
♪ DIDN'T KNOW THAT YEARS LATER
I'LL BE STANDIN ON TOP ♪
♪ LIVIN NEAR FARMERS BOULEVARD
I WAS BORN AND BASE-SHAW ♪
♪ STOPPED THE RICH
AND SHAKED HANDS WITH THE POOR ♪
♪ THIS IS A STORY ABOUT
A BROTHER I KNOW ♪
♪ CUT CREATOR ON THE FADER
NO, WATCH HIM GO ♪
♪ ♪
♪ GO, GO CUT CREATOR GO ♪
♪ GO CUT CREATOR GO ♪
♪ GO, GO CUT CREATOR GO ♪
♪ GO CUT CREATOR GO ♪
♪ ♪
♪ GOING BACK TO CALI ♪
I DON'T THINK SO.
♪ GOING BACK TO CALI ♪
I DON'T THINK SO.
♪ LL COOL J IS HARD AS HELL ♪
♪ BATTLE ANYBODY I DON'T CARE
WHO YOU TELL ♪
♪ I EXCEL, THEY ALL FAIL ♪
♪ GONNA CRACK SHELLS, DOUBLE-L
MUST ROCK THE BELLS ♪
CLEVELAND, PUT YOUR HANDS UP,
HANDS UP, HANDS UP!
♪ YOU'VE BEEN WAITIN' AND
DEBATIN' FOR OH SO LONG ♪
♪ JUST STARVIN' LIKE MARVIN FOR
A COOL J SONG ♪
♪ IF YOU CRIED AND THOUGHT I
DIED, YOU DEFINITELY WAS WRONG ♪
♪ IT TOOK A THOUGHT, PLUS I
BROUGHT CUT CREATOR ALONG ♪
♪ THINKING OF E-LOVE DOWN WITH
THE COOL J FORCE ♪
♪ SPECIALIZIN' IN THE RHYMIN'
FOR THE RECORD, OF COURSE ♪
♪ I'M A TOWER FULL OF POWER WITH
RAIN AND HAIL ♪
♪ CUT CREATOR SCRATCH THE RECORD
WITH HIS FINGERNAIL ♪
♪ ROCK THE BELLS ♪
♪ ♪
♪ THE KING OF CROWD ROCKERS
FINALLY IS BACK ♪
♪ MY VOICE IS YOUR CHOICE AS THE
HOTTEST WAX ♪
♪ TRUE AS A WIZARD, JUST A
BLIZZARD ♪
♪ I AIN'T TAKEN NO CRAP ♪
♪ I'M RHYMIN' AND DESIGNIN' WITH
YOUR GIRL IN MY LAP ♪
♪ THE BASS IS KICKIN' ALWAYS
STICKIN' 'CAUSE YOU LIKE IT THAT
WAY ♪
♪ YOU THINK IT'S HOTTER PLUS
IT'S DEF 'CAUSE IT'S BY COOL J ♪
♪ CUT CREATOR ON THE FADER, MY
RIGHT-HAND MAN ♪
♪ ROCK THE BELLS ♪
CLEVELAND, MAKE SOME NOISE.
♪ SOME GIRLS WILL LIKE THIS JAM
AND SOME GIRLS WON'T ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I MAKE A LOT OF MONEY
AND YOUR BOYFRIEND DON'T ♪
♪ LL, GO TO HELL, GONNA ROCK THE
BELLS ♪
♪ ALL YOU WASHED UP RAPPERS
WANNA DO THIS WELL ♪
♪ ROCK THE BELLS ♪
♪ ♪
♪ AW ♪
♪ NO RAPPER CAN RAP
QUITE LIKE I CAN ♪
♪ I'LL TAKE A MUSCLEBOUND MAN
AND PUT HIS FACE IN THE SAND ♪
♪ NOT THE LAST MAFIOSO,
I'M A MC COP ♪
♪ MAKE YOU SAY, "GO LL"
AND DO THE WOP ♪
♪ IF YOU THINK YOU CAN
OUTRHYME ME, YEAH, BOY, I BET ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I AIN'T MET
A MOTHERFUCKER ♪
♪ WHO CAN DO THAT YET ♪
♪ TRENDSETTER, I'M BETTER,
MY RHYMES ARE GOOD ♪
♪ I GOT A GOURMET PLATE THAT
SAYS "I WISH YOU WOULD" ♪
♪ AND WHEN BATTLES BEGIN
THEN I GOTTA JOIN IN AND ♪
♪ BEFORE MY RHYME IS OVER,
YOU KNOW I'MA WIN ♪
♪ COOL J HAS ARRIVED,
SO YOU BETTER MAKE WAY ♪
♪ ASK ANYBODY IN THE CROWD,
THEY SAY THE KID DON'T PLAY ♪
♪ SLAUGHTER COMPETITION,
THAT'S MY HOBBY AND JOB ♪
♪ I DON'T WEAR A DISGUISE
BECAUSE I DON'T OWE THE MOB ♪
♪ GOT A PINPOINT RAP THAT MAKES
YOU FEEL TRAPPED ♪
♪ SO MANY GIRLS ON MY JOCK,
I THINK MY PHONE IS TAPPED ♪
♪ I'M -- ♪
♪ I'M BAD ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ BABY, DON'T GO OUT ♪
♪ BABY, DON'T GO ♪
>> ♪ IT'S SUCH A SHAME, AND
IT'S CRAZY, BUT, BABY ♪
♪ IT DON'T MATTER, DON'T PHASE
ME.
>> ♪ I DON'T BELIEVE ♪
♪ I DON'T BELIEVE I JUST HAD MY
LAST REAL CASE LET'S TALK ABOUT
THIS ♪
♪ I'M BOUNCING, AND BOUNCING,
AND I'M GOOD ♪
♪ AND I'M GOOD ♪
♪ SO WITHOUT ME YOU'LL BE FINE,
MY BODY IS ALL I HAVE ♪
>> ♪ I'M WHAT YOU HAD ♪
♪ ♪
♪ YOU'LL BE NEEDING ME BUT TOO
BAD ♪
♪ THE PATH YOU CHOSE TO RUN
ALONE ♪
♪ HERE WITH ME, YOU HAD A HOME ♪
♪ TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE WHY
SPEND IT ALONE ♪
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ OUT I HAVE ♪
♪ ALL I HAVE ♪
♪ YEAR VERY SPECIAL ♪
YES, YOU ARE.
YES YOU ARE!
>> YES, M.
>> LOVE YOU, JENNIFER LOPEZ.
>> COME ON, GIVE IT TO HIM, GIVE
IT TO HIM.
♪
♪ ♪
♪ DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK,
I BEEN HERE FOR YEARS
I'M ROCKIN' MY PEERS ♪
♪ PUTTIN' SUCKERS IN FEAR
MAKIN' THE TEARS RAIN DOWN
♪ LIKE A MONSOON
♪ LISTEN TO THE BASS GO BOOM
EXPLOSIONS, OVERPOWERIN'
OVER THE COMPETITION ♪
♪ I'M TOWERIN'
WRECKING SHOP ♪
♪ WHEN I DROP THESE LYRICS ♪
♪ THAT'LL MAKE YOU CALL THE COPS
DON'T YOU DARE STARE
YOU BETTER MOVE ♪
♪ DON'T EVER COMPARE
ME TO THE REST THAT'LL
♪ ALL GET SLICED AND DICED
COMPETITION'S PAYIN' THE PRICE ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
BREAKDOWN!
♪ AND I'M JUST GETTING WARM ♪
♪ JUST LIKE MUHAMMAD ALI
THEY CALLED HIM CASSIUS ♪
♪ WATCH ME BASH THIS BEAT
LIKE A SKULL ♪
♪ DON'TCHA KNOW I HAD
BEEF WIT' ♪
♪ WHY DO YOU RIFF WITH ME,
A MANIAC PSYCHO ♪
♪ AND WHEN I PULL OUT MY JAMMY,
GET READY 'CAUSE IT MIGHT GO ♪
♪ BLAUH! HOW YA LIKE ME NOW? ♪
♪ THE RIPPER WILL NOT ALLOW ♪
♪ YOU TO GET WIT' MR. SMITH
DON'T RIFF ♪
♪ LISTEN TO MY GEAR SHIFT ♪
♪ I'M BLASTIN', OUTLASTIN' ♪
♪ KINDA LIKE SHAFT, SO YOU COULD
SAY I'M SHAFTIN' ♪
♪ OLDE ENGLISH FILLED MY MIND ♪
♪ AND I CAME UP
WITH A FUNKY RHYME ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪
♪ HUUH ♪
>> HALL OF FAMER, MAMA, I MADE
IT!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS
MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INDUCT
MY FRIEND JAMES TODD SMITH,
BETTER KNOWN AS LL COOL J INTO
THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
LOVE YOU, JAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> SO THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES
TO MIND WHEN I THINK ABOUT A
NIGHT LIKE THIS IS HUMILITY.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT
FALSE, SELF-DEPRECATING, I BOW
TO YOU, BUT I THINK I'M BETTER
THAN YOU
SHIT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT REAL HUMILITY,
WHERE YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO
COLLABORATE, THE CONFIDENCE TO
WORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
THE CONFIDENCE TO CELEBRATE
OTHERS.
SO FIRST I WANT THANK, OF
COURSE, GOD.
MY MOTHER, WHO TOLD ME, YOU
KNOW, "TODD YOU CAN DO ANYTHING
YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO."
YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE KID.
SHE TRIED TO GET ME TO WORK AT
THE SUPERMARKET.
I DIDN'T LIKE IT.
WASN'T WORKING FOR ME.
I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE SIMONE,
MY CHILDREN, ITALIA, SAMARIA,
NINA SIMONE.
YES, THAT'S HER REAL NAME, SHE'S
A SINGER, NINA SIMONE.
NAJEE, MY SON, AND ITALIA,
-- I WANT TO THANK
DRE, EMINEM AND J-LO FOR JOINING
ME.
LOOK, I WANT TO THANK MARLEY
MARL AND RICK RUBIN AND ALL THE
PRODUCERS I'VE WORKED WITH.
THE TRACKMASTERS.
I WANT TO THANK THE TREACHEROUS
THREE, ESPECIALLY KOOL MOE DEE,
FOR PUSHING ME.
MY MANAGER, THE ONLY PERSON I
KNOW WHO WORKS A LITTLE HARDER
THAN ME.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU,
RIGHT?
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE
PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR LL TO BE IN
THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
YEAR AFTER YEAR.
A LOT PEOPLE, WHEN I TOLD THEM
WHEN I TOLD THEM I GOT INDUCTED,
THEY'D SAY TO ME, "ISN'T IT IS
ABOUT TIME?"
YOU SEE, WHAT PEOPLE DON'T
REALIZE IS, I WASN'T THINKING
ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED
AGAINST ME.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WHO VOTED FOR ME.
SO IT WAS LOVE.
LIKE, WHAT I WAS FEELING WAS,
"WOW, HERE'S SOME PEOPLE OVER
THERE WHO WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN
ANSWER."
THEY LIKE, "YO, THIS GUY GOT TO
BE IN HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP FIGHTING FOR YOU TILL WE
GET HIM IN HERE."
SO I THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT?
THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS,
ROCK AND ROLL,
HIP-HOP LOVES YOU.
WE BORROW YOUR BEATS.
WE SAMPLE 'EM.
WE TURN THEM INTO HITS.
AND WE KNOW WHERE WE CAME FROM.
WE KNOW WHERE THINGS COME FROM.
WE RESPECT YOU AS MUSICIANS.
AND WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU
AS MUSICIANS.
WE ARE ARTIST ALSO.
WE LOVE YOU, THANK YOU,
GOD BLESS.
MAMA, I MADE IT!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HEY, EVERYBODY, I'M TOM, I'M
HERE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE
GREATEST ROCK 'N' ROLL GUITAR
PLAYERS OF ALL TIME.
>> [LAUGHS]
>> RANDY RHOADS IS A PEERLESS
TALENT WHO FUSED TIMELESS RIFFS
WITH SOLOS OF INGENIOUS BEAUTY
AND EMOTIONAL FIRE.
HE REVIVED OZZY OSBORNE'S CAREER
AS HIS GUNSLINGER SIDEMEN, AND
IT WAS A RANDY RHOADS POSTER
THAT I HAD ON MY WALL WHILE
PRACTICING EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
♪ ♪
I VIVIDLY REMEMBER AT FIRST
HEARING "CRAZY TRAIN" ON A
CHICAGO RADIO STATION.
I THOUGHT, THIS GUITAR PLAYER IS
FUCKING INSANE.
♪ ♪
HE SPAWNED A WHOLE GENERATION OF
GUITAR PLAYERS.
HE CHANGED EVERYBODY.
♪ ♪
>> GRANDES LICKS ARE ALL OVER
METALLICA ALBUMS.
GUESS WHAT, I CAUGHT THAT, FOR
ONE.
♪ ♪
>> YOU COULD STUDY HIS SONGS IN
A UNIVERSITY LEVEL COLLEGE
COURSE AND BANG YOUR HEAD TO
THEM IN A 7-ELEVEN PARKING LOT.
>> HE TURNED TO ME AND SAID HE
WANTED TO ROCK 'N' ROLL AND GO
TO UCLA AND GET A DEGREE.
AND I SAID TO HIM, ARE YOU
FUCKING CRAZY?
>> I'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO,
AND IT MAKES YOU REALIZE,
THERE'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
AND I DON'T WANT TO STOP THERE.
♪ ♪
RANDY TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY 25
YEARS OF AGE IN 1992.
>> WHEN HE DIED, A PART OF ME
DIED WITH HIM.
I LOST A DEAR FRIEND IN MY LIFE,
AND I MISS HIM TERRIBLY.
>> THE SHOW WAS OVER EVEN BEFORE
IT REALLY, REALLY GOT GOING.
>> I NAMED MY FIRSTBORN SON
RHOADS IN HIS HONOR AS A
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME THE WA
WAY.
>> BRILLIANT.
>> YOU MADE GUYS THAT SIT AT THE
ROUNDTABLE OF GREATNESS, THE
HALL OF FAME, HENDRIX, JIMMY
PAGE, ERIC CLAPTON, EDDIE
VAN HALEN, RANDY, HANDS DOWN, IT
IS AT THAT TABLE.
>> NOW THE INCOMPARABLE RANDY
RHOADS STANDS WHERE HE BELONGS
IN THE PANTHEON OF GREATS.
IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME RANDY
RHOADS TO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> PEACE AND LOVE, EVERYBODY
PAID RINGO HERE, AND GIVES ME
GREAT JOY TO INDUCT MY FRIEND,
THE INCREDIBLE BILLY PRESTON,
INTO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME.
>> IT ALL STARTED WHEN I WAS
3 YEARS OLD, I CAME FROM A
MUSICAL FAMILY AND I GREW UP
PLAYING IN CHURCH.
>> OPENED UP AN WHOLE WORLD FOR
ME.
I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HAD
NEVER PLAYED ROCK 'N' ROLL FOR
ME.
>> NOW HERE IS MR. BILLY PRESTON
TO LEAD A SONG.
>> I LOVED RAY CHARLES.
HE IS MY MUSICAL JESUS.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
>> LIKE PART OF THE BAND.
IT GAVE US A DIFFERENT FIELD
BECAUSE HE'S BILLY.
THAT'S WHY HE PLAYED ON A COUPLE
OF TRACKS.
>> I WENT DOWN TO SAY HELLO, AND
THEY WERE RECORDING AT THE
TEMPLATE SITTING THERE AND PAUL
SAYS, GET ON THE ELECTRIC PIANO.
STARTED PLAYING, AND JOHN SAYS,
TAKE A SOLO.
>> IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW
PEOPLE BEHAVE NICELY WHEN YOU
BRING A GUEST IN.
STRAIGHTAWAY, IT JUST BECAME
100% IMPROVEMENT IN THE FIVE IN
THE ROOM.
>> HE WAS SO GREAT AT OUR GET
BACK SESSIONS.
WE EVEN CREDITED THAT SINGLE AS
THE BEATLES WITH BILLY PRESTON.
>> THAT DAY WE BROKE UP, BILLY
WENT ON TO PLAY WITH ME, GEORGE,
AND JOHN ON OUR SOLO RECORDS.
>> I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH AN
OLD FRIEND OF MINE, BILLY
PRESTON.
♪ ♪
>> GEORGE WAS VERY EASY TO WORK
WITH.
VERY ENCOURAGING TO ME.
>> THE FIRST TIME I GOT A CHANCE
TO COPRODUCE WAS WITH GEORGE.
WE DID THREE ALBUMS TOGETHER.
>> BILLY WAS A BEATLE AND BILLY
WAS A ROLLING STONE.
>> IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FUN WORKING
WITH THE STONES.
>> BUT KNOWING THE GUYS FOR
ABOUT 14 YEARS.
♪ ♪
>> EVERY TIME I GET TOGETHER,
AND IT'S LIKE A FAMILY, REALLY
HAVING A GOOD TIME.
>> WHEN I PUT THE OLD SONGS
TOGETHER, I ASKED BILLY TO PLAY
ALONG, BRING IN THOSE GREAT
NUMBER ONE HITS OF HIS.
♪ ♪
♪ NOTHING FROM NOTHING LEAVES
NOTHING ♪
♪ YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING IF
YOU WANT TO BE WITH ME.
>> RAY CHARLES, YOU ALWAYS THINK
OF GENIUS, BUT I THINK BILLY WAS
TOO IN HIS OWN WAY.
HE WAS A NATURAL PLAYER.
>> ♪ YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL TO
ME ♪
>> I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING
GOOD THAT HAS HAPPENED FOR ME
HAS BEEN A BLESSING FROM GOD.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SO
GOOD.
IT'S BECAUSE GOD HAS BEEN GOOD
TO ME.
>> ♪ I REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU
MAMA I REALLY WANT TO BE WITH
YOU ♪
>> I'M THRILLED TO WELCOME BILLY
INTO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME.
MUSICAL EXCELLENCE.
CLEARLY, THAT'S THE WAY GOD
PLANNED IT.
PEACE AND LOVE, BROTHER.
>> HERE TO HONOR TINA TURNER,
ANGELA BASSETT.
>> IMAGINE A BLACK GIRL IN
TENNESSEE WHO EMBODIED MORE
TALENT THAN HER SMALL TOWN COULD
HAVE EVER DREAMED.
IMAGINE THAT SAME GIRL BREAKING
THROUGH EVERY BARRIER TO ONE DAY
MAKE HISTORY.
THAT WOMAN, THAT QUEEN,
TINA TURNER, IS WHO WE ARE HERE
--
TINA TURNER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHAT A LIFE TINA HAS LED.
HER STORY HAS BECOME A FILM,
A DOCUMENTARY, A BLOCKBUSTER
BROADWAY SHOW, AND A
BEST-SELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
PEOPLE STILL TELL ME
HOW MUCH TINA HAS MEANT TO THEM.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY MEAN.
BECAUSE SHE HAS MEANT THAT MUCH,
AND MORE, TO ME.
I, TOO, AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
BLESSED BY TINA'S REMARKABLE
GIFT TO INSPIRE.
WHEN I PLAYED TINA IN "WHAT'S
LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT,"
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I HAD THE TERRIFYING OPPORTUNITY
OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW SHE
BECAME THE EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN
THAT WE'VE COME TO KNOW.
FORTUNATELY, I HAD THE GENEROUS
GUIDANCE OF TINA HERSELF
TO HELP ME.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DEMANDING
ROLES I'VE EVER PLAYED.
BUT IT WAS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST
FULFILLING.
BECAUSE JUST LIKE TINA,
I TOO WAS A LITTLE BLACK GIRL
WHO HAD DREAMS FAR BEYOND WHAT
THE WORLD EXPECTED OF ME.
AS A BLACK WOMAN, TINA REACHED
DEEP INTO HER SPIRITUAL CORE
WITH THE DETERMINATION TO
HEADLINE ARENAS AND STADIUMS
JUST LIKE THE GREAT ROCK BANDS
DID.
NO ONE WHO LOOKED LIKE HER HAD
EVER DONE IT, BUT SHE BELIEVED
THAT SHE COULD.
MICK JAGGER, DAVID BOWIE,
ROD STEWART, BRYAN ADAMS ALL
WANTED TO DUET WITH TINA, AND
THEY DID.
SOON, SHE WAS PLAYING TO CROWDS
EVERY BIT AS LARGE AS THEIRS.
SHE BROKE GROUND FOR WOMEN
AND SERVED AS A ROLE MODEL FOR
YOUNGER ARTISTS JUST AS THOSE
ROCK STARS HAD DONE FOR HER.
TINA IS A BRILLIANT ARTIST WHO
HAS WON NINE GRAMMY AWARDS AND
SOLD MORE THAN 200 MILLION
RECORDS.
HER VOICE --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HER VOICE IS INSTANTLY
RECOGNIZABLE BECAUSE IT COMES
DIRECTLY FROM HER SOUL.
AND THOSE SONGS "WE DON'T NEED
ANOTHER HERO," "PRIVATE DANCER,"
"BETTER BE GOOD TO ME."
I DIDN'T MENTION ONE OF HER
GREATEST SONGS, THE ONE THAT
GAVE OUR MOVIE ITS TITLE.
THAT'S BECAUSE AS FAR AS TINA IS
CONCERNED LOVE ALWAYS HAS
EVERYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SHE BRINGS DEPTHS OF LOVE TO
EVERYTHING SHE DOES,
ON AND OFF THE STAGE.
NOW LET US REMEMBER, TINA IS
ALREADY A MEMBER OF THE
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME FROM
HER EARLIER WORK WITH
IKE TURNER.
HOWEVER, WHAT BRINGS US HERE
TONIGHT IS TINA'S JOURNEY TO
INDEPENDENCE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
FOR TINA, HOPE TRIUMPHED
OVER HATE.
FAITH WON OVER FEAR.
AND AMBITION ECLIPSED ADVERSITY.
IN THE WORDS OF THE LATE
MAYA ANGELOU, "YOU MAY SHOOT ME
WITH YOUR WORDS.
YOU MAY CUT ME WITH YOUR EYES.
YOU MAY KILL ME WITH YOUR
HATEFULNESS.
BUT STILL, LIKE AIR, I'LL RISE."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND TINA ROSE.
TINA, WELCOME -- ON YOUR OWN --
TO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF
FAME!
YOU ARE SIMPLY THE BEST.
>> YOU KNOW THE SAYING, BEHIND
EVERY GREAT MAN, THERE IS A
WOMAN?
WHAT'S BEHIND THE GREAT WOMAN
TINA TURNER?
♪ ♪
>> I STARTED WITH IKE IN 1960.
AN INSECURE MAN, VERY
POSSESSIVE.
THINKING ABOUT IT, IT WAS A FORM
OF IMPRISONMENT.
REALIZED THAT WE COULD NOT WORK
TOGETHER FOR ALL TIME.
>> I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE THE ONE
TO GO TO.
>> LIKE A BIRD THAT GETS OUT OF
THE CAGE, IT WAS A FREEDOM TO DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
♪ ♪
>> HE WAS TAKING MY RANCH, DOING
EVERYTHING WITH MY VOICE, I WAS
FINDING OUT THINGS ABOUT MYSELF.
>> A GREAT SINGER KNOWS HOW TO
EMOTE AND PUT EVERY MEMORY AND
EVERY FEELING INTO THOSE WORDS,
AND TINA MADE EVERY SONG THAT
SHE SAYING HER SONG -- SANG HER
SONG.
>> I WAS ASKED TO "TONIC."
>> I FOUND OUT WHAT I KNEW
BECAUSE I WAS ON MY OWN.
>> AND THAT REALLY WENT A LONG
WAY FOR ME.
>> IS IT ALL RIGHT FOR ME TO ASK
YOU IF YOU YOU AND IKE ARE TOGER
OR SEPARATED OR DIVORCED?
>> SEPARATED AND DIVORCED.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THAT
TINA TURNER COULD NOT DO A SHOW
WITHOUT EGG.
>> SHE HAD THAT REALLY TOUGH
TIME, AND I LOVED HER, AND SO I
WANTED HER TO BE ON MY SHOW.
♪ I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME ♪
>> I ALWAYS TOOK FROM MY
EXPERIENCES TO DO WHAT I NEEDED
TO DO.
I STARTED TO PLAY HOTEL CIRCLES
IN LAS VEGAS AND SOME TELEVISION
SHOWS.
>> I REALIZE THAT IT WAS
MANAGEMENT THAT WAS MISSING.
THAT'S WHY I WASN'T GOING IN THE
WAY, I'D BE IN LAS VEGAS ALL MY
LIFE.
>> YOU KNOW WHEN YOU MADE AN
ARTIST, IF THAT THAT CHARISMA,
SHE WAS ALWAYS INCREDIBLY
DETERMINED.
>> THEN SHE GOT A RECORD DEAL.
NOBODY WOULD TOUCH TINA TURNER.
>> ♪ CAN I INTRODUCE MYSELF ♪
>> SHE WANTED TO BE WITH THE
ROCK VOICE.
>> SOMETHING STARTED TO TURN
INSIDE OF ME.
I'VE BEEN RUNNING AROUND SINGING
FOREVER.
HOW CAN I FEEL STADIUMS?
I WANTED IT.
I WANTED TO DO IT MICK JAGGER
AND ALL OF THE GUYS AT THE TIME
WERE DOING.
♪ ♪
>> ROGER SAID TO ME, YOU WANT TO
DO THAT?
YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME RECORDS.
♪ ♪
>> LET'S TRY IT.
DON'T FORGET --
THAT ONE, THAT ONE.
IT'S WONDERFUL, THAT WHEN HIS.
IT'S SO, SO MISTY.
MWAH.
♪ YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE
TOUCH OF YOUR HAND MAKES MY
PULSE REACT ♪
>> THE FIRST SONG, "WHAT'S LOVE
GOT TO DO WITH IT," IT WAS SO
DIFFERENT, ONE OF THOSE SONGS
YOU GET MAYBE ONCE A DECADE.
>> AND THE RECORD OF THE YEAR
IS, "WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH
IT," TINA TURNER.
>> ♪ WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO, GOT
TO DO WITH IT POST ♪
>> SHE'S INCREDIBLE, TO JUST BE
REACHING HER PEAK AT 50.
IT'S NOT ONLY INSPIRING TO US
WOMEN BUT IT CHANGES THE RULES
IN THE PLAYBOOK.
>> ♪ WE DON'T NEED TO FIGHT ♪
>> A BLACK WOMAN OWNING THAT
STAGE ALL BY HERSELF.
THAT'S THE DREAM RIGHT THERE.
>> ♪ YOU KEEP TELLING ME THAT
YOU LOVE ME ♪ AND I REALLY DO
WANT TO BELIEVE ♪
♪ ♪
>> THE JEAN JACKET AND THE
LEATHER DRESS, THE BIG HAIR,
THAT WAS ME BECOMING WHAT I
ALWAYS WANTED.
>> SHE BECAME A ROCK 'N' ROLL
STAR.
♪ ♪
>> LEGEND WAS THAT TINA TURNER
WAS THE WOMAN WHO TAUGHT MICK
JAGGER HAD TO DANCE.
>> IT WAS AN EXCHANGE.
THE SONG INSPIRED ME.
IT CAME TOGETHER.
>> I USED TO WATCH HER.
♪ ♪
♪ GOT A GOOD JOB IN THE CITY,
WORKING FOR THE MAN EVERY NIGHT
AND DAY ♪
♪ I NEVER LOST A BIT OF SLEEP ♪
>> SHE WAS AN INNOVATOR OF
HAVING POWERFUL WOMEN ON STAGE
GOING ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
>> ♪ IT ROLLING, ROLLING,
ROLLING ON THE RIVER 7
♪ ROLLING, ROLLING, ROLLING ON
THE RIVER ♪
>> THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS
TO GET ON STAGE WITH
TINA TURNER.
♪ ♪
♪ WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO, H♪
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BREAK
HER, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING TO HER.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER GOING
TO BE A WOMAN THAT CAN TOUCH HE
HER.
>> SHE IS THE EPITOME OF NEVER
GIVING UP ON YOURSELF AND ON
YOUR STORY AND WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO IN YOUR LIFE.
>> ♪ WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER
HERO ♪
>> EVERYTHING SHE HAD BEEN
THROUGH AND TO STILL BE HERE AND
TO HAVE A METAMORPHOSIS JUST
GOES TO SHOW THAT TINA TURNER IS
UNDENIABLE.
>> ♪ YOU ARE SIMPLY THE BEST ♪
♪ BETTER THAN ALL THE REST ♪
♪ BETTER THAN ANYONE ♪
>> HAPPENED THAT I NEVER KNEW
THAT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
♪ ♪
SEMI LEGACY IS A PERSON THAT
STRIVES FOR WANTING IT BETTER
AND GOT IT.
♪ YOU'RE THE BEST ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HI, EVERYBODY.
IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL WHEN I
HEARD THAT THE HALL OF FAME WAS
GIVING ME A TROPHY.
THEY'RE STILL GETTING THE AWARDS
AT 81, I MUST HAVE DONE
SOMETHING RIGHT.
YEAH, THIS IS MINE.
ONLY I DON'T --
[LAUGHS]
I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS.
AND TO HAVE ACHIEVED THIS
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, IT'S
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HERE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE
ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAMER
TINA TURNER, CHRISTINA AGUILERA.
MICKEY GUYTON.
AND TO START IT OFF, H.E.R. AND
KEITH URBAN.
♪ ♪
>> ♪ WHEN THE FEELIN' IS
ENDED ♪
♪ THERE AIN'T NO USE
PRETENDIN' ♪
♪ DON'T YA WORRY,
IT'S ONLY LOVE ♪
♪ WHEN YOUR WORLD HAS BEEN
SHATTERED ♪
♪ AIN'T NOTHIN' ELSE MATTERS ♪
♪ IT AIN'T OVER,
IT'S ONLY LOVE ♪
INTO THAT RIGHT, H.E.R.?
♪ ♪
>> ♪ WHEN YOUR HEART HAS BEEN
BROKEN ♪
♪ HARD WORDS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN ♪
♪ IT AIN'T EASY BUT IT'S ONLY
LOVE ♪
♪ WHEN IF YOUR LIFE
AIN'T WORTH LIVIN' ♪
♪ AND YOU'RE READY TO GIVE IN ♪
♪ JUST REMEMBER, BABY,
THAT IT'S ONLY LOVE ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ONLY LOVE, BABY, YEAH ♪
♪ ♪
>> ♪ YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT
THE AGGRAVATION ♪
♪ YA GOTTA WANNA WIN
YA GOTTA WANNA WIN ♪
♪ YA GOTTA WANNA WIN ♪
♪ YOU KEEP LOOKIN' BACK
IN DESPERATION ♪
♪ OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN ♪
♪ ♪
>> ♪ WHEN YOUR WORLD IS
SHATTERED ♪
♪ AIN'T NOTHIN' ELSE MATTERS ♪
♪ IT AIN'T OVER,
IT'S ONLY LOVE ♪
♪ IT'S ONLY LOVE, BABY ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ YOU MUST UNDERSTAND,
THOUGH THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND ♪
♪ MAKES MY PULSE REACT ♪
♪ THAT IT'S ONLY THE THRILL
OF BOY MEETING GIRL ♪
♪ OPPOSITES ATTRACT ♪
♪ IT'S PHYSICAL ♪
♪ ONLY LOGICAL ♪
♪ YOU MUST TRY TO IGNORE THAT IT
MEANS MORE THAN THAT ♪
♪ OH-OH, WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO,
GOT TO DO WITH IT? ♪
♪ WHAT'S LOVE BUT A SECOND-HAND
EMOTION? ♪
♪ WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO,
GOT TO DO WITH IT? ♪
♪ WHO NEEDS A HEART
WHEN A HEART CAN BE BROKEN? ♪
♪ OH-OH ♪
♪ I'VE BEEN TAKING ON A NEW
DIRECTION ♪
♪ BUT I HAVE TO SAY ♪
♪ I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT MY
OWN PROTECTION ♪
♪ WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO,
GOT TO DO WITH IT? ♪
♪ WHAT'S LOVE
BUT A SECOND-HAND EMOTION ♪
♪ WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO,
GOT TO DO WITH IT? ♪
♪ WHO NEEDS A HEART
WHEN A HEART CAN BE BROKEN? ♪
♪ WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO,
GOT TO DO WITH IT? ♪
♪ WHAT'S LOVE
BUT A SWEET OLD-FASHIONED
NOTION ♪
♪ WHAT'S LOVE ♪
♪ WHO NEEDS A HEART
WHEN A HEART CAN BE BROKEN? ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL,
I HAD A RAG DOLL ♪
♪ IT WAS THE ONLY DOLL
THAT I'VE EVER OWNED ♪
♪ NOW I LOVE YOU JUST THE WAY
I LOVED THAT RAG DOLL ♪
♪ BUT ONLY NOW MY LOVE
HAS GROWN ♪
♪ AND IT GETS STRONGER
IN EVERY WAY ♪
♪ AND IT GETS DEEPER, BABY ♪
♪ LET ME SAY ♪
♪ THEN IT GETS HIGHER,
DAY BY DAY ♪
♪ AND DO I LOVE YOU, MY OH MY ♪
♪ YEAH ♪
♪ OH NO, NO, IF I EVER, EVER
LOST YOU WOULD I CRY ♪
♪ OH, HOW I LOVE YOU BABY ♪
♪ BABY, BABY, BABY ♪
♪ WHEN YOU WERE
A YOUNG BOY ♪
♪ DID YOU HAVE A PUPPY? ♪
♪ THAT ALWAYS FOLLOWED YOU
AROUND ♪
♪ WELL, I'M GONNA BE AS FAITHFUL
AS THAT PUPPY ♪
♪ NO, I AIN'T NEVER GONNA
LET YOU DOWN ♪
♪ 'CAUSE IT GOES ON AND ON
LIKE A RIVER FLOWS ♪
♪ LORD, IT GETS SWEETER, BABY ♪
♪ AND HEAVEN KNOWS ♪
♪ AND IT GETS SWEETER,
BABY, OH, AS IT GROWS ♪
♪ DO I LOVE YOU, MY OH MY ♪
♪ YEAH ♪
♪ IF I LOST YOU
WOULD I CRY ♪
♪ OH, I LOVE YOU BABY ♪
♪ BABY, BABY, BABY ♪
[VOCALIZING]
♪ AND I LOVE YOU, BABY ♪
♪ LIKE FLOWERS LOVE THE SPRING ♪
♪
♪ ♪
♪
♪ AND I LOVE YOU LIKE A
SCHOOLBOY HE LOVES HIS PET ♪
♪ AND I LOVE YOU, BABY ♪
♪ ♪
[VOCALIZING]
♪
♪ HONEY, YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE,
BELIEVE ♪
♪ DO LOVE YOU ♪
♪ ♪
♪ BABY, BABY, BABY ♪
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU.
>> TWO PRESENTS THE AHMET
ERTEGUN AWARD FOR LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT, LIONEL RICHIE.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU
ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON
WIKIPEDIA.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU BEHIND THE
SCENES OF WHO CLARENCE AVANT IS.
HE'S A TEACHER.
HE IS A MASTER COMMUNICATOR.
HE IS THE PERFECT MARRIAGE
BETWEEN STREET SENSE AND COMMON
SENSE.
>> HE IS THIS MYSTERIOUS FIGURE
THAT EVERYBODY RESPECTED.
>> CLARENCE WAS ONE OF MY
FAVORITE GUYS.
>> IF YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO THE
OVERALL GREATER GOOD, HE'S GOING
TO STEP IN LIKE SUPER BLACK MAN.
>> THEY COMBINATION OF REVEREND
SHARP, MALCOLM X, OF THE MUSIC
BUSINESS.
>> WHAT HE DID FOR US, HE WAS
THE ONE THAT BROUGHT US TO SOME
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE MUSIC
BUSINESS WAS ALL ABOUT.
THERE IS TWO PARTS TO THIS
INDUSTRY.
THE MUSIC BUSINESS IN THE
BUSINESS OF MUSIC.
ONE, USE WHAT YOU ASS OFF.
TWO, YOU MAKE THE MONEY.
HE TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE THE
MONEY.
>> LIFE WAS ABOUT ONE THING,
NUMBERS, NOTHING ELSE.
WHAT DID TINA TURNER SAY?
WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
NOT A FUCKING THING, MAN.
>> IS KEY NEGOTIATING RATES THAT
HE LIKED TO GO TO RIGHT AWAY.
"GO FUCK YOURSELF AND GO TO HEL
HELL."
AND THAT MEANT ELECTIVE.
>> CALL YOU A SON OF A BITCH, SO
WHAT?
>> I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR
CLARENCE.
HE PROVIDED LEAP FOR ME FROM
BEING PROFESSIONAL AIRCRAFT
MECHANIC OVER INTO THIS WORLD.
>> CLARENCE MANAGING JIMMY AND
TERRY HELPED MAKE THE "JANET"
ALBUM.
>> SET OF GOT A PROBLEM WITH
WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
OH, NO, MR. AVANT, WE ASK FOR
TOO MUCH?
>> HE SAID, NO, YOU HAVEN'T ASKD
FOR ENOUGH.
YOU CAN'T DO A RECORD ON THAT.
>> THAT TOLD YOU EVERYTHING YOU
NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT HIM RIGHT
IN THAT FIRST MEETING.
♪ ♪
>> AFTER THE "CONTROL" ALBUM,
THE PHONE WAS RINGING, PEOPLE
WERE AT THE HOUSE.
ONE DAY I WOULD WALK IN, IT WAS
WHITNEY HOUSTON.
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, CAN YOU
HELP ME WITH THIS DEAL.
IT JUST HAPPENED.
>> I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT FOR THE
LIFE OF ME, WHY DO SO MANY
PEOPLE LIKE HIM?
AND I FIGURED IT OUT.
HE TOLD THE TRUTH.
AND, BY THE WAY, IN THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY, THAT IS A RARE
COMMODITY.
>> I HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
BUT MY JOB, SO FAR AS I'M
CONCERNED, IS TO MOVE US
FORWARD.
>> CLARENCE AND OTHERS, THEY ARE
REALLY THE BRIDGE FROM A TIME
WHERE THERE WAS ALMOST NO
OPPORTUNITY TO A TIME WHERE
DORIS BEGAN TO OPEN, AND THEY
LED THE WAY IN POLITICS, IN
BUSINESS, IN THE ARTS, AND
SAYING, NOW MAKE ROOM FOR US.
♪ ♪
>> HE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF
THE CREATIVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
THE WRITERS, THE PRODUCERS, THE
RANGERS.
>> THEY WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER
CLARENCE AVANT.
HOWEVER, HIS GOAL TO PLANT SEED
SO THEY CAN BE INDIVIDUALS JUST
LIKE IN.
>> HE IS LIKE, BABY, YOU'VE GOT
TO GET YOUR GENERATION TO BE
ACTIVE.
I'M TIRED.
[LAUGHS]
>> IF YOU LEFT THIS PLANET
TOMORROW, YOU FULFILLED YOUR
PURPOSE.
DIDN'T MATTER HE WAS PROMOTING A
TOUR, RUNNING A RADIO STATION,
HE KNEW HIS PURPOSE.
BLACK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD.
>> ♪ FOR IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL
I'M GOING TO NEED ♪
♪ SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON ♪
>> SOMETIMES I SAY TO MYSELF,
HOW THE FUCK DID I GET INVOLVED
WITH ALL OF THE SHIT?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> CLARENCE, IT IS MY GREAT
PRIVILEGE TO INDUCT YOU INTO THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, LIONEL.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
I WANT TO THANK -- WELL, YOU
KNOW, HIS NAME IS BIG JOHN.
AND HE CALLED ME AND HE SAID
THIS.
MY ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO BE
IN OHIO, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET
AN AWARD.
AND I SAID, WAIT A MINUTE.
AND HE SAID, NO, KEEP YOUR MOUTH
SHUT.
>> SO I HAD NO CHOICE, BECAUSE
WHEN YOU DEAL WITH BIG JOHN, YOU
KNOW, HE IS BIG, AND I DIDN'T
WANT NO TROUBLE.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A YOUNG MAN
ANYMORE.
WHEN YOU GET THIS AGE IN LIFE,
YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL
WHEN YOU TALK TO THESE -- THEY
ARE NOT HOODS, BUT THEY ARE --
[LAUGHTER]
THEY ARE BUSINESS PEOPLE.
[LAUGHTER]
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR BEING
HERE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CROWD LIKE
THIS BEFORE IN MY LIFE.
BIG JOHN, THANK YOU FOR
THREATENING ME.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND PATTY
SMITH, T TODD RUDGREN IS AMONG E
ARTISTS BEING HONORED TONIGHT.
TODD AND I MET IN OUR EARLY
20s, WE WERE BOTH FROM THE
PHILADELPHIA, THE RENT AND THE
WALLFLOWER.
I WAS WORKING IN A BOOKSTORE
WRITING POETRY, AND TODD WAS
ALREADY QUITE ACCOMPLISHED AT 2.
AS HIS FRIEND, I WAS PRIVY TO
THE STAGES OF HIS WORK ON HIS
SOLO ALBUMS.
SUCH A SWIFT EVOLUTION FROM
SHIMMERING POP SONGS TO SOARING
EXPERIMENTAL PIECES, AND HE WAS
UNFLINCHING IN THE FACE OF NEW
TECHNOLOGY.
HE WOULD JUST BEND IT
IN HIS HANDS.
TODD WAS OUR PRODUCER ON MY LAST
ALBUM WITH THE PATTI SMITH
GROUP.
HE WOULD TELL THE BAND, "IF YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, I WILL HELP
YOU GET IT.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT,
I'LL DO IT FOR YOU."
TODD AND I HAVE OUR OWN PERSONAL
MANTRA: "NO GROWN-UPS ALLOWED."
AND THAT IS TODD RUNDGREN, THE
PETER PAN PRODIGY, EVER CURIOUS,
EVER YOUTHFUL, EVER DEFIANT.
HE HAS BEEN OUR ALCHEMIST,
OUR WIZARD, OUR TRUE STAR.
AND IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO
WELCOME TODD RUNDGREN INTO THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I'M TODD RUNDGREN.
♪ ♪
>> HI, REMEMBER ME?
MY NAME IS TODD RUNDGREN.
GOING TO DO THE GREATEST HITS OF
THE ' 60s END '70s.
GREAT TUNES LIKE THIS ONE.
SEE IF YOU REMEMBER THIS ONE,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
GOES LIKE THIS.
♪ LOVE YOU BEST ♪
♪ LOVE, LOVE, LA-LA-LA ♪
♪ CAN WE STILL GET TOGETHER
SOMETIME ♪
♪ BUT WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE
FAN ♪
♪ YOU KNOW I HAVE TO FIND MY
WAY ♪
♪ LIKE THE SUNSET BOULEVARD ♪
>> MOST ARTISTS JUST LOOKED TOO
SURVIVING TO THE NEXT HITS.
THAT WASN'T HIS NORTHSTAR.
>> SO MANY MUSICIANS ARE FUCKING
BORING AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY
ARE GOING TO DO.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TODD IS
GOING TO DO.
>> ♪ WE'VE GOT TO GET YOU A
MOMENT ♪
♪ IT'S LIKE NOTHING ELSE CAN LET
YOU ENJOY YOUR LIFE ♪
>> MY COMPANY NEXT YEAR, I'M
SURE YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THE
INTENTION, IT GOES LIKE THIS.
>> THE GREAT IRONY OF MY CAREER
HAS BEEN THE FACT THAT MY
BIGGEST HITS ARE SORT OF ON THE
BALLAD SIDE, ON THE SOFT SIDE.
>> ♪ HELLO, IT'S ME, HELLO ♪
>> BUT MY ORIGINAL MUSICAL ROOTS
WERE KIND OF LIKE THE BEATLES
AND THE WHO, A BIT OF BEACH BOYS
IN THERE, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A
LOT OF VOCALIZATION, IT WAS
ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED WITH A
WELL-DISTORTED GUITAR.
>> THIS NEXT MUSICAL TREND
CALLED POWER POP.
♪ ♪
>> PART OF THE PERSONALITY OF
HIS MUSIC IS THAT HE'S DOING AND
ALL.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS AND HE
KNOWS HOW TO GET IT.
>> YOU WANT THINGS TO COME OUT A
CERTAIN WAY, AND INSTEAD OF
STRANGLING THE CREATIVITY OUT OF
ANOTHER MUSICIAN BECAUSE HE WAS
SO PARTICULAR ABOUT IT, YOU DO
IT YOURSELF, AND THAT WAY IT
DOES BECOME, IN SOME WAYS, MORE
EXPRESSIVE.
♪ ♪
♪ KEEPING MY LOVE INSIDE ♪
>> I STARTED TO SING MUSIC AS
SOMETHING IS WHAT I HAD
PREVIOUSLY ASSUMED.
I MADE THIS CRAZY RECORD IN
WHICH I THREW OUT ALL THE RULES
OF RECORD MAKING AND DECIDED
THAT I WOULD TRY TO IMPRINT AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE CHAOS IN MY
HEAD RIGHT ONTO A RECORD.
♪ JUST ANOTHER ONION HAD ♪
>> I ALWAYS HAD THIS FEELING
THAT HE WAS A WIZARD, A TRUE
STAR, THIS MAKER OF MAGIC.
>> COME TAKE A BREAK NO?
>> SURE.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
>> ♪ TURNED THE WORLD AROUND ♪
♪ ♪
♪ FIGHTING FOR IT ALL DAY ♪
♪ FIGHTING FOR IT ALL NIGHT MAMA
WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT ♪
♪ CAN'T REMEMBER WHY YOU ARE
STILL IN THE RACE ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I DON'T WANT TO WORK, I WANT
TO BANG ON THE DRUM ALL DAY ♪
>> THERE'S NEVER ANY GUARANTEE
THAT YOU WILL HAVE A COMMERCIAL
SUCCESS OR SO-CALLED HIT SINGLE.
IF YOU COMPROMISE YOUR APPROACH,
AND IT DIDN'T BECOME A HIT
RECORD, THEN YOU FAILED TWICE,
YOU FEEL YOURSELF AND YOU FAILED
TO MAKE A HIT OUT OF IT.
♪ ♪
♪ SO I SENT YOU THE GIFT ♪
>> THE ULTIMATE REALIZATION OF A
MUSICIANS TALENT IS TO PUT
LYRICS AND MUSIC IN A WAY THAT
MAKES THEM SEEM INSEPARABLE.
>> ♪ ABOUT MY DREAM IS GONE
FOREVER ♪
>> HISTORY SONGS WILL LIVE ON
FOREVER.
EACH ONE IS A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF
ART WILL WANT TO SHARE IT WITH
EACH OTHER AND GO BACK TO AGAIN
AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AS NEEDED.
>> HE IS ONE OF THE GREATS.
HE SHINES.
HE'S UNIQUE.
HE'S RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE
OF IT ALL BUT YET OUTSIDE OF IT.
THE MAN DESERVES TO BE IN THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
♪ ♪
♪ NOTHING TO FALL BACK ON ♪
>> OUT OF EVERYTHING, TODD IS
JUST A PHILADELPHIAN, AND THAT
IS JUST WHAT WE DO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I HAVE NEVER A NUMBER ONE
RECORD, SINGLE OR ALBUM,
PERSONALLY.
I'VE NEVER BEEN NOMINATED FOR A
GRAMMY.
I'VE NEVER BEEN NOMINATED,
THANKFULLY, FOR THE ROCK
HALL OF FAME.
IF NOMINATED, I WILL NOT RUN,
AND IF ELECTED, I WILL NOT SERV
SERVE.
>> HERE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO EARLY
INFLUENCER CHARLEY PATTON, GARY
CLARK JR.
>> THANK YOU.
CHARLEY PATTON HAS OFTEN BEEN
CALLED THE FATHER OF THE DELTA
BLUES, AND HE DESERVES THAT
TITLE.
THE MAGNIFICENT SONGS HE
RECORDED BETWEEN 1929 AND 1935
EXERTED A DECISIVE INFLUENCE ON
ROBERT JOHNSON, ALAN WOLFE, AND
EVERY BLUES PLAYER THAT CAME
AFTER HIM.
HIS BLUES, IN THAT SENSE,
CONTAIN EVERYTHING.
THEY ARE SONGS OF THEIR TIMES
AND OF OUR TIMES.
I'M PROUD TO INDUCT CHARLEY
PATTON INTO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME.
AND IN HIS HONOR, I'LL PLAY ONE
OF HIS MOST INFLUENTIAL TUNES.
IT'S CALLED "HIGH WATER
EVERYWHERE."
♪ ♪
>> ♪ BACKWATER AT BLYTHEVILLE,
BACKED UP ALL AROUND ♪
♪ ♪
♪ BACKWATER AT BLYTHEVILLE,
DONE TOOK JOINER TOWN ♪
♪ ♪
♪ IT WAS FIFTY FAMILIES
AND CHILDREN ♪
♪ COME TO SINK AND DROWN ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I SAID THE WATER WAS RISIN' UP
AT MY FRIEND'S DOOR ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I SAID THE WATER WAS RISIN' UP
AT MY FRIEND'S FRONT DOOR ♪
♪ ♪
♪ THE MAN SAID TO HIS WOMENFOLK,
"LORD, WE'D BETTER GO" ♪
♪ ♪
♪ LORD, THE WATER WAS ROLLIN',
WATER UPON MY DOOR ♪
♪ WAS SINKIN' DOWN ♪
♪ I COULDN'T GET NO BOATS THERE,
MARION CITY GONE DOWN ♪
♪ ♪
♪ SO HIGH THE WATER WAS RISIN',
MEN SINKIN' DOWN ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I SAID, THE WATER WAS RISIN'
AT PLACES ALL AROUND ♪
♪ ♪
♪ IT WAS FIFTY MEN AND CHILDREN
COME TO SINK AND DROWN ♪
♪ ♪
♪ OH, LORDY, LORDY, LORD, WOMEN
AND GROWN MEN DROWN ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I SAID, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
THEY WERE SINKIN' DOWN ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I COULDN'T SEE NOBODY'S HOME
AND WASN'T NO ONE TO BE FOUND ♪
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HI, EVERYBODY, TE MET PHARREL
WILLIAMS, ELECTRONIC MUSIC IS
EVERYWHERE, BUT WHAT KRAFTWERK
DID WAS GROUNDBREAKING AND
REVOLUTIONARY.
>> SOMETIMES WE PLAY OUR
MACHINES AND SOMETIMES THEY PLAY
US.
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT
KRAFTWERK IS, YOU THINK ABOUT
THE MANNER.
KIND OF, LIKE, PEOPLE THAT DRESS
LIKE ROBOTS AND TRY TO HAVE A
HIGH CONCEPT.
WE ARE I THINK THEY ARE SO GOOD
AS THEY ARE GREAT INSTINCTIVE
MUSICIANS AND MILITARISTS.
>> THEY CREATED FRAT MET
KRAFTWERK IN DUESSELDORF IN
GERMANY AND IN THE EARLY 20s
STARTED MAKING EXPERIMENTAL
MUSIC THAT WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING
THE WORLD HAD EVER HEARD.
♪ ♪
>> THE GERMANS HAD FOUND THEIR
FORTE, AND IT WAS CALLED
KRAFTWERK.
♪ ♪
♪ SHE'S A MODEL AND SHE'S
LOOKING GOOD ♪
>> WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
>> QUITE BY KRAFTWERK.
>> SINCE, MAINLY INSPIRED BY
KRAFTWERK, THE OTHERS FOLLOWED
SUIT, REALIZED YOU COULD DO SO
MUCH MORE WITH IT.
>> FOR MANY OF US, WE WERE
INFLUENCED BY KRAFTWERK WITHOUT
EVEN REALIZING IT.
REACHING INTO A CRATE OF RECORDS
AND FOUND KRAFTWERK, THAT'S WHEN
MILLIONS OF HIP-HOP FANS AROUND
THE WORLD, INCLUDING MYSELF,
HEARD KRAFTWERK'S INFECTIOUS
BEATS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
>> I STARTED NOTICING THE BLOCK
PARTIES, AND THEY WOULD PUT THIS
RECORD ON.
HYOU WOULD JUST HERE...
♪ ♪
PEOPLE WOULD HEAR THIS MUSIC AND
THEY WOULD TURN AND WALK TOWARD
THE PARK LIKE SOMEBODY'S IN
"THE WALKING DEAD."
>> JUST WENT CRAZY AND STARTED
GETTING THE JAM AT EVERY PARTY
WE PLAYED.
♪ ♪
>> THESE WHITE DUDES WERE IN THE
HEART OF BLACK CULTURE.
THAT WILL LET YOU KNOW WHO WAS
INFLUENCING US.
♪ IT'S LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S
THE WAY IT ♪
THAT'S KRAFTWERK.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
KRAFTWERK AT ALL AND STILL BE
COMPLETELY INDEBTED TO IT.
♪ ♪
♪ MUSIC NONSTOP ♪
>> THE INFLUENCE WAS SO
GIGANTIC.
>> I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO MEET THE
LATE, GREAT FLORIAN SCHNEIDER
AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT IS MUSIC
MEANT TO US.
WE SHOULD ALL BE GRATEFUL TO
KRAFTWERK.
THAT'S WHY THIS RECOGNITION IS
IMPORTANT.
WELCOME KRAFTWERK TO THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
♪ ♪
♪ MUSIC NONSTOP."
>> HELLO, EVERYONE, AND
DREW BARRYMORE, HERE TO INDUCT
THE GO GOES INTO 'N' ROLL
HALL OF FAME.
THIS IS SUCH AN HONOR, AND
HONESTLY, IT'S REALLY EASY TO DO
BECAUSE THE GO-GO'S HAVE BEEN IN
MY PERSONAL HALL OF FAME SINCE I
WAS SIX YEARS OLD.
IN FACT, IF YOU'D TOLD TINY ME
THAT I'D BE UP HERE INTRODUCING
MY HEROES INTO THE MOST NOTABLE
ROCK CLUB IN HUMAN HISTORY,
I WOULD SAY, "WELL, I WILL DO MY
BEST TO HONOR THESE WOMEN."
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST RECORD
THAT YOU EVER GOT?
IF YOU DO, SHOUT IT OUT TO ME.
YOU KNOW WHAT MINE WAS?
IT WAS "BEAUTY AND THE BEAT."
IT WAS MY VERY FIRST RECORD.
"BEAUTY AND THE BEAT" BLUE
THE DOORS OF MY LIFE OFF.
IT OPENED ME UP TO A WHOLE NEW
DIMENSION.
I DROPPED THE NEEDLE AND I FELT
INSTANTLY CONNECTED TO THE PUNK
PULSE OF THIS RECORD.
IT SOUNDED LIKE
PURE POSSIBILITY.
IT RATTLED UP MY WALLS AND
STRAIGHT THROUGH TO MY HEART.
I SPENT HOURS STARING AT THAT
COVER AND THE BACK SIDE, ALL OF
THEM IN THE BATHTUB.
THE COOLEST GIRLS IN THE WORLD
TAKING A SPA DAY IN COOL-GIRL
HEAVEN.
IT WAS ALWAYS A PARTY FOR GUYS,
FOR SO LONG WITH THESE GIRLS.
THEY WERE CRUSHING IT.
I SANG ALONG TO "THIS TOWN" AND
I FELT INVITED TO THE PARTY AND
I LOVED THAT THESE GIRLS
WERE FROM MY HOMETOWN.
I WAS A WEST HOLLYWOOD KID AND
THE GO-GO'S WERE BORN OUT OF
L.A. PUNK.
AND THEY PLAYED THEIR FIRST SHOW
AT MASQUE, A CLUB IN THE
BASEMENT OF THE PUSSYCAT.
OH, YEAH, IF YOU WERE IN L.A. IN
THE '70s, YOU KNEW WHAT THE
PUSSYCAT IS.
IT'S AN ADULT THEATER AND IT WAS
JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM
MY CHILDHOOD BEDROOM.
AND IT WAS IN THAT BEDROOM THAT
I WORE THAT RECORD OUT.
AND IT TOOK ONE ALBUM AND I WAS
HOOKED.
I WAS GAGA FOR THE GO-GO'S.
AND, DAMN, THEIR OUTFITS!
GOD, THEY WERE INCREDIBLE!
I MEAN, TAKE ONE LOOK AT ME
IN THE '80s AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE
I GOT MY INSPIRATION.
YES!
AND IMAGINE MEETING
BELINDA CARLISLE
WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF DRESSED LIKE
A LITTLE, MINI BELINDA CARLISLE.
THAT WAS ME IN 1984 AND I WAS
JUST NINE YEARS OLD.
LOOKING AT MY HERO.
JUST LAST NIGHT, I DANCED WITH
MY NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OLIVE
AND HER SISTER FRANKIE TO "WE
GOT THE BEAT" AND I FELT LIKE MY
WHOLE LIFE CAME FULL-CIRCLE,
KNOWING THAT I WAS COMING HERE.
THEY CHANGED MY LIFE.
THEY MADE ME BELIEVE IN THINGS
I DIDN'T THINK WERE POSSIBLE.
AND TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW
THEM HOW THEY CHANGED THE WORLD.
40 YEARS OF MAKING MUSIC,
COUNTLESS WORLD TOURS, SELLING
OUT EIGHT SHOWS AT THE WHISKEY,
PLAYING THE BOWL, THE GARDEN,
GETTING TANKED AND PLAYING SNL
FOR 60 MILLION, OPENING FOR THE
STONES, INFLUENCING SO MANY
KICK-ASS FANS TO COME.
AND THAT'S JUST A TINY SAMPLER
OF THIS BAND'S LEGACY.
AND IT DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH WHAT
THEY MUSCLED THROUGH IN THEIR
WILD CHAPTERS.
AND, TRUST ME, I KNOW A THING
OR TWO ABOUT WILD CHAPTERS.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE GO-GO'S
WAS SUCH A PERFECT NAME.
FOR THAT BAND.
SO FULL OF KINETIC ENERGY.
IT FITS THEIR MUSIC AND THEIR
SPIRIT AND MINE TOO.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO JUST
GO FOR IT.
SO I LOOKED UP THE WORD "GO"
IN THE DICTIONARY AND THERE ARE
SO MANY DEFINITIONS.
"TO MOVE ON A COURSE."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
"TO BEGIN AN ACTION OR EMOTION."
MY FAVORITE DEFINITION OF THE
WORD "GO" IS TO PROCEED WITHOUT
DELAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
"IN AN OFTEN THOUGHTLESS AND
RECKLESS MANNER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NOW MY CHILDHOOD FANTASY IS
FULFILLED.
BUT IT ISN'T ABOUT ME.
THIS IS AS TRUE BLUE OF A
LOVE LETTER FROM THEIR BIGGEST
FAN.
FROM THE FIRST BAND I EVER
LOVED.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE GO-GO'S.
>> THESE ARE THE GO-GO'S,
CHARLOTTE CAFFEY CHARLOTTE
CAFFEY, GINA SCHOCK, JANE
WIEDLIN, KATHY VALENTINE, AND
BELINDA CARLISLE.
>> THE GREATEST DOLL-GIRL GROUP
OF ALL TIME, THE GO-GO'S.
>> THE GO-GO'S!
>> AS A YOUNG GIRL GOING INTO A
SPACE WHERE WOMEN ON THE STAGE,
UNAPOLOGETICALLY, TO ME IT
REPRESENTED A MOMENT OF
POSSIBILITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING SO NICE.
>> THEY WOULD JUST THIS
PHENOMENON, AND WE WERE ALL,
LIKE, IN LOVE WITH THEM.
>> WE ARE THE FIRST-GIRL BAND,
THEY PLAYED THEIR OWN
INSTRUMENTS, TO BE REALLY
SUCCESSFUL.
♪ ♪
>> AND MAKE IT ON STAGE, WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS
GOING TO HAPPEN, AND I LOVE THA
THAT.
>> PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMED
THAT WE WERE ALWAYS A POP BAND
AND WE ARE PROBABLY PUT TOGETHER
BY SOME GUY, BUT WE DID IT ALL
OURSELVES.
>> GOT ON STAGE AND HAPPENED TO
BE A GROUP OF WOMEN REALLY
KICKING ASS.
IT WAS GREAT.
WE KNEW IT.
>> ONE IN A MILLION TICKET TO
WHERE WE GOT.
>> BECAUSE I COME FROM, LIKE,
THE MTB GENERATION, IT'S, LIKE,
THOSE FIRST SONGS I THINK GOT
BRANDED IN MY BRAIN.
>> THAT'S WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS,
EVEN IN THE NAME OF THE SONG,
YOU CAN CONJURE A WHOLE WORLD,
AND THE GO-GO'S DID THAT.
>> THERE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN
THE GO-GO'S WITHOUT THE PUNK
ROCK SCENE IN LOS ANGELES.
>> BASICALLY THE ONLY PEOPLE
LEFT THAT WEREN'T IN A BAND, SO
WE DECIDED TO DO IT TOO.
>> ONE PROBLEM.
>> WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY NO
INSTRUMENTS.
YOU KNOW, HAD A COUPLE WEEKS OF
FOLK GUITAR LESSONS WHEN I WAS
12.
I'LL JUST PLAY GUITAR.
>> I CERTAINLY THOUGHT I COULD
SING.
I THOUGHT I SOUNDED LIKE JULIE
ANDREWS.
>> I THINK THAT DEEP DOWN INSIDE
WE KNEW THAT WE HAD SOMETHING
REALLY SPECIAL, BUT WE NEEDED
SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY KNEW HOW
TO DO IT.
>> LET'S TRY PLUGGING THE AMPS
INTO THE WALL FIRST.
♪ ♪
>> AT THE EVOLUTION TO GO FROM
MAKING JUST LITERAL NOISE TO
CRAFTING SONGS THAT ARE SOME OF
THE BEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN.
"WE GOT THE BEAT," THAT SONG IS
ON FIRE.
THAT ENERGY IS ALWAYS GOING TO
BE RELEVANT.
♪ ♪
>> WE WERE PUNKS, AND I THINK WE
WERE READY TO TAKE IT TO THE
NEXT LEVEL. WERE AFRAID
TO TAKE A CHANCE ON AN ALL-GIRL
BAND BECAUSE NONE HAD REALLY
SUCCEEDED BEFORE.
BUT OURS SIGNED APRIL 1ST.
THE NEXT DAY, WE FLEW TO
NEW YORK.
>> I LOVED THIS TOWN.
THIS IS LIKE A SPY MOVIE, AND
HERE COMES THE GUITAR.
♪ ♪
JAMES BOND.
THE GO-GO'S WERE DOING THEIR OWN
THING, BUT THEY WERE ALSO
CHANNELING '60s MUSIC.
♪ ♪
>> WITH THE GO-GO'S AS A PUNK
BAND, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE TO KNOW THEY COULD DO
MORE THAN JUST EXECUTE THE
MOMENT.
♪ WE ARE ALL DREAMERS ♪
>> WHEN HE GOT A HOLD OF US, HE
SAID, SLOW EVERYTHING DOWN.
THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED, THESE
ARE ALL POP SONGS.
>> ♪ CAN YOU HEAR THEM, THEY
TALK ABOUT US ♪
♪ TELLING LIES ♪
>> THE GO-GO'S, THEY LOOK LIKE
THEIR MUSIC, THEY LOOK LIKE
THEIR SOUND.
IT'S PRETTY TOUGH AND BOUNCY.
PEOPLE NOW TRIED TO GET THE
SOUND THAT THE GO-GO'S WERE
PUTTING OUT AN '81, '82, '83.
♪ ♪
THAT'S WHY IT STANDS THE TEST OF
TIME.
IT'S PURE.
♪ ♪
>> WHEN WE TOURED WITH THE
POLICE, AND TOOK US FROM PLAYING
CLUBS TO ARENAS.
>> WHEN I WALKED OUT ON STAGE, I
ALMOST DIED.
>> DURING THAT POLICE TOUR, OUR
ALBUM KEPT GOING UP AND UP AND
UP IN THE CHART.
>> THEIR ALBUM WAS LIKE A
SKYROCKET.
>> STING CAME IN THE DRESSING
ROOM AND HE'S GOT CHAMPAGNE.
"CONGRATULATIONS, GIRLS."
WE ARE LOOKING AT HIM LIKE,
WHAT?
HE SAID, YOUR RECORD HAS PASSED
OURS.
THEY WERE NUMBER SIX AND THEN WE
WENT TO NUMBER ONE.
FOR THE GO-GO'S TO HAVE A DEBUT
ALBUM GO TO NUMBER ONE, THAT
SOMETHING THAT RELATIVELY FEW
ARTISTS HAVE DONE.
LIKE, THE BIGGEST, ELVIS, THE
BEATLES.
>> DO YOU STILL GET ALONG HIS
FRIENDS?
>> THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER WAS
LIKE.
"OH, WE LOVE EACH OTHER, WE ARE
LIKE SISTERS."
YEAH, LIKE SISTERS THAT FUCKING
STAB EACH OTHER IN THE BACK.
>> THAT VOLATILITY AND TENSION
ARE TWO INGREDIENTS THAT MAKE
THE BAND GREAT.
AND THAT CAN BE WONDERFUL FOR
MUSIC.
THAT CAN BE WONDERFUL FOR
SONGCRAFT, AND IT CAN BE
DEVASTATING AND HEARTBREAKING
FOR INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS.
♪ ♪
>> THERE IS FIVE PEOPLE THIS
BAND, AND EVERYBODY WAS SET ON
THEIR OWN SORT OF COURSE.
BUT THEN WE GOT BACK TOGETHER.
[LAUGHS]
BECAUSE THE STORY NEVER ENDS.
>> ♪ SEE THE PEOPLE WALKING
DOWN THE STREET ♪
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS KEEPS
GOING.
I SWEAR TO CHRIST I DON'T.
>> YOU GET OLDER AND YOU DROP A
LOT OF THE BULLSHIT.
WE ARE A FAMILY, THAT IS WHAT IT
IS.
>> ONE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN
ROCK BANDS OF ALL TIME.
THE FACT THAT THEY ARE FINALLY
GETTING ANOINTED IN THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, BETTER
LATE THAN NEVER, BUT
WELL-DESERVED.
>> ♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪
♪ GET ON YOUR FEET ♪
>> ARE YOU DRUNK?
>> OH, MY GOD, DO WE HAVE THE
MOTHERFUCKING BEAT.
>> IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO INDUCT
INTO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME BELINDA CARLISLE,
JANE WIEDLIN, CHARLOTTE CAFFEY,
GINA SCHOCK, AND KATHY
VALENTINE.
EVERYONE GIVE IT UP FOR THE
GO-GO'S!
[SCREAMS]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ CAN'T SEEM TO GET MY MIND
OFF OF YOU ♪
♪ BACK HERE AT HOME THERE'S
NOTHIN' TO DO ♪
♪ NOW THAT I'M AWAY ♪
♪ I WISH I'D STAYED ♪
♪ TOMORROW'S A DAY OF MINE
THAT YOU WON'T BE IN ♪
♪ WHEN YOU LOOKED AT ME
I SHOULD'VE RUN ♪
♪ BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST
FOR FUN ♪
♪ I SEE I WAS WRONG ♪
♪ AND I'M NOT SO STRONG ♪
♪ I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ALL ALONG
THAT TIME WOULD TELL ♪
♪ ONE WEEK WITHOUT YOU ♪
♪ I THOUGHT I'D FORGET ♪
♪ TWO WEEKS WITHOUT YOU
AND I STILL HAVEN'T
GOTTEN OVER YOU YET ♪
♪ VACATION, ALL I EVER WANTED ♪
♪ VACATION, HAD TO GET AWAY ♪
♪ VACATION, MEANT TO BE SPENT
ALONE ♪
♪ VACATION, ALL I EVER WANTED ♪
♪ VACATION, HAD TO GET AWAY ♪
♪ VACATION, MEANT TO BE SPENT
ALONE ♪
♪ ♪
♪ CAN YOU HEAR THEM? ♪
♪ THEY TALK ABOUT US ♪
♪ TELLING LIES ♪
♪ WELL, THAT'S NO SURPRISE ♪
♪ CAN YOU SEE THEM? ♪
♪ SEE RIGHT THROUGH THEM ♪
♪ THEY HAVE NO SHIELD ♪
♪ NO SECRETS TO REVEAL ♪
♪ DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY SAY ♪
♪ IN THE JEALOUS GAMES
PEOPLE PLAY ♪
♪ HEY, HEY, HEY ♪
♪ OUR LIPS ARE SEALED ♪
♪ ♪
♪ HUSH, MY DARLING ♪
♪ DON'T YOU CRY ♪
♪ GUARDIAN ANGEL ♪
♪ FORGET THEIR LIES ♪
YEAH!
♪ CAN YOU HEAR THEM? ♪
♪ THEY TALK ABOUT US ♪
♪ TELLING LIES ♪
♪ WELL, THAT'S NO SURPRISE ♪
♪ CAN YOU SEE THEM? ♪
♪ SEE RIGHT THROUGH THEM ♪
♪ THEY HAVE NO SHIELD ♪
♪ NO SECRETS TO REVEAL ♪
♪ DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY SAY ♪
♪ IN THE JEALOUS GAMES
PEOPLE PLAY ♪
♪ HEY, HEY, HEY ♪
♪ OUR LIPS ARE SEALED ♪
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HERE IT COMES!
WHOO!
LET'S GO.
♪ ♪
♪ SEE THE PEOPLE WALKING DOWN
THE STREET ♪
♪ FALL IN LINE JUST WATCHING
ALL THEIR FEET ♪
♪ THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY
WANT TO GO ♪
♪ BUT THEY'RE WALKING IN TIME ♪
♪ THEY GOT THE BEAT ♪
♪ YEAH, THEY GOT THE BEAT ♪
COME ON!
♪ ♪
♪ ALL THE KIDS JUST GETTING OUT
OF SCHOOL ♪
♪ THEY CAN'T WAIT TO HANG OUT
AND BE COOL ♪
♪ HANG AROUND 'TIL QUARTER AFTER
TWELVE ♪
♪ THAT'S WHEN THEY FALL IN
LINE ♪
♪ THAT'S WHEN THEY FALL IN
LINE ♪
♪ THEY GOT THE BEAT ♪
♪ KIDS GOT THE BEAT ♪
♪ YEAH, KIDS GOT THE BEAT ♪
♪ ♪
♪ GO-GO MUSIC REALLY MAKES US
DANCE ♪
♪ DOING THE PONY PUTS US
IN A TRANCE ♪
♪ THE WATUSI, JUST GIVE US
A CHANCE ♪
♪ THAT'S WHEN WE FALL IN LINE ♪
♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪
♪ YEAH, WE GOT IT! ♪
♪ ♪
♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪
COME ON, I WANT TO HEAR YOU!
♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪
COME ON.
♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪
♪ EVERYBODY GET ON YOUR FEET ♪
♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪
♪ WE KNOW YOU CAN DANCE
TO THE BEAT ♪
♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪
♪ JUMP BACK, GET DOWN ♪
♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪
♪ ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND ♪
♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, DREW.
I'M KATHY VALENTINE, AND I CAN
SPEAK FOR ALL THE GO-GO'S WHEN I
SAY WE ARE SO HAPPY AND EXCITED
AND PROUD TO BE INDUCTED INTO
THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
OUR BAND HAS BEEN, AT DIFFERENT
TIMES, LIKE THE MOST RINKY-DINK
TRAVELING CIRCUS YOU COULD EVER
IMAGINE, LIKE A SNARLING WOLF
PACK, AND VERY MUCH LIKE FAMILY.
BUT WE ARE SISTERHOOD AND WOMEN
IS SIGNIFICANT.
WE BECAME A COMMERCIALLY
SUCCESSFUL BAND EXCEPT WE
STARTED AT THE BOTTOM, WHERE ALL
ROCK 'N' ROLL BANDS START, AND
OUR MUSIC FOUND ITS WAY INTO OUR
FANS' HEARTS AND INTO THEIR
LIVES.
BY HONORING OUR HISTORICAL
CONTRIBUTION, THE DOORS TO THIS
ESTABLISHMENT HAVE OPENED WIDER.
AND THE GO-GO'S WILL BE
ADVOCATING FOR THE INCLUSION OF
MORE WOMEN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BECAUSE HERE IS THE THING, THERE
WOULD NOT BE LESS OF US IF MORE
OF US WERE VISIBLE.
SO TO ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS, THE
TEENAGERS, THE YOUNG LADIES, ANY
WOMAN, ANY H OUT THERE IN THE
WORLD WHO IS WANTING AND HOPING
AND DREAMING TO BE HEARD,
HOPEFULLY LOUDLY COME OUT WITH
AND DRUMS AND BASES, AND YOUR
UNIQUE, WONDERFUL VOICES,
THE GO-GO'S ARE HERE TO SAY
DREAM, DREAM, BABY, AND ROCK ON!
>> HI, YOU GUYS, I'M GINA, AND
I --
YEAH, RIGHT!
FUCK YEAH!
I CAN'T BELIEVE.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR
FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY ALL OF OUR
MOMS AND DADS WHO SUPPORTED US
AND ALLOWED US TO FOLLOW OUR
DREAMS.
THEY WERE THERE FROM THE START.
OUR FAMILY OF MUSICIANS WHO ARE
OUT THERE, YOU ARE EVERYWHERE.
YOU ARE PART OF US.
WE ARE PART OF YOU.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE
OUR FABULOUS SINGER, BABE
CARLISLE.
>> WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH LOVE AND
GUIDANCE IN OUR 43 YEARS
TOGETHER, OUR FIRST MANAGER, WHO
WAS LIKE OUR MOM, BRADFORD COBB,
WHO WAS ALWAYS KIND, SWEET, AND
SMART, BRUCE PATRON, SOMEWHERE
UP THERE, WE LOVE YOU, AND ALSO
OUR MANAGER MIKE HAYES AND, OF
COURSE, OUR CHEERLEADER AND
MANAGER, ART CISNEROS.
THE NEXT PERSON IS CHARLOTTE
CAFFEY, GUITARIST
EXTRAORDINAIRE.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU.
WHEN WE WERE UP AND UNABLE TO
GET A RECORD DEAL, IRS RECORDS
TOOK A CHANCE ON US.
MILES COPELAND, YOU ARE A MAD
GENIUS.
OUR FIRST PRODUCER, RICHARD,
HEARD SOMETHING IN US THAT MANY
OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T.
AND OUR BELOVED CREW, CHRIS AND
TRAVIS, THANK YOU FOR TAKING
CARE OF US ON STAGE AND ON THE
ROAD.
LOVE AND THANKS TO YOU ALL.
AND NOW, AT LAST, BUT NOT LEAST,
THE ICONIC JANE WIEDLIN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HEY!
AW, GEE WHIZ.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR 43
YEARS SO FAR.
GO FIGURE!
ANYWAYS, IN THIS MILLENNIUM, I
DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS HAD MORE
OF AN IMPACT ON OUR BAND'S
CAREER LEGACY THEN THE DIRECTOR
ALLISON -- JESUS CHRIST --
ALISON OWEN, WHO CREATED OUR
DOCUMENTARY.
SHE REALLY UNDERSTOOD US AND
INTRODUCED THE WORLD TO A BAND,
YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY WAS MAYBE
FADING AWAY OR WHATEVER AND THEN
SHE BROUGHT IT OUT RIGHT BACK,
AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HER.
BUT THE PEOPLE WE ARE MOST
GRATEFUL TO EVOLVE ARE THE FANS
WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR OVER
FOUR DECADES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND THEY KEEP COMING BACK.
AND WE LOVE YOU GUYS WE WOULDN'T
BE ANYTHING WITHOUT YOU.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
HONOR.
IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
PRKEW, HEAD EXPLOSION.
>> MY NAME IS COMMON AND I'M
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE GRAPE,
INCOMPARABLE GIL SCOTT HAMMOND,
POET, AUTHOR, GIL SCOTT-HERON
REDEFINED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF C
WITH WORDS SO TRUE THEY
STUNG AND A SOUND SO POWERFUL
IT COULDN'T BE IGNORED.
SETTING HIS GRIPPING POETRY TO A
BEAT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF A
NATION, AND THAT SIMPLE ACT
WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME A
CORNERSTONE OF WHAT WE NOW KNOW
AS HIP-HOP.
IN 1970, HE ASKED, WHO WILL
SURVIVE IN AMERICA?
A QUESTION WE ASK WITH
INCREASING URGENCY DAILY 50
YEARS LATER.
I'M SO PROUD TO PAY HOMAGE TO
THE BRILLIANCE OF GIL
SCOTT-HERON.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING
HIM TONIGHT WITH HIS INDUCTION
INTO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME.
♪ ♪
>> ♪ A ♪
>> THIS IS AS CLOSE AS YOU GET
TO FREEDOM RIGHT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M LOCKED IN
OUR LOCKED OUT.
♪ ♪
♪ WHAT'S THE WORD ♪
>> DID ONE CALLED THE VULTURE,
THE FIRST THINGS THAT EVER
APPEARED IN PUBLIC THAT I WAS
RESPONSIBLE, FIRST CHANCERY
COURT CAME AFTER I DONE SOME
BOOKS.
>> HAD A POEM CALLED "WHITEY ON
THE MOON."
IT WAS INSPIRED BY SOME WHITEYS.
>> I CAN'T PAY NO DOCTOR BILLS
FOR WHITEYS ON THE MOM.
TEN YEARS FROM NOW I'LL BE
PAYING STILL FOR WHITEY ON THE
MOON.
>> THEY WERE STILL LISTENING TO
A POEM DELIVERED ORALLY AND WITH
THE RHYTHMS THAT MEAN SO MUCH TO
US.
>> ♪ SEEMS LIKE A WINTER IN
AMERICA ♪
>> GIL SCOTT-HERON WITH THAT
SOOTHING BARITONE, TELLING THE
POLITICAL TRUTH THAT AMERICA
DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR, SETTING THE
WORD TO THE DRUM, THE BEAT.
♪ ♪
♪ AND IT MIGHT NOT BE SUCH A
BAD IDEA IF I NEVER, NEVER WENT
HOME AGAIN ♪
>> THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MY
INSTRUCTORS, THE LANGSTON HUGHE
HUGHES, NOT ONLY KNEW THE ISSUES
AND THE IDEAS IN THE EMOTION
CONTENT OF WHERE THE COMMUNITY
WAS COMING FROM, BUT THEY
DISPLAYED IT IN A MANNER THAT
THE COMMUNITY WOULD DO IT.
>> WE'D LIKE TO DO A POEM CALLED
"THE TELEVISION WILL NOT BE
TELEVISED," PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT
WON'T BE.
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAY
HOME, BROTHER.
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLUG IN,
TURN ON, AND COP OUT.
HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LOSE
YOURSELF AND SKIP OUT DURING
COMMERCIALS BECAUSE THE
REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE
TELEVISED.
THE REVOLUTION WILL BE NO RERUN,
BROTHERS.
THE REVOLUTION WILL BE LIVE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THE GREATEST BAND IN ALL THE
WORLD, THE ROLLING STONES.
>> I AM CHARLIE WATTS, I AM THE
DRUMMER.
>> ON THE DRUM, CHARLIE WATTS.
>> HELLO.
>> CHARLIE, ONE OF THE GREATEST
DRUMMERS IN THE WORLD TO EVER
SAY.
>> I CAN'T READ.
I'M NOT A MUSICIAN OF THE
CALIBER.
JUST AN INFERIOR ARTICLE.
MAYBE I'M GREAT AFTER ALL.
>> I LOVE PLAYING THE DRUMS.
I LOVE PLAYING WITH THE
ROLLING STONES.
>> HOW LONG DO YOU WANT TO DO
IT?
>> DO WHAT, BE ON THE ROAD?
>> BE IN THE ROLLING STONES.
♪ ♪
♪ THERE IS A HOMELESS IN
NEW ORLEANS ♪
♪ THEY CALL THE RISING SUN ♪
♪ AND ITS BEEN THE RUIN OF MANY
A POOR BOY ♪
♪ AND I KNOW I'VE WON ♪
♪ WITHOUT YOU, BABE, WITHOUT
YOU, BABE ♪
♪ WITHOUT YOU, BABE, WITHOUT
YOU, BABE ♪
♪ I WAS STANDING WHEN I HEARD MY
BULLDOG BARK ♪
♪ HE WAS THE PARKING AT THE TWO
MEN WHO WERE GAMBLING IN THE
DARK ♪
♪ ♪
OPEN YOU'VE GOT WHAT I NEED, BUT
YOU SAY HE IS A FRIEND ♪
♪ OH, BABY, YOU'VE GOT WHAT I
NEED ♪
♪ BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A
FRIEND ♪
♪ BUT YOU SAY HE IS A FRIEND ♪
♪ OH, NO ♪
♪ MISSISSIPPI QUEEN ♪
♪ YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ♪
♪ LEFT CHICAGO ♪
♪ ON A FLIGHT FOR NEW ORLEANS ♪
♪ LEFT CHICAGO ♪
♪ AND IS BOUND FOR NEW ORLEANS ♪
♪ HEY ♪
♪ DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU
CRYING ♪
♪ TONIGHT'S THE TIME FOR ALL
YOUR TEARS ♪
♪ YOUR HEART MAY BE BROKEN
TONIGHT ♪
♪ BUT TOMORROW IN THE MORNING
LIGHT ♪
♪ DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU
CRYING ♪
A COUPLE OF GREAT GUYS WHO ARE
GREAT TALENTS AND YOU'RE GOING .
THE EVERLY BROTHERS, BILL AND
DON.
>> ♪ BYE-BYE, LOVE, BYE-BYE,
SWEET GRASS ♪
>> WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES?
>> BILL AND I, WE WERE SOMETHING
ELSE, A WHOLE NEW BREED OF
PEOPLE, I SING HARMONY FIRST,
THEN HE GOT OLDER AND TOOK OVER
THE HARMONY, NATURAL HARMONY
SINGER, AND IT JUST CLICKED.
♪ ♪
>> THE EVERLYS WERE VERY
SPECIAL.
I THINK IT'S WHERE THE BEATLES
GOT THEIR TWO PEOPLE IN HARMONY
THING, JOHN AND I WERE THE
EVERLY'S. ♪
.>> ♪ WAKE UP, LITTLE SUSIE,
WAKE UP, LITTLE SUSIE ♪
>> ROCK 'N' ROLL HAS BEEN GOOD
TO US, I HOPE IT IS GOOD TO YOU.
♪ ♪
>> HERE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE
EVERLY BROTHERS, BRANDI CARLILE.
>> ♪ DREAM, DREAM, DREAM,
DREAM ♪
♪ DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM ♪
♪ WHEN I WANT YOU IN MY ARMS ♪
♪ WHEN I WANT YOU
AND ALL YOUR CHARMS ♪
♪ WHENEVER I WANT YOU,
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS ♪
♪ DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM ♪
♪ WHEN I FEEL BLUE
IN THE NIGHT ♪
♪ WHEN I NEED YOU
TO HOLD ME TIGHT ♪
♪ WHENEVER I WANT YOU,
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS ♪
♪ DREAM ♪
♪ I CAN MAKE YOU MINE,
TASTE YOUR LIPS OF WINE ♪
♪ ANYTIME NIGHT OR DAY ♪
♪ THE ONLY TROUBLE IS,
GEE WHIZ ♪
♪ I'M DREAMIN' MY LIFE AWAY ♪
♪ I NEED YOU
♪ I NEED YOU SO
THAT I COULD DIE ♪
♪ I LOVE YOU SO
AND THAT IS WHY ♪
♪ WHENEVER I WANT YOU,
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS ♪
♪ DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM ♪
♪ DREAM ♪
♪ I CAN MAKE YOU MINE,
TASTE YOUR LIPS OF WINE ♪
♪ ANYTIME NIGHT OR DAY ♪
♪ THE ONLY TROUBLE IS,
GEE WHIZ ♪
♪ I'M DREAMIN' MY LIFE AWAY ♪
♪ I NEED YOU SO
THAT I COULD DIE ♪
♪ I LOVE YOU SO
AND THAT IS WHY ♪
♪ WHENEVER I WANT YOU,
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS ♪
♪ DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM ♪
♪ DREAM ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO MY FRIEND
J.C. ON THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.
I'VE ALWAYS HAD THE TWO OF US
HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAT MEETS
THE EYE.
NOBODY WHO MET EITHER OF US AS
YOUNGER MEN WOULD HAVE EXPECTED
US TO BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WE BOTH FEEL RESPONSIBLE BILL
NUMB NECK RESPONSIBILITY TO
CREATE LETTERS FOR THOSE COMING
UP BEHIND US.
LET'S FACE IT, WE ALSO BOTH HAVE
WIVES WHO ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
POPULAR THAN WE ARE.
IN PART BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ON
SIMILAR JOURNEYS.
I'VE TURNED TO JAY-Z'S WORDS AT
DIFFERENT POINTS IN MY LIFE,
WHETHER I WAS BRUSHING DIRT OFF
MY SHOULDER ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL OR SAMPLING HIS LYRICS ON
THE BRIDGE ON THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE SELMA MARCH
TO MONTGOMERY.
TODAY, JAY-Z IS ONE OF THE MOST
RENOWNED ARTISTS IN HISTORY AND
AN EMBODIMENT OF THE AMERICAN
DREAM.
A DREAM HE HAS HELPED MAKE REAL
FOR OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE HIM.
SO THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE FIRST
TO WELCOME THE KID FROM -- TO
THE HOS, HALL OF FAME.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO ONE OF THE
MOST REMARKABLE CAREERS IN
HISTORY OF MUSIC.
A CAREER WHOSE STORY IS STILL
BEING WRITTEN.
CONGRATULATIONS, JAY.
♪ ♪
>> IN MY LIFETIME, MORE THAN A
MILLION RHYMES, NO JOKING.
>> HEY, JAY, CAN I IT OPEN?
>> BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT,
THE INDUSTRY MADE ME.
WHAT'S CRAZY IS, I'M STILL
SPENDING MONEY FROM '88.
>> CAN I LIVE AND SURPRISE THE
GAME?
THINK HARDER.
>> YOU KNOW THIS, BROTHER.
>> JAY-Z.
>> SHAWN CARTER.
>> FRIENDS OR FOES CAN GET IT
QUICK.
>> I SUGGEST YOU ALL ROLL WITH
THE CLICK, WHERE YOU AT?
>> IT'S ALL RIGHT, JUST USE YOUR
WITS.
>> TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A 4.0 AND -- >> YOUNG
HOV.
>> I'M A HUSTLER, BABY.
>> I CAN SELL WATER TO A WHEEL.
>> THE TRUTH IN EVERY WORLD
WORD.
>> IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE BUT
IT'S ALL RIGHT, YOU HEARD?
>> HERE TO TRACK AND TAKE
FLIGHT.
>> ON THE BUSINESS, MAN.
WHO HE WHO WRITES CHECKS WITH A
HAND THAT DON'T WRITE.
>> I'M RELOADING.
>> TOO MANY CLASSICS.
>> IT'S THE ROC, AND WE WRITING
THIS RAP SHIT.
>> JACKSON, TYSON, JORDAN, IN
GAME SIX.
>> IN THE ZONE LIKE TO HAVE BEEN
THREE, MADE IT LOOK TOO EASY.
>> CAN'T LEAVE RAP ALONE, THE
GAME NEEDS ME.
>> FROM THE OTHER SIDE WITH
OTHER GUYS.
>> ARGUE ABOUT WHO IS THE BEST
MC.
>> BIGGIE.
>> JAY-Z.
>> AND NAS.
>> IT'S COOL, DEAD PRESIDENTS TO
REPRESENT ME.
>> AT THE BREAK IS OVER.
>> SO YOU CAN GET BACK.
>> DIRT OFF YOUR SHOULDER.
>> BECAUSE IF I HIT YOU, I'M
BRINGING THIS.
>> IF YOU GET ME, AND THEY MISS,
WHAT'S UP BROTHER TO DO, DAMN,
IT GETS TEDIOUS.
>> SO I KEEP ONE EYE OPEN LIKE
CBS.
>> I'M FOCUSED, MAN.
>> THE HUSTLER'S POSTER CHILD.
>> ALSO HOW TO DO THIS, SOME.
>> SEE WHAT WAS WHAT.
>> AND WHO WAS PUT.
>> DOWN TO 22 TWOS.
>> NOBODY WINS WHEN THE FAMILY
FEUDS.
>> MY MOTTO IS SIMPLE.
I WILL NOT LOSE.
>> ALLOW ME REINTRODUCE MYSELF.
MY NAME IS HOV, H TO THE OV.
>> WHEN I SHOOT, MEET YOUR
DESTINY.
>> I'M FROM A PLACE FOR THE NEWS
CAMERAS NEVER COME.
>> WHERE YOU CAN HAVE 99
PROBLEMS, BUT A BITCH AND ONE.
>> YEAH, I'M OUT THAT, BROOKLYN.
>> ALWAYS SEEN IT WRAPPING,
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KNOCK THE
HUSTLE.
>> ALL WE ASK IS TRUST.
>> THAT'S WHY I OVERCHARGE THEM
FOR WHAT THEY DID TO THE COLD
CRUSH.
>> BECAUSE WHAT IS BETTER THAN
ONE BLACK BILLIONAIRE?
>> TWO.
>> THEY SAID I COULDN'T DO IT
AGAIN SO I DID IT AGAIN.
>> REWRITE HISTORY WITH NO MAN.
>> JIGGA, MAN, WE DID IT, MAN.
>> UP MY GAME HAS GROWN.
PREFER YOU CALL ME WILLIAM.
>> AND IF YOU CAN'T RESPECT
THAT, THEN YOUR WHOLE
PERSPECTIVE IS WHACK.
MAYBE YOU LOVE ME WHEN I FADE TO
BLACK.
>> YOU'RE WITNESSING THE
BLUEPRINT OF HOW TO PITCH WITH
NO MOM.
>> SO GATHER ROUND, HUSTLERS,
BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN.
>> YOU PAID THE RIGHT PRICE, SO
WE JUST MADE YOUR HITS TIGHTER.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
>> TO INDUCT JAY-Z, DAVE
CHAPPELLE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> O.H.
I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE.
I'M JUST FUCKING WITH YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHS]
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO
INDUCT THIS NEXT MAN INTO THE
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
BUT I NEED EVERYBODY IN ROCK 'N'
ROLL KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE
ARE HONORING HIM, HE IS OURS.
HE IS HIP-HOP.
FOREVER AND EVER AND A DAY.
I COULD SIT UP HERE TONIGHT,
I COULD TALK ABOUT HIS ACUMEN
AS A BUSINESSMAN.
I COULD TALK ABOUT HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN MUSIC.
BUT I THINK WHAT'S MOST
IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE IN THIS
ROOM TO KNOW IS WHAT IT MEANS
TO US, WHAT HE MEANS TO HIS
CULTURE.
BEING BLACK IN AMERICA IS NOT AS
EASY AS IT LOOKS.
IT'S ALWAYS...
DON'T DO THIS OR ELSE.
DON'T SAY THIS OR ELSE.
LIKE SEAN CARTER SAID ABOUT
HIMSELF, "I'M SO BRAZEN, I'M SO
BRAZEN, I'M 'RAISIN IN THE SUN,'
SIR."
WE DO IT ANYWAY.
WHENEVER WE HAVE TO.
WE DON'T HAVE A COMPLICATED
EMOTIONAL VOCABULARY.
WE HAVE TO MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK
EASY.
AND THIS MAN IS A DIAMOND THAT
WAS BORN OF PRESSURE.
TO COIN A PHRASE THAT FELLOW
HALL OF FAMER MADE, TUPAC SHAKUR
CALLED IT A ROSE THAT ROSE FROM
THE CONCRETE.
THAT TO US IS WHAT HIP-HOP IS.
YOU HEARD OUR STORIES COME BACK
TO US.
OUR STRESSES AND OUR STRENGTHS.
AND THE WHOLE TIME THAT HE SAID
IT, MY GOD, JAY, YOU LOOKED SO
COOL.
YOU LOOK SO CALM, SO COLLECTED.
"IF I SHOOT YOU, I'M BRAINLESS.
BUT IF YOU SHOOT ME, YOU FAMOUS,
WHAT A NIGGA TO DO."
MY GOD, MAN.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH.
IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY THEY CALL
HIM "ONE-TAKE HOV."
HE SAID IT ABOUT HIMSELF, BUT
YOU DON'T KNOW WHY HE SAID IT.
'CAUSE WHEN HE WAS HUSTLING,
'CAUSE HE USED TO SELL CRACK.
OH, DON'T GET IT TWISTED.
AMERICAN PIE IS NOT MADE OUT OF
APPLES.
IT'S MADE OUT OF WHATEVER YOU
GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS ON.
HE USED TO SELL CRACK.
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WRITE
HIS RHYMES ON AND HE WOULD SIT
THERE AND HE WOULD JUST WRITE
DOWN WHATEVER.
HE WOULD MEMORIZE ALL THESE
THOUGHTS THAT CAME TO HIS MIND,
AN AVALANCHE OF IDEAS.
AND HE WOULD JUST BE CATCHIN'
RAINWATER.
AND WHEN HE GOT IN THE STUDIO,
LIKE GOD, HE WOULD DO THE VERSE.
HE WOULD LET IT BE.
AND IT WOULD BE.
AND THE STREETS ADMIRED HIM FOR
THIS.
THE STREETS LOVED HIM FOR THIS
FOR THIS FOR THIS, BECAUSE HE
RHYMED A RECIPE FOR SURVIVAL.
THE WAY A WHITE PERSON MIGHT
HEAR HIS MUSIC IS NOT THE SAME
THE WAY SOMEONE FROM MARCY
WOULD.
WHEN HE SAID, "THIS IS JAY IS
EVERY DAY."
HE TOLD US HE'D NEVER CHANGE.
YOU HEARD THIS.
PROBABLY SAYS THE WHITE PERSON,
"WELL, MAYBE THIS GUY SHOULD
FOCUS ON THIS DEVELOPMENT."
BUT WHAT WE HEARD IS THAT HE'LL
NEVER FORGET US.
HE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER US.
THAT WE ARE HIS POINT OF
REFERENCE, THAT HE IS GOING TO
SHOW US HOW FAR WE CAN GO IF WE
JUST GET HOLD OF THE
OPPORTUNITY.
FOR THIS, WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE
HIM, WE ALWAYS TREASURE HIM.
AND AS IMPORTANT AS THIS WAR IS
FOR SOME, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND
THAT HE HAS HIS PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
AND WE LOVE HIM MORE THAN YOU
COULD EVER RECOGNIZE OR EVEN
REALIZE BECAUSE HE EMBODIES THE
POTENTIAL OF WHAT OUR LIVES CAN
BE AND WHAT SUCCESS CAN BE.
THERE'S SO MUCH POETRY IF YOU'VE
GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM.
JUST THE WAY HE SPEAKS.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME.
THE ROOTS WAS HAVING A JAM
SESSION IN L.A.
HELLO, AMIR.
AND BACKSTAGE, I SAW JAY-Z AND A
PHOTOGRAPHER CAME UP AND SAID,
"GUYS, CAN WE GET A PICTURE?"
IT WAS HIM AND HIS WIFE,
BEYONCE.
AND RIAL --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, RELAX.
WOULD YOU?
AND WE ALL GROUPED TOGETHER FOR
A PICTURE, ME, JAY AND BEYONCE,
AND I STOOD BETWEEN THEM AND I
PUT MY ARMS AROUND THEM AND JAY
GRABBED ME AND MOVED ME TO THE
SIDE AND GRABBED HIS WIFE BY THE
HAND AND SAID, "THE ROSE BETWEEN
THE THORNS."
AND AS THEY'RE TAKING THE
PICTURE JAY SAYS TO ME,
"YOU MUST HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE
ON YOU TO SAY FUNNY SHIT ALL THE
TIME."
AND I LOOK AT JAY AND SAY TO
HIM, "WELL, YOU MUST HAVE A LOT
OF PRESSURE ON YOU TO SAY COOL
SHIT ALL THE TIME."
[LAUGHS]
AND JAY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,
"IT AIN'T NO PRESSURE.
I JUST DO IT."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I LOOKED AT JAY AND SAID,
"MY GOD, MAN, YOU JUST DID IT
AGAIN."
HOVA, MY FRIEND.
I'M A FAN.
I'M HONORED THAT I GOT A CHANCE
TO KNOW YOU.
YOU EMBODY BLACK EXCELLENCE,
HOW GREAT WE CAN BE.
AND I AM HONORED TO BE THE NIGGA
THAT GETS TO SAY, "MY NIGGA,
WELCOME TO THE ROCK AND ROLL
HALL OF FAME."
>> U.S. THREE YEARS YEARS IN
HIP-HOP, YOU FANTASTIC.
YOU LAST FIVE YEARS, IT'S LIKE,
WHILE MATT, THAT'S AMAZING.
BUT IF YOU WOULD LAST THROUGH A
DECADE AND BEYOND, IT'S ALMOST
UNHEARD OF.
>> NOW TUNE INTO THE
MOTHERFUCKING GREATEST.
>> WHEN YOU SAY TOP FIVE, TOP
THREE, JAY IS AT THE TOP OF MOST
PEOPLE'S LISTS.
>> CHARISMA, STORYTELLING,
WORDPLAY, THE ABILITY TO MAKE
YOU THINK.
YOU TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS AND
EXECUTE IT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
THAT'S JAY.
>> MAKE SOME NOISE OUT THERE!
>> WHAT MAKES A RAPPER GREAT IS
HOW CLOSE HE CAN BRING YOU TO
HIS EXPERIENCE, LIKE YOU JUST
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND YOU ARE JUST
RIGHT THERE.
>> LET ME TAKE Y'ALL BACK TO THE
BEGINNING.
>> I'M A KID FROM MARCY PROJECTS
IN BROOKLYN.
ONLY WAY I WAS GOING TO ACHIEVE
THESE THINGS WAS THROUGH ILLEGAL
ACTIVITY.
THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY OUT.
LUCKILY FOR ME, I HAD A
GOD-GIVEN TALENT.
>> PRACTICE, PRACTICE, NEVER
REENACT THIS, THE THE SIMPLE
FACT IS, I'M REAL GOOD AT THIS.
>> SPEAKING ABOUT EMOTIONS AND
FEELINGS, THAT'S HOW I STARTED
WRITING MUSIC.
>> ♪ YOU ALL KNOW ME ♪
>> RAP, I USED TO DO IT AS A
HOBBY, BUT MY MAN INTRODUCED ME
TO THE WHOLE BUSINESS.
>> WHEN WE GOT A DEAL IT WAS
LIKE, WHAT, WE CAN GET PAID FOR
THIS?
>> ADD TO THAT FORK IN THE ROAD,
BE AN ENTERTAINER OR STATE IN
THE STREET.
ONCE I TOOK THAT RIGHT TURN TO
BE AN ENTERTAINER, I NEVER
LOOKED BACK.
♪ ♪
>> ENOUGH BAIL MONEY TO FREE,
THAT, I WANTED TO BE THAT.
>> IT IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE
GREATEST DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE
HUSTLING LIFE THAT ANY HUMAN
BEING HAS EVER CREATED.
>> I'M NOT REALLY WITH THAT MANY
STREETS RIGHT NOW, WE WENT AND
MADE OUR OWN COMPANY,
ROCKEFELLER RECORD.
WE DON'T DEPEND ON THE INDUSTRY
FOR NOTHING.
YOU DON'T PLAY MY STUFF ON THE
RADIO, IT'S GOING TO BE HEARD.
>> ♪ IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE FOR
US ♪
♪ IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE FOR
US."
>> THAT IS TOUGH FOR SOMEONE TO
SAY YOU ARE WRONG.
AND I'M GOING TO PROVE THEM
WRONG.
♪ ♪
>> I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE.
WHEN HE DROPPED THAT RECORD,
THAT'S WHEN THE WORLD HAD TO
RECOGNIZE WHO HE WAS AND WHAT IT
WAS ABOUT.
>> I KNEW THEN THAT EVERYTHING
HAD CHANGED IN THAT MOMENT.
♪ ♪
>> MISE SINGLES ARE MORE GEARED
TOWARD HAVING FUN, DANCING,
THOSE ARE RECORDS THAT PEOPLE
ENJOY LISTENING TO WHILE THEY IN
THE NIGHTCLUB.
♪ ♪
>> I MOST DEFINITELY HEAR SONGS
AS A WOMAN AND BE LIKE, OH, YOU,
BUT I LOVE "BIG PIMPIN'," WHEN
THAT COMES ON, I'M JUST LIKE, O
OH.
♪ ♪
>> SEE YOU START HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP, "BIG PIMPIN'"
WOULD BECOME SOUNDCLOUD.
YOU SEE THE GROWTH.
♪ ♪
>> "DON'T CRY," THAT'S A SPECIAL
SONG.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S MAN WITH NO
EMOTIONS USING MUSIC AS A WAY TO
VENT.
♪ I SEE HER WALKING DOWN THE
AISLE MOMENT BUT I'VE GOT TO LET
THE SONG CRY ♪
♪
>> TELL ME, YOU JUST SAVED MY
RELATIONSHIP.
♪ ♪
♪ H-O-V-A ♪
♪ THAT'S THE END THEM, GET YOUR
HANDS UP ♪
>> SHOW I COULD MATURE, I WAS A
PRODUCT OF MY ENVIRONMENT, BUT
AS I GREW AND IT GOT TO SEE
OTHER THINGS, MY SOPHISTICATION
LEVEL, IT ROSE.
♪ ♪
>> YOU KNOW, WHAT JAY DOES WITH
THE MULTIPLICITY OF CADENCES
HE'S ABLE TO PUT FOURTH, IT'S
LIKE A JAZZ MUSICIAN.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE LINES
PEOPLE PUT UP FOR MUSIC.
I'M REALLY A STUDENT OF MUSIC,
AND EVERY CHANCE THAT I GET, I
TRY TO CROSS GENRES.
♪ ♪
I AM AN ARTIST.
IT'S MY MUSIC.
I CAN DO WHAT I WANT WITH IT.
♪ ♪
THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT
HIP-HOP, WHEN YOU'RE IN A
POSITION TO STRETCH THE GENRE,
YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
>> HE ACTUALLY BRINGS ANOTHER
SET OUT OF THE PRODUCERS.
HE WASN'T AFRAID TO TRY NEW
SOUNDS.
♪ ♪
>> IN HIP-HOP, WE USE OUR VOICE
AS OUR MAIN INSTRUMENT.
YOU FOUND A PLACE IN THAT TRACK
TO TOKEN, AND YOU JUST DON'T
DISTURB THE GROUP WHERE IT'S
JUST SMOOTH AND IT JUST FLOWS.
>> 94 AND THE TRUNK IS WRONG, IN
MY REARVIEW MIRROR IS THE
MOTHERFUCKING LAW, GOT TWO
CHALLENGES, PUT THE PEDAL TO THE
FLOOR.
PLUS I GOT A FEW DOLLARS.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER
DOUBT IT, LIKE CLIMBING A
MOUNTAIN AND YOU SEE ANOTHER
MOUNTAIN AND YOU GO TO THE NEXT
ONE AND THE NEXT ONE.
>> ♪ 99 PROBLEMS BUT IT'S BEEN
241."
>THAT TYPE OF RUN IS LIKE ALIEN
STATUS.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE A JEDI.
>> ♪ ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE
MYSELF ♪
♪ MY NAME IS H TO THE O-V A ♪
>> YOU KNOW, JAY ALWAYS SHOWED A
SPEAKS OF HIS PERSONAL STORY,
BUT I THINK WITH "4:44," THIS IS
WHERE YOU SEEM COMPLETELY
VULNERABLE.
HE TOOK THE CAPE OF.
>> IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME 20
YEARS AGO THAT MY LIFE WOULD BE
LIKE THIS, I'M NOT SURE I WOULD
HAVE BELIEVED YOU.
>> THEY ARE NOT GOING TO STOP US
EVER!
♪ ♪
>> AS YOU GREW, WE GREW.
EACH STEP YOU TAKE, THE STREETS
TAKE IT WITH YOU.
YOU'VE GOT NOTHING BUT LOVE OUT
HERE.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT,
BRO.
♪ ♪
>> HISTORY IT SHALL RECORD YOUR
GREATNESS.
>> YOU'LL LEAVE YOUR NAME HERE,
LONG AFTER YOU ARE GONE, THEY
ARE LOOKING AT YOUR NAME, THIS
GUY STOOD FOR THAT, HE MEANT
THAT TO US AND HE DID THIS TO
US.
I WOULD LOVE TO AFFECT CULTURE
IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU WILL
REMEMBER IT LIKE THAT.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> IT IS MY HONOR TO WELCOME TO
THE ROCK ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME JAY-Z.
♪ ♪
>> WOW, WOW.
TRYING TO MAKE ME CRY IN FRONT
OF ALL OF THESE WHITE PEOPLE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE LOVE YOU!
>> I FEEL SO HONORED TO BE
CELEBRATED IN SUCH A WAY.
THANK YOU, ROCK & ROLL HALL
OF FAME, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE
HONOR.
AND YOU KNOW, GROWING UP,
WE DIDN'T THINK WE COULD BE
INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME.
WE WERE TOLD THAT HIP-HOP
WAS A FAD.
MUCH LIKE PUNK ROCK, IT GAVE US
THIS ANTICULTURE, THIS SUBGENRE,
AND THERE WERE HEROES IN IT.
WHEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WAS
GOING TO SAY TONIGHT, THESE
HEROES JUST KEPT COMING TO MY
MIND, RAKIM AND BIG DADDY KANE
AND KRS-ONE AND CHUCK D, AND,
OF COURSE, A FELLOW INDUCTEE,
LL COOL J.
I WATCH THESE GUYS, AND THEY
HAVE BIG CHAINS AND LEATHER
AND SOMETIMES EVEN THE RED,
BLACK, GREEN MEDALLIONS, AND
WHATEVER THEY WORE, EVERYBODY
WOULD WEAR THE NEXT DAY.
I WAS LIKE, "THAT'S WHAT I WANT
TO DO.
I WANT TO BE LIKE THOSE GUYS."
AND SO I SET OUT ON MY JOURNEY.
I WAS WRITING AT MY TABLE.
SHOUT OUT TO DR. GLORIA CARTER
IN THE HOUSE, SHE BOUGHT ME A
GREEN NOTEBOOK.
MY SISTER, ANNIE, RIGHT THERE,
SHE TOLD ME TO SAY THAT SHE
WROTE MY FIRST RAP, BUT I
ACTUALLY WROTE HER FIRST RAP.
[LAUGHTER]
WE NAMED IT "SUGARLOAF."
SHE HAS A REALLY NICE HAT ON
TONIGHT AND I WANT EVERYONE
TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER HAT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NOW BACK TO ROCK 'N' ROLL.
AND I WOULD SIT AT THE TABLE AND
WRITE ALL THESE RAPS AND THEN I
WOULD GO OUT IN THE STREET AND I
WOULD TRY THESE RAPS OUT, HAVE
LITTLE BATTLES IN THE STREET AND
I WOULD GO TO TY TY AND BE LIKE,
"YO, I'M THE BEST, I'M TELLING
YOU.
I'M THE GREATEST.
WELL, ONE OF THE GREATEST,
I DON'T WANT NO PROBLEMS.
ONE OF THE GREATEST, ONE OF THE
GREATEST."
AND I'D GO TO TY TY AND SAY,
"YO, I'M THE GREATEST."
AND TY TY WOULD BE LIKE, "YEAH,
YOU ARE THE GREATEST."
I LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THOSE
RAPS AND IT WAS LIKE...
IT WAS TRASH.
BUT SOMEHOW WE KNEW.
AND THEN I WENT AND RECORDED A
DEMO WITH -- SHOUTOUT TO
CLARK KENT, BROOKLYN DJ,
LEGENDARY CLARK KENT -- AND I
RECORDED A DEMO AND I WENT TO
EVERY SINGLE RECORD COMPANY.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY,
RIGHT?
"THAT SHIT IS TRASH."
BUT THE AUDACITY OF HIP-HOP,
WE DIDN'T BELIEVE THEM.
I FOR NOT ONE SECOND
GOT DEPRESSED.
FOR ONE SECOND, I DIDN'T CHANGE
MY COURSE.
IT WAS LIKE, "WE'RE GOING TO
CREATE OUR OWN COMPANY."
YOU KNOW?
THAT'S HIP-HOP.
SO WE MADE AN ALBUM.
AND WE CAME OUT AND WE SOLD
ABOUT -- NO COPIES, BUT WE
THOUGHT WE MADE THE GREATEST
THING OF ALL TIME.
I ACTUALLY REMEMBER AT A SOUL
TRAIN PARTY, I RUN INTO LL --
YOU KNOW LL SAYS "BANANAS"
A LOT.
HE SAID, "YO, ‘CAN I LIVE,'
THAT'S JUST BANANAS, B."
I WAS LIKE, "WOW.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY HEROES
IS LIKE REPEATING THIS THING
BACK."
SO I KNEW I WAS
ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
AND THEN WE DROPPED THE SECOND
ALBUM.
OOPS.
I GOT TOO AMBITIOUS AND I WAS
DOING SOME THINGS THAT I
SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DOING.
AND AGAIN, THOSE HEROES HELPED
ME AGAIN.
I THOUGHT BACK TO, YOU KNOW,
WHAT MADE THEM SO GREAT.
AND WHAT MADE THEM GREAT IS THEY
WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT AUTHENTIC
TO WHO THEY WERE.
LL, HE OPENED UP THE DOORS FOR
US TO BE VULNERABLE.
♪ WHEN I'M ALONE IN MY ROOM ♪ ♪
HE GAVE US
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
AND THEN KRS-ONE, HE WAS A
TEACHER.
AND AT THE TIME, IT WASN'T EVEN
COOL TO BE SMART.
LIKE, IF YOU HAD A BOOK, THEY'D
BE LIKE, "LOOK AT THIS NIGGA
WITH A BOOK!"
HE MADE IT COOL FOR US TO HAVE
BOOKS AND BE SMART.
RAKIM GAVE US KNOWLEDGE
ITSELF.
HE HAD A BIG VAST VOCABULARY
AND NEVER CURSED.
SO I WAS LIKE, "HOW IS HE SAYING
ALL THIS RAD SHIT WITHOUT
CURSING?"
AND CHUCK D, HE GAVE US SOCIAL
COMMENTARY.
AND THAT SHIT WAS SLAPPED.
ALL THE SONGS WERE AMAZING.
LIKE SLAPPERS.
AND BIG DADDY KANE, HE WAS JUST
LIKE A BLACK EXPLOITATION FILM
WALKING.
IT WAS LIKE THE BLACKEST PERSON
OF ALL TIME.
SO I WAS LIKE, "OH, I GOT IT.
I GOT TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT
AUTHENTICALLY MYSELF."
THAT SET THE COURSE OF WHAT I
WOULD DO FOR THE REST OF MY
CAREER.
THEN THE NEXT ALBUM CAME, '99,
2000, 2001, BEAUTIFUL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND THEN I GOT A PHONE CALL.
IT WAS LIKE, HELLO KRISTA MIKE
JAY, IT'S YOUR MAMA.
I'VE GOT TO WORK MY MAMA ACCENT.
AND HE CALLED ME -- OBAMA ACCEN
ACCENT.
AND HE CALLED ME AND HE SAID,
"YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
WE'RE DOWN TWO.
I NEED YOU TO ASSIST ME, GIVE ME
THE BALL, I'M MICHAEL JORDAN AND
I'LL GET THIS DONE.
I NEED YOU TO GO TO MIAMI,
PHILLY, ATLANTA, AND OHIO.
AND I THOUGHT LIKE, "MAN,
HIP-HOP WAS REALLY AN AGENT FOR
CHANGE AND HOW AMAZING IS ITS
REACH THAT THIS MAN IS CALLING
ME TO HELP OUT WITH A
I'M LYING.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT.
I THOUGHT
I THOUGHT, "NIGGA,
I'M MICHAEL JORDAN."
THAT'S WHAT I REALLY THOUGHT.
BUT I MET HIM IN OHIO
AND WE WON.
WE GOT IT DONE HERE IN OHIO.
THAT JUST SHOWS ME THE POWER OF
HIP-HOP, THE POWER OF THESE
HEROES WHO LET ME KNOW THAT
THESE THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
WE ARE GOING TO ENJOY TONIGHT.
I APPRECIATE THIS HONOR.
SORRY FOR THIS LONG-ASS SPEECH.
BUT I HAD TO GET IT ALL.
WE DID IT, BROOKLYN!
♪ ♪
>> TO INDUCT FOO FIGHTERS, PAUL
McCARTNEY.
>> HELLO, HELLO, HELLO.
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
YEAH.
WOW.
HOW COOL IS THIS SHOW?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.
SO ME, A TEENAGE KID, IN
LIVERPOOL,
JUST AN ORDINARY KID
GOING TO SCHOOL LIKE EVERYBODY
ELSE, AND THEN ONE DAY, I HEARD
SOME MUSIC, AND I FELL INTO
ROCK 'N' ROLL.
SUDDENLY, THE WORLD CHANGED,
AND I JUST FELL, LIKE, THROUGH
A HOLE IN TIME.
AND SUDDENLY, I WAS IN
ROCK 'N' ROLL.
BY THE SAME TIME IN HIS LIFE,
DAVE DID THE SAME KIND OF THING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HE'S IN ROCK 'N' ROLL AND IT'S
GONNA BE HIS LIFE.
IT'S GONNA TAKE OVER EVERYTHING.
IT'S SO MAGICAL.
EVERYONE WHO KNOWS, EVERYONE
WHO'S CONNECTED WITH IT,
EVERYONE WHO LOVES
ROCK 'N' ROLL.
IT REALLY IS A MAGICAL THING
THAT CONTAINS SO MANY ELEMENTS,
LIKE ALL OF THE PEOPLE
WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
SO WHEN THAT HAPPENED, AND I
FELL INTO ROCK 'N' ROLL, I
JOINED A GROUP.
MY GROUP WAS THE BEATLES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
DAVE DID A SIMILAR KIND OF
THING.
HE JOINED A GROUP, NIRVANA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH OUR
GROUPS, BUT THEN EVENTUALLY
TRAGEDY HAPPENED AND MY GROUP
BROKE UP.
SAME HAPPENED WITH DAVE.
HIS GROUP BROKE UP UNDER TRAGIC
CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO THEN THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO
YOU DO NOW?
IN MY CASE, I SAID, "WELL, I'LL
MAKE AN ALBUM WHERE I PLAY ALL
THE INSTRUMENTS MYSELF."
DAVE'S GROUP BROKE UP,
WHAT'S HE DO?
HE MAKES AN ALBUM WHERE HE PLAYS
ALL THE INSTRUMENTS HIMSELF.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
DO YOU THINK THIS GUY'S
STALKING ME?
ANYWAY, ME, I'M GONNA NAME
MY NEW GROUP, AND I CALL THEM
WINGS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YEAH.
DAVE'S GOT THE SAME PROBLEM,
AND HE'S GOT TO THINK OF A NAME
FOR THE GROUP, SO HE COMES UP
WITH "FOO FIGHTERS."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I WAS JUST SAYING TO THEM IN THE
DRESSING ROOM,
"GUYS, THIS IS IT.
YOU'RE HERE IN CLEVELAND,
AND TONIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA BE
INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME."
I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST ANY HALL
OF FAME.
IT'S THE FUCKING ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
COME ON.
THIS BAND IS ONE OF THE GREATEST
ROCK 'N' ROLL BANDS IN THE
WORLD.
OKAY, LET'S ROCK AND ROLL THE
FILM.
>> THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO
RESENTED ME FOR STARTING THIS
BAND.
HOW DARE YOU START ANOTHER BAND?
THEY ASKED, LIKE, WHY DID YOU
DECIDE TO CARRY ON AND MAKE
MUSIC THAT SOUNDS LIKE NIRVANA?
AND I SAID, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
I DO.
I WAS IN THAT BAND.
THAT'S WHAT I DO.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO, MAKE
A FUCKING REGGAE RECORD?
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS BAND,
PAT AND I HAD BEEN PLAYING A
NIRVANA, AND WHEN KURT PASSED
AWAY, NO ONE COULD IMAGINE
PLAYING MUSIC EVER AGAIN, THEN I
REALIZED, THERE IS HEALING AND
MUSIC, MAYBE THAT IS WHAT IS
GOING TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER.
I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO TAKE MY
FAVORITE SONGS THAT I HAD
WRITTEN OVER THE LAST FOUR OR
FIVE YEARS AND RECORD THEM IN A
STUDIO DOWN THE STREET FROM MY
HOUSE.
PLAYED THE DRUMS FIRST, PLAY
GUITAR OVER IT, ANOTHER GUITAR,
PLAY BASS OVER IT, THEN YOU DO
THE VOCALS.
THAT'S WHEN IT GETS HARD.
THAT'S WHEN IT'S SCARY.
>> AT THE END OF THE WEEK, I HAD
13 OR 14 SONGS ON A CASSETTE,
AND IT SOUNDED GOOD, AND I
STARTED THINKING, I WANT TO PUT
MY NAME ON IT.
PEOPLE WILL THINK IT'S JUST A
BAND.
THEY WON'T KNOW IT'S THE GUY
FROM NIRVANA.
THERE IS A BAND IN SEATTLE
CALLED SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE,
AND THEY WERE BREAKING UP.
MY BAND WAS FALLING APART AT
ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT DAVE
FOUND HIMSELF WITHOUT A BAND.
DAVE GOES, YOU WANT TO BE IN THE
BAND?
I WAS LIKE, HELL YEAH, SOUNDS
GREAT.
>> THE FIRST TIME I PLAYED,
THAT'S WHEN I KNEW, FEELING IT
BEHIND YOU IS SO DIFFERENT.
♪ ♪
>> DAVE BRINGS UP THAT HE WANTS
TO HAVE A SECOND GUITAR PLAYER
AND THINKS IT SHOULD BE PAT
SMEAR WHO I KNEW FROM HIM HAVING
PLAYED NIRVANA AND BEEN IN THE
GERMS.
>> PAT IS FROM THIS LEGENDARY
PUNK ROCK BAND CALLED THE GERMS
THAT WE ALL GREW UP LISTENING
TO.
THERE WAS NO ONE MORE BADASS
THAN THE GERMS.
GERMS DIDN'T GIVE A FUCK.
>> WE PLAYED SIX DAYS A WEEK AND
FOO FIGHTERS WERE MAKING, I
THINK, 500 BUCKS A NIGHT.
♪ ♪
>> AS THE TOUR WAS GOING ON, THE
VENUES WERE GETTING BIGGER, IT
STARTED HAVING THAT REALLY NICE
BUT WEIRD SORT OF PRESSURE.
>> MAKING THE TELEVISION DEBUT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOO
FIGHTERS.
♪ ♪
♪ ALL HE EVER WANTED WAS A
BROTHER."
>> THE FOOS GO FULL THROTTLE.
>> IT IS FULL, UNADULTERATED
ROCK 'N' ROLL.
IT IS METHODICAL, IT IS RAGE, IT
IS FUN.
IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.
>> THERE WERE SOME SONGS THAT WE
HAD JUST START WRITING AND THROW
IT INTO THE SET.
>> GOING TO DO A SONG FOR YOU I
WROTE THREE DAYS AGO.
>> I HEARD THE FOO FIGHTERS
DRUMMER HAS LEFT THE BAND.
>> AROUND THAT TIME, TAYLOR IS
PLAYING DRUMS WITH ALANNA SMARR
SAID, AND SHE WAS BLOWING.
>> I CALLED DAVE MYSELF AND I
SAID, I'M YOUR TREMOR.
ALANIS IS A SOLO ACT, AND THIS
IS A BAND, AND I WANT TO BE A
DRUMMER AND A BAND.
>> TAYLOR IS IN THAT JOHN BOTTOM
SCHOOL OF DRUMMING, NOT THE
PERSNICKETY STUFF, BUT THE
FUNDAMENTAL WHERE IT SOUNDS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> TAYLOR HAS THE TOUGHEST JOB
BECAUSE HE IS THE DRUMMER IN A
BAND THAT INCLUDES THE GREATEST
DRUMMER ALIVE, AND HE'S GOT
TECHNIQUE THAT DAVE ONLY DREAMS
ABOUT.
>> ♪ DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR
MONKEY WRENCH ♪
>> RIGHT WHEN WE ARE ABOUT TO GO
START OUR TOUR, PAT QUITS THE
BAND.
>> PAT SAYS, I'VE GOT TO LEAVE
THE BAND.
WHY?
I WANT TO GO OUT ANOTHER
BAZILLION-SHOW TOUR.
WE HAD TO HAVE OPEN ADDITIONS
FOR A GUITAR PLAYER.
WE WOUND UP IN THIS REHEARSAL
SPACE, I REMEMBER THE LINE OF
GUITAR PLAYERS.
>> THE PHONE RANG AND IT WAS
DAVE AND TAYLOR, THEY SAID,
YOU'VE GOT THE GIG.
WE START REHEARSING TOMORROW.
SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FRIENDS.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANYBODY
AT THE NEXT YEAR.
>> WHEN YOU GET TAPPED TO BE
DELETE ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYER
FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST ROCK
BANDS, THAT'S DAUNTING.
THOSE CLOUDS, THEY COME HUNGRY,
AND YOU'VE GOT TO FEED THEM THE
RIFFS.
>> ♪ LOOKING FOR A SIGN TO
STATEMENT ♪
♪ LOOKING FOR A SIGN OF LIFE ♪
>> YOU CAN'T DENY HOW MUCH THEY
LOVE IT, THE HEART IS THERE AND
THE HEART IS AT OF WHAT MAKES
ROCK AND ROLL.
>> SOMETIMES THINGS ARE COME OUT
OF SPONTANEOUS JAMS, AND THINGS
GET BILLED.
ALL MY LIFE WAS SOMETHING, JUST
HAD THAT LITTLE RIFF, AND WE
JUST BUILT IT.
>> WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF IT,
JUST ONE NOTE, ONE NOTE, DUDE,
AND IT BUILDS SO MUCH TENSION.
>> "ALL MY LIFE," WE JUST HAVE
TO PLAY.
>> ONLY GET TO THAT PART OF THE
SET, IT ALWAYS GOES BANANAS.
♪ ♪
>> THESE GUYS BURN, THEY ARE
LIKE, IT'S UNSAFE, AND TO MAKE
YOU FEEL LIKE THE SHOW WOULD BE
GOOD IF YOU WEREN'T THERE.
>> MOST FOO FIGHTERS SONGS
WRITTEN ON AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR.
>> THE BAND'S FOCAL PEOPLE BUT
WE HAVE THIS EXTENDED LINEUP
WHEN WE DO THESE EXTENDED SHOWS,
PAT SMEAR, OUR ACOUSTIC GUITAR
PLAYER, HE IS BACK.
>> WATCHING THE FOO FIGHTERS
PLAY LIVE, IT'S LIKE YOU CAN
HEAR EACH MEMBER.
YOU CAN HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO
SAY THROUGH THEIR INSTRUMENT.
>> PLAYING PIANO, LOOK AT THAT
GUY RIGHT THERE.
>> THE CONTRIBUTION EVERYONE
MAKES IS THE REASON WHY THE BAND
SOUNDS LIKE THE BAND.
OTHER DEMO TAPES WERE ALL PLAYED
DRUMS AND BASS, AND WHEN THE
BAND GETS TOGETHER, IT SOUNDS
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
♪ ♪
>> PART OF THE SOUND OF THE
FOO FIGHTERS IS A LOT OF
GUITARS.
EVERY TIME WE MIX THE RECORD, I
ALWAYS WANT THE DRUMS LOUDER.
>> CHRIS HAS A SHARP AND CLEAN
SENSE OF MELODIC PLAYING.
>> SORT OF PLAYS IT STRAIGHT UP
THE MIDDLE.
WHEN PAT GETS ON THE GUITAR,
IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS, IF
THEY ARE BALANCED, IT SOUNDS
LIKE THE FOO FIGHTERS.
♪ ♪
>> WE'RE SORT OF THE UNDERDOGS,
BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A
LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF COOL, AND
I'M PROUD OF THAT.
>> THERE WILL PROBABLY ALWAYS,
TO SOME EXTENT, BE THAT FEELING
OF THIS COULD END TOMORROW.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY IN AN
INTERVIEW, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE
A ROCK STAR?
I'M NOT A ROCK STAR, A MUSICIAN.
>> I GO TO WORK, AND A FUCKING
LAUGH ALL DAY.
IT'S NOT A JOB.
>> I AM AN ADULT THAT PLAYS IN A
ROCK BAND.
>> ♪ IF EVERYTHING COULD EVER
FEEL THIS REAL FOREVER ♪
♪ IF ANYTHING COULD EVER BE THIS
GOOD ♪
♪
GOT TO PROMISE NOT TO STOP WHEN
I SAY WHEN."
>> THAT FIRST CASSETTE, MADE IN
FIVE FUCKING DAYS OR WHATEVER,
AND HERE WE ARE, IT'S LIKE, WOW.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME THAT?
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
INCREDIBLE FOO FIGHTERS!
>> ♪ I'VE GOT ANOTHER
CONFESSION TO MAKE ♪
♪ I'M YOUR FOOL ♪
♪ EVERYONE'S GOT THEIR CHAINS
TO BREAK ♪
♪ HOLDIN' YOU ♪
♪ WERE YOU BORN TO RESIST,
OR BE ABUSED? ♪
♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪
♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST
OF YOU? ♪
♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪
♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST
OF YOU? ♪
♪ OR ARE YOU GONE AND ONTO
SOMEONE NEW? ♪
♪ I NEEDED SOMEWHERE
TO HANG MY HEAD ♪
♪ WITHOUT YOUR NOOSE ♪
♪ YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING THAT I
DIDN'T HAVE ♪
♪ BUT HAD NO USE ♪
♪ I WAS TOO WEAK TO GIVE IN ♪
♪ TOO STRONG TO LOSE ♪
♪ MY HEART IS UNDER ARREST
AGAIN ♪
♪ BUT I'LL BREAK LOOSE ♪
♪ MY HEAD IS GIVING ME LIFE
OR DEATH ♪
♪ BUT I CAN'T CHOOSE ♪
♪ I SWEAR I'LL NEVER GIVE IN ♪
♪ I REFUSE ♪
HERE WE GO!
♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪
♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST
OF YOU? ♪
♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪
♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST
OF YOU? ♪
♪ HAS SOMEONE TAKEN YOUR
FAITH? ♪
♪ IT'S REAL, THE PAIN YOU FEEL ♪
♪ YOU TRUST, YOU MUST CONFESS ♪
♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪
♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST
OF YOU? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ HAS SOMEONE TAKEN YOUR
FAITH? ♪
♪ IT'S REAL, THE PAIN YOU FEEL ♪
♪ THE LIFE, THE LOVE ♪
♪ YOU'D DIE TO HEAL ♪
♪ THE HOPE THAT STARTS ♪
♪ THE BROKEN HEARTS ♪
♪ YOU TRUST, YOU MUST CONFESS ♪
♪ GETTING THE BEST ♪
♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST
OF YOU? ♪
♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪
♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST
OF YOU? ♪
♪ ♪
IF YOU KNOW THIS, YOU'VE GOT
SING IT WITH ME.
♪ ♪
IT'S CALLED "MY HERO."
♪ ♪
♪ TOO ALARMING NOW
TO TALK ABOUT ♪
♪ TAKE YOUR PICTURES DOWN
AND SHAKE IT OUT ♪
♪ TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE,
SAY IT ALOUD ♪
♪ USE THAT EVIDENCE,
RACE IT AROUND ♪
SING IT WITH ME NOW!
♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪
♪ WATCH HIM AS HE GOES ♪
♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪
♪ HE'S ORDINARY ♪
I WANT TO HEAR YOU SING IT RIGHT
NOW!
♪ ♪
♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪
♪ WATCH HIM AS HE GOES ♪
♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪
♪ HE'S ORDINARY ♪
♪ ♪
>> I WANT TO HEAR YOU
MOTHERFUCKERS OVER HERE SING IT.
♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪
♪ WATCH HIM AS HE GOES ♪
ONE MORE TIME, I'LL SING IT WITH
YOU, READY?
♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪
♪ HE'S ORDINARY ♪
♪ ♪
ALL RIGHT NOW!
LET'S DO A LITTLE DANCE.
READY?
ALL RIGHT!
♪ ♪
♪ HELLO ♪
♪ I'VE WAITED HERE FOR YOU ♪
♪ EVERLONG ♪
♪ TONIGHT, I THROW MYSELF INTO ♪
♪ AND OUT OF THE RED ♪
♪ ♪
♪ OUT OF HER HEAD, SHE SANG ♪
♪ ♪
♪ COME DOWN AND WASTE AWAY
WITH ME ♪
♪ DOWN WITH ME ♪
♪ SLOW, HOW YOU WANTED IT
TO BE ♪
♪ I'M OVER MY HEAD ♪
♪ OUT OF HER HEAD, SHE SANG ♪
HERE WE GO!
♪ AND I WONDER ♪
♪ WHEN I SING ALONG WITH YOU ♪
SING IT!
♪ IF EVERYTHING COULD EVER BE
THIS REAL FOREVER ♪
♪ IF ANYTHING COULD EVER BE
THIS GOOD AGAIN ♪
♪ THE ONLY THING I'LL EVER ASK
OF YOU ♪
♪ YOU'VE GOT TO PROMISE
NOT TO STOP WHEN I SAY WHEN ♪
♪ SHE SANG ♪
♪ ♪
♪ BREATHE OUT ♪
♪ SO I CAN BREATHE YOU IN ♪
♪ HOLD YOU IN ♪
♪ AND NOW ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ♪
♪ OUT OF YOUR HEAD ♪
ALL RIGHT!
♪ AND I WONDER ♪
♪ WHEN I SING ALONG WITH YOU ♪
♪ IF EVERYTHING COULD EVER FEEL
THIS REAL FOREVER ♪
♪ IF ANYTHING COULD EVER BE
THIS GOOD AGAIN ♪
♪ THE ONLY THING I'LL EVER ASK
OF YOU ♪
♪ YOU'VE GOT TO PROMISE
NOT TO STOP WHEN I SAY WHEN ♪
♪ SHE SANG ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
ONE MORE TIME.
ONE MORE TIME!
HERE WE GO!
HERE IT GOES!
♪ ♪
♪ AND I WONDER ♪
SING IT!
♪ IF EVERYTHING COULD EVER BE
THIS REAL FOREVER ♪
♪ IF ANYTHING COULD EVER BE
THIS GOOD AGAIN ♪
♪ THE ONLY THING I'LL EVER ASK
OF YOU ♪
♪ ♪
♪ YOU'VE GOT TO PROMISE
NOT TO STOP WHEN I SAY WHEN ♪
♪ ♪
YES!
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WHOO!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> COME ON, MAN.
YOU GOT IT.
SPEECH, MAN.
>> OH, YEAH.
WELL, GODDAMN, THIS IS HUGE, AND
A LONG WAY FROM THE PARTY HELD
AT THE HOEDOWN CENTER, AND A
LONG WAY FROM THERE TO HERE, IT
REQUIRED THE ASSISTANCE OF SOME
PEOPLE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
BRIEFLY.
KATE, MY LOVE, YOUR MY HEART.
MY ORIGINAL PARTNER IN MUSICAL
PRIME, AND THIS IS FOR YOU, JEFF
AND CLARA, AND THESE WEIRDOS,
THE HONOR OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN
PLAYING MUSIC MUSIC WITH THEM
FOR THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS.
THANK YOU.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK DAVE,
BECAUSE NONE OF THIS SHIT WOULD
HAPPEN IF IT WASN'T FOR DAVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE
IN YOUR BAND.
I WANT TO THANK SAM, OUR
MANAGEMENT, JOHN AND YOUR BADASS
TEAM FOR MAKING US A SHITTON OF
MONEY.
THANK YOU.
MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, MY BEAUTIFUL
CHILDREN, SHANE AND ANNABELLE
HAWKINS, BEVERLY, I LOVE YOU
GUYS SO MUCH.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS AWARD
WITH A COUPLE BANDS THAT I'D
LIKE TO SEE GET IN THERE SOMEDAY
TOO.
I'D LIKE TO SEE GEORGE MICHAEL
IN THEIR ONE DAY.
LOVE THAT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE JANE'S ADDICTION
IN THERE.
I REALLY LIKE THAT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SOUNDGARDEN IN
THERE.
I'D REALLY LIKE THAT.
AND THANKS TO EVERYONE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I'D LIKE TO THINK FIVE PEOPL
PEOPLE.
AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT THEM
RIGHT NOW.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MAKE IT SIX.
>> ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT TO THINK
MY MOM, DAD, BROTHER, MIKE,
BROTHER, SCOTT, BROTHER STEELE,
AND MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE CARA, AND
HER BEAUTIFUL BOYS, LIAM, EVAN,
AND DASHIELL, AND A BIG
THANKS TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON I
PLAYED IN A BAND WITH, BECAUSE
IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU GUYS, I
WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN READY IN
AUGUST WHEN I GOT THE CHANCE TO
TRAP FOR MY FAVORITE BAND, THE
FOO FIGHTERS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> OKAY.
I'M TRYING TO TALK.
REBECCA SCARLETT, I LOVE YOU.
SCARLETT, MAYBE FOR YOURSELF OR
SOMETHING.
I WILL THINK THE GERMS, THE
ADOLESCENCE, 45 GRAVE, TWISTED
RUTH'S CELEBRITY SKIN, NIRVANA,
AND MOST OF ALL, THAT
MOTHERFUCKER DAVE GROHL, AND
YOU, AND YOU, AND YOU.
AND YOU.
AND YOU THREE LADIES OVER THERE,
THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S UP, OHIO!
I WAS BORN HERE, WHAT ABOUT THA
THAT!
I'M USUALLY THE GUY WHO TALKS
TOO MUCH.
I DIDN'T PREPARE ANY SORT OF
SPEECH BECAUSE I FIGURED THAT
I'D MAKE IT SHORT BECAUSE THE
LAST 25 YEARS HAS BEEN ME JUST
LIKE "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
ROCK 'N' ROLL, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
ROCK 'N' ROLL."
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE
BEST THING ABOUT BEING HERE
TONIGHT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY
OUR FAMILY, AND WHEN I SAY THAT,
I MEAN, IF ANYBODY KNOWS HOW THE
FOO FIGHTERS WORK, THE PEOPLE
THAT WE ARE WITH AND WE'VE
WORKED WITH, IT'S BEEN 20, 25,
30 YEARS, AND WE STICK TOGETHER
LIKE A FAMILY.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE THEN YOU ARE DOING IT
TOGETHER NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S
WORK BUT BECAUSE YOU LOVE EACH
OTHER.
AND SO THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION
OVER HERE OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILY
FROM THE LAST YEARS THAT I HAVE
TO THANK.
BUT I ALSO HAVE TO THANK MY
BEAUTIFUL FAMILY WHO, WITHOUT MY
BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, I WOULD NOT BE
AS HAPPY AS I AM.
I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I HAVE TO THINK THESE PEOPL
PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE
HERE TONIGHT IF IT WEREN'T FOR
EACH ONE OF THESE FOO FIGHTERS.
AND WE DID IT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR
HANGING OUT FOR US FOR THE LAST
26 YEARS.
THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DIDN'T SAY
IT IN MY SPEECH, BUT, LISTEN, I
NEVER TOOK LESSONS TO LEARN HOW
TO PLAY MUSIC.
YOU KNOW WHAT I HAD?
I HAD A BEATLES SONGBOOK, A
BEATLES RECORD, AND A RECORD
PLAYER, AND SO EVERYTHING I
LEARNED ABOUT ROCK 'N' ROLL WAS
FROM THIS MAN RIGHT HERE.
HE IS MY MUSIC TEACHER RIGHT
THERE.
THAT'S IT.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ JOJO WAS A MAN WHO THOUGHT
HE WAS A LONER ♪
♪ BUT HE KNEW IT COULDN'T LAST ♪
♪ JOJO LEFT HIS HOME IN TUCSON,
ARIZONA ♪
♪ FOR SOME CALIFORNIA GRASS ♪
♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪
♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE
BELONGED ♪
♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪
♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE
BELONGED ♪
♪ ♪
♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪
♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE
BELONGED ♪
♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪
♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE
BELONGED ♪
♪ GET BACK, JO ♪
♪ ♪
♪ SWEET LORETTA MARTIN
THOUGHT SHE WAS A WOMAN ♪
♪ BUT SHE WAS ANOTHER MAN ♪
♪ ALL THE GIRLS AROUND HER
SAY SHE'S GOT IT COMING ♪
♪ BUT SHE GETS IT
WHILE SHE CAN ♪
♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪
♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU
ONCE BELONGED ♪
♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪
♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU
ONCE BELONGED ♪
♪ ♪
♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪
♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU
ONCE BELONGED ♪
♪ OH, GET BACK, YEAH, GET BACK ♪
♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE
BELONGED ♪
♪ ♪
♪ OOH ♪
♪ WHOO ♪
>> DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK?
>> LET'S GET BACK.
>> COME ON.
♪ ♪
♪ YEAH, SAID GET BACK,
GET BACK ♪
♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE
BELONGED ♪
♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪
♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE
BELONGED ♪
♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪
♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE
BELONGED ♪
♪ GET BACK ♪
OH, YEAH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
GET BACK.
THANK YOU, FOO FIGHTERS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪