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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:07,882 --> 00:00:11,177 [♪ energetic rock music playing] 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:15,098 --> 00:00:16,933 -♪ Ay! ♪ -[audience cheering, applauding] 5 00:00:17,308 --> 00:00:20,562 ♪ If I could turn back time ♪ 6 00:00:20,645 --> 00:00:22,439 ♪ What would you say? ♪ 7 00:00:22,522 --> 00:00:24,357 ♪ Mary J. Is in the spot tonight ♪ 8 00:00:24,441 --> 00:00:26,109 ♪ And I'ma make you feel All right ♪ 9 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:28,737 ♪ Do you, you ♪ 10 00:00:28,820 --> 00:00:31,906 ♪ Celebrate good times Come on ♪ 11 00:00:31,990 --> 00:00:34,993 ♪ Wastin' away again In Margaritaville ♪ 12 00:00:35,076 --> 00:00:37,829 ♪ Forever, forever You'll stay in my heart ♪ 13 00:00:37,912 --> 00:00:40,081 ♪ Here we go, yo Here we go, yo ♪ 14 00:00:40,165 --> 00:00:43,043 ♪ I'm hot blooded, hot blooded ♪ 15 00:00:43,168 --> 00:00:45,086 [♪ energetic rock music continues] 16 00:00:46,087 --> 00:00:48,089 [audience cheering, applauding] 17 00:01:19,996 --> 00:01:24,959 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[♪ music concludes] 18 00:01:27,545 --> 00:01:30,882 [♪ uplifting pop anthem playing, Cher "Believe"] 19 00:01:36,054 --> 00:01:38,431 [audience cheering] 20 00:01:48,566 --> 00:01:52,153 ♪ After love, after love After love, after love ♪ 21 00:01:52,237 --> 00:01:54,989 ♪ After love, after love After love ♪ 22 00:01:55,073 --> 00:01:59,077 ♪ After love, after love After love, after love ♪ 23 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:06,584 ♪ No matter how hard I try You keep pushing me aside ♪ 24 00:02:06,668 --> 00:02:13,133 ♪ And I can't break through There's no talking to you ♪ 25 00:02:13,883 --> 00:02:17,053 ♪ It's so sad That you're leaving ♪ 26 00:02:17,512 --> 00:02:21,099 ♪ It takes time to believe it ♪ 27 00:02:22,016 --> 00:02:24,978 ♪ But after all is said and done ♪ 28 00:02:26,062 --> 00:02:29,274 ♪ You're gonna be the lonely one, oh ♪ 29 00:02:29,524 --> 00:02:32,861 ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪ 30 00:02:35,530 --> 00:02:39,325 ♪ I can feel something inside me say ♪ 31 00:02:39,409 --> 00:02:43,454 ♪ "I really don't think you're strong enough, no" ♪ 32 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,333 ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪ 33 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:53,715 ♪ I can feel something inside me say ♪ 34 00:02:53,965 --> 00:02:58,219 ♪ "I really don't think you're strong enough, no" ♪ 35 00:02:58,595 --> 00:03:01,097 ♪ What am I supposed to do? ♪ 36 00:03:02,223 --> 00:03:04,392 ♪ Sit around and wait for you? ♪ 37 00:03:04,475 --> 00:03:06,436 ♪ Well, I can't do that ♪ 38 00:03:08,021 --> 00:03:14,777 ♪ And there's no turning back I need time to move on ♪ 39 00:03:15,236 --> 00:03:18,573 ♪ I need love to feel strong ♪ 40 00:03:19,782 --> 00:03:22,702 ♪ 'Cause I've had time to think it through ♪ 41 00:03:23,786 --> 00:03:27,081 ♪ And maybe I'm too good for you, oh ♪ 42 00:03:27,457 --> 00:03:30,668 ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪ 43 00:03:33,254 --> 00:03:37,050 ♪ I can feel something inside me say ♪ 44 00:03:37,342 --> 00:03:41,179 ♪ "I really don't think you're strong enough, no" ♪ 45 00:03:41,888 --> 00:03:45,183 ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪ 46 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:51,481 ♪ I can feel something inside me say ♪ 47 00:03:51,731 --> 00:03:55,568 ♪ "I really don't think you're strong enough, no" ♪ 48 00:03:56,778 --> 00:03:59,614 ♪ Well, I know that I'll get through this ♪ 49 00:03:59,697 --> 00:04:03,868 [audience cheering] 50 00:04:03,952 --> 00:04:07,705 ♪ 'Cause I know that I am strong ♪ 51 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:11,584 ♪ And I don't need you anymore ♪ 52 00:04:12,502 --> 00:04:15,255 ♪ No, I don't need you anymore ♪ 53 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:18,883 ♪ No, I don't need you anymore ♪ 54 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:23,263 ♪ No, I don't need you anymore ♪ 55 00:04:25,181 --> 00:04:28,601 ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪ 56 00:04:30,979 --> 00:04:34,816 ♪ I can feel something inside me say ♪ 57 00:04:35,149 --> 00:04:39,153 ♪ "I really don't think you're strong enough, no" ♪ 58 00:04:39,612 --> 00:04:42,949 ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪ 59 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:49,247 ♪ I can feel something inside me say ♪ 60 00:04:49,455 --> 00:04:53,293 ♪ "I really don't think you're strong enough, no" ♪ 61 00:04:54,002 --> 00:04:57,380 ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪ 62 00:05:01,259 --> 00:05:04,554 ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪ 63 00:05:08,516 --> 00:05:12,145 ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪ 64 00:05:13,855 --> 00:05:15,189 Give it up for Cher! 65 00:05:15,273 --> 00:05:20,361 [audience cheering, applauding] 66 00:05:20,445 --> 00:05:21,904 [♪ music concludes] 67 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:33,791 [♪ upbeat dubstep music playing] 68 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:35,293 [announcer] To induct Cher 69 00:05:35,376 --> 00:05:38,588 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Zendaya. 70 00:05:38,713 --> 00:05:45,178 [audience cheering] 71 00:05:49,891 --> 00:05:51,017 Wow. 72 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:54,729 [audience cheering, applauding] 73 00:05:54,812 --> 00:05:57,607 Where do I even begin? 74 00:05:57,690 --> 00:06:00,568 [audience cheering, applauding] 75 00:06:00,651 --> 00:06:04,030 There is not one person in this room, 76 00:06:04,113 --> 00:06:07,158 in this country, and pretty much the whole world 77 00:06:07,241 --> 00:06:08,951 who doesn't know the name of the artist 78 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:10,328 I'm here to honor tonight. 79 00:06:10,703 --> 00:06:14,082 Her name is just as legendary as her legacy. 80 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:17,168 So iconic she only needs one name. 81 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:23,341 -Cher. -[audience cheering, applauding] 82 00:06:26,427 --> 00:06:29,097 It's impossible to measure the influence 83 00:06:29,180 --> 00:06:33,184 that Cher has had and continues to have on every one of us, 84 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:34,727 as you can see. 85 00:06:34,852 --> 00:06:37,271 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[chuckles] 86 00:06:37,355 --> 00:06:39,690 Her impact spans generations, 87 00:06:39,774 --> 00:06:41,192 and no matter when you were born, 88 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:43,236 you have heard, seen, 89 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:46,531 or experienced Cher's work in some form or another. 90 00:06:46,906 --> 00:06:50,076 Cher is a constant inspiration and reference point. 91 00:06:50,952 --> 00:06:54,372 [chuckles] You want dance floor innovation? 92 00:06:54,622 --> 00:06:55,873 Listen to Believe. 93 00:06:55,957 --> 00:06:57,708 You want a lesson on living in the spotlight 94 00:06:57,792 --> 00:06:59,794 and keeping your sanity? Look to Cher. 95 00:07:00,211 --> 00:07:03,256 Want to make 27 albums and win an Oscar? 96 00:07:03,631 --> 00:07:04,674 Cher did it. 97 00:07:04,757 --> 00:07:08,719 [audience cheering, applauding] 98 00:07:10,054 --> 00:07:13,182 You want longevity? I mean, come on. 99 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:16,018 She does it all, and might I add, 100 00:07:16,144 --> 00:07:18,646 really, really fucking well. 101 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:22,608 [audience cheering, applauding] 102 00:07:22,692 --> 00:07:25,111 But listen, it's not just the effortless charm, 103 00:07:25,236 --> 00:07:28,072 the acting chops, and stunning Bob Mackie dresses 104 00:07:28,156 --> 00:07:30,324 that gets you into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 105 00:07:30,575 --> 00:07:33,202 For that, you need to bring the musical goods, 106 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:35,121 and Cher has got the goods. 107 00:07:35,371 --> 00:07:41,294 [audience cheering, applauding] 108 00:07:41,377 --> 00:07:44,630 She's the only solo artist to have a number one hit 109 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:46,966 in each of the last seven decades. 110 00:07:47,091 --> 00:07:52,930 [audience cheering, applauding] 111 00:07:53,014 --> 00:07:57,185 She has sold over 140 million records worldwide. 112 00:07:57,894 --> 00:08:01,647 When Sonny & Cher came onto the scene back in 1964, 113 00:08:01,731 --> 00:08:04,108 Cher became an instant sensation. 114 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:06,402 The world fell in love with her and sang along 115 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:08,529 to their smash hits, I Got You Babe, 116 00:08:08,654 --> 00:08:09,989 and The Beat Goes On. 117 00:08:10,698 --> 00:08:14,785 Cher's rise as a solo artist was even more explosive, 118 00:08:15,119 --> 00:08:16,954 shattering so many stereotypes 119 00:08:17,121 --> 00:08:19,916 of what female vocalists were "supposed" to sound like 120 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:22,001 and instead creating something new, 121 00:08:22,084 --> 00:08:24,754 something innovative, and distinctively her own. 122 00:08:25,421 --> 00:08:28,716 Her voice is so singular that any song that she sings 123 00:08:28,799 --> 00:08:30,009 becomes a Cher song. 124 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:33,971 She's navigated a multitude of musical genres, 125 00:08:34,055 --> 00:08:36,516 defined new ones, and reinvented others. 126 00:08:37,183 --> 00:08:40,728 Her music touches your heart, your spirit, makes you dance, 127 00:08:40,811 --> 00:08:44,315 makes you rock, and has stood the test of time. 128 00:08:44,815 --> 00:08:47,902 Right now, Believe, I Got You Babe, or Strong Enough 129 00:08:47,985 --> 00:08:50,530 is playing on a radio station somewhere in America, 130 00:08:50,613 --> 00:08:53,199 and there are drag performers all over the world... 131 00:08:53,282 --> 00:08:56,494 -[audience cheering, applauding] -...currently... 132 00:08:57,912 --> 00:09:01,249 in a makeup chair putting on their best Cher face. 133 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:03,376 She may be imitated, 134 00:09:03,459 --> 00:09:05,461 but she can never be replicated. 135 00:09:06,087 --> 00:09:09,840 She is an absolutely brilliant and captivating performer 136 00:09:09,924 --> 00:09:12,343 who is fearless in her presentation. 137 00:09:12,468 --> 00:09:15,179 Oh, and she can still rock a sheer butt-revealing bodysuit. 138 00:09:15,304 --> 00:09:19,392 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[chuckles] 139 00:09:19,475 --> 00:09:22,728 She's been an influence and an inspiration 140 00:09:22,853 --> 00:09:25,231 for every female artist that has come after her, 141 00:09:25,481 --> 00:09:26,732 including myself. 142 00:09:27,149 --> 00:09:29,569 She has never acknowledged or accepted 143 00:09:29,652 --> 00:09:31,028 that there were things that women 144 00:09:31,112 --> 00:09:32,572 were not supposed to do. 145 00:09:32,822 --> 00:09:35,157 She just did exactly what she wanted. 146 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:40,496 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[Zendaya] Her way. 147 00:09:42,665 --> 00:09:46,252 This fierce woman is a hero, a true artist, 148 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:49,213 and just about as authentically rock and roll 149 00:09:49,297 --> 00:09:50,423 as you can get. 150 00:09:50,506 --> 00:09:51,674 So thank you, Cher. 151 00:09:52,091 --> 00:09:54,802 Thank you for being an advocate, for being an ally, 152 00:09:54,969 --> 00:09:58,306 for paving the way for so many humans of all kinds 153 00:09:58,431 --> 00:10:00,725 to live in and speak their truth, 154 00:10:00,933 --> 00:10:03,144 and to have the courage to be as daring 155 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:05,062 and as open-hearted as you. 156 00:10:05,855 --> 00:10:11,152 [audience cheering, applauding] 157 00:10:12,486 --> 00:10:15,489 Cher once said, "You should never be inhibited 158 00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:17,742 "by what people expect you to do." 159 00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:20,745 And those are words I hope we can all learn to live by. 160 00:10:21,579 --> 00:10:24,749 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[interviewer] Do you think 161 00:10:24,832 --> 00:10:26,542 you should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? 162 00:10:26,667 --> 00:10:27,877 You know, fuck them. 163 00:10:28,002 --> 00:10:29,587 I don't need to be in a hall to rock, 164 00:10:29,670 --> 00:10:31,047 so I don't-- You know, whatever. 165 00:10:31,130 --> 00:10:34,008 [♪ soft pop music playing, Sonny & Cher "I Got You Babe"] 166 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:37,511 ♪ They say we're young and we don't know ♪ 167 00:10:37,595 --> 00:10:41,182 ♪ We won't find out until we grow... ♪ 168 00:10:41,265 --> 00:10:42,892 [Cher] There wasn't gonna be Sonny & Cher. 169 00:10:42,975 --> 00:10:44,935 Sonny, he wanted me to be Cher, and I just said, 170 00:10:45,227 --> 00:10:46,604 "I can't do this by myself." 171 00:10:46,854 --> 00:10:48,397 ♪ I got you babe... ♪ 172 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:51,275 [Sonny] I want Cher to be known as the singer that she is. 173 00:10:51,359 --> 00:10:52,902 She's a very, very good singer, 174 00:10:52,985 --> 00:10:55,738 and I'm desperately trying to make people aware of that. 175 00:10:55,821 --> 00:10:57,615 [♪ upbeat folk rock playing, Cher "All I Really Want to Do"] 176 00:10:57,740 --> 00:10:59,241 ♪ Now I ain't lookin' to compete with you ♪ 177 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:00,368 ♪ Beat on... ♪ 178 00:11:00,451 --> 00:11:03,037 [Cher] My first solo hit was All I Really Want to Do 179 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,205 by Bob Dylan. 180 00:11:04,288 --> 00:11:10,127 ♪ All I really want to do ♪ 181 00:11:10,211 --> 00:11:12,171 ♪ Is baby, be friends with you ♪ 182 00:11:12,254 --> 00:11:13,255 ♪ The beat goes on... ♪ 183 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:15,341 [Cher] Sonny was the best person in the world to work with, 184 00:11:15,591 --> 00:11:16,926 and we worked constantly. 185 00:11:17,051 --> 00:11:21,180 ♪ Drums keep pounding A rhythm to the brain ♪ 186 00:11:21,263 --> 00:11:22,765 [Cher] When I started being able to do 187 00:11:22,848 --> 00:11:24,767 a few things on my own without Sonny, 188 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:27,520 I figured I'm not as dumb as I thought I was, 189 00:11:27,603 --> 00:11:29,397 and I'm not as weak as I thought I was. 190 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:30,898 [♪ pop music playing, Cher "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves"] 191 00:11:31,023 --> 00:11:32,191 ♪ Gypsy, tramps, and thieves ♪ 192 00:11:32,274 --> 00:11:34,068 ♪ We'd hear it from the people of the town ♪ 193 00:11:34,151 --> 00:11:37,697 ♪ They'd call us gypsies, tramps, and thieves ♪ 194 00:11:37,780 --> 00:11:40,157 Cher is a fucking rock star. 195 00:11:40,241 --> 00:11:42,827 She's genre-less and brave. 196 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:45,705 I think she is one of the most unique artists 197 00:11:45,788 --> 00:11:46,956 our world has seen. 198 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:48,624 [♪ upbeat pop music playing, Cher "Dark Lady"] 199 00:11:48,916 --> 00:11:53,838 ♪ Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one ♪ 200 00:11:55,464 --> 00:11:58,759 ♪ Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done... ♪ 201 00:11:58,843 --> 00:12:01,846 Cher is Cher, one name. She don't need two. 202 00:12:01,929 --> 00:12:03,973 ♪ Goodness gracious Great balls of fire... ♪ 203 00:12:04,056 --> 00:12:06,475 When she wants to do something, she does it. 204 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,728 And she's always been rocking. 205 00:12:08,811 --> 00:12:11,814 Even her show on television, she had all the rockers on. 206 00:12:11,897 --> 00:12:13,858 -[♪ upbeat rock music playing] -♪ This love is fine ♪ 207 00:12:13,941 --> 00:12:16,485 ♪ Goodness gracious Great balls of fire ♪ 208 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,946 I like doing the music that I'm doing on this album 209 00:12:19,029 --> 00:12:20,489 a lot because it's more rock and roll. 210 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:22,450 And since I started, that's what I wanted to be. 211 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:24,160 [♪ powerful rock ballad playing, Cher "I Found Someone"] 212 00:12:24,285 --> 00:12:29,290 ♪ I found someone to take away the heartache ♪ 213 00:12:29,957 --> 00:12:31,917 Watching Cher go through 214 00:12:32,001 --> 00:12:34,086 all of these evolutions in her life, 215 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:36,756 her fashion sense and her stage presence, 216 00:12:36,839 --> 00:12:39,842 she is the most diverse artist ever. 217 00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:41,761 [♪ soft rock music playing, Cher "If I Could Turn Back Time"] 218 00:12:41,844 --> 00:12:44,013 ♪ I don't know why I did the things I did ♪ 219 00:12:44,555 --> 00:12:45,556 ♪ I don't know why... ♪ 220 00:12:45,806 --> 00:12:48,476 We share something in common by having the same type 221 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:50,644 of career with husband-manager, 222 00:12:50,728 --> 00:12:52,521 and then separating and going out on our own. 223 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:54,857 She was an icon then, 224 00:12:55,191 --> 00:12:57,026 and she has remained an icon. 225 00:12:57,318 --> 00:13:00,696 ♪ But baby If I could turn back time ♪ 226 00:13:02,031 --> 00:13:04,992 ♪ If I could find a way ♪ 227 00:13:06,577 --> 00:13:10,539 ♪ I'd take back those words that have hurt you ♪ 228 00:13:10,664 --> 00:13:12,750 -♪ And you'd stay... ♪ -[Cher] I have to kind of mix it up, 229 00:13:12,833 --> 00:13:14,585 you know, and I have to sing other people's songs too, 230 00:13:14,668 --> 00:13:16,128 'cause it wouldn't be that much fun for me 231 00:13:16,212 --> 00:13:17,296 and I have to be having fun. 232 00:13:17,379 --> 00:13:18,756 [♪ funky pop music playing] 233 00:13:18,839 --> 00:13:21,050 ♪ And you're not listening to all I say! ♪ 234 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:23,677 ♪ And if you want to know if he... ♪ 235 00:13:23,761 --> 00:13:25,888 [P!nk] Cher's voice, you know it's Cher. 236 00:13:26,138 --> 00:13:28,849 It's this incredible masculine-feminine mix. 237 00:13:28,933 --> 00:13:30,226 You can't mimic that. 238 00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:31,977 [♪ upbeat pop music playing, Cher "Strong Enough"] 239 00:13:32,061 --> 00:13:33,395 [inaudible dialogue] 240 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:35,981 ♪ Now I'm strong enough to know... ♪ 241 00:13:36,106 --> 00:13:38,901 [Cher] I come out there and I feel like I'm supposed to be there. 242 00:13:39,026 --> 00:13:40,402 It's an unbelievable feeling 243 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:42,196 having the energy of thousands of people. 244 00:13:42,279 --> 00:13:44,698 It makes you feel like you're about 16-feet tall. 245 00:13:44,782 --> 00:13:47,326 Cher's success is her gumption. 246 00:13:47,409 --> 00:13:49,745 Just the fact that she came back with Believe 247 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:51,288 when they all wrote her off, 248 00:13:51,413 --> 00:13:54,124 she wasn't gonna take no for an answer. 249 00:13:54,208 --> 00:13:56,001 I've been dropped from two record companies. 250 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:57,586 Rob Dickins, head of Warner's UK, 251 00:13:57,962 --> 00:13:59,129 said, "I don't think you're done." 252 00:13:59,463 --> 00:14:01,757 So I went to England and I make Believe. 253 00:14:01,882 --> 00:14:03,425 [♪ uplifting pop anthem playing, Cher "Believe"] 254 00:14:03,551 --> 00:14:04,927 ♪ No matter how hard I try... ♪ 255 00:14:05,010 --> 00:14:07,012 I was the first person ever to do Auto-Tune. 256 00:14:07,263 --> 00:14:09,348 [Mark] She had this idea of doing this effect. 257 00:14:09,431 --> 00:14:11,600 All this does is it goes along, it doesn't bend the note 258 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:13,018 up until it reaches a certain point, 259 00:14:13,102 --> 00:14:14,687 and then it just flicks to the nearest note. 260 00:14:14,895 --> 00:14:16,397 And that's where you get this crazy sound. 261 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,440 ♪ I can feel something inside me say ♪ 262 00:14:18,774 --> 00:14:20,776 [Cher] He played it for me, and I thought, 263 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:23,320 "This is the most amazing thing I've ever heard." 264 00:14:24,113 --> 00:14:27,157 ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪ 265 00:14:27,241 --> 00:14:29,076 I don't know how many people can say 266 00:14:29,159 --> 00:14:31,954 that they've put out 27 studio albums 267 00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:35,124 and to have had a hit in every decade 268 00:14:35,207 --> 00:14:38,627 for seven decades. So it is about time, everyone. 269 00:14:38,752 --> 00:14:40,421 [Cher] I wanted to do art 270 00:14:40,504 --> 00:14:43,132 that impresses people and makes them feel something 271 00:14:43,215 --> 00:14:45,843 and also makes you feel like this is what 272 00:14:45,926 --> 00:14:47,219 I was put here to do. 273 00:14:47,303 --> 00:14:53,142 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[♪ music concludes] 274 00:14:57,354 --> 00:15:01,066 I am beyond honored to welcome Cher, 275 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:03,736 the coolest woman on the planet, 276 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:07,197 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 277 00:15:07,323 --> 00:15:10,034 [audience cheering, applauding] 278 00:15:10,117 --> 00:15:13,287 [♪ soft rock music playing, Cher "If I Could Turn Back Time"] 279 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:23,797 ♪ If I could turn back time If I could find a way ♪ 280 00:15:24,965 --> 00:15:28,677 ♪ I'd turn back those words that have hurt you ♪ 281 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:30,763 ♪ And you'd stay ♪ 282 00:15:31,805 --> 00:15:35,392 ♪ I don't know why I did the things I did ♪ 283 00:15:35,726 --> 00:15:39,104 ♪ I don't know why I said the things I said ♪ 284 00:15:39,563 --> 00:15:42,983 ♪ Pride's like a knife It can cut deep inside ♪ 285 00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:47,196 ♪ Words are like weapons They wound sometimes ♪ 286 00:15:49,406 --> 00:15:52,076 ♪ I didn't really mean to hurt you ♪ 287 00:15:53,202 --> 00:15:57,122 ♪ I didn't wanna see you go I know I made you cry ♪ 288 00:15:57,206 --> 00:16:00,459 ♪ And, darlin' if I could turn back time ♪ 289 00:16:01,835 --> 00:16:04,713 ♪ If I could find a way ♪ 290 00:16:05,923 --> 00:16:09,510 ♪ I'd take back those words that have hurt you ♪ 291 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,470 ♪ And you'd stay ♪ 292 00:16:11,553 --> 00:16:14,223 ♪ If I could reach the stars ♪ 293 00:16:15,432 --> 00:16:18,394 ♪ I'd give 'em all to you ♪ 294 00:16:19,561 --> 00:16:21,939 ♪ Then you'd love me, love me ♪ 295 00:16:22,022 --> 00:16:25,484 ♪ Like you used to do ♪ 296 00:16:26,485 --> 00:16:28,362 ♪ If I could turn back time ♪ 297 00:16:28,445 --> 00:16:31,448 ♪ My world was shattered I was torn apart ♪ 298 00:16:31,615 --> 00:16:35,411 ♪ Like someone took a knife and drove it deep in my heart ♪ 299 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:39,331 ♪ You walked out the door I swore that I didn't care ♪ 300 00:16:39,581 --> 00:16:43,419 ♪ But I lost everything, darlin' Then and there ♪ 301 00:16:45,921 --> 00:16:48,757 ♪ Too hard to tell you I was sorry ♪ 302 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,760 ♪ Too proud to tell you I was wrong ♪ 303 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:54,388 ♪ I know that I was blind And, darlin' ♪ 304 00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:57,266 ♪ If I could turn back time ♪ 305 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:01,103 ♪ If I could find a way ♪ 306 00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:06,025 ♪ I'd take back those words that have hurt you ♪ 307 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,068 ♪ And you'd stay ♪ 308 00:17:08,152 --> 00:17:11,071 ♪ If I could reach the stars ♪ 309 00:17:11,822 --> 00:17:14,533 ♪ Well, I'd give 'em all to you ♪ 310 00:17:15,951 --> 00:17:18,537 ♪ Then you'd love me, love me ♪ 311 00:17:18,620 --> 00:17:22,708 ♪ Like you used to do, oh ♪ 312 00:17:25,002 --> 00:17:28,839 -♪ If I could turn back time ♪ -♪ If I could turn back time ♪ 313 00:17:28,922 --> 00:17:32,760 -♪ If I could turn back time ♪ -♪ If I could turn back time ♪ 314 00:17:32,843 --> 00:17:39,349 ♪ If I could turn back time Oh, baby ♪ 315 00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:42,770 Whoo! 316 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,232 ♪ I didn't really mean to hurt you ♪ 317 00:17:48,275 --> 00:17:52,112 ♪ I didn't wanna see you go I know I made you cry ♪ 318 00:17:52,196 --> 00:17:55,449 ♪ But, darlin' If I could turn back time ♪ 319 00:17:56,575 --> 00:17:59,828 ♪ If I could find a way ♪ 320 00:18:01,038 --> 00:18:04,458 ♪ I'd take back those words that have hurt you ♪ 321 00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:07,586 ♪ If I could reach the stars ♪ 322 00:18:08,545 --> 00:18:11,340 ♪ I'd give them all to you ♪ 323 00:18:12,382 --> 00:18:14,968 ♪ Then you'd love me, love me ♪ 324 00:18:15,302 --> 00:18:17,763 ♪ Like you used to do ♪ 325 00:18:18,222 --> 00:18:21,391 ♪ If I could turn back time ♪ 326 00:18:21,475 --> 00:18:22,976 ♪ Turn back time ♪ 327 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:27,147 ♪ If I could find a way ♪ 328 00:18:28,315 --> 00:18:33,821 ♪ Then maybe, maybe maybe you'd stay ♪ 329 00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:36,698 ♪ If I could reach the stars ♪ 330 00:18:37,741 --> 00:18:40,661 ♪ I'd give 'em all to you ♪ 331 00:18:58,804 --> 00:18:59,805 [audience cheering, applauding] 332 00:18:59,888 --> 00:19:00,931 [Cher] Thank you. 333 00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,144 Thank you. 334 00:19:05,769 --> 00:19:06,812 Thank you. 335 00:19:07,271 --> 00:19:10,357 You crazy girl. What are you talking about? 336 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:15,529 Thank you. Okay. Okay. 337 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:22,286 Thank you. Thank you. 338 00:19:23,412 --> 00:19:24,663 Oh, thank you. 339 00:19:25,247 --> 00:19:26,540 Oh, no. This, uh-- 340 00:19:27,791 --> 00:19:29,960 I'm kind of embarrassed. 341 00:19:30,627 --> 00:19:31,670 Um... 342 00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:34,131 Thank you. Thank you. Um... 343 00:19:35,090 --> 00:19:36,216 So... 344 00:19:36,925 --> 00:19:39,636 Oh, this speech is gonna be such a crap shoot. 345 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:40,762 I'm not kidding you. 346 00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:42,806 Because I wrote it the other day, 347 00:19:42,931 --> 00:19:44,308 and then I rewrote it tonight, 348 00:19:44,433 --> 00:19:46,101 and I'm dyslexic, so what the fuck? 349 00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:47,853 I don't know what's gonna happen, okay? 350 00:19:48,478 --> 00:19:50,606 All right, so it was easier getting divorced 351 00:19:50,689 --> 00:19:53,567 from two men than it was... [laughs] ...to get inducted 352 00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:55,986 to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, you know? 353 00:19:56,278 --> 00:19:57,321 It was like... 354 00:19:58,030 --> 00:20:00,866 You know, and I want to thank... He's not here tonight, 355 00:20:00,949 --> 00:20:02,701 but I want to thank my guardian, 356 00:20:02,868 --> 00:20:06,079 -David Geffen, because, uh... -[audience cheering, applauding] 357 00:20:06,246 --> 00:20:08,540 Yeah, he wrote a letter, 358 00:20:09,499 --> 00:20:11,835 and, um, sent it to the directors. 359 00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:13,837 And so... [laughs] ...here I am. 360 00:20:14,254 --> 00:20:17,007 So anyway, thank you, David. 361 00:20:17,424 --> 00:20:20,886 Thank you for caring so much about me. [sighs] 362 00:20:20,969 --> 00:20:24,056 I want to tell you some stories about my life, 363 00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:26,558 because I hope to make them small. 364 00:20:26,767 --> 00:20:29,478 But when I was like four years old, 365 00:20:29,561 --> 00:20:30,812 I saw Cinderella, 366 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:33,232 and that's what I knew I wanted to be. 367 00:20:33,315 --> 00:20:34,483 I wanted to be... 368 00:20:34,650 --> 00:20:38,320 I wanted to sing, and I wanted to make people happy, 369 00:20:38,445 --> 00:20:41,531 and I wanted to have fun, and I wanted to be famous. 370 00:20:41,615 --> 00:20:45,494 But, uh... [chuckles] I'm not sure how a child knows 371 00:20:45,619 --> 00:20:47,287 about being famous, but I knew. 372 00:20:47,579 --> 00:20:51,416 So anyway, I had a crazy, amazing mother. 373 00:20:51,959 --> 00:20:55,295 And she said to me, you know, you might not be the prettiest, 374 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:56,713 you might not be the smartest, 375 00:20:57,172 --> 00:20:58,966 you might not be the most talented, 376 00:20:59,049 --> 00:21:00,467 but you're special. 377 00:21:01,051 --> 00:21:05,973 And so my mom kept instilling it into me because it was hard. 378 00:21:06,056 --> 00:21:07,391 I didn't do well in school. 379 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:08,892 You know, I just couldn't get it. 380 00:21:09,017 --> 00:21:10,852 I couldn't read. I couldn't do any of that stuff. 381 00:21:11,228 --> 00:21:12,271 But, um... 382 00:21:13,563 --> 00:21:14,648 she said, you know, 383 00:21:15,232 --> 00:21:18,652 if you... if you... if you're down and you're out, 384 00:21:18,777 --> 00:21:20,112 you get up again. 385 00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:23,991 And in my life, I have down, I've been so down... [laughs] 386 00:21:24,074 --> 00:21:26,451 ...that you cannot, like as my mother would say, 387 00:21:26,535 --> 00:21:28,495 lower than a snake's belly, okay? 388 00:21:28,578 --> 00:21:29,788 That's how down I've been. 389 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:33,166 And I mean, people have told me that I was finished, 390 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:35,085 that I was through, I have ten minutes. 391 00:21:35,502 --> 00:21:40,007 And... and... and the one thing that I think I got from my mom 392 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:42,259 is that I never gave up, you know? 393 00:21:42,467 --> 00:21:43,760 You go down, you come up. 394 00:21:43,885 --> 00:21:45,470 [audience cheering, applauding] 395 00:21:45,679 --> 00:21:49,099 [Cher] And... and when Sonny and I split, 396 00:21:49,224 --> 00:21:51,810 I had no money, okay? Nothing. 397 00:21:51,935 --> 00:21:56,148 And I had a car and my clothes. And, um, I had to go to Vegas. 398 00:21:56,273 --> 00:22:00,110 And at that point, Vegas was the elephant's graveyard. 399 00:22:00,444 --> 00:22:04,072 And... and so if you went there, you had nothing, you know? 400 00:22:04,197 --> 00:22:05,991 And, um, now it's cool 401 00:22:06,074 --> 00:22:08,410 and everybody has a residency, but, uh... 402 00:22:08,493 --> 00:22:09,536 [audience laughing] 403 00:22:09,619 --> 00:22:12,706 One night, Francis Ford Coppola came to one of my shows 404 00:22:12,789 --> 00:22:14,166 and he came backstage 405 00:22:14,249 --> 00:22:17,502 and he said, "You know, you should be an actress." 406 00:22:18,295 --> 00:22:19,755 And I went, "Okay." 407 00:22:20,213 --> 00:22:21,923 And he said, "Go to New York." 408 00:22:22,549 --> 00:22:23,675 So I went to New York. 409 00:22:25,135 --> 00:22:26,970 And by accident, I got a play. 410 00:22:27,471 --> 00:22:30,307 And from the play, I got a movie with Meryl Streep. 411 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:33,226 [audience cheering, applauding] 412 00:22:33,393 --> 00:22:37,898 And... and hone... honestly, I believe what my mom said, 413 00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:40,025 but I'm lucky, you know? 414 00:22:40,108 --> 00:22:41,985 I've had really bad things happen. 415 00:22:42,069 --> 00:22:44,237 I was dropped by four labels, you know? 416 00:22:44,321 --> 00:22:46,198 And then when it was completely over, 417 00:22:46,281 --> 00:22:48,241 I did Believe, and it was like, "Yes!" 418 00:22:49,076 --> 00:22:51,495 So I've just been really lucky, 419 00:22:51,578 --> 00:22:54,247 and I have had number one for seven decades, 420 00:22:54,456 --> 00:22:55,874 which surprises me. 421 00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:58,710 -[audience cheering, applauding] -Right. 422 00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:02,714 Because I'm a good singer, you know? 423 00:23:02,798 --> 00:23:04,966 I'm a good singer. I'm not a great singer. 424 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,552 [audience cheering, applauding] 425 00:23:07,677 --> 00:23:09,262 Like... like, you know what? 426 00:23:09,763 --> 00:23:13,100 I'll take it. Uh, no, anyway, and also, 427 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:16,311 Believe, I... I... I changed the sound 428 00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:18,939 -of music forever, all right? -[audience cheering, applauding] 429 00:23:19,022 --> 00:23:22,901 And... and Believe really changed the sound of music. 430 00:23:22,984 --> 00:23:26,154 It was an accident because my producer and I 431 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:28,198 were having a fight because he said, 432 00:23:28,281 --> 00:23:29,408 "Cher, do it better." 433 00:23:29,491 --> 00:23:30,992 And Believe was kind of a bitch in the beginning. 434 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:32,452 -It wasn't that good. -[audience laughing] 435 00:23:32,577 --> 00:23:35,080 So he said, "Do it better and do it better." 436 00:23:35,163 --> 00:23:36,540 And I went, "Dude, if you want it better, 437 00:23:36,623 --> 00:23:38,125 "get another singer. Okay?" 438 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:39,751 "Because I can't do it better." 439 00:23:39,876 --> 00:23:42,045 And then he called me later in the afternoon. 440 00:23:42,129 --> 00:23:43,171 He said, "Cher, 441 00:23:43,338 --> 00:23:45,590 "I've been playing around with the pitch machine, 442 00:23:45,715 --> 00:23:47,676 "and I think I got something." 443 00:23:48,176 --> 00:23:50,053 So I went back, and, uh... 444 00:23:51,721 --> 00:23:54,015 sitting down, and he started to play it. 445 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,892 And I was like, "Oh, Jesus." 446 00:23:56,059 --> 00:23:57,727 "Oh, my gosh. But I'm going to be calm." 447 00:23:57,853 --> 00:23:59,980 And... and then when it was over, 448 00:24:00,063 --> 00:24:02,899 we both jumped up and we high-fived each other. 449 00:24:03,024 --> 00:24:04,776 It was so great. It was like a moment. 450 00:24:04,985 --> 00:24:07,404 And then the head of my record company, 451 00:24:07,529 --> 00:24:10,240 who I adore, said, "We can't do that 452 00:24:10,323 --> 00:24:12,909 "because no one will know that it's you." 453 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:14,411 And I went, "Yes." 454 00:24:14,995 --> 00:24:17,873 "Yes, that's the deal." That's the great part, you know? 455 00:24:17,998 --> 00:24:19,499 -That's the great part. -[audience applauding] 456 00:24:19,749 --> 00:24:22,169 And, um, so, it's just... 457 00:24:22,252 --> 00:24:25,505 my life has been just a roller coaster. 458 00:24:25,589 --> 00:24:28,842 And the one thing that I have never done 459 00:24:29,050 --> 00:24:30,343 is I never give up. 460 00:24:31,178 --> 00:24:32,179 I never give up. 461 00:24:32,304 --> 00:24:35,223 [audience cheering, applauding] 462 00:24:37,225 --> 00:24:38,727 And I'm talking to the women. 463 00:24:39,978 --> 00:24:41,855 I'm talking to the women, okay? 464 00:24:42,022 --> 00:24:45,066 -You guys are on your own. -[audience cheering, applauding] 465 00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:47,736 [Cher] You know? 466 00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:51,948 We've been down and out, and we keep striving, 467 00:24:52,032 --> 00:24:53,992 and we keep going, and we keep building, 468 00:24:54,117 --> 00:24:56,369 and we are somebody, okay? 469 00:24:56,536 --> 00:24:57,954 We are special. 470 00:24:58,079 --> 00:25:00,332 As my mom would say, we're special. 471 00:25:00,665 --> 00:25:04,544 So, I want to thank my family, Chaz, Elijah, 472 00:25:04,961 --> 00:25:10,217 my sister back home, my brother-in-law, Ivar, and... 473 00:25:12,636 --> 00:25:16,640 my little friend baby, Slash in 4K, 474 00:25:16,765 --> 00:25:19,184 -and Alexander. -[audience applauding] 475 00:25:19,476 --> 00:25:21,353 So good night and thank you so much. 476 00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:27,692 [audience cheering, applauding] 477 00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:31,905 There's nothing more basic than the blues, 478 00:25:31,988 --> 00:25:34,199 and few people in England know more about them 479 00:25:34,324 --> 00:25:35,659 than Alexis Korner. 480 00:25:35,909 --> 00:25:38,662 [♪ jazzy blues music playing] 481 00:25:45,168 --> 00:25:46,878 [Alexis] The old blues records used to come 482 00:25:46,962 --> 00:25:48,088 in really as wrapping 483 00:25:48,171 --> 00:25:50,715 for the jazz rarities in the middle. 484 00:25:51,174 --> 00:25:52,592 Used to wrap the old O.K. 485 00:25:52,676 --> 00:25:54,135 and Jeanette's, Oliver's and Morton's 486 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:56,638 and things and put a few cruddy old blues records 487 00:25:56,763 --> 00:25:58,473 on the outside, so if anything got broken, 488 00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:00,016 it was only the blues records. 489 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:01,893 And that's how we started to come across them here. 490 00:26:02,018 --> 00:26:04,271 Most people in those days for rhythm and blues, 491 00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:06,815 they were living with their record collections. 492 00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:09,568 And Alexis managed to bring it out into the open, 493 00:26:09,651 --> 00:26:12,237 and just for that, he deserves everything. 494 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,198 The music we played was very much based 495 00:26:15,282 --> 00:26:17,534 on the old country blues, because the records 496 00:26:17,617 --> 00:26:19,327 we'd heard were something like this. 497 00:26:19,786 --> 00:26:22,205 [♪ bluesy rock music playing, The Yardbirds "Louise"] 498 00:26:22,664 --> 00:26:23,790 ♪ Louise ♪ 499 00:26:26,167 --> 00:26:28,336 ♪ You're the sweetest little gal I know ♪ 500 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,046 [Keith] And Alexis sort of managed 501 00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:32,007 to get a club going and Ealing, 502 00:26:32,132 --> 00:26:34,593 and that's when I first heard about Alexis. 503 00:26:34,801 --> 00:26:36,469 Some guy has actually got a club 504 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:38,096 playing rhythm and blues in London. 505 00:26:38,179 --> 00:26:39,723 [♪ soulful blues music playing, Alexis Korner "Rosie"] 506 00:26:39,806 --> 00:26:41,141 ♪ Right here, Rosie ♪ 507 00:26:41,850 --> 00:26:43,602 ♪ Again ♪ 508 00:26:44,394 --> 00:26:48,440 ♪ When she walks she reels in Rocks behind ♪ 509 00:26:48,565 --> 00:26:50,275 Because the only clubs that we played, 510 00:26:50,650 --> 00:26:52,694 apart from our own when we were playing acoustic, 511 00:26:52,819 --> 00:26:53,945 were trad jazz clubs. 512 00:26:54,070 --> 00:26:57,449 But then when we went electric, it really was a case of out, 513 00:26:58,074 --> 00:27:00,035 and don't you dare set foot in here again 514 00:27:00,118 --> 00:27:01,244 with all that electricity. 515 00:27:02,037 --> 00:27:03,413 So we had to start our own club, 516 00:27:03,538 --> 00:27:05,874 which was a place called The Ealing Club. 517 00:27:05,957 --> 00:27:08,460 [Bob] Alexis was this incredible father figure 518 00:27:08,543 --> 00:27:11,671 to this amazing generation of arriving musicians 519 00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:14,132 in 1962, '63, '64, '65. 520 00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:18,386 Alexis was absolutely central to the development 521 00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:21,056 of British music as we know it today. 522 00:27:21,514 --> 00:27:23,850 He introduced everybody to everybody. 523 00:27:23,933 --> 00:27:26,936 He sort of expanded the club, so to speak. 524 00:27:27,020 --> 00:27:29,105 There was a strange assortment of people working around then, 525 00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:31,858 all of whom wanted to get into the blues thing. 526 00:27:31,941 --> 00:27:34,486 Dick Heckstall-Smith and Graham Bond 527 00:27:34,611 --> 00:27:37,572 and Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker and Cyril Davies 528 00:27:37,739 --> 00:27:39,324 and Charlie Watts and Mick Jagger. 529 00:27:39,532 --> 00:27:46,247 ♪ Oh, I got three good women But it's two more in my way ♪ 530 00:27:46,414 --> 00:27:48,917 Alexis, what he would do in the interval, you know, 531 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,085 where they'd take a break, 532 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:52,671 he would invite anybody up to fill in the gap, 533 00:27:52,796 --> 00:27:54,297 you know, for 10 or 15 minutes. 534 00:27:54,381 --> 00:27:56,299 And one night, he invited Mick and me up, 535 00:27:56,591 --> 00:27:58,385 you know, which is the first time he played 536 00:27:58,510 --> 00:27:59,761 with Charlie Watts. 537 00:27:59,886 --> 00:28:01,596 You see, this is why we're connected, Alexis 538 00:28:01,763 --> 00:28:06,059 and the Stones, is, uh... I stole half his band. [laughs] 539 00:28:06,267 --> 00:28:11,189 ♪ Hey, hey, babe I swear you're built for speed ♪ 540 00:28:11,272 --> 00:28:13,233 [interviewer] Alexis Korner, you're the father 541 00:28:13,316 --> 00:28:14,526 of English blues. 542 00:28:14,859 --> 00:28:16,277 How did that start? 543 00:28:16,986 --> 00:28:19,239 I suppose it started by virtue of the fact 544 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:21,533 that I was the oldest cat around who was prepared 545 00:28:21,616 --> 00:28:23,034 to say that that was what he was playing. 546 00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:24,536 [Keith] He was a bluesman, 547 00:28:24,661 --> 00:28:27,455 but he is the father of British rock and roll, 548 00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:29,791 so if anybody deserves to be 549 00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:31,751 in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 550 00:28:32,168 --> 00:28:34,504 then it's Alexis Korner. 551 00:28:35,004 --> 00:28:37,215 ♪ Than any other gal alive ♪ 552 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:45,765 -[♪ music concludes] -[audience applauding] 553 00:28:46,141 --> 00:28:47,892 [announcer] To induct Kool & The Gang, 554 00:28:48,017 --> 00:28:50,645 Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Chuck D. 555 00:28:50,770 --> 00:28:54,315 [audience cheering, applauding] 556 00:28:56,234 --> 00:28:57,277 Wow. 557 00:28:58,570 --> 00:28:59,654 How y'all doing? 558 00:28:59,863 --> 00:29:02,490 [audience cheering] 559 00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:05,076 Quest to The Roots know, we gotta thank Cher. 560 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,037 A lot of rappers gotta thank Cher, right? [laughs] 561 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:12,125 All right, everybody say, hey, hey, hey! 562 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:14,210 [audience chanting] Hey! Hey! Hey! 563 00:29:14,335 --> 00:29:16,254 We having a celebration tonight, 564 00:29:16,546 --> 00:29:18,882 the get down to the get down, 565 00:29:19,174 --> 00:29:23,303 to the get down on it, from DT to JT, 566 00:29:23,970 --> 00:29:28,057 to the four-letter hip name that comes before the gang, 567 00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:30,852 so cool they became their own slang. 568 00:29:30,977 --> 00:29:31,978 [audience cheering] 569 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:35,482 Jersey City Jazzy X to Soul Town Flames, 570 00:29:36,232 --> 00:29:37,776 1969 571 00:29:37,859 --> 00:29:39,194 when they hit the record game. 572 00:29:39,944 --> 00:29:44,324 Hank, Keith, Spectrum City DJs, like Mr. Bill, Wildman Steve, 573 00:29:44,407 --> 00:29:47,243 and our own Doc Dre, us always playing, 574 00:29:47,327 --> 00:29:50,955 I'm just saying that, hey, hey, hey. 575 00:29:51,539 --> 00:29:54,000 Good Times is always on our minds 576 00:29:54,209 --> 00:29:56,336 inside Wild and Peaceful times. 577 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,672 To the get down, to the Jungle Boogie, 578 00:29:59,756 --> 00:30:02,175 get down one time to the boogie, say, "Uh!" 579 00:30:02,258 --> 00:30:05,303 [audience cheering, applauding] 580 00:30:05,386 --> 00:30:07,472 I always wanted to rap on that record. 581 00:30:08,598 --> 00:30:11,476 And if that wasn't enough, there was more Funky Stuff. 582 00:30:12,185 --> 00:30:14,312 Representing their peers in bands 583 00:30:14,395 --> 00:30:16,773 like Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament, Funkadelic. 584 00:30:16,898 --> 00:30:18,983 The J.B.'s already in. 585 00:30:19,526 --> 00:30:22,779 We gotta spill a little funk to the bands who ain't here, 586 00:30:22,862 --> 00:30:26,115 Ohio Players, Bar-Kays, Mandrill, Commodores, 587 00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:29,702 Lakeside, Con Funk Shun, et cetera, et cetera. 588 00:30:29,786 --> 00:30:31,955 [audience cheering, applauding] 589 00:30:32,038 --> 00:30:36,251 And then came the disco days. It got Too Hot. 590 00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:39,838 Then J.T. came in and gave it all he got. 591 00:30:40,922 --> 00:30:44,133 Too, too hot with a gang of new hits. 592 00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:46,678 Joanna to Cherish. 593 00:30:47,262 --> 00:30:49,222 Kool & The Gang remain Fresh 594 00:30:49,305 --> 00:30:51,474 in the best B-boy vernacular, y'all. 595 00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:56,437 Let it be known, this is a long-due Celebration. 596 00:30:56,521 --> 00:30:59,774 [audience cheering, applauding] 597 00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:02,318 [Chuck D] Y'all know-- Hey, hey, y'all know the deal. 598 00:31:02,402 --> 00:31:05,905 Birthdays, weddings, sports championships. 599 00:31:06,155 --> 00:31:10,994 [audience cheering, applauding] 600 00:31:11,077 --> 00:31:12,203 [Chuck D] Y'all know the drill. 601 00:31:12,787 --> 00:31:15,456 And when they created the song Celebration, 602 00:31:15,957 --> 00:31:18,209 it was quoted that the band said, 603 00:31:19,460 --> 00:31:20,753 "We don't know nothing. 604 00:31:21,212 --> 00:31:24,048 "We just celebrate and praise you, God." 605 00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:28,636 So, here we are, Celebration, full circle, 606 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:33,808 in the OH-10, from Youngstown, right here... 607 00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:35,935 [audience cheering, applauding] 608 00:31:36,019 --> 00:31:37,103 ...to Cleveland. 609 00:31:38,605 --> 00:31:39,731 Here we are, y'all. 610 00:31:40,648 --> 00:31:45,278 -Say, "Hey, hey, hey." -[audience] Hey, hey, hey! 611 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:46,404 Here we are. 612 00:31:46,779 --> 00:31:51,159 So, with massive respect, get your minds, bodies, 613 00:31:51,242 --> 00:31:52,869 and souls in check, 614 00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:57,081 ladies and gentlemen, for this super bad video 615 00:31:57,415 --> 00:31:59,667 y'all about to get. Check it out. 616 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:01,085 [audience cheering, applauding] 617 00:32:01,169 --> 00:32:04,505 [♪ upbeat funk playing, Kool & The Gang "Hollywood Swinging"] 618 00:32:05,048 --> 00:32:08,343 Kool & The Gang is the high watermark for soul, 619 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:10,303 funk, R&B perfection. 620 00:32:10,386 --> 00:32:12,847 ♪ Hollywood ♪ 621 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:15,141 ♪ Hollywood swinging ♪ 622 00:32:15,224 --> 00:32:16,768 It's like this amazing collective 623 00:32:16,935 --> 00:32:19,228 of musicians and energy. 624 00:32:19,687 --> 00:32:22,315 ♪ And I saw The Kool & The Gang Show ♪ 625 00:32:22,398 --> 00:32:25,485 With Kool & The Gang, once you started dancing, 626 00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:27,987 you're never gonna stop dancing. 627 00:32:28,154 --> 00:32:30,448 [♪ lively funk playing, Kool & The Gang "Kool & The Gang"] 628 00:32:30,573 --> 00:32:32,200 [Robert] We started back in 1964, 629 00:32:32,283 --> 00:32:34,077 and we called ourselves the "Jazziacs." 630 00:32:34,202 --> 00:32:35,912 And jazz was, uh, you know, 631 00:32:35,995 --> 00:32:37,872 the music that we love and we still love today. 632 00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:40,083 We got involved with backing up other singing groups 633 00:32:40,458 --> 00:32:42,502 that was more into R&B or doo-wops. 634 00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:43,753 Then the music started changing. 635 00:32:43,836 --> 00:32:46,589 Our sound started mixing from jazz to rock. 636 00:32:46,714 --> 00:32:49,258 ♪ We party ♪ 637 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,886 The record company came to us and suggested 638 00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:53,888 that we record Soul Makossa 639 00:32:54,138 --> 00:32:55,640 because Soul Makossa was a hit. 640 00:32:55,723 --> 00:32:57,976 We said, "What? Soul Makossa?" 641 00:32:58,059 --> 00:33:00,937 We decided that we would make up our own Soul Makossa. 642 00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:03,356 [♪ lively funk music playing, Kool & The Gang "Jungle Boogie"] 643 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:11,823 -♪ Jungle boogie ♪ -♪ Get up with the get down... ♪ 644 00:33:11,906 --> 00:33:13,783 At that point in time, Kool & The Gang 645 00:33:13,866 --> 00:33:17,245 became "Kool & The Gang," for real. 646 00:33:17,370 --> 00:33:20,707 I think of sweaty-ass '70s clubs with no AC, 647 00:33:20,790 --> 00:33:23,543 women with afros, bell bottoms. 648 00:33:26,462 --> 00:33:27,505 Just pure funk. 649 00:33:28,256 --> 00:33:31,384 But one element that was missing was the lead vocals. 650 00:33:31,467 --> 00:33:33,344 [♪ upbeat funk music playing, Kool & The Gang "Ladies' Night"] 651 00:33:33,553 --> 00:33:36,097 ♪ Mm, oh, yeah Oh, what a night ♪ 652 00:33:36,222 --> 00:33:38,391 -You're the new lead singer. -How you doing? 653 00:33:38,474 --> 00:33:39,684 -Your name? -James Taylor. 654 00:33:39,767 --> 00:33:43,688 ♪ Yes, it's ladies' night And the feeling's right ♪ 655 00:33:43,980 --> 00:33:46,691 ♪ Oh, yes, it's ladies' night Oh, what a night ♪ 656 00:33:46,816 --> 00:33:48,192 ♪ Oh, what a night ♪ 657 00:33:48,317 --> 00:33:51,154 [J.T.] They heard something in my voice that was unique. 658 00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:53,781 They felt that I had a cool-sounding voice 659 00:33:53,906 --> 00:33:55,491 that fit the cool sound. 660 00:33:55,742 --> 00:33:57,618 [♪ mellow soul music playing, Kool & The Gang "Too Hot"] 661 00:33:57,744 --> 00:33:59,871 -♪ Too hot, lady ♪ -♪ Too hot ♪ 662 00:34:00,163 --> 00:34:01,998 When he sang it, it almost felt like he was smiling. 663 00:34:02,123 --> 00:34:04,042 It would give the group an identity. 664 00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:06,044 [♪ upbeat funk playing, Kool & The Gang "Get Down on It"] 665 00:34:06,127 --> 00:34:08,671 ♪ Get down on it Get down on it ♪ 666 00:34:08,755 --> 00:34:10,673 [J.T.] And our records started selling more. 667 00:34:10,757 --> 00:34:13,051 [Ronald] It was a pinpoint focus for us 668 00:34:13,176 --> 00:34:15,053 to take it to the next level. 669 00:34:15,344 --> 00:34:18,014 ♪ How you gonna do it if you Really don't wanna dance ♪ 670 00:34:18,097 --> 00:34:19,557 ♪ By standing on the wall? ♪ 671 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,017 ♪ Get your back up Off the wall... ♪ 672 00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:22,560 [Ronald] What keeps this band together? 673 00:34:22,643 --> 00:34:25,938 We have a leader by the name of Robert "Kool" Bell. 674 00:34:26,022 --> 00:34:27,732 He's one of my favorite bass players ever. 675 00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:30,443 It's just knowing where to make all that space 676 00:34:30,526 --> 00:34:31,736 and just play off the drums. 677 00:34:31,819 --> 00:34:34,614 Let the horns have it and let the guitars have it. 678 00:34:34,697 --> 00:34:36,449 He's the glue to this whole thing. 679 00:34:36,616 --> 00:34:39,077 He's the Kool in the Kool. We are the gang. 680 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,828 [♪ romantic soul music playing, Kool & The Gang "Joanna"] 681 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:46,042 ♪ Joanna, I love you... ♪ 682 00:34:46,125 --> 00:34:47,919 [Robert] You know, they said, "Oh, Kool & The Gang sold out." 683 00:34:48,002 --> 00:34:49,003 [Ronald] They sold out. 684 00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:50,505 They're doing songs like Joanna. 685 00:34:50,588 --> 00:34:53,174 We did. We sold out of every record. 686 00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:54,509 [Robert] The record company didn't have 687 00:34:54,592 --> 00:34:56,010 -no problem with that. -[Ronald] No, no problem. 688 00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:57,595 [♪ upbeat funk music playing, Kool & The Gang "Fresh"] 689 00:34:57,720 --> 00:35:00,056 -♪ She's fresh, fresh ♪ -♪ Exciting ♪ 690 00:35:00,723 --> 00:35:03,309 ♪ She's so exciting to me Yeah... ♪ 691 00:35:03,392 --> 00:35:05,144 [Usher] There was this amazing arrangement of music. 692 00:35:05,228 --> 00:35:06,562 And sometimes it was more musical 693 00:35:06,646 --> 00:35:09,107 than it was actually a song or a lyric. 694 00:35:09,190 --> 00:35:12,026 [♪ soft jazz playing, Kool & The Gang "Summer Madness"] 695 00:35:13,986 --> 00:35:15,780 [Usher] They were creating music for the future. 696 00:35:15,863 --> 00:35:17,824 They supplied us with a certain bounce. 697 00:35:17,907 --> 00:35:19,742 [♪ upbeat funk music playing, Kool & The Gang "Give It Up"] 698 00:35:20,034 --> 00:35:22,620 [Questlove] Kool & The Gang's one of the most sampled groups 699 00:35:22,745 --> 00:35:25,373 -in hip-hop history. -♪ Don't sweat the technique ♪ 700 00:35:25,498 --> 00:35:26,707 So many have taken from them. 701 00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:28,167 [♪ upbeat hip-hop music playing, Mase "Feel So Good"] 702 00:35:28,251 --> 00:35:29,794 -♪ Bad, bad, bad, bad boy ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪ 703 00:35:29,877 --> 00:35:31,170 ♪ You make me feel so good ♪ 704 00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:33,506 Producers and rappers hear it and are just so, 705 00:35:33,589 --> 00:35:35,383 like, moved by it. You're just like, 706 00:35:35,466 --> 00:35:37,176 "I wanna do something with that record." 707 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:40,263 We are dying to get back to that energy. I know I am. 708 00:35:40,346 --> 00:35:43,141 I want that energy again. I want that feeling again. 709 00:35:43,224 --> 00:35:45,309 [♪ upbeat funk music playing, Kool & The Gang "Celebration"] 710 00:35:45,393 --> 00:35:49,772 They have a catalog of, "You must play at my party." 711 00:35:49,856 --> 00:35:51,023 It's just the way it is. 712 00:35:51,107 --> 00:35:54,110 ♪ There's a party going on right here ♪ 713 00:35:54,569 --> 00:35:57,530 ♪ A celebration to last throughout the year ♪ 714 00:35:57,613 --> 00:35:58,656 [Anderson] The bass and the drums, 715 00:35:58,739 --> 00:36:01,492 the rhythm section, the guitar, they're just so locked in. 716 00:36:01,576 --> 00:36:03,119 It's in your soul, your spirit, 717 00:36:03,327 --> 00:36:05,705 and people start to unite, sing every word. 718 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:08,374 ♪ Let me hear you sing it, baby ♪ 719 00:36:08,499 --> 00:36:11,752 [crowd] ♪ Come on Let's all celebrate ♪ 720 00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:14,714 Our focus and light was always on this band 721 00:36:14,797 --> 00:36:16,507 and the music that we were creating. 722 00:36:16,591 --> 00:36:18,176 Look, we're all about looking out for each other, 723 00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:19,886 being good to each other in this world. 724 00:36:20,094 --> 00:36:23,222 ♪ Celebrate good times Come on ♪ 725 00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:24,891 ♪ Let's celebrate ♪ 726 00:36:24,974 --> 00:36:26,559 Put your hands together, you know. 727 00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:28,352 [Ronald] We just tried to be good musicians and put good, 728 00:36:28,436 --> 00:36:29,854 positive music out there. 729 00:36:32,356 --> 00:36:35,484 To have that amazing legacy, 730 00:36:35,610 --> 00:36:38,613 when something is that pure, it has to live forever. 731 00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:44,994 [audience cheering, applauding] 732 00:36:45,077 --> 00:36:47,622 [Chuck D] What? [chuckles] 733 00:36:49,582 --> 00:36:51,334 What? [chuckles] 734 00:36:52,084 --> 00:36:55,046 I-- Hey, hey, hey. I don't know about y'all, 735 00:36:55,129 --> 00:36:57,173 but I couldn't stop moving up here. 736 00:36:57,673 --> 00:37:00,176 I seen y'all shaking and moving in your seats. 737 00:37:00,968 --> 00:37:03,429 One more time, say, "Hey, hey, hey." 738 00:37:03,512 --> 00:37:07,183 -[audience] Hey, hey, hey! -What y'all got to say? 739 00:37:07,266 --> 00:37:08,893 Everybody in the house give it up 740 00:37:08,976 --> 00:37:11,896 in the utmost honor, respect, and celebration 741 00:37:11,979 --> 00:37:14,023 to the one and only Kool & The Gang 742 00:37:14,106 --> 00:37:15,524 to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 743 00:37:15,608 --> 00:37:19,820 [audience cheering, applauding] 744 00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:23,366 [♪ upbeat funk playing, Kool & The Gang "Hollywood Swinging"] 745 00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:33,709 ♪ Uh! ♪ 746 00:37:43,344 --> 00:37:45,304 ♪ Say hey, hey, hey ♪ 747 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,016 ♪ What ya got to say? ♪ 748 00:37:51,644 --> 00:37:54,063 ♪ Say hey, hey, hey ♪ 749 00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:57,483 ♪ What ya got to say? ♪ 750 00:38:00,361 --> 00:38:03,155 ♪ Hollywood ♪ 751 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:05,950 ♪ Hollywood swinging ♪ 752 00:38:08,786 --> 00:38:11,956 ♪ Hollywood ♪ 753 00:38:12,873 --> 00:38:14,375 ♪ Hollywood swinging ♪ 754 00:38:17,837 --> 00:38:21,549 [♪ lively funk playing, Kool & The Gang "Get Down on It"] 755 00:38:21,674 --> 00:38:23,467 [audience cheering] 756 00:38:23,551 --> 00:38:26,429 ♪ Hey, what you gonna do? ♪ 757 00:38:27,263 --> 00:38:28,556 ♪ You wanna get down? ♪ 758 00:38:29,390 --> 00:38:30,641 ♪ Hey, what you gonna do? ♪ 759 00:38:31,392 --> 00:38:33,436 ♪ Do you wanna get down? Hey! ♪ 760 00:38:33,519 --> 00:38:35,021 ♪ What you gonna do? ♪ 761 00:38:35,646 --> 00:38:37,064 ♪ You wanna get down? ♪ 762 00:38:37,857 --> 00:38:39,150 ♪ Hey, what you gonna do? ♪ 763 00:38:39,734 --> 00:38:41,068 ♪ Do you wanna get down? ♪ 764 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:42,528 Cleveland, come on! 765 00:38:42,695 --> 00:38:45,823 ♪ Get down on it Get down on it ♪ 766 00:38:46,741 --> 00:38:48,117 ♪ Get down on it ♪ 767 00:38:48,909 --> 00:38:50,995 ♪ Get down on it Come on and ♪ 768 00:38:51,078 --> 00:38:54,165 ♪ Get down on it Get down on it ♪ 769 00:38:55,249 --> 00:38:58,502 ♪ Get down on it Get down on it ♪ 770 00:38:59,086 --> 00:39:01,881 ♪ Well, how you gonna do it if you really don't wanna dance ♪ 771 00:39:01,964 --> 00:39:03,257 ♪ By standing on the wall? ♪ 772 00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:04,342 Sing! 773 00:39:04,425 --> 00:39:05,885 ♪ Get your back up off the wall ♪ 774 00:39:05,968 --> 00:39:07,178 ♪ And tell me ♪ 775 00:39:07,386 --> 00:39:10,473 ♪ Well, how you gonna do it if you really don't wanna dance ♪ 776 00:39:10,556 --> 00:39:12,516 ♪ By standing on the wall? ♪ 777 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:13,976 ♪ Get your back up off the wall ♪ 778 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:15,936 ♪ 'Cause I heard all the people sayin' ♪ 779 00:39:16,103 --> 00:39:18,147 -♪ Get down on it ♪ -♪ Come on and ♪ 780 00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:20,191 -♪ Get down on it ♪ -♪ If you really want it ♪ 781 00:39:20,274 --> 00:39:22,318 -♪ Get down on it ♪ -♪ You gotta feel it ♪ 782 00:39:22,401 --> 00:39:24,320 -♪ Get down on it ♪ -♪ Get down on it ♪ 783 00:39:24,403 --> 00:39:26,489 -♪ Get down on it ♪ -♪ Come on and ♪ 784 00:39:26,572 --> 00:39:28,491 -♪ Get down on it ♪ -♪ Baby, baby ♪ 785 00:39:28,616 --> 00:39:30,618 -♪ Get down on it ♪ -[J.T.] ♪ Get on it ♪ 786 00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:33,204 -♪ Get down on it ♪ -[J.T. scatting] 787 00:39:33,287 --> 00:39:35,873 [♪ upbeat funk music playing, Kool & The Gang "Ladies' Night"] 788 00:39:37,792 --> 00:39:39,001 [J.T.] All the ladies in the house, 789 00:39:39,085 --> 00:39:40,669 let me hear you scream! 790 00:39:41,253 --> 00:39:45,966 ♪ Mm, oh, yeah Oh, what a night ♪ 791 00:39:46,175 --> 00:39:48,969 You like this one, huh? Come on. [cheers] 792 00:39:57,853 --> 00:39:58,854 Come on! 793 00:40:05,778 --> 00:40:09,949 ♪ Oh, yes, it's ladies' night And the feeling's right ♪ 794 00:40:10,032 --> 00:40:12,660 -♪ Oh, yes, it's ladies' night ♪ -♪ Oh, what a night ♪ 795 00:40:12,743 --> 00:40:14,328 [J.T.] ♪ Oh, what a night ♪ 796 00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:18,374 ♪ Oh, yes, it's ladies' night And the feeling's right ♪ 797 00:40:18,457 --> 00:40:21,544 -♪ Oh, yes, it's ladies' night ♪ -[J.T.] ♪ Oh, what a night ♪ 798 00:40:23,337 --> 00:40:27,007 ♪ Girls, y'all got one ♪ 799 00:40:27,716 --> 00:40:30,136 ♪ A night that's special everywhere ♪ 800 00:40:30,928 --> 00:40:35,266 ♪ From New York City out to Cleveland, Ohio ♪ 801 00:40:36,016 --> 00:40:37,351 ♪ It's ladies' night ♪ 802 00:40:37,518 --> 00:40:39,395 ♪ And, girl the feeling's good ♪ 803 00:40:39,478 --> 00:40:40,688 Come on, Kool. 804 00:40:40,771 --> 00:40:43,607 ♪ On disco lights Your name will be seen ♪ 805 00:40:44,358 --> 00:40:48,028 ♪ You can fulfill all your dreams ♪ 806 00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:52,241 ♪ Party here, party there Everywhere ♪ 807 00:40:52,575 --> 00:40:56,120 ♪ This is your night, baby You've got to be there, well ♪ 808 00:40:56,203 --> 00:40:57,913 Put your hands together. Come on. 809 00:40:58,122 --> 00:41:00,791 ♪ Tonight, all right ♪ 810 00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:02,084 [J.T.] ♪ Oh, it's ladies' night ♪ 811 00:41:02,168 --> 00:41:04,170 -♪ Tonight ♪ -♪ And it feels so right, yeah ♪ 812 00:41:04,253 --> 00:41:05,463 ♪ All right ♪ 813 00:41:06,255 --> 00:41:07,548 ♪ Tonight ♪ 814 00:41:08,716 --> 00:41:11,177 -♪ Lady, lady, lady, lady ♪ -♪ Tonight ♪ 815 00:41:11,260 --> 00:41:13,179 -♪ I love you ♪ -♪ All right ♪ 816 00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:14,930 [♪ lively funk music playing, Kool & The Gang "Jungle Boogie"] 817 00:41:15,014 --> 00:41:16,515 ♪ Get down, get down Get down, get down ♪ 818 00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:19,059 We're taking it back, a little funk right now. 819 00:41:19,393 --> 00:41:23,731 ♪ Get down, get down Get down, get down ♪ 820 00:41:23,981 --> 00:41:27,860 ♪ Get down, get down Get down, get down ♪ 821 00:41:27,943 --> 00:41:30,029 -♪ Get down, get down ♪ -Come on! 822 00:41:33,324 --> 00:41:34,909 ♪ Hey, hey ♪ 823 00:41:37,244 --> 00:41:38,746 Can you feel it? 824 00:41:47,296 --> 00:41:48,631 ♪ Jungle boogie ♪ 825 00:41:49,381 --> 00:41:51,425 -♪ Jungle boogie ♪ -Come on! 826 00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:53,511 -♪ Jungle boogie ♪ -[J.T.] Oh, yeah! 827 00:41:53,594 --> 00:41:55,763 -♪ Jungle boogie ♪ -Get down with it, get down. 828 00:41:55,846 --> 00:41:57,765 -♪ Jungle boogie ♪ -[J.T. grunts] 829 00:41:57,890 --> 00:41:59,892 -♪ Jungle boogie ♪ -[J.T. scatting] 830 00:41:59,975 --> 00:42:02,019 -♪ Jungle boogie ♪ -[J.T.] Come on now. 831 00:42:02,102 --> 00:42:04,522 -♪ Jungle boogie ♪ -♪ Everybody, shake it around ♪ 832 00:42:11,946 --> 00:42:13,030 Whoo! 833 00:42:16,158 --> 00:42:17,201 How you feeling? 834 00:42:17,576 --> 00:42:20,788 [audience cheering] 835 00:42:20,871 --> 00:42:23,832 [♪ upbeat funk music playing, Kool & The Gang "Celebration"] 836 00:42:28,629 --> 00:42:29,755 [J.T.] Whoo! 837 00:42:32,174 --> 00:42:35,761 It's a celebration tonight. Everybody, scream! 838 00:42:36,053 --> 00:42:40,266 [audience cheering] 839 00:42:40,391 --> 00:42:41,517 ♪ Yahoo! ♪ 840 00:42:42,768 --> 00:42:44,728 [J.T.] ♪ It's a celebration ♪ 841 00:42:48,148 --> 00:42:49,400 ♪ Yahoo! ♪ 842 00:42:50,317 --> 00:42:52,570 ♪ This is your celebration ♪ 843 00:42:52,945 --> 00:42:56,824 ♪ Celebrate good times Come on! ♪ 844 00:42:57,700 --> 00:43:00,911 ♪ Let's celebrate, come on now ♪ 845 00:43:00,995 --> 00:43:04,665 ♪ Celebrate good times Come on! ♪ 846 00:43:05,416 --> 00:43:06,792 ♪ Well, let's celebrate ♪ 847 00:43:07,543 --> 00:43:11,005 ♪ 'Cause there's a party going on right here ♪ 848 00:43:11,380 --> 00:43:14,883 ♪ A celebration to last throughout the years ♪ 849 00:43:15,342 --> 00:43:19,555 ♪ So, bring your good time And your laughter too ♪ 850 00:43:19,763 --> 00:43:23,183 ♪ 'Cause we gonna celebrate and party with you ♪ 851 00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:27,688 -♪ Come on now ♪ -♪ Celebration ♪ 852 00:43:28,105 --> 00:43:31,567 ♪ Let's all celebrate and have a good time ♪ 853 00:43:31,650 --> 00:43:35,571 ♪ Celebration ♪ 854 00:43:36,030 --> 00:43:39,366 ♪ We gon' celebrate and have a good time ♪ 855 00:43:40,326 --> 00:43:43,412 ♪ It's time to come together ♪ 856 00:43:43,871 --> 00:43:47,499 ♪ It's up to you What's your pleasure? ♪ 857 00:43:47,583 --> 00:43:51,670 ♪ Everyone around the world Come on ♪ 858 00:43:51,879 --> 00:43:55,507 ♪ Celebrate good times Come on ♪ 859 00:43:55,591 --> 00:43:57,009 ♪ Let's celebrate ♪ 860 00:43:57,760 --> 00:43:59,553 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 861 00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:03,474 ♪ Celebrate good times Come on ♪ 862 00:44:05,851 --> 00:44:07,269 [J.T.] ♪ Come on and celebrate ♪ 863 00:44:07,561 --> 00:44:10,481 -♪ Celebrate good times ♪ -[J.T.] ♪ Tonight ♪ 864 00:44:10,564 --> 00:44:11,774 -♪ Come on ♪ -♪ Baby, everything's ♪ 865 00:44:11,857 --> 00:44:15,361 ♪ Gonna be all right So, let's celebrate ♪ 866 00:44:15,444 --> 00:44:19,156 ♪ Celebrate good times Come on ♪ 867 00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:24,828 [audience cheering, applauding] 868 00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:31,377 [♪ music concludes] 869 00:44:31,627 --> 00:44:32,920 [J.T.] Thank you! 870 00:44:42,221 --> 00:44:45,557 We love you, Cleveland. Thank you. 871 00:44:48,352 --> 00:44:49,770 [inaudible dialogue] 872 00:44:54,274 --> 00:44:56,527 Thank y'all. Shit. 873 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:01,615 Thank you very much. 874 00:45:03,659 --> 00:45:07,329 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 875 00:45:09,289 --> 00:45:11,875 I'm a boy from Youngstown, Ohio... 876 00:45:11,959 --> 00:45:14,044 [audience cheering, applauding] 877 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:18,257 ...and made it to Cleveland, Ohio, 878 00:45:18,924 --> 00:45:20,843 in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 879 00:45:21,510 --> 00:45:22,886 I want to thank, um... 880 00:45:24,179 --> 00:45:29,393 Universal Records, Warner Brothers, okay, 881 00:45:29,601 --> 00:45:31,979 and definitely the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 882 00:45:32,271 --> 00:45:34,440 for supporting us for so many years. 883 00:45:34,606 --> 00:45:36,692 [audience applauding] 884 00:45:36,859 --> 00:45:42,114 My managers... Adil Bayyan passed in a car accident. 885 00:45:42,781 --> 00:45:48,579 Also... also, uh, Tia Sinclair, is our new management. 886 00:45:50,205 --> 00:45:52,624 So, we want to thank you. 887 00:45:53,333 --> 00:45:55,669 Now, also, my family's out there. 888 00:45:56,003 --> 00:46:02,092 My son, Muhammad, Hakim, Jurnie, and Xavier. 889 00:46:04,928 --> 00:46:07,306 Thank you. Thank you. 890 00:46:08,807 --> 00:46:14,146 Now, I'm gonna go to the magnificent seven. 891 00:46:15,397 --> 00:46:16,774 George Brown. 892 00:46:19,485 --> 00:46:23,030 My brother, Khalis Bayyan Bell. 893 00:46:25,699 --> 00:46:27,576 "Dee Tee" Thomas. 894 00:46:29,077 --> 00:46:32,122 Robert "Spike" Mickens. 895 00:46:33,916 --> 00:46:38,128 Okay, and Ricky West. 896 00:46:38,420 --> 00:46:40,672 Mr. Hollywood Swinging himself. 897 00:46:41,924 --> 00:46:44,343 Now, that was the magnificent seven. 898 00:46:44,426 --> 00:46:45,928 They all have passed. 899 00:46:46,261 --> 00:46:50,724 So, now you have me and J.T. 900 00:46:51,642 --> 00:46:53,936 J.T., your mic. 901 00:46:54,770 --> 00:46:55,771 [J.T.] Thank you, Robert. 902 00:46:58,065 --> 00:46:59,316 -[Robert] Yeah? -Yeah. 903 00:46:59,441 --> 00:47:02,069 [audience cheering, applauding] 904 00:47:02,986 --> 00:47:06,031 What's up, Cleveland? How's everybody feeling? 905 00:47:08,575 --> 00:47:10,035 First, I want to thank, um, 906 00:47:10,285 --> 00:47:13,664 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for bestowing this upon us. 907 00:47:14,456 --> 00:47:18,752 I'd also like to congratulate our fellow 2024 inductees 908 00:47:19,378 --> 00:47:21,839 and acknowledge the inductees of years past. 909 00:47:22,798 --> 00:47:25,926 The artists of whose company we stand, 910 00:47:26,176 --> 00:47:28,971 of so many generations and different styles, 911 00:47:29,221 --> 00:47:31,849 all of which have given music that's foundational, 912 00:47:31,932 --> 00:47:33,183 not only for me, 913 00:47:33,267 --> 00:47:35,143 but for millions across the oceans. 914 00:47:35,978 --> 00:47:38,981 To join the ranks of them is a tremendous honor. 915 00:47:40,315 --> 00:47:42,192 [audience cheering, applauding] 916 00:47:42,776 --> 00:47:43,819 It really is. 917 00:47:45,070 --> 00:47:48,407 When I heard we had reached the summit of our profession, 918 00:47:48,782 --> 00:47:51,285 I instantly thought of my journey and the people 919 00:47:51,368 --> 00:47:52,953 who assisted me along the way. 920 00:47:53,704 --> 00:47:54,705 First... 921 00:47:55,747 --> 00:47:57,082 I get emotional with this. 922 00:47:57,708 --> 00:48:00,669 I'd like to thank my mother because she, um... 923 00:48:00,752 --> 00:48:02,337 [audience cheering, applauding] 924 00:48:02,504 --> 00:48:03,922 I made it to the Hall, Mommy. 925 00:48:05,340 --> 00:48:06,341 You know? 926 00:48:07,801 --> 00:48:08,844 [groans] 927 00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:10,721 Wish she was here. 928 00:48:10,971 --> 00:48:13,849 I'd like to thank my beautiful, loving wife, Starleana, 929 00:48:14,266 --> 00:48:15,392 for her artistry 930 00:48:16,059 --> 00:48:18,353 and for being an invaluable business partner. 931 00:48:18,729 --> 00:48:21,064 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[J.T.] She's right there. 932 00:48:26,069 --> 00:48:28,488 And I thank... I thank her also 933 00:48:28,614 --> 00:48:31,658 for giving both of us our wonderful son, Xavier. 934 00:48:33,702 --> 00:48:34,870 He's a film director. 935 00:48:35,037 --> 00:48:37,456 He should be making his debut next year sometime. 936 00:48:38,206 --> 00:48:39,249 So, look out for him. 937 00:48:40,208 --> 00:48:41,960 And I thank my brothers and sisters, 938 00:48:42,294 --> 00:48:43,378 my little brother, Doc, 939 00:48:43,503 --> 00:48:46,048 for being by my side and always having my back. 940 00:48:47,007 --> 00:48:48,634 My family around the countries, 941 00:48:49,259 --> 00:48:51,470 in, uh, Laurens, South Carolina, 942 00:48:51,678 --> 00:48:52,930 Brooklyn, New York, 943 00:48:54,222 --> 00:48:55,766 Hackensack, New Jersey. 944 00:48:55,891 --> 00:48:56,975 [audience cheering, applauding] 945 00:48:57,225 --> 00:49:01,480 And my first band, the Electro Five, BPB, 946 00:49:01,897 --> 00:49:03,774 Street Dancer, the Fillet of Soul, 947 00:49:03,899 --> 00:49:05,400 those are groups that I was in. 948 00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:08,862 And I thank Irene and Charlie Conrad 949 00:49:09,029 --> 00:49:10,781 and Stephan Galfas and Jim Bonnefond 950 00:49:10,864 --> 00:49:12,324 of House of Music studio. 951 00:49:13,867 --> 00:49:17,329 And Eumir Deodato, you forever changed my life. 952 00:49:18,914 --> 00:49:21,375 I'd like to thank my lawyers. You need great lawyers, right? 953 00:49:21,458 --> 00:49:23,460 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[chuckles] 954 00:49:25,587 --> 00:49:27,255 [J.T.] Hey, you need about five or 10 of them, 955 00:49:27,381 --> 00:49:28,548 right, guys? [chuckles] 956 00:49:28,966 --> 00:49:33,053 Mr. Stuart Levy, William Young, and Boyd Cote. 957 00:49:33,887 --> 00:49:35,347 I thank Warner Chappell 958 00:49:35,722 --> 00:49:39,810 and my publicist, Viveca Ortiz-Torres, and Lede. 959 00:49:40,852 --> 00:49:41,853 And there's many more, 960 00:49:41,979 --> 00:49:43,438 but I can't take up all the time. 961 00:49:44,231 --> 00:49:46,858 But there's something my grandmother once told me. 962 00:49:47,025 --> 00:49:49,361 She said, "When you mention someone's name in reverence, 963 00:49:49,736 --> 00:49:51,905 "you draw their spirit into your presence." 964 00:49:53,407 --> 00:49:55,951 -Yes, she was a wise lady. -[audience cheering, applauding] 965 00:49:56,243 --> 00:49:58,036 So, I'd like for you to join me in something. 966 00:49:58,704 --> 00:50:01,415 I would like everyone to stand, if you can, 967 00:50:02,332 --> 00:50:05,711 and shine a light and repeat after me as loud as you can 968 00:50:06,044 --> 00:50:09,006 as I read the names of the members who started 969 00:50:09,464 --> 00:50:11,633 and played a major role in the success 970 00:50:11,717 --> 00:50:12,968 of Kool & The Gang. 971 00:50:15,637 --> 00:50:19,850 -Curtis Williams. -[audience cheering, applauding] 972 00:50:20,434 --> 00:50:23,270 -Woody Sparrow. -[audience cheering, applauding] 973 00:50:23,854 --> 00:50:26,857 -Rick Westfield. -[audience cheering, applauding] 974 00:50:26,982 --> 00:50:30,110 -[J.T.] Adil Bayyan. -[audience cheering, applauding] 975 00:50:30,235 --> 00:50:32,738 -[J.T.] Clifford Adams. -[audience cheering, applauding] 976 00:50:32,904 --> 00:50:35,282 -Charles Smith. -[audience cheering, applauding] 977 00:50:35,574 --> 00:50:37,951 -Spike Mickens. -[audience cheering, applauding] 978 00:50:38,201 --> 00:50:40,203 -Dennis Thomas. -[audience cheering, applauding] 979 00:50:40,996 --> 00:50:43,081 -George Brown. -[audience cheering, applauding] 980 00:50:43,498 --> 00:50:45,792 [J.T.] And our fearless leader, Mr. Ronald Bell. 981 00:50:45,959 --> 00:50:47,794 [audience cheering, applauding] 982 00:50:47,961 --> 00:50:49,588 And this man right here that just spoke, 983 00:50:49,671 --> 00:50:51,757 he's the founder, Mr. Robert Bell, 984 00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:53,884 better known as "Kool." 985 00:50:54,009 --> 00:50:56,428 [audience cheering, applauding] 986 00:51:01,892 --> 00:51:03,477 [James] So, I leave you with these words. 987 00:51:04,478 --> 00:51:06,396 Let's stand in reverence, 988 00:51:06,813 --> 00:51:09,441 so tomorrow we can climb even higher. 989 00:51:09,858 --> 00:51:12,486 Make sure you vote. God bless you all. 990 00:51:12,611 --> 00:51:14,863 [audience cheering, applauding] 991 00:51:22,871 --> 00:51:24,915 [♪ soft instrumental music playing] 992 00:51:26,458 --> 00:51:28,210 [announcer] To induct Dionne Warwick 993 00:51:28,335 --> 00:51:31,755 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Teyana Taylor. 994 00:51:31,963 --> 00:51:34,174 [audience cheering, applauding] 995 00:51:39,805 --> 00:51:42,015 Hey, y'all. [chuckles] 996 00:51:43,350 --> 00:51:47,104 -How y'all doing? -[audience cheering, applauding] 997 00:51:47,562 --> 00:51:51,983 -I said, how y'all doing? -[audience cheering, applauding] 998 00:51:53,151 --> 00:51:54,569 All right, I like that. 999 00:51:55,278 --> 00:51:56,613 Now, you're gonna have to bear with Auntie, 1000 00:51:56,696 --> 00:51:58,698 'cause I wear glasses, so hold on... 1001 00:51:59,074 --> 00:52:00,951 Good... But it match though, you see? 1002 00:52:02,119 --> 00:52:03,286 Okay. [chuckles] 1003 00:52:05,247 --> 00:52:06,581 All right, here we go. 1004 00:52:07,541 --> 00:52:09,209 When you talk about influence, 1005 00:52:09,417 --> 00:52:11,753 you also have to talk about excellence. 1006 00:52:12,504 --> 00:52:14,297 The artist who I'm here to honor tonight 1007 00:52:14,381 --> 00:52:17,217 is the epitome of both. [chuckles] 1008 00:52:17,592 --> 00:52:21,680 She is a rule-breaker, a name-taker, and a hit-maker. 1009 00:52:22,389 --> 00:52:26,601 She is the one and the only, Ms. Dionne Warwick! 1010 00:52:26,726 --> 00:52:28,687 [audience cheering, applauding] 1011 00:52:34,151 --> 00:52:35,360 Now, some artists 1012 00:52:35,443 --> 00:52:38,238 are always going to be the zeitgeist. 1013 00:52:38,822 --> 00:52:40,991 Artists you know about your whole life, 1014 00:52:41,283 --> 00:52:44,536 artists you enjoy, maybe you become a fan of, 1015 00:52:44,744 --> 00:52:46,955 but you never know who they really are. 1016 00:52:48,206 --> 00:52:51,501 It wasn't until I got the role of a lifetime to play Dionne 1017 00:52:51,751 --> 00:52:53,378 in her upcoming biopic, 1018 00:52:53,503 --> 00:52:56,173 that I began to learn the depths of this beautiful woman. 1019 00:52:56,256 --> 00:52:59,634 -Yes, thank you. -[audience applauds] 1020 00:52:59,843 --> 00:53:01,970 Not only the depths of her talent, 1021 00:53:02,137 --> 00:53:03,763 but of her love of the craft, 1022 00:53:04,014 --> 00:53:06,766 her love for her fans, and her love for humanity. 1023 00:53:07,517 --> 00:53:09,686 When you are raised as a person of faith, 1024 00:53:09,769 --> 00:53:11,188 you are raised with the knowledge 1025 00:53:11,271 --> 00:53:12,898 that you can be of service. 1026 00:53:13,398 --> 00:53:14,983 And don't think anyone can disagree 1027 00:53:15,066 --> 00:53:17,360 with me when I say that Ms. Dionne Warwick 1028 00:53:17,611 --> 00:53:20,572 has done an incredible service to this world with her music. 1029 00:53:21,198 --> 00:53:24,367 [audience cheering, applauding] 1030 00:53:26,620 --> 00:53:29,414 Dionne began her career singing gospel in the church, 1031 00:53:29,581 --> 00:53:32,167 but her big break came when songwriters 1032 00:53:32,250 --> 00:53:35,337 and producers, Burt Bacharach 1033 00:53:36,004 --> 00:53:39,174 and Hal David heard her voice in the studio. 1034 00:53:41,218 --> 00:53:43,553 They were blown away by her range, her ability, 1035 00:53:43,637 --> 00:53:44,930 and her amazing talent. 1036 00:53:45,180 --> 00:53:48,099 Because she is truly one of a kind, and they knew it. 1037 00:53:49,392 --> 00:53:50,685 Her first major release, 1038 00:53:50,769 --> 00:53:53,230 Don't Make Me Over, was a huge hit, 1039 00:53:53,355 --> 00:53:55,774 as well as an anthem for women across the world. 1040 00:53:55,899 --> 00:53:59,527 -Uh-huh. Let's clap. Mm-hmm. -[audience cheering, applauding] 1041 00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:07,869 Now, that was in 1962, over six decades ago. 1042 00:54:08,119 --> 00:54:09,663 Six decades, give it up for that. 1043 00:54:09,829 --> 00:54:12,207 [audience cheering, applauding] 1044 00:54:12,457 --> 00:54:14,793 My girl is working, she working. 1045 00:54:16,628 --> 00:54:19,589 Not only was it extremely difficult for a woman of color 1046 00:54:19,673 --> 00:54:21,633 to get a record deal at that time, 1047 00:54:21,841 --> 00:54:24,261 there simply weren't any other women of color 1048 00:54:24,344 --> 00:54:26,221 making pop music like she was. 1049 00:54:26,805 --> 00:54:29,516 As a Black woman, we are always fighting to be seen, 1050 00:54:29,641 --> 00:54:31,393 to be heard, and to be considered. 1051 00:54:31,726 --> 00:54:35,105 So, in 1964, when Walk On By bumped The Beatles 1052 00:54:35,188 --> 00:54:37,315 out of the number one spot on the charts. 1053 00:54:37,482 --> 00:54:41,111 [audience cheering, applauding] 1054 00:54:41,528 --> 00:54:42,904 You need to understand 1055 00:54:42,988 --> 00:54:45,949 the big deal that was and still is. 1056 00:54:46,533 --> 00:54:49,494 Ms. Warwick did not come to play. 1057 00:54:50,453 --> 00:54:51,454 [chuckles] 1058 00:54:51,997 --> 00:54:54,791 With her, it was just one hit after another. 1059 00:54:55,500 --> 00:54:59,087 Anyone Who Had a Heart, I Say a Little Prayer, 1060 00:54:59,504 --> 00:55:03,842 Do You Know the Way to San Jose, I'll Never Love This Way Again, 1061 00:55:03,967 --> 00:55:07,262 And they go on and on and on and on. 1062 00:55:07,512 --> 00:55:12,017 And now she's still here, 60 years later. Yes. 1063 00:55:12,809 --> 00:55:15,562 -Yes. -[audience cheering, applauding] 1064 00:55:15,687 --> 00:55:18,189 [Teyana] Y'all showing off for Ms. Warwick, period! 1065 00:55:18,273 --> 00:55:19,357 Let's go! 1066 00:55:19,524 --> 00:55:22,277 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[Teyana] My girl! 1067 00:55:26,197 --> 00:55:27,949 As a vocalist... [chuckles] 1068 00:55:28,074 --> 00:55:31,703 ...Ms. Dionne's voice has this unbelievable range. 1069 00:55:31,828 --> 00:55:34,497 It's smooth, it's sensual and sophisticated. 1070 00:55:34,873 --> 00:55:38,543 She's a profound soul singer who never misses the subtlety 1071 00:55:38,710 --> 00:55:41,129 and the nuance of every lyric she delivers. 1072 00:55:41,379 --> 00:55:43,590 There's strength, there's softness. 1073 00:55:43,673 --> 00:55:44,966 Yes, softness. 1074 00:55:45,383 --> 00:55:47,052 There's really nothing else like it. 1075 00:55:47,635 --> 00:55:50,472 She is one of the most charted 1076 00:55:50,597 --> 00:55:53,224 vocalists of all time. Clap for that. 1077 00:55:53,350 --> 00:55:55,101 [audience cheering, applauding] 1078 00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:56,811 [Teyana] Mm-hmm. 1079 00:55:57,687 --> 00:55:59,731 She's won six Grammy Awards, 1080 00:55:59,814 --> 00:56:02,108 sold over a hundred million records, 1081 00:56:02,317 --> 00:56:03,610 and as we all know, 1082 00:56:03,693 --> 00:56:05,987 she is here tonight to be inducted 1083 00:56:06,071 --> 00:56:08,740 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! 1084 00:56:08,823 --> 00:56:10,784 [audience cheering, applauding] 1085 00:56:17,082 --> 00:56:18,750 And while, Dionne has used her voice 1086 00:56:18,833 --> 00:56:19,876 to entertain us, 1087 00:56:20,001 --> 00:56:22,295 she's also used it to help others in need. 1088 00:56:23,088 --> 00:56:25,757 That's What Friends Are For, with her friends Elton John, 1089 00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:27,425 Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight. 1090 00:56:27,509 --> 00:56:30,804 [audience cheering, applauding] 1091 00:56:31,262 --> 00:56:32,514 They raised millions 1092 00:56:32,639 --> 00:56:34,557 for the Foundation for AIDS Research, 1093 00:56:34,641 --> 00:56:38,561 and a 100% of the song's proceeds still go to fund it. 1094 00:56:38,895 --> 00:56:41,523 -[audience cheering, applauding] -Yes. 1095 00:56:45,610 --> 00:56:48,113 She has raised awareness for the multitude 1096 00:56:48,196 --> 00:56:50,824 of other causes, and she's not done fighting. 1097 00:56:51,533 --> 00:56:53,868 Because Dionne, Ms. Dionne, 1098 00:56:53,952 --> 00:56:55,495 y'all better put that "Ms." in that teleprompter. 1099 00:56:55,578 --> 00:56:56,579 I'm not gonna hold y'all. 1100 00:56:56,663 --> 00:56:58,790 I ain't about to keep calling her "Dionne." 1101 00:57:02,252 --> 00:57:05,588 Ms. Dionne will always have that fire, 1102 00:57:06,089 --> 00:57:08,800 whether it's for her music, for her family, 1103 00:57:08,883 --> 00:57:11,177 for her life, and for the lives of others. 1104 00:57:11,386 --> 00:57:12,637 She is a passionate woman, 1105 00:57:13,012 --> 00:57:16,182 and I'm so, so honored that I get to know her 1106 00:57:16,349 --> 00:57:18,560 and be up here to help her tell her story. 1107 00:57:19,811 --> 00:57:22,689 -Mm-hmm. All right. Okay. -[audience cheering, applauding] 1108 00:57:25,483 --> 00:57:29,904 What the world needs right now might be love, sweet love, 1109 00:57:30,196 --> 00:57:34,868 but what I think it really needs is more of Miss Dionne Warwick, 1110 00:57:34,951 --> 00:57:38,204 -yeah! -[audience cheering] 1111 00:57:38,413 --> 00:57:40,582 [♪ smooth jazz music playing, Dionne Warwick 1112 00:57:40,874 --> 00:57:44,294 "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"] 1113 00:57:44,502 --> 00:57:46,796 [Dionne] Well, I came from a family of singers, 1114 00:57:46,921 --> 00:57:48,631 so music has always been my life, 1115 00:57:48,715 --> 00:57:50,675 and that's what I'm about. 1116 00:57:50,758 --> 00:57:53,720 ♪ Do you know the way to San Jose? ♪ 1117 00:57:53,803 --> 00:57:57,265 ♪ I've been away so long I may go wrong... ♪ 1118 00:57:57,390 --> 00:57:59,809 Dionne's voice is unique, 1119 00:58:00,143 --> 00:58:03,104 individual, and instantly identifiable. 1120 00:58:03,188 --> 00:58:04,898 Nobody sounds like her. 1121 00:58:05,023 --> 00:58:06,816 There's no other voice like hers, 1122 00:58:06,941 --> 00:58:10,278 and she has made some of the best music of all time. 1123 00:58:10,361 --> 00:58:13,114 ♪ In a week, maybe two They'll make you a star ♪ 1124 00:58:13,198 --> 00:58:14,699 [Dionne] All through my college years I recorded 1125 00:58:14,782 --> 00:58:17,452 demo records and then Burt Bacharach asked me 1126 00:58:17,535 --> 00:58:19,329 to record some songs he's just written 1127 00:58:19,412 --> 00:58:21,456 with a brand-new partner, Hal David. 1128 00:58:21,581 --> 00:58:24,501 [Burt] Hearing what she could do, she's so phenomenal 1129 00:58:24,626 --> 00:58:26,836 and she moved so easily through things 1130 00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:28,963 that would be very stressful for another singer. 1131 00:58:29,047 --> 00:58:30,715 [♪ slow jazz music playing, Dionne Warwick "Don't Make Me Over"] 1132 00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:32,258 ♪ Don't make me over ♪ 1133 00:58:33,176 --> 00:58:36,554 ♪ Now that you know how I adore... ♪ 1134 00:58:36,679 --> 00:58:37,847 [Dionne] My favorite song of them all 1135 00:58:37,931 --> 00:58:39,682 is my very first record, Don't Make Me Over. 1136 00:58:39,766 --> 00:58:42,185 I think we all have said that at one time in our lives, 1137 00:58:42,268 --> 00:58:43,853 "If you can't accept me for what I am, 1138 00:58:43,937 --> 00:58:46,105 for the things that I did, just don't make me over." 1139 00:58:46,272 --> 00:58:49,734 ♪ Accept me for what I am ♪ 1140 00:58:50,068 --> 00:58:52,946 ♪ Accept me for the things that I do ♪ 1141 00:58:53,029 --> 00:58:54,948 [Dionne] When we first started recording, 1142 00:58:55,031 --> 00:58:58,368 I don't think anybody knew what this would end up being. 1143 00:58:58,493 --> 00:58:59,702 -Do you mind if I sing? -[audience cheers] 1144 00:58:59,786 --> 00:59:01,329 [♪ upbeat jazz music playing, Dionne Warwick "Walk On By"] 1145 00:59:01,412 --> 00:59:03,039 [Dionne] And we kind of really carved 1146 00:59:03,122 --> 00:59:05,500 a little musical niche of our own. 1147 00:59:05,583 --> 00:59:08,878 ♪ If you see me walking down the street ♪ 1148 00:59:08,962 --> 00:59:13,258 ♪ And I start to cry each time we meet ♪ 1149 00:59:13,341 --> 00:59:14,300 ♪ Do what? ♪ 1150 00:59:14,384 --> 00:59:16,344 [audience] ♪ Walk on by ♪ 1151 00:59:16,427 --> 00:59:19,055 ♪ A little bit louder now ♪ 1152 00:59:19,138 --> 00:59:20,640 [audience] ♪ Walk on by ♪ 1153 00:59:20,765 --> 00:59:23,351 [Dionne] They wrote specifically with Dionne Warwick in mind. 1154 00:59:23,476 --> 00:59:24,519 [♪ upbeat jazz music playing] 1155 00:59:24,602 --> 00:59:27,230 [Dionne] So, it was, "Okay, let's see what she's got now." 1156 00:59:27,313 --> 00:59:30,441 -[vocalizing] -[vocalizing] 1157 00:59:30,733 --> 00:59:34,028 ♪ I say a little prayer for you ♪ 1158 00:59:34,153 --> 00:59:36,823 ♪ Forever, forever you'll stay in my heart ♪ 1159 00:59:36,906 --> 00:59:38,241 ♪ And I will love you... ♪ 1160 00:59:38,533 --> 00:59:42,287 Every one, every song is just-- It's perfection. 1161 00:59:42,453 --> 00:59:45,790 ♪ Would only mean heartbreak for me ♪ 1162 00:59:45,873 --> 00:59:48,209 [Cynthia] She was able to cross the bridge 1163 00:59:48,293 --> 00:59:50,837 between White radio and Black radio. 1164 00:59:50,962 --> 00:59:54,465 And I think it's because she was able to connect all people, 1165 00:59:54,591 --> 00:59:56,467 Black or White, with her music. 1166 00:59:56,551 --> 00:59:58,928 [Dionne] I never knew what a crossover artist was. 1167 00:59:59,262 --> 01:00:01,389 I was always taught that there is only one race, 1168 01:00:01,472 --> 01:00:04,100 and that's the human race. And that's the way I continue to live my life. 1169 01:00:04,183 --> 01:00:06,519 [♪ slow jazz music playing, Dionne Warwick "What the World Needs Now"] 1170 01:00:06,603 --> 01:00:08,730 ♪ What the world needs now ♪ 1171 01:00:09,439 --> 01:00:13,484 ♪ Is love, sweet love ♪ 1172 01:00:13,651 --> 01:00:15,403 [Dionne] The songs that were being written 1173 01:00:15,486 --> 01:00:17,697 were so different than anything that was being recorded 1174 01:00:17,780 --> 01:00:21,576 at that time. It was a lot more sophisticated musically. 1175 01:00:21,701 --> 01:00:22,827 ♪ Promises, promises ♪ 1176 01:00:22,910 --> 01:00:25,622 ♪ This is where those promises, promises end ♪ 1177 01:00:25,705 --> 01:00:27,332 ♪ I won't pretend... ♪ 1178 01:00:27,415 --> 01:00:30,793 She's got this clear as a bell sound that she makes. 1179 01:00:30,918 --> 01:00:35,214 And then when she wants to really hit you, it's huge. 1180 01:00:35,965 --> 01:00:38,718 And-- Yeah, I'm-- You see, I'm getting goosebumps 1181 01:00:38,801 --> 01:00:39,886 talking about that. 1182 01:00:40,011 --> 01:00:43,598 ♪ So anyone who had a heart ♪ 1183 01:00:43,681 --> 01:00:50,271 ♪ Would take me in his arms and love me, too ♪ 1184 01:00:50,605 --> 01:00:53,483 She can keep the emotion and the movement going 1185 01:00:53,608 --> 01:00:56,361 through these notes, and you believe her. 1186 01:00:57,945 --> 01:00:59,822 Bacharach and David decided to split, 1187 01:00:59,906 --> 01:01:03,743 but I felt that whatever I had had just played itself out. 1188 01:01:03,951 --> 01:01:06,579 And finally, Clive Davis of Arista Records 1189 01:01:06,829 --> 01:01:09,374 said, uh, "We need you." And I said, "Well, we'll give it one more try." 1190 01:01:09,457 --> 01:01:11,417 [♪ jazz music playing, Dionne Warwick "I'll Never Love This Way Again"] 1191 01:01:11,501 --> 01:01:13,044 ♪ I know ♪ 1192 01:01:13,127 --> 01:01:17,924 ♪ I'll never love this way again... ♪ 1193 01:01:18,257 --> 01:01:22,679 She is a national treasure and in the class by herself, 1194 01:01:22,762 --> 01:01:24,055 one of those few 1195 01:01:24,138 --> 01:01:26,057 all-time artists. 1196 01:01:26,224 --> 01:01:30,520 ♪ Why do you have to be a heartbreaker? ♪ 1197 01:01:30,770 --> 01:01:32,980 [Dionne] Friendships are very vital to me 1198 01:01:33,064 --> 01:01:35,441 and, uh, I called some friends. 1199 01:01:35,566 --> 01:01:36,776 [♪ contemporary jazz music playing, 1200 01:01:36,859 --> 01:01:38,444 Dionne Warwick "That's What Friends Are For"] 1201 01:01:38,653 --> 01:01:40,113 [Dionne] Each purchase of this record, 1202 01:01:40,196 --> 01:01:41,823 the dollars that are garnered from it, 1203 01:01:41,906 --> 01:01:44,325 every cent of it, goes towards the research 1204 01:01:44,534 --> 01:01:46,452 and hopefully finding a cure for AIDS. 1205 01:01:46,828 --> 01:01:50,039 ♪ Keep smiling, keep shining ♪ 1206 01:01:50,331 --> 01:01:54,544 ♪ Knowing you can always count on me ♪ 1207 01:01:54,669 --> 01:01:57,171 [Dionne] When people speak to me about certain songs 1208 01:01:57,255 --> 01:01:58,798 that have been a part of their lives, 1209 01:01:59,173 --> 01:02:01,175 it's always with a big, big smile. 1210 01:02:01,300 --> 01:02:03,302 And it's really wonderful being a part of these 1211 01:02:03,386 --> 01:02:04,512 smile times in your life. 1212 01:02:04,595 --> 01:02:06,806 ♪ I need your love... ♪ 1213 01:02:06,931 --> 01:02:09,142 [Annie] If you've never heard songs like that, 1214 01:02:09,267 --> 01:02:10,935 your world would be different. 1215 01:02:11,102 --> 01:02:13,062 [Cynthia] I think it would be very safe to say 1216 01:02:13,146 --> 01:02:15,022 that I'm standing on Dionne's shoulders 1217 01:02:15,148 --> 01:02:18,317 because she really did create a path that didn't exist 1218 01:02:18,401 --> 01:02:20,403 and ran down it. 1219 01:02:20,570 --> 01:02:21,988 [Dionne] I've been blessed. 1220 01:02:22,196 --> 01:02:23,865 I really have truly been blessed. 1221 01:02:23,990 --> 01:02:27,660 ♪ Oh ♪ 1222 01:02:28,202 --> 01:02:30,830 [audience cheering, applauding] 1223 01:02:36,210 --> 01:02:38,755 Here to pay tribute to the extraordinary, 1224 01:02:38,838 --> 01:02:42,341 Miss Dionne Warwick, Jennifer Hudson! 1225 01:02:42,467 --> 01:02:45,803 [cheering, applauding] 1226 01:02:45,970 --> 01:02:50,683 [♪ jazz music playing, Dionne Warwick "I'll Never Love This Way Again"] 1227 01:03:00,902 --> 01:03:04,530 ♪ You looked inside my fantasies ♪ 1228 01:03:04,739 --> 01:03:07,450 ♪ And made each one come true ♪ 1229 01:03:08,451 --> 01:03:15,291 ♪ Something no one else had ever found a way to do ♪ 1230 01:03:15,875 --> 01:03:22,757 ♪ I've kept the memories one by one when you took me in ♪ 1231 01:03:23,049 --> 01:03:29,555 ♪ I know I'll never love this way again ♪ 1232 01:03:30,264 --> 01:03:37,188 ♪ I know I'll never love this way again ♪ 1233 01:03:37,396 --> 01:03:44,237 ♪ I'll keep holding on before the good is gone ♪ 1234 01:03:44,654 --> 01:03:51,536 ♪ I know I'll never love this way again ♪ 1235 01:03:51,786 --> 01:03:54,038 ♪ Hold on ♪ 1236 01:03:55,456 --> 01:03:57,792 ♪ Hold on ♪ 1237 01:03:59,001 --> 01:04:02,129 ♪ Hold on ♪ 1238 01:04:02,213 --> 01:04:06,217 Please give it up for the one and only, Dionne Warwick. 1239 01:04:06,342 --> 01:04:09,887 [audience cheering, applauding] 1240 01:04:11,347 --> 01:04:16,978 ♪ A fool will lose tomorrow reaching back for yesterday ♪ 1241 01:04:18,312 --> 01:04:24,110 ♪ I won't turn my head in sorrow if you should go away ♪ 1242 01:04:24,735 --> 01:04:26,487 ♪ No, I'll stand right here ♪ 1243 01:04:27,363 --> 01:04:31,409 ♪ And remember just how good it's been ♪ 1244 01:04:32,702 --> 01:04:38,207 ♪ I know I'll never love this way again ♪ 1245 01:04:38,749 --> 01:04:41,252 -♪ I know... ♪ -♪ Know ♪ 1246 01:04:41,377 --> 01:04:45,423 -♪ Never love this way again ♪ -♪ ...I'll never love ♪ 1247 01:04:45,548 --> 01:04:48,593 -♪ So, I'll keep holding on ♪ -♪ Holding on ♪ 1248 01:04:49,302 --> 01:04:53,097 -♪ Before the good is gone ♪ -♪ Good is gone ♪ 1249 01:04:53,180 --> 01:04:56,767 -♪ I know I'll never... ♪ -♪ I know ♪ 1250 01:04:56,893 --> 01:05:00,396 -♪ Never love this way again ♪ -♪ ...Love this way again ♪ 1251 01:05:00,479 --> 01:05:01,898 -♪ Hold on ♪ -♪ Hold on ♪ 1252 01:05:01,981 --> 01:05:04,150 ♪ Hold on ♪ 1253 01:05:04,233 --> 01:05:07,987 -♪ Hold on ♪ -♪ Hold on ♪ 1254 01:05:08,112 --> 01:05:10,740 -♪ Hold on ♪ -♪ Hold on ♪ 1255 01:05:13,618 --> 01:05:18,497 ♪ I know I'll never ♪ 1256 01:05:18,664 --> 01:05:21,792 -♪ Love this way again ♪ -♪ Love this way again ♪ 1257 01:05:21,876 --> 01:05:23,127 ♪ I'll keep ♪ 1258 01:05:23,210 --> 01:05:25,212 -♪ Holding on ♪ -♪ Holding on ♪ 1259 01:05:25,296 --> 01:05:28,799 ♪ Before the good is gone ♪ 1260 01:05:28,966 --> 01:05:32,637 ♪ I know I'll never ♪ 1261 01:05:32,762 --> 01:05:36,098 -♪ Love this way again ♪ -♪ Love this way again ♪ 1262 01:05:36,182 --> 01:05:39,060 -♪ Hold on ♪ -♪ Hold on ♪ 1263 01:05:39,226 --> 01:05:42,897 -♪ Hold, hold on ♪ -♪ Hold on ♪ 1264 01:05:42,980 --> 01:05:47,318 ♪ I know I'll never ♪ 1265 01:05:47,443 --> 01:05:50,696 ♪ Love this way again ♪ 1266 01:05:50,821 --> 01:05:53,950 -♪ So I keep holdin' on... ♪ -♪ Holdin' on ♪ 1267 01:05:54,033 --> 01:05:57,244 ♪ ...Until the good is gone ♪ 1268 01:05:57,453 --> 01:06:01,457 ♪ I know I'll never ♪ 1269 01:06:01,540 --> 01:06:05,086 ♪ Love this way again ♪ 1270 01:06:05,169 --> 01:06:08,881 -♪ I keep holdin' on ♪ -♪ Hold on ♪ 1271 01:06:08,965 --> 01:06:15,054 -♪ Hold on ♪ -♪ Hold on ♪ 1272 01:06:16,013 --> 01:06:19,517 ♪ Hold on ♪ 1273 01:06:19,850 --> 01:06:26,482 -♪ Hold on ♪ -♪ On ♪ 1274 01:06:26,607 --> 01:06:31,112 [cheering, applauding] 1275 01:06:41,414 --> 01:06:44,500 [♪ smooth pop music playing, Dionne Warwick "Walk On By"] 1276 01:06:48,796 --> 01:06:51,841 ♪ If you see me walking down the street ♪ 1277 01:06:52,133 --> 01:06:56,387 ♪ And I start to cry each time we meet ♪ 1278 01:06:56,470 --> 01:06:57,555 ♪ Do what? ♪ 1279 01:06:57,638 --> 01:06:59,473 [audience] ♪ Walk on by ♪ 1280 01:06:59,557 --> 01:07:02,226 ♪ A little bit louder now ♪ 1281 01:07:02,351 --> 01:07:04,687 [audience] ♪ Walk on by ♪ 1282 01:07:06,105 --> 01:07:10,401 ♪ Make believe that you don't see the tears ♪ 1283 01:07:10,943 --> 01:07:16,490 ♪ Just let me grieve in private 'cause each time I see you ♪ 1284 01:07:16,699 --> 01:07:19,410 ♪ I break down and cry ♪ 1285 01:07:20,077 --> 01:07:23,539 ♪ I cry, walk on by ♪ 1286 01:07:23,664 --> 01:07:28,544 ♪ Don't you dare stop And walk on by ♪ 1287 01:07:29,086 --> 01:07:30,713 ♪ Don't stop ♪ 1288 01:07:30,838 --> 01:07:36,802 ♪ Walk on by ♪ 1289 01:07:37,053 --> 01:07:40,222 ♪ I just can't get over losing you ♪ 1290 01:07:40,389 --> 01:07:45,227 ♪ And so if I seem broken and blue ♪ 1291 01:07:45,686 --> 01:07:52,401 ♪ Walk on by, walk on by ♪ 1292 01:07:54,028 --> 01:07:57,948 ♪ Foolish pride that's all that I have left ♪ 1293 01:07:58,657 --> 01:08:02,703 ♪ So let me hide the tears and the sadness ♪ 1294 01:08:02,828 --> 01:08:06,415 ♪ You gave me when you said goodbye ♪ 1295 01:08:06,499 --> 01:08:11,087 ♪ You said goodbye so walk on by ♪ 1296 01:08:11,712 --> 01:08:15,716 ♪ Don't stop, walk on by ♪ 1297 01:08:16,092 --> 01:08:20,012 ♪ Don't stop, now you really gotta walk on, walk on by ♪ 1298 01:08:20,930 --> 01:08:22,014 ♪ Don't stop ♪ 1299 01:08:22,098 --> 01:08:24,683 ♪ Baby, till you never see them tears, don't cry ♪ 1300 01:08:25,392 --> 01:08:29,355 ♪ Don't stop, walk on by ♪ 1301 01:08:29,647 --> 01:08:31,816 ♪ Walk on by ♪ 1302 01:08:32,066 --> 01:08:36,112 ♪ Walk on by ♪ 1303 01:08:36,237 --> 01:08:41,826 [cheering, applauding] 1304 01:08:47,915 --> 01:08:53,170 -Thank you! -[cheering, applauding] 1305 01:08:54,046 --> 01:08:56,048 [Teyana Taylor] Oh, my God. 1306 01:09:04,181 --> 01:09:06,684 [indistinct chatter] 1307 01:09:07,059 --> 01:09:10,771 [audience cheering, applauding] 1308 01:09:11,230 --> 01:09:12,439 Oh, boy. 1309 01:09:13,065 --> 01:09:15,609 Thank you so very, very much, first of all. 1310 01:09:16,777 --> 01:09:20,406 And I must give honor... to God. 1311 01:09:21,907 --> 01:09:24,160 Yes, the Most High. 1312 01:09:27,538 --> 01:09:32,126 [audience cheering, applauding] 1313 01:09:32,918 --> 01:09:34,044 This evening... 1314 01:09:35,796 --> 01:09:37,339 I am receiving... 1315 01:09:38,549 --> 01:09:39,633 another... 1316 01:09:40,676 --> 01:09:41,802 award. 1317 01:09:44,722 --> 01:09:46,807 And I must also say that... 1318 01:09:48,809 --> 01:09:50,311 in any ball game, 1319 01:09:51,145 --> 01:09:55,357 three strikes, you are considered to be out. 1320 01:09:57,151 --> 01:09:59,987 Well, this is the third time that I have been told 1321 01:10:00,070 --> 01:10:03,949 that I was nominated for this particular award. 1322 01:10:05,910 --> 01:10:08,037 And they finally got it right. 1323 01:10:08,287 --> 01:10:12,625 [cheering, applauding] 1324 01:10:16,712 --> 01:10:18,714 I got to the point where I said, "You know, 1325 01:10:18,797 --> 01:10:20,299 "y'all can keep this award." 1326 01:10:20,424 --> 01:10:23,010 [audience chuckling] 1327 01:10:23,594 --> 01:10:27,640 To be considered to be enrolled 1328 01:10:28,474 --> 01:10:31,352 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 1329 01:10:31,602 --> 01:10:34,939 [audience cheering, applauding] 1330 01:10:36,565 --> 01:10:39,068 I am so pleased to be here. 1331 01:10:39,485 --> 01:10:43,864 To celebrate with those that I love most and above all. 1332 01:10:45,074 --> 01:10:47,451 Both of my sons are with me tonight. 1333 01:10:47,826 --> 01:10:51,205 [cheering, applauding] 1334 01:10:55,668 --> 01:10:57,795 My niece is with me tonight. 1335 01:11:02,967 --> 01:11:05,844 And my alter ego is here with me tonight. 1336 01:11:05,928 --> 01:11:09,139 [audience cheering, applauding] 1337 01:11:11,183 --> 01:11:15,604 I'm gonna just say this and get on off the stage. 1338 01:11:16,146 --> 01:11:20,276 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 1339 01:11:20,359 --> 01:11:24,238 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[mouths] Whoa. It's heavy. 1340 01:11:33,539 --> 01:11:35,624 [♪ upbeat rock music playing] 1341 01:11:35,749 --> 01:11:38,377 [announcer] And now, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, 1342 01:11:38,460 --> 01:11:39,753 Tom Morello. 1343 01:11:39,962 --> 01:11:43,507 [cheering, applauding] 1344 01:11:44,883 --> 01:11:46,093 [♪ music fades] 1345 01:11:48,429 --> 01:11:50,431 Hello, everybody, I'm Tom Morello. 1346 01:11:50,764 --> 01:11:54,560 [audience cheering, applauding] 1347 01:11:54,810 --> 01:11:59,398 The MC5 crystallized '60s counterculture movement 1348 01:11:59,481 --> 01:12:01,775 at its most volatile and threatening. 1349 01:12:01,859 --> 01:12:04,278 They were as bold and as musically adventurous 1350 01:12:04,361 --> 01:12:05,904 as experimental jazz, 1351 01:12:06,030 --> 01:12:09,700 as militant and as stylish as the Black Panther Party, 1352 01:12:09,783 --> 01:12:13,120 and as loud and as dangerous as a Detroit riot. 1353 01:12:13,370 --> 01:12:15,664 But perhaps their greatest accomplishment 1354 01:12:15,748 --> 01:12:19,043 was that the MC5 in sound and in attitude 1355 01:12:19,168 --> 01:12:22,087 laid the cornerstone for one of rock's most exciting 1356 01:12:22,171 --> 01:12:23,505 and important genres. 1357 01:12:23,589 --> 01:12:26,133 Before the Ramones, before the Sex Pistols, 1358 01:12:26,216 --> 01:12:29,053 before The Clash, there was the MC5, 1359 01:12:29,136 --> 01:12:31,597 inventing the template of raw power 1360 01:12:31,722 --> 01:12:34,892 and irreverent attitude that became punk rock. 1361 01:12:36,352 --> 01:12:39,271 Their previously unimagined amalgam 1362 01:12:39,396 --> 01:12:41,899 of jazz improvisation, garage rock, 1363 01:12:41,982 --> 01:12:45,569 and James Brown dance moves was forged with raw fury, 1364 01:12:45,652 --> 01:12:48,155 molten adrenaline, and political purpose. 1365 01:12:48,322 --> 01:12:50,908 And as a live act, they were without peer. 1366 01:12:51,283 --> 01:12:53,494 As the tear gas began to fly 1367 01:12:53,619 --> 01:12:55,829 during the massive anti-war riots 1368 01:12:55,913 --> 01:12:58,832 at the 1968 Democratic National Convention 1369 01:12:58,957 --> 01:13:01,710 in Chicago, every other band on the bill 1370 01:13:01,794 --> 01:13:03,504 chickened out and canceled. 1371 01:13:03,629 --> 01:13:05,923 Only the MC5 stood firm 1372 01:13:06,090 --> 01:13:08,258 and played a defiant eight-hour set 1373 01:13:08,342 --> 01:13:10,636 -for the protesters. -[audience cheering, applauding] 1374 01:13:12,638 --> 01:13:14,723 And when they hit the stage 1375 01:13:14,890 --> 01:13:17,768 and shouted, "Kick out the jams, motherfuckers," 1376 01:13:17,976 --> 01:13:20,687 -the promise... -[audience cheering, applauding] 1377 01:13:20,854 --> 01:13:23,732 ...the promise of Elvis' Jailhouse Rock 1378 01:13:23,899 --> 01:13:26,068 was made reality, and the future path 1379 01:13:26,193 --> 01:13:28,779 of every musician who dreamed of raging 1380 01:13:28,862 --> 01:13:30,739 against the machine was made clear. 1381 01:13:30,823 --> 01:13:33,909 [audience cheering, applauding] 1382 01:13:34,034 --> 01:13:35,744 [Tom] In these few lines, 1383 01:13:35,869 --> 01:13:38,205 they encapsulated the redemptive power 1384 01:13:38,288 --> 01:13:40,207 of living, breathing, playing, 1385 01:13:40,290 --> 01:13:43,168 and believing in the irresistible force 1386 01:13:43,293 --> 01:13:45,921 of truly revolutionary music. 1387 01:13:46,338 --> 01:13:49,591 "Let me up on the stand and let me kick out the jams. 1388 01:13:49,800 --> 01:13:53,512 "Put that mic in my hand and let me kick out the jams. 1389 01:13:53,846 --> 01:13:57,724 "Let me be who I am and let me kick out the jams." 1390 01:13:57,850 --> 01:13:59,143 [audience cheering] 1391 01:13:59,226 --> 01:14:02,855 Their visionary poet of a manager, John Sinclair, 1392 01:14:03,105 --> 01:14:06,108 vocalist, Rob Tyner, bassist, Michael Davis, 1393 01:14:06,233 --> 01:14:08,527 drummer, Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, 1394 01:14:08,610 --> 01:14:10,529 guitarist, Fred "Sonic" Smith, 1395 01:14:10,696 --> 01:14:14,241 and my dear, forever friend, and forever comrade, 1396 01:14:14,408 --> 01:14:17,744 Brother Wayne Kramer, have sadly all passed away. 1397 01:14:17,953 --> 01:14:22,416 But, wherever and whenever any of us summon up the guts 1398 01:14:22,499 --> 01:14:24,877 and the courage to get up on the stand 1399 01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:27,171 and kick out the motherfucking jams, 1400 01:14:27,254 --> 01:14:30,549 the spirit of the MC5 will be right there with us. 1401 01:14:31,467 --> 01:14:35,387 MC5, welcome home to where you belong 1402 01:14:35,471 --> 01:14:37,598 in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 1403 01:14:37,681 --> 01:14:39,141 [audience cheering, applauding] 1404 01:14:39,224 --> 01:14:42,895 [presenter] And now I give you the MC5! 1405 01:14:43,061 --> 01:14:46,857 [♪ upbeat rock music playing, MC5 "Ramblin' Rose"] 1406 01:14:47,941 --> 01:14:51,820 [Wayne] What the MC5 represented was a sense of possibility 1407 01:14:52,154 --> 01:14:53,989 that we could invent a new music. 1408 01:14:54,072 --> 01:14:57,117 ♪ Love is like a ramblin' rose ♪ 1409 01:14:58,368 --> 01:15:02,164 The MC5, they're punk before there's punk. 1410 01:15:02,539 --> 01:15:05,000 ♪ Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose ♪ 1411 01:15:05,083 --> 01:15:07,794 ♪ Ramblin' rose, come on ♪ 1412 01:15:09,838 --> 01:15:12,466 [Wayne] We were from this working class city, Detroit. 1413 01:15:12,841 --> 01:15:14,343 Growing up, it was a boom town. 1414 01:15:17,262 --> 01:15:19,806 ♪ Something snapped inside Made me want to hide ♪ 1415 01:15:19,890 --> 01:15:23,727 [Wayne] By '67, there was a gap growing in America. 1416 01:15:23,810 --> 01:15:26,271 [♪ upbeat rock music playing, MC5 "Black to Comm"] 1417 01:15:26,355 --> 01:15:30,859 ♪ Let your love come down, baby In the midnight hour... ♪ 1418 01:15:30,943 --> 01:15:32,903 [interviewer] Why isn't the policeman your best friend? 1419 01:15:32,986 --> 01:15:34,905 Why isn't he? It's hard to say. 1420 01:15:34,988 --> 01:15:36,365 You would think that he would be. 1421 01:15:37,282 --> 01:15:39,618 [Wayne] All the pressures and influences of the day 1422 01:15:39,701 --> 01:15:41,161 came to bear on us. 1423 01:15:41,453 --> 01:15:43,747 Those are the things that we should be exposing 1424 01:15:43,830 --> 01:15:44,957 in our music. 1425 01:15:45,457 --> 01:15:47,125 [♪ upbeat rock music playing, MC5 "The American Ruse"] 1426 01:15:47,209 --> 01:15:49,545 [Slash] MC5 was the first band to come along 1427 01:15:49,628 --> 01:15:53,549 with amps turned all the way up and have really profound lyrics. 1428 01:15:53,632 --> 01:15:55,634 ♪ They told you in school about freedom ♪ 1429 01:15:55,884 --> 01:15:58,554 ♪ But when you try to be free they never let ya ♪ 1430 01:15:58,637 --> 01:16:00,055 ♪ They said, "It's easy..." ♪ 1431 01:16:00,138 --> 01:16:02,015 The MC5 had this vision of music 1432 01:16:02,099 --> 01:16:04,226 as a battering ram for social change. 1433 01:16:04,643 --> 01:16:06,812 ♪ I'm sick and tired of paying these dues ♪ 1434 01:16:06,937 --> 01:16:10,148 ♪ And I'm finally getting hip to the American... ♪ 1435 01:16:10,274 --> 01:16:12,401 They were a good, solid, tough little band. 1436 01:16:12,568 --> 01:16:15,195 ♪ Kick out the jams Motherfuckers! ♪ 1437 01:16:15,279 --> 01:16:17,364 [♪ upbeat rock music playing, MC5 "Kick Out the Jams"] 1438 01:16:17,447 --> 01:16:20,117 [Henry] You have two monster guitar players 1439 01:16:20,242 --> 01:16:22,786 that burn you and leave scar tissue. 1440 01:16:23,954 --> 01:16:24,955 ♪ Yeah! ♪ 1441 01:16:26,748 --> 01:16:29,626 [Sylvain] Their albums, their live show, 1442 01:16:30,168 --> 01:16:32,337 what they did with music was a life changer. 1443 01:16:32,462 --> 01:16:35,591 ♪ When you're doin' it right Let me up on the stand ♪ 1444 01:16:36,133 --> 01:16:37,217 ♪ And let me kick out... ♪ 1445 01:16:37,301 --> 01:16:38,677 [Slash] That unbridled, 1446 01:16:38,760 --> 01:16:40,804 in-your-face rock and roller attack, 1447 01:16:40,929 --> 01:16:42,848 it wasn't like what anybody else was doing. 1448 01:16:42,931 --> 01:16:44,266 ♪ I have to kick 'em out ♪ 1449 01:16:44,349 --> 01:16:46,560 [♪ soft rock music playing, MC5 "Over and Over"] 1450 01:16:46,643 --> 01:16:48,270 [Wayne] This idea, you could be political 1451 01:16:48,353 --> 01:16:49,646 and you could tell the truth, 1452 01:16:49,730 --> 01:16:52,274 that wasn't working so well anymore. 1453 01:16:52,357 --> 01:16:56,194 ♪ No, no, no, no I see people dyin'... ♪ 1454 01:16:56,778 --> 01:16:59,531 [Rob] The MC5 was not extremely successful, 1455 01:16:59,781 --> 01:17:03,035 but we laid down an influence that is still being felt today. 1456 01:17:04,411 --> 01:17:07,706 [♪ upbeat rock music playing, MC5 "Tonight"] 1457 01:17:07,789 --> 01:17:11,084 The lineage from punk to heavy metal, hard rock, 1458 01:17:11,168 --> 01:17:14,129 acid rock, there are few that have that kind of impact 1459 01:17:14,254 --> 01:17:15,631 like the MC5 did. 1460 01:17:16,173 --> 01:17:18,258 ♪ You can't hear what the teachers say ♪ 1461 01:17:19,718 --> 01:17:21,219 ♪ The news is going down about... ♪ 1462 01:17:21,303 --> 01:17:23,889 [Kim] The music is visceral. It's passionate. 1463 01:17:23,972 --> 01:17:26,642 It regards your civic responsibility. 1464 01:17:27,476 --> 01:17:30,020 It's standing on stage and flipping off the world. 1465 01:17:30,103 --> 01:17:31,229 That's the MC5. 1466 01:17:31,313 --> 01:17:32,648 ♪ Whoa, tonight... ♪ 1467 01:17:32,731 --> 01:17:34,399 [Wayne] We were young and we were arrogant 1468 01:17:34,941 --> 01:17:37,444 we were outrageous, but we were right. 1469 01:17:37,527 --> 01:17:40,947 -♪ I said bye-bye ♪ -[♪ music concludes] 1470 01:17:41,073 --> 01:17:44,451 [audience cheering, applauding] 1471 01:17:44,534 --> 01:17:46,328 [♪ upbeat rock music playing, Sammy Hagar "I Can't Drive 55"] 1472 01:17:46,411 --> 01:17:48,330 [announcer] To induct Foreigner, 1473 01:17:48,413 --> 01:17:51,208 Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar. 1474 01:17:51,291 --> 01:17:55,128 [audience cheering, applauding] 1475 01:17:55,212 --> 01:17:58,632 Yeah! Hello. Well... 1476 01:17:59,716 --> 01:18:02,052 everybody sounds very happy, that's a good thing. 1477 01:18:02,135 --> 01:18:03,970 Keep this a big happy affair. 1478 01:18:04,096 --> 01:18:07,349 Uh, I'm here to induct Foreigner into the Hall of Fame. 1479 01:18:07,432 --> 01:18:10,936 -[audience cheering] -Yeah. 1480 01:18:11,019 --> 01:18:13,146 That being said, the first thing I want to do 1481 01:18:13,230 --> 01:18:15,691 is congratulate the fans, the Foreigner fans, 1482 01:18:15,774 --> 01:18:18,610 'cause you guys had a lot to do with getting this done. 1483 01:18:18,694 --> 01:18:20,570 -Yeah-- [chuckles] -[audience cheering, applauding] 1484 01:18:20,654 --> 01:18:24,491 It was more like abduction than induction, you know? 1485 01:18:24,574 --> 01:18:27,077 -[audience laughing] -Anyway, first things first. 1486 01:18:27,160 --> 01:18:30,038 So, we all have asked ourselves, all us musicians out there, 1487 01:18:30,122 --> 01:18:31,581 we've asked ourselves many times, 1488 01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:33,125 what's the criteria? 1489 01:18:33,208 --> 01:18:35,544 How do you get into the Hall of Fame, you know? 1490 01:18:35,627 --> 01:18:38,338 What do you need to do? What do you have to have done? 1491 01:18:39,047 --> 01:18:40,465 And, you know, you think about it, 1492 01:18:40,549 --> 01:18:42,843 there should be some rules. [chuckles] 1493 01:18:42,926 --> 01:18:46,054 Uh, you've gotta have at least one big hit, right? 1494 01:18:46,138 --> 01:18:48,140 One big hit song, right? That would be... 1495 01:18:48,682 --> 01:18:50,392 Yeah, okay, so you're a rocker. 1496 01:18:50,475 --> 01:18:53,645 Well, Foreigner has had nine mega hits 1497 01:18:53,937 --> 01:18:56,398 -in the top 100 in Billboard. -[audience cheering, applauding] 1498 01:18:56,481 --> 01:18:58,859 Nine mega hits, not one, nine, okay? 1499 01:18:59,651 --> 01:19:01,069 Boom, qualified, okay. 1500 01:19:01,153 --> 01:19:03,822 Number two, should have, like, a gold record, 1501 01:19:03,905 --> 01:19:05,741 a platinum record, you know, a million-selling record. 1502 01:19:05,824 --> 01:19:07,325 I think that would do well. 1503 01:19:08,160 --> 01:19:11,496 Here comes Foreigner with 80 million records sold... 1504 01:19:11,621 --> 01:19:13,874 -[audience cheering, applauding] -...six top ten albums, 1505 01:19:13,957 --> 01:19:16,585 including Foreigner 4, my favorite album of theirs, 1506 01:19:16,668 --> 01:19:19,880 which spent ten weeks at number one, okay? 1507 01:19:20,297 --> 01:19:22,299 [audience cheering, applauding] 1508 01:19:22,424 --> 01:19:25,343 Qualified, right? Boom, okay? All right. 1509 01:19:26,136 --> 01:19:29,723 Then, I think being an old elder myself, 1510 01:19:29,848 --> 01:19:32,017 I think being around long enough, 1511 01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:33,351 they're eventually gonna bring you in. 1512 01:19:33,435 --> 01:19:34,811 You know what I mean? It's like you got-- 1513 01:19:34,895 --> 01:19:35,937 It may take some time. 1514 01:19:36,021 --> 01:19:37,981 So, I think the longer you can be around-- 1515 01:19:38,064 --> 01:19:40,108 Longevity's probably a good factor, right? 1516 01:19:40,192 --> 01:19:43,236 Well, they formed in '77. 1517 01:19:43,570 --> 01:19:46,239 They're still filling arenas and amphitheaters 1518 01:19:46,323 --> 01:19:47,616 around the country. 1519 01:19:47,824 --> 01:19:50,619 And it is not even any original members. 1520 01:19:50,702 --> 01:19:53,914 That's how good the songs were. That's how good the music is. 1521 01:19:53,997 --> 01:19:56,374 Okay? Come on now. All right. 1522 01:19:57,083 --> 01:19:59,544 They could have been in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1523 01:19:59,669 --> 01:20:01,630 20 years ago. It's all right. 1524 01:20:01,713 --> 01:20:03,673 They're here now. So, it's okay. [chuckles] 1525 01:20:04,883 --> 01:20:07,636 I was thinking backstage, I was thinking, 1526 01:20:08,345 --> 01:20:10,472 you know, maybe is what took so long with Foreigner, 1527 01:20:10,555 --> 01:20:12,182 'cause they got everything else going for them, 1528 01:20:12,307 --> 01:20:14,810 I thought maybe they just weren't glamorous, 1529 01:20:14,893 --> 01:20:16,603 and maybe they weren't pretty enough. 1530 01:20:16,686 --> 01:20:17,771 You know what I mean? 1531 01:20:18,313 --> 01:20:19,439 You know, hey. 1532 01:20:19,815 --> 01:20:22,734 Then I walk out and I see Cher up here, and I'm thinking, 1533 01:20:22,818 --> 01:20:24,152 if that were the case, 1534 01:20:24,236 --> 01:20:25,445 she would've been in the Hall of Fame 1535 01:20:25,529 --> 01:20:26,947 about ten times by now for every time 1536 01:20:27,030 --> 01:20:28,490 -she reinvented herself. -[audience cheering] 1537 01:20:28,573 --> 01:20:29,866 Welcome, Cher. 1538 01:20:29,950 --> 01:20:32,661 Congratulations, you know, really. 1539 01:20:33,745 --> 01:20:35,288 What was I thinking? Okay. 1540 01:20:35,872 --> 01:20:37,791 But when I think of Foreigner, 1541 01:20:37,874 --> 01:20:41,294 I go way back with the founder, 1542 01:20:41,378 --> 01:20:44,714 along with Lou Gramm, but Mick Jones, he... 1543 01:20:44,798 --> 01:20:47,342 -[audience cheering, applauding] -We go back to the early '70s. 1544 01:20:47,425 --> 01:20:50,554 My first tour as a singer 1545 01:20:50,637 --> 01:20:52,055 in a little band called Montrose, 1546 01:20:52,138 --> 01:20:55,684 -we were on tour with... -[audience cheering] 1547 01:20:55,767 --> 01:20:57,894 We were on tour with Spooky Tooth, 1548 01:20:57,978 --> 01:20:59,104 and Mick was in Spooky Tooth, 1549 01:20:59,187 --> 01:21:01,356 and we were both opening for Humble Pie, 1550 01:21:01,565 --> 01:21:03,233 which brings us to Peter Frampton, 1551 01:21:03,316 --> 01:21:05,402 who, you know, was Humble Pie alumni. 1552 01:21:05,485 --> 01:21:07,779 Congratulations, Peter, an old friend, too. 1553 01:21:07,863 --> 01:21:10,073 [audience cheering, applauding] 1554 01:21:10,156 --> 01:21:12,242 And we toured for a year. 1555 01:21:12,325 --> 01:21:13,785 Mick and I became really close friends. 1556 01:21:13,869 --> 01:21:15,704 We're still close friends, and... 1557 01:21:17,122 --> 01:21:18,665 I'm really sad that he's not here tonight. 1558 01:21:18,790 --> 01:21:21,042 He deserves this more than anyone, and... 1559 01:21:21,501 --> 01:21:24,462 But he's out there watching, I'll tell you right now, 1560 01:21:24,588 --> 01:21:26,548 and we can just look at Mick in the eye and say, 1561 01:21:26,631 --> 01:21:29,509 "Mick, we love and miss you, and congratulations." 1562 01:21:29,593 --> 01:21:30,760 We'll start right there, okay. 1563 01:21:30,844 --> 01:21:36,474 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[Sammy] But... 1564 01:21:36,558 --> 01:21:40,729 But Mick, after a year on the tour, fast forward, 1565 01:21:40,812 --> 01:21:42,981 I ran into Mick at some concert somewhere, 1566 01:21:43,064 --> 01:21:44,274 and I said, "What are you doing, Mick?" 1567 01:21:44,357 --> 01:21:46,109 He's going, "Well, I'm starting a new band. 1568 01:21:46,192 --> 01:21:51,239 "I found this young, hot singer out of Rochester, New York," 1569 01:21:51,323 --> 01:21:54,910 -right? -[audience cheering, applauding] 1570 01:21:54,993 --> 01:21:57,746 So, me being a singer, first thing I say, 1571 01:21:57,829 --> 01:21:59,456 "Well, what's he sing like?" You know? 1572 01:21:59,581 --> 01:22:01,499 And he says, "Well, he's kind of like a cross 1573 01:22:01,583 --> 01:22:03,293 "between, like, you and Paul Rodgers." 1574 01:22:03,376 --> 01:22:05,378 And I'm going, "Oh, two of my favorites." [chuckles] 1575 01:22:05,462 --> 01:22:09,090 -[audience laughing] -[chuckles] 1576 01:22:09,215 --> 01:22:11,885 So, you know, some more time passes. 1577 01:22:12,177 --> 01:22:15,680 I'm out driving one day in my car, really fast. 1578 01:22:16,640 --> 01:22:20,727 Um, I turn on the radio, and it was in the middle 1579 01:22:21,102 --> 01:22:22,771 of Feels Like the First Time. 1580 01:22:22,854 --> 01:22:25,398 And it was the first time I ever heard 1581 01:22:25,482 --> 01:22:27,108 Feels Like the First Time, right? 1582 01:22:27,192 --> 01:22:28,610 And I didn't know who it was. 1583 01:22:29,152 --> 01:22:31,196 And I'm listening, and I'm going, "Damn, 1584 01:22:31,529 --> 01:22:33,990 "this guy's singing his ass off," you know? 1585 01:22:34,074 --> 01:22:36,868 And, you know, being a singer, you start getting jealous 1586 01:22:36,952 --> 01:22:38,161 and say, "Well, who is this?" You know? 1587 01:22:38,244 --> 01:22:39,704 "What's going on here?" You know? 1588 01:22:39,913 --> 01:22:43,500 And Mick always had a really fat guitar sound, 1589 01:22:43,583 --> 01:22:45,085 Les Paul through a Marshall stack. 1590 01:22:45,335 --> 01:22:47,921 And I heard that guitar, and I'm thinking, 1591 01:22:48,004 --> 01:22:50,507 "This must be--" I just had a feeling 1592 01:22:50,590 --> 01:22:51,841 that it was Mick's new band, Foreigner. 1593 01:22:51,925 --> 01:22:53,385 I thought, "You know, I've never heard these people. 1594 01:22:53,468 --> 01:22:54,552 "It's gotta be them." 1595 01:22:54,886 --> 01:22:57,806 And sure enough, it was. And I've been a fan ever since. 1596 01:22:58,014 --> 01:22:59,015 And... 1597 01:23:00,183 --> 01:23:02,435 I don't know, they just had the biggest string of hits. 1598 01:23:02,519 --> 01:23:04,688 I mean, how many-- I mean, we all-- 1599 01:23:04,771 --> 01:23:07,899 Some of you grew up with them. Well, I grew up with them, 1600 01:23:07,983 --> 01:23:12,070 -you know? [chuckles] -[audience cheering, applauding] 1601 01:23:12,153 --> 01:23:14,447 And it just-- They went on with just hit after hit, 1602 01:23:14,531 --> 01:23:15,991 and they weren't just hits, 1603 01:23:16,074 --> 01:23:19,452 they were really versatile kind of songs. 1604 01:23:19,536 --> 01:23:22,288 You know, like they would go, you know, heavy rock stuff, 1605 01:23:22,372 --> 01:23:23,790 and first of all, that's the other thing. 1606 01:23:23,873 --> 01:23:26,751 How they got those heavy rock songs 1607 01:23:26,835 --> 01:23:30,588 on Top 40 radio back in those days, no, no, no. 1608 01:23:30,672 --> 01:23:32,340 "Oh, you can't play that song, it's too heavy." 1609 01:23:32,424 --> 01:23:33,883 And they're on Top 40 radio, 1610 01:23:33,967 --> 01:23:35,927 and it's because the songs were that good. 1611 01:23:36,011 --> 01:23:37,262 It was really-- They're that commercial, 1612 01:23:37,345 --> 01:23:39,347 they're that sing-songy, they're that-- 1613 01:23:39,431 --> 01:23:41,182 But they were heavy rock tunes. So... 1614 01:23:41,641 --> 01:23:42,892 You know, they start coming with things 1615 01:23:42,976 --> 01:23:45,186 like Waiting for a Girl Like You, 1616 01:23:45,270 --> 01:23:46,646 and then all of a sudden you hear... 1617 01:23:46,730 --> 01:23:48,231 [audience cheering, applauding] 1618 01:23:48,314 --> 01:23:49,816 Man, you know, it just... 1619 01:23:50,191 --> 01:23:52,318 You start hearing Lou's voice singing sweet, 1620 01:23:52,402 --> 01:23:54,279 like, I'm going, "Man, I didn't know he could sing like that." 1621 01:23:54,362 --> 01:23:55,572 Anyway, they just blew my mind. 1622 01:23:55,655 --> 01:23:57,574 Every time they came out with a new record, 1623 01:23:57,657 --> 01:23:59,409 they were just great, great, great. 1624 01:23:59,534 --> 01:24:03,496 And then, the clincher for me was Juke Box Hero. 1625 01:24:03,621 --> 01:24:06,666 -For me... -[audience cheering, applauding] 1626 01:24:06,750 --> 01:24:08,668 But, damn! 1627 01:24:09,002 --> 01:24:11,087 Every musician I know, and I know a lot of you 1628 01:24:11,171 --> 01:24:12,589 are out here thinking the same thing, 1629 01:24:12,672 --> 01:24:13,965 the first time you heard that song, 1630 01:24:14,090 --> 01:24:17,177 you know you were jealous. You went, "Aw, damn!" 1631 01:24:17,260 --> 01:24:19,554 I mean, it was heavy, hard. 1632 01:24:19,637 --> 01:24:21,556 They were singing about us, singing about our lives, 1633 01:24:21,681 --> 01:24:23,975 you know, being in music business. 1634 01:24:24,059 --> 01:24:26,978 And it was just so good and so heavy. 1635 01:24:27,062 --> 01:24:28,146 And that... 1636 01:24:29,230 --> 01:24:32,901 that song, the way Lou's voice sounds in that song, 1637 01:24:33,109 --> 01:24:35,528 he pushed himself so far, I'm just going, 1638 01:24:35,653 --> 01:24:37,822 "Dude, how are you gonna do that?" 1639 01:24:37,906 --> 01:24:39,449 You know, it's like on tour, 1640 01:24:39,532 --> 01:24:41,284 and we just talked about it backstage, 1641 01:24:41,367 --> 01:24:42,619 and, you know, 1642 01:24:42,702 --> 01:24:44,704 you're in the studio, just wanna give it all you got, 1643 01:24:44,788 --> 01:24:46,206 and that's, to me, that's one of the greatest 1644 01:24:46,289 --> 01:24:47,957 rock vocal performances ever. 1645 01:24:48,041 --> 01:24:51,211 And then, just when you think, 1646 01:24:51,294 --> 01:24:53,088 "All right, now what are they gonna do?" 1647 01:24:53,838 --> 01:24:56,841 They drop a song like I Want to Know What Love Is. 1648 01:24:57,133 --> 01:25:01,471 [audience cheering, applauding] 1649 01:25:01,554 --> 01:25:02,722 Hands down, 1650 01:25:02,847 --> 01:25:06,476 one of the greatest ballad love songs ever written. 1651 01:25:06,935 --> 01:25:08,061 And, my word, 1652 01:25:09,145 --> 01:25:10,730 Bridge over Troubled Water, you know, 1653 01:25:10,855 --> 01:25:12,857 Hey Jude, you know, I Want to Know What Love Is, 1654 01:25:12,941 --> 01:25:14,692 right? They're in that league. 1655 01:25:15,151 --> 01:25:18,363 And that's when I said, 1656 01:25:19,155 --> 01:25:20,990 "Yeah, these guys belong in the Hall of Fame." 1657 01:25:21,074 --> 01:25:23,618 [chuckles] That's all I'm trying to say, okay. So... 1658 01:25:23,701 --> 01:25:25,745 [audience cheering, applauding] 1659 01:25:25,829 --> 01:25:28,581 That's why Al Greenwood, Dennis Elliott, 1660 01:25:28,665 --> 01:25:32,127 Rick Wills, Lou Gramm, a great, great singer, 1661 01:25:32,502 --> 01:25:35,588 Mick Jones, Ed Gagliardi, 1662 01:25:36,214 --> 01:25:37,632 and Ian McDonald, 1663 01:25:37,966 --> 01:25:39,592 that's why they belong in the Hall of Fame, 1664 01:25:39,676 --> 01:25:41,261 and that's what I'm here to induct them. 1665 01:25:41,344 --> 01:25:43,596 -[audience cheering, applauding] -Yes. 1666 01:25:43,972 --> 01:25:47,183 [♪ uplifting rock, Foreigner "Feels Like the First Time"] 1667 01:25:47,767 --> 01:25:49,602 [audience cheering, applauding] 1668 01:25:49,686 --> 01:25:51,855 [Mick] I set out to do something important. 1669 01:25:53,231 --> 01:25:55,525 We were trying to sort of create something new 1670 01:25:55,859 --> 01:25:57,485 with unjaded musicians. 1671 01:25:58,111 --> 01:25:59,737 I was the only jaded one in the bunch. [chuckles] 1672 01:26:02,907 --> 01:26:04,325 [Lou] Mick hadn't found a singer yet, 1673 01:26:04,617 --> 01:26:06,911 so he called me and asked me to come down and audition. 1674 01:26:07,328 --> 01:26:10,498 I made my way to New York, and in a studio 1675 01:26:10,790 --> 01:26:13,168 with Mick and Ian, proceeded to give it a shot. 1676 01:26:13,334 --> 01:26:16,796 ♪ It feels like the first time ♪ 1677 01:26:17,338 --> 01:26:20,175 ♪ Feels like the very first time ♪ 1678 01:26:20,925 --> 01:26:23,803 Foreigner sounded tough, but very melodic. 1679 01:26:23,887 --> 01:26:25,180 But at the same time, 1680 01:26:25,263 --> 01:26:27,432 it had this sheen to it, a little bit of a polish. 1681 01:26:27,557 --> 01:26:29,100 [♪ upbeat rock music playing, Foreigner "Cold as Ice"] 1682 01:26:29,225 --> 01:26:30,977 ♪ You're as cold as ice ♪ 1683 01:26:32,020 --> 01:26:35,565 ♪ You're willing to sacrifice our love ♪ 1684 01:26:35,732 --> 01:26:37,317 Lou Gramm has an amazing voice. 1685 01:26:37,400 --> 01:26:40,069 It's filled with passion, like it's pleading with you. 1686 01:26:40,195 --> 01:26:43,364 He is one of the great rock singers. 1687 01:26:43,489 --> 01:26:44,949 [♪ thrilling rock music playing, Foreigner "Hot Blooded"] 1688 01:26:45,033 --> 01:26:46,451 ♪ I'm hot-blooded! ♪ 1689 01:26:46,534 --> 01:26:47,744 Mick Jones. 1690 01:26:48,077 --> 01:26:52,123 Guitar hooks with a great tone that everybody wants to play, 1691 01:26:52,248 --> 01:26:53,750 that I wish I wrote. 1692 01:26:54,000 --> 01:26:57,128 [Lou] Being a riff guitarist was just loaded with things 1693 01:26:57,212 --> 01:26:59,130 that were great to hang a vocal line on. 1694 01:26:59,339 --> 01:27:03,343 ♪ Well, I'm hot blooded Check it and see ♪ 1695 01:27:03,843 --> 01:27:06,054 ♪ I got a fever of a 103 ♪ 1696 01:27:06,221 --> 01:27:07,847 [Mick] We were called, at one point, like, 1697 01:27:07,931 --> 01:27:09,098 one of the faceless bands, 1698 01:27:09,182 --> 01:27:10,892 you know, which... [chuckling] ...I sort of resented. 1699 01:27:10,975 --> 01:27:13,102 Critics hated the band, yeah. 1700 01:27:13,603 --> 01:27:14,979 And that's okay. I hate critics. 1701 01:27:15,104 --> 01:27:16,606 [♪ lively rock music playing, Foreigner "Double Vision"] 1702 01:27:16,689 --> 01:27:18,566 [Mick] The second album was quite different 1703 01:27:18,733 --> 01:27:19,776 than the first album. 1704 01:27:19,859 --> 01:27:21,069 It was more sort of an inner pressure 1705 01:27:21,152 --> 01:27:24,197 that we felt we had to live up to what we'd achieved, you know? 1706 01:27:24,280 --> 01:27:28,493 ♪ Fill my eyes with that double vision ♪ 1707 01:27:28,576 --> 01:27:30,870 I played that record a lot! 1708 01:27:30,995 --> 01:27:34,624 It just popped on the radio. It sounded so good. 1709 01:27:34,707 --> 01:27:36,751 ♪ My double vision gets the best of me ♪ 1710 01:27:36,876 --> 01:27:39,712 [♪ uplifting rock music playing, Foreigner "Head Games"] 1711 01:27:40,171 --> 01:27:43,007 Mick was the arranger and the writer 1712 01:27:43,091 --> 01:27:45,260 and the rock star at the same time, you know? 1713 01:27:45,426 --> 01:27:47,428 [Mick] I was the taskmaster, I guess. 1714 01:27:47,512 --> 01:27:49,430 I expected so much out of everybody. 1715 01:27:49,514 --> 01:27:53,893 ♪ Head games That's all I get from you ♪ 1716 01:27:54,060 --> 01:27:58,273 ♪ Head games And I can't take it anymore ♪ 1717 01:27:58,356 --> 01:28:01,359 Every band, you know, has to evolve and... 1718 01:28:01,442 --> 01:28:04,070 go through the changes that are in the music business, 1719 01:28:04,153 --> 01:28:06,698 but also the changes within the band. 1720 01:28:07,115 --> 01:28:09,701 [Mick] We decided to take the band down to four people. 1721 01:28:09,784 --> 01:28:12,245 That was probably the toughest part of the whole thing. 1722 01:28:12,328 --> 01:28:13,830 [Dennis] It's true the best the band has ever been 1723 01:28:13,913 --> 01:28:16,499 was the 4 tour, which was... it was more focused. 1724 01:28:16,582 --> 01:28:18,293 [♪ exciting rock music playing, Foreigner "Juke Box Hero"] 1725 01:28:18,376 --> 01:28:21,879 ♪ He heard one guitar Just blew him away ♪ 1726 01:28:22,755 --> 01:28:24,382 ♪ Stars in his eyes ♪ 1727 01:28:24,507 --> 01:28:27,719 That album really defined my vision of the band. 1728 01:28:27,802 --> 01:28:29,721 ♪ Well, now he needs to keep on rockin' ♪ 1729 01:28:30,138 --> 01:28:32,056 ♪ He ain't never gonna stop ♪ 1730 01:28:32,765 --> 01:28:35,268 ♪ He's gotta keep on rockin' ♪ 1731 01:28:35,351 --> 01:28:37,645 [Lou] It felt more like a group as a four-piece band 1732 01:28:37,729 --> 01:28:39,022 than it ever did as a six. 1733 01:28:39,105 --> 01:28:42,066 ♪ And be a juke box hero ♪ 1734 01:28:43,651 --> 01:28:46,279 [♪ upbeat rock music playing, Foreigner "Urgent"] 1735 01:28:46,362 --> 01:28:48,406 [Lou] We just knew that we were going to kick butt 1736 01:28:48,489 --> 01:28:49,949 from the time we stepped on stage. 1737 01:28:50,033 --> 01:28:51,659 There was just a real pride. 1738 01:28:51,826 --> 01:28:55,872 ♪ But I know, yes, I know How to treat you right ♪ 1739 01:28:55,955 --> 01:28:59,917 ♪ That's why you call me in the middle of the night ♪ 1740 01:29:00,001 --> 01:29:01,711 ♪ You say it's urgent ♪ 1741 01:29:02,337 --> 01:29:04,297 It's the only ballad we've ever done. 1742 01:29:04,380 --> 01:29:06,507 It's called Waiting for a Girl Like You. 1743 01:29:06,591 --> 01:29:08,593 [Kelly] If your vocalist is capable of rocking out 1744 01:29:08,718 --> 01:29:10,303 and getting on stage and bringing that kind of energy 1745 01:29:10,386 --> 01:29:12,013 and that kind of passion to something, 1746 01:29:12,096 --> 01:29:13,765 imagine that on a ballad. 1747 01:29:13,973 --> 01:29:15,850 [♪ romantic rock, Foreigner "Waiting for a Girl Like You"] 1748 01:29:15,933 --> 01:29:18,936 ♪ I've been waiting for someone new ♪ 1749 01:29:19,020 --> 01:29:22,565 ♪ To make me feel alive ♪ 1750 01:29:22,815 --> 01:29:26,569 [Lou] The ballad is a way to uncover hidden feelings 1751 01:29:26,652 --> 01:29:29,405 in a way that I wouldn't in a rock and roll song. 1752 01:29:29,489 --> 01:29:31,240 [♪ soulful rock, Foreigner "I Want to Know What Love Is"] 1753 01:29:31,324 --> 01:29:33,076 ♪ I've gotta take a little time ♪ 1754 01:29:34,077 --> 01:29:37,330 ♪ A little time to think things over ♪ 1755 01:29:37,413 --> 01:29:38,623 [Kelly] I Want to Know What Love Is, 1756 01:29:38,706 --> 01:29:39,791 I remember hearing that as a kid. 1757 01:29:39,957 --> 01:29:42,293 I found myself just bawling, you know? 1758 01:29:42,377 --> 01:29:45,004 And then hearing it now, even, it hits me the same. 1759 01:29:45,088 --> 01:29:47,465 And I think that's kind of what makes it a classic. 1760 01:29:48,341 --> 01:29:50,760 ♪ I want to know what love is ♪ 1761 01:29:50,843 --> 01:29:52,345 [Kelly] The message is so beautiful, 1762 01:29:52,428 --> 01:29:54,013 but his voice is what really carried it 1763 01:29:54,097 --> 01:29:55,306 to the next level. 1764 01:29:55,431 --> 01:29:57,225 ♪ I want you to show me ♪ 1765 01:29:57,308 --> 01:29:58,351 [Mick] It was huge. 1766 01:29:58,434 --> 01:30:00,144 It was our first number one single. 1767 01:30:00,228 --> 01:30:03,231 And it was number one everywhere in the world, pretty much. 1768 01:30:03,523 --> 01:30:06,025 [Lou] We silenced a lot of doubters. 1769 01:30:06,109 --> 01:30:09,320 ♪ I know you can show me ♪ 1770 01:30:09,404 --> 01:30:12,407 [Lou] We proved live that we were a band 1771 01:30:12,490 --> 01:30:13,908 to be reckoned with. 1772 01:30:14,075 --> 01:30:18,788 -♪ Love that you feel inside ♪ -♪ I want you to show me ♪ 1773 01:30:18,871 --> 01:30:20,081 [Chad] They make a lot of people happy 1774 01:30:20,164 --> 01:30:21,541 with this great music that they've made. 1775 01:30:21,624 --> 01:30:23,876 And they deserve to be in the fucking Hall of Fame. 1776 01:30:23,960 --> 01:30:27,463 ♪ Come on and show me, yeah ♪ 1777 01:30:27,547 --> 01:30:30,925 -♪ What love is ♪ -[audience cheering, applauding] 1778 01:30:34,303 --> 01:30:38,558 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[Sammy] Whoo! Yes, they do. 1779 01:30:38,808 --> 01:30:41,060 Now here is Foreigner's touring band, 1780 01:30:41,269 --> 01:30:44,689 along with Chad Smith, Dr. Chad Smith on drums, 1781 01:30:44,814 --> 01:30:46,107 Slash on guitar, 1782 01:30:46,190 --> 01:30:48,443 and kicking it off with Demi Lovato. 1783 01:30:48,776 --> 01:30:50,862 [♪ jovial rock music, Foreigner "Feels Like the First Time"] 1784 01:30:52,363 --> 01:30:54,782 [audience cheering, applauding] 1785 01:30:58,286 --> 01:31:01,414 ♪ I would climb any mountain ♪ 1786 01:31:03,082 --> 01:31:07,211 ♪ Sail across the stormy seas ♪ 1787 01:31:07,420 --> 01:31:11,007 ♪ If that's what it takes me, baby ♪ 1788 01:31:11,966 --> 01:31:15,761 ♪ To show how much you mean to me ♪ 1789 01:31:16,345 --> 01:31:19,807 ♪ And I guess it's just the woman in you ♪ 1790 01:31:19,891 --> 01:31:23,728 ♪ That brings out the man in me ♪ 1791 01:31:25,605 --> 01:31:28,483 ♪ I know I can't help myself ♪ 1792 01:31:28,816 --> 01:31:32,195 ♪ You're all in the world to me ♪ 1793 01:31:34,447 --> 01:31:38,075 ♪ It feels like the first time ♪ 1794 01:31:39,202 --> 01:31:42,538 ♪ Feels like the very first time ♪ 1795 01:31:43,623 --> 01:31:46,667 ♪ It feels like the first time ♪ 1796 01:31:48,002 --> 01:31:51,380 ♪ It feels like the very first time ♪ 1797 01:31:52,131 --> 01:31:55,384 ♪ I have waited a lifetime ♪ 1798 01:31:57,011 --> 01:32:00,890 ♪ Spent my time so foolishly ♪ 1799 01:32:01,641 --> 01:32:04,894 ♪ But now that I've found you ♪ 1800 01:32:05,978 --> 01:32:09,565 ♪ Together, we'll make history ♪ 1801 01:32:10,066 --> 01:32:13,778 ♪ And I know it must be the woman in you ♪ 1802 01:32:13,861 --> 01:32:18,032 ♪ That brings out the man in me, yeah ♪ 1803 01:32:19,242 --> 01:32:23,412 ♪ I know I can't help myself ♪ 1804 01:32:23,829 --> 01:32:26,582 ♪ You're all that my eyes can see ♪ 1805 01:32:28,417 --> 01:32:32,338 ♪ It feels like the first time ♪ 1806 01:32:34,048 --> 01:32:38,469 ♪ Like it never did before ♪ 1807 01:32:38,844 --> 01:32:43,432 ♪ Feels like the first time, oh ♪ 1808 01:32:43,558 --> 01:32:48,062 ♪ Like we've opened up the door ♪ 1809 01:32:48,604 --> 01:32:52,775 ♪ Feels like the first time, oh ♪ 1810 01:32:52,900 --> 01:32:58,573 ♪ Like it never will again ♪ 1811 01:32:59,198 --> 01:33:01,242 ♪ Never again ♪ 1812 01:33:01,325 --> 01:33:04,620 ♪ It feels like the first time ♪ 1813 01:33:05,788 --> 01:33:07,206 ♪ It feels like the very first time ♪ 1814 01:33:07,290 --> 01:33:09,166 ♪ The very first time ♪ 1815 01:33:10,167 --> 01:33:14,672 -♪ Feels like the first time ♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 1816 01:33:14,755 --> 01:33:17,925 ♪ It feels like the very first time ♪ 1817 01:33:18,009 --> 01:33:20,928 -Please welcome Sammy Hagar! -[audience cheering, applauding] 1818 01:33:21,012 --> 01:33:22,471 [♪ thrilling rock music playing, Foreigner "Hot Blooded"] 1819 01:33:22,555 --> 01:33:25,850 -♪ Hot blooded ♪ -♪ Just check and see ♪ 1820 01:33:26,434 --> 01:33:29,729 -♪ I got a fever ♪ -♪ Burning inside of me ♪ 1821 01:33:30,354 --> 01:33:33,691 -♪ Come on, baby ♪ -♪ Do you do more than dance? ♪ 1822 01:33:34,108 --> 01:33:37,278 ♪ I'm hot blooded I'm hot blooded ♪ 1823 01:33:38,988 --> 01:33:40,072 Whoo! 1824 01:33:40,573 --> 01:33:43,326 ♪ You don't have to read my mind ♪ 1825 01:33:44,577 --> 01:33:47,663 ♪ To see what's on my mind ♪ 1826 01:33:48,456 --> 01:33:50,916 ♪ Honey, you oughta know ♪ 1827 01:33:53,836 --> 01:33:56,130 -♪ You move so fine ♪ -♪ You move so fine ♪ 1828 01:33:57,423 --> 01:34:00,343 -♪ Let me lay it on the line ♪ -♪ Let me lay it on the line ♪ 1829 01:34:01,969 --> 01:34:03,971 ♪ I gotta know, huh ♪ 1830 01:34:04,055 --> 01:34:07,266 ♪ What you're doin' after the show ♪ 1831 01:34:09,727 --> 01:34:12,188 ♪ Now it's up to you ♪ 1832 01:34:12,605 --> 01:34:16,317 ♪ We can have a secret rendezvous ♪ 1833 01:34:17,610 --> 01:34:19,945 ♪ Baby, just me and you ♪ 1834 01:34:20,655 --> 01:34:23,949 ♪ I'll show you loving like you never knew ♪ 1835 01:34:24,659 --> 01:34:26,452 ♪ Sing it! 'Cause I'm... ♪ 1836 01:34:26,869 --> 01:34:30,414 -♪ Hot blooded ♪ -♪ You check it and see, yeah ♪ 1837 01:34:30,831 --> 01:34:34,293 -♪ I got a fever ♪ -♪ Burning inside of me, yeah ♪ 1838 01:34:34,877 --> 01:34:38,089 -♪ Come on, baby ♪ -♪ Can you do more than dance? ♪ 1839 01:34:38,506 --> 01:34:41,509 ♪ I'm hot blooded I'm hot blooded ♪ 1840 01:34:41,592 --> 01:34:42,968 Slash! 1841 01:34:47,014 --> 01:34:48,057 [cheers] 1842 01:34:51,143 --> 01:34:52,144 Doc! 1843 01:35:09,620 --> 01:35:10,705 Oh, yeah! 1844 01:35:11,914 --> 01:35:13,916 Mr. Kelly Hansen! 1845 01:35:13,999 --> 01:35:15,126 ♪ Now it's up to you ♪ 1846 01:35:15,209 --> 01:35:16,335 Say what? 1847 01:35:16,460 --> 01:35:19,505 ♪ Can we make a secret rendezvous? ♪ 1848 01:35:19,588 --> 01:35:20,715 [Sammy] Uh-huh! 1849 01:35:20,965 --> 01:35:23,968 ♪ Oh! Before we do ♪ 1850 01:35:24,343 --> 01:35:27,680 ♪ You've got to get away from me, you know ♪ 1851 01:35:28,764 --> 01:35:29,890 [Sammy] Sing it! 1852 01:35:29,974 --> 01:35:34,437 -♪ Well, I'm hot blooded ♪ -♪ Every night ♪ 1853 01:35:34,729 --> 01:35:38,399 -♪ Hot blooded ♪ -♪ You're lookin' so tight ♪ 1854 01:35:38,566 --> 01:35:42,528 -♪ Hot blooded ♪ -♪ You're driving me wild ♪ 1855 01:35:42,611 --> 01:35:45,948 ♪ I'm hot blooded, hot blooded ♪ 1856 01:35:47,116 --> 01:35:48,159 [Sammy] Thank you. 1857 01:35:50,536 --> 01:35:53,998 -[♪ music concludes] -[audience cheering, applauding] 1858 01:35:54,248 --> 01:35:55,416 [Sammy] Whoo! 1859 01:35:56,751 --> 01:36:00,546 Now, the real singer's coming out. 1860 01:36:00,713 --> 01:36:02,715 Welcome, Ms. Kelly Clarkson. 1861 01:36:02,798 --> 01:36:05,843 [audience cheering, applauding] 1862 01:36:06,802 --> 01:36:09,430 [♪ soulful rock music, Foreigner "I Want to Know What Love Is"] 1863 01:36:22,276 --> 01:36:25,362 ♪ I've gotta take a little time ♪ 1864 01:36:26,739 --> 01:36:31,744 ♪ A little time to think things over ♪ 1865 01:36:35,498 --> 01:36:38,417 ♪ I better read between the lines ♪ 1866 01:36:39,960 --> 01:36:43,339 ♪ In case I need it when I'm older ♪ 1867 01:36:45,424 --> 01:36:51,138 ♪ In my life, there's been heartache and pain ♪ 1868 01:36:52,014 --> 01:36:57,603 ♪ I don't know if I can face it again ♪ 1869 01:36:58,479 --> 01:37:02,900 ♪ Can't stop now I've traveled so far ♪ 1870 01:37:03,651 --> 01:37:10,407 ♪ To change this lonely life, oh! ♪ 1871 01:37:10,741 --> 01:37:14,537 ♪ I want to know what love is ♪ 1872 01:37:16,956 --> 01:37:19,458 ♪ I want you to show me ♪ 1873 01:37:19,542 --> 01:37:20,668 Sing! 1874 01:37:22,336 --> 01:37:25,381 ♪ I want to feel what love is ♪ 1875 01:37:25,464 --> 01:37:26,507 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1876 01:37:28,717 --> 01:37:31,178 ♪ I know you can show me ♪ 1877 01:37:31,262 --> 01:37:33,597 ♪ Oh! ♪ 1878 01:37:34,098 --> 01:37:38,102 -Give it up for Lou Gramm! -[audience cheering, applauding] 1879 01:37:43,023 --> 01:37:45,359 ♪ I'm gonna take a little time ♪ 1880 01:37:47,444 --> 01:37:50,406 ♪ A little time to look around me ♪ 1881 01:37:50,489 --> 01:37:52,700 [choir vocalizing] 1882 01:37:52,783 --> 01:37:56,120 ♪ See I've got nowhere left to hide ♪ 1883 01:37:57,454 --> 01:38:01,292 ♪ Looks like love has finally found me ♪ 1884 01:38:02,376 --> 01:38:08,757 ♪ In my life, there's been heartache and pain ♪ 1885 01:38:09,592 --> 01:38:14,680 ♪ I don't know if I can face it again ♪ 1886 01:38:15,890 --> 01:38:20,644 ♪ Can't stop now I've traveled so far ♪ 1887 01:38:21,270 --> 01:38:26,567 -♪ To change this lonely life ♪ -♪ To change this lonely life ♪ 1888 01:38:26,650 --> 01:38:28,235 [Lou] ♪ I want to know ♪ 1889 01:38:28,319 --> 01:38:30,863 ♪ I want to know what love is ♪ 1890 01:38:30,946 --> 01:38:34,491 ♪ I want to know what love is ♪ 1891 01:38:34,575 --> 01:38:37,870 ♪ I want you to show me ♪ 1892 01:38:38,037 --> 01:38:39,997 ♪ Yeah, I want to feel! ♪ 1893 01:38:40,080 --> 01:38:42,833 -♪ I want to feel what love is ♪ -♪ I want to feel what love is ♪ 1894 01:38:42,917 --> 01:38:45,961 ♪ I want to feel what love is ♪ 1895 01:38:46,337 --> 01:38:49,632 ♪ I know you can show me ♪ 1896 01:38:49,715 --> 01:38:54,678 -♪ I want to know ♪ -♪ Let's talk about love ♪ 1897 01:38:54,762 --> 01:38:57,473 [Lou] ♪ I want to know what love is ♪ 1898 01:38:57,556 --> 01:39:00,851 ♪ Let me tell you what love is ♪ 1899 01:39:00,935 --> 01:39:04,188 ♪ I want you to show me ♪ 1900 01:39:04,438 --> 01:39:06,649 ♪ And I want to feel ♪ 1901 01:39:06,732 --> 01:39:08,651 ♪ Feel what love is ♪ 1902 01:39:08,734 --> 01:39:12,196 -[vocalizes] -♪ And I know, and I know ♪ 1903 01:39:12,279 --> 01:39:15,908 ♪ I know you can show me ♪ 1904 01:39:15,991 --> 01:39:17,952 ♪ Show me love is real ♪ 1905 01:39:18,035 --> 01:39:22,790 -♪ Show me love is real, yeah ♪ -[vocalizes] 1906 01:39:22,873 --> 01:39:26,001 [both vocalize] 1907 01:39:26,085 --> 01:39:30,047 -[♪ music concludes] -[audience cheering, applauding] 1908 01:39:30,756 --> 01:39:32,675 Give it up for Lou Gramm! Come on! 1909 01:39:32,758 --> 01:39:34,343 Give it up for Foreigner! 1910 01:39:34,426 --> 01:39:37,471 [audience cheering, applauding] 1911 01:39:47,439 --> 01:39:48,524 Thank you, Kelly. 1912 01:39:57,574 --> 01:39:58,701 Whoo! 1913 01:40:10,629 --> 01:40:11,922 [speaks indistinctly] 1914 01:40:14,550 --> 01:40:15,759 Hello, Cleveland. 1915 01:40:15,843 --> 01:40:19,304 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[chuckles] 1916 01:40:19,388 --> 01:40:22,558 Sorry, that's what my father would say. 1917 01:40:22,850 --> 01:40:24,268 Or no, he would say it more like... 1918 01:40:24,393 --> 01:40:25,936 [in British accent] Hello, Cleveland! 1919 01:40:26,020 --> 01:40:28,981 -[audience laughing, cheering] -[Rick chuckles] 1920 01:40:29,606 --> 01:40:32,359 Well, that's what he would say countless times 1921 01:40:32,443 --> 01:40:35,738 when we would find ourselves in tunnels, backstage, 1922 01:40:35,821 --> 01:40:37,531 in cities all over the world, 1923 01:40:38,157 --> 01:40:40,367 all of which were not Cleveland. 1924 01:40:40,701 --> 01:40:43,412 -And... I would laugh anyway. -[audience laughing] 1925 01:40:43,495 --> 01:40:45,831 Even though I didn't get the Spinal Tap reference. 1926 01:40:45,914 --> 01:40:49,209 -That was lost on me. -[audience laughing, cheering] 1927 01:40:50,961 --> 01:40:53,589 Back then, also, I think it was lost on me 1928 01:40:53,672 --> 01:40:57,134 the significance that my father, 1929 01:40:57,718 --> 01:40:59,803 with his Les Paul in hand, 1930 01:41:00,429 --> 01:41:05,392 was about to step on stage and ignite the passion 1931 01:41:05,476 --> 01:41:07,061 of 20,000 fans. 1932 01:41:07,186 --> 01:41:11,398 [audience cheering, applauding] 1933 01:41:12,149 --> 01:41:15,694 So, now, huge benchmark for me. 1934 01:41:15,861 --> 01:41:17,988 I get to say it on the stage... 1935 01:41:20,908 --> 01:41:24,203 you know, at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in this city. 1936 01:41:24,328 --> 01:41:27,581 Although, of course, I wish it were him. 1937 01:41:27,748 --> 01:41:30,125 And he wishes he could be here now. 1938 01:41:31,668 --> 01:41:32,711 And... 1939 01:41:35,255 --> 01:41:37,257 -[audience cheering, applauding] -I'm just gonna say it. 1940 01:41:41,470 --> 01:41:43,680 He's in New York, and he's watching from home. 1941 01:41:43,806 --> 01:41:44,973 Love you, Daddy. 1942 01:41:45,390 --> 01:41:49,561 [audience cheering, applauding] 1943 01:41:49,645 --> 01:41:54,274 So, I'm just gonna say a quick few words. 1944 01:41:55,192 --> 01:41:56,610 I'm gonna speak his words. 1945 01:41:58,570 --> 01:42:00,447 "Rock and roll was the first thing 1946 01:42:00,531 --> 01:42:01,782 "that grabbed me. 1947 01:42:02,199 --> 01:42:04,785 "In my escape, I'd practice for hours, 1948 01:42:04,868 --> 01:42:07,371 "listening to Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, 1949 01:42:07,496 --> 01:42:10,707 "trying to figure out their riffs, never stopping. 1950 01:42:11,291 --> 01:42:13,877 "Music was the only thing I wanted to do. 1951 01:42:13,961 --> 01:42:15,546 "There was no Plan B. 1952 01:42:16,130 --> 01:42:17,965 "I just wanted to write songs, 1953 01:42:18,298 --> 01:42:20,384 "and write them, not just play them. 1954 01:42:20,467 --> 01:42:23,011 "So, I learned to speak through song. 1955 01:42:24,555 --> 01:42:26,515 "By the time Foreigner came together, 1956 01:42:26,598 --> 01:42:29,768 "it was clear what I wanted it to be. 1957 01:42:29,852 --> 01:42:34,606 "It was about creating music that would last. 1958 01:42:34,690 --> 01:42:37,317 "And I think that we managed to capture that. 1959 01:42:37,484 --> 01:42:39,570 "Thanks to my brothers in song... 1960 01:42:39,653 --> 01:42:41,697 [audience cheering, applauding] 1961 01:42:41,822 --> 01:42:43,657 "My brothers in song and rock and roll, 1962 01:42:43,740 --> 01:42:46,869 "who helped build this legacy from the very first single, 1963 01:42:46,994 --> 01:42:48,620 "Lou, Dennis, Al. 1964 01:42:49,746 --> 01:42:51,498 "And of course, Rick Wills 1965 01:42:51,623 --> 01:42:55,335 "and Ian and Ed, who sadly are no longer with us. 1966 01:42:55,794 --> 01:42:57,921 "Our incredible manager, Bud Prager, 1967 01:42:58,005 --> 01:42:59,590 "our Atlantic Records family, 1968 01:42:59,673 --> 01:43:01,508 "who took us to the highest of heights. 1969 01:43:01,925 --> 01:43:05,429 "Thank you, Kelly, Jeff, Michael, Chris, Bruce, 1970 01:43:05,512 --> 01:43:08,682 "and Louis, for keeping Foreigner alive 1971 01:43:08,765 --> 01:43:10,601 "for the last two decades. 1972 01:43:11,268 --> 01:43:14,771 -"A special... -[audience cheering, applauding] 1973 01:43:19,484 --> 01:43:21,236 "And a special thanks to my dear friends, 1974 01:43:21,653 --> 01:43:23,530 "Phil Carson and Stewart Young, 1975 01:43:24,031 --> 01:43:27,117 "and the whole management team who worked tirelessly 1976 01:43:27,201 --> 01:43:28,619 "to keep the wheels turning. 1977 01:43:29,661 --> 01:43:31,371 "I want to thank the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1978 01:43:31,496 --> 01:43:32,748 "for this giant honor, 1979 01:43:33,040 --> 01:43:35,876 "especially Rick Krim, for nominating us, 1980 01:43:36,001 --> 01:43:38,378 "and my old friend, John Sykes. 1981 01:43:39,713 --> 01:43:42,424 "I'm lucky to have a partner and a family 1982 01:43:42,507 --> 01:43:45,886 "that understand my passion, making this possible. 1983 01:43:46,178 --> 01:43:48,555 "I thank my children, my wife, Anne. 1984 01:43:48,639 --> 01:43:50,182 "They are everything to me. 1985 01:43:51,308 --> 01:43:54,561 "But above all, above all, what's most important 1986 01:43:54,645 --> 01:43:56,939 "is that we wouldn't be here without the fans, 1987 01:43:57,272 --> 01:44:01,026 "so I want to thank the fans, the listeners... 1988 01:44:01,109 --> 01:44:03,737 -[Rick] Yes! -[audience cheering, applauding] 1989 01:44:06,990 --> 01:44:10,202 "...the dreamers who made this journey possible. 1990 01:44:10,661 --> 01:44:11,912 "Thank you to everyone 1991 01:44:11,995 --> 01:44:14,748 "who has been a part of this incredible odyssey. 1992 01:44:15,207 --> 01:44:17,501 "Rock and roll is forever." 1993 01:44:17,584 --> 01:44:20,420 [audience cheering, applauding] 1994 01:44:20,504 --> 01:44:21,964 -Well done. -Whoo! 1995 01:44:22,297 --> 01:44:24,216 -Whoo! -Well done. 1996 01:44:25,217 --> 01:44:26,343 [smooches] 1997 01:44:26,510 --> 01:44:28,512 -Well said, great job. -Well done. 1998 01:44:31,390 --> 01:44:35,102 [audience cheering, applauding] 1999 01:44:38,021 --> 01:44:39,106 Thank you. 2000 01:44:39,773 --> 01:44:42,401 First, I'd like to thank all of my Foreigner bandmates, 2001 01:44:42,484 --> 01:44:46,822 Mick Jones, Ian McDonald, Al Greenwood, Dennis Elliott, 2002 01:44:47,197 --> 01:44:49,491 Ed Gagliardi, and Rick Wills 2003 01:44:49,658 --> 01:44:53,078 for 30 plus years of great music and a wild ride. 2004 01:44:53,245 --> 01:44:54,663 [audience cheering, applauding] 2005 01:44:57,457 --> 01:44:59,668 Now, right from the start, Mick and I hit it off 2006 01:44:59,751 --> 01:45:01,753 in our first songwriting session. 2007 01:45:01,837 --> 01:45:04,298 The chemistry for many of our biggest hits 2008 01:45:04,381 --> 01:45:06,967 was the Jones-Gramm collaboration. 2009 01:45:07,384 --> 01:45:09,219 Although the band went through some changes 2010 01:45:09,303 --> 01:45:10,345 as time went on, 2011 01:45:10,429 --> 01:45:11,930 I believe the original band 2012 01:45:12,055 --> 01:45:14,182 encompassed what Foreigner was all about. 2013 01:45:14,474 --> 01:45:16,476 As I think back about those times, 2014 01:45:16,560 --> 01:45:19,604 I'm convinced that Ian McDonald and Ed Gagliari, 2015 01:45:19,688 --> 01:45:21,398 who have passed on to a better place, 2016 01:45:21,481 --> 01:45:23,525 were pivotal players and personalities 2017 01:45:23,608 --> 01:45:25,402 in Foreigner's early success. 2018 01:45:25,777 --> 01:45:28,488 [audience cheering, applauding] 2019 01:45:28,572 --> 01:45:31,616 Lastly, I'd like to close by thanking my friend 2020 01:45:31,700 --> 01:45:33,493 and songwriting partner, Mick Jones. 2021 01:45:33,618 --> 01:45:35,704 Along with the many triumphs and accolades, 2022 01:45:35,787 --> 01:45:36,955 we didn't always agree 2023 01:45:37,039 --> 01:45:38,623 about Foreigner's musical directions, 2024 01:45:38,749 --> 01:45:40,417 but all told, we were very fortunate 2025 01:45:40,500 --> 01:45:42,377 to have been in Foreigner together, 2026 01:45:42,586 --> 01:45:45,464 and our music continues to stand the test of time. 2027 01:45:45,589 --> 01:45:49,926 [audience cheering, applauding] 2028 01:45:56,475 --> 01:46:00,937 -Hello, Cleveland! -[audience cheering, applauding] 2029 01:46:01,688 --> 01:46:04,941 This is Rick Wills, the bass player, as you know. 2030 01:46:05,567 --> 01:46:08,153 I have had the best time in this band 2031 01:46:08,236 --> 01:46:10,655 you could ever have, believe you me. 2032 01:46:10,739 --> 01:46:12,991 [audience cheering, applauding] 2033 01:46:13,116 --> 01:46:15,827 I love these guys, and I love the guys 2034 01:46:15,911 --> 01:46:18,747 that are doing what we do, or we did, 2035 01:46:18,872 --> 01:46:22,876 and they're still doing it today, 47 years later. 2036 01:46:22,959 --> 01:46:26,338 -It's amazing. -[audience cheering, applauding] 2037 01:46:27,005 --> 01:46:28,924 So, I want to thank you all 2038 01:46:29,132 --> 01:46:31,134 and thank the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2039 01:46:31,301 --> 01:46:34,221 for giving us this opportunity to finally 2040 01:46:34,596 --> 01:46:38,225 be Rock & Roll Hall of Fame people. 2041 01:46:38,308 --> 01:46:41,645 -Thank you! -[audience cheering, applauding] 2042 01:46:45,023 --> 01:46:46,942 Whoa! [chuckles] 2043 01:46:50,112 --> 01:46:54,282 And a very, very special thanks to Mick Jones. 2044 01:46:54,658 --> 01:46:57,077 the founder, the visionary, 2045 01:46:57,202 --> 01:47:00,247 and the creative force behind Foreigner. 2046 01:47:01,706 --> 01:47:05,001 -Yes. -[audience cheering, applauding] 2047 01:47:06,294 --> 01:47:08,839 We wish that he were here with us tonight. 2048 01:47:10,424 --> 01:47:12,217 And to all of our fans 2049 01:47:12,426 --> 01:47:15,262 who have been with us for 47 years, 2050 01:47:17,305 --> 01:47:19,015 spanning generations, 2051 01:47:20,016 --> 01:47:23,103 we love you all and we thank you. 2052 01:47:23,186 --> 01:47:26,815 -[spectator] We love you! -[audience cheering, applauding] 2053 01:47:34,823 --> 01:47:36,116 Mr. Norman Whitfield. 2054 01:47:36,241 --> 01:47:37,492 The name may not strike you immediately, 2055 01:47:37,576 --> 01:47:39,327 but I think the more you get into it, 2056 01:47:39,411 --> 01:47:40,745 the more I think you'll find out, 2057 01:47:40,829 --> 01:47:42,289 "Hey, I know that song." 2058 01:47:42,372 --> 01:47:45,250 [♪ funky soul music playing, Rose Royce "Car Wash"] 2059 01:47:45,333 --> 01:47:46,501 [claps rhythmically] 2060 01:47:47,544 --> 01:47:49,337 [Jimmy Jam] I'm telling you, at sporting events, 2061 01:47:49,421 --> 01:47:52,674 anywhere you go, you hear that, you know what's coming. 2062 01:47:52,799 --> 01:47:54,968 ♪ Working at the car wash ♪ 2063 01:47:56,678 --> 01:47:58,930 ♪ Working at the car wash, yeah ♪ 2064 01:47:59,014 --> 01:48:00,056 I'm sorry, the hand clap 2065 01:48:00,140 --> 01:48:01,850 is Rock & Roll Hall of Fame right there. 2066 01:48:03,101 --> 01:48:04,352 ♪ Whoo! Come, some of the work...♪ 2067 01:48:04,436 --> 01:48:06,563 Norman Whitfield turned out to be 2068 01:48:06,646 --> 01:48:08,565 one of the most prolific producers and writers 2069 01:48:08,648 --> 01:48:09,733 in the history of the music business. 2070 01:48:10,150 --> 01:48:11,860 And Norman was a killer producer. 2071 01:48:11,943 --> 01:48:15,030 [♪ upbeat soul music playing, The Temptations "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"] 2072 01:48:15,155 --> 01:48:17,741 [Smokey] Here we see Norman working with The Temptations. 2073 01:48:17,824 --> 01:48:19,284 [Norman] When I first came to Motown, 2074 01:48:19,367 --> 01:48:21,870 I didn't have anything in mind in the beginning 2075 01:48:21,953 --> 01:48:24,039 except just trying to get a hit record. 2076 01:48:24,164 --> 01:48:27,584 ♪ Ain't too proud to beg and you know it ♪ 2077 01:48:27,918 --> 01:48:29,586 ♪ Please don't leave me, girl ♪ 2078 01:48:29,711 --> 01:48:31,588 [Iris] Norman would come into our offices, 2079 01:48:31,671 --> 01:48:33,298 "Hey, take that off, it's garbage. 2080 01:48:33,381 --> 01:48:34,883 "Boy, you want to hear a hit? Put this on." 2081 01:48:35,008 --> 01:48:36,510 [♪ perky soul music playing, Gladys Knight & the Pips 2082 01:48:36,635 --> 01:48:37,552 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"] 2083 01:48:37,677 --> 01:48:39,679 ♪ Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine? ♪ 2084 01:48:39,804 --> 01:48:42,432 There was actually a Gladys Knight & the Pips version 2085 01:48:42,516 --> 01:48:43,975 of Heard It Through the Grapevine. 2086 01:48:44,100 --> 01:48:45,727 ♪ Not much longer would you be mine ♪ 2087 01:48:45,810 --> 01:48:48,605 He did it in a way that fit Gladys Knight & the Pips. 2088 01:48:48,688 --> 01:48:49,940 [♪ laid-back soul music playing, Marvin Gaye 2089 01:48:50,023 --> 01:48:51,399 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"] 2090 01:48:51,483 --> 01:48:54,569 [Jimmy Jam] When he revisited the song with Marvin Gaye, 2091 01:48:54,778 --> 01:48:57,697 all of a sudden, you have a whole different arrangement. 2092 01:48:57,822 --> 01:49:00,408 ♪ People say "Believe half of what you see ♪ 2093 01:49:00,825 --> 01:49:04,454 ♪ "Son, and none of what you hear" ♪ 2094 01:49:04,579 --> 01:49:05,872 [Norman] Now, if somebody's buying 2095 01:49:05,956 --> 01:49:09,292 two or three million records, that is a direct indication 2096 01:49:09,376 --> 01:49:11,002 that they like what you're doing. 2097 01:49:11,378 --> 01:49:14,047 ♪ Don't you know I heard it through the grapevine? ♪ 2098 01:49:14,506 --> 01:49:17,676 ♪ Not much longer would you be mine ♪ 2099 01:49:17,759 --> 01:49:19,427 [Jimmy] I think the most revolutionary thing 2100 01:49:19,511 --> 01:49:22,514 that Norman Whitfield probably would be known for 2101 01:49:22,597 --> 01:49:24,683 was the transition that The Temptations made... 2102 01:49:24,766 --> 01:49:25,809 [♪ romantic soul music playing, The Temptations 2103 01:49:25,934 --> 01:49:26,935 "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"] 2104 01:49:27,018 --> 01:49:28,687 ...from being love ballad-type guys... 2105 01:49:28,770 --> 01:49:33,733 ♪ It was just my imagination ♪ 2106 01:49:33,858 --> 01:49:36,736 ...to all of a sudden talking about Cloud Nine... 2107 01:49:36,861 --> 01:49:39,030 [♪ upbeat R&B music playing, The Temptations "Cloud Nine"] 2108 01:49:39,114 --> 01:49:40,240 ♪ Cloud Nine! ♪ 2109 01:49:40,323 --> 01:49:42,450 ...and Papa Was A Rollin' Stone. 2110 01:49:42,534 --> 01:49:44,160 [♪ funky soul music playing, 2111 01:49:44,244 --> 01:49:45,870 The Temptations "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"] 2112 01:49:45,954 --> 01:49:48,498 I said, "Ooh, the track is... 2113 01:49:48,957 --> 01:49:50,667 "funkier than an unwashed armpit." 2114 01:49:50,834 --> 01:49:52,419 ♪ Papa was a rolling stone ♪ 2115 01:49:52,544 --> 01:49:54,629 [Coffey] Norman, he wanted to take the Motown 2116 01:49:54,713 --> 01:49:55,839 in a different direction, 2117 01:49:56,006 --> 01:49:58,008 so he brought the protest element to it. 2118 01:49:58,133 --> 01:50:00,343 [♪ exciting R&B music playing, Edwin Starr "War"] 2119 01:50:00,468 --> 01:50:03,388 -♪ War, huh, yeah ♪ -♪ What is it good for? ♪ 2120 01:50:03,513 --> 01:50:04,931 -♪ Absolutely ♪ -♪ Nothing! ♪ 2121 01:50:05,015 --> 01:50:06,933 [Chuck] Not only did he talk about the war, 2122 01:50:07,017 --> 01:50:08,935 but he did it in such a powerful way, 2123 01:50:09,019 --> 01:50:10,228 you had to listen to 2124 01:50:10,312 --> 01:50:12,314 what he was putting down and what he was saying. 2125 01:50:12,397 --> 01:50:14,482 -♪ Say it again, y'all ♪ -♪ War ♪ 2126 01:50:14,733 --> 01:50:18,653 His approach to songwriting and to production is unmatched. 2127 01:50:18,737 --> 01:50:20,614 [♪ uplifting soul music playing, Rose Royce "I'm Going Down"] 2128 01:50:20,780 --> 01:50:21,990 ♪ I'm going down ♪ 2129 01:50:22,657 --> 01:50:25,452 [Norman] Good songs will always take preference 2130 01:50:25,535 --> 01:50:28,204 over the so-called trends. 2131 01:50:28,288 --> 01:50:33,335 ♪ My whole world's upside down ♪ 2132 01:50:33,460 --> 01:50:35,545 [audience cheering, applauding] 2133 01:50:35,629 --> 01:50:37,422 [♪ thrilling rock music playing, 2134 01:50:37,505 --> 01:50:39,549 The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"] 2135 01:50:40,300 --> 01:50:42,385 [announcer] To induct Peter Frampton, 2136 01:50:42,469 --> 01:50:45,639 Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Roger Daltrey. 2137 01:50:45,722 --> 01:50:49,601 [audience cheering, applauding] 2138 01:51:02,697 --> 01:51:03,948 Fuck this. 2139 01:51:04,991 --> 01:51:07,118 I feel like I'm running for president. 2140 01:51:07,202 --> 01:51:09,621 -[chuckles] -[audience laughing] 2141 01:51:09,746 --> 01:51:13,708 -I'll use this one. [laughs] -[audience cheering] 2142 01:51:17,253 --> 01:51:19,339 Well, I've got to tell you, 2143 01:51:19,923 --> 01:51:22,634 when I was asked to come and present this award 2144 01:51:22,717 --> 01:51:25,804 to Peter Frampton, I was astonished 2145 01:51:26,513 --> 01:51:29,849 that this guy wasn't inducted 35 years ago. 2146 01:51:29,933 --> 01:51:31,267 [chuckles] I mean... 2147 01:51:32,811 --> 01:51:36,022 All I can say is that it's about bloody time. 2148 01:51:36,106 --> 01:51:38,191 [audience cheering, applauding] 2149 01:51:38,316 --> 01:51:41,319 But let's remember the people that started 2150 01:51:41,403 --> 01:51:43,863 this wonderful journey that music is on. 2151 01:51:44,364 --> 01:51:46,616 You know, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, 2152 01:51:47,075 --> 01:51:51,746 Jackie Wilson, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee, all those great... 2153 01:51:51,830 --> 01:51:53,998 Buddy Holly... It goes on and on! 2154 01:51:54,332 --> 01:51:57,585 You know, this business and this career 2155 01:51:57,711 --> 01:51:59,671 that we've all embarked on 2156 01:51:59,754 --> 01:52:01,589 is so rewarding, and it's wonderful. 2157 01:52:01,715 --> 01:52:06,094 And Peter has had the most amazing career of all time. 2158 01:52:06,261 --> 01:52:08,972 -It's... He... -[audience cheering, applauding] 2159 01:52:09,055 --> 01:52:12,684 It's probably easier to name the people 2160 01:52:12,767 --> 01:52:16,396 that he hasn't worked with, than to name the people he has. 2161 01:52:16,896 --> 01:52:18,732 -[audience laughing] -I'm telling you, 2162 01:52:18,857 --> 01:52:21,651 from the age of six, all he ever wanted to be 2163 01:52:21,943 --> 01:52:24,904 was a guitarist in a rock band. 2164 01:52:26,489 --> 01:52:27,657 And... 2165 01:52:28,616 --> 01:52:33,788 [grunts softly] ...I first met him in 1968, 2166 01:52:34,581 --> 01:52:37,876 when I was on tour with The Who and Traffic, 2167 01:52:38,251 --> 01:52:41,045 -and he-- Yeah, I mean... -[audience cheering] 2168 01:52:41,129 --> 01:52:43,423 ...in those days, you'd do ten minutes, 2169 01:52:43,506 --> 01:52:44,799 and... [exhales sharply] ...hook. 2170 01:52:44,883 --> 01:52:46,509 And the next band came on. 2171 01:52:47,051 --> 01:52:50,430 But anyway, Peter was the lead guitarist and singer 2172 01:52:50,847 --> 01:52:52,390 in a band called "The Herd." 2173 01:52:54,642 --> 01:52:55,685 And on that tour, 2174 01:52:55,769 --> 01:52:58,980 Peter traveled with Keith Moon in his Bentley 2175 01:52:59,314 --> 01:53:03,568 and he survived endless pranks and japes 2176 01:53:04,194 --> 01:53:06,321 and I did think to myself then that, 2177 01:53:06,404 --> 01:53:09,282 "Wow, this guy's a survivor." [chuckles] 2178 01:53:09,365 --> 01:53:11,409 [audience chuckling] 2179 01:53:11,868 --> 01:53:14,454 [Roger] But Peter is a restless soul and, I mean-- 2180 01:53:14,621 --> 01:53:18,291 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[sighs] He really is. And... 2181 01:53:19,542 --> 01:53:22,128 You know, he was always flitting from band to band. 2182 01:53:22,587 --> 01:53:25,089 And that year, later that year, he... 2183 01:53:25,507 --> 01:53:28,301 he was on the front cover of a teen magazine 2184 01:53:28,760 --> 01:53:30,970 as the face of '68. 2185 01:53:32,639 --> 01:53:34,516 This led Peter to believe 2186 01:53:35,433 --> 01:53:36,935 that The Herd were at the pinnacle 2187 01:53:37,018 --> 01:53:38,186 of their decline. 2188 01:53:38,269 --> 01:53:40,188 [audience chuckling] 2189 01:53:40,271 --> 01:53:43,691 So his next move had to be a really big one, and it was. 2190 01:53:44,150 --> 01:53:46,194 He joined up with Steve Marriott, 2191 01:53:46,277 --> 01:53:48,404 who had just left the Small Faces. 2192 01:53:49,864 --> 01:53:50,907 And he... 2193 01:53:51,950 --> 01:53:55,411 -They formed Humble Pie. -[audience cheering, applauding] 2194 01:53:57,622 --> 01:54:00,124 [Roger] Now, that music was far more soulful 2195 01:54:00,875 --> 01:54:03,044 and his guitar playing 2196 01:54:03,169 --> 01:54:05,171 and the music became much heavier. 2197 01:54:06,172 --> 01:54:09,884 But after two years of success with Humble Pie, 2198 01:54:09,968 --> 01:54:11,719 Peter finally went solo. 2199 01:54:12,011 --> 01:54:14,681 And he had four successful solo albums. 2200 01:54:15,306 --> 01:54:17,851 And then in 1976, 2201 01:54:18,434 --> 01:54:20,770 it was the big one that we all remember. 2202 01:54:22,564 --> 01:54:26,192 -Frampton Comes Alive! -[audience cheering, applauding] 2203 01:54:26,860 --> 01:54:31,614 [Roger] Wow! Unmatched! Unprecedented! 2204 01:54:32,240 --> 01:54:34,325 It was the biggest selling live record 2205 01:54:34,409 --> 01:54:36,035 of all time in its day. 2206 01:54:36,744 --> 01:54:38,872 And it still sells well today. 2207 01:54:40,874 --> 01:54:43,960 But for me, the success of that album 2208 01:54:44,085 --> 01:54:47,672 was more than just Peter live and everything else. 2209 01:54:48,256 --> 01:54:49,716 It was the songs. 2210 01:54:50,508 --> 01:54:51,509 You know... 2211 01:54:52,051 --> 01:54:55,889 Show Me the Way, Do You Feel Like I Do? 2212 01:54:55,972 --> 01:54:57,682 [audience cheering, applauding] 2213 01:54:57,765 --> 01:55:01,895 Baby, I Love Your Way. [chuckles] Whoa! 2214 01:55:03,021 --> 01:55:04,856 You know, they propelled Peter 2215 01:55:05,356 --> 01:55:07,901 to a whole new level of superstardom. 2216 01:55:08,985 --> 01:55:10,111 And... 2217 01:55:11,696 --> 01:55:16,284 Rolling Stone in that year had him on the front cover 2218 01:55:17,327 --> 01:55:21,581 in a very seductive pose with no shirt, 2219 01:55:22,415 --> 01:55:25,543 and long, blonde flowing hair. 2220 01:55:26,711 --> 01:55:28,963 And I've got to tell you, when I saw that, 2221 01:55:29,547 --> 01:55:32,759 I thought, "Blimey, a doppelganger." 2222 01:55:33,259 --> 01:55:35,678 [audience laughing, applauding] 2223 01:55:35,762 --> 01:55:37,889 [screams, chuckles] 2224 01:55:39,641 --> 01:55:42,185 Oh, my God! [chuckles] 2225 01:55:45,271 --> 01:55:47,774 I remember one time I was going through an airport 2226 01:55:47,857 --> 01:55:49,192 with Pete Townshend 2227 01:55:50,401 --> 01:55:53,738 and I got chased by a flock 2228 01:55:54,781 --> 01:55:56,491 of teenage girls 2229 01:55:56,950 --> 01:55:59,869 screaming, "Peter! Peter!" 2230 01:55:59,953 --> 01:56:02,538 -[audience laughing, applauding] -[chuckles] 2231 01:56:03,581 --> 01:56:06,709 And as I rushed through the gate and finally got on the plane, 2232 01:56:06,793 --> 01:56:08,711 Townshend came up behind me 2233 01:56:09,837 --> 01:56:12,757 and he said, "Roger, you're really lucky. 2234 01:56:13,508 --> 01:56:15,426 "They think you're Peter Frampton." 2235 01:56:15,510 --> 01:56:18,012 -[audience laughing, applauding] -[chuckles] 2236 01:56:18,972 --> 01:56:20,264 [Roger] And then he said, 2237 01:56:21,307 --> 01:56:23,101 "You're really, really lucky 2238 01:56:23,184 --> 01:56:26,187 "because they think I'm Tiny Tim." 2239 01:56:26,270 --> 01:56:29,023 [audience chuckling] 2240 01:56:29,315 --> 01:56:30,441 [chuckles] 2241 01:56:31,526 --> 01:56:32,735 And that used to happen a lot. 2242 01:56:32,819 --> 01:56:35,238 I used to get mistaken for Peter. 2243 01:56:35,822 --> 01:56:38,199 But throughout his entire career, 2244 01:56:38,282 --> 01:56:40,201 he's always been a restless soul. 2245 01:56:41,035 --> 01:56:44,789 And... But he really stayed true to his main love, 2246 01:56:45,206 --> 01:56:46,541 which was the guitar. 2247 01:56:47,500 --> 01:56:50,128 And it's no surprise that his first ever Grammy 2248 01:56:50,712 --> 01:56:53,881 came from the record and the album, Fingerprints, 2249 01:56:54,590 --> 01:56:56,217 where he never sang a note. 2250 01:56:57,176 --> 01:56:58,803 Absolutely amazing. 2251 01:56:59,804 --> 01:57:03,266 But then in 1969... Oh, '69... 2252 01:57:03,725 --> 01:57:07,270 Sorry, wrong year. [chuckles] It comes with age. 2253 01:57:07,437 --> 01:57:10,898 It's coming to you all. [laughs] 2254 01:57:12,900 --> 01:57:16,779 -In 2019, he... [snickers] -[audience laughing] 2255 01:57:18,698 --> 01:57:21,659 What the fuck happened? [laughs] 2256 01:57:22,744 --> 01:57:26,372 [audience cheering, applauding] 2257 01:57:29,000 --> 01:57:31,294 He announced a farewell tour... 2258 01:57:32,253 --> 01:57:33,629 and... 2259 01:57:34,589 --> 01:57:39,761 And told the world that he was suffering from IBM, 2260 01:57:40,094 --> 01:57:43,264 which is a progressive muscular disease. 2261 01:57:43,931 --> 01:57:47,143 And myself and Peter, I'm sure, everyone, 2262 01:57:47,226 --> 01:57:50,104 felt that this might be the end of his playing career. 2263 01:57:50,646 --> 01:57:52,648 So, he set out on this tour, 2264 01:57:53,149 --> 01:57:55,234 and he realized he could keep playing. 2265 01:57:55,943 --> 01:58:00,156 So, he set out on another tour, which is Never Say Never Tour. 2266 01:58:00,239 --> 01:58:01,532 [audience cheering] 2267 01:58:01,616 --> 01:58:04,827 Followed by the Never EVER Say Never Tour. 2268 01:58:04,952 --> 01:58:06,329 [audience laughing, applauding] 2269 01:58:06,454 --> 01:58:10,083 Which then was followed by the Positively Thankful 2270 01:58:10,166 --> 01:58:12,168 For Never Ever Saying Ever Never Never 2271 01:58:12,293 --> 01:58:14,754 Ever Ever Ever Ever Again Tour. 2272 01:58:14,879 --> 01:58:18,800 -[laughs] -[audience cheering, applauding] 2273 01:58:22,637 --> 01:58:23,805 And here he is today, 2274 01:58:23,888 --> 01:58:26,140 he's thankfully still playing guitar, 2275 01:58:26,224 --> 01:58:28,601 and doing what I love about him. 2276 01:58:28,684 --> 01:58:31,771 For me, this guy's voice takes his music 2277 01:58:31,854 --> 01:58:36,651 to another level. It's really good on my ear. 2278 01:58:37,068 --> 01:58:41,906 He's got a sensitivity that matches his guitar playing. 2279 01:58:42,573 --> 01:58:44,700 It all comes from his heart. 2280 01:58:45,326 --> 01:58:49,497 And it's mostly played with a smile on his face. 2281 01:58:49,914 --> 01:58:52,083 I give you Peter Frampton. 2282 01:58:52,208 --> 01:58:54,418 [audience cheering, applauding] 2283 01:58:54,585 --> 01:58:56,629 [♪ uplifting rock music playing, The Herd "From the Underworld"] 2284 01:58:56,754 --> 01:58:57,964 Hi, I'm Peter Frampton. 2285 01:59:02,718 --> 01:59:04,762 ♪ Almost to meet your faces and in ♪ 2286 01:59:04,846 --> 01:59:08,766 ♪ Escaping the ghost of yesterday... ♪ 2287 01:59:08,891 --> 01:59:10,059 [Peter] When I was about 16, 2288 01:59:10,351 --> 01:59:12,520 my father negotiated my first contract. 2289 01:59:12,603 --> 01:59:13,813 He said, "Well, if you're not gonna go 2290 01:59:13,896 --> 01:59:14,939 "to music college," he said, 2291 01:59:15,022 --> 01:59:16,983 "I'm gonna make sure you get a steady wage." 2292 01:59:17,150 --> 01:59:18,734 So, that was the proviso that I got, 2293 01:59:18,818 --> 01:59:20,862 15 pounds a week. That was The Herd. 2294 01:59:20,945 --> 01:59:22,905 [♪ soft rock playing, The Herd "I Don't Want Our Loving to Die"] 2295 01:59:22,989 --> 01:59:24,407 ♪ No, I don't want our lovin' to die... ♪ 2296 01:59:24,824 --> 01:59:26,909 [Peter] A journalist called Penny Valentine 2297 01:59:27,243 --> 01:59:31,998 dubbed me the face of '68. That's really what led to me 2298 01:59:32,081 --> 01:59:33,624 leaving and forming the next band. 2299 01:59:33,708 --> 01:59:35,293 All right, on The Barry Richards Show, 2300 01:59:35,418 --> 01:59:38,004 we're here. We have Humble Pie with us from England. 2301 01:59:38,087 --> 01:59:40,173 -And you are? -Peter. Peter Frampton. 2302 01:59:40,256 --> 01:59:41,257 And what do you play, Pete? 2303 01:59:42,300 --> 01:59:43,342 -Guitar. -Guitar. 2304 01:59:43,426 --> 01:59:44,552 Brilliant deduction on my part. 2305 01:59:44,677 --> 01:59:46,888 [♪ dour rock playing, Humble Pie "I Don't Need No Doctor"] 2306 01:59:46,971 --> 01:59:51,767 ♪ I don't need no doctor I don't need no doctor ♪ 2307 01:59:51,893 --> 01:59:53,436 [♪ sentimental rock playing, Humble Pie "Hallelujah"] 2308 01:59:53,519 --> 01:59:56,397 ♪ Yeah, I know, Hallelujah! ♪ 2309 01:59:56,480 --> 01:59:58,733 [Peter] Humble Pie, I had a great deal of fun in. 2310 01:59:58,816 --> 02:00:01,235 It was sort of a get-down-dirty band, you know, 2311 02:00:01,360 --> 02:00:03,905 It was like an apprenticeship, really, for what was to come, 2312 02:00:03,988 --> 02:00:05,198 but I didn't know that at the time. 2313 02:00:05,531 --> 02:00:10,369 ♪ Take me away, making my way ♪ 2314 02:00:10,578 --> 02:00:14,123 [Peter] So, I went out on my own and made four solo records 2315 02:00:14,207 --> 02:00:15,625 that I was very proud of. 2316 02:00:15,958 --> 02:00:17,627 And even though none were huge sellers, 2317 02:00:17,960 --> 02:00:20,796 I could feel my fanbase getting bigger and bigger. 2318 02:00:21,130 --> 02:00:22,882 And everything just started to click. 2319 02:00:22,965 --> 02:00:27,011 So, I decide to record a few of my shows 2320 02:00:27,094 --> 02:00:29,347 in support of the Frampton LP. 2321 02:00:29,889 --> 02:00:31,682 And well, the rest is history. 2322 02:00:32,516 --> 02:00:36,687 -[audience cheering] -[Peter] Thank you! 2323 02:00:36,812 --> 02:00:40,816 [♪ upbeat rock, Peter Frampton "Baby, I Love Your Way"] 2324 02:00:45,696 --> 02:00:50,034 ♪ Shadows grow so long before my eyes ♪ 2325 02:00:51,452 --> 02:00:56,582 ♪ And they're moving across the page ♪ 2326 02:00:57,083 --> 02:00:59,293 The minute we put it out, it just started selling 2327 02:00:59,377 --> 02:01:00,628 ridiculous amounts of records. 2328 02:01:00,711 --> 02:01:03,714 It was the year of Frampton. It was 1976. 2329 02:01:03,839 --> 02:01:06,676 ♪ I can't believe this is happening ♪ 2330 02:01:07,176 --> 02:01:08,344 ♪ To me ♪ 2331 02:01:08,427 --> 02:01:10,429 Twelve and a half million albums. 2332 02:01:10,596 --> 02:01:12,932 They tell me that I made the Guinness Book of Records, 2333 02:01:13,015 --> 02:01:14,767 so, meaning that 2334 02:01:14,850 --> 02:01:16,978 it's the biggest selling album of all time. 2335 02:01:17,061 --> 02:01:19,355 [♪ sentimental rock playing, Peter Frampton "Show Me The Way"] 2336 02:01:20,731 --> 02:01:22,316 ♪ Show me the way ♪ 2337 02:01:22,608 --> 02:01:24,235 [Peter] When the live record came out, 2338 02:01:24,360 --> 02:01:26,112 that was really the first time people 2339 02:01:26,362 --> 02:01:28,364 were seeing what I looked like. It was everywhere. 2340 02:01:28,447 --> 02:01:29,657 I think it was overkill. 2341 02:01:29,740 --> 02:01:30,950 [Pete Griffin] You know what was a monster? 2342 02:01:31,117 --> 02:01:34,787 Frampton Comes Alive, 1976. Is there anyone you knew 2343 02:01:34,870 --> 02:01:37,415 who didn't have that record? I don't think so. Bam! 2344 02:01:37,665 --> 02:01:39,875 [♪ uplifting rock music playing] 2345 02:01:40,042 --> 02:01:41,377 Then there was the talk box. 2346 02:01:41,585 --> 02:01:44,505 You're hearing a guitar manifest itself in a way 2347 02:01:44,630 --> 02:01:46,215 that no guitar had ever manifested itself 2348 02:01:46,299 --> 02:01:47,675 before on a hit record. 2349 02:01:47,758 --> 02:01:48,801 [audience cheering] 2350 02:01:48,884 --> 02:01:51,095 ♪ I want to thank you ♪ 2351 02:01:51,971 --> 02:01:54,015 [Cameron] He was the guy on the rocket that was going 2352 02:01:54,265 --> 02:01:56,142 where no other rocket had gone. 2353 02:01:56,392 --> 02:01:59,645 And there was no manual for what was to come. 2354 02:01:59,854 --> 02:02:03,024 [♪ upbeat rock, Peter Frampton "Do You Feel Like We Do"] 2355 02:02:04,942 --> 02:02:08,571 ♪ Do you, you feel like I do? Do you, you feel like I do? ♪ 2356 02:02:09,488 --> 02:02:12,575 [Mike] The expectations of an artist in the public eye, 2357 02:02:12,700 --> 02:02:14,368 after having that kind of success, 2358 02:02:14,493 --> 02:02:15,828 are unrealistic. 2359 02:02:16,162 --> 02:02:18,622 He went through some shit, and I feel for him. 2360 02:02:19,498 --> 02:02:20,875 [reporter] Peter Frampton, no? 2361 02:02:21,000 --> 02:02:22,084 -[David Bowie] Excuse me -[reporter] Yes. 2362 02:02:22,209 --> 02:02:25,379 No, that's not Peter Frampton. No, no, no. 2363 02:02:25,463 --> 02:02:27,548 -I won't allow anybody. -[laughs] 2364 02:02:27,631 --> 02:02:30,384 -Guitar, Peter Frampton. -[audience cheering] 2365 02:02:30,468 --> 02:02:32,678 [David] One thing you may or may not know is that 2366 02:02:32,887 --> 02:02:36,098 Peter and I, in fact, used to go to the same school. 2367 02:02:36,390 --> 02:02:40,728 His father, Peter's father, was my art master at school. 2368 02:02:41,062 --> 02:02:43,272 [♪ upbeat rock playing, David Bowie "Glass Spider"] 2369 02:02:47,276 --> 02:02:50,363 ♪ Gone, gone the water's all gone ♪ 2370 02:02:50,613 --> 02:02:52,740 Bowie reached out and said, 2371 02:02:52,823 --> 02:02:54,450 come be shoulder to shoulder with me. 2372 02:02:54,575 --> 02:02:56,744 I think that was a great brotherly moment 2373 02:02:56,869 --> 02:02:58,621 in rock history. 2374 02:03:01,874 --> 02:03:03,834 They're talking about me as a guitar player again, 2375 02:03:04,043 --> 02:03:05,086 which is what I am, 2376 02:03:05,419 --> 02:03:07,713 and always have been, and I think that got forgotten. 2377 02:03:07,838 --> 02:03:10,174 [♪ rousing rock, Peter Frampton "Do You Feel Like We Do"] 2378 02:03:14,303 --> 02:03:15,679 [Mike] He's a smoking guitar player 2379 02:03:15,763 --> 02:03:17,973 and should be mentioned with Clapton, 2380 02:03:18,057 --> 02:03:19,475 and Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. 2381 02:03:19,558 --> 02:03:21,977 He should be in that pantheon of guitar players. 2382 02:03:22,144 --> 02:03:23,562 [Tom] Peter Frampton certainly belongs 2383 02:03:23,687 --> 02:03:25,064 in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 2384 02:03:25,147 --> 02:03:28,776 if only for these three words. "Frampton Comes Alive." 2385 02:03:28,901 --> 02:03:31,195 It was a record that just absolutely 2386 02:03:31,362 --> 02:03:32,488 conquered the world. 2387 02:03:32,571 --> 02:03:34,824 [audience cheering] 2388 02:03:40,913 --> 02:03:43,791 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[Roger] Ladies and gentlemen, 2389 02:03:44,667 --> 02:03:46,127 Peter Frampton! 2390 02:03:46,836 --> 02:03:50,214 [♪ upbeat rock, Peter Frampton "Baby (Something's Happening)"] 2391 02:03:57,555 --> 02:04:01,267 ♪ Who said it's my year? Was it you, there? ♪ 2392 02:04:01,392 --> 02:04:03,853 ♪ Can't go wrong ♪ 2393 02:04:06,147 --> 02:04:12,445 ♪ I see a new way you'll be in my play, sing my song ♪ 2394 02:04:13,612 --> 02:04:20,161 ♪ Yeah, where is the reason I keep teasing? If I knew ♪ 2395 02:04:23,289 --> 02:04:29,837 ♪ Now to see the new year not being blue here, evermore ♪ 2396 02:04:33,132 --> 02:04:37,136 ♪ All right somethin's happening ♪ 2397 02:04:37,303 --> 02:04:41,265 ♪ Hold tight might be lightning ♪ 2398 02:04:41,474 --> 02:04:45,644 ♪ Turn on the lights somethin's moving ♪ 2399 02:04:45,811 --> 02:04:47,396 ♪ Can't sleep at night ♪ 2400 02:04:47,605 --> 02:04:50,733 ♪ My heart keeps missing a beat ♪ 2401 02:05:12,796 --> 02:05:18,344 ♪ Oh baby, don't ever let it bring you down ♪ 2402 02:05:21,680 --> 02:05:25,518 ♪ Oh baby, I'll pick you up ♪ 2403 02:05:48,374 --> 02:05:51,669 -[audience cheering, applauding] -Thank you! 2404 02:05:54,463 --> 02:05:57,007 -[Peter] Thank you very much. -[audience cheering, applauding] 2405 02:05:57,299 --> 02:05:59,260 Uh, this is fantastic. Thank you. 2406 02:05:59,385 --> 02:06:02,930 Um, and I want to bring on a dear, dear friend of mine 2407 02:06:03,097 --> 02:06:04,515 for a very long time. 2408 02:06:04,848 --> 02:06:08,561 And he's a great singer, songwriter, guitar player. 2409 02:06:11,021 --> 02:06:13,107 Keith Urban, ladies and gentlemen. 2410 02:06:14,358 --> 02:06:15,442 Thank you, Keith. 2411 02:06:23,659 --> 02:06:26,704 [♪ soft rock, Peter Frampton "Do You Feel Like We Do"] 2412 02:06:27,079 --> 02:06:29,999 [audience cheering] 2413 02:07:18,964 --> 02:07:22,801 ♪ Woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand ♪ 2414 02:07:23,218 --> 02:07:25,429 ♪ Whose wine, what wine? ♪ 2415 02:07:26,221 --> 02:07:27,473 [audience] Where the hell did I dine? 2416 02:07:28,182 --> 02:07:29,433 ♪ Must have been a dream ♪ 2417 02:07:29,642 --> 02:07:31,602 ♪ I don't believe where I've been ♪ 2418 02:07:33,187 --> 02:07:36,273 ♪ Come on, let's do it again ♪ 2419 02:07:37,232 --> 02:07:44,114 ♪ Do you, you feel like I do? ♪ 2420 02:07:46,408 --> 02:07:53,248 ♪ Do you, you feel like I do? ♪ 2421 02:07:53,374 --> 02:07:56,669 ♪ Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand ♪ 2422 02:07:57,461 --> 02:08:02,007 ♪ Black top, black tails you know it never fails ♪ 2423 02:08:02,508 --> 02:08:03,926 ♪ Must have been a dream ♪ 2424 02:08:04,051 --> 02:08:05,719 ♪ I don't believe where I've been ♪ 2425 02:08:07,012 --> 02:08:09,056 Come on, Cleveland! 2426 02:08:12,309 --> 02:08:18,732 ♪ Do you, you feel like I do? ♪ 2427 02:08:20,984 --> 02:08:27,616 ♪ Do you, you feel like I... ♪ 2428 02:08:29,702 --> 02:08:30,911 ♪ Like I do? ♪ 2429 02:08:31,245 --> 02:08:33,747 [audience cheering] 2430 02:08:34,123 --> 02:08:35,874 ♪ Do you feel like we do? ♪ 2431 02:08:36,375 --> 02:08:40,629 [audience cheering, applauding] 2432 02:10:09,885 --> 02:10:13,764 [talk box scatting] 2433 02:10:15,516 --> 02:10:18,435 [scatting continues] 2434 02:10:22,147 --> 02:10:26,985 ♪ Do you feel like we do? ♪ 2435 02:10:27,361 --> 02:10:31,031 [audience cheering] 2436 02:10:31,198 --> 02:10:33,992 ♪ Can you hear me? ♪ 2437 02:10:34,076 --> 02:10:37,704 [audience cheering] 2438 02:10:37,871 --> 02:10:44,628 [talk box scatting] 2439 02:10:50,217 --> 02:10:56,682 [scatting continues] 2440 02:11:12,155 --> 02:11:18,453 [scatting continues] 2441 02:11:20,831 --> 02:11:23,375 Oh! 2442 02:13:40,012 --> 02:13:41,555 [audience cheering, applauding] 2443 02:13:46,560 --> 02:13:47,602 [Peter] Thank you! 2444 02:13:51,565 --> 02:13:52,649 Thank you so much. 2445 02:13:59,906 --> 02:14:01,283 Hi, Peter. This is Bryan Adams. 2446 02:14:01,408 --> 02:14:03,201 I'm on tour right now and I just want to say 2447 02:14:03,368 --> 02:14:04,578 congratulations on getting 2448 02:14:04,661 --> 02:14:06,038 in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 2449 02:14:06,288 --> 02:14:07,831 And I know I'm not alone when I say this 2450 02:14:07,914 --> 02:14:09,291 because there's a lot of other people that want 2451 02:14:09,374 --> 02:14:10,500 to say, yeah, Peter. 2452 02:14:10,792 --> 02:14:14,004 [audience cheering, applauding] 2453 02:14:22,387 --> 02:14:24,347 We love you man, we love you. 2454 02:14:24,556 --> 02:14:27,100 [audience cheering, applauding] 2455 02:14:28,143 --> 02:14:30,520 That's what you call a rock star! 2456 02:14:30,687 --> 02:14:32,647 -[audience cheering, applauding] -Peter Frampton! 2457 02:14:38,945 --> 02:14:40,155 Can't believe it. 2458 02:14:40,906 --> 02:14:43,241 I can't believe it. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 2459 02:14:43,408 --> 02:14:46,453 [audience cheering] 2460 02:14:46,661 --> 02:14:48,663 And many, many thanks 2461 02:14:48,747 --> 02:14:51,583 to Roger for coming all the way over from England. 2462 02:14:51,666 --> 02:14:53,376 I can't thank you enough, really. 2463 02:14:53,543 --> 02:14:56,797 -[audience cheering, applauding] -So... [chuckles] 2464 02:14:58,340 --> 02:14:59,341 Well... 2465 02:15:01,593 --> 02:15:03,095 He's... he's remind... [laughs] 2466 02:15:04,888 --> 02:15:08,308 [audience cheering] 2467 02:15:09,518 --> 02:15:11,394 Could they make it any bigger? 2468 02:15:12,896 --> 02:15:16,233 Anyway, um, so... [chuckles] 2469 02:15:16,358 --> 02:15:20,904 Uh, it reminds me of him talking about me driving around, 2470 02:15:20,987 --> 02:15:24,699 um, England with Keith Moon and John Entwistle, 2471 02:15:24,866 --> 02:15:28,161 because it reminds me of that first UK tour. 2472 02:15:28,370 --> 02:15:31,915 I was in The Herd, and we were supporting The Who, 2473 02:15:32,207 --> 02:15:34,209 and-- But one night, 2474 02:15:34,543 --> 02:15:38,463 backstage, Keith Moon and John Entwistle decided 2475 02:15:38,547 --> 02:15:42,050 to show me the rock ropes. 2476 02:15:43,593 --> 02:15:46,555 And take me under their collective wing. 2477 02:15:46,930 --> 02:15:49,933 Every time in The Herd's dressing room, 2478 02:15:50,016 --> 02:15:52,310 I went near the window and looked out, 2479 02:15:52,394 --> 02:15:55,480 all the girls would start screaming down below. 2480 02:15:55,772 --> 02:15:58,817 And so, uh... 2481 02:15:59,568 --> 02:16:03,405 the next thing I knew, I was being dangled out 2482 02:16:03,488 --> 02:16:06,867 -of the third story window... -[audience laughing] 2483 02:16:08,118 --> 02:16:10,912 -...by my ankles. -[laughs] 2484 02:16:12,539 --> 02:16:16,168 Uh, this was amid the maniacal laughter 2485 02:16:16,293 --> 02:16:18,295 of Keith Moon and John Entwistle. 2486 02:16:18,795 --> 02:16:23,508 And they thought I should be closer to my fans, obviously. 2487 02:16:24,176 --> 02:16:28,013 And I was 17. Welcome to rock and roll! 2488 02:16:28,180 --> 02:16:30,432 [audience cheering, applauding] 2489 02:16:30,807 --> 02:16:36,688 I really am a lucky guy to have had this amazing career. 2490 02:16:36,813 --> 02:16:41,067 And it's always been driven by my passion 2491 02:16:41,693 --> 02:16:42,819 for guitar playing. 2492 02:16:43,403 --> 02:16:47,866 And that is, as Roger said, that's my comfy chair. 2493 02:16:49,659 --> 02:16:54,080 And along the way, I've had help from many people, 2494 02:16:54,289 --> 02:16:56,499 and starting with a Rolling Stone, 2495 02:16:56,583 --> 02:16:58,543 no less, Bill Wyman. 2496 02:16:58,710 --> 02:17:01,379 -And, um... and... -[audience applauding] 2497 02:17:01,880 --> 02:17:03,673 he was always and is still 2498 02:17:03,757 --> 02:17:06,676 like my older brother, and he managed 2499 02:17:06,801 --> 02:17:10,013 and produced a band before The Herd called 2500 02:17:10,096 --> 02:17:12,307 The Preachers when I was still at school. 2501 02:17:12,474 --> 02:17:15,810 We got to be on British TV's Ready Steady Go 2502 02:17:15,894 --> 02:17:17,062 with The Stones, 2503 02:17:17,270 --> 02:17:19,481 and I was only 14 then. 2504 02:17:19,856 --> 02:17:24,611 So, I was always a huge fan of the Small Faces as well, 2505 02:17:24,694 --> 02:17:27,280 so when Glyn Johns asked me to play 2506 02:17:27,530 --> 02:17:30,700 on a Small Faces session for Johnny Hallyday 2507 02:17:30,784 --> 02:17:34,204 in Paris, I said, I'll be right there. 2508 02:17:34,579 --> 02:17:38,541 And Steve and I really hit it off straight away, 2509 02:17:38,625 --> 02:17:41,795 and pretty soon after that we formed Humble Pie. 2510 02:17:41,920 --> 02:17:45,632 An incredible period where I found my guitar style 2511 02:17:45,757 --> 02:17:48,093 and learned so much from Steve Marriott 2512 02:17:48,677 --> 02:17:51,721 and the Pie, it was a wonderful period for me. 2513 02:17:51,930 --> 02:17:53,390 And, um... 2514 02:17:53,974 --> 02:17:58,228 Oh, yes, we had a big live album too called Rockin' the Fillmore. 2515 02:17:59,020 --> 02:18:04,025 And that went gold, that was our first gold anything, so. 2516 02:18:04,234 --> 02:18:09,239 Is it okay for me to ask, please can we nominate Humble Pie? 2517 02:18:09,364 --> 02:18:15,036 [audience cheering, applauding] 2518 02:18:15,912 --> 02:18:19,374 After I left, without a lot of money, 2519 02:18:19,499 --> 02:18:24,462 um, I was able to do some sessions to keep afloat. 2520 02:18:24,546 --> 02:18:25,672 I became a session guy, 2521 02:18:25,755 --> 02:18:29,467 and George Harrison asked me to play 2522 02:18:29,551 --> 02:18:30,927 on All Things Must Pass. 2523 02:18:33,305 --> 02:18:36,182 And then he told Harry Nilsson 2524 02:18:36,266 --> 02:18:38,852 about me and Harry called me and I played 2525 02:18:38,935 --> 02:18:40,437 on Son of Schmilsson too. 2526 02:18:40,979 --> 02:18:44,107 The people I met and played with on these sessions 2527 02:18:44,607 --> 02:18:45,900 and recordings are some 2528 02:18:46,026 --> 02:18:48,653 of the most legendary players ever. 2529 02:18:49,321 --> 02:18:53,408 I went ar-- So I went around with a notepad and took down all 2530 02:18:53,491 --> 02:18:56,745 their phone numbers and when I made my first solo album, 2531 02:18:57,454 --> 02:18:58,538 they all turned up. 2532 02:18:59,414 --> 02:19:03,293 So I was lucky to learn from all of them and found my voice 2533 02:19:03,626 --> 02:19:04,836 as a solo artist. 2534 02:19:05,545 --> 02:19:08,089 Having what was then the biggest selling live album 2535 02:19:08,173 --> 02:19:10,300 of all time with Frampton Comes Alive 2536 02:19:10,383 --> 02:19:14,179 -was needless. -[audience cheering, applauding] 2537 02:19:17,015 --> 02:19:18,099 Thank you. 2538 02:19:20,769 --> 02:19:22,520 It was a wild ride. 2539 02:19:22,771 --> 02:19:23,897 Oh, God. 2540 02:19:24,105 --> 02:19:25,607 Um... [chuckles] 2541 02:19:25,815 --> 02:19:28,777 It brought with it such joy and excitement 2542 02:19:28,902 --> 02:19:31,863 and also immense stress and pressure 2543 02:19:31,946 --> 02:19:34,282 to follow that big thing up, you know. 2544 02:19:34,366 --> 02:19:40,038 So, anyway, what goes up... must come down. 2545 02:19:41,164 --> 02:19:45,126 Looking back, my fall from grace was almost predetermined. 2546 02:19:45,293 --> 02:19:47,587 I'm not the first to learn this lesson, 2547 02:19:47,921 --> 02:19:51,257 but you never truly know until it happens to you. 2548 02:19:52,008 --> 02:19:54,511 I'm a positive person, very positive person, 2549 02:19:54,594 --> 02:19:57,430 but I landed back at the bottom of the ladder. 2550 02:19:57,847 --> 02:19:59,808 I quickly picked myself up 2551 02:20:00,100 --> 02:20:02,268 and started fighting my way back. 2552 02:20:03,478 --> 02:20:04,771 I now believe 2553 02:20:05,021 --> 02:20:07,190 that this was a necessity for me. 2554 02:20:07,607 --> 02:20:10,485 [audience cheering, applauding] 2555 02:20:15,532 --> 02:20:18,618 There was a gift in all of this. 2556 02:20:18,827 --> 02:20:23,498 I had time to realize what was most important to me. 2557 02:20:23,790 --> 02:20:27,252 [clears throat] My family, right there. 2558 02:20:27,502 --> 02:20:30,088 [audience cheering, applauding] 2559 02:20:32,424 --> 02:20:34,092 My friends, 2560 02:20:34,175 --> 02:20:40,390 and my reinventing passion for guitar always. 2561 02:20:41,099 --> 02:20:45,854 The money and the fame were seemingly gone overnight, 2562 02:20:46,062 --> 02:20:47,647 and that'll wake you up. 2563 02:20:49,607 --> 02:20:52,861 But life is full of surprises. 2564 02:20:53,820 --> 02:20:57,031 David Jones, or we know him as David Bowie, 2565 02:20:57,198 --> 02:21:00,160 -and I were school chums. -[audience cheering, applauding] 2566 02:21:03,621 --> 02:21:05,999 My father was the head of the art department 2567 02:21:06,082 --> 02:21:08,501 and taught David art for three or four years. 2568 02:21:08,918 --> 02:21:11,713 We were lifelong friends and David was kind of 2569 02:21:11,796 --> 02:21:14,883 a family friend, my parents as well. 2570 02:21:15,717 --> 02:21:18,887 And in '86 he asked me to play on his album 2571 02:21:18,970 --> 02:21:20,597 and then with him 2572 02:21:20,722 --> 02:21:23,183 on the Glass Spider tour the year later. 2573 02:21:23,850 --> 02:21:26,728 [audience cheering, applauding] 2574 02:21:26,853 --> 02:21:31,566 I was absolutely over the moon to play guitar with David 2575 02:21:31,691 --> 02:21:33,776 on the same stage at the same time. 2576 02:21:33,902 --> 02:21:37,071 It was absolutely amazing. 2577 02:21:38,990 --> 02:21:40,909 We never really spoke about it, 2578 02:21:40,992 --> 02:21:44,871 but he saw how I had lost my credibility, 2579 02:21:44,996 --> 02:21:49,542 and he had always thought of me as the guitar player first. 2580 02:21:50,668 --> 02:21:53,838 At the time, I had no idea 2581 02:21:54,214 --> 02:21:58,051 what a huge gift David was giving me. 2582 02:21:59,010 --> 02:22:02,931 I went back on the road, and I started the journey 2583 02:22:03,097 --> 02:22:04,849 that I've been on ever since. 2584 02:22:07,227 --> 02:22:09,771 Thank you, David Bowie. 2585 02:22:10,522 --> 02:22:13,816 [audience cheering, applauding] 2586 02:22:20,281 --> 02:22:22,492 Winning a Grammy for my instrumental album 2587 02:22:22,617 --> 02:22:26,829 in 2007 was another incredible moment. 2588 02:22:27,622 --> 02:22:28,665 But... 2589 02:22:29,999 --> 02:22:33,378 my muscle disease, IBM, has given me 2590 02:22:34,003 --> 02:22:37,757 a completely different outlook on life. When I look out 2591 02:22:37,882 --> 02:22:40,635 over the audience each night, I see very happy, 2592 02:22:40,718 --> 02:22:44,347 excited people enjoying an escape through my music. 2593 02:22:44,514 --> 02:22:49,269 But I have no idea what battles they 2594 02:22:49,394 --> 02:22:50,853 or you might be fighting. 2595 02:22:52,230 --> 02:22:56,317 [audience cheering, applauding] 2596 02:22:57,986 --> 02:23:01,281 I am now fully aware of what lies 2597 02:23:01,406 --> 02:23:04,784 behind a hello and a handshake... 2598 02:23:05,952 --> 02:23:09,289 because we have no idea 2599 02:23:09,497 --> 02:23:13,918 what others might be dealing with in their lives. 2600 02:23:14,127 --> 02:23:18,673 [audience cheering, applauding] 2601 02:23:21,426 --> 02:23:24,137 Kindness is king. 2602 02:23:24,429 --> 02:23:27,765 [audience cheering, applauding] 2603 02:23:32,312 --> 02:23:36,065 Thank you to Jerry Moss, Herb Albert, A&M, 2604 02:23:36,232 --> 02:23:39,235 my managers Ken Levitan and Lisa Jenkins, 2605 02:23:39,319 --> 02:23:42,488 also Gary Haber, and my incredible team 2606 02:23:42,572 --> 02:23:45,575 without whom I wouldn't be standing here today. 2607 02:23:45,992 --> 02:23:48,536 And to all my incredible band members... 2608 02:23:50,204 --> 02:23:52,915 and road crews over the years who've played 2609 02:23:52,999 --> 02:23:55,960 such an important part in this career. 2610 02:23:56,961 --> 02:23:59,756 And thank you so much to the Rock Hall 2611 02:23:59,922 --> 02:24:01,507 for this incredible honor. 2612 02:24:01,883 --> 02:24:05,470 It's something beyond all my dreams, 2613 02:24:05,553 --> 02:24:07,722 even those pipe dreams. 2614 02:24:10,183 --> 02:24:12,185 -Did I say that? -[audience laughing] 2615 02:24:12,977 --> 02:24:14,020 And... [chuckles] 2616 02:24:14,145 --> 02:24:16,814 And I share it with all of you who've been with me 2617 02:24:16,939 --> 02:24:21,611 on this beautiful journey, especially you, my fans, 2618 02:24:21,736 --> 02:24:24,364 who have brought me here tonight. 2619 02:24:25,406 --> 02:24:28,743 -Thank you all so much. -[audience cheering, applauding] 2620 02:24:30,411 --> 02:24:31,788 Do you want me to carry this for you? 2621 02:24:31,954 --> 02:24:33,748 -Yes, would you? -Yeah. I will, of course. 2622 02:24:34,791 --> 02:24:37,669 [audience cheering, applauding] 2623 02:24:43,716 --> 02:24:46,386 [♪ bold blues music playing, Big Mama Thornton "They Call Me Big Mama"] 2624 02:24:46,511 --> 02:24:48,346 [Big Mama] I feel that I got the voice. 2625 02:24:48,429 --> 02:24:50,807 I feel like I got the power. 2626 02:24:50,932 --> 02:24:53,101 Put some good background behind it 2627 02:24:53,184 --> 02:24:54,811 and let me just show the world what I got. 2628 02:24:54,894 --> 02:24:56,312 ♪ Well, they call me Big Mama ♪ 2629 02:24:56,396 --> 02:24:59,482 ♪ Because I weigh 300 pounds ♪ 2630 02:24:59,732 --> 02:25:01,442 [Louis] Big Mama Thornton, Willie Mae Thornton, 2631 02:25:01,693 --> 02:25:03,528 probably the most powerful woman singer 2632 02:25:03,820 --> 02:25:05,196 of the blues alive today. 2633 02:25:05,279 --> 02:25:06,906 Big Mama Thornton was rock and roll 2634 02:25:07,073 --> 02:25:08,157 before rock and roll. 2635 02:25:08,282 --> 02:25:09,492 She had the energy. 2636 02:25:09,826 --> 02:25:11,911 She had this rawness. 2637 02:25:11,994 --> 02:25:14,330 There was electricity when she would perform. 2638 02:25:14,539 --> 02:25:18,793 ♪ Come on back, baby Come back, honey, don't go ♪ 2639 02:25:19,544 --> 02:25:21,295 [Big Mama] You know, I was born in Alabama. 2640 02:25:21,379 --> 02:25:24,340 I really got the blues in '39 when I lost my mother. 2641 02:25:24,424 --> 02:25:26,634 So, I decided I wanted to sing the blues. 2642 02:25:26,759 --> 02:25:28,052 [♪ bold blues music playing, 2643 02:25:28,219 --> 02:25:29,554 Big Mama Thornton "Let Your Tears Fall Babe"] 2644 02:25:29,679 --> 02:25:35,184 ♪ Let your tears fall, baby If you really want to cry ♪ 2645 02:25:35,309 --> 02:25:36,769 [Big Mama] I was cutting a record called 2646 02:25:36,853 --> 02:25:38,187 Let Your Tears Fall, Baby. 2647 02:25:38,271 --> 02:25:39,439 While I was in the studio, 2648 02:25:39,772 --> 02:25:42,275 Gerald Lever and Michael Strotland came in. 2649 02:25:42,358 --> 02:25:44,694 Big Mama got up and she just blew everybody away. 2650 02:25:44,819 --> 02:25:46,028 She was just such a great blues singer. 2651 02:25:46,362 --> 02:25:47,405 We looked at each other 2652 02:25:47,488 --> 02:25:49,073 and then we laid the song on Big Mama. 2653 02:25:49,574 --> 02:25:51,784 [Big Mama] They're saying "Hey can you sing this?" 2654 02:25:51,909 --> 02:25:52,952 So, I'd look back. 2655 02:25:53,077 --> 02:25:55,621 And they took one take on it. And that was it. 2656 02:25:56,122 --> 02:25:57,874 [Mike] She just sang her ass off. 2657 02:25:58,082 --> 02:26:00,710 ♪ You ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪ 2658 02:26:01,753 --> 02:26:04,422 ♪ Been snoopin' round my door ♪ 2659 02:26:05,465 --> 02:26:08,801 ♪ You ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪ 2660 02:26:08,885 --> 02:26:10,887 ♪ Been snoopin' round my door ♪ 2661 02:26:10,970 --> 02:26:12,263 [Big Mama] The man said, "Here's a record 2662 02:26:12,346 --> 02:26:13,806 he's doing nationwide, 2663 02:26:13,890 --> 02:26:16,225 Hound Dog by Willie Mae Thornton." 2664 02:26:16,309 --> 02:26:18,186 I said, "That's me." [chuckles] 2665 02:26:18,394 --> 02:26:20,313 Hound Dog just took off like a jet. 2666 02:26:20,396 --> 02:26:23,274 ♪ You ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪ 2667 02:26:23,858 --> 02:26:26,277 ♪ Been snoopin' round my door ♪ 2668 02:26:27,987 --> 02:26:29,906 Big Mama Thornton did a tune called Hound Dog, 2669 02:26:29,989 --> 02:26:31,324 which sold over a million copies 2670 02:26:31,491 --> 02:26:33,326 before anyone had heard of Elvis Presley. 2671 02:26:33,534 --> 02:26:35,995 ♪ You ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪ 2672 02:26:36,078 --> 02:26:38,080 ♪ Crying all the time ♪ 2673 02:26:38,206 --> 02:26:39,874 [Dick] Did you get rich from "Hound Dog"? 2674 02:26:40,082 --> 02:26:42,877 -You know them old jokes? -[laughs] 2675 02:26:43,044 --> 02:26:44,337 [Brittany] During those times, 2676 02:26:44,420 --> 02:26:47,048 the industry as it was was doing everything they could 2677 02:26:47,173 --> 02:26:49,383 to benefit from Black people, 2678 02:26:49,509 --> 02:26:52,637 but not celebrate their work and pay them fair dues. 2679 02:26:53,095 --> 02:26:55,890 This is a song I wrote, made famous... 2680 02:26:56,015 --> 02:26:57,016 [♪ soft blues music playing, 2681 02:26:57,099 --> 02:26:58,184 Big Mama Thornton "Ball and Chain"] 2682 02:26:58,267 --> 02:27:00,394 ...by me and Janis Joplin. 2683 02:27:00,895 --> 02:27:03,523 ♪ I know you're gonna miss me, baby ♪ 2684 02:27:03,648 --> 02:27:05,316 [Big Mama] One day, I was singing Ball and Chain. 2685 02:27:05,650 --> 02:27:08,194 She just kept asking me, saying, "Can I do Ball and Chain?" 2686 02:27:08,277 --> 02:27:10,488 And she always wanted to sing like me. 2687 02:27:10,571 --> 02:27:13,491 And I just told her to go ahead and put her own feeling in it. 2688 02:27:13,616 --> 02:27:15,827 ♪ Oh, whoa, whoa ♪ 2689 02:27:16,160 --> 02:27:18,120 ♪ Oh honey, this can't be ♪ 2690 02:27:18,246 --> 02:27:23,376 ♪ Oh, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-baby Babe, babe, babe, no ♪ 2691 02:27:24,085 --> 02:27:26,629 ♪ Oh, whoa, baby ♪ 2692 02:27:28,089 --> 02:27:32,885 ♪ Why do, why do everything have to just happen to me? ♪ 2693 02:27:32,969 --> 02:27:35,805 I actually think she inspired a whole lot of singers, 2694 02:27:35,888 --> 02:27:38,474 but nobody could really hit it like she does. 2695 02:27:38,599 --> 02:27:44,188 ♪ I said oh, oh, baby ♪ 2696 02:27:44,730 --> 02:27:46,023 ♪ Why do, why do ♪ 2697 02:27:46,107 --> 02:27:49,569 ♪ Why do everything have to just happen to me? ♪ 2698 02:27:49,652 --> 02:27:51,696 [Big Mama] See, so many youngsters jumping up now. 2699 02:27:51,821 --> 02:27:53,614 They forget about the old-timers, 2700 02:27:53,781 --> 02:27:55,825 and the old-timers are still going. 2701 02:27:55,992 --> 02:27:57,159 Big Mama Thorton! 2702 02:27:57,285 --> 02:27:58,828 [Big Mama] They came along behind me. 2703 02:27:59,036 --> 02:28:00,454 ♪ Ball and chain ♪ 2704 02:28:02,582 --> 02:28:03,666 Thank you! 2705 02:28:03,875 --> 02:28:07,712 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[♪ music concludes] 2706 02:28:09,797 --> 02:28:10,882 [announcer] And now, 2707 02:28:11,048 --> 02:28:14,468 to honor Jimmy Buffett, Dave Matthews. 2708 02:28:15,052 --> 02:28:17,763 [audience cheering, applauding] 2709 02:28:20,224 --> 02:28:23,436 [Dave] They put me after Mama, Big Mama Thornton. 2710 02:28:24,896 --> 02:28:29,317 I'm so happy to be here to honor Jimmy. 2711 02:28:29,483 --> 02:28:32,862 He made everybody feel special. He made me feel very special. 2712 02:28:33,529 --> 02:28:35,948 I wish he could be here, but it's too late. 2713 02:28:37,617 --> 02:28:41,996 And so I'm going to play a song. I'm nervous. 2714 02:28:42,288 --> 02:28:44,665 I'm going to play a song that he wrote 2715 02:28:44,790 --> 02:28:46,584 about being too late. 2716 02:28:47,168 --> 02:28:50,963 [♪ instrumental mellow music playing, Jimmy Buffett "A Pirate Looks at Forty"] 2717 02:29:04,477 --> 02:29:10,608 ♪ Mother, mother ocean I have heard you call ♪ 2718 02:29:11,317 --> 02:29:15,404 ♪ I've wanted to sail upon your waters ♪ 2719 02:29:15,821 --> 02:29:20,785 ♪ Since I was three feet tall You've seen it all ♪ 2720 02:29:22,745 --> 02:29:24,830 ♪ You've seen it all ♪ 2721 02:29:28,167 --> 02:29:31,212 ♪ I watched the men who rode you ♪ 2722 02:29:32,254 --> 02:29:35,216 ♪ Switch from sail to steam ♪ 2723 02:29:35,341 --> 02:29:37,677 ♪ Oh, and in your belly ♪ 2724 02:29:38,052 --> 02:29:42,181 ♪ You hold a treasure that few have ever seen ♪ 2725 02:29:42,890 --> 02:29:44,642 ♪ Most of 'em dream ♪ 2726 02:29:46,978 --> 02:29:48,437 ♪ Most of 'em dream ♪ 2727 02:29:52,358 --> 02:29:54,902 ♪ Yes, I am a pirate ♪ 2728 02:29:55,069 --> 02:29:59,532 ♪ But I'm two hundred years too late ♪ 2729 02:29:59,615 --> 02:30:01,409 ♪ The cannons don't thunder ♪ 2730 02:30:01,659 --> 02:30:03,327 ♪ There's nothing to plunder ♪ 2731 02:30:03,452 --> 02:30:06,372 ♪ I'm an over-forty victim of fate ♪ 2732 02:30:06,664 --> 02:30:12,795 ♪ Arriving too late Arriving too late ♪ 2733 02:30:16,382 --> 02:30:19,260 ♪ I've done a bit of smugglin' ♪ 2734 02:30:20,219 --> 02:30:23,139 ♪ I've run my share of grass ♪ 2735 02:30:23,264 --> 02:30:27,476 ♪ Oh, I made enough money to buy Miami ♪ 2736 02:30:27,685 --> 02:30:30,688 ♪ I pissed it away so fast ♪ 2737 02:30:30,896 --> 02:30:32,690 ♪ Never meant to last ♪ 2738 02:30:34,692 --> 02:30:36,569 ♪ Never meant to last ♪ 2739 02:30:39,947 --> 02:30:43,409 ♪ I have been drunk now for over two weeks ♪ 2740 02:30:43,576 --> 02:30:47,580 ♪ I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks ♪ 2741 02:30:47,788 --> 02:30:51,709 ♪ I gotta stop wishing Gotta go fishing ♪ 2742 02:30:51,959 --> 02:30:54,587 ♪ Down to rock bottom again ♪ 2743 02:30:54,879 --> 02:30:56,547 ♪ Just a few friends ♪ 2744 02:30:58,799 --> 02:31:00,760 ♪ Just a few friends ♪ 2745 02:31:03,095 --> 02:31:07,183 ♪ You know I'd go for younger women ♪ 2746 02:31:07,349 --> 02:31:10,936 ♪ I would live with several a while ♪ 2747 02:31:11,145 --> 02:31:13,355 ♪ And though I'd run them away ♪ 2748 02:31:13,522 --> 02:31:15,566 ♪ They'd come back someday ♪ 2749 02:31:15,691 --> 02:31:18,611 ♪ Maybe even manage a smile ♪ 2750 02:31:18,861 --> 02:31:20,821 ♪ Just takes a while ♪ 2751 02:31:22,698 --> 02:31:24,867 ♪ Just takes a while ♪ 2752 02:31:28,120 --> 02:31:30,998 ♪ Mother, mother ocean ♪ 2753 02:31:31,248 --> 02:31:35,211 ♪ After all these years I've found ♪ 2754 02:31:35,336 --> 02:31:38,422 ♪ My occupational hazard ♪ 2755 02:31:38,547 --> 02:31:42,384 ♪ Being my occupation's just not around ♪ 2756 02:31:42,676 --> 02:31:44,929 ♪ I feel like I've drowned ♪ 2757 02:31:46,514 --> 02:31:48,224 ♪ Gonna head uptown ♪ 2758 02:31:50,559 --> 02:31:53,354 ♪ I feel like I've drowned ♪ 2759 02:31:54,605 --> 02:31:56,774 ♪ Gonna head uptown ♪ 2760 02:31:57,691 --> 02:32:01,403 [audience cheering, applauding] 2761 02:32:05,699 --> 02:32:07,952 [Dave] Thank you very much, Jimmy. Thank you, Jane. 2762 02:32:10,704 --> 02:32:12,206 I wanna-- Thank you very much. 2763 02:32:12,289 --> 02:32:13,958 I want to introduce a friend of mine. 2764 02:32:15,042 --> 02:32:19,713 He's a much better skier than I will ever be. 2765 02:32:19,880 --> 02:32:23,676 And he's also one of the best songwriters 2766 02:32:23,759 --> 02:32:26,345 that has ever graced the planet. 2767 02:32:26,637 --> 02:32:30,474 Please welcome the magnificent James Taylor. 2768 02:32:31,517 --> 02:32:33,894 [audience cheering, applauding] 2769 02:32:34,103 --> 02:32:37,940 [♪ upbeat music playing, James Taylor "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)"] 2770 02:33:02,965 --> 02:33:06,385 Oh, boy, my favorite thing, public speaking. 2771 02:33:09,513 --> 02:33:12,266 Well, Jimmy Buffett's wife, 2772 02:33:12,391 --> 02:33:14,351 Jane, is in the audience tonight, 2773 02:33:14,435 --> 02:33:17,354 -and she should... -[audience cheering, applauding] 2774 02:33:20,149 --> 02:33:21,567 [mouths] Thank you, James. 2775 02:33:22,943 --> 02:33:25,321 ...she should probably be talking to you, not me, 2776 02:33:25,404 --> 02:33:27,531 but a few weeks ago, 2777 02:33:27,656 --> 02:33:32,286 she threw one of her legendary parties. 2778 02:33:32,578 --> 02:33:37,166 It was a goodbye party for Jimmy. 2779 02:33:38,083 --> 02:33:43,130 And I think it helped us all accept the fact 2780 02:33:43,255 --> 02:33:45,174 that he's really gone. 2781 02:33:46,759 --> 02:33:49,220 I don't know why that's so hard to believe. 2782 02:33:51,597 --> 02:33:54,350 People all over the world are grieving his loss. 2783 02:33:55,976 --> 02:33:59,188 And I was asked to speak on that night, too. 2784 02:33:59,605 --> 02:34:03,567 And I think I talked about celebrity 2785 02:34:03,692 --> 02:34:09,448 and about how we assemble our personal mythologies 2786 02:34:09,573 --> 02:34:12,743 in the popular culture, some bullshit like that. 2787 02:34:12,826 --> 02:34:14,745 [audience laughing] 2788 02:34:14,870 --> 02:34:18,207 But the point is that for so many of us, 2789 02:34:18,499 --> 02:34:22,211 Jimmy was a sort of a central hero, 2790 02:34:22,586 --> 02:34:26,090 like a heroic figure in some Greek myth. 2791 02:34:27,049 --> 02:34:29,385 [audience cheering, applauding] 2792 02:34:31,345 --> 02:34:35,057 You know, his adventure was our adventure, 2793 02:34:35,432 --> 02:34:40,437 and we got to share his huge love of this life. 2794 02:34:41,730 --> 02:34:44,984 He loved, loved being Jimmy Buffett. 2795 02:34:45,943 --> 02:34:48,570 [audience cheering, applauding] 2796 02:34:50,489 --> 02:34:53,284 He loved his family. He loved his band. 2797 02:34:53,367 --> 02:34:57,246 He loved the music, the life on the road. 2798 02:34:57,746 --> 02:35:00,833 And he absolutely loved his audience. 2799 02:35:01,166 --> 02:35:02,167 Absolutely. 2800 02:35:02,876 --> 02:35:04,003 Yeah. 2801 02:35:04,086 --> 02:35:06,964 [audience cheering, applauding] 2802 02:35:07,214 --> 02:35:09,425 He made you feel that. He really did. 2803 02:35:09,550 --> 02:35:12,052 And we were summoned, 2804 02:35:12,177 --> 02:35:16,265 like, to a tribal celebration, you know, 2805 02:35:16,432 --> 02:35:19,101 the Parrot Head Nation, yeah. 2806 02:35:23,564 --> 02:35:25,441 We were right there with him 2807 02:35:25,858 --> 02:35:28,902 all the while piloting his seaplane 2808 02:35:29,028 --> 02:35:33,699 or... or surfing the wake of a super tanker. 2809 02:35:33,949 --> 02:35:35,075 He actually did that. 2810 02:35:35,367 --> 02:35:40,080 He was larger than life, but somehow at the same time, 2811 02:35:40,164 --> 02:35:45,002 always right-sized and always authentic. Yeah. 2812 02:35:45,669 --> 02:35:48,714 -[audience cheering, applauding] -He was... Yeah. 2813 02:35:52,301 --> 02:35:55,763 Jimmy was the self-made man 2814 02:35:56,638 --> 02:35:57,681 and a poet... 2815 02:35:59,183 --> 02:36:00,851 and there won't be another like him. 2816 02:36:01,143 --> 02:36:06,440 [audience cheering, applauding] 2817 02:36:09,443 --> 02:36:13,697 Uh, I just... I just wish I could see him enjoy 2818 02:36:13,822 --> 02:36:16,533 this moment tonight. I just wish I could see it. 2819 02:36:16,617 --> 02:36:20,704 -[audience cheering, applauding] -So... 2820 02:36:21,872 --> 02:36:25,125 Hats off, bottoms up, ladies and gentlemen. 2821 02:36:26,418 --> 02:36:28,879 It is my honor and great pleasure 2822 02:36:29,380 --> 02:36:32,257 to announce the induction of Jimmy Buffett 2823 02:36:32,800 --> 02:36:35,344 to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 2824 02:36:35,427 --> 02:36:39,098 [audience cheering, applauding] 2825 02:36:46,605 --> 02:36:48,690 [♪ gentle country music playing, Jimmy Buffett "Nautical Wheelers"] 2826 02:36:48,774 --> 02:36:50,150 [Jimmy] I was in my first year of college, 2827 02:36:50,234 --> 02:36:52,152 and I saw this guy playing the guitar, 2828 02:36:52,236 --> 02:36:54,154 and all the girls were gathering around, 2829 02:36:54,238 --> 02:36:55,948 so I said, "Teach me those three chords." 2830 02:36:56,031 --> 02:36:58,700 ♪ Nautical Wheelers who call... ♪ 2831 02:36:58,784 --> 02:37:02,162 [Jimmy] I started as bar singer, and I started in folk clubs, 2832 02:37:02,621 --> 02:37:04,623 and I learned how to communicate with an audience. 2833 02:37:04,706 --> 02:37:07,709 ♪ And let's dance with me Dance with me ♪ 2834 02:37:07,793 --> 02:37:12,548 ♪ Nautical Wheelers I want so badly... ♪ 2835 02:37:12,673 --> 02:37:13,757 [Jimmy] I was living in Key West, 2836 02:37:13,841 --> 02:37:15,467 and I was working in a little cocktail lounge, 2837 02:37:15,551 --> 02:37:18,387 doing Happy Hour. And then just about the time 2838 02:37:18,637 --> 02:37:20,639 I was settling into my casual lifestyle, 2839 02:37:20,722 --> 02:37:22,182 I did this album, and it took off. 2840 02:37:22,266 --> 02:37:27,020 ♪ So come Monday it'll be all right ♪ 2841 02:37:27,479 --> 02:37:31,650 ♪ Come Monday I'll be holding you tight ♪ 2842 02:37:31,733 --> 02:37:33,735 ♪ I spent four lonely days... ♪ 2843 02:37:33,902 --> 02:37:36,113 [Sheryl] If you spent any time with Jimmy, 2844 02:37:36,196 --> 02:37:38,365 you felt like you had been on a journey, 2845 02:37:38,449 --> 02:37:41,994 and it was colorful and full of life and living. 2846 02:37:42,077 --> 02:37:44,037 And he just translated that into his music. 2847 02:37:44,121 --> 02:37:47,124 ♪ As the son of a son of a sailor ♪ 2848 02:37:47,207 --> 02:37:50,878 ♪ I went out on the sea for adventure ♪ 2849 02:37:52,296 --> 02:37:55,382 ♪ Expanding the view of the captain and crew ♪ 2850 02:37:55,466 --> 02:37:58,594 ♪ Like a man just released from indenture ♪ 2851 02:37:58,677 --> 02:38:01,930 I feel like in songs lies the only real portrayal 2852 02:38:02,014 --> 02:38:05,350 of American poetry. And throughout decades, 2853 02:38:05,559 --> 02:38:08,896 Jimmy found ways to say things in a different way. 2854 02:38:08,979 --> 02:38:13,233 ♪ Changes in latitudes Changes in attitudes ♪ 2855 02:38:13,317 --> 02:38:15,777 ♪ Nothing remains quite the same ♪ 2856 02:38:17,070 --> 02:38:20,991 ♪ Through all of our running and all of our cunning ♪ 2857 02:38:21,158 --> 02:38:23,744 ♪ We could laugh We would all go in ♪ 2858 02:38:23,911 --> 02:38:25,579 [Darius] Jimmy Buffett was like nobody else. 2859 02:38:25,787 --> 02:38:28,332 He found a niche in music that was just his. 2860 02:38:28,499 --> 02:38:30,542 You couldn't call him rock, you couldn't call him country, 2861 02:38:30,667 --> 02:38:31,877 you call him Buffett music. 2862 02:38:32,002 --> 02:38:33,795 ♪ But now I think about the good times ♪ 2863 02:38:34,004 --> 02:38:36,048 ♪ Down in the Caribbean sunshine ♪ 2864 02:38:36,340 --> 02:38:38,800 ♪ In my younger days I was so bad ♪ 2865 02:38:39,009 --> 02:38:41,428 ♪ Laughin' about all the fun we had ♪ 2866 02:38:41,512 --> 02:38:42,554 [Sheryl] The band that he has had 2867 02:38:42,679 --> 02:38:44,598 for so many years are guys I knew 2868 02:38:44,806 --> 02:38:46,391 when I was a school teacher in St. Louis. 2869 02:38:46,517 --> 02:38:49,937 The fact that those guys stayed with him for all of these years 2870 02:38:50,020 --> 02:38:51,480 is a testament to Jimmy. 2871 02:38:51,563 --> 02:38:55,400 I just wanna know one thing, are all you Parrot Heads ready to party? 2872 02:38:55,692 --> 02:38:58,612 [Jimmy] As far as I see them, they're pretty normal people, 2873 02:38:58,695 --> 02:39:01,365 but they have a slight streak of insanity in their make-up, 2874 02:39:01,490 --> 02:39:03,867 which comes out when they come to the show. 2875 02:39:04,368 --> 02:39:06,828 ♪ I don't know where I'm a-gonna ♪ 2876 02:39:07,120 --> 02:39:08,455 ♪ When the volcano blows ♪ 2877 02:39:09,581 --> 02:39:12,376 I'm not sure that Jimmy gets the credit he deserves 2878 02:39:12,459 --> 02:39:13,669 as being a poet, 2879 02:39:14,086 --> 02:39:16,922 like a true songwriter, storyteller, 2880 02:39:17,005 --> 02:39:19,424 a lot like Hemingway was in his time. 2881 02:39:19,758 --> 02:39:22,135 ♪ Mother, mother, ocean ♪ 2882 02:39:22,219 --> 02:39:24,263 [♪ emotional country music playing, Jimmy Buffett "A Pirate Looks at Forty"] 2883 02:39:24,346 --> 02:39:26,640 ♪ I have heard you call ♪ 2884 02:39:28,308 --> 02:39:32,354 ♪ Wanted to sail upon your waters ♪ 2885 02:39:32,604 --> 02:39:33,605 ♪ Since I was... ♪ 2886 02:39:33,730 --> 02:39:36,024 He was truly an incredible human being. 2887 02:39:36,191 --> 02:39:38,610 He was always trying to leave everything a better place, 2888 02:39:38,694 --> 02:39:41,238 and he was always trying to figure out how to create experiences 2889 02:39:41,321 --> 02:39:43,323 for people that helped them to feel good. 2890 02:39:44,116 --> 02:39:46,785 There's a real sense of community in our fans. 2891 02:39:46,910 --> 02:39:48,078 It's almost tribal in nature 2892 02:39:48,203 --> 02:39:50,497 that people really want to go out and have a good time. 2893 02:39:50,581 --> 02:39:52,124 ♪ Can't you feel them circle... ♪ 2894 02:39:52,207 --> 02:39:54,084 [Sheryl] A lot of people outgrow the artists 2895 02:39:54,167 --> 02:39:57,045 they start out loving, but people didn't outgrow Jimmy. 2896 02:39:57,296 --> 02:40:00,173 ♪ You got fins to the left Fins to the right ♪ 2897 02:40:00,257 --> 02:40:02,551 ♪ And you're the only bait in town ♪ 2898 02:40:02,634 --> 02:40:03,927 ♪ Oh-whoa, oh-whoa ♪ 2899 02:40:04,011 --> 02:40:06,513 ♪ Somethin' tall and strong Make it a... ♪ 2900 02:40:06,597 --> 02:40:08,181 [Jimmy] Contrary to popular belief, 2901 02:40:08,307 --> 02:40:10,851 I'm not on the beach every day with a margarita. [laughs] 2902 02:40:11,059 --> 02:40:12,978 I'm on the road a hundred days a year. 2903 02:40:13,186 --> 02:40:14,605 ♪ But I don't care ♪ 2904 02:40:14,688 --> 02:40:16,565 [audience cheering] 2905 02:40:16,690 --> 02:40:18,734 ♪ It's five o'clock somewhere ♪ 2906 02:40:18,859 --> 02:40:20,777 [Zac] Margaritaville is one of those examples 2907 02:40:20,944 --> 02:40:22,571 of the genius that Jimmy had. 2908 02:40:22,654 --> 02:40:24,239 Everyone can relate to that song. 2909 02:40:24,323 --> 02:40:25,574 I think the spirit that it carries 2910 02:40:25,657 --> 02:40:28,035 makes you feel a certain way. It's a perfect song. 2911 02:40:28,368 --> 02:40:32,205 ♪ Wastin' away again in Margaritaville ♪ 2912 02:40:32,414 --> 02:40:34,666 [singing indistinctly] 2913 02:40:35,375 --> 02:40:39,546 ♪ Searching for my lost shakers of salt ♪ 2914 02:40:39,630 --> 02:40:42,299 ♪ Salt, salt, salt ♪ 2915 02:40:43,008 --> 02:40:47,679 ♪ Some people claim that there's a woman... ♪ 2916 02:40:47,763 --> 02:40:49,473 [Jimmy] When we come to town and all of a sudden 2917 02:40:49,556 --> 02:40:50,974 we're an excuse to go crazy, 2918 02:40:51,391 --> 02:40:54,269 I think that's an essential part of life in the 20th century, 2919 02:40:54,353 --> 02:40:55,812 and I'm glad it's my job. 2920 02:40:55,979 --> 02:40:57,022 ♪ It's my fault... ♪ 2921 02:40:57,439 --> 02:40:58,649 ♪ Yeah! ♪ 2922 02:41:03,695 --> 02:41:10,452 -[Jimmy] Thank you! -[audience cheering, applauding] 2923 02:41:11,787 --> 02:41:12,829 Thank you. I'm... 2924 02:41:12,913 --> 02:41:15,457 Again, I'm James Taylor, or I'm one of them. 2925 02:41:15,624 --> 02:41:18,377 And this is... this is Kenny Chesney. 2926 02:41:18,460 --> 02:41:21,880 -[audience cheering, applauding] -This is Matt McAnally. 2927 02:41:21,963 --> 02:41:23,006 And we're... 2928 02:41:25,676 --> 02:41:28,345 we're three old friends of Jimmy Buffett, 2929 02:41:28,428 --> 02:41:29,596 and we miss him. 2930 02:41:29,680 --> 02:41:32,724 This is a song of his that we like a lot. 2931 02:41:32,849 --> 02:41:36,186 [♪ soft romantic music playing, Jimmy Buffet "Come Monday"] 2932 02:41:45,612 --> 02:41:52,452 ♪ Headin' out to San Francisco for the Labor Day weekend show ♪ 2933 02:41:53,954 --> 02:41:56,456 ♪ I've got my Hush Puppies on ♪ 2934 02:41:56,540 --> 02:42:00,711 ♪ I guess I never was meant for glitter rock and roll ♪ 2935 02:42:02,462 --> 02:42:05,882 ♪ Honey, I didn't know ♪ 2936 02:42:06,675 --> 02:42:09,386 ♪ That I be missin' you so ♪ 2937 02:42:09,469 --> 02:42:13,682 ♪ Come Monday It'll be all right ♪ 2938 02:42:13,765 --> 02:42:17,769 ♪ Come Monday I'll be holdin' your tight ♪ 2939 02:42:17,853 --> 02:42:22,399 ♪ I spent four lonely days in a brown L.A. haze ♪ 2940 02:42:22,691 --> 02:42:25,694 ♪ Just want you back by my side ♪ 2941 02:42:29,489 --> 02:42:33,034 ♪ Yeah, it's been quite a summer ♪ 2942 02:42:33,827 --> 02:42:37,164 ♪ Rental cars and the westbound train ♪ 2943 02:42:38,623 --> 02:42:45,464 ♪ And now you're off on vacation Something you tried to explain ♪ 2944 02:42:46,590 --> 02:42:49,760 ♪ And, darlin' since I love you so ♪ 2945 02:42:50,719 --> 02:42:54,222 ♪ That's the reason I just let you go ♪ 2946 02:42:54,514 --> 02:42:58,477 ♪ Come Monday It'll be all right ♪ 2947 02:42:58,894 --> 02:43:02,814 ♪ Come Monday I'll be holding you tight ♪ 2948 02:43:02,898 --> 02:43:07,110 ♪ I spent four lonely days in a brown L.A. haze ♪ 2949 02:43:07,194 --> 02:43:10,739 ♪ And I just want you right by my side ♪ 2950 02:43:15,786 --> 02:43:18,330 ♪ I can't help it, honey ♪ 2951 02:43:19,623 --> 02:43:22,292 ♪ You're that much part of me now ♪ 2952 02:43:23,877 --> 02:43:26,880 ♪ Remember that night in Montana ♪ 2953 02:43:27,047 --> 02:43:31,009 ♪ We said there'd be no room for doubt ♪ 2954 02:43:43,313 --> 02:43:46,691 ♪ I hope you're enjoying the scenery ♪ 2955 02:43:47,692 --> 02:43:50,278 ♪ I know that it's pretty up there ♪ 2956 02:43:52,322 --> 02:43:55,909 ♪ We can go hiking on Tuesday ♪ 2957 02:43:56,743 --> 02:43:59,496 ♪ With you I'd walk anywhere ♪ 2958 02:44:00,539 --> 02:44:03,708 ♪ California has worn me quite thin ♪ 2959 02:44:04,626 --> 02:44:08,171 ♪ I just can't wait to see you again ♪ 2960 02:44:08,421 --> 02:44:12,342 ♪ Come Monday It'll be all right ♪ 2961 02:44:12,717 --> 02:44:16,638 ♪ Come Monday I'll be holding you tight ♪ 2962 02:44:16,721 --> 02:44:20,976 ♪ I spent four lonely days in a brown L.A. haze ♪ 2963 02:44:21,059 --> 02:44:24,855 ♪ And I just want you back by my side ♪ 2964 02:44:25,480 --> 02:44:29,776 ♪ I spent four lonely days in a brown L.A. haze ♪ 2965 02:44:29,860 --> 02:44:36,700 ♪ And I just want you back by my side ♪ 2966 02:44:38,994 --> 02:44:43,832 -[song concludes] -[audience cheering, applauding] 2967 02:45:05,687 --> 02:45:10,025 [♪ energetic upbeat music playing, The Commodores "Machine Gun"] 2968 02:45:10,191 --> 02:45:11,484 [Suzanne] It was in 1967. 2969 02:45:11,568 --> 02:45:14,029 I was trying to book Motown acts for theaters. 2970 02:45:14,195 --> 02:45:15,906 I met Berry Gordy through a friend of mine 2971 02:45:15,989 --> 02:45:17,991 and I said, Mr. Gordy, there is something 2972 02:45:18,074 --> 02:45:19,451 desperately wrong with your company. 2973 02:45:19,659 --> 02:45:22,329 Here I'm trying to book these artists and all this opinion. 2974 02:45:22,495 --> 02:45:25,749 Two weeks later, they flew me out for an interview. I got the job. 2975 02:45:27,000 --> 02:45:28,835 [Berry] Suzanne said there was a kids group you got to see. 2976 02:45:28,960 --> 02:45:30,378 They're auditioning in the next room. 2977 02:45:30,462 --> 02:45:32,714 I was only six minutes into the business. 2978 02:45:32,797 --> 02:45:33,840 Last thing I want is a kids group. 2979 02:45:34,049 --> 02:45:35,467 [Suzanne] But I knew I had seen something great. 2980 02:45:36,217 --> 02:45:38,762 [scatting] 2981 02:45:38,845 --> 02:45:40,513 [Berry] And then she said, you still don't like kids group? 2982 02:45:40,597 --> 02:45:42,933 And I said, "No, I don't." Get my camera. Get my camera. 2983 02:45:43,058 --> 02:45:45,185 [♪ upbeat music playing, The Jackson 5 "I Want You Back"] 2984 02:45:45,393 --> 02:45:47,270 [audience cheering, applauding] 2985 02:45:47,687 --> 02:45:48,813 Her interaction with the Jackson 5 2986 02:45:49,105 --> 02:45:51,816 was more than an executive. She was every day. 2987 02:45:51,900 --> 02:45:52,901 She had a lot of hats. 2988 02:45:53,026 --> 02:45:56,738 ♪ When I had you to myself I didn't want you around ♪ 2989 02:45:56,988 --> 02:45:59,157 [Suzanne] I was given the task of everything 2990 02:45:59,240 --> 02:46:01,826 from their choreography, their clothes, their schools, 2991 02:46:01,910 --> 02:46:03,703 their house, all of their activities. 2992 02:46:03,787 --> 02:46:05,121 ♪ Picked you from the bunch ♪ 2993 02:46:05,205 --> 02:46:06,373 [Michael Jackson over phone] Suzanne de Passe 2994 02:46:06,498 --> 02:46:08,792 was very instrumental in the early days of our career. 2995 02:46:08,917 --> 02:46:09,918 She was so wonderful. 2996 02:46:10,210 --> 02:46:11,878 I want you to be relaxed up there, 2997 02:46:11,962 --> 02:46:13,338 and if you feel something, try it. 2998 02:46:14,297 --> 02:46:16,800 [Smokey] It took a lot to handle a bunch of teenage boys 2999 02:46:16,925 --> 02:46:18,885 who were the most popular group in the world. 3000 02:46:19,052 --> 02:46:20,053 But she pulled it off. 3001 02:46:20,178 --> 02:46:22,889 [♪ groovy upbeat music playing, The Commodores "Brick House"] 3002 02:46:23,056 --> 02:46:25,558 Suzanne can walk in the door and say, "That's a hit." 3003 02:46:25,642 --> 02:46:28,895 ♪ Ow, she's a brick... house ♪ 3004 02:46:28,979 --> 02:46:30,522 I have always responded to talent 3005 02:46:30,605 --> 02:46:32,732 in a purely emotional way. 3006 02:46:32,816 --> 02:46:34,192 How I knew was when the little hairs 3007 02:46:34,275 --> 02:46:36,111 on the back of my neck would stand up. 3008 02:46:36,194 --> 02:46:38,947 ♪ Shake it down Shake it down now... ♪ 3009 02:46:39,030 --> 02:46:40,865 [Lionel] Who is she dealing with on a daily basis? 3010 02:46:41,157 --> 02:46:43,868 Diana, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, 3011 02:46:44,119 --> 02:46:45,328 and all about Motown. 3012 02:46:45,870 --> 02:46:49,082 She was just in the fiber of careers. 3013 02:46:49,207 --> 02:46:50,208 [♪ laid-back jazz music playing] 3014 02:46:50,291 --> 02:46:52,043 [Lionel] Let's talk about the movies, 3015 02:46:52,127 --> 02:46:54,421 Lady Sings the Blues. That was Suzanne. 3016 02:46:54,546 --> 02:46:56,923 [Suzanne] I was completely blown away when Berry Gordy called me 3017 02:46:57,007 --> 02:46:58,091 to say that Lady Sings the Blues 3018 02:46:58,174 --> 02:47:00,760 had been nominated for five Academy Awards. 3019 02:47:02,929 --> 02:47:04,806 Berry Gordy wanted to make movies, 3020 02:47:04,889 --> 02:47:07,350 and he wanted to do TV specials. Suzanne was a person 3021 02:47:07,434 --> 02:47:09,227 he could count on to help him do it. 3022 02:47:09,310 --> 02:47:11,187 [Suzanne] It occurred to me the 25th anniversary 3023 02:47:11,271 --> 02:47:12,522 of Motown was coming up, 3024 02:47:12,605 --> 02:47:14,399 and celebrating that in a television show 3025 02:47:14,566 --> 02:47:15,567 would be a really good idea. 3026 02:47:15,650 --> 02:47:17,193 [♪ soft romantic music playing, Diana Ross "Reflections"] 3027 02:47:17,277 --> 02:47:19,112 -Well, I gave her hell. -I mean, you didn't say no. 3028 02:47:19,195 --> 02:47:20,905 -I did say no. -But you never said no. 3029 02:47:21,031 --> 02:47:22,490 You said, "Boy, I want a show for it." 3030 02:47:22,574 --> 02:47:24,993 I went back to Mr. Gordy. It was sold. 3031 02:47:25,076 --> 02:47:27,620 NBC was gonna broadcast it. It was happening. 3032 02:47:27,746 --> 02:47:29,706 And suddenly, everybody wanted to be part of it. 3033 02:47:29,789 --> 02:47:32,709 ♪ Baby Everything is all right... ♪ 3034 02:47:32,792 --> 02:47:34,252 [Suzanne] The music, the artists, 3035 02:47:34,335 --> 02:47:35,670 and the reunions we had. 3036 02:47:35,754 --> 02:47:37,047 ♪ Mama told me ♪ 3037 02:47:37,172 --> 02:47:38,965 [Suzanne] Very rarely does a show get to have 3038 02:47:39,049 --> 02:47:40,467 all those fabulous elements. 3039 02:47:40,633 --> 02:47:42,343 And then when Michael did "Billie Jean," 3040 02:47:42,427 --> 02:47:44,387 it took it to a whole other place. 3041 02:47:44,471 --> 02:47:46,598 [♪ groovy upbeat music playing, Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"] 3042 02:47:46,681 --> 02:47:48,767 [audience cheering, applauding] 3043 02:47:48,933 --> 02:47:55,065 ♪ She says I am the one But the kid is not my son ♪ 3044 02:47:55,148 --> 02:47:57,692 Each level you get to, you have to recognize 3045 02:47:57,776 --> 02:48:00,070 that you've achieved it and be really grateful. 3046 02:48:01,488 --> 02:48:05,200 [Lionel] She has shaped careers, saved careers, advised careers. 3047 02:48:05,325 --> 02:48:07,744 She made the famous. She made all of us. 3048 02:48:07,827 --> 02:48:09,996 -♪ Give it to me, baby ♪ -♪ Give it to me, baby ♪ 3049 02:48:10,663 --> 02:48:13,583 [Suzanne] These opportunities allowed me the chance to make 3050 02:48:13,666 --> 02:48:17,337 the mistakes that taught me much more than any success. 3051 02:48:17,879 --> 02:48:21,216 -♪ That sweet, funky stuff ♪ -♪ Yo... Ho! Ow! ♪ 3052 02:48:21,633 --> 02:48:24,552 -[audience cheering, applauding] -Good evening. [chuckles] 3053 02:48:24,636 --> 02:48:28,973 I'm Berry Gordy, and I wish I could be there in person 3054 02:48:29,057 --> 02:48:34,354 to honor my longtime friend, the great Suzanne de Passe. 3055 02:48:34,521 --> 02:48:37,232 Suzanne was important in helping me achieve 3056 02:48:37,357 --> 02:48:39,109 my vision for Motown. 3057 02:48:39,275 --> 02:48:41,736 She began as my creative assistant 3058 02:48:42,028 --> 02:48:45,156 and always exceeded my expectations. 3059 02:48:45,281 --> 02:48:48,910 From pushing me to listen to a kids' group... 3060 02:48:48,993 --> 02:48:53,248 [laughs] ...The Jackson 5, to signing the Commodores. 3061 02:48:53,373 --> 02:48:55,542 While running Motown Productions, 3062 02:48:55,625 --> 02:48:59,170 she stepped into the predominantly men's world 3063 02:48:59,254 --> 02:49:01,923 of music, movies, and television. 3064 02:49:02,090 --> 02:49:05,009 Her instincts made her a formidable player, 3065 02:49:05,135 --> 02:49:08,513 and her success carved out a much-needed path 3066 02:49:08,638 --> 02:49:11,141 for the many women who have followed her 3067 02:49:11,224 --> 02:49:14,435 as executives in the entertainment industry. 3068 02:49:14,519 --> 02:49:17,689 Suzanne, you are a true pioneer. 3069 02:49:17,772 --> 02:49:19,107 -[laughs] -[audience cheering, applauding] 3070 02:49:19,190 --> 02:49:21,609 I am extremely proud of everything 3071 02:49:21,693 --> 02:49:27,157 you've accomplished and so happy to welcome you, my friend, 3072 02:49:27,657 --> 02:49:30,869 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 3073 02:49:30,994 --> 02:49:33,496 [audience cheering, applauding] 3074 02:49:33,580 --> 02:49:35,957 [♪ cheerful pop music playing, The Jackson 5 "I Want You Back"] 3075 02:49:47,093 --> 02:49:48,303 [Suzanne] Oh, my God. 3076 02:49:50,388 --> 02:49:51,598 Whoa! [chuckles] 3077 02:49:57,061 --> 02:49:58,104 Oh. 3078 02:49:59,022 --> 02:50:02,400 Oh, you guys, thank you so much. 3079 02:50:03,151 --> 02:50:05,945 This is why I work behind the scenes. 3080 02:50:06,029 --> 02:50:11,326 -[audience laughing] -I can't believe that I am here. 3081 02:50:12,410 --> 02:50:15,914 -Um... -[audience cheering, applauding] 3082 02:50:20,001 --> 02:50:22,962 I can never thank Berry Gordy enough, 3083 02:50:24,214 --> 02:50:28,927 for he saw something in me that I didn't see in myself 3084 02:50:29,677 --> 02:50:32,013 and gave me an opportunity to find it. 3085 02:50:33,473 --> 02:50:36,559 And in so doing, 3086 02:50:37,393 --> 02:50:43,149 I have had the most wonderful career in life. 3087 02:50:43,441 --> 02:50:45,860 I am so blessed. I am so grateful. 3088 02:50:46,819 --> 02:50:51,157 I know that Berry was so far ahead of his time 3089 02:50:51,282 --> 02:50:54,911 in giving women opportunities to excel. 3090 02:50:55,036 --> 02:50:58,122 [audience cheering, applauding] 3091 02:50:58,873 --> 02:50:59,874 [chuckles softly] 3092 02:51:01,709 --> 02:51:04,796 I was far from the only woman at Motown 3093 02:51:05,004 --> 02:51:09,676 who had responsibilities where he expected a lot 3094 02:51:09,884 --> 02:51:12,345 and we gave a lot 3095 02:51:12,929 --> 02:51:15,306 because we didn't want to disappoint him. 3096 02:51:15,682 --> 02:51:18,101 And very often he was disappointed. 3097 02:51:18,351 --> 02:51:19,644 [audience laughing] 3098 02:51:19,727 --> 02:51:23,815 But he kept giving us chances, and myself in particular, 3099 02:51:23,898 --> 02:51:28,236 I have had just the opportunity to fail, 3100 02:51:28,569 --> 02:51:31,489 which is so important because I do believe 3101 02:51:31,572 --> 02:51:34,701 you learn more sometimes the hard lessons 3102 02:51:34,784 --> 02:51:38,538 of things not going your way than when they go perfectly. 3103 02:51:39,122 --> 02:51:42,041 [audience cheering, applauding] 3104 02:51:44,544 --> 02:51:48,756 I am profoundly grateful to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 3105 02:51:49,632 --> 02:51:52,635 This is a life-changing moment for me. 3106 02:51:53,052 --> 02:51:57,849 [audience cheering, applauding] 3107 02:52:01,436 --> 02:52:06,858 When, uh, John Platt... [laughs] ...called me and said, 3108 02:52:06,941 --> 02:52:08,860 I'm gonna put Rob Light on the phone... 3109 02:52:10,778 --> 02:52:12,613 I thought maybe someone was dead. 3110 02:52:12,780 --> 02:52:14,907 [audience laughing] 3111 02:52:14,991 --> 02:52:17,952 They don't call me. [laughs] So... 3112 02:52:19,162 --> 02:52:20,997 They explained that I was gonna be inducted 3113 02:52:21,080 --> 02:52:24,167 on this day with the Ahmet Ertegun Award, 3114 02:52:24,834 --> 02:52:29,172 and I burst into projectile, nasty tears. 3115 02:52:29,380 --> 02:52:32,800 [audience cheering, laughing, applauding] 3116 02:52:33,134 --> 02:52:36,179 It is impossible to find the words to explain 3117 02:52:36,429 --> 02:52:40,808 how it was so unexpected and so... 3118 02:52:42,352 --> 02:52:46,981 um, moving to be recognized now 3119 02:52:47,690 --> 02:52:51,277 for all those things that I have been part of 3120 02:52:51,361 --> 02:52:54,697 and have had such a wonderful time doing. 3121 02:52:54,864 --> 02:52:58,951 And I am so honored to join the previous recipients 3122 02:52:59,035 --> 02:53:00,578 of the Ahmet Ertegun Award, 3123 02:53:00,912 --> 02:53:03,748 especially the four women who have preceded me. 3124 02:53:03,831 --> 02:53:06,793 [audience cheering, applauding] 3125 02:53:12,673 --> 02:53:18,805 No one, no one reaches any level of success alone 3126 02:53:18,888 --> 02:53:20,098 or by themselves. 3127 02:53:21,015 --> 02:53:22,266 And I want to thank... 3128 02:53:23,976 --> 02:53:26,104 some very important people in my life. 3129 02:53:28,356 --> 02:53:31,150 My cousin, Tony Jones, who's had my back 3130 02:53:31,692 --> 02:53:36,072 from the beginning to this day. And he was with me 3131 02:53:36,155 --> 02:53:39,075 during all of the Jackson 5 moments. 3132 02:53:39,617 --> 02:53:43,121 I want to thank Suzanne Koston for her hard work, 3133 02:53:43,204 --> 02:53:44,747 dedication, and loyalty. 3134 02:53:45,623 --> 02:53:49,293 And my profound thanks to the artists, the writers, 3135 02:53:49,377 --> 02:53:55,800 producers, engineers, at Motown, the Motown family executives, 3136 02:53:56,217 --> 02:53:58,261 there was a lesson every day. 3137 02:53:58,678 --> 02:54:03,850 And I am the recipient and just soaked it in 3138 02:54:04,058 --> 02:54:05,309 in every way possible. 3139 02:54:05,393 --> 02:54:10,106 And I thank everyone that I had the privilege 3140 02:54:10,189 --> 02:54:12,942 of working with at Motown and beyond. 3141 02:54:14,193 --> 02:54:16,612 I used to be the youngest person in the room, 3142 02:54:17,530 --> 02:54:19,449 and now I'm the oldest person in the room. 3143 02:54:20,992 --> 02:54:22,535 I was there the whole time... 3144 02:54:24,704 --> 02:54:27,832 and I don't know what happened except the years went by 3145 02:54:28,040 --> 02:54:32,462 -and I had a great time. And... -[audience cheering, applauding] 3146 02:54:37,258 --> 02:54:41,929 I, um... People say to me, "Are you still working?" 3147 02:54:42,638 --> 02:54:44,974 And I go, "Yeah, I love what I do." 3148 02:54:45,600 --> 02:54:47,768 I take my inspiration from the past, 3149 02:54:47,852 --> 02:54:49,770 but I'm excited about the future. 3150 02:54:50,146 --> 02:54:54,025 And finally, I would like to thank my wonderful mother, 3151 02:54:54,442 --> 02:54:56,652 who believed in me so strong... 3152 02:54:56,736 --> 02:54:58,404 -[audience cheering, applauding] -...when I... 3153 02:55:00,114 --> 02:55:03,284 didn't have one credit, not one success, 3154 02:55:03,367 --> 02:55:04,785 not one anything. 3155 02:55:05,119 --> 02:55:10,416 And she made me believe that I could do anything. 3156 02:55:10,583 --> 02:55:12,710 [audience cheering, applauding] 3157 02:55:17,089 --> 02:55:22,053 So, I dedicate this to my fabulous mother, Babs. 3158 02:55:22,887 --> 02:55:24,805 I am so blessed with great friends, 3159 02:55:24,889 --> 02:55:27,225 family, and a wonderful life. 3160 02:55:27,308 --> 02:55:30,770 And the great Bill Withers wrote a song called 3161 02:55:31,145 --> 02:55:34,899 Use Me (Till You Use Me Up). And that's what I intend to do. 3162 02:55:35,024 --> 02:55:37,276 -[audience cheering, applauding] -Thank you. 3163 02:55:39,237 --> 02:55:40,238 Thank you. 3164 02:55:45,743 --> 02:55:47,453 [♪ hip-hop music playing] 3165 02:55:47,578 --> 02:55:49,830 [announcer] To induct A Tribe Called Quest 3166 02:55:49,914 --> 02:55:53,251 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Dave Chappelle. 3167 02:55:53,334 --> 02:55:56,712 [audience cheering, applauding] 3168 02:56:01,092 --> 02:56:02,134 Thank you. 3169 02:56:03,928 --> 02:56:06,097 Yo, let them know where we at, RH. 3170 02:56:06,264 --> 02:56:08,516 [audience cheering] 3171 02:56:10,935 --> 02:56:12,603 -It... -[audience member 1 cheering] 3172 02:56:12,687 --> 02:56:18,109 -...is an honor to... -[audience member 2 cheering] 3173 02:56:18,192 --> 02:56:23,447 ...induct this next band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 3174 02:56:23,990 --> 02:56:28,327 A Tribe Called Quest consists of four members, 3175 02:56:29,287 --> 02:56:32,415 -Ali Shaheed Muhammad... -[audience cheering, applauding] 3176 02:56:32,498 --> 02:56:37,003 ...Phife Dawg, Q-Tip, and Jarobi. 3177 02:56:43,843 --> 02:56:45,928 Years ago, in a tough time in my life, 3178 02:56:46,012 --> 02:56:48,723 I read a Chinese proverb that changed my life. 3179 02:56:48,973 --> 02:56:50,433 And the proverb said 3180 02:56:50,850 --> 02:56:54,395 that the best meal you can cook is made with ingredients 3181 02:56:54,478 --> 02:56:56,397 that you already have. 3182 02:56:57,315 --> 02:56:59,692 And this proverb reminds me of hip-hop, 3183 02:57:00,401 --> 02:57:02,862 and this proverb reminds me in particular of Tribe, 3184 02:57:02,945 --> 02:57:05,865 because Tribe was born out of friendship. 3185 02:57:06,991 --> 02:57:10,286 Being in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not something 3186 02:57:10,369 --> 02:57:12,913 that a black kid in New York in 1985 3187 02:57:12,997 --> 02:57:15,708 would ever even imagine to dream of. 3188 02:57:15,791 --> 02:57:18,502 [audience cheering, applauding] 3189 02:57:18,628 --> 02:57:20,796 And I don't believe that was ever the point 3190 02:57:21,047 --> 02:57:24,342 of A Tribe Called Quest. Uh, they met on a train. 3191 02:57:24,425 --> 02:57:26,719 They met at school. They played basketball together. 3192 02:57:26,802 --> 02:57:28,721 They play around-- around with each other. 3193 02:57:28,804 --> 02:57:30,389 They just use what they had. 3194 02:57:30,473 --> 02:57:33,934 And the first thing they had was each other as friends. 3195 02:57:34,602 --> 02:57:38,147 The next thing they had was their parents' records. 3196 02:57:40,358 --> 02:57:43,277 Hip-hop took what came before it 3197 02:57:43,819 --> 02:57:48,574 and made it strikingly innovative and new. 3198 02:57:48,866 --> 02:57:52,828 And Tribe Called Quest incorporated jazz and soul 3199 02:57:53,037 --> 02:57:56,749 in a way that hip-hop had never seen before them. 3200 02:57:58,501 --> 02:58:01,087 They took this talent from the playground 3201 02:58:01,671 --> 02:58:04,757 into the studio, and in 1990, 3202 02:58:04,924 --> 02:58:08,719 dropped their first studio album with the wildest title, 3203 02:58:09,595 --> 02:58:14,016 People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. 3204 02:58:14,850 --> 02:58:17,311 What kind of teenager would write some shit 3205 02:58:17,395 --> 02:58:20,606 -like this as a title? -[audience laughing, applauding] 3206 02:58:22,441 --> 02:58:24,860 And this is when they first came in the game. 3207 02:58:25,444 --> 02:58:27,446 The marquee record on that album, 3208 02:58:27,530 --> 02:58:29,740 we all know it, Can I Kick It? 3209 02:58:30,157 --> 02:58:32,284 [audience cheering] 3210 02:58:32,618 --> 02:58:36,372 And just like that, hip-hop had a new superstar. 3211 02:58:37,039 --> 02:58:39,417 They only sold like, 17,000 records. 3212 02:58:39,500 --> 02:58:41,293 And in the beginning, like any movement, 3213 02:58:41,544 --> 02:58:45,005 it started small, but grew throughout the streets. 3214 02:58:45,256 --> 02:58:48,217 Changed the culture. People started dressing better. 3215 02:58:48,426 --> 02:58:50,261 People started being kinder. 3216 02:58:50,428 --> 02:58:52,972 Because hip-hop was about being thuggish 3217 02:58:53,055 --> 02:58:55,266 and all this shit, but when Tribe came out, 3218 02:58:55,891 --> 02:58:58,894 it was a cue for everybody that you could be cool 3219 02:58:59,186 --> 02:59:03,566 -and not necessarily gangster. -[audience cheering, applauding] 3220 02:59:09,155 --> 02:59:14,368 On September 24th, 1991, music was never the same. 3221 02:59:14,744 --> 02:59:16,996 The Red Hot Chili Peppers dropped an album, 3222 02:59:17,246 --> 02:59:18,914 Nirvana dropped Nevermind, 3223 02:59:19,373 --> 02:59:22,251 and Tribe Called Quest dropped their second studio album, 3224 02:59:22,501 --> 02:59:24,837 The Low End Theory, and it was a wrap. 3225 02:59:24,962 --> 02:59:28,382 -[audience cheering, applauding] -This album's title 3226 02:59:28,466 --> 02:59:30,551 had one of the illest double entendres ever, 3227 02:59:30,634 --> 02:59:35,514 The Low End, which refers to the bass and the drums. 3228 02:59:35,973 --> 02:59:40,561 And it also refers to a black man's status in America. 3229 02:59:41,020 --> 02:59:43,606 And on that album was the big bang 3230 02:59:43,731 --> 02:59:46,317 of a superstar career that we all know 3231 02:59:46,400 --> 02:59:48,903 as Busta Rhymes and the Scenario. 3232 02:59:48,986 --> 02:59:51,489 [audience cheering, applauding] 3233 02:59:52,865 --> 02:59:55,242 Tribe has always been about togetherness. 3234 02:59:55,868 --> 02:59:57,912 On their way up during their ascension, 3235 02:59:58,537 --> 03:00:00,122 they helped form or found 3236 03:00:00,456 --> 03:00:02,333 what hip-hop calls the native tongues, 3237 03:00:02,416 --> 03:00:06,253 which included De La Soul, and The Jungle Brothers, 3238 03:00:06,337 --> 03:00:11,217 and Queen Latifah, and Monie Love and Black Sheep. 3239 03:00:11,300 --> 03:00:13,969 [audience cheering, applauding] 3240 03:00:14,345 --> 03:00:16,347 And all these bands in their own way changed 3241 03:00:16,430 --> 03:00:20,017 our music and our culture really forever. 3242 03:00:20,142 --> 03:00:22,228 I know this is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 3243 03:00:22,311 --> 03:00:25,356 but this movement in hip-hop was the birth 3244 03:00:25,439 --> 03:00:27,024 of so many great artists 3245 03:00:27,107 --> 03:00:31,570 and it started with these men sitting at this table. 3246 03:00:31,695 --> 03:00:35,866 [audience cheering, applauding] 3247 03:00:50,339 --> 03:00:51,841 When Phyfe passed away... 3248 03:00:52,842 --> 03:00:54,093 [audience member 3 speaks indistinctly] 3249 03:00:54,176 --> 03:00:56,178 Yes, make some noise for Phyfe, though. 3250 03:00:56,262 --> 03:00:59,765 [audience cheering, applauding] 3251 03:01:00,933 --> 03:01:02,434 [Dave] I remember it happened suddenly. 3252 03:01:02,935 --> 03:01:05,229 I had tickets to a Prince concert, 3253 03:01:05,604 --> 03:01:08,232 and Phyfe passed, and the same night 3254 03:01:08,315 --> 03:01:10,943 for those tickets was Phyfe's funeral. 3255 03:01:11,277 --> 03:01:12,278 Wasn't even a question. 3256 03:01:12,361 --> 03:01:14,280 I said, "I'll see Prince another time." 3257 03:01:14,613 --> 03:01:16,782 And we went to the Apollo to say goodbye 3258 03:01:17,074 --> 03:01:18,367 to one of hip-hop's heroes, 3259 03:01:18,450 --> 03:01:20,286 and that was a very difficult time. 3260 03:01:21,620 --> 03:01:23,497 Afterwards, the next day, 3261 03:01:23,581 --> 03:01:26,667 everyone met at Q-Tip's house, and me, an outsider, 3262 03:01:26,750 --> 03:01:29,753 got to see the native tongues be together 3263 03:01:29,837 --> 03:01:31,130 and mourn their friend. 3264 03:01:31,839 --> 03:01:34,884 Latifah was there, and everybody was there. 3265 03:01:34,967 --> 03:01:36,051 Dayla was there. 3266 03:01:37,845 --> 03:01:39,096 And we laughed that night. 3267 03:01:39,513 --> 03:01:42,224 We played old videos of movies we'd all been in, 3268 03:01:42,516 --> 03:01:44,852 old records we all made and teased each other. 3269 03:01:45,853 --> 03:01:48,439 And then, at the end of the night, 3270 03:01:49,899 --> 03:01:53,319 Q-Tip played the last studio record 3271 03:01:53,402 --> 03:01:54,737 that Phife was on. 3272 03:01:56,071 --> 03:01:58,157 The album, ironically, was called 3273 03:01:59,074 --> 03:02:02,077 Thank You 4 Your Service... We Got It From Here. 3274 03:02:02,161 --> 03:02:04,204 -[audience applauding, cheering] -Tribe... 3275 03:02:06,081 --> 03:02:08,250 I want to thank you for your service. 3276 03:02:09,710 --> 03:02:11,462 What you've done for our culture means 3277 03:02:11,545 --> 03:02:12,546 the world to me. 3278 03:02:12,630 --> 03:02:16,300 But what you did for me that night changed my life. 3279 03:02:16,508 --> 03:02:19,637 Because that night, you shared your platform with me 3280 03:02:19,762 --> 03:02:22,389 and invited me to be on Saturday Night Live with you, 3281 03:02:22,473 --> 03:02:23,891 and it brought me back to television 3282 03:02:23,974 --> 03:02:25,559 after 12 years in the cold. 3283 03:02:25,684 --> 03:02:28,479 And I will always, always be grateful to you. 3284 03:02:29,063 --> 03:02:30,648 -Ladies and gentlemen... -[audience cheering, applauding] 3285 03:02:30,731 --> 03:02:34,735 ...make some noise for A Tribe Called Quest. 3286 03:02:36,820 --> 03:02:39,073 [audience cheering, applauding] 3287 03:02:39,156 --> 03:02:40,824 When people study hip-hop… 3288 03:02:40,908 --> 03:02:43,661 A Tribe Called Quest will be as important 3289 03:02:43,744 --> 03:02:46,914 as Coltrane, as important as James Brown, 3290 03:02:46,997 --> 03:02:49,166 as important as Funkadelic. 3291 03:02:49,249 --> 03:02:51,794 You just have these important figures 3292 03:02:52,044 --> 03:02:54,129 in music genres and Tribe... 3293 03:02:54,338 --> 03:02:56,340 they are those motherfuckers. 3294 03:02:56,757 --> 03:02:59,802 [♪ hip-hop music playing, A Tribe Called Quest "Check the Rhime"] 3295 03:03:00,177 --> 03:03:01,470 ♪ Check the Rhime ♪ 3296 03:03:05,432 --> 03:03:06,767 [Lauryn] It was a brotherhood. 3297 03:03:06,934 --> 03:03:08,560 There was friendship, kinship. 3298 03:03:08,769 --> 03:03:09,895 They look like friends. 3299 03:03:10,020 --> 03:03:13,607 Stylish, clever, cool, creative, free. 3300 03:03:13,816 --> 03:03:15,526 There was a liberation to the sound. 3301 03:03:15,651 --> 03:03:18,028 ♪ Back in the days on the boulevard of Linden ♪ 3302 03:03:18,195 --> 03:03:20,406 ♪ We used to kick routines and presence was fittin' ♪ 3303 03:03:20,489 --> 03:03:23,033 -♪ It was I, The Abstract ♪ -♪ And me the five-footer ♪ 3304 03:03:23,158 --> 03:03:25,244 ♪ I kicks the mad style So, step off the frankfurter ♪ 3305 03:03:25,369 --> 03:03:29,873 With Tribe, it's like they were as artistically ambitious 3306 03:03:29,957 --> 03:03:30,958 as anybody could be. 3307 03:03:31,125 --> 03:03:34,378 [Phife] We're from the same area as Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J. 3308 03:03:34,545 --> 03:03:35,629 So, those guys were our idols. 3309 03:03:35,754 --> 03:03:36,839 It was like, "Yo, 3310 03:03:36,964 --> 03:03:38,924 we could do this on our own. What's up?" 3311 03:03:39,883 --> 03:03:41,301 Before you knew it, it was on. 3312 03:03:41,510 --> 03:03:44,263 -♪ You on point Phife? ♪ -♪ Once again Tip ♪ 3313 03:03:44,430 --> 03:03:47,141 -♪ Word, okay ♪ -♪ Watch me bust they shit ♪ 3314 03:03:47,391 --> 03:03:49,476 Tip is very smooth. Phife was very hype. 3315 03:03:49,643 --> 03:03:52,396 The yin and yang of those two, that, to me, 3316 03:03:52,479 --> 03:03:53,689 was the perfect marriage. 3317 03:03:55,107 --> 03:03:57,609 [Q-Tip] We knew that we were doing something different. 3318 03:03:57,735 --> 03:03:59,111 You know, we knew it was good, 3319 03:03:59,278 --> 03:04:01,905 but I don't think we understood the magnitude 3320 03:04:02,072 --> 03:04:04,199 of the moment because we were kids. 3321 03:04:04,366 --> 03:04:05,743 ♪ A lot of kids was bustin' rhymes ♪ 3322 03:04:05,826 --> 03:04:06,910 ♪ But they had no taste ♪ 3323 03:04:07,119 --> 03:04:09,538 ♪ Some said Quest was wack but now is that the case? ♪ 3324 03:04:09,705 --> 03:04:12,249 ♪ Your entry, MCVA ♪ 3325 03:04:12,374 --> 03:04:14,710 ♪ We got the jazz We got the jazz ♪ 3326 03:04:14,877 --> 03:04:17,337 ♪ We got the jazz We got the jazz ♪ 3327 03:04:17,963 --> 03:04:19,048 [Ali] Tip was a visionary. 3328 03:04:19,131 --> 03:04:20,966 He had, like, big ideas. 3329 03:04:21,675 --> 03:04:23,552 He dreamed it, and then I figured out a way 3330 03:04:23,635 --> 03:04:25,054 to make it happen. 3331 03:04:25,429 --> 03:04:27,347 ♪ Stern, firm and young with a laid-back tongue ♪ 3332 03:04:27,431 --> 03:04:30,184 ♪ The aim is to succeed and achieve at 21 ♪ 3333 03:04:30,309 --> 03:04:31,602 [Common] They introduced me to jazz. 3334 03:04:31,727 --> 03:04:33,896 A Tribe Called Quest was definitely the fathers 3335 03:04:33,979 --> 03:04:36,190 of a whole new brand of hip-hop. 3336 03:04:36,607 --> 03:04:38,317 [♪ hip-hop music playing, A Tribe Called Quest "Luck of Lucien"] 3337 03:04:38,442 --> 03:04:40,319 [Lauryn] It was a very jazz-inspired sound. 3338 03:04:40,402 --> 03:04:42,071 We saw the boundaries of… 3339 03:04:42,154 --> 03:04:44,406 of hip-hop expanding before our eyes. 3340 03:04:44,573 --> 03:04:46,450 It was exhilarating for all of us. 3341 03:04:46,909 --> 03:04:48,952 [Monie] A Tribe Called Quest made being different 3342 03:04:49,078 --> 03:04:50,454 safer in hip-hop. 3343 03:04:50,621 --> 03:04:51,955 We're allowed to be different. 3344 03:04:54,249 --> 03:04:56,919 [André 3000] It was always in this perfect kind of space. 3345 03:04:57,002 --> 03:04:59,379 The melodies and the chords were a certain way, 3346 03:04:59,797 --> 03:05:01,048 but the beats were hard. 3347 03:05:01,131 --> 03:05:03,342 ♪ Here we go, yo Here we go, yo ♪ 3348 03:05:03,425 --> 03:05:05,636 ♪ So what, so what So, what's the scenario? ♪ 3349 03:05:05,761 --> 03:05:08,222 ♪ Ayo, Bo knows this And Bo knows that ♪ 3350 03:05:08,305 --> 03:05:10,307 ♪ But Bo don't know jack 'Cause Bo can't rap… ♪ 3351 03:05:10,432 --> 03:05:11,642 Scenario wasn't even planned. 3352 03:05:11,767 --> 03:05:13,811 It was just, yo, come by the studio. 3353 03:05:13,936 --> 03:05:15,896 Next thing you know, Busta went in there. 3354 03:05:15,979 --> 03:05:17,314 It was like, damn, B. 3355 03:05:17,439 --> 03:05:20,025 ♪ Watch, as I combine all the juice from the mind ♪ 3356 03:05:20,109 --> 03:05:21,485 ♪ Heel up, wheel up, bring it back… ♪ 3357 03:05:21,610 --> 03:05:23,195 We went and did Arsenio Hall, 3358 03:05:23,278 --> 03:05:26,240 which was our first major appearance at that time. 3359 03:05:27,533 --> 03:05:29,535 ♪ "Raow, raow," like a dungeon dragon ♪ 3360 03:05:29,618 --> 03:05:31,912 ♪ Change your little drawers 'cause your pants are sagging ♪ 3361 03:05:31,995 --> 03:05:33,247 [Busta] There was nothing fucking with Tribe. 3362 03:05:33,580 --> 03:05:36,750 They are probably the best exemplification 3363 03:05:36,834 --> 03:05:41,213 of timeless greatness in its most impeccable form. 3364 03:05:41,797 --> 03:05:44,174 ♪ Lyrics to go Lyrics to go ♪ 3365 03:05:44,299 --> 03:05:46,426 It was very artful in how they used samples. 3366 03:05:46,510 --> 03:05:47,719 ♪ Lyrics to go ♪ 3367 03:05:47,803 --> 03:05:49,972 [André 3000] The way Q-Tip used the Minnie Riperton sample. 3368 03:05:54,977 --> 03:05:56,937 The whole time, I'm thinking it's a keyboard, 3369 03:05:57,229 --> 03:06:00,941 but it's actually her note-sustaining the whole time. 3370 03:06:01,441 --> 03:06:02,818 Like, whoa. 3371 03:06:03,443 --> 03:06:05,487 [Phife] All we did was take all of those different things 3372 03:06:05,571 --> 03:06:07,990 that we were influenced by and mix it all together. 3373 03:06:09,116 --> 03:06:10,159 Oh, shit. 3374 03:06:11,243 --> 03:06:12,995 ♪ Can I, can I kick it? ♪ 3375 03:06:13,162 --> 03:06:15,289 -♪ Yes, you can ♪ -♪ Well, I'm gone ♪ 3376 03:06:16,707 --> 03:06:17,875 ♪ Can I kick it? ♪ 3377 03:06:18,125 --> 03:06:20,502 Can I Kick It is a fucking exciting three minutes. 3378 03:06:20,752 --> 03:06:24,882 There's no DJ on this planet that has not put that record on 3379 03:06:24,965 --> 03:06:28,218 and pulled the fader down for the "yes, you can." 3380 03:06:28,302 --> 03:06:29,344 ♪ Yes, you can! ♪ 3381 03:06:29,428 --> 03:06:31,722 -♪ Yeah, kick it, come on! ♪ -♪ Yes, you can! ♪ 3382 03:06:31,805 --> 03:06:34,349 ♪ 'Cause I left my wallet In El Segundo ♪ 3383 03:06:35,309 --> 03:06:36,727 It was just a moment where everything 3384 03:06:36,810 --> 03:06:37,853 was just so creative 3385 03:06:37,936 --> 03:06:39,438 and everybody was just so expressive. 3386 03:06:39,563 --> 03:06:40,939 ♪ Bonita Applebum… ♪ 3387 03:06:41,023 --> 03:06:43,358 [Pharrell] I listened to Bonita Applebum all the time. 3388 03:06:43,442 --> 03:06:44,443 I was obsessed with it. 3389 03:06:44,568 --> 03:06:46,612 It was the most heavenly sound I'd ever heard. 3390 03:06:46,862 --> 03:06:48,572 I had never heard nothing like that 3391 03:06:48,655 --> 03:06:49,781 in my whole life. 3392 03:06:49,948 --> 03:06:52,242 ♪ Bonita Applebum You gotta put me on ♪ 3393 03:06:52,326 --> 03:06:54,369 ♪ Bonita Applebum I said, "You gotta put me on" ♪ 3394 03:06:54,453 --> 03:06:58,081 [Phife] What? What? What? 3395 03:06:58,373 --> 03:07:00,876 [♪ hip-hop music playing, A Tribe Called Quest "We the People..."] 3396 03:07:01,001 --> 03:07:03,670 There wouldn't have been OutKast as you know it 3397 03:07:03,754 --> 03:07:05,255 if there wasn't A Tribe Called Quest. 3398 03:07:05,339 --> 03:07:06,590 They were our Gods. 3399 03:07:06,673 --> 03:07:08,884 ♪ The fog and the smog of news media that logs ♪ 3400 03:07:09,092 --> 03:07:11,595 ♪ False narratives of Gods That came up against the odds ♪ 3401 03:07:14,223 --> 03:07:16,058 [Lauryn] Tribe's music is legacy music. 3402 03:07:16,183 --> 03:07:18,560 A foundational, hugely impactful, 3403 03:07:18,644 --> 03:07:21,271 hugely important part of the lineage, 3404 03:07:21,897 --> 03:07:22,981 of hip-hop music. 3405 03:07:23,065 --> 03:07:25,734 ♪ The abstract poet incognito See I run the cape ♪ 3406 03:07:25,817 --> 03:07:27,945 ♪ Not the best, not the worst But occasionally… ♪ 3407 03:07:28,070 --> 03:07:30,530 [Q-Tip] It was important to, like, just make the shit right 3408 03:07:30,614 --> 03:07:32,532 and just really touch people's hearts. 3409 03:07:32,866 --> 03:07:34,159 The way it turned out… 3410 03:07:34,284 --> 03:07:35,869 ♪ Listen to the mission Listen, Miss… ♪ 3411 03:07:35,953 --> 03:07:37,120 Turned out good, man. 3412 03:07:37,204 --> 03:07:39,081 -♪ As I crack up that monotone ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪ 3413 03:07:39,248 --> 03:07:41,833 ♪ Children of the jazz so get your own ♪ 3414 03:07:41,917 --> 03:07:44,878 [audience cheering, applauding] 3415 03:07:44,962 --> 03:07:46,171 [Chappelle] Ladies and gentlemen… 3416 03:07:48,340 --> 03:07:51,468 make some noise for Q-Tip, Jarobi White, 3417 03:07:51,551 --> 03:07:54,638 Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phife Dawg. 3418 03:07:54,972 --> 03:07:56,223 A Tribe Called Quest, 3419 03:07:56,390 --> 03:07:58,392 welcome to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 3420 03:07:58,725 --> 03:07:59,768 Let's go. 3421 03:07:59,851 --> 03:08:01,228 [audience cheering, applauding] 3422 03:08:01,395 --> 03:08:05,190 [♪ hip-hop music playing, A Tribe Called Quest "Award Tour"] 3423 03:08:25,335 --> 03:08:27,462 -[♪ music concludes] -[audience cheering] 3424 03:08:27,587 --> 03:08:29,715 Microphone… microphone check, one, 3425 03:08:29,798 --> 03:08:30,966 two, what is this? 3426 03:08:31,049 --> 03:08:32,759 [audience cheering, applauding] 3427 03:08:36,179 --> 03:08:39,474 Um, I think Dave hit it on the head. 3428 03:08:39,725 --> 03:08:40,934 We didn't even think that this was something 3429 03:08:41,018 --> 03:08:42,102 to aspire to. 3430 03:08:42,644 --> 03:08:48,567 Um, my boy, Phife Dawg. Give it up for Phife Dawg. 3431 03:08:48,650 --> 03:08:50,277 [audience cheering, applauding] 3432 03:08:54,239 --> 03:08:56,116 I don't-- I don't have any stories. 3433 03:08:56,742 --> 03:08:58,994 All I have is gratitude, you know what I'm saying? 3434 03:08:59,077 --> 03:09:01,455 Um, thank you to New York. 3435 03:09:02,414 --> 03:09:04,791 -Queens in the building. -[audience cheering, applauding] 3436 03:09:04,875 --> 03:09:06,960 Sayers Ave in the building. 3437 03:09:07,419 --> 03:09:08,837 What's up, Cleveland? How y'all doing? 3438 03:09:08,920 --> 03:09:12,758 [audience cheering, applauding] 3439 03:09:13,425 --> 03:09:15,635 Thank you, the Tribe fans everywhere. 3440 03:09:15,761 --> 03:09:18,055 Um, we wouldn't be nothing without you. 3441 03:09:18,347 --> 03:09:21,808 Um, Ali Shah-- Ali Shaheed, I love you, boy. 3442 03:09:21,892 --> 03:09:23,101 Wish you was here. 3443 03:09:23,185 --> 03:09:24,353 Um… 3444 03:09:26,021 --> 03:09:27,439 let me give it up right quick. 3445 03:09:27,606 --> 03:09:30,275 Give it up for Phife's mom and dad right here, y'all. 3446 03:09:30,359 --> 03:09:32,652 [audience cheering, applauding] 3447 03:09:36,823 --> 03:09:40,660 -Captain. What's up, Captain? -What's up? 3448 03:09:40,869 --> 03:09:42,996 -Um… -[audience cheering] 3449 03:09:43,080 --> 03:09:45,832 I love your dirty drawers, boy. I love you to death, man. 3450 03:09:45,916 --> 03:09:47,292 -Pause. -P-p-pause. 3451 03:09:47,376 --> 03:09:49,336 -[laughs] -I love you to death, man. 3452 03:09:49,419 --> 03:09:50,420 And, um… 3453 03:09:51,421 --> 03:09:54,091 uh, thank you for the tutelage… 3454 03:09:55,300 --> 03:10:00,347 uh, support, uh, the gift of this life. 3455 03:10:00,472 --> 03:10:01,473 Mhm. 3456 03:10:01,556 --> 03:10:04,267 Uh, I wouldn't be the same without all of my brothers. 3457 03:10:04,393 --> 03:10:07,354 You know what I mean? Um, I'm really glad and proud 3458 03:10:07,437 --> 03:10:08,980 to call you guys my big brothers. 3459 03:10:09,064 --> 03:10:10,982 [audience cheering, applauding] 3460 03:10:16,279 --> 03:10:17,781 Um, mom and dad. 3461 03:10:18,281 --> 03:10:21,284 Uh, my dad, uh, thank you for the structure. 3462 03:10:21,576 --> 03:10:24,204 Uh, Mama Joan, thank you for teaching me the streets. 3463 03:10:24,413 --> 03:10:27,666 Uh, my mother, Joyce, thank you for introducing me to music. 3464 03:10:27,791 --> 03:10:31,837 Uh, my grandparents, uh… uh, South Carolina, Charleston. 3465 03:10:32,003 --> 03:10:33,880 Uh, you know what I'm saying? Um… 3466 03:10:34,339 --> 03:10:37,092 And, uh, that's it. Oh, my son, AJ. 3467 03:10:37,426 --> 03:10:39,594 Yo, my son is in the building. Get my son up. 3468 03:10:39,678 --> 03:10:41,346 [audience cheering, applauding] 3469 03:10:43,723 --> 03:10:45,392 That's that piece, y'all. 3470 03:10:45,559 --> 03:10:47,769 [audience cheering, applauding] 3471 03:10:51,273 --> 03:10:52,274 Uh… 3472 03:10:52,983 --> 03:10:57,779 -[audience cheering, applauding] -This is crazy. 3473 03:10:58,572 --> 03:11:03,326 It's just an honor to be here with the fellow inductees. 3474 03:11:03,702 --> 03:11:04,828 Um… 3475 03:11:05,954 --> 03:11:09,499 Ms. Dionne, you're a staple in my household. 3476 03:11:09,958 --> 03:11:11,418 Mr. Frampton… 3477 03:11:12,711 --> 03:11:14,337 you as well. Thank you so much. 3478 03:11:14,421 --> 03:11:17,924 My sister used to make me sing your songs 3479 03:11:18,008 --> 03:11:19,468 and stuff and torture me. 3480 03:11:19,551 --> 03:11:21,470 [audience laughing, applauding] 3481 03:11:21,553 --> 03:11:24,139 -Um… -[audience laughing] 3482 03:11:24,264 --> 03:11:29,019 You know, um, to m-- To the MC5 of course, Mary J. Blige, 3483 03:11:29,102 --> 03:11:32,606 -my sister, my kindred sister. -[audience cheering, applauding] 3484 03:11:32,731 --> 03:11:35,358 Um, but, um-- 3485 03:11:35,442 --> 03:11:38,862 But I want to definitely thank our families 3486 03:11:38,945 --> 03:11:39,988 who are our rocks. 3487 03:11:40,113 --> 03:11:44,576 So, uh, to the Davis family, the Townsend family, 3488 03:11:45,327 --> 03:11:48,622 to the White family, to the Collier family, 3489 03:11:49,247 --> 03:11:52,209 to the Jones family, the Muhammad family, 3490 03:11:53,001 --> 03:11:56,796 and to the Boyce family, and to the Taylor family. 3491 03:11:57,255 --> 03:11:59,966 And rest in peace to our brother, Phife Dawg. 3492 03:12:00,050 --> 03:12:01,092 I wish you were here. 3493 03:12:01,176 --> 03:12:02,928 [audience cheering, applauding] 3494 03:12:08,016 --> 03:12:09,976 And, uh… 3495 03:12:11,186 --> 03:12:14,940 thank you to Dr. Emma Boyce, Grandma, 3496 03:12:15,023 --> 03:12:16,650 as we affectionately called her. 3497 03:12:17,192 --> 03:12:18,902 [hesitates] And, you know, 3498 03:12:19,027 --> 03:12:23,240 for allowing us to come into the house in… 3499 03:12:24,282 --> 03:12:26,409 you know, hit the basement. 3500 03:12:26,910 --> 03:12:30,789 And, um, one other name I'll mention is definitely 3501 03:12:30,914 --> 03:12:34,876 Red Alert, who is a famed New York City DJ, 3502 03:12:34,960 --> 03:12:37,003 whom gave us the shot. 3503 03:12:37,128 --> 03:12:38,296 [audience applauding] 3504 03:12:38,380 --> 03:12:42,217 But, um, we thank the omnipotent, 3505 03:12:42,342 --> 03:12:43,635 the light of the worlds. 3506 03:12:44,970 --> 03:12:47,472 Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. God. 3507 03:12:48,640 --> 03:12:51,893 -Yahweh. Jah-Jah. -[audience applauding] 3508 03:12:51,977 --> 03:12:53,144 Christ. 3509 03:12:54,854 --> 03:12:56,356 We give love… 3510 03:12:57,691 --> 03:13:02,487 and reverence to that entity, the supreme creator… 3511 03:13:04,573 --> 03:13:06,825 to which we as artists… 3512 03:13:07,951 --> 03:13:09,911 humanely emulate. 3513 03:13:10,996 --> 03:13:12,038 [inhales, smack lips] 3514 03:13:12,122 --> 03:13:16,042 We conjure melodies, harmonies… 3515 03:13:17,210 --> 03:13:18,461 poetry, 3516 03:13:19,212 --> 03:13:24,426 and safe havens of garages, wood sheds, basements, 3517 03:13:25,010 --> 03:13:28,388 bedrooms, and street corners. 3518 03:13:30,390 --> 03:13:34,686 To the latter, it has been the terrain 3519 03:13:34,769 --> 03:13:37,814 for many of us doo-woppers and hip-hoppers. 3520 03:13:38,481 --> 03:13:43,570 [inhales sharply] And yes, to all of you pseudo historians 3521 03:13:44,029 --> 03:13:46,239 who might be confused, 3522 03:13:47,115 --> 03:13:51,703 the corner doo-wopper and the corner hip-hoppers sang 3523 03:13:51,786 --> 03:13:53,622 and rapped the blues. 3524 03:13:53,913 --> 03:13:55,999 [audience cheering, applauding] 3525 03:13:57,542 --> 03:14:00,587 And what's more Rock & Roll than the blues? 3526 03:14:02,422 --> 03:14:05,425 [clicks tongue] But, uh, just like our predecessors, 3527 03:14:06,217 --> 03:14:08,887 we had to find spaces 3528 03:14:09,721 --> 03:14:14,017 on the outskirts of cities and towns. 3529 03:14:15,018 --> 03:14:21,149 Um, a Southern Sun House or Robert Johnson Crossroad 3530 03:14:21,900 --> 03:14:26,237 to a transformed room in a hood tenement 3531 03:14:26,696 --> 03:14:29,449 on Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. 3532 03:14:29,574 --> 03:14:31,451 [audience cheering, applauding] 3533 03:14:31,534 --> 03:14:34,954 The need to express burned in us… 3534 03:14:36,498 --> 03:14:39,167 with an art-fueled determination. 3535 03:14:40,210 --> 03:14:46,424 A spark, the spark that embers within many of us in this room. 3536 03:14:46,883 --> 03:14:48,218 [inhales] 3537 03:14:48,385 --> 03:14:52,305 And the spark that burned within the four of us boys 3538 03:14:52,430 --> 03:14:55,016 in 1985 in New York City. 3539 03:14:55,266 --> 03:14:56,935 And here's a quick story. 3540 03:14:57,018 --> 03:14:58,561 [audience applauding] 3541 03:14:58,687 --> 03:15:00,897 My oldest sister, Gwen, who's here, 3542 03:15:01,272 --> 03:15:06,027 uh, used to date this dude named Skeff Anselm. 3543 03:15:06,945 --> 03:15:11,825 And he was the engineer for this guy named Jazzy Jay… 3544 03:15:12,158 --> 03:15:14,202 -[clicks tongue] -[audience cheering, applauding] 3545 03:15:14,327 --> 03:15:16,830 …who was a great DJ, producer, 3546 03:15:16,955 --> 03:15:18,665 and was a part of an organization 3547 03:15:18,790 --> 03:15:21,543 in New York City called the Zulu Nation. 3548 03:15:22,001 --> 03:15:24,713 And my sister used to date his homeboy, 3549 03:15:24,796 --> 03:15:27,799 so you know I was gonna be on her nerves, you know? 3550 03:15:29,759 --> 03:15:30,969 So, um… 3551 03:15:32,053 --> 03:15:36,516 I begged my sister to have Skeff and Jazzy 3552 03:15:37,225 --> 03:15:40,729 come to see my five-man crew at a rehearsal space 3553 03:15:40,812 --> 03:15:42,856 in New York City called Giant Studios, 3554 03:15:42,939 --> 03:15:45,942 and it was on 14th Street and Sixth Avenue. 3555 03:15:46,985 --> 03:15:52,031 And, uh, ironically, we were all about 14. 3556 03:15:52,615 --> 03:15:57,954 After Jazzy and Skeff heard us do like two… two records, 3557 03:15:58,037 --> 03:15:59,789 he stopped us, and he was like... 3558 03:16:00,790 --> 03:16:03,209 I'm sorry for this… [hesitates] …Ms. Dionne, 3559 03:16:03,293 --> 03:16:05,920 I… I may say something, but… [chuckles] 3560 03:16:06,087 --> 03:16:09,591 Jazzy was like, uh, "Y'all little... is good… 3561 03:16:11,259 --> 03:16:13,344 "but your voice, 3562 03:16:13,428 --> 03:16:16,014 "little... that… that shit needs to change." 3563 03:16:16,097 --> 03:16:17,640 -[audience laughing] -"It needs to mature." 3564 03:16:19,058 --> 03:16:21,728 But my voice hasn't matured since I've been… 3565 03:16:21,811 --> 03:16:23,480 [audience cheering, applauding] 3566 03:16:23,855 --> 03:16:25,190 But, um... 3567 03:16:27,317 --> 03:16:29,569 But that didn't det-- But that didn't deter us 3568 03:16:29,694 --> 03:16:32,197 because we had that spark I spoke about. 3569 03:16:33,031 --> 03:16:35,992 And that spark is something I think that, um, 3570 03:16:36,826 --> 03:16:39,078 we all have in us 3571 03:16:39,913 --> 03:16:43,625 and that we should all, in this world, 3572 03:16:44,000 --> 03:16:45,919 try to do everything we can 3573 03:16:46,544 --> 03:16:49,589 to secure our own personal spark. 3574 03:16:49,672 --> 03:16:50,799 [audience cheering, applauding] 3575 03:16:50,882 --> 03:16:53,343 Um, that's what Tribe was about. 3576 03:16:53,468 --> 03:16:55,428 No matter where you stood… 3577 03:16:56,554 --> 03:16:57,722 socially… 3578 03:16:58,890 --> 03:17:02,393 how you looked, how you sounded, 3579 03:17:03,144 --> 03:17:05,063 whether you were first generation here 3580 03:17:05,146 --> 03:17:06,898 or you're from somewhere else. 3581 03:17:07,232 --> 03:17:11,444 We were just a mixed bag who wanted to be, um, 3582 03:17:11,528 --> 03:17:13,696 Grandmaster Flash as much as we wanted to be 3583 03:17:13,780 --> 03:17:16,407 Kool & The Gang and Bob Marley, 3584 03:17:16,533 --> 03:17:18,284 uh, Earth, Wind & Fire. 3585 03:17:18,868 --> 03:17:21,454 As much as we wanted to be Public Enemy, 3586 03:17:21,746 --> 03:17:26,459 and Run-D.M.C., and LL Cool J, we wanted to be the Beatles. 3587 03:17:27,460 --> 03:17:30,755 Um, that was just how we were tempered. 3588 03:17:31,256 --> 03:17:33,675 But, um, I wanna wrap it up 3589 03:17:33,758 --> 03:17:35,844 and just say thank you so much to… 3590 03:17:35,927 --> 03:17:37,595 [audience cheering, applauding] 3591 03:17:37,679 --> 03:17:39,097 …our families. 3592 03:17:41,015 --> 03:17:42,934 One thing, gotta thank my momma. 3593 03:17:44,018 --> 03:17:47,313 And we definitely have to thank... this is, uh, Kansa, 3594 03:17:47,438 --> 03:17:48,773 my boy Ali Shaheed, 3595 03:17:48,857 --> 03:17:50,984 who couldn't be here, unfortunately. 3596 03:17:51,234 --> 03:17:56,197 Um, I also made a lot of noise in her house, me and Ali 3597 03:17:56,322 --> 03:17:58,575 in… in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. 3598 03:17:58,658 --> 03:18:01,578 So, we want to shout out, you can say it. 3599 03:18:01,661 --> 03:18:03,246 -My mom… -What's her name? 3600 03:18:03,329 --> 03:18:04,414 …who's in the back… 3601 03:18:04,497 --> 03:18:05,540 -[chuckles] -…Pamela Jones, 3602 03:18:05,623 --> 03:18:08,167 thank you so much for raising us the way you did. 3603 03:18:08,251 --> 03:18:09,502 -Yeah. -You have made 3604 03:18:09,586 --> 03:18:12,338 a lot of things possible in an impossible world… 3605 03:18:12,463 --> 03:18:14,048 -Yeah. -…and I just wanna thank you 3606 03:18:14,132 --> 03:18:16,718 on behalf of my beloved brother. 3607 03:18:16,801 --> 03:18:18,177 -We love you. -Yeah. 3608 03:18:18,261 --> 03:18:20,263 -We love you, too. -Well, I love you, too. 3609 03:18:20,346 --> 03:18:21,472 -All right. -And we love y'all, 3610 03:18:21,556 --> 03:18:23,391 -and especially the fans. -[audience cheering, applauding] 3611 03:18:23,474 --> 03:18:26,978 Without y'all, we wouldn't be here. 3612 03:18:27,562 --> 03:18:30,189 Thank you so much. Thank you to, like, 3613 03:18:30,815 --> 03:18:34,068 all the artists that came from us and all that, 3614 03:18:34,152 --> 03:18:36,696 we thank y'all so much. We love y'all. Thank you. 3615 03:18:36,779 --> 03:18:38,948 [audience cheering, applauding] 3616 03:18:53,755 --> 03:18:56,341 [chuckles] Thank you for those brief comments. 3617 03:18:56,466 --> 03:18:58,259 -[audience laughing] -[chuckles] 3618 03:18:58,343 --> 03:18:59,552 -[Q-Tip] What d'you say? -I said, "Thank you 3619 03:18:59,636 --> 03:19:00,637 "for those brief comments." 3620 03:19:00,762 --> 03:19:02,764 -[audience cheering, applauding] -I got something to say. 3621 03:19:03,181 --> 03:19:05,683 -[chuckles] Wait a minute. -[indistinct chatter] 3622 03:19:05,767 --> 03:19:07,143 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. [chuckles] 3623 03:19:07,518 --> 03:19:08,895 Would you like to say something? 3624 03:19:08,978 --> 03:19:10,605 -Yeah. -One moment. 3625 03:19:10,688 --> 03:19:13,024 Phife's father would like to say something everybody, 3626 03:19:13,107 --> 03:19:15,360 -[audience cheering, applauding] -Listen... 3627 03:19:15,443 --> 03:19:17,278 They tried to get me off the stage. 3628 03:19:17,362 --> 03:19:19,822 I came all the way from Connecticut, New York. 3629 03:19:19,906 --> 03:19:21,366 -[audience cheering] -Not to look cute. 3630 03:19:21,449 --> 03:19:22,659 I… I wanna say something… 3631 03:19:22,742 --> 03:19:24,160 -[audience laughing] -…before I get out of here. 3632 03:19:24,243 --> 03:19:25,745 -[audience cheering, applauding] -Um… 3633 03:19:27,455 --> 03:19:30,166 My name is Walt Taylor, father of Phife Dawg. 3634 03:19:30,375 --> 03:19:32,502 And Phife is all about family. 3635 03:19:32,877 --> 03:19:36,547 And the only reason I'm here, because of him. 3636 03:19:37,256 --> 03:19:39,092 And all my loved ones, 3637 03:19:39,175 --> 03:19:41,260 his loved ones are sitting right over there. 3638 03:19:41,469 --> 03:19:43,846 -And Phife is all about family. -[audience applauding] 3639 03:19:43,930 --> 03:19:46,849 That's why they're here, to support A Tribe Called Quest 3640 03:19:46,933 --> 03:19:48,643 and to support Phife Dawg. 3641 03:19:49,018 --> 03:19:52,271 But it's-- One more thing, I'm gonna make it very short. 3642 03:19:52,814 --> 03:19:56,818 Um, Cher, I got you, babe. 3643 03:19:56,943 --> 03:19:59,654 [audience cheering, laughing] 3644 03:19:59,737 --> 03:20:02,073 -Love you guys, peace. -[audience applauding] 3645 03:20:08,955 --> 03:20:10,707 Make some noise for A Tribe Called Quest, 3646 03:20:10,790 --> 03:20:13,209 -first of all. -[audience cheering, applauding] 3647 03:20:19,132 --> 03:20:22,719 And now it's my privilege to introduce 3648 03:20:23,511 --> 03:20:25,263 a group of artists that will continue 3649 03:20:25,346 --> 03:20:26,597 to carry on Tribe's legacy. 3650 03:20:26,681 --> 03:20:30,393 In fact, some of these artists built this legacy with them. 3651 03:20:30,643 --> 03:20:33,271 -Please welcome The Roots… -[audience cheering, applauding] 3652 03:20:33,354 --> 03:20:38,401 …Busta Rhymes, Common, Black Thought, De La Soul, 3653 03:20:38,526 --> 03:20:40,361 and Queen Latifah. 3654 03:20:40,486 --> 03:20:41,863 [audience cheering, applauding] 3655 03:20:42,613 --> 03:20:44,407 [♪ upbeat hip-hop playing, A Tribe Called Quest "Can I Kick It?"] 3656 03:20:44,532 --> 03:20:45,700 [DJ Maseo] Yes. 3657 03:20:45,783 --> 03:20:48,453 My name is DJ Maseo from De La Soul, 3658 03:20:48,536 --> 03:20:50,621 and I'm here with the legendary Roots crew, 3659 03:20:50,747 --> 03:20:52,540 and we're here to honor our brothers, 3660 03:20:52,623 --> 03:20:54,042 A Tribe Called Quest. 3661 03:20:54,125 --> 03:20:56,210 So, if you're a fan of A Tribe Called Quest, 3662 03:20:56,294 --> 03:20:58,546 I need everybody to get up off their seats, 3663 03:20:58,629 --> 03:21:00,089 put their hands in the air, 3664 03:21:00,173 --> 03:21:02,133 and raise the roof off this building 3665 03:21:02,258 --> 03:21:04,510 with that beat drop. Let's go. 3666 03:21:04,844 --> 03:21:07,055 ♪ Put your hands up Put your hands up ♪ 3667 03:21:07,138 --> 03:21:09,682 ♪ Put your hands up Come on, come on! ♪ 3668 03:21:09,766 --> 03:21:11,809 ♪ Put your hands up Put your hands up ♪ 3669 03:21:11,893 --> 03:21:14,479 ♪ Put your hands up Come on, come on! ♪ 3670 03:21:14,562 --> 03:21:17,148 -♪ Can I kick it? ♪ -♪ Yes, you can! ♪ 3671 03:21:17,273 --> 03:21:19,525 -♪ Can I kick it? ♪ -♪ Yes, you can! ♪ 3672 03:21:19,609 --> 03:21:22,070 -♪ Can I kick it? ♪ -♪ Yes, you can! ♪ 3673 03:21:22,153 --> 03:21:24,322 -♪ Can I kick it? ♪ -♪ Yes, you can! ♪ 3674 03:21:24,405 --> 03:21:26,824 -♪ Can I kick it? ♪ -♪ Yes, you can! ♪ 3675 03:21:26,908 --> 03:21:29,285 -♪ Can I kick it? ♪ -♪ Yes, you can! ♪ 3676 03:21:29,368 --> 03:21:31,829 -♪ Can I kick it? ♪ -♪ Yes, you can! ♪ 3677 03:21:31,913 --> 03:21:33,664 ♪ Well, I'm gone ♪ 3678 03:21:34,248 --> 03:21:36,084 ♪ Can I kick it to all the people ♪ 3679 03:21:36,167 --> 03:21:38,002 ♪ Who can Quest like A Tribe does? ♪ 3680 03:21:38,086 --> 03:21:40,379 ♪ For this, did you really know what live was? ♪ 3681 03:21:40,505 --> 03:21:42,882 ♪ Comprehend to the track for it's why, cuz ♪ 3682 03:21:43,007 --> 03:21:45,343 ♪ Gettin' measures on the tip of the vibe buzz ♪ 3683 03:21:45,426 --> 03:21:47,095 ♪ Rock and roll to the beat of... ♪ 3684 03:21:47,762 --> 03:21:50,264 ♪ Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug ♪ 3685 03:21:50,348 --> 03:21:51,557 ♪ If you feeling through the urge ♪ 3686 03:21:51,641 --> 03:21:53,142 -♪ Do the jitterbug ♪ -♪ Do the jitterbug ♪ 3687 03:21:53,226 --> 03:21:55,728 ♪ Yo, you really need a hug Come on ♪ 3688 03:21:56,020 --> 03:21:57,230 ♪ It's a big shrug ♪ 3689 03:21:57,313 --> 03:21:58,815 -♪ A life filled with... ♪ - ♪ Fun! ♪ 3690 03:21:58,898 --> 03:21:59,941 ♪ That's what I love ♪ 3691 03:22:00,024 --> 03:22:02,527 ♪ A lower plateau is what we're above ♪ 3692 03:22:02,610 --> 03:22:04,904 ♪ If you diss us we won't even think of ♪ 3693 03:22:04,987 --> 03:22:07,406 ♪ Will Nipper the doggy give a big shove? ♪ 3694 03:22:07,490 --> 03:22:08,825 ♪ This rhythm really hits Like a… ♪ 3695 03:22:08,908 --> 03:22:09,992 [DJ Maseo] ♪ Snug glove ♪ 3696 03:22:10,076 --> 03:22:11,911 ♪ It's a, come on like a vibe, love ♪ 3697 03:22:11,994 --> 03:22:13,079 ♪ Turn it up ♪ 3698 03:22:13,162 --> 03:22:14,664 ♪ If the plus flies high like a dove ♪ 3699 03:22:14,789 --> 03:22:16,124 [♪ hip-hop music playing, A Tribe Called Quest "Check the Rhime"] 3700 03:22:16,207 --> 03:22:18,334 -♪ Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh ♪ -♪ Come on, come on ♪ 3701 03:22:18,417 --> 03:22:22,505 -♪ Here we go ♪ -♪ Check the rhyme ♪ 3702 03:22:22,672 --> 03:22:24,340 ♪ Yo, check the rhyme ♪ 3703 03:22:24,423 --> 03:22:27,301 Y'all want to party? What up, Jayhawks? 3704 03:22:27,426 --> 03:22:32,598 ♪ 808, come on Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ 3705 03:22:32,682 --> 03:22:37,019 -♪ It goes boom, boom, boom ♪ -♪ Now take it back ♪ 3706 03:22:37,103 --> 03:22:38,104 ♪ Hey, yo, hey, yo ♪ 3707 03:22:38,312 --> 03:22:40,356 ♪ Back in the days On the boulevard of Linden ♪ 3708 03:22:40,439 --> 03:22:41,732 ♪ Yeah we used to kick routines ♪ 3709 03:22:41,858 --> 03:22:44,193 ♪ And presence was fittin' It was I, The Abstract ♪ 3710 03:22:44,318 --> 03:22:46,487 ♪ And me, the Five Footer I kicks the mad style ♪ 3711 03:22:46,571 --> 03:22:48,406 -♪ So step off the frankfurter ♪ -♪ Yo, Phife ♪ 3712 03:22:48,531 --> 03:22:50,074 ♪ You remember that routine ♪ 3713 03:22:50,158 --> 03:22:52,702 ♪ That we used to make spiffy Like Mr. Clean? ♪ 3714 03:22:52,869 --> 03:22:55,246 ♪ Um, um, a tidbit Um, a smidgen ♪ 3715 03:22:55,329 --> 03:22:57,331 ♪ I don't get it, y'all Man, you gotta get the page ♪ 3716 03:22:57,415 --> 03:22:58,749 ♪ Hey, yo, you on point, Phife? ♪ 3717 03:22:58,833 --> 03:22:59,834 ♪ All the time, Tip ♪ 3718 03:22:59,959 --> 03:23:01,085 ♪ You on point, Phife? ♪ 3719 03:23:01,169 --> 03:23:02,295 ♪ All the time, Tip ♪ 3720 03:23:02,420 --> 03:23:03,754 ♪ You on point, Phife? ♪ 3721 03:23:03,880 --> 03:23:04,881 ♪ All the time, Tip ♪ 3722 03:23:05,047 --> 03:23:07,425 ♪ Okay, then grab the microphone and let your words rip ♪ 3723 03:23:07,550 --> 03:23:08,634 ♪ Now, here's a funky introduction ♪ 3724 03:23:08,718 --> 03:23:10,845 -♪ Of how nice I am ♪ -♪ Of how nice I am ♪ 3725 03:23:10,928 --> 03:23:12,305 ♪ Send a telegram ♪ 3726 03:23:12,388 --> 03:23:14,640 ♪ I'm like an energizer 'Cause, you see, I last long ♪ 3727 03:23:14,724 --> 03:23:15,850 ♪ My crew is never ever... ♪ 3728 03:23:15,933 --> 03:23:16,934 ♪ Because we stand strong ♪ 3729 03:23:17,018 --> 03:23:18,519 ♪ Now, if you say my style is wack ♪ 3730 03:23:18,603 --> 03:23:19,687 ♪ That's where you're dead wrong ♪ 3731 03:23:19,770 --> 03:23:21,105 ♪ I slayed that buddy in El Segundo ♪ 3732 03:23:21,189 --> 03:23:22,231 ♪ Then push it along ♪ 3733 03:23:22,356 --> 03:23:24,442 ♪ You'd be a fool to reply that Phife is not the man ♪ 3734 03:23:24,525 --> 03:23:26,861 ♪ 'Cause you know, and I know that you know who I am ♪ 3735 03:23:26,944 --> 03:23:28,279 ♪ A special shot of peace goes out ♪ 3736 03:23:28,362 --> 03:23:29,614 ♪ To all my pals you see ♪ 3737 03:23:29,697 --> 03:23:31,866 ♪ And a middle finger goes for all you punk MC's ♪ 3738 03:23:31,949 --> 03:23:34,202 ♪ Yo, I love when all you wack MC's despise me ♪ 3739 03:23:34,285 --> 03:23:36,662 ♪ They get vexed, I roll next no one contest me ♪ 3740 03:23:36,746 --> 03:23:39,040 ♪ I'm just a fly MC who's five-foot-three and very brave ♪ 3741 03:23:39,123 --> 03:23:40,458 ♪ On top remaining no home training ♪ 3742 03:23:40,541 --> 03:23:41,626 ♪ 'Cause I misbehave ♪ 3743 03:23:41,709 --> 03:23:43,920 ♪ I come correct in full effect I got my girls in check ♪ 3744 03:23:44,045 --> 03:23:46,631 -♪ And before I do a show ♪ -♪ Be direct, king ♪ 3745 03:23:46,714 --> 03:23:47,840 ♪ You see, my aura's positive ♪ 3746 03:23:47,924 --> 03:23:49,300 -♪ I don't promote no junk ♪ -Come on! 3747 03:23:49,383 --> 03:23:51,469 ♪ Hey, yo, I'm far from a bully but I ain't a punk ♪ 3748 03:23:51,594 --> 03:23:53,846 -♪ Extremity in rhythm ♪ -♪ Yeah, that's what you heard ♪ 3749 03:23:53,930 --> 03:23:55,348 ♪ So, just clean out your ears ♪ 3750 03:23:55,431 --> 03:23:57,099 -♪ And just check the word ♪ -[Queen Latifah] Let's go! 3751 03:23:57,183 --> 03:23:58,976 ♪ Bonita Applebum You gotta put me on ♪ 3752 03:23:59,060 --> 03:24:01,229 ♪ Bonita Applebum I said, "You gotta put me on" ♪ 3753 03:24:01,312 --> 03:24:02,605 -Said what? -♪ Bonita Applebum ♪ 3754 03:24:02,730 --> 03:24:03,898 ♪ You gotta put me on ♪ 3755 03:24:04,023 --> 03:24:06,234 ♪ Bonita Applebum I said, "You gotta put me on" ♪ 3756 03:24:06,359 --> 03:24:07,568 -[Black Thought] Come on. -♪ Bonita Applebum ♪ 3757 03:24:07,652 --> 03:24:08,861 -♪ Hey, hon ♪ -♪ Hey, hon ♪ 3758 03:24:08,986 --> 03:24:09,987 -Come on! -♪ Bonita Applebum ♪ 3759 03:24:10,112 --> 03:24:11,072 ♪ Go ahead with yourself ♪ 3760 03:24:11,197 --> 03:24:12,240 ♪ Bonita Applebum ♪ 3761 03:24:12,323 --> 03:24:13,532 -♪ Hey, hon ♪ -♪ Hey, hon ♪ 3762 03:24:13,616 --> 03:24:15,618 -♪ Bonita, Bonita, Bonita ♪ -♪ Bonita, Bonita, Bonita ♪ 3763 03:24:15,701 --> 03:24:17,119 -♪ Ah, baby doll ♪ -♪ Baby doll ♪ 3764 03:24:17,203 --> 03:24:18,496 -♪ Baby doll ♪ -♪ Baby doll ♪ 3765 03:24:18,621 --> 03:24:19,830 -Uh-huh. -♪ Hey, Bonita ♪ 3766 03:24:19,914 --> 03:24:21,582 -♪ Glad to meet ya ♪ -♪ Oh, baby doll ♪ 3767 03:24:21,666 --> 03:24:22,875 -♪ Baby doll ♪ -♪ Baby doll ♪ 3768 03:24:22,959 --> 03:24:24,460 -♪ Oh, baby doll ♪ -♪ For the cunning ♪ 3769 03:24:24,543 --> 03:24:25,920 ♪ Stunning you, miss I must beseech ya ♪ 3770 03:24:26,003 --> 03:24:27,213 -♪ Baby doll ♪ -♪ Baby doll ♪ 3771 03:24:27,338 --> 03:24:28,547 -♪ Baby doll ♪ -♪ Baby doll ♪ 3772 03:24:28,631 --> 03:24:30,675 ♪ Hey, being with you is a top priority ♪ 3773 03:24:30,758 --> 03:24:31,968 -♪ Baby doll ♪ -♪ Baby doll ♪ 3774 03:24:32,051 --> 03:24:33,761 -♪ Oh, baby doll ♪ -♪ Oh, baby doll, ha! ♪ 3775 03:24:33,844 --> 03:24:35,846 ♪ Ain't no need to question the authority ♪ 3776 03:24:35,930 --> 03:24:37,014 -♪ Baby doll ♪ -♪ Baby doll ♪ 3777 03:24:37,098 --> 03:24:38,391 -♪ Baby doll ♪ -♪ Oh, baby doll ♪ 3778 03:24:38,474 --> 03:24:40,559 ♪ Chairman of the board the chief of affections ♪ 3779 03:24:40,643 --> 03:24:42,019 -♪ Oh, baby doll ♪ -♪ Baby doll ♪ 3780 03:24:42,103 --> 03:24:43,104 ♪ Baby doll ♪ 3781 03:24:43,187 --> 03:24:45,731 ♪ You got mine's to swing in your direction ♪ 3782 03:24:45,815 --> 03:24:47,024 -♪ Baby doll ♪ -♪ Baby doll ♪ 3783 03:24:47,108 --> 03:24:48,609 -♪ Baby doll ♪ -♪ Oh, baby doll, yeah ♪ 3784 03:24:48,776 --> 03:24:50,653 ♪ Hey you're like a hip hop song you know? ♪ 3785 03:24:50,736 --> 03:24:52,822 ♪ Yeah, baby doll What's your name? ♪ 3786 03:24:52,905 --> 03:24:55,032 ♪ Bonita Applebum, you gotta put me on ♪ 3787 03:24:55,199 --> 03:24:56,492 -[Black Thought] Come on! -♪ Bonita Applebum ♪ 3788 03:24:56,617 --> 03:24:57,743 ♪ You gotta put me on ♪ 3789 03:24:57,827 --> 03:25:00,162 ♪ Bonita Applebum I said, "You gotta put me on" ♪ 3790 03:25:00,288 --> 03:25:01,497 -♪ Bonita Applebum ♪ -[Black Thought] Come on! 3791 03:25:01,580 --> 03:25:02,832 ♪ You gotta put me on ♪ 3792 03:25:02,915 --> 03:25:05,042 ♪ Bonita Applebum I said, "You gotta put me on" ♪ 3793 03:25:05,126 --> 03:25:06,210 -Come on! -♪ Bonita Applebum ♪ 3794 03:25:06,294 --> 03:25:07,545 ♪ Hey, hon, hey, hon ♪ 3795 03:25:07,628 --> 03:25:08,671 ♪ Bonita Applebum ♪ 3796 03:25:08,754 --> 03:25:09,964 ♪ Go ahead with yourself ♪ 3797 03:25:10,047 --> 03:25:11,090 -Come on, now! -♪ Bonita Applebum ♪ 3798 03:25:11,215 --> 03:25:12,466 -♪ Hey, hon, hey, hon ♪ -♪ Hey, hon, hey, hon ♪ 3799 03:25:12,591 --> 03:25:13,634 ♪ Bonita Applebum You gotta put me on ♪ 3800 03:25:13,718 --> 03:25:14,844 -Check it out! -[Black Thought] Let's go. 3801 03:25:14,927 --> 03:25:16,429 [♪ upbeat hip-hop playing, A Tribe Called Quest "Scenario"] 3802 03:25:16,554 --> 03:25:18,347 -♪ Hey what we gon do in '92 ♪ -♪ Do! ♪ 3803 03:25:18,431 --> 03:25:19,765 ♪ Even though we had fun in '91 ♪ 3804 03:25:19,849 --> 03:25:22,101 ♪ Wonderful my days herb dream comin' down ♪ 3805 03:25:22,184 --> 03:25:24,228 ♪ Ponna-ponna! New sound leavin' cracks in the ground ♪ 3806 03:25:24,353 --> 03:25:26,564 -[Black Thought] Come on! -♪ What's goin' on, my man? ♪ 3807 03:25:26,647 --> 03:25:28,733 ♪ Goddamn And now my brain is hurtin' ♪ 3808 03:25:28,816 --> 03:25:30,109 ♪ Listen up, Busta ♪ 3809 03:25:30,234 --> 03:25:31,736 ♪ Rhythm will hit 'em then I get 'em ♪ 3810 03:25:31,819 --> 03:25:33,946 ♪ Rip on 'em, shit on 'em hit on 'em, then I will… ♪ 3811 03:25:34,030 --> 03:25:35,114 -♪ Sit on 'em ♪ -Whoo! 3812 03:25:35,197 --> 03:25:36,824 ♪ Open up your mouth if you want the food ♪ 3813 03:25:36,907 --> 03:25:38,659 ♪ To get... Flipmode 'Cause I'm in the mood ♪ 3814 03:25:38,743 --> 03:25:41,245 ♪ Uh-huh! Uh-huh! Yeah man, that's how it goes ♪ 3815 03:25:41,329 --> 03:25:43,873 ♪ Body drippin' with blood comin' out your nose ♪ 3816 03:25:43,956 --> 03:25:46,459 -♪ Give me a Band-Aid ♪ -♪ What are you askin' for? ♪ 3817 03:25:46,542 --> 03:25:48,878 ♪ More only your sacred and pure ♪ 3818 03:25:48,961 --> 03:25:52,006 ♪ Adverse, Zig-Zag Check it and the Busta new rap ♪ 3819 03:25:52,089 --> 03:25:54,300 ♪ Rap, Busta Rhymes or bust this wicked rhymes ♪ 3820 03:25:54,425 --> 03:25:57,887 ♪ Yeah y'all in '92, I'm packin' my roach spray ♪ 3821 03:25:57,970 --> 03:25:59,138 -♪ Anyway! ♪ -♪ Ding-A-Ling ♪ 3822 03:25:59,221 --> 03:26:01,349 ♪ Tribe Called Quest Leaders of the New School ♪ 3823 03:26:01,432 --> 03:26:04,352 ♪ Mad brother when stealthy Raow, raow, raow! ♪ 3824 03:26:04,477 --> 03:26:06,479 ♪ To my dragon, baby stop whinin' ♪ 3825 03:26:06,562 --> 03:26:08,689 ♪ I see my influence still shinin' ♪ 3826 03:26:08,856 --> 03:26:11,525 ♪ More crazy in '92, uh-oh Time to go, yo ♪ 3827 03:26:11,650 --> 03:26:12,777 ♪ That's the scenario! ♪ 3828 03:26:12,902 --> 03:26:15,529 ♪ Hey, yo, so don't violate or you'll get violated ♪ 3829 03:26:15,613 --> 03:26:17,990 ♪ The hip-hop sound is well agitated ♪ 3830 03:26:18,074 --> 03:26:20,368 ♪ We never waste our time on the played-out ego ♪ 3831 03:26:20,451 --> 03:26:21,452 ♪ It's Busta Rhymes ♪ 3832 03:26:21,577 --> 03:26:22,787 -♪ With the scenario ♪ -♪ Watch! ♪ 3833 03:26:22,995 --> 03:26:25,122 ♪ As I combine all the juice from the mind ♪ 3834 03:26:25,206 --> 03:26:26,582 ♪ Heel up, wheel up Bring it back ♪ 3835 03:26:26,665 --> 03:26:27,875 -♪ Come rewind ♪ -♪ Say what? ♪ 3836 03:26:27,958 --> 03:26:29,335 -♪ Powerful impact ♪ -♪ Boom! ♪ 3837 03:26:29,418 --> 03:26:31,504 ♪ From the cannon, not bragging Try to read my mind ♪ 3838 03:26:31,629 --> 03:26:34,757 ♪ Just imagine Vocabulary's necessary ♪ 3839 03:26:34,840 --> 03:26:36,884 ♪ When digging into my library ♪ 3840 03:26:37,051 --> 03:26:39,553 -♪ Let's go ♪ -♪ Oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh ♪ 3841 03:26:39,637 --> 03:26:41,764 ♪ Eating Ital Stew Like the one Peter Tosh ♪ 3842 03:26:41,889 --> 03:26:44,016 ♪ Uh, uh, uh All over the track, man ♪ 3843 03:26:44,100 --> 03:26:45,810 ♪ Uh, pardon me, uh As I come back ♪ 3844 03:26:45,893 --> 03:26:47,561 -♪ Come on ♪ -♪ As I did it, yo ♪ 3845 03:26:47,645 --> 03:26:49,355 -♪ I heard you beg your pardon ♪ -♪ Come on ♪ 3846 03:26:49,438 --> 03:26:50,439 ♪ When I travel through the town ♪ 3847 03:26:50,564 --> 03:26:51,565 ♪ I roll with the squadron ♪ 3848 03:26:51,732 --> 03:26:53,859 ♪ "Raow, raow," like a dungeon dragon ♪ 3849 03:26:53,943 --> 03:26:55,694 ♪ Change your little drawers 'Cause your pants are sagging ♪ 3850 03:26:55,820 --> 03:26:57,905 ♪ Try to step to this I will twist you in a turban ♪ 3851 03:26:57,988 --> 03:26:59,657 -♪ Come on ♪ -♪ And have you smelling ripe ♪ 3852 03:26:59,740 --> 03:27:01,075 ♪ Like some old stale urine ♪ 3853 03:27:01,450 --> 03:27:03,494 ♪ Chickity-choco The chocolate chicken ♪ 3854 03:27:03,577 --> 03:27:05,746 ♪ The rear cock diesel Butt cheeks they were kicking ♪ 3855 03:27:05,830 --> 03:27:07,039 -♪ Yo ♪ -♪ Bust it out ♪ 3856 03:27:07,123 --> 03:27:08,332 ♪ Before the Busta bust another rhyme ♪ 3857 03:27:08,416 --> 03:27:09,917 -♪ The rhythm is in sync ♪ -♪ Uh ♪ 3858 03:27:10,000 --> 03:27:11,502 -♪ The rhymes are on time ♪ -♪ Time ♪ 3859 03:27:11,585 --> 03:27:13,087 ♪ Rippin' up the sound Just like ♪ 3860 03:27:13,212 --> 03:27:15,297 ♪ Observe the vibe And check out the scenario ♪ 3861 03:27:15,381 --> 03:27:17,091 ♪ Here we go yo, here we go yo ♪ 3862 03:27:17,174 --> 03:27:18,676 ♪ So what, so what So what's the scenario ♪ 3863 03:27:18,759 --> 03:27:20,302 -♪ Come on ♪ -♪ Here we go, yo ♪ 3864 03:27:20,386 --> 03:27:21,887 -♪ Come on ♪ -♪ Here we go, yo ♪ 3865 03:27:22,012 --> 03:27:23,013 ♪ So what, so what ♪ 3866 03:27:23,097 --> 03:27:24,640 -♪ So what's the scenario ♪ -♪ Jump up, right ♪ 3867 03:27:24,723 --> 03:27:26,225 -♪ Here we go, yo ♪ -♪ Check-check it ♪ 3868 03:27:26,350 --> 03:27:27,893 -♪ Here we go, yo ♪ -♪ Check-check it ♪ 3869 03:27:27,977 --> 03:27:29,520 ♪ So what, so what so what's the scenario? ♪ 3870 03:27:29,603 --> 03:27:31,063 -♪ Here we go, yo ♪ -♪ Check-check it ♪ 3871 03:27:31,147 --> 03:27:32,148 ♪ Here we go, yo ♪ 3872 03:27:32,231 --> 03:27:34,650 ♪ So what, so what so what's the scenario? ♪ 3873 03:27:34,733 --> 03:27:35,776 [♪ music concludes] 3874 03:27:35,860 --> 03:27:37,528 [audience cheering and applauding] 3875 03:27:49,206 --> 03:27:53,335 Tribe, thank you, Tribe. Y'all gave birth to me, Tribe. 3876 03:27:54,753 --> 03:27:56,172 Congrats, Tribe. 3877 03:27:56,464 --> 03:27:57,631 Whoo! 3878 03:28:01,135 --> 03:28:02,344 -[♪ upbeat music playing] -[Cyndi over TV] 1984. 3879 03:28:02,511 --> 03:28:05,055 It was pop music's best year ever. 3880 03:28:05,264 --> 03:28:07,266 I should know. I lived it. 3881 03:28:07,349 --> 03:28:08,517 Hey, everyone. 3882 03:28:08,601 --> 03:28:11,645 It's me, Cyndi Lauper, back here in '84. 3883 03:28:11,896 --> 03:28:15,357 Hi, 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 3884 03:28:15,691 --> 03:28:18,277 The Rock Hall Museum is celebrating 3885 03:28:18,652 --> 03:28:21,822 the 40th anniversary of 1984. 3886 03:28:22,698 --> 03:28:25,576 It was the year of Prince, Madonna, Van Halen. 3887 03:28:26,202 --> 03:28:29,038 The year of Tina, Boy George, Bruce, 3888 03:28:29,246 --> 03:28:30,706 Michael, and me. 3889 03:28:31,832 --> 03:28:35,002 This new music called "hip-hop" was breaking through, 3890 03:28:35,294 --> 03:28:37,546 and Band Aid brought us together. 3891 03:28:37,880 --> 03:28:40,549 It's the year MTV went nationwide 3892 03:28:40,674 --> 03:28:42,510 and changed music forever, 3893 03:28:42,593 --> 03:28:44,136 bringing acts like Eurythmics 3894 03:28:44,220 --> 03:28:47,097 and Duran Duran right into your living room. 3895 03:28:47,264 --> 03:28:49,433 ♪ 1984 ♪ 3896 03:28:49,517 --> 03:28:51,727 Traveling through time to 1984 3897 03:28:51,936 --> 03:28:53,854 is not the only thing you can do 3898 03:28:54,146 --> 03:28:56,732 at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. 3899 03:28:56,941 --> 03:28:58,234 Not by a long shot. 3900 03:28:59,610 --> 03:29:03,364 You can witness the power of revolutionary women in music. 3901 03:29:04,990 --> 03:29:07,535 Celebrate five decades of hip-hop. 3902 03:29:08,577 --> 03:29:11,872 Rock with Jersey superstars Bon Jovi. 3903 03:29:12,248 --> 03:29:15,334 Channel your inner pop star in the garage. 3904 03:29:15,543 --> 03:29:19,046 And of course, explore every Hall of Fame inductee. 3905 03:29:19,338 --> 03:29:22,550 So, what are you waiting for? Come back to the '80s. 3906 03:29:22,841 --> 03:29:26,262 Celebrate the present and get a glimpse of the future, 3907 03:29:26,345 --> 03:29:28,097 all at the same time 3908 03:29:28,264 --> 03:29:30,933 at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum 3909 03:29:31,016 --> 03:29:32,726 in Cleveland, Ohio, 3910 03:29:32,935 --> 03:29:36,438 'cause Cleveland rocks! And tell 'em Cindy sent you. 3911 03:29:36,522 --> 03:29:37,523 [♪ music concludes] 3912 03:29:37,648 --> 03:29:38,899 [cheering and applauding] 3913 03:29:38,983 --> 03:29:42,528 [♪ rap music playing, Dr. Dre "The Next Episode"] 3914 03:29:42,695 --> 03:29:45,406 [announcer over speakers] To induct Mary J. Blige, 3915 03:29:45,489 --> 03:29:46,699 Method Man, 3916 03:29:46,782 --> 03:29:50,035 and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Dr Dre. 3917 03:29:50,119 --> 03:29:52,079 [audience cheering and applauding] 3918 03:29:55,332 --> 03:29:56,709 Yes, yes. 3919 03:29:59,253 --> 03:30:02,840 Yes, I'm here to represent for Mary J. Blige. 3920 03:30:02,923 --> 03:30:04,341 [audience cheers] 3921 03:30:05,009 --> 03:30:06,385 Me and Mr. Meth. 3922 03:30:07,845 --> 03:30:11,140 Mary J. Blige has single-handedly created 3923 03:30:11,223 --> 03:30:13,767 an entirely new genre of music. 3924 03:30:13,851 --> 03:30:17,605 Now, how many artists can say that shit? 3925 03:30:18,230 --> 03:30:19,398 How many? 3926 03:30:19,982 --> 03:30:22,484 Yeah, her trailblazing album, What's the 411?, 3927 03:30:22,568 --> 03:30:25,154 introduced a young Mary to the world 3928 03:30:25,237 --> 03:30:27,656 with her powerful R&B vocals 3929 03:30:27,906 --> 03:30:31,243 and a storytelling ability and sensibility. 3930 03:30:31,327 --> 03:30:35,789 She in turn introduced the world to hip-hop soul, 3931 03:30:35,873 --> 03:30:38,959 and paving the way for countless collaborations 3932 03:30:39,043 --> 03:30:42,963 between R&B and hip-hop artists we all know and love. 3933 03:30:43,380 --> 03:30:44,757 Because let's face it, 3934 03:30:44,840 --> 03:30:47,635 you don't just listen to a Mary album, 3935 03:30:47,760 --> 03:30:50,054 you feel that shit in your soul, right? 3936 03:30:50,179 --> 03:30:53,140 [audience cheering and applauding] 3937 03:30:53,349 --> 03:30:55,768 [Dr. Dre] Every single syllable. 3938 03:30:56,518 --> 03:30:58,395 When you listen to Mary, 3939 03:30:58,604 --> 03:31:01,815 we're reminded we're not alone in heartbreak. 3940 03:31:03,067 --> 03:31:05,027 She's been singing our experiences, 3941 03:31:05,110 --> 03:31:07,279 soothing us at the same time. 3942 03:31:07,655 --> 03:31:11,200 for years with audiences around the world. 3943 03:31:11,492 --> 03:31:13,869 And that's what Mary is about. 3944 03:31:13,994 --> 03:31:15,287 Mary has empowered us 3945 03:31:15,371 --> 03:31:18,957 to keep going no matter how hard things are. 3946 03:31:19,375 --> 03:31:21,168 -Right? -[audience applauding] 3947 03:31:21,251 --> 03:31:23,796 And that lets us know that there is another day. 3948 03:31:25,130 --> 03:31:28,467 Over a 30-year span, Mary has consistently ranked 3949 03:31:28,550 --> 03:31:31,095 as the most important artist of a generation, 3950 03:31:31,178 --> 03:31:34,765 earning her the moniker, "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul." 3951 03:31:36,016 --> 03:31:37,559 -Right? -[audience applauds] 3952 03:31:38,394 --> 03:31:42,898 Mary J. Blige is the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. 3953 03:31:43,899 --> 03:31:45,734 As her collaborator and friend, 3954 03:31:45,818 --> 03:31:50,364 I am thrilled to be a part of inducting Mary J. Blige 3955 03:31:50,447 --> 03:31:52,366 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 3956 03:31:52,491 --> 03:31:54,451 [audience cheering, applauding] 3957 03:32:00,582 --> 03:32:02,459 All right. Um. 3958 03:32:03,794 --> 03:32:05,629 You all look good tonight. Nice. 3959 03:32:05,921 --> 03:32:07,881 All right, so... [clears throat] 3960 03:32:07,965 --> 03:32:11,009 ...Dre and I are here tonight to declare it. 3961 03:32:11,719 --> 03:32:15,389 Mary J. Blige is indeed the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. 3962 03:32:15,472 --> 03:32:18,058 [audience cheers] 3963 03:32:18,183 --> 03:32:19,184 She's the queen 3964 03:32:19,560 --> 03:32:21,270 because everything she's achieved. 3965 03:32:21,854 --> 03:32:24,022 She's the queen because when Mary walks 3966 03:32:24,106 --> 03:32:25,274 into the room, 3967 03:32:25,607 --> 03:32:27,860 you know, you're in the presence of royalty. 3968 03:32:28,736 --> 03:32:31,655 Royalty that came from the streets of Yonkers, yo. 3969 03:32:31,989 --> 03:32:34,450 And rose up to the stratosphere. 3970 03:32:34,867 --> 03:32:37,661 And when you hear her voice, mm-mmm, 3971 03:32:37,995 --> 03:32:40,372 when you hear that voice, you know there's no one better. 3972 03:32:40,664 --> 03:32:44,001 That sound of that voice is unforgettable, 3973 03:32:44,334 --> 03:32:46,378 but it's where that voice comes from 3974 03:32:46,503 --> 03:32:48,505 that truly makes Mary the Queen. 3975 03:32:49,548 --> 03:32:52,134 She reaches deep inside and challenges herself 3976 03:32:52,217 --> 03:32:54,094 to find that strength of a woman 3977 03:32:54,219 --> 03:32:56,722 and demands that you do the same. 3978 03:32:57,097 --> 03:32:58,557 So, when she sings, 3979 03:32:58,682 --> 03:33:01,059 you know what it feels like to be seen, 3980 03:33:01,810 --> 03:33:04,563 to live in a world where all of our stories matter. 3981 03:33:05,314 --> 03:33:06,565 Mary and I work together 3982 03:33:06,648 --> 03:33:09,318 on I'll Be There for You/ You're All I Need to Get By. 3983 03:33:09,401 --> 03:33:10,986 [audience cheers] 3984 03:33:11,069 --> 03:33:15,032 Uh-huh. That was decades ago, but Mary already had the touch. 3985 03:33:15,115 --> 03:33:17,242 And believe me, I felt it. 3986 03:33:18,368 --> 03:33:20,412 Like she always does, she raised the track 3987 03:33:20,579 --> 03:33:23,457 to impossible heights and took me to places 3988 03:33:23,665 --> 03:33:25,292 I didn't realize I could go, 3989 03:33:25,542 --> 03:33:27,836 like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony. 3990 03:33:28,003 --> 03:33:29,963 [audience cheers] 3991 03:33:31,006 --> 03:33:32,633 That's just what she does, though. 3992 03:33:32,758 --> 03:33:34,551 When you talk about hip-hop soul, 3993 03:33:35,010 --> 03:33:37,137 that's one of its defining moments. 3994 03:33:37,721 --> 03:33:40,015 I know that Mary sang about "No More Drama," 3995 03:33:40,098 --> 03:33:43,227 but, um, there is no singer more dramatic than she is. 3996 03:33:43,310 --> 03:33:44,436 [audience chuckles] 3997 03:33:44,520 --> 03:33:45,521 Please believe that. 3998 03:33:45,604 --> 03:33:47,898 She brings out the best in everyone around her. 3999 03:33:47,981 --> 03:33:49,483 It's a matter of survival. 4000 03:33:49,983 --> 03:33:52,319 You know you need to bring your A-game, 4001 03:33:52,444 --> 03:33:54,571 or she'll just blow you off the stage. 4002 03:33:54,780 --> 03:33:56,490 No matter what she's singing about, 4003 03:33:56,782 --> 03:33:58,909 she's ultimately singing about herself. 4004 03:33:59,368 --> 03:34:02,287 She hits you hard with her own personal power. 4005 03:34:02,579 --> 03:34:05,040 But then everyone talks about Mary's emotional force, 4006 03:34:05,123 --> 03:34:07,835 and no doubt that force is overwhelming. 4007 03:34:08,544 --> 03:34:11,964 But no one should ever overlook Mary's intelligence. 4008 03:34:12,256 --> 03:34:13,590 I'll say it again. 4009 03:34:14,049 --> 03:34:18,345 No one should ever overlook Mary's intelligence. 4010 03:34:18,428 --> 03:34:21,014 [audience cheering and applauding] 4011 03:34:21,807 --> 03:34:24,309 She is an artist of the very highest order. 4012 03:34:24,393 --> 03:34:26,395 She knows exactly what she's doing, 4013 03:34:26,478 --> 03:34:28,313 and she is always in command. 4014 03:34:28,522 --> 03:34:31,233 Mary knows how to cut loose and hit all the right notes, 4015 03:34:31,316 --> 03:34:34,486 and that's why, after all these years, 4016 03:34:35,153 --> 03:34:37,823 there are not enough superlatives left 4017 03:34:37,906 --> 03:34:39,449 to say about her. I mean, 4018 03:34:39,533 --> 03:34:41,243 she needs the whole floor to house all the awards 4019 03:34:41,326 --> 03:34:43,412 that she so deservedly got, trust me. 4020 03:34:44,371 --> 03:34:46,498 She deserves all the incredible recognition 4021 03:34:46,582 --> 03:34:50,085 that comes her way, especially this induction 4022 03:34:50,210 --> 03:34:52,004 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 4023 03:34:52,087 --> 03:34:54,339 [audience cheering and applauding] 4024 03:34:54,423 --> 03:34:55,924 [announce over mike] Let's give a big round of applause. 4025 03:34:56,049 --> 03:34:57,551 Mary Blige. 4026 03:34:57,634 --> 03:34:59,219 [♪ soft sentimental music playing] 4027 03:34:59,303 --> 03:35:04,182 ♪ Congratulations ♪ 4028 03:35:04,308 --> 03:35:06,977 I always knew that I could sing and I wanted to sing. 4029 03:35:07,185 --> 03:35:09,187 ♪ I hope you're happy ♪ 4030 03:35:09,271 --> 03:35:11,773 I didn't think that, you know, stuff like that could happen 4031 03:35:11,857 --> 03:35:13,108 to somebody like me. 4032 03:35:13,859 --> 03:35:15,986 [Mary vocalizing] 4033 03:35:16,111 --> 03:35:17,362 [Andre] The head of A&R at Uptown 4034 03:35:17,446 --> 03:35:20,073 was pestering me all day, knocking on my door. 4035 03:35:20,157 --> 03:35:21,450 ♪ ...you remind me, yeah... ♪ 4036 03:35:21,575 --> 03:35:22,659 "Just listen to this." 4037 03:35:22,826 --> 03:35:24,578 ♪ You remind me ♪ 4038 03:35:24,703 --> 03:35:27,623 "Who is this? She's 19 years old." 4039 03:35:27,873 --> 03:35:29,583 "Where she living?" "Yonkers." 4040 03:35:30,083 --> 03:35:31,126 I said, "I'm coming tomorrow." 4041 03:35:31,251 --> 03:35:35,756 ♪ I don't remember How we fell apart ♪ 4042 03:35:35,923 --> 03:35:38,717 It's all what I grew up on, so it's truth. 4043 03:35:38,800 --> 03:35:41,887 It's all a part of it being real. 4044 03:35:42,304 --> 03:35:44,932 ♪ Reminisce on the love we had ♪ 4045 03:35:45,057 --> 03:35:48,936 She just puts her whole truth into what she sings, 4046 03:35:49,019 --> 03:35:50,646 into every single note she sings. 4047 03:35:50,729 --> 03:35:52,856 ♪ All I really want to... ♪ 4048 03:35:53,273 --> 03:35:57,444 ♪ I don't have to worry about nothin' anymore ♪ 4049 03:35:58,153 --> 03:36:00,572 ♪ I said I wanna be happy ♪ 4050 03:36:00,781 --> 03:36:03,659 ♪ I'm going down ♪ 4051 03:36:03,784 --> 03:36:05,535 [Mary] You can't teach anybody the flavor. 4052 03:36:05,619 --> 03:36:07,037 That's what it's all about. 4053 03:36:07,162 --> 03:36:09,122 If you don't have it, you just don't have it. 4054 03:36:09,915 --> 03:36:11,166 And it turns out I had it. 4055 03:36:11,291 --> 03:36:12,292 ♪ ...baby ♪ 4056 03:36:12,668 --> 03:36:17,589 ♪ My whole world's upside down... ♪ 4057 03:36:17,714 --> 03:36:21,009 [Taraji] So raw, so vulnerable, so bold, 4058 03:36:21,093 --> 03:36:25,722 and unafraid to be who she is, she made it okay for people 4059 03:36:25,806 --> 03:36:28,058 to say "It's all right to be me." 4060 03:36:28,225 --> 03:36:32,646 ♪ Wasted my years A fool of a wife ♪ 4061 03:36:33,355 --> 03:36:37,859 ♪ I should have left your ass long time ago ♪ 4062 03:36:37,943 --> 03:36:39,987 ♪ No more ♪ 4063 03:36:40,445 --> 03:36:42,864 ♪ No, no more ♪ 4064 03:36:43,240 --> 03:36:46,410 ♪ No more drama, no more... ♪ 4065 03:36:46,493 --> 03:36:48,870 There's nothing that can embarrass me anymore. 4066 03:36:48,954 --> 03:36:51,707 You don't have to be sad. You don't have to hate yourself. 4067 03:36:51,790 --> 03:36:54,001 "You don't have to do this, Mary. Wake up." 4068 03:36:54,084 --> 03:36:57,796 ♪ No more drama ♪ 4069 03:36:57,963 --> 03:36:59,506 [♪ soulful music playing, Mary J. Blige "Family Affair"] 4070 03:36:59,840 --> 03:37:01,425 [Mary] Something just automatically happens to me, 4071 03:37:01,842 --> 03:37:03,093 like, with certain songs. 4072 03:37:03,176 --> 03:37:05,554 I can't even explain the place that I go to, 4073 03:37:05,637 --> 03:37:06,930 because it's not here. 4074 03:37:07,014 --> 03:37:09,391 ♪ Making you dance all night and I ♪ 4075 03:37:09,474 --> 03:37:15,856 ♪ Got some real heat It doesn't matter ♪ 4076 03:37:15,939 --> 03:37:18,608 [vocalizes] 4077 03:37:19,192 --> 03:37:20,652 [Alicia] Boy, I wanted to be Mary. 4078 03:37:20,736 --> 03:37:22,529 Boy, I mean, what girl didn't? [chuckles] 4079 03:37:23,030 --> 03:37:25,032 I started to feel good 4080 03:37:25,157 --> 03:37:27,993 about being a little rougher around the edges, 4081 03:37:28,118 --> 03:37:29,911 about having a strong point of view. 4082 03:37:30,037 --> 03:37:34,082 ♪ ...anybody who's ever loved Ya know just what I feel ♪ 4083 03:37:34,207 --> 03:37:37,419 ♪ Too hard to fake it Nothing can replace it ♪ 4084 03:37:37,502 --> 03:37:42,716 ♪ Call the radio if you just can't be without your baby ♪ 4085 03:37:42,841 --> 03:37:45,218 [audience singing] 4086 03:37:45,302 --> 03:37:47,804 I've worked with so many people. I've been blessed 4087 03:37:47,888 --> 03:37:49,890 to have these people wanna work with me. 4088 03:37:49,973 --> 03:37:52,684 I was a nobody guy with a nobody label, 4089 03:37:52,768 --> 03:37:53,852 and she came through for me. 4090 03:37:54,144 --> 03:37:57,272 Anything that Mary needs from me is done, like anything. 4091 03:37:57,397 --> 03:38:00,025 She pulled me to the side and she said, 4092 03:38:00,108 --> 03:38:01,318 you're going to be a star. 4093 03:38:01,443 --> 03:38:02,986 [H.E.R.] She celebrates other artists, 4094 03:38:03,153 --> 03:38:04,613 and she understands the journey 4095 03:38:04,738 --> 03:38:06,531 because she is so honest. 4096 03:38:06,615 --> 03:38:11,620 ♪ ...love is a temple Love is a higher law ♪ 4097 03:38:11,703 --> 03:38:16,249 ♪ You ask for me to enter But then you make me crawl ♪ 4098 03:38:17,375 --> 03:38:22,881 ♪ I can't keep holding on to what you've got ♪ 4099 03:38:23,548 --> 03:38:25,926 ♪ 'Cause all you got is hurt ♪ 4100 03:38:26,051 --> 03:38:29,346 She could exist in any genre and you would still love her 4101 03:38:29,429 --> 03:38:33,016 because she carries soul in everything that she does. 4102 03:38:33,767 --> 03:38:36,186 [Taylor] And it is absolutely foolish... 4103 03:38:37,145 --> 03:38:39,481 to try and sing a Mary J. Blige song 4104 03:38:39,773 --> 03:38:41,817 'cause she's the greatest singer who ever lived. 4105 03:38:41,900 --> 03:38:43,735 [♪ soft music playing, Mary J. Blige "Doubt"] 4106 03:38:43,860 --> 03:38:49,616 ♪ I made it to the end I nearly paid the cost... ♪ 4107 03:38:49,699 --> 03:38:51,576 [Mary] I was always blue and always sad, 4108 03:38:51,660 --> 03:38:53,620 but singing made me feel free. 4109 03:38:53,829 --> 03:38:56,248 That's what I had. That's what I held onto. 4110 03:38:56,331 --> 03:39:01,628 ♪ I'd do it all again 'Cause I made it to the top ♪ 4111 03:39:01,753 --> 03:39:08,718 ♪ I can't keep doubting myself anymore... ♪ 4112 03:39:09,010 --> 03:39:11,513 [H.E.R.] You sing one note and you can make everybody cry. 4113 03:39:11,596 --> 03:39:12,681 And that's Mary J. Blige. 4114 03:39:12,764 --> 03:39:14,516 You know, that's why she's the queen. 4115 03:39:14,599 --> 03:39:16,434 ♪ I can't keep doubting myself, no... ♪ 4116 03:39:16,643 --> 03:39:18,770 [Mary] And my heart is that little girl in Yonkers. 4117 03:39:18,854 --> 03:39:20,730 My heart is that teenager trying 4118 03:39:20,856 --> 03:39:22,065 to get through and making it through. 4119 03:39:22,566 --> 03:39:25,360 My heart is not being afraid to expose my truth 4120 03:39:25,443 --> 03:39:27,612 and my soul to touch someone else's life. 4121 03:39:27,696 --> 03:39:32,659 [vocalizes] 4122 03:39:32,868 --> 03:39:33,994 Thank you. 4123 03:39:34,077 --> 03:39:37,164 [audience cheering and applauding] 4124 03:39:43,128 --> 03:39:45,797 And now, the newest member 4125 03:39:46,464 --> 03:39:48,425 of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 4126 03:39:50,385 --> 03:39:52,345 We'd like to introduce 4127 03:39:52,554 --> 03:39:55,182 -Mary J. Blige. -Blige. 4128 03:39:55,265 --> 03:39:58,310 [audience cheering and applauding] 4129 03:39:58,727 --> 03:40:01,855 [♪ soft rhythmic music playing, Mary J. Blige "My Life"] 4130 03:40:02,022 --> 03:40:05,567 [vocalizes] 4131 03:40:11,489 --> 03:40:14,951 ♪ La-dee-da-da-da ♪ 4132 03:40:16,411 --> 03:40:20,624 ♪ Da-da-la-la-la-la-la, la-la ♪ 4133 03:40:20,999 --> 03:40:24,961 ♪ Oh Da-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪ 4134 03:40:25,045 --> 03:40:27,672 ♪ La-da-da-da-da ♪ 4135 03:40:27,797 --> 03:40:31,134 [vocalizes] 4136 03:40:31,259 --> 03:40:33,637 ♪ My life, my life My life, my life ♪ 4137 03:40:33,720 --> 03:40:35,430 -♪ Oh ♪ -♪ In the sunshine ♪ 4138 03:40:35,513 --> 03:40:39,684 ♪ If you looked at my life and see what I've seen ♪ 4139 03:40:39,809 --> 03:40:41,186 ♪ La-da-da-da-da-da ♪ 4140 03:40:41,269 --> 03:40:44,564 ♪ If you looked at my life and see what I've seen ♪ 4141 03:40:44,689 --> 03:40:46,399 ♪ My life, my life My life, my life ♪ 4142 03:40:46,483 --> 03:40:47,525 ♪ In the sunshine ♪ 4143 03:40:47,609 --> 03:40:53,823 ♪ Life can be only what you make it ♪ 4144 03:40:53,949 --> 03:41:00,038 ♪ When you're feeling down You should never fake it ♪ 4145 03:41:00,121 --> 03:41:03,291 ♪ Say what's on your mind ♪ 4146 03:41:03,375 --> 03:41:07,254 ♪ And you'll find it's time ♪ 4147 03:41:07,379 --> 03:41:10,340 ♪ That all the negative energy ♪ 4148 03:41:10,465 --> 03:41:16,471 ♪ It will all decease ♪ [vocalizes] 4149 03:41:16,554 --> 03:41:19,766 ♪ And you'll be at peace with yourself ♪ 4150 03:41:19,891 --> 03:41:22,227 ♪ Mmm, mmm, mmm ♪ 4151 03:41:22,394 --> 03:41:25,689 ♪ You won't really need no one else ♪ 4152 03:41:25,772 --> 03:41:28,775 [vocalizes] 4153 03:41:28,858 --> 03:41:32,445 ♪ Except for the man up above ♪ 4154 03:41:32,529 --> 03:41:34,990 ♪ Yeah ♪ 4155 03:41:35,073 --> 03:41:39,536 ♪ Because he'll give you love ♪ 4156 03:41:39,619 --> 03:41:41,079 [vocalizes] 4157 03:41:41,204 --> 03:41:42,455 [Mary] Lucky Daye. 4158 03:41:43,915 --> 03:41:46,293 ♪ My life, my life My life, my life ♪ 4159 03:41:46,376 --> 03:41:47,419 [kisses] 4160 03:41:47,544 --> 03:41:52,382 ♪ If you look in my eyes And see what I've seen ♪ 4161 03:41:52,465 --> 03:41:54,634 [vocalizes] 4162 03:41:54,843 --> 03:41:56,886 [audience cheering and applauding] 4163 03:42:04,227 --> 03:42:05,270 ♪ Move it ♪ 4164 03:42:05,353 --> 03:42:08,315 [♪ upbeat music playing, Mary J. Blige "Love No Limit"] 4165 03:42:21,244 --> 03:42:23,330 ♪ Hey, hey ♪ 4166 03:42:25,248 --> 03:42:28,752 ♪ Baby There's no need to tell you ♪ 4167 03:42:29,210 --> 03:42:33,590 ♪ As far as I can clearly recall My love has been here for you ♪ 4168 03:42:33,715 --> 03:42:35,675 ♪ So you don't have to worry at all ♪ 4169 03:42:35,800 --> 03:42:38,261 ♪ I'll sacrifice my time ♪ 4170 03:42:38,428 --> 03:42:40,138 ♪ I'll make sure you're satisfied ♪ 4171 03:42:40,221 --> 03:42:42,682 ♪ And it's no hard thing to the joy I'll bring ♪ 4172 03:42:42,766 --> 03:42:45,185 ♪ I wanna give you all of my love, yeah ♪ 4173 03:42:45,268 --> 03:42:48,563 ♪ Said I have been loving you Loving you every day ♪ 4174 03:42:48,730 --> 03:42:50,648 ♪ I'm loving you ♪ 4175 03:42:50,732 --> 03:42:53,651 ♪ Don't you look no more Love without a limit ♪ 4176 03:42:53,735 --> 03:42:56,821 -♪ Love without a limit ♪ -♪ Said I have been loving you ♪ 4177 03:42:56,905 --> 03:42:58,656 ♪ Loving you every day ♪ 4178 03:42:58,740 --> 03:43:00,742 ♪ I have been loving you, boy ♪ 4179 03:43:00,867 --> 03:43:02,577 -♪ Don't you look no more ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪ 4180 03:43:02,660 --> 03:43:04,579 -♪ Love without a limit ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪ 4181 03:43:04,662 --> 03:43:05,705 Come on, Ella. 4182 03:43:05,789 --> 03:43:09,209 ♪ Baby I'm in need of your love ♪ 4183 03:43:09,292 --> 03:43:12,921 ♪ And you've got that touch that I need so much ♪ 4184 03:43:13,004 --> 03:43:15,507 -♪ And I am about to explode ♪ -♪ Explode ♪ 4185 03:43:15,924 --> 03:43:20,470 ♪ Really, completely everything you want I'll be ♪ 4186 03:43:20,595 --> 03:43:21,888 -♪ Good love ♪ -♪ Good love ♪ 4187 03:43:21,971 --> 03:43:23,473 -♪ Down to the last drop ♪ -♪ Down to the last drop ♪ 4188 03:43:23,556 --> 03:43:26,309 -♪ And I am not going to stop ♪ -♪ And I am not going to stop ♪ 4189 03:43:26,393 --> 03:43:28,228 -♪ No, no, no, no ♪ -♪ No, no, no, no ♪ 4190 03:43:28,353 --> 03:43:31,022 -♪ Everyday ♪ -♪ Everyday ♪ 4191 03:43:31,314 --> 03:43:34,067 ♪ Don't you look no more Love without a limit ♪ 4192 03:43:34,150 --> 03:43:35,902 Come on, everybody. Put your hands together. 4193 03:43:36,444 --> 03:43:38,696 -♪ Loving you ♪ -♪ Loving you every day ♪ 4194 03:43:38,780 --> 03:43:40,907 -♪ Is all I wanna do ♪ -♪ Is all I wanna do ♪ 4195 03:43:41,199 --> 03:43:43,660 -♪ Loving you ♪ -♪ Loving you ♪ 4196 03:43:43,827 --> 03:43:45,662 -♪ Is all I wanna do ♪ -♪ Is all I wanna do ♪ 4197 03:43:45,829 --> 03:43:46,871 Thank you. 4198 03:43:47,038 --> 03:43:49,416 [♪ soft music playing, Mary J. Blige "Be Happy"] 4199 03:43:57,298 --> 03:44:01,302 ♪ How can I love somebody else ♪ 4200 03:44:02,178 --> 03:44:07,267 ♪ If I can't love myself enough to know ♪ 4201 03:44:07,434 --> 03:44:09,018 ♪ When it's time ♪ 4202 03:44:09,144 --> 03:44:14,983 ♪ Time to let go ♪ 4203 03:44:16,151 --> 03:44:18,653 -♪ Sing ♪ -♪ All I really want ♪ 4204 03:44:18,862 --> 03:44:21,781 -♪ Yeah, oh, yeah ♪ -♪ Is to be happy ♪ 4205 03:44:21,865 --> 03:44:24,117 ♪ And to find a love that's mine ♪ 4206 03:44:24,200 --> 03:44:26,995 -♪ It would be so sweet ♪ -♪ Hey ♪ 4207 03:44:27,120 --> 03:44:29,539 -♪ All I really want ♪ -♪ Oh ♪ 4208 03:44:29,622 --> 03:44:31,291 ♪ Is to be happy ♪ 4209 03:44:31,416 --> 03:44:33,918 ♪ I wanna be happy, yeah ♪ 4210 03:44:34,002 --> 03:44:37,297 -♪ It would be so sweet ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪ 4211 03:44:38,423 --> 03:44:44,095 ♪ I just wanna be so, so happy ♪ 4212 03:44:44,387 --> 03:44:48,641 ♪ But the answer lies in me ♪ 4213 03:44:49,225 --> 03:44:51,394 ♪ I do believe ♪ 4214 03:44:51,895 --> 03:44:54,105 ♪ That we can be happy ♪ 4215 03:44:54,272 --> 03:44:59,861 ♪ I said I wanna be happy ♪ 4216 03:45:00,028 --> 03:45:02,780 [♪ soul music playing, Mary J. Blige "Family Affair"] 4217 03:45:02,864 --> 03:45:05,617 ♪ Come on everybody get on up ♪ 4218 03:45:05,742 --> 03:45:07,702 ♪ 'Cause you know we gots to get it crunk ♪ 4219 03:45:08,036 --> 03:45:09,829 ♪ Mary J. is in the spot tonight ♪ 4220 03:45:10,038 --> 03:45:11,706 ♪ And I'ma make you feel all right ♪ 4221 03:45:11,831 --> 03:45:12,916 ♪ Make you feel all right ♪ 4222 03:45:13,082 --> 03:45:15,502 ♪ Come on baby just party with me ♪ 4223 03:45:15,710 --> 03:45:17,921 ♪ Let loose and set your body free ♪ 4224 03:45:18,338 --> 03:45:20,089 ♪ Leave your situations at the door ♪ 4225 03:45:20,173 --> 03:45:23,092 ♪ But when you step inside Let's get it crunk ♪ 4226 03:45:23,176 --> 03:45:26,721 -♪ Let's get it crunk upon ♪ -♪ Let's get it crunk upon ♪ 4227 03:45:26,804 --> 03:45:27,805 ♪ In this dancery ♪ 4228 03:45:27,889 --> 03:45:29,933 -♪ We got y'all open ♪ -♪ Oh ♪ 4229 03:45:30,016 --> 03:45:31,309 ♪ Now ya floatin' ♪ 4230 03:45:31,392 --> 03:45:33,978 -♪ So you gots to dance for me ♪ -♪ You gots to dance for me ♪ 4231 03:45:34,062 --> 03:45:35,647 ♪ Don't need no hateration ♪ 4232 03:45:35,772 --> 03:45:39,234 -♪ Holleration in this dancery ♪ -♪ Holler, holler, holler ♪ 4233 03:45:39,359 --> 03:45:41,903 ♪ Let's get it perculatin' While you're waiting ♪ 4234 03:45:41,986 --> 03:45:45,323 -♪ So just dance for... ♪ -♪ So just dance for me... ♪ 4235 03:45:46,449 --> 03:45:48,660 ♪ Don't, don't need no ♪ 4236 03:45:50,662 --> 03:45:52,455 ♪ Just tryin' to love one another ♪ 4237 03:45:52,872 --> 03:45:55,124 ♪ We just want y'all to have a good time ♪ 4238 03:45:55,208 --> 03:45:57,794 ♪ "No more drama" in your life ♪ 4239 03:45:57,877 --> 03:46:00,213 ♪ Work real hard to make a dime ♪ 4240 03:46:00,296 --> 03:46:02,757 ♪ If you got beef Your problem, not mine ♪ 4241 03:46:02,882 --> 03:46:05,301 -♪ Leave all that BS outside ♪ -♪ Leave all that BS outside ♪ 4242 03:46:05,385 --> 03:46:06,970 -♪ We're gonna... ♪ -♪ We're gonna celebrate ♪ 4243 03:46:07,053 --> 03:46:08,846 -♪ All night ♪ -♪ Let's have fun ♪ 4244 03:46:08,972 --> 03:46:10,098 ♪ Tonight, no fights ♪ 4245 03:46:10,431 --> 03:46:13,017 ♪ Turn that Dre track way up high ♪ 4246 03:46:13,101 --> 03:46:15,395 ♪ Making you dance all night and I ♪ 4247 03:46:15,520 --> 03:46:17,814 ♪ Got some real heat ♪ 4248 03:46:17,939 --> 03:46:24,195 ♪ It doesn't matter ♪ [vocalizes] 4249 03:46:24,320 --> 03:46:27,198 -♪ Let's get it crunk upon ♪ -♪ Let's get it crunk upon ♪ 4250 03:46:27,323 --> 03:46:30,368 -♪ In this dancery ♪ -♪ In this dancery ♪ 4251 03:46:30,577 --> 03:46:32,036 -♪ ...now ya floatin' ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪ 4252 03:46:32,120 --> 03:46:35,623 -♪ So you gots to dance for me ♪ -♪ You gotta dance for me ♪ 4253 03:46:36,040 --> 03:46:37,792 -♪ Just dance for me ♪ -♪ ...holleration ♪ 4254 03:46:37,875 --> 03:46:39,669 -♪ In this dancery ♪ -♪ Come on, so, so ♪ 4255 03:46:39,752 --> 03:46:41,421 -♪ Let's get it perculatin' ♪ -♪ So, so, so ♪ 4256 03:46:41,504 --> 03:46:42,589 ♪ While you're waiting ♪ 4257 03:46:42,672 --> 03:46:45,258 -♪ So just dance for me ♪ -♪ So just dance for me ♪ 4258 03:46:45,341 --> 03:46:47,218 [♪ music concludes] 4259 03:46:47,427 --> 03:46:51,806 [cheering and applauding] 4260 03:47:06,362 --> 03:47:07,822 [Mary chuckles] 4261 03:47:07,905 --> 03:47:09,907 -Killed that shit. -Thank you, I love you. 4262 03:47:09,991 --> 03:47:11,868 -Killed that shit. [kisses] -Oh, my God. 4263 03:47:11,993 --> 03:47:14,078 -It's all love. You know. -[exclaims] Killed that shit! 4264 03:47:14,162 --> 03:47:16,414 -[chuckles] Wow. -Broadway. 4265 03:47:16,497 --> 03:47:18,124 -Let's go! -Whoo! 4266 03:47:18,291 --> 03:47:20,126 [audience cheers] 4267 03:47:20,793 --> 03:47:22,045 Oh, man. 4268 03:47:23,171 --> 03:47:24,547 Thank you so much. 4269 03:47:25,590 --> 03:47:26,758 I can't... 4270 03:47:32,513 --> 03:47:34,974 [hesitates] 4271 03:47:38,770 --> 03:47:40,229 Thank y'all so much. 4272 03:47:41,064 --> 03:47:43,816 Man, um. Wow, I... 4273 03:47:45,151 --> 03:47:47,654 This is... this is a lot. 4274 03:47:48,655 --> 03:47:49,947 This is a lot. 4275 03:47:50,698 --> 03:47:52,492 And like I said yesterday, 4276 03:47:53,159 --> 03:47:55,662 to all the people who know who I am 4277 03:47:55,787 --> 03:47:57,038 and where I come from. 4278 03:47:57,664 --> 03:47:59,749 Man, it's been a long time comin'. 4279 03:48:00,583 --> 03:48:03,336 And there was times in my life I didn't think I would be here, 4280 03:48:03,419 --> 03:48:05,046 but we here. 4281 03:48:05,338 --> 03:48:06,506 I'm here. 4282 03:48:07,298 --> 03:48:09,509 -And I'm grateful. -[audience applauding] 4283 03:48:11,886 --> 03:48:13,554 I want to thank, um... 4284 03:48:14,681 --> 03:48:18,226 John Sykes, Rick Fram for the nomination. 4285 03:48:18,393 --> 03:48:20,269 Of all of you that voted, thank you so much. 4286 03:48:20,353 --> 03:48:21,437 I appreciate you. 4287 03:48:22,271 --> 03:48:23,481 Um. [chuckles softly] 4288 03:48:24,565 --> 03:48:27,360 I have to start first and foremost by... 4289 03:48:28,653 --> 03:48:31,531 by... giving praise. 4290 03:48:32,407 --> 03:48:34,742 And thanks and honor, and all the glory 4291 03:48:34,826 --> 03:48:36,536 to the Most High God. 4292 03:48:36,619 --> 03:48:38,538 [audience applauds] 4293 03:48:39,455 --> 03:48:40,581 To my Lord. 4294 03:48:41,999 --> 03:48:43,918 To my savior, Jesus Christ. 4295 03:48:44,001 --> 03:48:45,670 [audience cheers] 4296 03:48:45,753 --> 03:48:47,505 Because if it wasn't for him, 4297 03:48:48,047 --> 03:48:49,966 I'm telling you, there'd be none of this. 4298 03:48:50,800 --> 03:48:52,009 And like I said, "If you're a fan 4299 03:48:52,135 --> 03:48:54,387 of Mary J. Blige, you know that I needed God." 4300 03:48:54,762 --> 03:48:57,640 I needed something other than man. 4301 03:48:57,974 --> 03:48:59,642 [audience chuckles] 4302 03:49:00,643 --> 03:49:02,145 That... [chuckles] ...you see how that, 4303 03:49:02,270 --> 03:49:03,771 that didn't work, right? 4304 03:49:04,814 --> 03:49:05,898 [chuckles] 4305 03:49:06,649 --> 03:49:09,360 Um. I wanna thank my mother. 4306 03:49:10,319 --> 03:49:13,489 Mommy, I love you so much. 4307 03:49:13,823 --> 03:49:15,324 I watched you struggle 4308 03:49:15,408 --> 03:49:17,577 as a single mother raising your two babies 4309 03:49:17,660 --> 03:49:19,871 in a project that was-- 4310 03:49:20,079 --> 03:49:22,415 I mean, could have damn near been a prison. 4311 03:49:22,832 --> 03:49:24,417 And you did it for us. 4312 03:49:25,084 --> 03:49:26,252 You did it. 4313 03:49:26,961 --> 03:49:29,589 And you instilled that into us to work hard 4314 03:49:29,922 --> 03:49:31,507 and take care of ourselves. 4315 03:49:32,800 --> 03:49:35,094 I wouldn't be standing here if it wasn't for you. 4316 03:49:35,678 --> 03:49:36,679 I love you so much. 4317 03:49:36,763 --> 03:49:41,309 You pushed me beyond what I thought I was capable of, 4318 03:49:42,018 --> 03:49:43,561 just with your strength. 4319 03:49:44,270 --> 03:49:49,066 I want to thank... my family in New York, 4320 03:49:49,484 --> 03:49:51,319 my family in Georgia, 4321 03:49:51,736 --> 03:49:53,279 my family all over the place. 4322 03:49:53,362 --> 03:49:55,114 I mean, I have family everywhere. 4323 03:49:55,698 --> 03:49:57,533 And I wanna thank my amazing friends. 4324 03:49:57,617 --> 03:50:02,038 I have some amazing friends that hold me down, lift me up. 4325 03:50:02,163 --> 03:50:04,373 And I'ma see y'all back up top... [chuckles] 4326 03:50:04,499 --> 03:50:06,751 ...next week, and we're gonna keep celebrating. 4327 03:50:08,169 --> 03:50:12,548 Thank you to the beautiful and talented Ella Mai, 4328 03:50:12,632 --> 03:50:14,592 a real one, a beautiful one. 4329 03:50:15,301 --> 03:50:18,763 And to the soulful and talented, Lucky Daye, 4330 03:50:19,263 --> 03:50:21,849 I love you guys and appreciate you so much. 4331 03:50:22,141 --> 03:50:25,520 You're both beautiful people and amazing artists. 4332 03:50:25,728 --> 03:50:27,688 And I'm so proud of what you're doing in R&B, 4333 03:50:27,772 --> 03:50:30,191 the future of R&B. Y'all are killing the game. 4334 03:50:30,817 --> 03:50:36,280 I want to give a special thanks to two of my lifelong friends, 4335 03:50:36,447 --> 03:50:39,784 who really embody what it means to be a friend and brother. 4336 03:50:40,076 --> 03:50:41,786 Y'all have always been there for me, 4337 03:50:41,869 --> 03:50:46,332 from music to television, Method Man and Dr. Dre. 4338 03:50:46,499 --> 03:50:47,834 Man, I love y'all. 4339 03:50:47,917 --> 03:50:50,253 [audience cheering, applauding] 4340 03:50:53,005 --> 03:50:55,591 I love y'all and appreciate you so much. 4341 03:50:56,676 --> 03:50:58,553 These guys are here with me today, 4342 03:50:58,636 --> 03:51:00,888 and they're my friends, and I call them my friends, 4343 03:51:01,222 --> 03:51:03,140 because I won my first-- 4344 03:51:03,266 --> 03:51:05,309 I was on the Share My World album 4345 03:51:05,393 --> 03:51:06,644 or something like that, 4346 03:51:06,978 --> 03:51:09,230 and I haven't had a Grammy at all. 4347 03:51:09,355 --> 03:51:10,982 Been nominated, but nobody gave me one. 4348 03:51:11,065 --> 03:51:12,567 I was like, "All right, whatever." 4349 03:51:12,942 --> 03:51:15,444 But then I did All I Need with Method Man. 4350 03:51:16,028 --> 03:51:19,365 And I won my first Grammy ever with Method Man. 4351 03:51:19,532 --> 03:51:22,243 [audience cheering, applauding] 4352 03:51:24,161 --> 03:51:25,496 And then one day, I was just home 4353 03:51:25,580 --> 03:51:27,248 minding my business, working hard, 4354 03:51:27,331 --> 03:51:29,041 grinding like I always do. 4355 03:51:29,625 --> 03:51:33,754 And my amazing friends, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, 4356 03:51:34,297 --> 03:51:35,673 called me and said, "Hey, Mary, 4357 03:51:35,756 --> 03:51:37,258 do you wanna be a part of this little show?" 4358 03:51:37,383 --> 03:51:40,761 I was like, "Yeah, whatever, little show, anything for Dre." 4359 03:51:41,262 --> 03:51:42,388 And it was the Super Bowl. 4360 03:51:42,471 --> 03:51:44,432 I said, "Oh, the Super Bowl!" 4361 03:51:45,474 --> 03:51:47,518 -"Oh, yeah." -[Dr. Dre chuckles] 4362 03:51:48,352 --> 03:51:53,691 And I won my first Emmy ever with Dr. Dre, 4363 03:51:54,191 --> 03:51:55,985 and a Super Bowl performance. 4364 03:51:56,152 --> 03:51:58,654 [audience cheering, applauding] 4365 03:51:58,863 --> 03:52:00,281 I'm so grateful. 4366 03:52:02,783 --> 03:52:06,412 That's what friendship is about, winning together. 4367 03:52:07,204 --> 03:52:09,332 Thank you, guys, for being here with me tonight. 4368 03:52:10,583 --> 03:52:12,001 [chuckles] Thank you. 4369 03:52:15,171 --> 03:52:17,381 Now, if you're in this business, 4370 03:52:17,465 --> 03:52:20,217 you're talented, or whatever talent you have, 4371 03:52:20,468 --> 03:52:24,055 talent requires a team to be terrific and awesome. 4372 03:52:24,221 --> 03:52:26,432 Exchange is the process of life. 4373 03:52:26,724 --> 03:52:29,602 And when you stop exchanging, you become stagnant. 4374 03:52:30,353 --> 03:52:32,605 I wanna give a big, special thank you 4375 03:52:32,688 --> 03:52:35,524 to my team that helps me be terrific 4376 03:52:35,650 --> 03:52:37,234 in all my endeavors. 4377 03:52:37,652 --> 03:52:40,237 I love you guys, and thank you for helping me. 4378 03:52:42,073 --> 03:52:45,952 Lou. Peggy. Sherry. 4379 03:52:47,078 --> 03:52:48,245 Robin. 4380 03:52:49,205 --> 03:52:50,831 I love-- [sighs] I'm about to-- 4381 03:52:52,124 --> 03:52:54,251 I love y'all so much. When I came to you guys, 4382 03:52:54,335 --> 03:52:58,214 I was fresh out of divorce and had no money. 4383 03:52:59,548 --> 03:53:01,801 But we did this damn thing. [chuckles] 4384 03:53:01,884 --> 03:53:03,135 And I love y'all. 4385 03:53:08,516 --> 03:53:10,393 TriStar team, let's go. 4386 03:53:11,352 --> 03:53:14,981 I wanna thank Jim, Kyle, Lila from APA, and Keith, 4387 03:53:15,398 --> 03:53:16,816 Amanda Silverman. 4388 03:53:18,609 --> 03:53:21,362 And Amanda D.R. from The Lead Company, 4389 03:53:21,737 --> 03:53:23,781 Dina and Mariah, Dina D., 4390 03:53:24,573 --> 03:53:27,660 at the Lapointe firm, law firm. 4391 03:53:28,494 --> 03:53:31,914 -My sister, Latonya. -[Method Man cheers] 4392 03:53:31,998 --> 03:53:35,126 And the Blue Butterfly team, my production company, 4393 03:53:35,209 --> 03:53:36,377 my little brother. 4394 03:53:37,336 --> 03:53:39,171 I wanna thank my security team 4395 03:53:39,296 --> 03:53:41,590 who protects and hold me down in them streets. 4396 03:53:41,924 --> 03:53:42,925 And I wanna thank Lam 4397 03:53:43,009 --> 03:53:45,886 for just making me feel so beautiful tonight. 4398 03:53:46,053 --> 03:53:48,639 -[clears throat] -[cheering and applauding] 4399 03:53:48,723 --> 03:53:51,851 To my fans, to my fans, 4400 03:53:52,601 --> 03:53:56,147 to my fans, to my fans. 4401 03:53:56,272 --> 03:53:58,524 [audience cheers] 4402 03:54:05,406 --> 03:54:08,075 To my fans. [breathes deeply] 4403 03:54:09,326 --> 03:54:13,456 [audience cheering loudly] 4404 03:54:19,962 --> 03:54:23,549 To my fans, y'all endured blood, sweat, and tears with me 4405 03:54:24,383 --> 03:54:25,801 and helped me heal... 4406 03:54:26,719 --> 03:54:29,138 just as much as you said I helped you heal. 4407 03:54:29,764 --> 03:54:31,599 None of this would be possible, 4408 03:54:31,682 --> 03:54:33,559 none of this would be happening if it wasn't 4409 03:54:33,642 --> 03:54:36,645 for you guys supporting us and cheering us, 4410 03:54:36,729 --> 03:54:40,024 cheering us on and for your die-hard love 4411 03:54:40,107 --> 03:54:41,442 and... and loyalty. 4412 03:54:41,567 --> 03:54:42,860 None of this would be happening. 4413 03:54:42,943 --> 03:54:45,321 I wouldn't be here if you didn't cheer for me, 4414 03:54:45,404 --> 03:54:47,448 if you didn't buy those records. 4415 03:54:47,615 --> 03:54:50,326 [audience cheering and applauding] 4416 03:54:53,579 --> 03:54:56,749 There aren't any words that can express... 4417 03:54:57,833 --> 03:55:01,087 all that you've done for me and how appreciative I am. 4418 03:55:01,587 --> 03:55:03,839 It is imperative that I say this now... 4419 03:55:04,799 --> 03:55:07,259 to all the artists who are my peers 4420 03:55:07,343 --> 03:55:09,095 and the artists just coming up. 4421 03:55:10,471 --> 03:55:12,932 The miracle is in the movement. 4422 03:55:13,349 --> 03:55:15,142 Faith without works is dead. 4423 03:55:15,726 --> 03:55:17,937 Keep believing and keep moving, 4424 03:55:18,020 --> 03:55:20,022 so that God can get the highest glory 4425 03:55:20,106 --> 03:55:23,150 through your testimony, so that you can help somebody. 4426 03:55:23,984 --> 03:55:25,986 It's not enough to just be beautiful 4427 03:55:26,070 --> 03:55:27,822 and talented. 4428 03:55:29,448 --> 03:55:31,742 [hesitates, chuckles] Thank you. 4429 03:55:32,701 --> 03:55:35,246 But it's not enough. It's not enough. 4430 03:55:35,955 --> 03:55:38,916 Sustaining comes from having humility... 4431 03:55:39,917 --> 03:55:42,795 and the way you treat yourself and others. 4432 03:55:43,295 --> 03:55:45,756 Life is full of peaks and valleys. 4433 03:55:46,173 --> 03:55:47,675 So, be careful how you treat others 4434 03:55:47,758 --> 03:55:50,177 because you never know who you're gonna need 4435 03:55:50,261 --> 03:55:52,429 on your way up or on your way down. 4436 03:55:52,513 --> 03:55:55,599 [audience cheering and applauding] 4437 03:55:59,937 --> 03:56:01,814 So I say this, move with grace. 4438 03:56:02,189 --> 03:56:03,899 Trust the process of your journey. 4439 03:56:04,358 --> 03:56:05,526 Share your wisdom and love 4440 03:56:05,609 --> 03:56:08,154 and respect with all who crosses your path. 4441 03:56:08,737 --> 03:56:11,907 Offer forgiveness because we all are worse in progress. 4442 03:56:12,783 --> 03:56:14,618 You don't have to wait until you're perfect 4443 03:56:14,743 --> 03:56:16,787 to feel worthy. You are worthy. 4444 03:56:17,204 --> 03:56:19,331 -[audience cheering, applauding] -You are worthy. 4445 03:56:19,498 --> 03:56:21,375 [audience cheering, applauding] 4446 03:56:21,667 --> 03:56:25,504 And when I tell you this, When I was at my worst, 4447 03:56:25,754 --> 03:56:27,548 I didn't know this, but God approved of me 4448 03:56:27,631 --> 03:56:31,010 at my worst, and He still approves in me, 4449 03:56:31,093 --> 03:56:32,469 and He approves in us all. 4450 03:56:33,846 --> 03:56:37,224 So just continue to do whatever work you're doing. 4451 03:56:37,516 --> 03:56:40,019 This is history for me and my family and my friends, 4452 03:56:40,102 --> 03:56:42,271 and tonight I share this induction 4453 03:56:42,354 --> 03:56:45,024 with every one of you guys. 4454 03:56:45,774 --> 03:56:48,944 [audience cheering, applauding] 4455 03:56:49,069 --> 03:56:52,615 If I stopped it all today, I'd like to be remembered 4456 03:56:52,698 --> 03:56:55,784 as someone who wasn't afraid to give her life 4457 03:56:56,035 --> 03:56:57,953 through her music to help heal, 4458 03:56:58,078 --> 03:57:00,581 uplift, and touch the lives of others. 4459 03:57:00,956 --> 03:57:03,876 I'm beyond grateful for wisdom, knowledge, understanding, 4460 03:57:03,959 --> 03:57:06,378 and self-awareness, compassion, patience. 4461 03:57:06,462 --> 03:57:08,631 Well, the patience one I'm still working on. 4462 03:57:08,714 --> 03:57:11,217 I don't have much patience. [laughs] 4463 03:57:11,717 --> 03:57:14,178 But I'm getting there. I'm beyond grateful. 4464 03:57:14,553 --> 03:57:17,556 Beyond grateful for everything. I love you guys. 4465 03:57:18,182 --> 03:57:19,308 I am grateful 4466 03:57:19,892 --> 03:57:21,560 that I'm loved and I'm capable 4467 03:57:21,727 --> 03:57:23,229 now to give love. 4468 03:57:23,854 --> 03:57:25,606 When I said I wanted to be happy, 4469 03:57:25,731 --> 03:57:26,857 I really meant that. 4470 03:57:28,317 --> 03:57:30,152 And I'm not talking about just the happiness 4471 03:57:30,236 --> 03:57:32,363 where you're delusional and think everything is okay. 4472 03:57:32,446 --> 03:57:34,156 I'm talking about the happiness where you know 4473 03:57:34,240 --> 03:57:36,533 there will be trials, but you're just gonna smile anyway 4474 03:57:36,659 --> 03:57:38,118 because you believe you'll get through it. 4475 03:57:38,619 --> 03:57:41,538 -That kind of happiness. -[audience cheering, applauding] 4476 03:57:42,539 --> 03:57:44,833 Almost done. I'm building for expansion. 4477 03:57:45,918 --> 03:57:47,836 I'm building for longevity. 4478 03:57:48,337 --> 03:57:51,966 I'm building for legacy. And I'm building for history. 4479 03:57:52,258 --> 03:57:55,844 This whole time, I was building to be a rock star, and now I am. 4480 03:57:55,928 --> 03:57:57,805 The queen of hip-hop soul is a rock star. 4481 03:57:57,972 --> 03:57:59,682 Thank you, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 4482 03:58:00,724 --> 03:58:06,313 -For this. [chuckles] -[audience cheering, applauding] 4483 03:58:07,898 --> 03:58:08,983 I love you guys. 4484 03:58:17,408 --> 03:58:19,493 [♪ Kris Kristofferson "Help Me Make It Through the Night"] 4485 03:58:20,995 --> 03:58:22,579 [Kris] The road has been something 4486 03:58:22,746 --> 03:58:24,206 I've loved all my life. 4487 03:58:24,581 --> 03:58:26,750 I was probably born to be on it. 4488 03:58:28,711 --> 03:58:32,172 I feel very blessed to strike a chord with the work that I do. 4489 03:58:32,715 --> 03:58:35,467 ♪ Come and lay down by my side ♪ 4490 03:58:36,844 --> 03:58:38,846 [Kris] The albums that I've cut represent 4491 03:58:38,929 --> 03:58:40,556 what I've been going through. 4492 03:58:40,723 --> 03:58:43,559 They're sort of little chapters in the book of my life. 4493 03:58:43,851 --> 03:58:46,228 ♪ All I'm taking is your time ♪ 4494 03:58:48,981 --> 03:58:50,983 ♪ Help me make it through the night ♪ 4495 03:58:51,191 --> 03:58:52,901 I hope that I'll just be creative. 4496 03:58:53,319 --> 03:58:54,403 Try dying. 4497 03:58:55,404 --> 03:58:57,114 [♪ music concludes] 4498 03:58:57,740 --> 03:59:00,200 [♪ soul music playing, Four Tops "Reach Out I'll Be There"] 4499 03:59:05,748 --> 03:59:12,546 ♪ I'll be there with a love that will shelter you ♪ 4500 03:59:13,714 --> 03:59:19,636 ♪ I'll be there with a love that will see you through ♪ 4501 03:59:19,762 --> 03:59:20,763 [♪ music concludes] 4502 03:59:20,888 --> 03:59:22,348 [♪ dramatic music playing, Eric Carmen "All by Myself"] 4503 03:59:22,556 --> 03:59:26,643 ♪ All by myself ♪ 4504 03:59:27,686 --> 03:59:29,646 ♪ Don't wanna be ♪ 4505 03:59:29,813 --> 03:59:36,153 ♪ All by myself anymore ♪ 4506 03:59:37,821 --> 03:59:42,659 ♪ All by myself ♪ 4507 03:59:42,743 --> 03:59:43,869 [♪ music concludes] 4508 03:59:43,994 --> 03:59:46,830 [♪ emotional music playing, Toby Keith "Don't Let the Old Man In"] 4509 03:59:48,999 --> 03:59:52,002 ♪ I wanna live this alone ♪ 4510 03:59:54,129 --> 03:59:56,924 ♪ Can't leave it up to him ♪ 4511 03:59:59,176 --> 04:00:02,179 ♪ He's knocking on my door ♪ 4512 04:00:02,596 --> 04:00:03,764 [♪ music concludes] 4513 04:00:03,931 --> 04:00:05,474 [♪ soft music playing, Eagles "New Kid in Town"] 4514 04:00:05,599 --> 04:00:07,309 ♪ Johnny come lately ♪ 4515 04:00:08,894 --> 04:00:12,022 ♪ A new kid in town ♪ 4516 04:00:14,024 --> 04:00:16,777 ♪ Everybody loves you ♪ 4517 04:00:17,903 --> 04:00:21,156 ♪ So don't let them down ♪ 4518 04:00:21,281 --> 04:00:22,324 [♪ music concludes] 4519 04:00:22,408 --> 04:00:24,660 [♪ upbeat music playing, Stealers Wheel "Stuck in the Middle With You"] 4520 04:00:24,993 --> 04:00:27,996 ♪ Well, I don't know why I came here tonight ♪ 4521 04:00:28,831 --> 04:00:31,917 ♪ I got the feeling that something ain't right ♪ 4522 04:00:32,751 --> 04:00:35,754 ♪ I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair ♪ 4523 04:00:36,630 --> 04:00:39,716 ♪ And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs ♪ 4524 04:00:40,676 --> 04:00:44,304 ♪ Clowns to the left of me Jokers to the right ♪ 4525 04:00:44,388 --> 04:00:46,098 ♪ Here I am Stuck in the middle with you ♪ 4526 04:00:46,223 --> 04:00:47,307 [♪ music concludes] 4527 04:00:47,558 --> 04:00:49,726 [♪ upbeat music playing, Kool & the Gang "Let the Music Take Your Mind"] 4528 04:00:49,852 --> 04:00:51,270 ♪ Yeah, that's the way ♪ 4529 04:00:53,647 --> 04:00:55,732 ♪ Whoo! Come on, Kool ♪ 4530 04:00:56,108 --> 04:00:58,068 ♪ Uh, funky baby ♪ 4531 04:00:59,736 --> 04:01:04,366 ♪ Lay it on me now Not so hard, man, we cool ♪ 4532 04:01:04,992 --> 04:01:08,203 ♪ Let the music take your mind ♪ 4533 04:01:08,787 --> 04:01:11,999 ♪ Take your mind? Wanna feel it deep inside ♪ 4534 04:01:12,082 --> 04:01:13,083 [♪ music concludes] 4535 04:01:13,667 --> 04:01:16,712 [♪ rock music playing, Duane Eddy, "Rebel Rouser"] 4536 04:01:46,366 --> 04:01:47,409 [♪ music concludes] 4537 04:01:47,493 --> 04:01:49,453 [♪ soul music playing, The Spinners, "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"] 4538 04:01:49,578 --> 04:01:51,747 ♪ Could it be I'm falling in love ♪ 4539 04:01:51,872 --> 04:01:53,415 ♪ Whoo! ♪ 4540 04:01:53,540 --> 04:01:57,377 ♪ Could it be I'm falling in love ♪ 4541 04:01:57,711 --> 04:01:59,463 ♪ With you ♪ 4542 04:01:59,588 --> 04:02:01,507 ♪ With you ♪ 4543 04:02:02,132 --> 04:02:05,010 ♪ With you ♪ 4544 04:02:05,093 --> 04:02:06,512 [♪ music concludes] 4545 04:02:06,762 --> 04:02:09,515 [♪ upbeat music playing, The Shangri-Las "Walking in the Sand"] 4546 04:02:09,598 --> 04:02:13,894 ♪ Walking in the sand, remember Walking hand in hand ♪ 4547 04:02:14,102 --> 04:02:17,272 ♪ Remember The night was so exciting ♪ 4548 04:02:17,689 --> 04:02:20,901 ♪ Remember Smile was so inviting ♪ 4549 04:02:21,276 --> 04:02:22,277 ♪ Remember ♪ 4550 04:02:22,402 --> 04:02:29,201 ♪ Softly, softly We'd meet with our lips ♪ 4551 04:02:29,493 --> 04:02:36,250 ♪ Whatever happened to the boy that I once knew? ♪ 4552 04:02:36,917 --> 04:02:40,254 ♪ The boy who said he'd be true ♪ 4553 04:02:40,337 --> 04:02:41,380 [♪ music concludes] 4554 04:02:41,672 --> 04:02:44,633 [♪ rock music playing, Pixies, "Where Is My Mind"] 4555 04:02:54,810 --> 04:02:55,852 [♪ music concludes] 4556 04:02:55,936 --> 04:02:58,438 [♪ soft-rock music playing, The Allman Brothers Band "Blue Sky"] 4557 04:03:01,441 --> 04:03:05,279 ♪ You're my blue sky You're my sunny day ♪ 4558 04:03:06,029 --> 04:03:08,323 ♪ Lord, you know you make me high ♪ 4559 04:03:08,448 --> 04:03:10,701 ♪ When you turn your love my way ♪ 4560 04:03:11,201 --> 04:03:17,374 ♪ Turn your love My way, yeah, yeah ♪ 4561 04:03:31,930 --> 04:03:33,432 [♪ music concludes] 4562 04:03:34,474 --> 04:03:38,145 [audience applauds] 4563 04:03:42,608 --> 04:03:44,484 [announcer] To induct Ozzy Osbourne 4564 04:03:44,568 --> 04:03:47,529 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Jack Black. 4565 04:03:47,779 --> 04:03:52,159 -[♪ rock music playing] -[audience cheering, applauding] 4566 04:03:52,242 --> 04:03:56,079 What's up, Cleveland? Make some noise! 4567 04:03:56,371 --> 04:04:00,959 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[♪ music concludes] 4568 04:04:04,630 --> 04:04:05,631 Plumber. 4569 04:04:06,673 --> 04:04:08,300 Car horn tuner. 4570 04:04:09,176 --> 04:04:10,927 Slaughterhouse worker. 4571 04:04:11,595 --> 04:04:14,765 The greatest frontman in the history of rock and roll, 4572 04:04:15,390 --> 04:04:18,977 -Ozzy Osbourne. -[audience cheering, applauding] 4573 04:04:21,021 --> 04:04:23,440 I remember the first time I heard of Ozzy, 4574 04:04:24,650 --> 04:04:26,735 I was thirteen years old, wandering around 4575 04:04:26,860 --> 04:04:27,944 the record store. 4576 04:04:28,528 --> 04:04:29,613 "What should I get?" 4577 04:04:30,530 --> 04:04:33,033 -Sticks? Journey? -[audience laughing] 4578 04:04:34,284 --> 04:04:37,287 An older rock aficionado noticed my indecision and he said, 4579 04:04:37,371 --> 04:04:39,247 "Stop fucking around, kid. 4580 04:04:40,832 --> 04:04:42,834 "This is the album you need to get, 4581 04:04:42,918 --> 04:04:47,297 -"The Blizzard of Ozz." -[audience cheering, applauding] 4582 04:04:48,173 --> 04:04:50,217 Man, was he right. 4583 04:04:50,425 --> 04:04:52,594 Thank you, nameless rock aficionado, 4584 04:04:52,678 --> 04:04:55,347 wherever you are, you changed my life. 4585 04:04:57,432 --> 04:04:58,558 I remember looking at that... 4586 04:04:59,267 --> 04:05:00,686 that album cover, 4587 04:05:00,977 --> 04:05:02,521 at Ozzy's face. 4588 04:05:03,230 --> 04:05:05,816 Before I even heard the music, I was transfixed. 4589 04:05:05,941 --> 04:05:07,442 He looked so cool. 4590 04:05:08,151 --> 04:05:10,404 That rad white suit with the white fringe 4591 04:05:10,487 --> 04:05:11,488 on the sleeves, 4592 04:05:11,947 --> 04:05:13,782 that crazy look in his eyes, 4593 04:05:14,116 --> 04:05:15,909 the skull, the cross. 4594 04:05:16,076 --> 04:05:20,080 -Holy shit! -[audience cheering, applauding] 4595 04:05:20,205 --> 04:05:22,999 The whole thing just looked so badass. 4596 04:05:23,250 --> 04:05:25,544 It was the most metal thing I'd ever seen, 4597 04:05:25,711 --> 04:05:27,838 and I didn't even know what metal was. 4598 04:05:28,130 --> 04:05:30,132 -[audience laughing] -He was teaching me. 4599 04:05:30,674 --> 04:05:33,427 I didn't realize I was entering a whole new world 4600 04:05:33,552 --> 04:05:34,678 of heavy metal music. 4601 04:05:35,429 --> 04:05:36,847 I took that record home. 4602 04:05:37,347 --> 04:05:39,433 And when the needle hit the vinyl, 4603 04:05:39,516 --> 04:05:42,686 -heaven opened up above me. -[audience laughing] 4604 04:05:43,270 --> 04:05:48,692 -I don't know! -[audience cheering, applauding] 4605 04:05:48,900 --> 04:05:51,653 Then track two, Crazy Train. 4606 04:05:51,903 --> 04:05:53,363 [audience cheering] 4607 04:05:53,488 --> 04:05:56,783 There was an explosion of colors in my brain. 4608 04:05:57,284 --> 04:05:58,577 Suicide Solution. 4609 04:05:58,660 --> 04:06:03,540 Mr. Crowley, Revelation, even Goodbye to Romance. 4610 04:06:04,291 --> 04:06:07,002 You best believe Ozzy could take it down a notch. 4611 04:06:07,085 --> 04:06:08,211 He could do it all. 4612 04:06:09,212 --> 04:06:11,506 Blizzard of Ozz was the best thing 4613 04:06:11,631 --> 04:06:14,634 I'd ever heard. A heavy metal masterpiece. 4614 04:06:14,801 --> 04:06:17,596 That fucking sound was raw power. 4615 04:06:17,804 --> 04:06:21,224 -[audience cheering, applauding] -Randy fucking Rhodes. 4616 04:06:21,349 --> 04:06:23,769 -[audience cheering, applauding] -Yeah. 4617 04:06:25,437 --> 04:06:28,023 Giving Eddie Van Halen a run for his money. 4618 04:06:28,273 --> 04:06:32,360 And Ozzy, that voice, it could cut through glass, 4619 04:06:32,486 --> 04:06:35,530 magic, joy, beauty. 4620 04:06:36,406 --> 04:06:38,950 So then I went back into Ozzy's earlier albums, 4621 04:06:39,034 --> 04:06:40,160 to Black Sabbath, 4622 04:06:40,744 --> 04:06:43,663 and I was like, "Unholy shit, 4623 04:06:43,830 --> 04:06:46,500 "this motherfucker invented heavy metal." 4624 04:06:46,583 --> 04:06:48,043 [audience cheering, applauding] 4625 04:06:48,210 --> 04:06:51,963 Along with-- Yeah, Along with Geezer Butler, 4626 04:06:52,297 --> 04:06:55,801 Bill Ward, and the immortal Tony Iommi, 4627 04:06:56,176 --> 04:06:59,262 the darkest, heaviest shit the world had ever heard. 4628 04:07:00,263 --> 04:07:01,848 And through all that power, 4629 04:07:02,641 --> 04:07:04,392 Ozzy's voice carving 4630 04:07:04,476 --> 04:07:08,146 through the sonic blast furnace like an air raid siren. 4631 04:07:08,647 --> 04:07:11,733 He made the hairs on the back of my neck stand at attention, 4632 04:07:12,067 --> 04:07:14,486 clear and crisp as a morning bell. 4633 04:07:14,611 --> 04:07:17,531 And that smile, he looked so happy, 4634 04:07:17,656 --> 04:07:19,157 he looked insane. 4635 04:07:19,908 --> 04:07:23,453 So much charisma, the Jack Nicholson of rock. 4636 04:07:23,995 --> 04:07:28,291 Okay, so he invented a genre, 4637 04:07:28,917 --> 04:07:31,795 had the greatest second act comeback in rock history. 4638 04:07:31,962 --> 04:07:33,004 Then what? 4639 04:07:33,129 --> 04:07:37,676 How about No More Tears in 1991 with the guitar god, 4640 04:07:37,801 --> 04:07:41,471 Zakk Wylde, proving insane lasting power, 4641 04:07:41,721 --> 04:07:43,098 five times platinum. 4642 04:07:43,181 --> 04:07:46,017 You heard me right, quintuple plat. 4643 04:07:46,184 --> 04:07:48,019 [audience cheering, applauding] 4644 04:07:48,228 --> 04:07:50,564 It was then that he decided to totally touch 4645 04:07:50,647 --> 04:07:52,482 his tender side. 4646 04:07:53,525 --> 04:07:56,945 So he called up Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead, naturally. 4647 04:07:57,654 --> 04:07:59,447 And together with Zack, they wrote, 4648 04:07:59,573 --> 04:08:01,908 -Mama, I’m Coming Home. -[audience cheering, applauding] 4649 04:08:02,075 --> 04:08:04,077 And thus, Ozzy took a little dip 4650 04:08:04,327 --> 04:08:06,830 into the top 40 just to prove he could. 4651 04:08:07,247 --> 04:08:08,248 Then what? 4652 04:08:08,874 --> 04:08:10,792 The Osbournes. 4653 04:08:11,334 --> 04:08:13,169 Yeah, he teamed up with his family 4654 04:08:13,295 --> 04:08:16,923 to create another genre, reality TV. 4655 04:08:17,799 --> 04:08:20,093 Maybe the most evil thing he ever did. 4656 04:08:20,260 --> 04:08:22,888 -[audience cheering, applauding] -But there is no denying it. 4657 04:08:23,430 --> 04:08:25,724 His whole family were fucking hilarious 4658 04:08:25,849 --> 04:08:27,642 and intensely entertaining. 4659 04:08:27,934 --> 04:08:30,353 Another fucking massive hit. 4660 04:08:31,104 --> 04:08:32,606 -Then what? -[audience cheering, applauding] 4661 04:08:33,356 --> 04:08:36,234 Oh, maybe just a little thing called Ozzfest. 4662 04:08:37,819 --> 04:08:40,530 Only the most successful heavy metal music festival 4663 04:08:40,614 --> 04:08:41,615 of all times. 4664 04:08:41,823 --> 04:08:45,994 Ozzy, stop creating incredibly successful genre-defining, 4665 04:08:46,161 --> 04:08:47,537 world-changing hits. 4666 04:08:47,913 --> 04:08:50,874 It's too much success for one lifetime. 4667 04:08:53,293 --> 04:08:56,254 And you know a lot has been made of his evil alliance 4668 04:08:56,338 --> 04:08:59,007 with the Dark Lord Satan, but in truth, 4669 04:09:00,467 --> 04:09:04,137 Ozzy is a loving father and husband and friend, 4670 04:09:04,262 --> 04:09:06,514 loyal to his family and friends to the end 4671 04:09:06,598 --> 04:09:08,266 of the world and back. 4672 04:09:08,516 --> 04:09:11,811 [audience cheering, applauding] 4673 04:09:12,020 --> 04:09:13,355 [Jack] And now I stand here. 4674 04:09:13,480 --> 04:09:15,315 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[Jack] Yeah. 4675 04:09:16,232 --> 04:09:18,944 Just another nameless, rock aficionado. 4676 04:09:19,778 --> 04:09:22,030 And I'm talking to you, thirteen-year-olds watching 4677 04:09:22,113 --> 04:09:24,741 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. 4678 04:09:24,866 --> 04:09:26,284 All five of you, 4679 04:09:26,785 --> 04:09:28,328 put down your phones. 4680 04:09:28,745 --> 04:09:30,038 Unless you're watching on a phone, 4681 04:09:30,121 --> 04:09:31,623 then put it closer to your face. 4682 04:09:32,248 --> 04:09:35,293 Old man rock aficionado's about to drop some truth. 4683 04:09:36,252 --> 04:09:37,253 Sure. 4684 04:09:37,671 --> 04:09:39,506 You could go stream Post Malone 4685 04:09:39,631 --> 04:09:41,508 and Taylor Swift and get all the warm hugs 4686 04:09:41,633 --> 04:09:42,926 you need for your broken hearts. 4687 04:09:43,593 --> 04:09:44,636 Or... 4688 04:09:45,261 --> 04:09:48,056 You can stay up all night and get your minds blown 4689 04:09:48,139 --> 04:09:51,393 by Ozzy's entire catalog for the first time. 4690 04:09:51,685 --> 04:09:55,271 Holy shit! You kids are so fucking lucky. 4691 04:09:55,438 --> 04:09:57,941 [audience cheering, applauding] 4692 04:10:00,694 --> 04:10:04,072 Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Ozzy Osbourne, 4693 04:10:04,155 --> 04:10:06,741 the fucking Prince of Darkness. 4694 04:10:06,908 --> 04:10:09,411 [♪ rock music playing, Ozzy Osbourne "Straight to Hell"] 4695 04:10:13,456 --> 04:10:15,959 ♪ Straight to hell tonight ♪ 4696 04:10:25,051 --> 04:10:28,013 I don't know what music would be like if it weren't 4697 04:10:28,304 --> 04:10:29,639 for the influence of Ozzy. 4698 04:10:30,098 --> 04:10:31,141 It's everywhere. 4699 04:10:34,310 --> 04:10:35,770 He left one of the biggest rock bands 4700 04:10:35,895 --> 04:10:38,231 in the world and became bigger. 4701 04:10:38,857 --> 04:10:41,401 The day I left Sabbath, I thought, what have I done? 4702 04:10:41,484 --> 04:10:43,236 I've just blown the biggest thing of my life. 4703 04:10:43,445 --> 04:10:46,990 [♪ rock music playing, Ozzy Osbourne "Crazy Train"] 4704 04:10:47,741 --> 04:10:49,034 Everybody was wondering, what is Ozzy gonna do? 4705 04:10:49,284 --> 04:10:50,577 He's not in Sabbath anymore. 4706 04:10:50,744 --> 04:10:52,454 And he comes out with his first two records 4707 04:10:52,704 --> 04:10:53,997 and they're fucking amazing. 4708 04:10:54,873 --> 04:10:59,210 Crazy Train really is an absolute launching pad. 4709 04:11:00,003 --> 04:11:02,630 It's like Ozzy the Rocket taking off into space. 4710 04:11:07,844 --> 04:11:10,096 [Kirk] Me and my friends were blown away, 4711 04:11:10,472 --> 04:11:11,681 going, you guys have to hear this. 4712 04:11:11,848 --> 04:11:16,436 ♪ I'm going off the rails on a crazy train ♪ 4713 04:11:18,063 --> 04:11:21,232 [Rob] And within all of that, you had this guitar player 4714 04:11:21,733 --> 04:11:23,443 by the name of Randy Rhoads. 4715 04:11:28,740 --> 04:11:30,784 [Zakk] You heard all this new stuff that Ozzy was doing, 4716 04:11:30,909 --> 04:11:33,119 and it was just like a new era has arrived. 4717 04:11:33,411 --> 04:11:35,580 ♪ Mr. Crowley ♪ 4718 04:11:36,247 --> 04:11:37,332 [♪ music concludes] 4719 04:11:37,457 --> 04:11:40,043 I saw seventeen thousand kids that raised their hands 4720 04:11:40,168 --> 04:11:43,588 like this, which is the sign of the devil, as you know, 4721 04:11:43,755 --> 04:11:45,256 and they said "Ozzy." 4722 04:11:45,465 --> 04:11:46,633 [audience chants] Ozzy! Ozzy! Ozzy! 4723 04:11:46,883 --> 04:11:48,635 [♪ rock music playing, Ozzy Osbourne "Bark at the Moon"] 4724 04:11:48,843 --> 04:11:49,969 ♪ Howling at the shadows ♪ 4725 04:11:50,178 --> 04:11:53,014 ♪ Living in a lunar spell ♪ 4726 04:11:53,306 --> 04:11:54,724 [Ozzy] I'm a split personality. 4727 04:11:55,266 --> 04:11:58,103 Ozzy Osbourne and John Osbourne is two different people. 4728 04:11:58,186 --> 04:11:59,938 John Osbourne is talking to you now. 4729 04:12:00,605 --> 04:12:02,357 But if I want to be Ozzy Osbourne... 4730 04:12:05,860 --> 04:12:06,903 [♪ music concludes] 4731 04:12:07,278 --> 04:12:08,530 [interviewer] I mean, do you like animals? 4732 04:12:09,405 --> 04:12:10,615 Yes, they're nice to eat. 4733 04:12:10,907 --> 04:12:13,785 [♪ rock music playing, Ozzy Osbourne "Over the Mountain"] 4734 04:12:14,369 --> 04:12:15,662 [anchor] Osbourne has a reputation, 4735 04:12:15,995 --> 04:12:18,164 real or not, for biting the heads off bats. 4736 04:12:18,414 --> 04:12:24,003 ♪ Over the mountain Take me across the sky ♪ 4737 04:12:24,295 --> 04:12:25,421 [♪ music concludes] 4738 04:12:25,588 --> 04:12:28,258 I mean, I suppose in the spirit of rock and roll, I don't know. 4739 04:12:30,969 --> 04:12:32,011 [laughs] 4740 04:12:32,178 --> 04:12:33,721 [♪ rock music playing, Ozzy Osbourne 4741 04:12:33,888 --> 04:12:35,515 "I Don’t Want to Change the World"] 4742 04:12:39,435 --> 04:12:42,230 Yeah, I mean, Ozzy is completely nuts, 4743 04:12:42,438 --> 04:12:44,440 and that's very good for a frontman. 4744 04:12:46,693 --> 04:12:49,112 You know, he just puts it out there 4745 04:12:49,279 --> 04:12:50,446 and doesn't give a shit. 4746 04:12:51,030 --> 04:12:53,825 [audience cheering] 4747 04:12:54,409 --> 04:12:55,577 He's like a loose cannon. 4748 04:12:55,827 --> 04:12:57,370 There's that kind of danger, 4749 04:12:57,495 --> 04:12:59,664 because rock and roll should be dangerous. 4750 04:12:59,956 --> 04:13:02,792 ♪ I don't want to change the world ♪ 4751 04:13:02,917 --> 04:13:04,085 [♪ music concludes] 4752 04:13:04,294 --> 04:13:06,129 I think Ozzy's music is timeless. 4753 04:13:06,254 --> 04:13:07,255 [♪ rock music playing, Ozzy Osbourne 4754 04:13:07,338 --> 04:13:08,548 "Mama, I’m Coming Home"] 4755 04:13:08,631 --> 04:13:10,341 It gives me the chills. It's just perfect. 4756 04:13:10,550 --> 04:13:13,845 ♪ You could have been a better friend to me ♪ 4757 04:13:15,471 --> 04:13:18,433 ♪ Mama, I'm coming home ♪ 4758 04:13:19,475 --> 04:13:22,145 Ozzy Osbourne's got a voice that is so distinctive. 4759 04:13:22,937 --> 04:13:24,772 It doesn't matter what he's singing over, 4760 04:13:24,856 --> 04:13:26,191 you know it's him. 4761 04:13:26,357 --> 04:13:30,778 Ozzy is more fountain pen than William Shakespeare. 4762 04:13:30,904 --> 04:13:32,947 [laughs] He's totally unique. 4763 04:13:33,072 --> 04:13:37,243 ♪ I'm coming home ♪ 4764 04:13:37,368 --> 04:13:38,369 [♪ music concludes] 4765 04:13:38,494 --> 04:13:41,915 You play Ozzy's voice anywhere in the world 4766 04:13:41,998 --> 04:13:43,917 and people go, "That's the Prince of Darkness." 4767 04:13:47,212 --> 04:13:51,049 And you can't tell Ozzy's story without his longtime guitarist, 4768 04:13:51,216 --> 04:13:52,383 Zakk Wylde. 4769 04:13:53,218 --> 04:13:54,886 The dude is a beast. 4770 04:13:55,094 --> 04:13:57,222 [host] Welcome to OzzFest! 4771 04:13:57,764 --> 04:14:01,851 OzzFest became a staple in the hard rock community. 4772 04:14:01,976 --> 04:14:04,437 I think it was hugely responsible 4773 04:14:04,562 --> 04:14:06,356 for keeping the genre alive. 4774 04:14:06,439 --> 04:14:07,815 [♪ rock music playing, Ozzy Osbourne "No More Tears"] 4775 04:14:07,899 --> 04:14:10,401 ♪ The light in the window is a crack in the sky ♪ 4776 04:14:10,485 --> 04:14:13,738 [Ozzy] My audience is better than any drugs, alcohol. 4777 04:14:13,863 --> 04:14:16,199 She's the best love affair of my life, my audience. 4778 04:14:16,449 --> 04:14:19,535 ♪ A stairway to darkness in the blink of an eye ♪ 4779 04:14:19,702 --> 04:14:21,829 [Rick] I think that the audience has a sense of, 4780 04:14:21,996 --> 04:14:23,122 "That could be me." 4781 04:14:24,958 --> 04:14:28,544 The idea of being free like Ozzy is very exciting. 4782 04:14:28,670 --> 04:14:30,004 [♪ music concludes] 4783 04:14:31,839 --> 04:14:33,591 Ozzy's the godfather of metal. 4784 04:14:34,884 --> 04:14:36,469 His legacy is so widespread. 4785 04:14:36,552 --> 04:14:37,845 [♪ rock music playing, Ozzy Osbourne 4786 04:14:38,012 --> 04:14:39,097 "Patient Number 9"] 4787 04:14:39,222 --> 04:14:40,556 ♪ 'Cause I'm patient number nine ♪ 4788 04:14:41,182 --> 04:14:42,350 [♪ music concludes] 4789 04:14:42,475 --> 04:14:44,018 [Jonathan] He always has a new song, a new album, 4790 04:14:44,269 --> 04:14:45,520 and new musical ideas. 4791 04:14:47,230 --> 04:14:49,065 His voice is his legacy. 4792 04:14:50,233 --> 04:14:52,110 [Ozzy] After it's all said and done, 4793 04:14:52,652 --> 04:14:54,612 I wouldn't change a fucking thing. 4794 04:14:55,655 --> 04:15:00,451 [audience cheering, applauding] 4795 04:15:02,203 --> 04:15:05,456 It is my great honor to officially induct 4796 04:15:05,957 --> 04:15:07,959 the greatest to ever lace 'em up 4797 04:15:08,376 --> 04:15:14,132 in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the one, the only Ozzy Osbourne! 4798 04:15:14,215 --> 04:15:17,010 -Thank you. -[audience cheering, applauding] 4799 04:15:34,402 --> 04:15:35,695 Fucking love you guys. 4800 04:15:41,409 --> 04:15:45,246 Well, here we are. [laughs] 4801 04:15:46,664 --> 04:15:47,707 You know what? 4802 04:15:47,832 --> 04:15:50,418 I can't believe I'm here myself, you know what I mean? 4803 04:15:52,628 --> 04:15:54,839 Firstly, let me get the thank yous out of the way, 4804 04:15:54,922 --> 04:15:56,799 because I'm not going to bore you with a long, 4805 04:15:56,883 --> 04:15:59,344 drawn-out fucking monologue. 4806 04:15:59,469 --> 04:16:01,429 [audience laughing] 4807 04:16:01,596 --> 04:16:03,139 I'd like to thank whoever voted me 4808 04:16:03,222 --> 04:16:07,143 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for my solo work. 4809 04:16:07,310 --> 04:16:08,603 A great thank you. 4810 04:16:09,520 --> 04:16:11,439 Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I really... 4811 04:16:11,981 --> 04:16:13,566 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 4812 04:16:13,816 --> 04:16:17,070 -And more so... -[audience cheering, applauding] 4813 04:16:17,320 --> 04:16:20,740 ...my fans have been so loyal to me over the years. 4814 04:16:20,823 --> 04:16:22,325 I cannot thank them enough. 4815 04:16:22,658 --> 04:16:26,662 [audience cheering, applauding] 4816 04:16:26,829 --> 04:16:29,123 I've been fortunate over the years to play 4817 04:16:29,248 --> 04:16:32,335 with some of the world's greatest guitar players, 4818 04:16:32,502 --> 04:16:34,045 drummers, bass players, 4819 04:16:34,128 --> 04:16:36,339 and a few of them are here tonight. 4820 04:16:37,215 --> 04:16:42,136 But I want to spend one thing for a guy by the name 4821 04:16:42,261 --> 04:16:45,723 -of Randy Rhoads. -[audience cheering, applauding] 4822 04:16:45,807 --> 04:16:48,226 If I hadn't met Randy Rhoads, 4823 04:16:48,393 --> 04:16:50,186 I don't think I'd be sitting here now. 4824 04:16:50,561 --> 04:16:54,816 And more so, more than that, my wife Sharon saved my life. 4825 04:16:56,401 --> 04:16:59,445 And my grandbabies, and I love them all. 4826 04:16:59,612 --> 04:17:03,282 So, with all that, I'm gonna get on with the show 4827 04:17:03,366 --> 04:17:04,992 and hand it back to Jack. 4828 04:17:05,910 --> 04:17:07,078 Thank you, Ozzy. 4829 04:17:07,412 --> 04:17:10,331 Thank you for existing, you legend. 4830 04:17:11,249 --> 04:17:14,043 We love you. Let's hear it for Ozzy. 4831 04:17:14,168 --> 04:17:15,795 [audience cheering, applauding] 4832 04:17:15,962 --> 04:17:17,088 [Jack] Yeah. 4833 04:17:21,551 --> 04:17:22,635 And now... 4834 04:17:23,678 --> 04:17:25,430 to pay tribute to Ozzy, 4835 04:17:25,847 --> 04:17:31,018 Chad Smith, Robert Trujillo, Adam Wakeman, Andrew Watt, 4836 04:17:31,185 --> 04:17:33,688 Billy Idol, Steve Stevens, 4837 04:17:33,813 --> 04:17:37,567 Zakk Wylde, Jelly Roll, and to start it off, 4838 04:17:37,900 --> 04:17:43,114 Maynard James Keenan and Wolfgang Van Halen! 4839 04:17:43,281 --> 04:17:45,616 [audience cheering, applauding] 4840 04:17:46,117 --> 04:17:49,454 All aboard! 4841 04:17:49,745 --> 04:17:52,248 [♪ rock music playing, Ozzy Osbourne "Crazy Train"] 4842 04:18:24,489 --> 04:18:28,910 ♪ Crazy But that's how it goes ♪ 4843 04:18:31,370 --> 04:18:36,542 ♪ Millions of people living as foes ♪ 4844 04:18:38,669 --> 04:18:43,090 ♪ Maybe it's not too late ♪ 4845 04:18:45,468 --> 04:18:51,057 ♪ To learn how to love and forget how to hate ♪ 4846 04:18:53,059 --> 04:18:59,232 ♪ Mental wounds not healing Life's a bitter shame ♪ 4847 04:18:59,482 --> 04:19:04,070 ♪ I'm going off the rails on a crazy train ♪ 4848 04:19:06,531 --> 04:19:11,244 ♪ I'm going off the rails on a crazy train ♪ 4849 04:19:17,583 --> 04:19:23,297 ♪ I know that things are going wrong for me ♪ 4850 04:19:24,590 --> 04:19:29,262 ♪ You gotta listen to my words ♪ 4851 04:19:29,428 --> 04:19:33,891 ♪ Yeah ♪ 4852 04:20:04,547 --> 04:20:05,923 [♪ music concludes] 4853 04:20:06,340 --> 04:20:07,341 [♪ rock music playing, Ozzy Osbourne 4854 04:20:07,508 --> 04:20:08,843 "Mama, I’m Coming Home"] 4855 04:20:22,315 --> 04:20:25,818 ♪ Times have changed and times are strange ♪ 4856 04:20:26,068 --> 04:20:30,448 ♪ Here I come but I ain't the same ♪ 4857 04:20:31,657 --> 04:20:34,535 ♪ Mama, I'm coming home ♪ 4858 04:20:37,204 --> 04:20:40,625 ♪ Times go by, it seems to be ♪ 4859 04:20:40,833 --> 04:20:45,254 ♪ You could have been a better friend to me ♪ 4860 04:20:46,714 --> 04:20:49,425 ♪ Mama, I'm coming home ♪ 4861 04:20:52,053 --> 04:20:55,765 ♪ You took me in, yeah you drove me out, yeah ♪ 4862 04:20:55,848 --> 04:20:58,851 ♪ You had me hypnotized ♪ 4863 04:20:59,644 --> 04:21:02,605 ♪ Lost and found and turned around ♪ 4864 04:21:02,730 --> 04:21:06,359 ♪ By the fire in your eyes ♪ 4865 04:21:06,776 --> 04:21:10,112 ♪ You made me cry You told me lies ♪ 4866 04:21:10,571 --> 04:21:15,034 ♪ But I can't stand to say goodbye ♪ 4867 04:21:16,452 --> 04:21:19,080 ♪ Mama, I'm coming home ♪ 4868 04:21:21,749 --> 04:21:24,919 ♪ I could be right I could be wrong ♪ 4869 04:21:25,211 --> 04:21:30,091 ♪ It hurts so bad It's been so long ♪ 4870 04:21:31,092 --> 04:21:33,678 ♪ Mama, I'm coming home ♪ 4871 04:21:36,514 --> 04:21:39,850 ♪ Selfish love, yeah We're both alone ♪ 4872 04:21:39,934 --> 04:21:42,937 ♪ The right before the fall ♪ 4873 04:21:43,437 --> 04:21:46,732 ♪ But I'm gonna take this heart of stone ♪ 4874 04:21:46,857 --> 04:21:50,111 ♪ I just got to have it all ♪ 4875 04:21:51,612 --> 04:21:55,449 ♪ I've seen your face a hundred times ♪ 4876 04:21:58,703 --> 04:22:04,500 ♪ Every day we've been apart ♪ 4877 04:22:05,668 --> 04:22:10,881 ♪ I don't care about the sunshine, yeah ♪ 4878 04:22:11,298 --> 04:22:17,847 ♪ 'Cause Mama Mama, I'm coming home ♪ 4879 04:22:20,725 --> 04:22:26,856 ♪ I'm coming home ♪ 4880 04:22:27,481 --> 04:22:34,029 ♪ I'm coming home ♪ 4881 04:22:34,280 --> 04:22:35,656 [♪ music concludes] 4882 04:22:35,865 --> 04:22:38,659 [♪ rock music playing, Ozzy Osbourne "No More Tears"] 4883 04:23:37,051 --> 04:23:38,219 ♪ Ow! ♪ 4884 04:23:55,903 --> 04:24:00,783 ♪ The light in the window is a crack in the sky ♪ 4885 04:24:04,954 --> 04:24:09,625 ♪ A stairway to darkness in the blink of an eye ♪ 4886 04:24:13,629 --> 04:24:18,300 ♪ A levee of tears to learn she'll never be coming back ♪ 4887 04:24:22,805 --> 04:24:27,184 ♪ The man in the dark will bring another attack ♪ 4888 04:24:29,103 --> 04:24:30,521 ♪ Oh yeah ♪ 4889 04:24:32,314 --> 04:24:37,194 ♪ I never wanted it to end this way ♪ 4890 04:24:37,278 --> 04:24:40,114 ♪ My love, my darling ♪ 4891 04:24:41,031 --> 04:24:45,953 ♪ Believe me when I say to you in love ♪ 4892 04:24:46,078 --> 04:24:50,374 ♪ I think I'm falling here ♪ 4893 04:24:52,334 --> 04:24:54,336 ♪ No more tears ♪ 4894 04:24:56,630 --> 04:24:58,716 ♪ No more tears ♪ 4895 04:25:01,135 --> 04:25:03,178 ♪ No more tears ♪ 4896 04:25:05,514 --> 04:25:07,641 ♪ No more tears ♪ 4897 04:25:08,767 --> 04:25:12,229 ♪ No, no more tears ♪ 4898 04:25:13,230 --> 04:25:16,233 ♪ Yeah, no more tears ♪ 4899 04:25:17,693 --> 04:25:21,447 ♪ No, no more tears ♪ 4900 04:25:21,864 --> 04:25:23,240 [♪ music concludes] 4901 04:25:23,657 --> 04:25:27,620 [audience cheering, applauding] 4902 04:26:03,280 --> 04:26:05,658 Now, before we run out of time, I think it's about time 4903 04:26:05,741 --> 04:26:07,451 we learned to do the Crocodile Walk 4904 04:26:07,660 --> 04:26:09,662 with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. 4905 04:26:10,579 --> 04:26:12,081 [♪ upbeat music playing, John Mayall "Crocodile Walk"] 4906 04:26:12,206 --> 04:26:16,460 ♪ See that crocodile walk Hey, and he lookin' my way ♪ 4907 04:26:18,671 --> 04:26:20,339 ♪ And he got no place to stay ♪ 4908 04:26:20,422 --> 04:26:21,840 I think that's his new guitar player. 4909 04:26:21,924 --> 04:26:24,385 ♪ A heavy meal he's got to eat ♪ 4910 04:26:27,137 --> 04:26:32,184 ♪ He got a long way to go walk He's lookin' for a home ♪ 4911 04:26:32,726 --> 04:26:33,852 [♪ music concludes] 4912 04:26:34,019 --> 04:26:36,647 I think the important thing about John is that he loved 4913 04:26:36,730 --> 04:26:38,649 -the role of being a sponsor. -[interviewer] Yeah. 4914 04:26:38,774 --> 04:26:40,567 So he could bring people into the band 4915 04:26:40,818 --> 04:26:42,277 and help them to bloom. 4916 04:26:42,403 --> 04:26:44,029 [Mick] John Mayall deserves a lot of credit. 4917 04:26:44,279 --> 04:26:46,115 A whole bunch of us came out of that band, 4918 04:26:46,240 --> 04:26:47,950 but we're worth something. 4919 04:26:48,075 --> 04:26:50,828 [♪ rock music playing, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers "All Your Love"] 4920 04:26:57,001 --> 04:26:58,043 [♪ music concludes] 4921 04:26:58,210 --> 04:27:00,004 [John] Up to the age of 30, I was a graphic designer. 4922 04:27:00,129 --> 04:27:01,380 I was trained at art school. 4923 04:27:01,505 --> 04:27:02,923 I mean, I'd always played music, 4924 04:27:03,007 --> 04:27:05,092 but, you know, when I was 30, I switched over. 4925 04:27:05,175 --> 04:27:07,302 [Mike] Most of the other bands were copying 4926 04:27:07,386 --> 04:27:10,514 American Black R&B and Blues products. 4927 04:27:10,597 --> 04:27:12,599 To me, John was new and original, 4928 04:27:12,683 --> 04:27:13,684 but within the Blues framework. 4929 04:27:13,851 --> 04:27:16,103 [♪ blues music playing, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers "Another Man"] 4930 04:27:16,186 --> 04:27:18,605 ♪ Another man done gone Another man done gone ♪ 4931 04:27:18,731 --> 04:27:21,191 -♪ Another man done gone ♪ -[♪ music concludes] 4932 04:27:21,442 --> 04:27:23,027 [Eric] There'll be no album, yes? 4933 04:27:23,110 --> 04:27:24,945 This apparently is supposed to be 4934 04:27:25,821 --> 04:27:27,114 the album, you know? 4935 04:27:27,239 --> 04:27:30,659 [♪ bluesy rock music playing, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers "Have You Heard"] 4936 04:27:36,749 --> 04:27:37,666 [♪ music concludes] 4937 04:27:37,750 --> 04:27:39,501 [Eric] A lot of the energy that I had managed 4938 04:27:39,626 --> 04:27:42,463 to formulate with John stayed there, 4939 04:27:42,671 --> 04:27:45,007 you know, and Peter Green actually moved in 4940 04:27:45,090 --> 04:27:46,633 and got hold of that. 4941 04:27:46,759 --> 04:27:50,846 John usually chooses the people he wants, 4942 04:27:51,180 --> 04:27:52,347 chooses very carefully, you know. 4943 04:27:52,431 --> 04:27:54,016 He knows what he wants, he usually gets it. 4944 04:27:54,224 --> 04:27:55,642 He keeps what he gets. 4945 04:27:59,271 --> 04:28:01,273 He's very, what I call, electric. 4946 04:28:01,356 --> 04:28:04,026 You know, he's very... He's definitely unique. 4947 04:28:04,443 --> 04:28:06,320 [John] For any musician who's ever worked with me, 4948 04:28:06,653 --> 04:28:08,822 they always consider one of my tours 4949 04:28:08,906 --> 04:28:11,950 a little bit crazy in the sense that it's like a holiday. 4950 04:28:12,034 --> 04:28:13,160 It's like a paid holiday. 4951 04:28:13,243 --> 04:28:15,579 You know, you just get up there and you play, and... 4952 04:28:15,954 --> 04:28:17,748 I hate to use the word jamming 4953 04:28:17,831 --> 04:28:20,250 because jamming is without discipline. 4954 04:28:20,542 --> 04:28:22,878 You make mistakes and you bounce off each other, 4955 04:28:22,961 --> 04:28:24,505 waiting to get paid and all that. 4956 04:28:24,630 --> 04:28:25,839 It's all these things. 4957 04:28:25,923 --> 04:28:27,007 [♪ rock music playing, The Four Lads 4958 04:28:27,091 --> 04:28:28,092 "Standing On the Corner"] 4959 04:28:28,258 --> 04:28:30,094 ♪ I'm standing on the corner watching every kind of car ♪ 4960 04:28:30,219 --> 04:28:33,597 ♪ Friendly people come and say they want to know your star ♪ 4961 04:28:33,972 --> 04:28:38,811 ♪ I'm walking on Sunset everything is like a friend ♪ 4962 04:28:41,730 --> 04:28:43,982 [John] I'd put an advert in the Melody Maker, 4963 04:28:44,149 --> 04:28:46,568 and Mick Taylor answered that advert. 4964 04:28:46,735 --> 04:28:48,862 [Mick] Playing the sort of music that John plays, 4965 04:28:48,946 --> 04:28:51,031 um, it gives you a lot of opportunity 4966 04:28:51,115 --> 04:28:52,366 to develop your own ideas. 4967 04:28:52,449 --> 04:28:54,034 It gives you a lot of freedom, you know, 4968 04:28:54,284 --> 04:28:55,869 within the Blues framework. 4969 04:29:00,040 --> 04:29:02,459 [Eric] God bless him. He was the focal point of it 4970 04:29:02,626 --> 04:29:03,669 and the custodian of it. 4971 04:29:04,294 --> 04:29:06,380 ♪ The laws must change one day ♪ 4972 04:29:07,631 --> 04:29:10,217 ♪ But it's goin' to take some time ♪ 4973 04:29:10,300 --> 04:29:12,553 I'm very proud of all the associations I've had, 4974 04:29:12,636 --> 04:29:14,888 and I think it's been a great ride. 4975 04:29:14,972 --> 04:29:17,724 [Chris] We're not getting very far without his vision, 4976 04:29:17,808 --> 04:29:20,811 influence, and talent. He's a cornerstone 4977 04:29:20,936 --> 04:29:22,855 of not just British blues rock and roll, 4978 04:29:23,105 --> 04:29:25,023 but of rock and roll in general. 4979 04:29:27,276 --> 04:29:28,277 [John grunts] 4980 04:29:28,402 --> 04:29:32,156 [audience applauding] 4981 04:29:32,364 --> 04:29:34,825 [♪ rock music playing, Roy Orbison "Oh, Pretty Woman"] 4982 04:29:34,908 --> 04:29:37,369 [announcer] To induct the Dave Matthews Band 4983 04:29:37,452 --> 04:29:41,165 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Julia Roberts. 4984 04:29:41,248 --> 04:29:45,377 [audience cheering, applauding] 4985 04:29:49,214 --> 04:29:51,425 Hello, hello, hello. 4986 04:29:51,758 --> 04:29:55,470 -[audience cheering] -[♪ music concludes] 4987 04:29:56,388 --> 04:29:58,182 All right, well, the good news is, 4988 04:29:58,599 --> 04:30:00,100 we are halfway through. 4989 04:30:00,225 --> 04:30:04,605 [audience cheering, applauding] 4990 04:30:05,480 --> 04:30:07,983 When I was asked to come here tonight 4991 04:30:08,233 --> 04:30:11,028 to perform the heart-racing task 4992 04:30:11,111 --> 04:30:13,238 of inducting the Dave Matthews Band 4993 04:30:13,322 --> 04:30:15,449 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame... 4994 04:30:15,574 --> 04:30:19,828 [audience cheering, applauding] 4995 04:30:20,954 --> 04:30:22,414 ...I asked one, 4996 04:30:22,623 --> 04:30:25,167 what felt obvious and critical, question. 4997 04:30:25,792 --> 04:30:29,421 Is there anything that I should not do or say? 4998 04:30:30,255 --> 04:30:33,133 Right? Music people can be funny about things, 4999 04:30:33,217 --> 04:30:35,344 and I just didn't want to do anything wrong 5000 04:30:35,427 --> 04:30:36,511 right off the bat. 5001 04:30:36,970 --> 04:30:39,264 A few days later, I got a message 5002 04:30:39,348 --> 04:30:41,850 with the answer, and it said, 5003 04:30:42,100 --> 04:30:44,853 "When it comes to talking about the band, 5004 04:30:45,646 --> 04:30:47,397 "don't play favorites." 5005 04:30:47,648 --> 04:30:50,192 [audience laughing] 5006 04:30:53,362 --> 04:30:55,906 I thought, "Don't play favorites?" 5007 04:30:56,949 --> 04:30:59,368 I've got three kids. I'm in show business. 5008 04:30:59,451 --> 04:31:00,994 Favorites? I don't play favorites. 5009 04:31:01,078 --> 04:31:04,164 -[fake coughs] Carter. -[audience cheering, applauding] 5010 04:31:04,289 --> 04:31:06,333 [Julia clears throat] I wouldn't do that. Carter. 5011 04:31:08,543 --> 04:31:12,256 -So, here we are. -[audience cheering, applauding] 5012 04:31:12,422 --> 04:31:15,050 [Julia] Carter, I said it. 5013 04:31:17,803 --> 04:31:20,472 Spit out my cough drop when I said it, but I said it. 5014 04:31:20,597 --> 04:31:21,723 [audience laughing] 5015 04:31:21,807 --> 04:31:24,184 So, here we are on this magical night, 5016 04:31:24,268 --> 04:31:26,436 and I am deeply honored to be part 5017 04:31:26,520 --> 04:31:28,272 of heralding these men. 5018 04:31:28,689 --> 04:31:31,900 -Dave Matthews. -[audience cheering, applauding] 5019 04:31:31,984 --> 04:31:36,154 -LeRoi Moore. -[audience cheering, applauding] 5020 04:31:38,824 --> 04:31:43,203 -Carter Beauford. -[audience cheering, applauding] 5021 04:31:43,287 --> 04:31:46,456 -Stefan Lessard. -[audience cheering, applauding] 5022 04:31:46,540 --> 04:31:49,584 -And Boyd Tinsley. -[audience cheering, applauding] 5023 04:31:49,876 --> 04:31:53,422 Holding up for all time the Dave Matthews Band. 5024 04:31:53,547 --> 04:31:55,882 [audience cheering, applauding] 5025 04:31:56,049 --> 04:31:59,761 I will speak just briefly here about the beginning. 5026 04:31:59,845 --> 04:32:01,722 1991, Virginia, 5027 04:32:01,805 --> 04:32:04,433 these young men were all just kicking around 5028 04:32:04,516 --> 04:32:07,019 with their individual musical dreams. 5029 04:32:07,269 --> 04:32:09,563 Some guy knows Dave, who's a bartender, 5030 04:32:09,646 --> 04:32:11,523 and he introduces him to Carter, 5031 04:32:11,606 --> 04:32:13,442 who I think knew LeRoi. 5032 04:32:13,859 --> 04:32:16,278 Then came Stefan, and last but never least, 5033 04:32:16,361 --> 04:32:18,363 Boyd enters the picture. 5034 04:32:18,572 --> 04:32:20,824 Now, this is only worth mentioning 5035 04:32:20,907 --> 04:32:26,663 because it's just so simple, so gentle, so unelectrifying. 5036 04:32:26,997 --> 04:32:29,958 But then they somehow became a band, 5037 04:32:30,208 --> 04:32:34,713 one that is commonly referred to as phenomenal, stupendous, 5038 04:32:34,838 --> 04:32:39,926 -magnificent... -[audience cheering, applauding] 5039 04:32:40,010 --> 04:32:43,180 ...and for me, personally, life-affirming. 5040 04:32:46,183 --> 04:32:48,435 It's no wonder that they have arrived here 5041 04:32:48,518 --> 04:32:49,728 at the Hall of Fame. 5042 04:32:49,853 --> 04:32:51,938 The musical talent, the originality, 5043 04:32:52,022 --> 04:32:55,108 the sheer quantity of genres they perform, 5044 04:32:55,400 --> 04:32:56,526 it's mind-blowing. 5045 04:32:56,651 --> 04:32:58,904 And I've been lucky enough to attend 5046 04:32:59,029 --> 04:33:01,406 many a Dave Matthews Band concert, 5047 04:33:01,573 --> 04:33:03,158 and I don't think I've ever heard 5048 04:33:03,241 --> 04:33:06,078 any of their songs played the same way twice. 5049 04:33:06,203 --> 04:33:10,040 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[Julia chuckles] Right? 5050 04:33:13,126 --> 04:33:17,422 The songs, the stories of love and loss, of humanity 5051 04:33:17,547 --> 04:33:20,842 and deep connections and resonating responsibilities, 5052 04:33:20,926 --> 04:33:22,844 it's all there and more. 5053 04:33:23,136 --> 04:33:26,556 The joyous, spontaneous abandon with which they play 5054 04:33:26,640 --> 04:33:29,976 is part of how they have become one of the most enduring 5055 04:33:30,060 --> 04:33:33,438 and beloved bands of the last 30-plus years. 5056 04:33:33,522 --> 04:33:39,069 [audience cheering, applauding] 5057 04:33:41,196 --> 04:33:43,824 The first time I ever danced with my husband 5058 04:33:43,907 --> 04:33:47,786 was almost 25 years ago to a Dave Matthews Band song. 5059 04:33:48,120 --> 04:33:50,622 -[audience cheering, applauding] -[Julia chuckles] 5060 04:33:50,747 --> 04:33:52,457 And that was a winning combination, 5061 04:33:52,541 --> 04:33:55,544 as I have been swooning over my husband 5062 04:33:55,627 --> 04:33:59,506 -and this band ever since. -[audience cheering] 5063 04:33:59,589 --> 04:34:04,553 You can clap for that, swooning. You can clap for swooning. 5064 04:34:06,721 --> 04:34:09,891 Fans of the Dave Matthews Band, we're not just fans. 5065 04:34:09,975 --> 04:34:15,021 We are lifelong fans, avid, ardent fans, devoted fans. 5066 04:34:15,105 --> 04:34:19,151 Walk heaven and earth to be their fans. [chuckles] 5067 04:34:19,234 --> 04:34:22,988 [audience cheering, applauding] 5068 04:34:25,073 --> 04:34:29,536 [chuckles] This is intense. You people are wild. 5069 04:34:29,870 --> 04:34:31,163 Let's go. 5070 04:34:37,794 --> 04:34:39,087 All right, now simmer down for a minute, 5071 04:34:39,171 --> 04:34:41,131 'cause now, I'm going to tell a little story. 5072 04:34:42,883 --> 04:34:45,177 Being a friend and a die-hard fan 5073 04:34:45,260 --> 04:34:48,221 over these many years, I have... 5074 04:34:48,847 --> 04:34:51,975 Well, I was enchanted to learn a few things 5075 04:34:52,058 --> 04:34:53,935 when I was doing a little homework for tonight. 5076 04:34:54,019 --> 04:34:57,481 I thought I would, you know, ask some questions, 5077 04:34:57,564 --> 04:35:00,901 find out a little bit more about the members of the band. 5078 04:35:01,860 --> 04:35:03,862 I found out some interesting things. 5079 04:35:04,029 --> 04:35:08,074 Stefan Lessard, for example, left high school his junior year 5080 04:35:08,158 --> 04:35:11,369 and apparently has a number of aliases. 5081 04:35:12,078 --> 04:35:15,290 -[audience laughing] -I didn't see that coming. 5082 04:35:17,459 --> 04:35:18,752 Then there's Carter. 5083 04:35:18,835 --> 04:35:21,796 Carter, Carter, Carter. Everybody loves Carter. 5084 04:35:21,880 --> 04:35:26,176 [audience cheering, applauding] 5085 04:35:27,719 --> 04:35:31,348 Carter is a fellow Scorpio. Happy almost birthday. 5086 04:35:33,266 --> 04:35:35,644 Now, one thing the internet seems to go 5087 04:35:35,727 --> 04:35:38,438 on and on about, but never answers 5088 04:35:38,522 --> 04:35:39,731 is the question 5089 04:35:39,814 --> 04:35:42,567 of whether or not Carter is left-handed. 5090 04:35:42,692 --> 04:35:45,779 There are pages devoted to this pondering. 5091 04:35:45,862 --> 04:35:48,323 There is analysis. It's so funny. 5092 04:35:48,448 --> 04:35:50,075 I am left-handed 5093 04:35:50,158 --> 04:35:52,536 and I will tell anybody who asks me. 5094 04:35:53,537 --> 04:35:57,290 -But Carter, it's a mystery. -[audience laughing] 5095 04:35:57,749 --> 04:36:00,502 And finally, there is David Matthews. 5096 04:36:00,585 --> 04:36:04,297 [audience cheering, applauding] 5097 04:36:09,427 --> 04:36:11,179 Don't Google him. 5098 04:36:11,346 --> 04:36:13,014 -[audience laughing] -Don't, really. 5099 04:36:13,098 --> 04:36:16,434 I did it, and I was immediately filled with regret. 5100 04:36:17,102 --> 04:36:19,938 The first story that comes up about Dave Matthews 5101 04:36:20,021 --> 04:36:24,526 is how he suffered a stroke, and I was stunned. 5102 04:36:24,609 --> 04:36:26,111 I called my best friend, Paige, 5103 04:36:26,236 --> 04:36:30,031 who's here tonight, also a die-hard fan, and I said, 5104 04:36:30,115 --> 04:36:33,952 "Oh, sweet mother of God, Dave Matthews had a stroke. 5105 04:36:34,035 --> 04:36:35,996 "Did you know this? I didn't know this." 5106 04:36:36,079 --> 04:36:39,124 And as I'm going on and on, she, of course, wisely, 5107 04:36:39,207 --> 04:36:43,461 has Googled it and tells me that, in fact... 5108 04:36:44,921 --> 04:36:46,965 if I had read on, I would have seen 5109 04:36:47,048 --> 04:36:49,259 that it was a man named Dave Matthews 5110 04:36:49,342 --> 04:36:52,429 in New Zealand in his sixties. 5111 04:36:52,512 --> 04:36:54,848 He might be musical, we'll never know. 5112 04:36:54,931 --> 04:36:56,099 He had suffered a stroke, 5113 04:36:56,182 --> 04:36:58,643 but was making a beautiful recovery. 5114 04:37:00,186 --> 04:37:02,897 I was very relieved and Googled on 5115 04:37:02,981 --> 04:37:07,527 to discover, "Oh, friends with Adam Sandler. Hmm." 5116 04:37:07,777 --> 04:37:10,071 -[audience cheering] -Didn't know that. 5117 04:37:10,196 --> 04:37:12,157 There was no mention of-- Well, anyway, 5118 04:37:12,240 --> 04:37:16,119 he and Ashley have a winery, cool label, 5119 04:37:16,494 --> 04:37:18,455 good price point, didn't know. 5120 04:37:20,582 --> 04:37:24,252 And then it reads, "When did Dave Matthews come out?" 5121 04:37:24,502 --> 04:37:26,671 [audience laughing] 5122 04:37:34,095 --> 04:37:37,932 But that refers to when the band first came out as, 5123 04:37:38,016 --> 04:37:39,643 you know, a band. 5124 04:37:40,352 --> 04:37:42,604 So, these are the things that happen 5125 04:37:42,729 --> 04:37:45,565 when you name the band after yourself. 5126 04:37:45,649 --> 04:37:47,734 [audience laughing] 5127 04:37:49,110 --> 04:37:55,033 I'm also going to take a moment just to add one big, robust, 5128 04:37:55,158 --> 04:37:59,788 congratulatory inclusion to four more incredible gents. 5129 04:38:00,246 --> 04:38:01,373 Tim Reynolds. 5130 04:38:01,456 --> 04:38:06,294 [audience cheering, applauding] 5131 04:38:06,670 --> 04:38:10,298 -Jeff Coffin. -[audience cheering, applauding] 5132 04:38:10,382 --> 04:38:13,635 -Rashawn Ross. -[audience cheering, applauding] 5133 04:38:13,718 --> 04:38:15,887 -And Buddy Strong. -[audience cheering, applauding] 5134 04:38:15,970 --> 04:38:17,597 Who, over the years, have brought 5135 04:38:17,681 --> 04:38:19,349 their outrageous talents 5136 04:38:19,432 --> 04:38:21,351 to the Dave Matthews Band family, 5137 04:38:21,434 --> 04:38:24,020 and we are ever so grateful for it. 5138 04:38:25,647 --> 04:38:29,025 And finally, I just want to personally give thanks 5139 04:38:29,109 --> 04:38:33,488 and praise to a woman who I see as the central pillar, 5140 04:38:33,863 --> 04:38:37,617 the tent pole holding up this wild circus tent, 5141 04:38:37,701 --> 04:38:40,787 the exceptional Ashley Harper Matthews. 5142 04:38:40,870 --> 04:38:46,042 [audience cheering, applauding] 5143 04:38:46,334 --> 04:38:48,795 Now, I give you the music and the story 5144 04:38:48,878 --> 04:38:51,297 of the band that changed my life. 5145 04:38:52,048 --> 04:38:54,050 [♪ upbeat music playing, Dave Matthews Band "Two Step"] 5146 04:38:54,217 --> 04:38:57,053 Dave's talent, it's undeniable. It's in the songs, 5147 04:38:57,137 --> 04:38:58,638 it's in his voice, it's in his body, 5148 04:38:58,722 --> 04:39:00,473 and his band members believe that. 5149 04:39:00,557 --> 04:39:05,061 ♪ Let's celebrate Celebrate we will ♪ 5150 04:39:05,687 --> 04:39:08,606 ♪ 'Cause life is short But sweet for certain ♪ 5151 04:39:08,690 --> 04:39:10,442 The Dave Matthews Band is a freight train. 5152 04:39:10,608 --> 04:39:12,569 It is a symphony in and of itself. 5153 04:39:12,652 --> 04:39:14,654 You separate any of it, it won't make sense. 5154 04:39:14,738 --> 04:39:17,365 You put it all together, and it is mind-blowing. 5155 04:39:17,449 --> 04:39:23,163 -♪ Hey ♪ -[♪ music concludes] 5156 04:39:23,246 --> 04:39:24,330 [audience cheering, applauding] 5157 04:39:24,414 --> 04:39:26,249 [♪ folk-rock music playing, Dave Mathews Band "What Would You Say"] 5158 04:39:26,332 --> 04:39:29,919 ♪ What would you say Don't drop the big one ♪ 5159 04:39:30,086 --> 04:39:32,046 [Dave] I worked in a bar in Virginia. 5160 04:39:32,130 --> 04:39:34,299 It was a club that had jazz, and so a lot of the guys 5161 04:39:34,382 --> 04:39:35,884 in the band used to play there. 5162 04:39:36,050 --> 04:39:39,179 ♪ Don't bite the mailman What would you say ♪ 5163 04:39:39,262 --> 04:39:41,598 [Dave] What attracted me to all these guys wasn't so much 5164 04:39:41,681 --> 04:39:42,849 the instruments that they played, 5165 04:39:42,932 --> 04:39:44,642 but what came through their instruments. 5166 04:39:44,726 --> 04:39:46,352 ♪ Who's it for There's nobody in here ♪ 5167 04:39:46,478 --> 04:39:48,188 [Dave] When we first started out we played anywhere, 5168 04:39:48,313 --> 04:39:49,898 we played fraternities as often as we could. 5169 04:39:50,023 --> 04:39:51,691 Fraternities were packed, I mean, 5170 04:39:51,775 --> 04:39:54,152 and the same fraternity kids came to the club. 5171 04:39:54,235 --> 04:39:55,904 [Darius] That music was just college, 5172 04:39:55,987 --> 04:39:57,030 it was just a great moment 5173 04:39:57,113 --> 04:39:58,615 because grunge was so big at the time 5174 04:39:58,698 --> 04:39:59,699 and they were definitely not grunge, 5175 04:39:59,991 --> 04:40:02,160 but they were so alternative, 5176 04:40:02,243 --> 04:40:03,620 the college crowds just loved it. 5177 04:40:03,703 --> 04:40:07,207 ♪ We were above you were Standing underneath us ♪ 5178 04:40:07,290 --> 04:40:08,875 [Dave] The first three years we were together, 5179 04:40:08,958 --> 04:40:11,586 the band didn't even exist outside of touring. 5180 04:40:11,669 --> 04:40:12,712 We hadn't had an album, 5181 04:40:12,796 --> 04:40:14,714 we hadn't been approached by record companies. 5182 04:40:14,798 --> 04:40:16,382 It was entirely about being on the road. 5183 04:40:16,466 --> 04:40:18,802 ♪ I was soon to be crazy ♪ 5184 04:40:18,885 --> 04:40:20,345 [Dave] The audiences grew more and more 5185 04:40:20,428 --> 04:40:21,721 because kids would start taping 5186 04:40:21,805 --> 04:40:23,431 and then sending tapes around the country. 5187 04:40:23,556 --> 04:40:25,433 The word spread so fast. 5188 04:40:27,477 --> 04:40:29,896 It was Dave's voice, it was Dave's guitar, 5189 04:40:29,979 --> 04:40:32,357 and he was surrounded by these monster musicians 5190 04:40:32,440 --> 04:40:34,192 who were pretty quickly playing stadiums. 5191 04:40:34,442 --> 04:40:36,861 ♪ 'Cause we're Tripping Billies ♪ 5192 04:40:36,945 --> 04:40:39,447 [audience cheering] 5193 04:40:40,949 --> 04:40:42,450 [♪ rock music playing, Dave Matthews Band "Satellite"] 5194 04:40:42,575 --> 04:40:46,371 ♪ Satellite in my eyes ♪ 5195 04:40:46,496 --> 04:40:50,250 ♪ Like a diamond in the sky ♪ 5196 04:40:50,416 --> 04:40:52,418 Satellite is one of the most beautiful songs 5197 04:40:52,502 --> 04:40:54,045 written by a man I've ever heard. 5198 04:40:54,128 --> 04:40:57,298 I can tell these aren't lyrics that he thinks into being, 5199 04:40:57,382 --> 04:40:59,676 these are lyrics that course through him. 5200 04:40:59,759 --> 04:41:01,469 ♪ Oh, when you come ♪ 5201 04:41:01,636 --> 04:41:06,307 ♪ Crash into me ♪ 5202 04:41:06,432 --> 04:41:08,434 The way I write lyrics is just, you know, my lyrics 5203 04:41:08,518 --> 04:41:09,561 make me go... [groans] 5204 04:41:09,686 --> 04:41:11,020 ...and when they stop, making me go... 5205 04:41:11,104 --> 04:41:13,731 [groans] ...then I keep them. 5206 04:41:14,148 --> 04:41:20,113 ♪ The space between The tears we cry ♪ 5207 04:41:20,405 --> 04:41:24,534 ♪ Is the laughter Keeps us coming back for more ♪ 5208 04:41:25,368 --> 04:41:27,912 Dave's poetry isn't fortune cookie poetry. 5209 04:41:28,037 --> 04:41:29,581 He's not a one-liner guy. 5210 04:41:29,706 --> 04:41:31,749 We do live in a catchphrase time, 5211 04:41:31,833 --> 04:41:33,585 and Dave's songwriting, 5212 04:41:33,668 --> 04:41:35,712 it serves that whole four and a half minutes. 5213 04:41:35,795 --> 04:41:42,385 ♪ What's this you say You feel the right to remain ♪ 5214 04:41:42,468 --> 04:41:47,098 ♪ Then stay And I will bury you ♪ 5215 04:41:47,223 --> 04:41:48,850 [Dave] The nice thing about a lot of the songs 5216 04:41:48,933 --> 04:41:50,894 is the live thing, is still evolving, 5217 04:41:50,977 --> 04:41:52,687 and every night it's gonna be different. 5218 04:41:52,812 --> 04:41:56,232 [♪ vocalizes] 5219 04:41:56,524 --> 04:41:58,234 [♪ folk-rock music playing, Dave Matthews Band "So Much To Say"] 5220 04:41:58,484 --> 04:42:01,905 ♪ 'Cause here we have been standing for a long, long time ♪ 5221 04:42:04,324 --> 04:42:06,492 Dave told me that Roi used to push him. 5222 04:42:06,576 --> 04:42:08,578 He was always saying, "Make your vocal lines 5223 04:42:08,661 --> 04:42:10,246 "a little bit more saxophone-like." 5224 04:42:10,330 --> 04:42:13,041 And if you listen to So Much To Say, you can hear it. 5225 04:42:13,625 --> 04:42:15,460 [vocalizes] 5226 04:42:15,543 --> 04:42:17,462 He's, like, jumping around like a saxophone. 5227 04:42:17,545 --> 04:42:20,173 ♪ Let me out ♪ 5228 04:42:20,798 --> 04:42:22,342 ♪ Baby, yeah ♪ 5229 04:42:22,425 --> 04:42:25,595 [audience cheering] 5230 04:42:26,220 --> 04:42:27,972 [Dave] We really love to play live, 5231 04:42:28,056 --> 04:42:30,266 and we have some bells and whistles, 5232 04:42:30,350 --> 04:42:32,185 but we don't have anything that explodes, 5233 04:42:32,310 --> 04:42:34,187 except occasionally the music. 5234 04:42:34,604 --> 04:42:39,108 ♪ I drink too much I drink too much ♪ 5235 04:42:39,400 --> 04:42:43,154 ♪ Want too much, too much ♪ 5236 04:42:44,322 --> 04:42:46,199 [Brandi] All we want is to have fans 5237 04:42:46,324 --> 04:42:47,784 like the Dave Matthews Band has. 5238 04:42:47,867 --> 04:42:49,243 Fans that are wondering 5239 04:42:49,327 --> 04:42:50,703 what we're going to put on the set list, 5240 04:42:50,787 --> 04:42:53,164 that have connections to our banter 5241 04:42:53,247 --> 04:42:55,124 and accept us throughout the years. 5242 04:42:55,208 --> 04:42:57,752 ♪ And upon the sidewalk ♪ 5243 04:42:57,835 --> 04:43:00,004 [audience] ♪ People in every direction ♪ 5244 04:43:01,631 --> 04:43:03,800 [Dave and audience] ♪ No words exchanged, no time ♪ 5245 04:43:03,925 --> 04:43:06,511 [Dave] I couldn't have begged to have a greater experience 5246 04:43:06,636 --> 04:43:07,762 than play in this band. 5247 04:43:07,845 --> 04:43:09,347 I want some other experiences, 5248 04:43:09,430 --> 04:43:12,058 but I don't feel like I'm entitled to them. 5249 04:43:12,183 --> 04:43:15,269 Because, Jesus, how can this happen to one person? 5250 04:43:16,062 --> 04:43:18,272 [vocalizes] 5251 04:43:20,483 --> 04:43:25,405 ♪ Lights down, you up and die ♪ 5252 04:43:30,618 --> 04:43:33,663 -[♪ song concludes] -[audience cheering, applauding] 5253 04:43:35,164 --> 04:43:38,042 [Julia] Oh, I love these guys so much! 5254 04:43:38,626 --> 04:43:40,962 I'm thrilled to be the first person ever 5255 04:43:41,045 --> 04:43:44,340 on Earth to get to say this. Ladies and gentlemen, 5256 04:43:45,091 --> 04:43:47,677 here are the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, 5257 04:43:47,760 --> 04:43:53,016 -the Dave Matthews Band. -[audience cheering, applauding] 5258 04:43:53,182 --> 04:43:56,602 [♪ soft rock music playing, Dave Matthews Band "Ants Marching"] 5259 04:44:30,470 --> 04:44:33,765 ♪ He wakes up in the morning ♪ 5260 04:44:34,557 --> 04:44:38,936 ♪ Does his teeth bite To eat and he's rolling ♪ 5261 04:44:39,020 --> 04:44:41,731 ♪ Never changes a thing ♪ 5262 04:44:43,107 --> 04:44:46,194 ♪ The week ends The week begins ♪ 5263 04:44:46,319 --> 04:44:47,361 ♪ He goes ♪ 5264 04:44:47,445 --> 04:44:50,615 ♪ Goes to visit his mommy ♪ 5265 04:44:50,782 --> 04:44:53,993 ♪ She feeds him well his concerns ♪ 5266 04:44:54,077 --> 04:44:59,457 ♪ He forgets them and remembers being small ♪ 5267 04:45:00,249 --> 04:45:04,087 ♪ Playing under the table and dreaming ♪ 5268 04:45:04,170 --> 04:45:06,255 ♪ Take these chances ♪ 5269 04:45:08,591 --> 04:45:14,263 ♪ Place them in a box until a quieter time ♪ 5270 04:45:14,430 --> 04:45:16,766 ♪ Lights down, you up and die ♪ 5271 04:45:16,891 --> 04:45:18,142 [vocalizes] 5272 04:45:33,991 --> 04:45:37,370 ♪ Driving along his highway ♪ 5273 04:45:38,329 --> 04:45:42,667 ♪ All these cars and upon the sidewalk ♪ 5274 04:45:42,917 --> 04:45:45,211 [audience] ♪ People in every direction ♪ 5275 04:45:47,421 --> 04:45:50,591 ♪ No words exchanged no time to exchange ♪ 5276 04:45:50,675 --> 04:45:55,471 ♪ When all the little ants are marching ♪ 5277 04:45:55,972 --> 04:46:00,268 ♪ Red and black and antennae waving ♪ 5278 04:46:00,351 --> 04:46:04,021 ♪ We all do it the same ♪ 5279 04:46:04,522 --> 04:46:11,487 ♪ We all do it the same way ♪ 5280 04:46:14,657 --> 04:46:17,118 [audience cheering] 5281 04:46:27,336 --> 04:46:31,132 ♪ Lights down, you up and die ♪ 5282 04:46:32,884 --> 04:46:36,596 [audience cheering, applauding] 5283 04:46:36,679 --> 04:46:39,765 [♪ soft rock music playing, Dave Matthews Band "Crash Into Me"] 5284 04:46:54,488 --> 04:46:59,035 ♪ You've got your ball You've got your chain ♪ 5285 04:46:59,118 --> 04:47:04,040 ♪ Tied to me tight Tie me up again ♪ 5286 04:47:04,165 --> 04:47:08,669 ♪ Who's got their claws In you my friend ♪ 5287 04:47:08,794 --> 04:47:12,924 ♪ Into your heart I'll beat again ♪ 5288 04:47:13,007 --> 04:47:16,761 ♪ When you come crash into me ♪ 5289 04:47:16,886 --> 04:47:19,680 ♪ Yeah, baby ♪ 5290 04:47:20,723 --> 04:47:27,563 ♪ And I come into you ♪ 5291 04:47:31,067 --> 04:47:33,319 ♪ In a boy's dream ♪ 5292 04:47:34,028 --> 04:47:37,865 ♪ Telling it like it is In a boy's dream ♪ 5293 04:47:38,115 --> 04:47:41,452 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 5294 04:47:54,048 --> 04:47:56,300 ♪ Crash into me ♪ 5295 04:47:58,511 --> 04:48:02,682 ♪ Crash into me, oh, oh, oh ♪ 5296 04:48:03,349 --> 04:48:05,434 ♪ Crash into me ♪ 5297 04:48:07,979 --> 04:48:09,981 ♪ Crash into me ♪ 5298 04:48:11,899 --> 04:48:18,364 ♪ Oh and you come crash Into me, baby ♪ * 5299 04:48:18,447 --> 04:48:21,200 [audience cheering, applauding] 5300 04:48:21,284 --> 04:48:25,955 [♪ upbeat rock music playing, Dave Matthews The Band "So Much to Say"] 5301 04:48:29,792 --> 04:48:35,047 ♪ Keep it locked up inside Don't talk about it ♪ 5302 04:48:35,631 --> 04:48:38,926 ♪ Just talk about the weather ♪ 5303 04:48:40,386 --> 04:48:43,347 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 5304 04:48:44,557 --> 04:48:46,559 ♪ Can't see the light ♪ 5305 04:48:46,684 --> 04:48:49,061 ♪ Open up my head ♪ 5306 04:48:49,145 --> 04:48:54,650 ♪ And let me out A-little baby ♪ 5307 04:48:54,734 --> 04:48:59,655 ♪ 'Cause here we have been standing for a long, long time ♪ 5308 04:49:02,575 --> 04:49:03,576 ♪ Yeah ♪ 5309 04:49:03,659 --> 04:49:08,039 ♪ Treading, trotting trails For a long, long time ♪ 5310 04:49:08,164 --> 04:49:12,877 ♪ Time, time, time Time, time, time ♪ 5311 04:49:13,169 --> 04:49:15,671 ♪ I find ♪ 5312 04:49:16,756 --> 04:49:21,093 ♪ Sometimes it's easy to be myself ♪ 5313 04:49:21,552 --> 04:49:25,431 ♪ Sometimes, yeah ♪ 5314 04:49:25,598 --> 04:49:30,186 ♪ I find it's better to be somebody else ♪ 5315 04:49:32,563 --> 04:49:38,027 ♪ I got so much to say So much to say, so much to say ♪ 5316 04:49:38,110 --> 04:49:40,112 ♪ So much to say ♪ 5317 04:49:41,822 --> 04:49:48,496 ♪ So much to say, so much to say So much to say, so much to say ♪ 5318 04:49:50,122 --> 04:49:52,833 ♪ Open up my head ♪ 5319 04:49:52,917 --> 04:49:56,837 ♪ And let me out ♪ 5320 04:49:57,421 --> 04:49:58,464 ♪ Baby ♪ 5321 04:49:58,547 --> 04:49:59,632 [grunts] 5322 04:50:07,390 --> 04:50:10,434 [♪ upbeat rock music playing, Dave Matthews Band "Too Much"] 5323 04:50:14,855 --> 04:50:17,900 ♪ Ooh, straight in Suck up and go ♪ 5324 04:50:18,109 --> 04:50:21,946 ♪ Cool it, swallow, swallow I breathe deep ♪ 5325 04:50:22,154 --> 04:50:24,615 ♪ Take it all, it comes cheap ♪ 5326 04:50:24,949 --> 04:50:26,784 ♪ Like pushing through the doors ♪ 5327 04:50:26,867 --> 04:50:28,828 ♪ 'Cause in between the lines ♪ 5328 04:50:28,994 --> 04:50:32,706 ♪ I'm gonna pack more lines So I can get it in ♪ 5329 04:50:33,082 --> 04:50:36,502 ♪ Ooh, traffic jam got more cars Than a beach got sand ♪ 5330 04:50:36,585 --> 04:50:40,798 ♪ I suck it up, l lick it up I fill it up until no more ♪ 5331 04:50:41,048 --> 04:50:45,428 ♪ I'm no crazy creep I've got it coming to me ♪ 5332 04:50:45,719 --> 04:50:49,348 ♪ But I'm not satisfied The hunger keeps on growing ♪ 5333 04:50:49,849 --> 04:50:53,644 ♪ I eat too much I drink too much ♪ 5334 04:50:53,727 --> 04:50:58,023 ♪ I want too much, too much ♪ 5335 04:51:07,158 --> 04:51:08,909 [grunts] 5336 04:51:14,623 --> 04:51:16,333 [grunts] 5337 04:51:18,002 --> 04:51:19,712 [growls] 5338 04:51:22,339 --> 04:51:23,340 ♪ Too much ♪ 5339 04:51:24,300 --> 04:51:25,301 ♪ Too much ♪ 5340 04:51:27,011 --> 04:51:31,223 ♪ 'Cause I eat too much I drink too much ♪ 5341 04:51:31,348 --> 04:51:35,102 ♪ I want too much, too much ♪ 5342 04:51:52,495 --> 04:51:55,164 -[♪ music concludes] -[audience cheering, applauding] 5343 04:52:33,619 --> 04:52:34,954 Thank you very much. 5344 04:52:37,831 --> 04:52:41,168 Hello, and so, there was an extra one, so... 5345 04:52:41,919 --> 04:52:47,383 Look, first of all, the Class of 2024, 5346 04:52:47,550 --> 04:52:49,718 I've said it before, 5347 04:52:49,802 --> 04:52:53,055 but it does feel like we're swimming 5348 04:52:53,138 --> 04:52:54,640 in very deep water here, 5349 04:52:54,723 --> 04:52:58,143 and just deeply grateful for being inducted 5350 04:52:58,227 --> 04:53:00,312 with this incredible group of people. 5351 04:53:00,396 --> 04:53:02,106 [audience cheering, applauding] 5352 04:53:02,356 --> 04:53:04,525 And a funny story. 5353 04:53:05,234 --> 04:53:08,320 I was just last weekend with a person 5354 04:53:08,404 --> 04:53:10,114 I haven't seen in 30 years, 5355 04:53:10,531 --> 04:53:12,116 and they said, 5356 04:53:12,199 --> 04:53:14,326 "I was going through some old things of mine, 5357 04:53:14,535 --> 04:53:16,161 "and in this drawer, 5358 04:53:16,245 --> 04:53:19,248 "and I found the old Tribe Called Quest album 5359 04:53:19,331 --> 04:53:23,127 "that you gave me." And I was like, "That's funny," 5360 04:53:23,335 --> 04:53:27,214 because I am being inducted with my band 5361 04:53:27,506 --> 04:53:28,757 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 5362 04:53:28,841 --> 04:53:30,676 along with the Tribe Called Quest. 5363 04:53:30,759 --> 04:53:33,345 [audience cheering, applauding] 5364 04:53:33,429 --> 04:53:36,724 And I just absolutely love them. 5365 04:53:36,807 --> 04:53:39,393 And then I told Peter already, 5366 04:53:39,602 --> 04:53:41,645 I just think the absolute world of you, 5367 04:53:41,729 --> 04:53:42,771 I think you're just incredible, 5368 04:53:42,896 --> 04:53:44,732 and you're such a big part of my life. 5369 04:53:45,399 --> 04:53:47,192 Peter Frampton, what a hero. 5370 04:53:47,568 --> 04:53:48,861 I once was in the gym, 5371 04:53:48,986 --> 04:53:52,573 and Ozzy Osbourne was running on the treadmill next to me, 5372 04:53:52,740 --> 04:53:55,909 and he was like... [grunts] ...and he was so bad. 5373 04:53:55,993 --> 04:53:57,077 I was like, "Ah, it's Ozzy Osbourne," 5374 04:53:57,161 --> 04:53:58,537 because... [chuckles] 5375 04:53:58,662 --> 04:54:00,789 ...I do have a soft spot for Ozzy Osbourne. 5376 04:54:00,873 --> 04:54:02,541 And he's just-- Just as what's the truth, 5377 04:54:02,625 --> 04:54:05,502 he's one of the nicest people in the world. 5378 04:54:05,753 --> 04:54:07,463 He really is. You meet him, he's just like-- 5379 04:54:07,630 --> 04:54:10,132 You can't-- So, I took my son to see him when he-- 5380 04:54:10,215 --> 04:54:12,384 My son was little, I went to see Black Sabbath 5381 04:54:12,509 --> 04:54:16,680 with my boy, and I mean, there was a lot of blood, 5382 04:54:16,764 --> 04:54:19,600 -but it was lovely. -[audience laughing] 5383 04:54:20,976 --> 04:54:24,271 But I just have to say now that it is such an honor 5384 04:54:24,396 --> 04:54:27,232 to share the stage with these guys, 5385 04:54:27,316 --> 04:54:28,901 night after night, and things have changed, 5386 04:54:28,984 --> 04:54:31,195 but I'm gonna start my-- I'm gonna get on it now. 5387 04:54:31,487 --> 04:54:34,907 Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, 5388 04:54:34,990 --> 04:54:37,785 LeRoi Moore, we wish you were here. 5389 04:54:38,535 --> 04:54:41,705 We miss you every day. Tim Reynolds, I love you. 5390 04:54:41,789 --> 04:54:45,376 Rashawn Ross, Buddy Strong, Jeff Coffin. 5391 04:54:45,459 --> 04:54:47,836 [audience cheering, applauding] 5392 04:54:49,213 --> 04:54:50,923 Okay, I'm gonna go fast. 5393 04:54:52,257 --> 04:54:56,136 Not here, obviously. Boyd Tinsley, wherever you are, 5394 04:54:56,220 --> 04:54:58,764 we hope you're finding the happiness you seek. 5395 04:54:59,098 --> 04:55:00,432 Butch Taylor. 5396 04:55:01,100 --> 04:55:03,060 He played keys with us for years. 5397 04:55:03,143 --> 04:55:05,688 Thank you so much. Peter Greisar, 5398 04:55:05,813 --> 04:55:07,940 the first keyboardist in the band, 5399 04:55:08,065 --> 04:55:10,234 thanks for sticking with us as long as you did. 5400 04:55:10,359 --> 04:55:11,902 You had bigger plans. 5401 04:55:12,903 --> 04:55:15,364 Tawatha Agee's here! I saw Tawatha last night. 5402 04:55:15,447 --> 04:55:17,825 I'm so excited. I can't wait to sing with you again 5403 04:55:17,908 --> 04:55:20,703 and all the lovely ladies. I'm gonna go fast now. 5404 04:55:20,911 --> 04:55:23,038 A thousand thanks to our crew. 5405 04:55:23,163 --> 04:55:24,707 I know we're doing the plan 5406 04:55:24,790 --> 04:55:26,250 where this is the going out music. 5407 04:55:26,333 --> 04:55:27,334 Thanks. 5408 04:55:28,335 --> 04:55:30,796 There are so many people, too many people to thank. 5409 04:55:30,879 --> 04:55:32,548 I already said-- 5410 04:55:32,631 --> 04:55:34,174 Somebody said, and then somebody else said 5411 04:55:34,258 --> 04:55:35,759 that I was a bartender at Miller's. 5412 04:55:35,926 --> 04:55:37,344 But-- And we all met at Miller's. 5413 04:55:37,428 --> 04:55:39,138 Well, at least the original guys. 5414 04:55:39,805 --> 04:55:41,974 And I, for years, was a fan 5415 04:55:42,057 --> 04:55:44,518 of these musicians before I ever told them 5416 04:55:44,601 --> 04:55:45,853 that I played the guitar. 5417 04:55:46,145 --> 04:55:49,273 And that bar was a great place for musicians. 5418 04:55:49,356 --> 04:55:51,692 And the guy who owned that bar is here, Steve Tharp. 5419 04:55:51,775 --> 04:55:53,694 Thank you for letting us put a band together. 5420 04:55:53,777 --> 04:55:57,239 [audience cheering, applauding] 5421 04:55:57,364 --> 04:55:58,490 And another friend of ours 5422 04:55:58,574 --> 04:56:00,909 from that bar encouraged me to write songs. 5423 04:56:01,118 --> 04:56:05,205 And John D'earth, great trumpet player, 5424 04:56:05,289 --> 04:56:06,915 and he's here. We love you, John. 5425 04:56:06,999 --> 04:56:10,127 Thank you for encouraging me to take a tape of my music 5426 04:56:10,210 --> 04:56:12,671 to Carter and Roi, who are my heroes. 5427 04:56:12,755 --> 04:56:14,965 And then they said, "Sure, we'll play with you. 5428 04:56:15,048 --> 04:56:16,425 "Whatever. We got time. 5429 04:56:16,633 --> 04:56:17,926 "Got nothing to do in the daytime, 5430 04:56:18,010 --> 04:56:19,595 "so let's practice." 5431 04:56:19,803 --> 04:56:21,805 We drank a lot of liquor at Steve's-- 5432 04:56:22,639 --> 04:56:23,932 At the bar, a lot of free liquor, 5433 04:56:24,016 --> 04:56:25,642 'cause I was a bartender, so I was just... 5434 04:56:25,726 --> 04:56:27,978 -[audience laughing] -I have the power. 5435 04:56:28,103 --> 04:56:33,317 And then Carter and me and Roi all lived in our mom's houses, 5436 04:56:33,400 --> 04:56:36,320 because we were grown men and then at the time-- 5437 04:56:36,445 --> 04:56:40,240 And us-- But Stefan was in high school, 5438 04:56:40,324 --> 04:56:42,409 so he had his own place. And he was 5439 04:56:42,993 --> 04:56:44,161 ahead of his time. 5440 04:56:44,620 --> 04:56:46,914 I'm trying to think of things to say. 5441 04:56:47,664 --> 04:56:50,542 Roi said to me one day, 5442 04:56:50,626 --> 04:56:55,214 "You should get Rashawn to be in the band." 5443 04:56:55,297 --> 04:56:57,674 I said, "You should get Rashawn to be in the band." 5444 04:56:57,925 --> 04:56:59,676 And then when Roi was injured, 5445 04:57:00,594 --> 04:57:03,514 and we thought he needed someone to cover for him 5446 04:57:03,597 --> 04:57:06,183 for a while, Jeff Coffin stepped up, 5447 04:57:06,308 --> 04:57:08,018 our old friend from the Flecktones. 5448 04:57:08,143 --> 04:57:10,270 [audience cheering, applauding] 5449 04:57:10,437 --> 04:57:12,731 And then when Roi passed, 5450 04:57:12,940 --> 04:57:17,152 then Jeff stayed on with us, and we love you for that. 5451 04:57:17,361 --> 04:57:20,155 And Jeff-- And also, 5452 04:57:21,114 --> 04:57:23,617 when Buddy joined the band, it brought new life to us, 5453 04:57:23,742 --> 04:57:26,745 and we're so grateful that he's here with us, too. 5454 04:57:26,829 --> 04:57:28,914 [audience cheering, applauding] 5455 04:57:31,041 --> 04:57:33,168 I think-- You know, I had so much written down, 5456 04:57:33,252 --> 04:57:35,212 and the poor teleprompter driver is just like, 5457 04:57:35,295 --> 04:57:36,463 "What is happening?" 5458 04:57:36,547 --> 04:57:38,882 -It's all been said already. -[audience laughing] 5459 04:57:38,966 --> 04:57:43,136 I mean, you know, I wanna thank Chip Hooper, 5460 04:57:43,220 --> 04:57:45,973 who's not with us anymore, for telling us where to go. 5461 04:57:46,557 --> 04:57:50,143 And I want to thank my sort of long-lost friend, 5462 04:57:50,269 --> 04:57:52,437 Ross Hoffman, for convincing me to finish songs. 5463 04:57:52,563 --> 04:57:54,189 I don't think I could have without him. 5464 04:57:55,566 --> 04:57:57,442 I don't know who else to thank. 5465 04:57:57,526 --> 04:58:00,404 My family, our families. We love them all so much. 5466 04:58:00,529 --> 04:58:02,322 And then I wanted to get the most important thing 5467 04:58:02,406 --> 04:58:04,157 that I think matters to everything, 5468 04:58:04,241 --> 04:58:05,951 about this band, 5469 04:58:06,034 --> 04:58:08,704 and probably every band here, is our fans. 5470 04:58:08,912 --> 04:58:12,916 -Our fans are the-- -[audience cheering, applauding] 5471 04:58:13,166 --> 04:58:14,334 You know. 5472 04:58:15,669 --> 04:58:18,839 I mean, it's bananas. 5473 04:58:18,922 --> 04:58:20,591 And anyway... 5474 04:58:21,383 --> 04:58:23,844 And I blame it 5475 04:58:23,927 --> 04:58:26,263 on their persistence, not on the quality of anything, 5476 04:58:26,346 --> 04:58:30,767 but we won the fan vote when we were first nominated, 5477 04:58:31,184 --> 04:58:34,104 but we didn't get in. 5478 04:58:34,813 --> 04:58:38,025 And then, I mean, only because I can see our fans like... 5479 04:58:38,108 --> 04:58:41,528 -[imitating keyboard clacking] -[audience laughing] 5480 04:58:41,612 --> 04:58:44,865 So, we won this time, but I blame my fans, 5481 04:58:44,948 --> 04:58:46,533 our fans, sorry. 5482 04:58:46,658 --> 04:58:49,745 But I thought, you know-- And we got in, which is amazing. 5483 04:58:49,828 --> 04:58:51,204 Thank you to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 5484 04:58:51,288 --> 04:58:55,083 But I thought it would have been pretty cool 5485 04:58:55,167 --> 04:58:57,127 if we didn't get in again, you know? 5486 04:58:57,252 --> 04:58:58,378 [audience laughing] 5487 04:58:58,545 --> 04:59:00,505 Because that'll be like... [chuckles] ..."Look at that." 5488 04:59:00,589 --> 04:59:02,424 And then hopefully we can pull it off one more time. 5489 04:59:02,507 --> 04:59:04,426 But this is-- We're really happy about this. 5490 04:59:04,509 --> 04:59:06,595 Thank you to all the artists that we got to share this-- 5491 04:59:06,678 --> 04:59:08,597 I mean, heroes of all of ours. 5492 04:59:08,680 --> 04:59:10,891 Just unbelievable. And thank you, everybody. 5493 04:59:11,016 --> 04:59:13,060 I just screwed up the whole speech. 5494 04:59:13,393 --> 04:59:16,396 You're all everything. Families, friends, everybody. 5495 04:59:16,521 --> 04:59:21,568 [audience cheering, applauding] 5496 04:59:26,365 --> 04:59:28,575 Thank you, Julia Roberts. [sighs] 5497 04:59:39,836 --> 04:59:41,838 So, I know a lot of you guys are gonna be leaving now, 5498 04:59:41,922 --> 04:59:43,799 so we'll play some going away music. 5499 04:59:43,882 --> 04:59:48,553 [audience cheering, applauding] 5500 05:00:02,734 --> 05:00:05,862 It is the 40th anniversary 5501 05:00:06,279 --> 05:00:09,992 of Stop Making Sense by the Talking Heads, 5502 05:00:10,117 --> 05:00:12,995 -and... -[audience cheering, applauding] 5503 05:00:13,996 --> 05:00:16,915 ...I hope I don't-- 5504 05:00:16,999 --> 05:00:18,667 I'm gonna screw the beginning up. 5505 05:00:25,674 --> 05:00:28,343 [♪ rock music playing, Talking Heads "Burning Down the House"] 5506 05:00:43,483 --> 05:00:45,527 ♪ Ah, watch out ♪ 5507 05:00:46,069 --> 05:00:48,405 ♪ You might get what you're after ♪ 5508 05:00:48,613 --> 05:00:52,868 ♪ Cool babies Strange, but not a stranger ♪ 5509 05:00:53,744 --> 05:00:59,875 ♪ I'm an ordinary guy Burning down the house ♪ 5510 05:01:02,127 --> 05:01:06,298 ♪ Hold tight Wait 'til the party's over ♪ 5511 05:01:06,423 --> 05:01:10,844 ♪ Hold tight We're in for nasty weather ♪ 5512 05:01:11,762 --> 05:01:16,058 ♪ There has got to be a way ♪ 5513 05:01:16,349 --> 05:01:18,268 ♪ Burning down the house ♪ 5514 05:01:19,603 --> 05:01:21,772 ♪ Here's your ticket Pack your bags ♪ 5515 05:01:21,897 --> 05:01:24,191 ♪ Time for jumpin' overboard ♪ 5516 05:01:24,733 --> 05:01:27,402 ♪ Transportation is here ♪ 5517 05:01:28,695 --> 05:01:33,241 ♪ Close enough, but not too far Maybe you know where you are ♪ 5518 05:01:33,700 --> 05:01:36,453 ♪ Fightin' fire with fire ♪ 5519 05:01:36,870 --> 05:01:39,623 ♪ Ah, all wet ♪ 5520 05:01:40,373 --> 05:01:44,294 ♪ Hey, you might need a raincoat Shakedown ♪ 5521 05:01:44,878 --> 05:01:47,130 ♪ Dreams walking in broad daylight ♪ 5522 05:01:47,464 --> 05:01:52,469 ♪ 365 degrees ♪ 5523 05:01:52,552 --> 05:01:54,429 ♪ Burning down the house ♪ 5524 05:01:55,847 --> 05:02:00,685 ♪ It was once upon a place Sometimes, I listen to myself ♪ 5525 05:02:01,019 --> 05:02:03,647 ♪ Gonna come in first place ♪ 5526 05:02:04,981 --> 05:02:09,736 ♪ People on their way to work Well, baby, what do you expect ♪ 5527 05:02:10,112 --> 05:02:12,614 ♪ Gonna burst into flames, ah ♪ 5528 05:02:12,697 --> 05:02:14,241 You guys want some more? 5529 05:02:28,672 --> 05:02:30,465 ♪ Burning down the house ♪ 5530 05:02:32,592 --> 05:02:36,888 ♪ My house Is out of the ordinary ♪ 5531 05:02:37,180 --> 05:02:41,226 ♪ That's right Don't wannna hurt nobody ♪ 5532 05:02:41,309 --> 05:02:46,565 ♪ Some things sure can sweep me off my feet ♪ 5533 05:02:46,982 --> 05:02:48,942 ♪ Burning down the house ♪ 5534 05:02:49,192 --> 05:02:54,990 [audience cheering, applauding] 5535 05:02:59,369 --> 05:03:00,996 Thank you all very, very much. 5536 05:03:01,121 --> 05:03:04,499 Thank you. Hey, thanks, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 5537 05:03:04,583 --> 05:03:08,628 Thank you to our fans. And thank you, Cleveland. 5538 05:03:14,968 --> 05:03:17,345 [♪ end theme music playing] 5539 05:05:09,791 --> 05:05:11,334 [♪ music concludes] 414391