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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> Announcer: TO INDUCT

DURAN DURAN INTO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME, ROBERT DOWNEY JR.

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>> I AM SO PSYCHED.

♪ CALIFORNIA, UGH!

KNOWS HOW TO PARTY ♪

[APPLAUSE]

UM, WOW.

THIS IS ELECTRIC.

LET'S KICK IT OFF.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

I GOT A QUESTION.

WHAT MAKES FOR LONGEVITY IN

ARGUABLY THE MOST CUTTHROAT

BUSINESS ON EARTH?

[AUDIENCE SHOUTING RESPONSES]

YES.

I SAY CONSISTENT QUALITY

OVER TIME, PLUS HEADBANDS.

BY WHICH I MEAN: ICONIC,

ERA-DEFINING FASHION, HIGH-LEVEL

MUSICIANSHIP, PLUS HITS, RIGHT?

DOZENS OF 'EM, ALBUMS SOLD,

HUNDREDS AND MILLIONS OF THEM IF

YOU CAN, BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN

ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS, YOU NEED

A SENSE OF WHAT I LIKE TO CALL

THE "CSF" -- COOL, SOPHISTICATED

FUN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

YOU KNOW WHO'S GOT THAT IN

SPADES?

DURAN DURAN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

YEAH.

YEAH!

DURAN DURAN, THEY OWN THAT

SPACE, AND THEY HAVE FOR OVER 40

YEARS.

I MEAN, READ THE LYRICS TO

"PAPER GODS," WATCH THE VIDEO

FOR "CELEBRATION."

CRY IN THE MIRROR AS YOU

LIP-SYNC TO "ORDINARY WORLD."

WATCH THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS OR THE

TWENTY-SOMETHINGS' FACES WHEN

THEY HEAR "GIRLS ON FILM,"

"HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF,"

"SAVE A PRAYER," OR "WILD BOYS"

FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THEN

PRETEND YOU'RE SURPRISED WHEN

THEY HIP YOU TO THE OTHER 79

HITS THEY WROTE THAT YOU MISSED

THAT ARE JUST AS GOOD.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

MIND-BLOWING.

I'M A LUCKY DUDE TO BE HERE

TONIGHT.

THE ORIGIN STORY OF THIS ICONIC

BAND COMES DOWN TO TWO WORDS:

CONFIDENCE AND FAITH.

NICK AND JOHN PUT A CHEEKY

LITTLE AD IN "MELODY MAKER."

ROGER ANSWERED THE CALL ONCE

THAT POWER TRIO CHOSE A POET IN

A PAIR OF PINK LEOPARD PRINT

PANTS NAMED SIMON.

AND THEN, ANDY SIGNED ALONG WITH

THEM A BIT AFTER THAT.

THE REST WOULD BECOME HISTORY.

A HISTORY OF FAITH IN EACH

OTHER, THEMSELVES, AND,

HONESTLY, IN US, IN THE AUDIENCE

THAT THEY HAVE NEVER TAKEN FOR

GRANTED.

AND THE FACT THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS

BEEN TRANSPARENT ABOUT BEING A

WORK IN PROGRESS, LIKE WE ALL

ARE, I FEEL IT'S WHY I ADORE

THESE MEN.

THAT'S THE GIFT THEY'VE GIVEN

US.

THEY BESTOWED THAT ON THEIR

FANS, PERMISSION TO GROW AND

CHANGE, AND AGE OUT OF ONE MODE

AND EMBRACE THE NEXT.

ALL RIGHT.

HIGH AMONG THE MANY

SURREAL MOMENTS I'VE WITNESSED

IN MY LIFE SHALL FOREVER REMAIN.

MY 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY, THEY

PLAYED A SHORT SET, AND I SHIT

YOU NOT, HALFWAY THROUGH "RIO,"

A PROMINENT HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR,

HIS WIFE TORE OFF HER BRA AND

TOSSED IT ON STAGE.

[LAUGHTER]

I THINK THEY STILL GOT IT.

IT'S INFECTIOUS.

DURAN DURAN INVITES US ALL TO

PUT OUR BEST DAYS HERE, NOW, AND

STILL IN FRONT OF US.

AND SO, AS A FAN, I'M AMAZED.

I'M HONORED TO BE HERE FOR THEIR

INDUCTION INTO THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, BUT AS

A HUMAN, I'M GRATEFUL THAT THESE

GIFTED SOULS ARE FINALLY

RECEIVING THE LONG-DESERVED

CEMENTING OF THEIR LEGACY.

LET'S GO TO THE TAPE!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE

NAME "DURAN DURAN?"

>> "DURAN DURAN?"

>> YES, DURAN DURAN, FROM THE

PLANET EARTH.

♪ PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ME NOW ♪

♪ I MADE A BREAK, I RUN OUT

YESTERDAY ♪

♪ TRIED TO FIND MY MOUNTAIN

HIDEAWAY ♪

>> I WAS CONVINCED THAT I WOULD

MARRY ONE MEMBER OF DURAN DURAN,

IF NOT ALL FIVE OF THEM.

I MEAN, I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH

DURAN DURAN, IT HURT.

>> DURAN DURAN IS MY LIFE.

AND I GREW UP DANCING TO

DURAN DURAN.

♪ PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ME NOW ♪

>> JOHN!

JOHN!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> WHEN WE STARTED DURAN DURAN

IN 1979, WE HAD A VERY VIVID

VISION OF WHAT WE WANTED TO

SOUND LIKE.

WE HAD TO FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

IT WAS JOHN AND I, AND THEN WE

ADDED ROGER.

AND THEN ANDY, AND SIMON WAS THE

LAST PIECE TO THE JIGSAW.

>> SIMON CAME DOWN TO ONE OF

OUR REHEARSALS AND HE HAD THE

LYRICS.

THESE ARE SONGS IN HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GOT TO

PUT SOME MUSIC TO THESE.

♪ CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? ♪

♪ LOOKING AT PLANET EARTH ♪

>> HELLO, GOOD EVENING.

AND WELCOME TO OUR SHOW.

♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪

>> FOR A BAND, IT'S -- WE'VE

GOT, LIKE, RECORDS, WE'VE GOT

THE LIVE PERFORMANCE.

AND NOW, YOU'VE GOT VIDEOS,

SOMETHING REALLY NEW AND REALLY

EXCITING.

>> THE FIRST TIME I SAW

"GIRLS ON FILM," WE WERE JUST

KIND OF LIKE, "WHAT IS THIS?"

LIKE, "WHAT'S HAPPENING?"

IT WAS JUST SO ARTY, AND THEY

HAD THESE DIFFERENT KINDS OF

OUTFITS, AND HAIRDOS, AND

MAKEUP, THAT YOU COULDN'T HELP

BUT JUST BE FASCINATED.

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>> WE BROKE IN A LOT OF OTHER

COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, BUT WE

HADN'T BROKE THROUGH IN

AMERICA.

WE COULDN'T GET THROUGH TO

ANYBODY.

BUT FORTUNATELY, IT WAS THE

ADVENT OF MTV.

THEY WANTED TO SHOW NEW BANDS.

AND WHEN THEY DID, THE RADIO

STATIONS PICKED UP ON US AND

"HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF" BROKE

THROUGH.

♪ I'M ON THE HUNT

I'M AFTER YOU ♪

♪ SMELL LIKE I SOUND,

I'M LOST IN A CROWD ♪

♪ AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE

THE WOLF ♪

♪ HER NAME IS RIO AND SHE

DANCES ON THE SAND ♪

>> NOBODY KNEW THAT BECAUSE OF

THE EXPOSURE LEVEL OF IT IN THIS

COUNTRY, 24 HOURS A DAY, THE

PEOPLE WERE GONNA START KNOWING

MORE ABOUT THE WAY OUR GROUP

LOOKED.

>> RIGHT NOW, DIRECT FROM

LONDON, DURAN DURAN.

♪ AND WHEN SHE SHINES, SHE

REALLY SHOWS YOU ALL SHE CAN ♪

♪ OH RIO, RIO, DANCE ACROSS THE

RIO GRANDE ♪

>> EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED, IT

WAS, LIKE, YOU COULD SEE

DURAN DURAN IN EVERY MALL ON

EVERYBODY'S OUTFIT.

THEIR STYLE, THEIR MUSIC,

EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID JUST

BECAME HUGE.

>> WE'VE ALWAYS SORT OF WRITTEN

SONGS TOGETHER, THE FIVE OF US.

JUST BASHING THINGS OUT UNTIL WE

AGREED TO SOME POINT AND SAY,

"OKAY.

NOW, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING.

WE'LL BUILD ON THAT."

♪ THE UNION OF THE SNAKE IS ON

THE CLIMB ♪

>> WHILE NICK RHODES IS SAVING

THE PLANET, WE'VE GOT MORE MUSIC

VIDEOS ON MTV MUSIC TELEVISION.

♪ UNTIL WE DANCE INTO

THE FIRE ♪

♪ THAT FATAL KISS ♪

>> THE SONGWRITING WAS SO

WELL-CRAFTED AS POP SONGS, AND

SO ADDICTIVE THAT YOU JUST CAN'T

GET THEM OUT OF YOUR HEAD.

♪ WHEN ALL WE SEE IS THE VIEW

TO A KILL ♪

>> EXCUSE ME, AREN'T YOU --

>> BOND.

SIMON LE BONS.

♪ THE REFLEX IS A

LONELY CHILD ♪

>> "THE REFLEX," WE ALL FELT IT

WAS A COMMERCIAL-SOUNDING SONG,

BUT IT JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT QUITE

RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE THOUGHT,

"NILE MIGHT BE THE MAN."

>> THEY CALLED ME UP AND THEY

SAID, "HEY, NILE, COULD YOU

REMIX THIS FOR US?"

SO I SAID, "I'M GONNA DO WHAT I

WOULD'VE DONE, HAD I BEEN WITH

YOU GUYS WHEN YOU FIRST WROTE

THIS."

♪ THE REFLEX IS ALONE, THE

REFLEX ♪

♪ FLEX, FLEX, FLEX,

FLEX, FLEX ♪

♪ YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR

THIS TIME ♪

♪ AND I'M DANCING ON THE

VALENTINE ♪

♪ OH, I, I, I ♪

♪ OH, WHOA, WHOA ♪

♪ WHY, AY, AY? ♪

>> "ORDINARY WORLD" IS A SONG

ABOUT TRYING TO GET OVER THE

DEATH OF A BEST FRIEND.

IT BECAME SUCH AN IMPORTANT SONG

FOR US, AND I THINK IT ONLY HAD

THAT POWER TO TOUCH PEOPLE

BECAUSE IT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.

♪ BUT I WON'T CRY FOR

YESTERDAY ♪

♪ THERE'S AN ORDINARY WORLD ♪

♪ SOMEHOW I HAVE TO FIND ♪

>> WE HAVE THIS SENSE THAT

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE

WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER THAT'S WORTH

SHOWING UP FOR.

WE GO OUT AND WE PLAY AND WE

REMIND EACH OTHER, "WHEN WE DO

THIS TOGETHER, THIS IS WHAT WE

GET."

♪ REACH UP FOR THE SUNRISE ♪

♪ FEEL THE NEW DAY ENTER

YOUR LIFE ♪

>> THEY ARE LEGENDS.

THEY ARE ICONS.

THEY'RE STILL SELLING OUT

MASSIVE SHOWS AND CONTINUE TO BE

AN INSPIRATION TO SO MANY

PEOPLE.

♪ DON'T SAY A PRAYER FOR ME

NOW ♪

♪ SAVE IT TILL THE MORNING

AFTER ♪

♪ NO, DON'T SAY A PRAYER FOR ME

NOW ♪

♪ SAVE IT TILL THE MORNING

AFTER ♪

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> NICK RHODES, JOHN TAYLOR,

ROGER TAYLOR, SIMON LE BON.

I'LL TAKE A KNEE WHILE YOU GET

ON YOUR FEET FOR DURAN DURAN!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ SEE THEM WALKING

HAND IN HAND ♪

♪ ACROSS THE BRIDGE AT

MIDNIGHT ♪

♪ HEADS TURNING AS THE LIGHTS

FLASHING OUT ♪

♪ ARE SO BRIGHT ♪

♪ AND WALK RIGHT OUT TO THE

FOUR LINE TRACK ♪

♪ THERE'S A CAMERA ROLLING

ON HER BACK ♪

♪ ON HER BACK ♪

♪ AND I SENSE A RHYTHM HUMMING

IN A FRENZY ♪

♪ ALL THE WAY DOWN HER SPINE ♪

♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪

♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪

♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪

♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪

♪ ♪

♪ LIPSTICK CHERRY ALL OVER THE

LENS AS SHE'S FALLING ♪

♪ AND MILES OF SHARP BLUE WATER

COMING IN ♪

♪ WHERE SHE LIES ♪

♪ THE DIVING MAN'S COMING UP

FOR AIR ♪

♪ 'CAUSE THE CROWD ALL LOVE

PULLING DOLLY BY THE HAIR ♪

♪ BY THE HAIR ♪

♪ AND SHE WONDERS HOW SHE EVER

GOT HERE ♪

♪ AS SHE GOES UNDER AGAIN ♪

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♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪

♪ TWO MINUTES LATER ♪

♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪

♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪

♪ GOT YOUR PICTURE ♪

♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪

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♪ DARKEN THE CITY,

NIGHT IS A WIRE ♪

♪ STEAM IN THE SUBWAY,

EARTH IS A AFIRE ♪

♪ DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO-DO

DO-DO-DO DO-DO ♪

♪ WOMAN, YOU WANT ME,

GIVE ME A SIGN ♪

♪ AND CATCH MY BREATHING

EVEN CLOSER BEHIND ♪

♪ DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO-DO

DO-DO-DO DO-DO ♪

♪ IN TOUCH WITH THE GROUND ♪

♪ I'M ON THE HUNT

I'M AFTER YOU ♪

♪ SMELL LIKE I SOUND,

I'M LOST IN A CROWD ♪

♪ AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF ♪

♪ STRADDLE THE LINE

IN DISCORD AND RHYME ♪

♪ I'M ON THE HUNT

I'M AFTER YOU ♪

♪ MOUTH IS ALIVE, WITH JUICES

LIKE WINE ♪

♪ AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF ♪

♪ STALKED IN THE FOREST,

TOO CLOSE TO HIDE ♪

♪ I'LL BE UPON YOU BY THE

MOONLIGHT SIDE ♪

♪ DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO-DO

DO-DO-DO DO-DO ♪

♪ HIGH BLOOD DRUMMING ON YOUR

SKIN, IT'S SO TIGHT ♪

♪ YOU FEEL MY HEAT,

I'M JUST A MOMENT BEHIND ♪

♪ DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO-DO

DO-DO-DO DO-DO ♪

♪ IN TOUCH WITH THE GROUND ♪

♪ I'M ON THE HUNT

I'M AFTER YOU ♪

♪ I SMELL LIKE I SOUND,

I'M LOST AND I'M FOUND ♪

♪ AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF ♪

♪ STRUT ON A LINE,

IT'S DISCORD AND RHYME ♪

♪ I HOWL AND I WHINE,

I'M AFTER YOU ♪

♪ MOUTH IS ALIVE, WITH JUICES

LIKE WINE ♪

♪ AND I'M HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF ♪

IS A GOOD MUSICAL

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ CAME IN FROM A RAINY THURSDAY

ON THE AVENUE ♪

♪ THOUGHT I HEARD YOU TALKING

SOFTLY ♪

♪ I TURNED ON THE LIGHTS, THE

TV, AND THE RADIO ♪

♪ STILL I CAN'T ESCAPE THE GHOST

OF YOU ♪

♪ WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO IT ALL? ♪

♪ CRAZY, SOME'D SAY ♪

♪ WHERE IS THE LIFE THAT I

RECOGNIZE? ♪

♪ GONE AWAY ♪

♪ BUT I WON'T CRY FOR

YESTERDAY ♪

♪ THERE'S AN ORDINARY WORLD ♪

♪ SOMEHOW I HAVE TO FIND ♪

♪ AND AS I TRY TO MAKE MY WAY ♪

♪ TO THE ORDINARY WORLD ♪

♪ I WILL LEARN TO SURVIVE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ PASSION OR COINCIDENCE ♪

♪ ONCE PROMPTED YOU TO SAY ♪

♪ "PRIDE WILL TEAR US

BOTH APART" ♪

♪ WELL, NOW PRIDE'S GONE OUT

THE WINDOW ♪

♪ CROSS THE ROOFTOPS ♪

♪ RUN AWAY ♪

♪ LEFT ME IN THE VACUUM OF MY

HEART ♪

♪ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME? ♪

♪ CRAZY, SOME'D SAY ♪

♪ WHERE IS MY FRIEND WHEN I NEED

YOU MOST? ♪

♪ GONE AWAY ♪

♪ BUT I WON'T CRY FOR

YESTERDAY ♪

♪ THERE'S AN ORDINARY WORLD ♪

♪ SOMEHOW I HAVE TO FIND ♪

♪ AND AS I TRY TO MAKE MY WAY ♪

♪ TO THE ORDINARY WORLD ♪

♪ I WILL LEARN TO SURVIVE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ BUT I WON'T CRY FOR

YESTERDAY ♪

♪ THERE'S AN ORDINARY WORLD ♪

♪ SOMEHOW I HAVE TO FIND ♪

♪ AND AS I TRY TO MAKE MY WAY ♪

♪ TO THE ORDINARY WORLD ♪

♪ I WILL LEARN TO SURVIVE ♪

♪ EVERY ONE ♪

♪ IS MY WORLD ♪

♪ ANY ONE ♪

♪ IS MY WORLD ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU.

>> FIRSTLY, THERE ARE TWO OF OUR

BAND MEMBERS BEING INDUCTED WHO

SADLY CANNOT BE HERE.

WARREN CUCCURULLO, EXTRAORDINARY

GUITAR PLAYER.

HE MADE A MASSIVE CONTRIBUTION

TO DURAN DURAN.

AND THEN THERE'S ANDY TAYLOR,

OUR ORIGINAL GUITARIST.

[APPLAUSE]

ANDY HAS WRITTEN AN OPEN

LETTER TO US.

I'M GONNA READ SOME OF IT NOW.

"WHAT AN ABSOLUTE HONOR IT IS TO

BE NOMINATED, LET ALONE BE

INDUCTED INTO THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT COMES CLOSE

TO SUCH RECOGNITION.

JUST OVER FOUR YEARS AGO, I WAS

DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR

METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER.

MANY FAMILIES HAVE EXPERIENCED

THE SLOW BURN OF THIS DISEASE

AND, OF COURSE, WE ARE NO

DIFFERENT.

SO I SPEAK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE

OF A FAMILY MAN, BUT WITH

PROFOUND HUMILITY TO THE BAND,

THE GREATEST FANS A GROUP COULD

HAVE, AND THIS EXCEPTIONAL

ACCOLADE.

[APPLAUSE]

I'M TRULY SORRY.

I'M MASSIVELY DISAPPOINTED I

COULDN'T MAKE IT.

LET THERE BE NO DOUBT I WAS

STOKED ABOUT THE WHOLE THING,

EVEN BOUGHT A NEW GUITAR WITH

THE ESSENTIAL WHAMMY.

I AM SO VERY PROUD OF THESE FOUR

BROTHERS.

I'M AMAZED AT THEIR DURABILITY

AND I'M OVERJOYED AT ACCEPTING

THIS AWARD.

I'M SURE AS HELL GLAD I'M AROUND

TO SEE THE DAY.

ALL MY LOVE, ANDY TAYLOR."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN MUSIC

IS IN ITSELF AN HONOR.

OVER THE 40 YEARS I'VE BEEN

WORKING, I'VE COME TO BELIEVE

THAT THE ESSENCE OF OUR JOB IS

THIS:

WE GET TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL

BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT I AM

PROUD TO BE A PART OF.

THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> WE ARE SO, SO VERY HAPPY TO

BE HERE TONIGHT, YOU GUYS.

YOU KNOW, MUSIC NOURISHED US AND

GAVE US IDENTITIES.

WE WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT THE

INFLUENCE OF THE BEATLES,

DAVID BOWIE AND MICK RONSON,

SIOUXSIE SIOUX AND PATTI SMITH.

NILE RODGERS AND

BERNARD EDWARDS.

THESE ARTISTS AND SO MANY OTHERS

WERE ALL AT ONE TIME PARENTS,

MENTORS, AND SPIRIT GUIDES.

WITHOUT THEM AND THEIR MUSIC, WE

MIGHT NEVER HAVE FOUND EACH

OTHER.

[APPLAUSE]

>> HELLO.

THANK YOU.

I'M USED TO BEING IN THE BACK,

SO I'M NOT GONNA SAY A LOT.

I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE

HALL OF FAME.

WE FINALLY GOT HERE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

IT'S A LONG WAY FROM BIRMINGHAM.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK MY

BAND MATES FOR THIS INCREDIBLE

JOURNEY THAT WE'VE BEEN ON FOR

40 YEARS, AND IS STILL, STILL

GOING ON.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE

THAT'S WORKED WITH DURAN DURAN

OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS.

AND THAT'S THE MUSICIANS, THE

PRODUCERS, THE MANAGERS, THE

AGENTS, THE RECORD COMPANIES,

THE TECHNICIANS, THE STYLISTS,

THE FILMMAKERS.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK OUR

FAMILIES FOR BEING WITH US FOR

THE WHOLE JOURNEY THROUGH THICK

AND THIN.

SO THANK YOU.

THANKS A LOT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> WOW.

IT'S GREAT TO BE IN A ROOM

FILLED WITH PEOPLE THAT LOVE

MUSIC.

YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN

THIS ROOM IS HERE ONE WAY OR

ANOTHER BECAUSE YOU LOVE MUSIC.

WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD, I MET

JOHN, AND WE BONDED OVER OUR

LOVE FOR MUSIC THEN.

AND, JUST A FEW YEARS LATER,

WE'RE STILL TOGETHER.

BUT ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN QUITE A

LONG MARRIAGE, I GUESS.

I'M SORT OF MARRIED TO THREE

PEOPLE.

SOME PEOPLE CALL IT POLYGAMY,

BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR US IT'S JUST

A BAND.

[LAUGHTER]

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL DRIVEN BY

FANS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WE WERE FANS.

JOHN READ OUT A LIST OF A LOT OF

THE BANDS THAT INFLUENCED US.

ANOTHER ONE I'D LIKE TO MENTION

IS THE NEW YORK DOLLS, WHO WERE

SUPER IMPORTANT, AND THEY WERE

ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR.

THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT IN, BUT I

REALLY HOPE THEY DO.

AND ALL I REALLY WANNA SAY IS

THANK YOU TO ALL THE FANS.

WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING A

FAN.

WE WON THE FAN VOTE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT REALLY MEANT A LOT TO US.

THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US GOING.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

THANK YOU.

WE SHARE THESE AWARDS WITH YOU.

THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ FIVE, FOUR, THREE,

TWO, ONE ♪

♪ ♪

>> GROWING UP, EVERY SONG THAT

CAME ON THE RADIO WAS A

JIMMY JAM AND TERRY LEWIS

PRODUCTION.

SO THEIR SOUND WAS JUST ANYTHING

THAT WAS HOT.

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>> WHEN I MET JIMMY AND TERRY,

WE CLICKED INSTANTLY.

THEY UNDERSTOOD ME, AND THEY

WERE ABLE TO HELP ME FIND MY

VOICE.

>> AND I'VE BEEN TOTALLY

INFLUENCED BY JIMMY AND TERRY

AND THE RECORDS THEY'VE DONE

SINCE FOREVER.

IT'S LIKE THEIR SONGS WERE THE

SOUNDTRACK TO MY LIFE.

♪ ♪

♪ WHAT TIME IS IT? ♪

>> BACK WHEN WE STARTED AND WE

TOLD EVERYBODY WE WANTED TO BE

PRODUCERS, EVERYBODY SAID,

"WHY?

YOU GUYS ARE IN A BAND,

THE TIME.

YOU GUYS ARE FAMOUS."

"WHAT TIME IS IT?"

MORE SO THAN BEING FANS OF

CERTAIN ARTISTS, WE WERE FANS OF

CERTAIN WRITERS AND PRODUCERS,

SO WE SAID, "IF WE EVER HAD A

CHANCE TO DO THAT, THAT'S THE

END OF IT.

WE'D LIKE TO BE IN."

♪ HONEY, BABY, CAN'T YOU SEE? ♪

♪ GIRL, I'M SO COOL ♪

>> OKAY.

THIS IS LIKE OUR HALL OF FAME.

WE START WITH THE ORIGINS, OF

COURSE, THE TIME TO THE --

OUR NEWER STUFF WITH

PATTI AUSTIN, ROBERT PALMER, SO

ON AND SO FORTH.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

AND, OF COURSE, JANET JACKSON.

♪ NOW CONTROL THIS ♪

♪ WHEN I WAS 17, I DID WHAT

PEOPLE TOLD ME ♪

♪ BUT THAT WAS LONG AGO ♪

♪ I'M IN ♪

>> WE HAD AN IDEA THAT WE COULD

PRODUCE JANET IN A WAY THAT SHE

HADN'T BEEN PRODUCED BEFORE.

JANET HAD WAY MORE ATTITUDE THAN

WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HEARD.

>> IT WAS APPARENT THAT NOBODY

HAD REALLY ASKED HER OPINION

ABOUT WHAT SHE WANTED TO SING

ABOUT.

WE WANTED HER TO MAKE HER

RECORD.

IT WAS LIKE A REVELATION TO HER.

>> JIMMY JAM!

>> THERE'S A MAGIC THAT I FEEL

THAT THE THREE OF US HAVE

TOGETHER, AND IT JUST COMES

THROUGH --

[LAUGHS]

>> I THINK THE JAM AND LEWIS IS

THE SOUND OF THE ARTISTS

SOUNDING THEIR BEST.

WE ALWAYS LOOKED AT IT LIKE WE

WERE TAILORS MAKING A SUIT FOR

SOMEBODY.

♪ I'M ONLY HUMAN ♪

>> WE'RE DESPERATELY TRYING TO

GET AN ALBUM TOGETHER, SO WE'VE

WRITTEN, SAY, ABOUT 13 TRACKS.

>> AND THE STUFF WE WERE DOING

JUST WASN'T QUITE MAKING IT.

IT WASN'T BAD, BUT IT WASN'T AS

GOOD AS JIMMY AND TERRY COULD

MAKE IT.

SO I THOUGHT, "WE'RE GONNA DO IT

AGAIN IN MINNEAPOLIS."

>> THE GENIUS THING IN THAT WAS

TERRY WROTE THE LINE AND HAD THE

GIRLS SAY, "WHILE WE WERE APART,

I WAS HUMAN, TOO."

AND THAT WAS THE LINE THAT

SEALED THE DEAL.

>> "WHEN WE WERE APART, I WAS

HUMAN, TOO."

>> THE HUMAN LEAGUE, NUMBER ONE.

AND JANET JACKSON, NUMBER ONE.

WHAT'S THE JAM AND LEWIS SECRET?

>> IT'S NOT REALLY A SECRET.

I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT WE WORK

WITH HAVE DONE JUSTICE TO WHAT

WE DO.

♪ WHY CAN'T YOU DO IT? ♪

♪ WHY CAN'T YOU SET YOUR

MONKEY FREE? ♪

>> THERE IS NOTHING IN MY ENTIRE

CAREER, REALLY, IN TERMS OF

ANYTHING CREATIVE, ANYWAY, THAT

I EVER DELEGATE, AND WORKING

WITH JIMMY AND TERRY, I

BASICALLY JUST LET THEM TAKE MY

VOCAL AND REMAKE THE TRACK.

>> THEY ONLY WANT FROM YOU YOUR

TRUTH, YOUR STORY.

AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY?

>> ONE DAY I WOKE UP, IT WAS

LIKE, "OKAY, I'MA GET MY LIFE

TOGETHER."

AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, JIMMY

JAM AND TERRY LEWIS WROTE ME

THIS RECORD.

IT WAS LIKE THEY WAS LOOKING

INTO MY LIFE.

♪ I DON'T WANNA CRY NO MORE ♪

♪ NO MORE PAIN, NO MORE PAIN ♪

♪ NO MORE GAME ♪

♪ TIRED OF YOU PLAYING GAMES ALL

THE TIME WITH MY MIND ♪

NO MORE, NO MORE, NO MORE ♪

>> THE GREATEST PART ABOUT THE

JOURNEY IS JUST THE LIFE THAT

YOU LIVE IN BETWEEN, AND THE

PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET ALONG THE

WAY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> Announcer: TO INDUCT

JIMMY JAM AND TERRY LEWIS,

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMER,

JANET JACKSON.

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, I GREW UP

WITH NO SHORTAGE OF BIG BROTHERS

TO LOOK UP TO, AND I HAD A

FATHER WHO INSPIRED AND

ENCOURAGED ME.

BUT MY EXTENDED BROTHERS AND

CLOSEST ARTISTIC COLLABORATORS

ARE JIMMY JAM AND TERRY LEWIS.

[APPLAUSE]

I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE

MET, THEY WERE MEMBERS OF ONE OF

MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE BANDS,

THE TIME.

[APPLAUSE]

YEAH.

IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

AND I FEEL LIKE WE BROKE THROUGH

THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TOGETHER.

THEY TAUGHT ME SO MUCH, AND I

LEARNED THEIR LESSONS WELL.

WHEN I WENT TO WORK ON WHAT

BECAME "CONTROL" WITH JIMMY AND

TERRY, IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF

MINNEAPOLIS, THERE WAS NO

PRESSURE, AND WE FELT LIKE WE

WERE KIDS IN A SANDBOX.

I WAS JUST, WHAT?

EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN YEARS OLD?

AND NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION

TO US.

NO RECORD COMPANY EXECUTIVES

WERE AT THE STUDIO.

WE TALKED AND LAUGHED SO MUCH

THAT SOMETIMES IT FELT LIKE WE

WEREN'T EVEN MAKING A RECORD,

UNTIL THEY SHOWED ME A LYRIC

IDEA THEY HAD STARTED.

"WHEN I WAS 17, I DID WHAT

PEOPLE TOLD ME.

DID WHAT MY FATHER SAID AND WHAT

LET MY MOTHER MOLD ME."

I REALIZED THAT THOSE LYRICS

CAME DIRECTLY FROM OUR

CONVERSATIONS, WHICH EXCITED ME,

BECAUSE NO ONE HAD EVER ASKED ME

WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.

I HAD A MILLION IDEAS, AND JIMMY

AND TERRY ENCOURAGED ME TO WRITE

THEM DOWN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

I WAS A SONGWRITER.

I WAS A PERFORMER.

I WAS A YOUNG WOMAN AND AN

ARTIST WITH A STORY TO TELL.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CONTINUED

TO WORK TOGETHER TO THIS DAY,

ALMOST 40 YEARS LATER.

THAT'S A LONG TIME.

WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT THEM IS

THEY UNDERSTAND THAT MAKING

MUSIC IS NOT JUST ABOUT

FOLLOWING THE TRENDS, OR CHASING

THE LATEST SOUND, OR WATCHING

THE CHARTS.

IT'S ABOUT SAYING WHAT YOU TRULY

FEEL, AND EXPRESSING IT IN A WAY

THAT FANS CAN ENJOY AND

APPRECIATE.

I'M NOT THE ONLY ARTIST THAT

JIMMY AND TERRY HAVE WORKED

WITH.

I'M JUST THEIR FAVORITE.

[LAUGHS]

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THE LIST OF ARTISTS THEY'VE

COLLABORATED WITH READS LIKE A

WHO'S WHO OF THE POPULAR MUSIC

OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES.

UH, LET'S SEE...

MARY J. BLIGE, ARETHA FRANKLIN,

MARIAH CAREY, LIONEL RICHIE,

GEORGE MICHAEL, BOYZ II MEN,

USHER, MY BROTHER MICHAEL.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

TO JIMMY AND TERRY, PRODUCTION

IS ULTIMATELY AN ACT OF LOVE.

AND AS YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH

THEM, THAT LOVE GROWS.

SO I COULDN'T BE PROUDER AND

MORE EXCITED TO BE THE PERSON

PRIVILEGED TO SAY TONIGHT,

JIMMY AND TERRY, I LOVE YOU SO

MUCH, AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU

TO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> THIS IS HEAVY.

>> THIS IS HEAVY.

OH, MY GOD.

>> WELL, I GUESS I'D GET THE

PARTY STARTED, BECAUSE --

>> GET THE PARTY STARTED,

TERRY LEWIS.

>> JUST STANDING HERE, MAN, I

GOT TO BE THE LUCKIEST GUY IN

THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.

>> YEAH.

>> BECAUSE I JUST HAD

JANET JACKSON INDUCT ME INTO THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.

HOW ABOUT THAT?

[APPLAUSE]

CAN'T DO NO MORE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> LOOK, MAN, THERE'S SO MANY

THANK YOUS TO BE HAD HERE.

>> YEAH.

>> I HAVE MY MOTHER HERE

TONIGHT.

MOM, THIS ALL STARTED OUT IN THE

BASEMENT FOR US.

>> YEAH.

>> AND WE WERE MAKING NOISE,

BOY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE TOLERATED

THAT.

AND WE USED TO HEAR EVERY DAY --

[STOMPING FEET]

"TURN THAT SHIT DOWN!"

[LAUGHTER]

SO I THANK YOU, MOM, FOR

TOLERATING ALL OF THAT NOISE.

[LAUGHS]

I LOVE YOU.

I WANT TO THANK MY BROTHERS IN

THE TIME.

>> YES.

[APPLAUSE]

>> THERE'S MORRIS, JESSE,

JELLYBEAN, MONTY, JIMMY JAM,

MYSELF, AND JEROME.

>> YEAH.

>> BECAUSE AIN'T NOBODY BAD LIKE

THE TIME.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

[APPLAUSE]

>> BUT THERE'S NO TIME WITHOUT

THE PURPLE MAN.

AND WE ALL HAVE TO BOW DOWN WHEN

WE SAY THE WORD "PRINCE."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND WE HAVE TO THANK

CLARENCE AVANT.

>> THE BLACK GODFATHER.

>> THE BLACK GODFATHER, WHO GAVE

US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND

ACTUALLY GAVE US THE AUTONOMY TO

JUST MAKE MUSIC.

HE DIDN'T CHASE US AND TELL US

WHAT TO DO.

HE JUST SAID, "BRING IT TO ME

WHEN YOU'RE DONE."

>> YEAH.

>> AND THAT HELPED US FORM OUR

ABILITY TO CREATE.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MY LOVELY

WIFE WHO HOLDS ME DOWN.

AND SHE IS SO AWESOME.

AND DEAR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I LOVE YOU, BABY.

AND I'MMA LET JIMMY JAM SPEAK,

'CAUSE I CAN'T DO NO MORE.

I'M TOO HIGH.

GO.

>> LET ME FIX YOUR COLLAR.

>> FIX ME UP, GIRL.

MY STYLIST.

JANET JACKSON, MY STYLIST,

Y'ALL.

YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?

FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S THE MOST

I'VE EVER HEARD TERRY LEWIS

TALK IN MY WHOLE LIFE, OKAY?

CAN WE JUST SAY THAT?

NOW, "HALL OF FAME" TO ME MEANS

THAT IT'S EXCELLENCE AT

SOMETHING, RIGHT?

IT COULD BE A SPORTS HALL OF

FAME, OR IT COULD BE WHATEVER.

AND EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED

THE SPORT OR HAVEN'T WATCHED IT,

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE SONGS,

WHEN YOU PUT "HALL OF FAME"

BEFORE IT, ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT

MEANS SOMETHING TO PEOPLE.

SO, WE THANK THE HALL OF FAME

FOR ALLOWING US TO BE IN.

AND THEN, THE NICEST THING ABOUT

IT TO ME IS THAT, IN SPORTS, YOU

HAVE TO BE RETIRED TO GET IN,

OKAY?

NOW, I DON'T SEE A GOLD WATCH

QUITE YET.

SO I THINK WE STILL GOT SOME

TIME TO GET SOME THINGS DONE,

OKAY?

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS,

MUSIC, I CALL IT THE DIVINE ART.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IF I SAID

TO YOU, "WHAT WERE YOU DOING 20

YEARS AGO?"

LIKE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PIECE

IT TOGETHER IN SOME SORT OF WAY.

BUT IF I PLAY YOU A SONG FROM 20

YEARS AGO, EVERY MEMORY COMES

BACK.

IT'S THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS

EVERYTHING.

[APPLAUSE]

SO, WHEN PEOPLE SAY, "WE'RE

GONNA CUT THE BUDGETS IN

SCHOOLS, AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO

CUT THE BUDGET?

WE'RE GONNA TAKE MUSIC OUT OF

SCHOOLS."

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

HOW DO WE LEARN OUR ALPHABET?

WE DON'T GO: "A, B, UM, C."

NO.

WE GO:

♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G, ♪

WHAT'S NEXT?

♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪

RIGHT.

NO, WE DON'T NEED THE LONG

VERSION.

WE DO THE SINGLE VERSION, SINGLE

EDIT.

[LAUGHTER]

OUR GOAL IS TO LEAVE MUSIC IN A

BETTER PLACE.

THAT'S ME AND TERRY'S GOAL AT

THIS POINT.

WE ARE CELEBRATING 40 YEARS.

WE DID THIS, AND WE SAID 50/50.

THAT'S OUR CONTRACT.

40 YEARS ON THAT CONTRACT, WE'VE

BEEN TOGETHER.

AND NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE

CELEBRATING OUR 50TH YEAR AS

FRIENDS.

1973, WE MET.

[APPLAUSE]

WE'VE NEVER HAD AN ARGUMENT.

WE'VE HAD DISAGREEMENTS.

BUT A DISAGREEMENT, YOU'RE

TRYING TO SOLVE.

AN ARGUMENT, YOU'RE TRYING TO

WIN.

I DON'T WANNA WIN ANYTHING THAT

HE LOSES, AND HE FEELS THE SAME

WAY ABOUT ME.

[APPLAUSE]

SO, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS

HEAVY-ASS AWARD AND WE'RE GONNA

ENJOY IT.

WE WANNA THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

ROCK AND ROLL, BABY.

♪ ♪

>> Announcer: TO INDUCT

PAT BENATAR AND NEIL GIRALDO

INTO THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME,

SHERYL CROW.

♪ ♪

>> ISN'T THIS COOL?

AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU'RE HERE?

I WAS 18 YEARS OLD WHEN THIS

"ROLLING STONE" MAGAZINE CAME

OUT.

YES, I WAS.

I HAD JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL

IN MY TINY LITTLE TOWN OF

KENNETT, MISSOURI.

I HAD HEADED TO COLLEGE TO STUDY

CLASSICAL PIANO AND VOICE.

BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO BE

WAS PAT BENATAR.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

I HAD ALWAYS HEARD THAT

PAT BENATAR WAS CLASSICALLY

TRAINED, SO I IDENTIFIED WITH

HER AS A YOUNG MUSIC MAJOR.

BUT WHEN I GOT INTO A COVER BAND

AND BEGAN ATTEMPTING TO SING HER

SONGS, I REALIZED THAT PAT'S

VOICE WAS NOT JUST CLASSICALLY

TRAINED, OKAY?

SHE HAD A POWER TO HER VOICE

THAT WAS LIKE NO OTHER FEMALE.

THIS YOUNG, TOUGH CHICK WAS

ROCK 'N' ROLL PERSONIFIED, AND

SHE COULD HOLD HER OWN IN A

ROCKING BAND.

HER FIRST ALBUM,

"IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT," WAS

MANY TIMES CERTIFIED PLATINUM

WITH HITS LIKE "HEARTBREAKER"

AND "I NEED A LOVER."

BUT IT WAS THE SONG

"WE LIVE FOR LOVE," PENNED BY

HER GUITAR PLAYER AND FUTURE

HUSBAND, NEIL GIRALDO, THAT

REALLY PUT BOTH OF THEM ON THE

MAP BY REACHING THE TOP 10.

THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST OF MANY

TOP 10 HITS THEY WOULD CREATE

OVER THE YEARS TO COME.

IN 1980, PAT AND NEIL RELEASED

"CRIMES OF PASSION," WHICH

RENDERED

"HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT,"

WHICH I BUTCHERED.

THE VERY CONTROVERSIAL BUT

MESSAGE EMPOWERED

"HELL IS FOR CHILDREN,"

"TREAT ME RIGHT," AND

"YOU BETTER RUN."

HER VOICE AND THE SOUND THAT SHE

AND NEIL CREATED WAS TOTALLY

INDIVIDUAL AND IMMEDIATELY

RECOGNIZABLE.

AND HOW THAT POWERHOUSE OF A

VOICE WOULD COME FROM HER TINY

FRAME WAS REMARKABLE.

PAT'S CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH HER

HUSBAND, NEIL GIRALDO, WHO HAD

BEEN HER PRODUCER, GUITARIST,

AND CO-WRITER FOR MORE THAN FOUR

DECADES, CREATED A SOUND THAT IS

SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLICATE.

BUT ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT

I LOVE ABOUT PAT AND NEIL IS

THEIR LOVE FOR WHAT THEY DO AND

FOR EACH OTHER.

[APPLAUSE]

NEIL HAS SAID THAT HE COMPARES

HE AND PAT TO JOHNNY AND JUNE.

I CAN SEE THAT.

SPIDER, AS PAT CALLS NEIL, AND

PATRICIA, AS NEIL CALLS PAT,

HAVE A LIFE THAT IS ALL ABOUT

FAMILY, AND LOVE, AND MUSIC.

AS A WOMAN IN THIS BUSINESS AND

AS A YOUNG WOMAN STARTING OUT

PLAYING IN CLUBS WHO WEATHERED

SOME VERY CHALLENGING MOMENTS

ALONG THE WAY OF MY OWN, PAT WAS

AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE.

SHE EXEMPLIFIED TRUE FEMINISM.

SHE KNEW WHO SHE WAS AND WHAT

SHE DESERVED.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR PAT, FOR MAKING

MY AND SO MANY OTHER FEMALE

ARTISTS' PATHS A LITTLE BIT

EASIER ALONG THE WAY.

PROPELLED BY NEIL'S ROCK AND

ROLL MUSCLE, PAT ALWAYS REACHED

FOR THE DEEPEST PLACES WITHIN

HERSELF AND CAME ROARING OUT OF

THE SPEAKERS TO CONFIDE HER

TRUTHS DIRECTLY TO YOU.

YOU COULD LOOK AT HER WHEN YOU

WERE A YOUNG GIRL AND SOMEHOW

SEE YOURSELF.

SHE WAS FEARLESS IN WHAT SHE

CHOSE TO SING ABOUT.

SONGS LIKE

"LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD" TOOK ON

CHARGED ISSUES AND PUSHED THE

BOUNDARIES OF WHAT ROCK SONGS

AND VIDEOS COULD PORTRAY.

SHE MADE HIT SONGS THAT SAID

SOMETHING.

PAT BENATAR AND NEIL GIRALDO

WERE UNSTOPPABLE.

IN BOTH THEIR PERSONAL AND

CREATIVE LIVES, THEY ARE A

PERFECT MATCH.

THEY'RE SOULMATES AND ROCK AND

ROLL ICONS.

LET'S CHECK THIS FILM OUT.

♪ ♪

>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS

ABOUT FEELING.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE THE

GREATEST SINGER ON THE PLANET.

IF YOU HAVE NO SOUL, YOU'RE

WORTH NOTHING.

I MEAN, I'D RATHER SING BAD

NOTES WITH A LOT OF FEELINGS

THAN SING GOOD ONES WITH

NOTHING.

♪ WE ARE YOUNG ♪

♪ HEARTACHE TO HEARTACHE ♪

♪ WE STAND ♪

>> THE FIRST CONCERT I EVER WENT

TO WAS A PAT BENATAR CONCERT.

SHE'S AN INSPIRATION FOR A LOT

OF PEOPLE.

♪ LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD ♪

>> SHE'S THE EPITOME OF COOL.

SHE'S SUPER TALENTED.

HER VOICE IS JUST COMPLETELY

UNMISTAKABLE.

AND NO MATTER WHAT STYLE SHE'S

SINGING, AS SOON AS THAT SONG

COMES ON, YOU KNOW IT'S

PAT BENATAR.

♪ ♪

>> I CAME FROM A TOTALLY

DIFFERENT BACKGROUND.

MY BACKGROUND WAS IN MUSICAL

THEATER AND CLASSICAL MUSIC.

IN 1975, I AUDITIONED TO

"CATCH A RISING STAR."

GREAT STUFF WAS HAPPENING THERE,

LOTS OF EXCITEMENT.

EVERYBODY WAS THERE.

CHEVY CHASE WAS WORKING OUT, AND

JOHN BELUSHI, AND

ROBIN WILLIAMS.

IT WAS A COMEDY CLUB, BUT I KNEW

THEY HAD SINGERS IN THERE FOR

FILLER.

♪ OH, IT'S A LITTLE

TOO LITTLE ♪

♪ IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE ♪

THAT'S WHERE I MET RICK NEWMAN,

AND HE BECAME MY MANAGER.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT X

FACTOR, AND YOU HAVE TO BE

COMPELLING.

AND PATTI SURE WAS COMPELLING.

>> ONE NIGHT, IT WAS ON

HALLOWEEN, WE ALL DRESSED UP.

THERE WAS AN OLD SCIENCE FICTION

MOVIE CALLED

"CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON."

THEY HAD THIS, LIKE, REALLY COOL

OUTFIT THAT I ALWAYS LOVED, AND

THEY WORE THESE BLACK TIGHTS.

WE WENT UP AND I GOT ON STAGE TO

PLAY.

♪ HELL, HELL IS FOR ♪

♪ HELL, HELL IS FOR ♪

♪ HELL, HELL IS FOR CHILDREN ♪

NOT ONLY DID IT CHANGE THE WAY

THAT I LOOK, BUT MY ATTITUDE

CHANGED.

I BECAME REALLY AGGRESSIVE.

IT FELT VERY POWERFUL TO BE LIKE

THAT.

♪ ♪

I DIDN'T WANNA BE LIKE A SOLO

ARTIST, GIRL SINGER WITH AN

INNOCUOUS BAND BEHIND ME.

I WANTED A PARTNER.

I WANTED IT TO BE LIKE

ROBERT PLANT AND JIMMY PAGE, OR,

YOU KNOW, KEITH AND MICK.

AND MIKE CHAPMAN SAID, "I GOT

THIS KID."

>> I GET A PHONE CALL FROM

CHRYSALIS, "WE SIGNED THIS GIRL.

SHE'S LOOKING FOR A PARTNER."

>> IT WAS INSTANTANEOUS.

IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS

TALKING ABOUT.

>> SHE GOT EXACTLY WHAT SHE

WANTED.

I GOT EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED.

IT WAS A PERFECT FIT.

♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪

♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND

WITH ME ♪

♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ DREAM MAKER ♪

>> NEIL CAME INTO THE BAND AFTER

I WAS SIGNED AS A SOLO ARTIST.

HAD I KNOWN HIM BEFORE THAT

HAPPENED, I WOULD NEVER HAVE

BEEN A SOLO ARTIST, BECAUSE THIS

BAND IS NOT ABOUT ME.

THIS BAND IS ABOUT US.

♪ ♪

>> I CAME FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO,

AND I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR

WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.

WHEN I SAW WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN

YOU TURN A GUITAR AMP UP,

CHANGED MY LIFE.

♪ ♪

>> IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY WHO

DOES WHAT, BECAUSE ALL OF US,

YOU KNOW, CHARLIE, ROGER,

EVERYBODY'S IN THERE, ALWAYS

PUTTING IN THEIR LITTLE OPINIONS

AND STUFF.

>> WHEN YOU GO TO SEE US LIVE,

YOU'RE SEEING THE WHOLE BAND.

>> [VOCALIZING]

>> SHE PROVED THAT WOMEN CAN

FRONT ROCK AND ROLL BANDS.

WE CAN SING OVER LOUD GUITARS,

AND WE CAN COMPETE IN THE BOYS

CLUB, AND STILL DO OUR OWN THING

THAT MAKES US ARGUABLY BETTER AT

SOME THINGS.

♪ HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT ♪

♪ WHY DON'T YOU HIT ME WITH YOUR

BEST SHOT ♪

>> YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK OF

THOSE EARLY YEARS AS THIS, ALL

THE TIME.

I THINK THAT THAT AGGRESSIVE

BEHAVIOR WAS ATTRACTIVE TO A LOT

OF PEOPLE, AND THAT MADE IT WHAT

IT WAS.

>> IT GOT SO CRAZY AND SO FAST.

>> IT JUST EXPLODED.

[ROCKET LAUNCHING]

>> SOMEBODY CAME AND SAID THEY

WERE GONNA START THIS THING.

"WE WANNA MAKE THESE MOVIES OF

SONGS.

ARE YOU WILLING TO TRY THIS?

DO YOU WANNA DO THIS?"

AND WE SAID, "YEAH.

YOU KNOW, WHY NOT?

SURE."

♪ WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO

MY HEART? ♪

>> "YOU BETTER RUN" BECAME THE

SECOND VIDEO THAT WAS EVER AIRED

ON MTV.

>> ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW YOU WERE

IN EVERYONE'S HOME ALL DAY, ALL

NIGHT.

♪ YOU BETTER RUN ♪

♪ YOU BETTER HIDE ♪

♪ YOU BETTER LEAVE ♪

OUR LIVES CHANGED, AND IT NEVER

WAS THE SAME AGAIN, EVER.

♪ I NEED A LOVER THAT WON'T

DRIVE ME CRAZY ♪

>> WE KNEW THAT WE WERE MEANT TO

BE TOGETHER ALL THE TIME ANYWAY,

SO WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST GET

MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN.

>> AND WE GOT ENGAGED ON

VALENTINE'S DAY, AND SIX DAYS

LATER, WE WERE MARRIED IN HAWAII

AND THAT WAS IT.

♪ WE BELONG TO THE LIGHT, WE

BELONG TO THE THUNDER ♪

♪ WE BELONG TO THE SOUND OF THE

WORDS ♪

♪ WE'VE BOTH FALLEN UNDER ♪

>> SHE'S ONE OF THE TRAILBLAZERS

THAT PROVED TO ME AS A YOUNG

GIRL THAT I CAN BE IN A ROCK AND

ROLL BAND.

THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF EPIC

FEMALE ROCK SINGERS, AND PAT IS

ONE OF THE GREATS.

♪ WE'RE RUNNING WITH THE

SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT ♪

♪ SO BABY, TAKE MY HAND, YOU'LL

BE ALRIGHT ♪

>> YOU GET TO SEE THEIR REACTION

AND YOU SEE THEM RELIVING

MEMORIES.

♪ YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BE

INNOCENT ♪

I'M GRATEFUL AND HAPPY FOR

EVERYTHING THAT WENT DOWN THE

WAY IT DID.

IT WAS REALLY, REALLY FUN.

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> I'M SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO

SAY: PAT BENATAR AND

NEIL GIRALDO, WELCOME TO THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME!

I LOVE YOU.

♪ ♪

♪ WE ARE YOUNG ♪

♪ HEARTACHE TO HEARTACHE ♪

♪ WE STAND ♪

♪ NO PROMISES ♪

♪ NO DEMANDS ♪

♪ LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD ♪

♪ WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA ♪

♪ WE ARE STRONG ♪

♪ NO ONE CAN TELL US

WE'RE WRONG ♪

♪ SEARCHING OUR HEARTS

FOR SO LONG ♪

♪ BOTH OF US KNOWING ♪

♪ LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD ♪

♪ YOU'RE MAKING ME GO ♪

♪ THEN MAKING ME STAY ♪

♪ WHY DO YOU HURT ME SO BAD? ♪

♪ IT WOULD HELP ME TO KNOW ♪

♪ DO I STAND IN YOUR WAY ♪

♪ OR AM I THE BEST THING

YOU'VE HAD? ♪

♪ BELIEVE ME, BELIEVE ME ♪

♪ I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY ♪

♪ BUT I'M TRAPPED BY YOUR LOVE ♪

♪ AND I'M CHAINED TO YOUR SIDE ♪

♪ WE ARE YOUNG ♪

♪ HEARTACHE TO HEARTACHE ♪

♪ WE STAND ♪

♪ NO PROMISES ♪

♪ NO DEMANDS ♪

♪ LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD ♪

♪ WE ARE STRONG ♪

♪ NO ONE CAN TELL US

WE'RE WRONG ♪

♪ SEARCHING OUR HEARTS

FOR SO LONG ♪

♪ BOTH OF US KNOWING ♪

♪ LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD ♪

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PLEASE SAY GOODBYE TO

MR. CHRIS RALLES.

AND PLEASE WELCOME THE ONE AND

ONLY MR. MYRON GROMBACHER.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT.

♪ ♪

♪ YOUR LOVE IS LIKE A TIDAL

WAVE, SPINNING OVER MY HEAD ♪

♪ DROWNIN' ME IN YOUR PROMISES,

BETTER LEFT UNSAID ♪

♪ YOU'RE THE RIGHT KIND OF

SINNER

♪ TO RELEASE MY INNER FANTASY ♪

♪ THE INVINCIBLE WINNER ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE

BORN TO BE ♪

♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪

♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND

WITH ME ♪

♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪

♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND,

NO, NO, NO ♪

♪ ♪

♪ YOUR LOVE HAS SET MY SOUL ON

FIRE, BURNIN' OUT OF CONTROL ♪

♪ YOU TAUGHT ME THE WAYS OF

DESIRE ♪

♪ NOW IT'S TAKIN' ITS TOLL ♪

♪ YOU'RE THE RIGHT KIND OF

SINNER, TO RELEASE MY INNER

FANTASY ♪

♪ THE INVINCIBLE WINNER

♪ AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE

BORN TO BE ♪

♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪

♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND

WITH ME ♪

♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪

♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND,

NO, NO, NO ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ YOU'RE THE RIGHT KIND OF

SINNER ♪

♪ TO RELEASE MY INNER FANTASY ♪

♪ THE INVINCIBLE WINNER ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE

BORN TO BE ♪

♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪

♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND

WITH ME ♪

♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪

♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND

WITH ME ♪

♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪

♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND

WITH ME ♪

♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪

♪ HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[GUITAR SOLO]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING,

THAT THAT GIRL CAN SING HER ASS

OFF.

OKAY?

[APPLAUSE]

>> FIRST OFF, I WANNA THANK A

GUITAR HERO OF MINE,

RICK DERRINGER, FOR GIVING ME

THE OPPORTUNITY.

YEAH, HE GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY

TO JOIN HIS BAND IN 1978.

IT REALLY PREPARED ME FOR WHAT

WAS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT.

I WANNA THANK A RECORD

EXECUTIVE, JEFF ALDRIDGE.

JEFF ALDRIDGE, IN THE SPRING OF

1979, HE INSISTED I MEET A

YOUNG, CLASSICALLY-TRAINED

SINGER FROM LONG ISLAND,

NEW YORK, WHO WAS LOOKING FOR A

MUSICAL PARTNER TO PUT A BAND

TOGETHER.

I TOLD HIM, "IF IT DOESN'T WORK

OUT, CAN YOU GET ME A PLANE

TICKET BACK TO MY HOMETOWN,

CLEVELAND, OHIO?"

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

YEAH.

HE SAID, "SURE."

I NEVER LEFT NEW YORK.

ALL I EVER WANTED WAS A GREAT

SINGER, AND WHAT I GOT WAS AN

EXCEPTIONAL VOCALIST.

YEAH.

FIRST TIME I HEARD PATRICIA

SING, I SAID, "MY GOD, ARE YOU

SURE YOU REALLY WANNA DO THIS?

BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO BE THE

ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR RUINING THAT

BEAUTIFUL VOICE, I'M JUST

TELLING YOU THAT."

I DO WANT TO SHARE THIS HONOR

WITH ALL THE MUSICIANS THAT HAVE

SHARED THE STAGE AND STUDIO WITH

US FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND

THERE WAS QUITE A FEW.

I THANK ALL OF THEM.

AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK

PATRICIA.

YOU COULD HAVE CHOSE ANYBODY.

YOU KNOW THAT.

OKAY.

I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL.

SO THANKS FOR HAVING FAITH IN

ME, TRUSTING ME, AND LISTENING

TO MY SOMETIMES UNORTHODOX,

WACKY MUSICAL IDEAS.

AND BEING UNAFRAID TO

TAKE THE CHANCES.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YEAH.

IN CLOSING, I'M EXCITED AND LOOK

FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE ROCK

HALL, THEIR NONPROFIT SCHOOL

PROGRAMS THAT KEEP MUSIC AND ART

EDUCATION IN CLASSROOMS.

[APPLAUSE]

YEAH.

AND ONE LAST THING, IF YOU ARE

SHUT DOWN, STRUGGLING

EMOTIONALLY OR PHYSICALLY, AND

IF YOU'RE AFRAID TO LEAVE YOUR

BEDROOM, OR YOU'RE BULLIED,

START PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT AND

START DREAMING.

REALLY.

START DREAMING.

[APPLAUSE]

LISTEN TO THE PIONEERS AS YOU

WORK AS HARD AS YOU CAN.

OKAY?

YOU WANNA BE A SONGWRITER?

READ BOOKS, AND READ A LOT OF

THEM.

AND DON'T LET OUTSIDE NEGATIVE

NOISE LIVE RENT-FREE IN YOUR

MIND, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER.

[APPLAUSE]

PATRICIA AND I ARE HONORED TO BE

PART OF THIS EXCEPTIONAL 2022

CLASS OF THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

AND I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH

MY INCREDIBLY LONG LIST OF ALL

THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WE

LOVE, WHO WORKED SO HARD AND

GAVE UP SO MANY SACRIFICES TO

GET US HERE TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

I WILL THANK ALL OF YOU, OUR

AMAZING FANS, WHO GRACIOUSLY

JOINED US ON THIS 43-YEAR

JOURNEY.

IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE RIDE

AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT

WITHOUT YOU.

THANK YOU TO OUR FAMILIES AND

OUR FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY OUR TWO

BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, HALEY AND

HANA, WHO GENEROUSLY SHARED

THEIR LIVES AND SHARED THEIR

PARENTS WITH THE WORLD AS THEY

WERE GROWING UP.

OUR THREE DARLING GRANDBABIES,

STEVIE, LOLA, AND LITTLE CASH.

GRANDMA AND PAPA LOVE YOU AND

ADORE YOU.

AND YOU, MY PARTNER, MY LOVE.

43 YEARS AGO IN A REHEARSAL

STUDIO IN NEW YORK, COULD YOU

EVER HAVE IMAGINED THIS NIGHT

TONIGHT?

>> HMM, NOT REALLY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> SO, I'M GUESSING WE COULD

HAVE PROBABLY DONE THIS

SEPARATELY ON OUR OWN, IN OUR

OWN WAY, BUT IT NEVER WOULD HAVE

BEEN THIS MUCH FUN.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

[APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.

GOOD NIGHT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> I WALKED INTO THE RECORD

PLANT, THIS SKINNY, LITTLE

ITALIAN KID SITTING AT THE TAPE

MACHINE.

BASIC JOB WAS TO TAKE THE TAPE

ON AND OFF, PUSH THE STOP AND

START BUTTON.

THAT WAS JIMMY IOVINE.

HE CAME WITH THE FURNITURE.

>> I DID COME WITH THE

FURNITURE.

>> JIMMY IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE

WHO HAS NOT ONLY SUCCEEDED, BUT

HAS BECOME A BETTER PERSON IN

THE PROCESS.

>> YOU ALWAYS FELT THAT HIS

WHOLE GOAL WAS FOR THE WORLD TO

SEE WHAT HE WAS SEEING.

>> AND JIMMY HAS THIS BRUTAL

HONESTY.

BUT BRUTAL HONESTY IS WHY YOU

WANT HIM IN THE ROOM.

>> OF COURSE, IT'S ALL DRIVEN BY

HIS LOW SELF-ESTEEM, I MEAN,

BUT SO ARE WE ALL.

>> IN MY PARTICULAR CASE, IT'S

PURELY ONE THING: I LEARNED IT.

I MET A GUY NAMED ROY CICALA,

WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE STUDIO.

HE WAS THE CHIEF ENGINEER.

AND I WENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR

YEARS, AND IN SIX ALBUMS, THREE

WITH JOHN LENNON, TWO WITH

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, AND ONE WITH

PATTI SMITH.

♪ BECAUSE THE NIGHT BELONGS TO

LOVERS ♪

>> AND EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW

ABOUT TASTE TODAY, I LEARNED IN

THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

♪ HEY! ♪

♪ HERE COMES MY GIRL ♪

>> WHEN WE FIRST MET

JIMMY IOVINE, HE TAUGHT US A LOT

ABOUT MAKING THE RECORD SOUND

BIGGER, AND HOW IMPORTANT THE

ARRANGEMENT WAS.

♪ STOP DRAGGIN' MY ♪

♪ STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART

AROUND ♪

>> THIS GUY GAVE ME MY SOLO

CAREER ON A PLATTER WITH A

SINGLE FROM TOM PETTY.

♪ ♪

>> HE HAPPENS TO -- HE'S LIKE A

VIRUS THAT ENTERS THE SYSTEM

UNINVITED.

IT'S LIKE HE KNOWS THIS IS GOING

TO WORK OUT WELL FOR BOTH OF

YOU.

♪ I WANNA RUN ♪

>> WE DID TWO ALBUMS, AND A

MOVIE, AND WENT ON THE ROAD AND

RECORDED 18 SHOWS.

>> I THINK "RATTLE AND HUM" WAS

JIMMY'S LAST STAND.

>> I JUST NEEDED TO STOP.

I DIDN'T WANNA SEE A STUDIO.

I WAS DONE.

>> THE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE

MADE HIM A SUCCESS TO THIS

POINT, HE'S WILLING TO SHED THAT

AND GO FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY

ELSE.

>> AND THAT'S HOW INTERSCOPE

CAME ABOUT.

♪ RICO ♪

>> I SAID, "MAN, FUCK IT.

WE'RE GONNA SIGN THIS."

>> WHAT?

THIS IS GONNA BE OUR FIRST

SIGNING?

♪ SUAVE ♪

>> 'CAUSE I DON'T CARE. WE'RE

JUST SIGNING.

HUGE HIT, PUT US ON THE MAP.

>> PRIMUS, HELMET,

4 NON BLONDES, MARK WAHLBERG WHO

WE KNOW AS MARKY MARK.

TUPAC WAS SIGNED BY TOM WHALLEY.

AND NO DOUBT.

>> WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

>> I'M GWEN.

>> I HAD NO IDEA WHAT

INTERSCOPE RECORDS WAS.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHO JIMMY IOVINE

WAS, AND HE SAID TO ME, "YOU'RE

GONNA BE A STAR IN SIX YEARS."

OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, UM, WHO ARE

YOU?

♪ DON'T SPEAK, I KNOW JUST WHAT

YOU'RE SAYIN' ♪

>> AND THEN I FOUND MY NICHE AND

SAID, "OKAY, I GOTTA FIND GREAT

PRODUCERS."

AND I PRODUCED THEM.

>> THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

HE HAD THE STAGE PRESENCE, HE

PRODUCED THOSE RECORDS HIMSELF.

TRENT GOT EVERY OUNCE OF IT.

>> YEAH, HE KINDA SAID, "WHAT DO

YOU WANT?"

AND I SAID, "WELL, I'D LIKE YOU

TO GIVE ME AN ADVANCE FOR AN

ALBUM AND THEN JUST LEAVE ME

ALONE.

♪ ONE, TWO, THREE AND TO THE

FOUR ♪

♪ SNOOP DOGGY DOGG AND DR. DRE

IS AT THE DOOR ♪

>> DRE AND SUGE CAME IN TO PLAY

US "THE CHRONIC."

I SAID, "DRE, WHO RECORDED THIS

FOR YOU?"

AND HE SAID, "ME."

I SAID, "WOW, THIS GUY WILL

DEFINE INTERSCOPE."

GREAT CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE.

>> HOLY SHIT.

I'M IN THE INTERSCOPE OFFICE.

>> EMINEM WAS THE MOST

CONTROVERSIAL THING WE'D EVER

BEEN INVOLVED IN.

>> JIMMY IOVINE, HE'S BEEN THAT

LITTLE VOICE INSIDE MY HEAD.

>> WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE EXTREMES

AND YOU NURTURE THEM, AND NOT

INTERFERE WITH WHAT THEY'RE

DOING, THE POTENTIAL IS

LIMITLESS.

AND THAT'S WHAT INTERSCOPE WAS

ABOUT.

EMPOWERING THOSE ARTISTS.

>> COMPLETELY REMOVE THE

MOTHERFUCKING EGO, JIMMY TOLD ME

THAT.

"REMOVE THE EGO."

>> DRE AND I, WE SHARED

SOMETHING, AND IT WASN'T MUSIC.

IT WAS THE DREAM OF MUSIC.

WE SAID, "OKAY, THIS IS GONNA

CHANGE OUR LIVES.

WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS

NEIGHBORHOOD, AND GO DO

SOMETHING, AND MAKE SOME MONEY,

AND LIVE A BETTER LIFE."

SO, WE BUILT BEATS.

WE BUILT BEATS MUSIC, AND WE GOT

LUCKY.

♪ ♪

>> JIMMY IS ONE OF THE TWO OR

THREE GREATEST INVENTORS.

HIS INVENTION WAS JIMMY IOVINE.

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE OF THEM.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> Announcer: TO HONOR

JIMMY IOVINE WITH THE

AHMET ERTEGUN AWARD,

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER,

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> HI.

IT'S 1978, JIMMY IOVINE HAS

GRADUATED FROM BEING THIS SKINNY

ITALIAN KID WHO CHANGES THE TAPE

AND HITS THE START AND STOP

BUTTONS ON THE RECORDING

MACHINE, TO THE SKINNY ITALIAN

KID AT THE CONSOLE, ENGINEERING

"BORN TO RUN" AND

"DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN."

[APPLAUSE]

SO, I WALK IN THE STUDIO AND

JON JUST SAYS TO ME, "HE TOLD

ME HE COULD DO IT.

HE JUST --"

WHEN I ASKED HIM, "WHAT'S THIS

KID DOING AT OUR MIXING

CONSOLE?"

BUT SOMEHOW, HE DID IT.

AND ON AN ENGINEER'S SALARY, HE

HAD PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE RECORD

PLANT AN ORANGE MERCEDES-BENZ.

ONE AFTERNOON, HE GETS ME IN THE

ORANGE MERCEDES-BENZ, TAKES ME

ON A LITTLE DRIVE TO

CONEY ISLAND.

ALONG THE WAY, HE CASUALLY

DROPS, "HEY, BRUCE, WHAT ARE YOU

DOING WITH THAT SONG,

'BECAUSE THE NIGHT'?"

I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

IT'S AN OUTTAKE.

IT'S UNFINISHED."

"UH, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA FINISH IT,

CAN I HAVE IT?"

[LAUGHTER]

I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO

WITH IT?"

"I WANNA GET PATTI SMITH TO SING

IT."

[APPLAUSE]

SO WE'RE IN THE MERCEDES.

IT'S A SUNNY DAY.

I'M WITH MY PAL.

I LOVE PATTI.

IT'S A GREAT CHORUS.

"SURE, WHY NOT?"

OF COURSE, WITH JIMMY'S

GUIDANCE, PATTI TURNS

"BECAUSE THE NIGHT" INTO A HUGE

TOP FIVE HIT RECORD.

YUP.

[APPLAUSE]

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I COULD

NEVER HAVE DONE, BECAUSE I

DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO TURN IT

INTO A LOVE SONG, AS JIMMY KNEW

THAT PATTI WOULD.

SO JIMMY KNOWS GREAT SONGS AND

HE KNOWS WHO CAN SING THEM.

HE HAS ONE OF THE GREATEST GUTS

FOR TALENT.

HE'S ONE OF THE GREATEST SPONGES

FOR LEARNING I'VE EVER MET.

IN THE ROOM WITH MYSELF AND

JON LANDAU, JIMMY MISSES

NOTHING.

HE LEARNS, TRUST YOUR ARTISTS.

LET THEM KNOW IT.

HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE.

GIVE THEM THE REINS.

DON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY TALENT.

RECOGNIZING THEIR TALENT IS YOUR

TALENT.

JIMMY IS BRAVE AND SMART.

HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GREAT

DR. DRE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST

AND VALUED PARTNERSHIPS IN THE

MUSIC BUSINESS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

HE TRUSTED DRE, AND HE TRUSTED

DRE'S VISION, AND HE RECOGNIZED

THE POWER OF HIP HOP, AND ITS

ABILITY TO CONQUER A CULTURE.

OF COURSE, AS AN ENTREPRENEUR,

BEATS.

HE KNEW THAT -- HE TELLS ME HE

TOLD DRE, "WE SHOULDN'T MAKE

SNEAKERS.

WE SHOULD MAKE SPEAKERS."

[LAUGHTER]

AND SO THEY DID.

THEY MADE MILLIONS OF THEM.

[LAUGHS]

AND JIMMY HAD THE INTELLIGENCE,

THE HEART, AND THE SOUL TO

TRUST, UNDERSTAND HIS ARTISTS,

PUT THEM FIRST, AND PUT THE

BUSINESS OF MUSIC IN ITS PROPER

PERSPECTIVE.

HE'S AN INCREDIBLY WELL-ROUNDED

VISIONARY EXECUTIVE.

JIMMY NEVER TOOK OFF HIS FANS'

SHOES.

HE KNEW TO KEEP THEM ON.

I STILL GET MESSAGES FROM HIM.

WITH "BORN TO RUN" BLASTING THE

BACKGROUND, AND, UH, JIMMY KNEW

AND RECOGNIZED THAT THE

CHEMISTRY, THAT JON AND MINE'S

RELATIONSHIP WAS THE SECRET

FORMULA, NOT JUST FOR ROCK AND

ROLL MAGIC, BUT FOR ROCK AND

ROLL SUCCESS.

SO, WHAT DOES JIMMY KNOW?

JIMMY KNEW EVERYTHING IMPORTANT.

SO, JIM, ALL I CAN SAY IS

"RICO SUAVE."

[LAUGHTER]

CONGRATULATIONS, LITTLE BROTHER.

COME ON UP AND GET IT.

WELCOME TO THE HALL OF FAME.

♪ ♪

♪ BECAUSE THE NIGHT BELONGS

TO LOVERS ♪

♪ BECAUSE THE NIGHT BELONGS

TO LUST ♪

BECAUSE THE NIGHT BELONGS

TO LOVERS ♪

♪ BECAUSE THE NIGHT BELONGS

TO US ♪

>> THANK YOU.

HE'S THAT ANNOYING OLDER BROTHER

THAT DOES EVERYTHING BETTER THAN

YOU, INCLUDING GIVING A SPEECH.

FIRST, I WANNA THANK JON LANDAU

AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.

[APPLAUSE]

I WALKED INTO THE SESSIONS FOR

"BORN TO RUN," THERE WAS AN

ENGINEER THERE, BUT FOR WHATEVER

REASON, THAT ENGINEER WAS

LEAVING.

JON LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,

"CAN YOU DO THIS?"

I'D LIKE TO THANK MYSELF FOR

HAVING THE BALLS TO SAY YES.

[LAUGHTER]

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

TWO YEARS LATER, PATTI SMITH

TOOK A CHANCE ON ME PRODUCING

HER ALBUM, "EASTER."

IT COMPLETELY REARRANGED MY

BRAIN ABOUT WHAT ART IS, AND HOW

IMPORTANT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE

GLASS CAN BE.

[APPLAUSE]

THEN, I GOT TO WORK WITH

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS

ON "DAMN THE TORPEDOES."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

TOM TAUGHT ME THAT, IN THE

SERVICE OF GREAT ART, TAKE NO

PRISONERS.

I THANK YOU AND I MISS YOU

DEARLY.

[APPLAUSE]

THEN, STEVIE NICKS DECIDED, STEP

OUT FROM THE BIGGEST ROCK AND

ROLL BAND AROUND AND MAKE A SOLO

ALBUM.

A BRAVE AND RISKY DECISION.

THANK YOU, STEVIE, FOR BEING ONE

OF THE GREAT, GREAT VOICES OF

ROCK AND ROLL.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

FAST FORWARD TO 1983, NOW I'M 30

YEARS OLD.

THANKFULLY, AT THAT MOMENT, I

MET BONO, EDGE, LARRY, AND ADAM.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

BONO TAUGHT ME THAT THERE WERE

THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH INSIDE OF

MUSIC, AND BEYOND.

HE ALSO TAUGHT ME HOW TO DRINK

CRANBERRY AND VODKA.

[LAUGHTER]

WHEN I DECIDED TO TRY TO START A

RECORD COMPANY, I WENT TO

DAVID GEFFEN, AND HE TOLD ME,

"YOU CAN DO THIS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE

RECORD BUSINESS A LOT DUMBER

THAN YOU."

[LAUGHTER]

I SAID, "OKAY."

THANK YOU, DAVID.

I CAN NEVER REPAY YOU FOR

40 YEARS OF CLARITY, GUIDANCE,

AND FRIENDSHIP.

[APPLAUSE]

BACK IN 1990, DR. DRE CHANGED

THE FATE OF MUSIC FOR INTERSCOPE

OVERNIGHT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU, DRE, FOR BRINGING

SNOOP AND EMINEM INTO MY LIFE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, DRE AND I

STARTED "BEATS BY DRE."

AND WHERE WE WENT ON A JOURNEY

TOGETHER, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS,

NO GREATER PERSON YOU COULD HAVE

AS A PARTNER THAN

DR. ANDRE YOUNG.

[APPLAUSE]

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK

MARY J. BLIGE AND GWEN STEFANI.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

TWO VERY, VERY POWERFUL WOMEN

WHO CAME TO OUR FAMILY, BOTH IN

MUSIC AND IN LOVE, AND WE

APPRECIATE AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

WHEN I MET LIBERTY ROSS, SHE

GAVE ME THE LOVE AND STRENGTH TO

SEE LIFE THROUGH A

MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LENS.

LIBERTY, THANK YOU FOR

COMPLETING ME.

AND BRINGING THE WONDERFUL SKYLA

AND SONNY INTO OUR LIVES.

AND OF COURSE, WITH ALL MY

HEART, I WANNA THANK JAMIE,

JESSICA, JEREMY, AND JADE IOVINE

FORSUPPORTING YOUR DAD AND

MAKING HIM FEEL SPECIAL FROM THE

DAY YOU WERE BORN.

YOU ARE MY GREATEST

ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

[APPLAUSE]

MY MESSAGE TONIGHT IS THIS:

REMEMBER, THANK THE PEOPLE WHO

MENTORED YOU, AND TRY TO RETURN

ALL THOSE FAVORS BY BEING SOME

KIND OF MENTOR FOR SOMEBODY ELSE

WHENEVER YOU CAN.

BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, NO ONE

GETS TO A MOMENT LIKE THIS

ALONE.

SO TO ALL WHO MADE MY LIFE STORY

POSSIBLE, I WANNA SAY ONE MORE

TIME: THANKS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO

MRS. ELIZABETH COTTEN, AN OLD,

OLD FRIEND, I'VE KNOWN HER ABOUT

20 YEARS, FRIEND OF MY FAMILY AS

WELL, AND THE WOMAN WHO WROTE

THAT SONG, "FREIGHT TRAIN,

FREIGHT TRAIN, RUN SO FAST."

♪ FREIGHT TRAIN, FREIGHT TRAIN,

RUN SO FAST ♪

♪ FREIGHT TRAIN, FREIGHT TRAIN,

RUN SO FAST ♪

>> YOU GOT TO REALIZE THAT THIS

IS ONE PERSON, WHEN YOU HEAR

THESE RECORDS.

SHE'S PLAYING BASS LINE, SHE'S

PLAYING RHYTHM, SHE'S PLAYING

LEADS, ALL AT THE SAME TIME, AND

DIFFERENT STYLES, TOO, THAT ARE

THE FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN

MUSIC.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I TELL

YOU WHAT I DID.

I COOKED AND CLEANED PEOPLE'S

HOUSES, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE

ENOUGH EDUCATION TO DO ANYTHING

ELSE, SO THAT WAS MY LINE OF

WORK.

♪ ♪

>> SHE'S REALLY KIND OF A GENIUS

GUITAR PLAYER, PLAYED

LEFT-HANDED, UPSIDE DOWN GUITAR.

AND I LOVE THE SEEGER FAMILY AND

I'VE STUDIED WITH TWO OF THEM,

MIKE AND PEGGY SEEGER.

MIKE, WHO'S PASSED ON NOW.

AND SHE USED TO WORK AS A

DOMESTIC IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD.

AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT SHE

PLAYED GUITAR AND THEY SAID,

"OH, NO, PUT THE BROOM DOWN, YOU

GO AND PLAY."

AND SO SHE GOT TO PERFORM IN HER

LATER YEARS.

♪ OH, BABE IT AIN'T NO LIE ♪

♪ OH, BABE IT AIN'T NO LIE ♪

♪ OH, BABE IT AIN'T NO LIE ♪

♪ I KNOW THIS LIFE I'M LIVING IS

VERY HIGH ♪

[APPLAUSE]

♪ OH, LORDY ME, DIDN'T I SHAKE

SUGAREE ♪

♪ EVERYTHING I GOT IS DONE AND

PAWNED ♪

[GUITAR STRUMMING]

>> HER PLAYING BANJO MAKES A LOT

MORE SENSE OF WHERE HER RHYTHM

KINDA COMES FROM, HER KINDA

PLUCKING, PICKING TECHNIQUE.

>> MY OLDEST BROTHER OWNED A

BANJO, AND WHEN HE'D GO TO WORK,

I'D SNEAK IN AND GET HIS BANJO

DOWN, TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO

PLAY.

I WOULDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS

TUNED OR NOT TUNED.

>> IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

♪ PLEASE DON'T TELL WHAT TRAIN

I'M ON ♪

♪ SO THEY WON'T KNOW WHAT ROUTE

I'M GOIN'♪

♪ PLEASE DON'T TELL WHAT TRAIN

I'M ON ♪

♪ SO THEY WON'T KNOW WHAT ROUTE

I'M GOIN' ♪

♪ FREIGHT TRAIN, FREIGHT TRAIN,

RUN SO FAST ♪

♪ FREIGHT TRAIN, FREIGHT TRAIN,

RUN SO FAST ♪

♪ PLEASE DON'T TELL WHAT TRAIN

I'M ON ♪

♪ THEY WON'T KNOW WHICH ROUTE

I'M GOIN' ♪

>> THE WAY SHE PLAYS THAT

GUITAR, IT'S LIKE SHE WAS BORN

WITH IT.

[GUITAR STRUMMING]

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> Announcer: TO INDUCT

JUDAS PRIEST,

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER

ALICE COOPER.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> THANK YOU.

WELL, WHAT A GREAT ROOM THIS IS.

EVERY TABLE I LOOK AT HAS GOT AN

OLD FRIEND ON IT.

AND DURING THAT 18 MONTHS, WHERE

NONE OF US COULD TOUR, EVERY

BAND, EVERY ARTIST I TALKED TO

SAID, "I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK

ON STAGE."

SO I DON'T WANNA HEAR ROCK IS

DEAD.

OKAY?

BECAUSE IT ISN'T.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ONE

OF THOSE BANDS RIGHT NOW.

OF COURSE, I KNEW THEIR MUSIC

BEFORE I EVEN MET THEM.

EVERYONE KNEW THEIR MUSIC.

EVERYONE STILL DOES.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT'S THE REASON

WHY THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT.

JUDAS PRIEST ARE TRULY THE

DEFINITIVE METAL BAND.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THEY DEFINED THE SOUND WE CALL

"HEAVY METAL."

AND THEIR SOUND IS UNMISTAKABLE.

THEIR EXPLOSIVE DUAL LEAD GUITAR

ATTACK UNLEASHES A ROAR THAT HAS

INSPIRED THOUSANDS OF BANDS IN

THEIR GARAGES.

AND WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT

ROB HALFORD'S VOICE?

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

IS THERE ANY EMOTION THAT HE

CAN'T EXPRESS, A NOTE THAT HE

CAN'T HIT, OR ONE THAT HE CAN'T

HOLD SEEMINGLY FOREVER?

HE IS SIMPLY ONE OF THE GREATEST

SINGERS IN HEAVY METAL HISTORY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THEIR

MUSIC.

JUDAS PRIEST ALSO DEFINED THE

LOOK THAT DEFINES HEAVY METAL.

THE BLACK LEATHER, THE METAL

STUDS, THE CHAINS, THE

MOTORCYCLE.

IT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE THOSE

WERE ALWAYS ELEMENTS OF WHAT

HEAVY METAL LOOKED LIKE, BUT

THEY WEREN'T.

HEAVY METAL DIDN'T HAVE THAT

LOOK UNTIL JUDAS PRIEST.

THEY HAVE ATTITUDE, DESPAIR.

JUST LOOK AT THEM.

[LAUGHTER]

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THEY WERE ALWAYS ROUGH AROUND

THE EDGES, COMING STRAIGHT OUT

OF BIRMINGHAM, WHICH IS KIND OF

LIKE ENGLAND'S DETROIT.

[LAUGHTER]

AN INDUSTRIAL WORKING-CLASS TOWN

THAT, LIKE DETROIT, HAS LAUNCHED

SO MANY GREAT HARD ROCK BANDS,

PRIEST BEING ONE OF THE VERY

BEST.

THE BAND DIDN'T JUST HAVE A

GREAT SOUND, THEY ALSO WROTE

GREAT SONGS.

PRIEST'S GROUNDBREAKING

"BRITISH STEEL" ALBUM...

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WITH "LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT" AND

"BREAKING THE LAW," TOTALLY PUT

THEM ON THE MAP.

AND THERE WAS NO LOOKING BACK

FOR THEM AFTER THAT.

THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF RECORDS

THEY'VE SOLD SAYS IT ALL.

NOW, I'VE DONE MANY SHOWS WITH

JUDAS PRIEST OVER THE YEARS, AND

THEY NEVER FAILED TO DELIVER,

AND THEN SOME.

BELIEVE ME, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT

IT IS TO CREATE A LIVE SHOW THAT

PEOPLE NEVER FORGET.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

PRIEST HAS ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD

THAT, TOO.

THEY ARE ELECTRIFYING ON STAGE,

ONE OF THE HARDEST-HITTING LIVE

BANDS IN THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND

ROLL.

PRIEST HAS CARRIED THE FLAG OF

HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL

PROUDLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE

50 YEARS, NEVER WAVERING, OR

FOLLOWING TRENDS, OR PRETENDING

TO BE ANYTHING BUT EXACTLY WHAT

THEY ARE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> WHO ARE YOU HERE TO SEE

TONIGHT?

>> JUDAS PRIEST!

♪ ♪

♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪

♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪

♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪

♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪

♪ I TOOK THE CITY 'BOUT

1:00 A.M. ♪

♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪

>> HI.

THIS IS ROB FROM JUDAS PRIEST.

WHAT?

♪ ♪

♪ RACING 'CROSS THE HEAVENS ♪

♪ STRAIGHT INTO THE DAWN ♪

♪ LOOKING LIKE A COMET ♪

>> IN THE EARLY DAYS OF PRIEST,

THERE WAS NO REAL SPECIFIC LOOK

OR IMAGE FOR HEAVY METAL.

♪ ♪

>> I THINK ROB WAS THE FIRST WHO

STARTED TO WEAR THE LEATHER.

>> I WEAR ALL THESE BECAUSE THIS

IS ME ANYWAY.

BUT THIS IS A SECOND SKIN.

>> AND WE WROTE A FEW TRACKS FOR

"HELL BENT FOR LEATHER."

AND IT SUDDENLY ALL FELL INTO

PLACE.

♪ ♪

♪ SEEK HIM HERE, SEEK HIM ON

THE HIGHWAY ♪

♪ NEVER KNOWING WHEN HE'LL

APPEAR ♪

♪ ALL AWAIT, ENGINE IS TICKING

OVER ♪

♪ HEAR THE ROAR AS THEY SENSE

THE FEAR ♪

♪ WHEELS! ♪

>> I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO GO INTO

ONE OR TWO S&M SHOPS.

♪ A GLINT OF STEEL AND A FLASH

OF LIGHT! ♪

>> I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THE

HARLEY-DAVIDSON, IT'S

EVERYTHING ABOUT METAL, YOU

KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S BIG, IT'S

LOUD, IT SMELLS, AND IT PISSES

OFF SOME PEOPLE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> IN EVERY CONVERSATION ABOUT

HEAVY METAL, IT HAS TO HAVE

JUDAS PRIEST IN IT.

♪ ♪

THEY SOLIDIFIED THE TWO-GUITAR

ATTACK BEFORE ANYONE.

♪ ♪

>> THE TWO-GUITAR SOUND, YOU

KNOW, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A

STEREO EFFECT.

♪ ♪

>> THERE'S THE RIFFS.

THERE'S THE TWIN AX ATTACK.

ROB HALFORD'S VOICE, YOU KNOW,

THE GREATEST HEAVY METAL SINGER

OF ALL TIME.

♪ ♪

>> AND HE CAN STILL HIT THEM

FUCKING NOTES, WHICH IS

MIND-BLOWING TO ME.

AND HE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE

FUCKING SINGERS.

♪ WHISKEY WOMAN, DON'T YOU

KNOW ♪

♪ THAT YOU ARE DRIVIN' ME

INSANE? ♪

>> I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY

OCTAVES ROB HAS.

WHAT DOES HE HAVE, LIKE, FUCKING

500?

[LAUGHS]

♪ THE LIQUOR YOU GIVE STEMS

YOUR WILL TO LIVE ♪

♪ AND GETS RIGHT TO MY BRAIN ♪

>> HE HOLDS THE MIC TO HERE.

♪ ♪

AND THE WHOLE P.A. JUST GOES --

♪ ♪

>> WHAT IS THIS?

>> YEAH, WHAT IS THIS?

♪ THERE I WAS COMPLETELY

WASTING ♪

♪ OUT OF WORK AND DOWN ♪

>> YEAH, THIS IS JUDAS PRIEST.

>> YES!

>> THIS IS GONNA BE COOL.

>> YEAH.

♪ ALL INSIDE IT'S SO FRUSTRATING

AS I DRIFT FROM TOWN TO TOWN ♪

>> YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAME OUT

WITH "BRITISH STEEL," IT JUST

MADE SENSE.

YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A RAZOR

BLADE ON THE COVER BECAUSE

SABBATH IS SABBATH, BUT PRIEST

STREAMLINED IT AND MADE IT

"CUTTING EDGE," SO TO SPEAK.

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SHIT AS

A KID THAT -- LIKE, I HAD NEVER

HEARD BEFORE, AND IT JUST BLEW

MY MIND.

>> FROM "BRITISH STEEL" ONWARDS,

THE BAND JUST EXPLODED

INTERNATIONALLY.

♪ IF YOU THINK I'LL SIT AROUND

AS THE WORLD GOES BY ♪

>> NOT ONLY WERE PRIEST

PIONEERS, BUT THEY ALSO SOLD

50 MILLION RECORDS AND HAD HUGE

RADIO HITS ACROSS DECADES.

♪ YOU THINK I'LL LET IT GO,

YOU'RE MAD ♪

♪ YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THING

COMIN' ♪

♪ ♪

>> SOMEBODY SAID THE OTHER NIGHT

ACTUALLY THAT SABBATH WERE

HEAVY, BUT PRIEST WERE METAL.

I KIND OF LIKE THAT.

>> PRIEST!

>> A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT

BECAME THE ARCHETYPICAL PARTS OF

HEAVY METAL WERE INVENTED BY

JUDAS PRIEST -- THE LEATHER, THE

MOTORCYCLE, THE ATTITUDE.

AND WE'RE NOT GONNA APOLOGIZE

FOR IT.

WE'RE GONNA EMBRACE IT WITH BOTH

LEATHER CLAD ARMS, AND I'M GONNA

HARLEY-RIDE THAT METAL INTO THE

SUNSET TOGETHER.

♪ ♪

>> BY DEFINITION, ROCK AND

ROLL SHOULD STILL BE PISSING

PEOPLE OFF.

♪ I'M MADE OF METAL ♪

MY CIRCUITS GLEAM ♪

AND SO YOU PUNCH BACK, YOU FIGHT

BACK, YOU CLAW BACK, YOU SCREAM

BACK WITH HEAVY METAL.

♪ I'M ELECTED, ELECTRIC SPY

I'M PROTECTED ELECTRIC EYE ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> ROB HALFORD, IAN HILL,

GLENN TIPTON, DAVE HOLLAND,

SCOTT TRAVIS, K.K. DOWNING, AND

LES BINKS, I AM HONORED TO SAY

TO YOU: WELCOME TO THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ THERE I WAS COMPLETELY

WASTING, OUT OF WORK AND DOWN ♪

♪ ALL INSIDE IT'S SO FRUSTRATING

AS I DRIFT FROM TOWN TO TOWN ♪

♪ FEEL AS THOUGH NOBODY CARES

IF I LIVE OR DIE ♪

♪ SO I MIGHT AS WELL BEGIN TO

PUT SOME ACTION IN MY LIFE ♪

♪ YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ SO MUCH FOR THE GOLDEN FUTURE,

I CAN'T EVEN START ♪

♪ I'VE HAD EVERY PROMISE BROKEN,

THERE'S ANGER IN MY HEART ♪

♪ YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE,

YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE ♪

♪ IF YOU DID

YOU'D FIND YOURSELVES

DOING THE SAME THING ♪

♪ YOU'RE DOING TO ME NOW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ BREAKING THE LAW,

BREAKING THE LAW ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪

♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪

♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪

♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪

♪ I HIT THE CITY 'BOUT

1:00 A.M. ♪

♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪

♪ I'M ALL GEARED UP TO SCORE

AGAIN ♪

♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪

♪ I COME ALIVE IN THE NEON

LIGHT ♪

♪ THAT'S WHEN I MAKE MY

MOVES RIGHT ♪

♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪

♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪

♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪

♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪

♪ GOT GLEAMING CHROME,

REFLECTING STEEL ♪

♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪

♪ READY TO TAKE ON EVERY DEAL ♪

♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪

♪ MY PULSE IS RACING, HOT TO

TAKE ♪

♪ AND THIS MOTOR'S REVVED UP,

FIT TO BREAK ♪

♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪

♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪

♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪

♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I'M AIMING FOR YA ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I'M GONNA FLOOR YA ♪

♪ MY BODY'S COMING ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ♪

♪ THE AIR'S ELECTRIC,

SPARKIN' POWER ♪

♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪

♪ I'M GETTING HOTTER

BY THE HOUR ♪

♪ LOADED, LOADED ♪

♪ I SET MY SIGHTS AND THEN

HOME IN ♪

♪ THE JOINT STARTS FLYING

WHEN I BEGIN ♪

♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪

♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪

♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪

♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪

♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪

♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪

♪ LOVING 'TIL THE MORNING ♪

♪ THEN I'M GONE, I'M GONE ♪

♪ THEN I'M GONE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[CROWD CHANTING]

>> JUDAS PRIEST!

JUDAS PRIEST!

>> I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BAND

AND OBVIOUSLY ALL OF OUR SUPER,

SUPER FANS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

AND THE BIGGEST SHOUT-OUT GOES

TO TWO PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T BE

HERE TONIGHT, MY MOTHER, DORIS,

AND MY BROTHER, GREG.

I KNOW THEY'RE WATCHING.

AND WITHOUT THEM, THEY NEVER

WOULD HAVE INTRODUCED ME TO THE

IMMOVABLE OBJECT THAT IS ROCK

AND ROLL!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> HI, EVERYONE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WHOA.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY I HAVE A

VERY, VERY BIG HUMONGOUS THANK

YOU TO ALL OF THE FANS, AND

EVERYBODY ELSE, OF COURSE, BUT

THE FANS IN PARTICULAR,

FOR STAYING THE TEST OF TIME

WITH US, MANY DECADES,

SUPPORTING THE METAL AND THE

BAND.

IT'S FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A BIG

THANK YOU TO JUDAS PRIEST FANS

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WE PLAYED IN SMALL PLACES IN THE

MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, AND 15,000

PEOPLE HAVE TURNED UP.

AND ALL THROUGH THE YEARS WHEN

OTHER BANDS HAVE SHUNNED THE

TITLE "HEAVY METAL," WE'VE FLOWN

THE FLAG FOR METAL, BECAUSE IT'S

SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS

BAND LOVES.

AND WE'VE GOT A GENUINE LOVE OF

THE MUSIC, AND WE EMBRACE IT,

AND ALWAYS HAVE, AND ALWAYS BEEN

PROUD TO PLAY HEAVY METAL.

SO, ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO

EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> HI, THERE.

WELL, I'M GONNA KEEP THIS SHORT

AND SWEET.

AS YOU KNOW, DRUMMERS ARE ALWAYS

THE QUIET ONES IN BANDS.

UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU HAPPEN TO

BE KEITH MOON.

VERY, VERY HONORED TO HAVE THIS

AWARD TONIGHT.

I WANNA THANK THE ROCK AND ROLL

HALL OF FAME VERY MUCH, RIGHT

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

>> HELLO.

YOU KNOW, YOU START OFF ALL

THOSE YEARS AGO, AND YOU

REBEL AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT.

YOU WANNA DO IT YOUR WAY.

YOU WANNA BE DIFFERENT AND TRY

TO BE UNIQUE.

AND YOU CARRY THAT THROUGH WITH

YOU OVER THE YEARS, UNTIL

SUDDENLY YOU REALIZE THAT YOU'VE

BECOME THE ESTABLISHMENT, AND

PEOPLE ARE REBELLING AGAINST

YOU.

[LAUGHTER]

AND HERE WE ARE.

THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

I MEAN, THAT'S THE ULTIMATE

ESTABLISHMENT.

AND SO NOW I AM PROUD AND

HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> HELLO.

I'M THE GAY GUY IN THE BAND.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

YOU SEE, THAT THERE IS WHAT

HEAVY METAL IS ALL ABOUT.

WE CALL OURSELVES THE

HEAVY METAL COMMUNITY, WHICH IS

ALL-INCLUSIVE, DOESN'T MATTER

WHAT YOUR SEXUAL IDENTITY IS,

WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, COLOR OF

YOUR SKIN, THE FAITH THAT YOU

BELIEVE IN OR DON'T BELIEVE IN.

EVERYBODY'S WELCOME.

PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

TO HEAVY METAL KIND OF LOOK AT

US AND, YOU KNOW, ARE A LITTLE

BIT SCARED.

BUT PLEASE, YOU'VE SEEN IT HERE

TONIGHT.

WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE POWER, AND

THE EMOTION, AND THE DEDICATION,

AND THE LOVE OF HEAVY METAL THAT

WE'VE BEEN CARRYING FOR

50 HEAVY METAL YEARS!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WITHOUT OUR FANS, WE HAVE

NOTHING.

WE ARE NOTHING WITHOUT OUR FANS.

SO WE THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE

OF YOU HERE IN THIS BUILDING,

AND AROUND THE WORLD, FOR YOUR

LOVE AND SUPPORT AND DEDICATION,

FOR WHAT WE DO.

WHEN PRIEST FIRST CAME OUT HERE

IN THE '70s, AND WE OPENED UP

FOR BANDS LIKE MOLLY HATCHET AND

REO SPEEDWAGON, WE WENT ON, AND

PEOPLE WERE LIKE, "WHAT THE HELL

IS THIS?"

[LAUGHTER]

AND 20 MINUTES LATER, WE HAD

THEM STAMPING THEIR FEET AND

THROWING UP THE HORNS OF HEAVY

METAL.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE LOVED DOING

FOR 50 YEARS, AND WE WISH WE

COULD HAVE ANOTHER 50 YEARS.

BUT THE JOY ABOUT MUSIC IS THAT

IT LIVES FOREVER.

AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE'RE

HERE.

WE LIVE FOR HEAVY METAL.

WE LIVE FOR MUSIC.

AND WE LIVE FOR THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> I NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT

RAP.

AND I SAW THIS DJ PLAYING MUSIC,

AND HE WAS SAYING THINGS TO THE

KIDS, AND THEY WOULD ANSWER HIM

BACK.

YOU PUT A CONCEPT LIKE THAT ON

RECORD, AND YOU GO TO THE MOON.

[RECORD SCRATCHING]

>> EARLY HIP HOP WAS A MACHINE

THAT REQUIRED DJS, REQUIRED

DANCERS, REQUIRED RAPPERS.

WHEN SYLVIA ROBINSON WENT OUT

AND SAID, "YOU CAN MAKE A RECORD

OF THIS STUFF," THE KIDS WEREN'T

THINKING ABOUT THAT.

>> RAP ON RECORD WAS COMPLETELY

REVOLUTIONARY.

IT TOOK SYLVIA ROBINSON TO MAKE

IT HAPPEN.

♪ ♪

NOT ONLY DID SHE CONCEIVE OF

MAKING A RAP RECORD, BUT SHE

ALSO ASSEMBLED HER OWN RAP

GROUP.

>> I PUT SUGARHILL GANG

TOGETHER.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER.

♪ I SAID A HIP, HOP, THE

HIPPIE, THE HIPPIE ♪

♪ TO THE HIP HIP HOP AND YOU

DON'T STOP THE ROCK ♪

>> SYLVIA ROBINSON AND RAPPERS

DELIGHT CAPTURED 1979 LIKE NO

OTHER.

♪ NOW, WHAT YOU HEAR IS

NOT A TEST ♪

♪ I'M RAPPIN' TO THE BEAT ♪

>> THIS CHANGED THE GAME OF

HIP HOP.

THIS RECORD JUST SET THE GOAL TO

A WHOLE 'NOTHER LEVEL NOW.

IT WASN'T RULE THE BRONX OR RULE

MANHATTAN.

IT WAS NOW, HOW SOON CAN YOU

MAKE A RECORD?

♪ ♪

>> IT'S THE JOINT!

>> SHE GOT THESE OTHER GROUPS,

BECAUSE SHE FELT THAT RAP WAS

HERE TO STAY.

>> THE SUGARHILL RECORD COMPANY

IS A FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS.

JOE ROBINSON, SR. IS THE

PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY.

HIS WIFE, SYLVIA ROBINSON, IS

ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER,

RESPECTED PRODUCERS IN THE

INDUSTRY.

♪ ♪

>> I HAD THE MESSAGE TWO YEARS

BEFORE I EVER MET THEM, AND I

SAID, "I HAVE A SONG HERE.

IF YOU DO THIS, IT WILL MAKE YOU

BIGGER THAN YOU'VE EVER BEEN."

>> SHE WOULD PLAY THIS TAPE FOR

US.

"IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE SOMETIMES,

IT MAKES ME WONDER HOW I KEEP

FROM GOING UNDER."

♪ BROKEN GLASS EVERYWHERE ♪

♪ PEOPLE PISSIN' ON THE STAIRS ♪

♪ YOU KNOW THEY JUST

DON'T CARE ♪

♪ I CAN'T TAKE THE SMELL, CAN'T

TAKE THE NOISE ♪

>> THE LYRICS WERE DARK.

♪ GOT NO MONEY TO MOVE OUT,

I GUESS I GOT NO CHOICE ♪

>> 'CAUSE, LIKE, FINALLY

SOMEBODY'S TELLING THE WORLD HOW

WE LIVE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING

THROUGH.

>> I KNEW "THE MESSAGE" WOULD

WORK BECAUSE OF THE STORY.

MOST PEOPLE LIVING IN THE

GHETTO, THAT'S THE STORY OF

THEIR LIFE.

>> THE CONCEPT SHIFTED THE

PARADIGM OF WHAT TYPES OF

RECORDS WOULD BE MADE AND WHAT

KINDS OF THEMES COULD BE TALKED

ABOUT.

♪ WHITE LINES ♪

♪ VISION DREAMS OF PASSION ♪

>> IT WAS LIKE A REAL BOLD STEP

INTO TAKING THIS MUSIC AND

MAKING IT LEGITIMATE.

>> SHE PIONEERED SOMETHING THAT

WAS DEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.

SHE KNEW IT ALL.

AND WHY NOT DO IT ALL?

>> THEY WOULD COME UP WITH A

CONCEPT THEMSELVES, AND YOU KNOW

YOU HAVE A GREAT PIECE OF

PRODUCT.

♪ I'M SYLVIA ON THE SCENE ♪

♪ BETTER KNOWN AS THE RAPPING

QUEEN ♪

♪ THE QUEEN SUGAR'S HERE ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> Announcer: TO INDUCT

CARLY SIMON INTO THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME,

SARA BAREILLES.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> LIKE SO MANY

SINGER-SONGWRITERS WHO HAVE COME

AFTER HER, I, TOO, HAVE FELT THE

POWERFUL IMPACT OF CARLY SIMON

AND BEEN MADE BETTER FOR IT.

WEAVING TOGETHER FIERCE

INTELLIGENCE, SOULFUL HONESTY,

AND VULNERABILITY, CARLY MADE

SONG AFTER SONG, RECORD AFTER

RECORD, THAT TRANSCENDED ANY ONE

GENRE OR ANY ONE GENERATION OF

STORYTELLERS.

THE ELEGANCE OF HER MELODIES

SPEAK TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE

EMOTIONS AND THE EXPERIENCES SHE

WRITES ABOUT.

AND HER SINGULAR, UNFORGETTABLE

VOICE, AN ARROW OF TRUTH, TELLS

IT LIKE IT REALLY IS.

SHE NEVER CHASED FAME OR

SUCCESS.

THEY CAME TO HER, BECAUSE OF THE

UNDENIABLE ESSENCE OF HER WORK.

SHE IS A ONE OF A KIND ARTIST, A

UNIQUE VISIONARY WHO REMAINS A

MODEL, A TRAILBLAZER, AND AN

INSPIRATION.

RAISED IN A HOUSEHOLD RICH WITH

MUSIC AND LITERATURE, CARLY

LAUNCHED HER CAREER AS ONE HALF

OF THE SIMON SISTERS, A DUO SHE

FORMED WITH HER OLDER SISTER,

LUCY.

WHEN SHE LATER SET OUT ON HER

OWN, SHE IMMEDIATELY MADE AN

INDELIBLE IMPRESSION WITH HER

VERY FIRST SINGLE,

"THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS

HEARD IT SHOULD BE," WHICH SHE

CO-WROTE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WHICH SHE CO-WROTE WITH HER

FREQUENT COLLABORATOR AND

FRIEND, JACOB BRACKMAN.

THAT SONG SET THE TONE FOR THE

REST OF CARLY'S CAREER.

COMPLEX IN BOTH MUSIC AND

LYRICS, IT EXPLORED THE TANGLE

OF DESIRES AT THE HEART OF THE

LIVES OF MANY WOMEN IN THE EARLY

'70S, QUESTIONING SOCIAL NORMS,

AND PUSHING BACK ON GENDER

STEREOTYPES.

IT REFLECTED THE FEMINIST

MOVEMENT RISING UP AT THE TIME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THAT CONTINUES TODAY, BUT IT

OFFERED NO EASY ANSWERS.

IT ACCOMPLISHED ALL THAT, AND IT

WAS A TOP 10 HIT.

THE LIST OF BRILLIANT SONGS THAT

FOLLOWED IS SIMPLY SPECTACULAR:

"ANTICIPATION," "LEGEND IN YOUR

OWN TIME," "YOU'RE SO VAIN."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

HER BIGGEST HIT THAT HAS KEPT

EVERYONE GUESSING ABOUT ITS

SUBJECT FOR 50 YEARS.

"THE RIGHT THING TO DO,"

"HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN,"

"NOBODY DOES IT BETTER,"

"YOU BELONG TO ME," "JESSE,"

"COMING AROUND AGAIN,"

"LET THE RIVER RUN."

CARLY'S RANGE AND SOPHISTICATION

ARE PEERLESS.

HER SONGS ARE LIKE A GREAT

COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, THE

KIND YOU READ OVER AND OVER

AGAIN AS THEY CONTINUE TO REVEAL

NEW TRUTHS EVERY TIME YOU

ENCOUNTER THEM.

SHE IS GENRE-BENDING AND

BOUNDARY-BREAKING.

ADORED AND ADMIRED BY THE TITANS

OF HER INDUSTRY, AND YOUNG

ARTISTS ALIKE, WHO LOOK TO HER

FOR THE TRUTH AND BRAVERY SHE

OFFERS.

HER WELL-KNOWN STAGE FRIGHT HAS

ONLY MADE THE PERFORMANCES SHE'S

GIVEN MORE PRECIOUS AND MORE

COMPELLING.

CARLY SIMON HAS NEVER BEEN

AFRAID TO REVEAL HER PERSONAL

FEARS, OR TO BRAVELY TRAVEL HER

OWN CREATIVE PATH DESPITE THEM.

AND TONIGHT, THAT PATH HAS LED

HER HERE, MOST DESERVEDLY TO THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ ANTICIPATION, ANTICIPATION ♪

♪ IS MAKIN' ME LATE ♪

>> I WAS SITTING ON THE END OF

MY BED, AND I WAS PLAYING THE

GUITAR.

I WAS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT MY

FORTHCOMING DATE WITH

CAT STEVENS.

AND I THOUGHT, "LET'S SEE, IF I

CAN WRITE A FULL SONG BEFORE THE

DOORBELL RINGS, I WOULD HAVE AT

LEAST SPENT THIS TIME NOT IN A

MODE OF ANXIETY, BUT I WILL HAVE

CREATED SOMETHING."

AND I FINISHED "ANTICIPATION"

BEFORE HE ARRIVED, BEFORE THE

DOORBELL RANG.

♪ THESE ARE THE GOOD OLD

DAYS ♪

>> SHE WRITES THINGS IN HER OWN

SONGS.

SHE RECENTLY WON A GRAMMY FOR

THE BEST NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR.

WILL YOU WELCOME, PLEASE,

MS. CARLY SIMON?

♪ THEN YOU'D TURN ON THE

RADIO ♪

♪ AND SING WITH THE SINGER IN

THE BAND ♪

>> I WAS BORN VERY SHY, WITHOUT

THE DESIRE TO BE IN FRONT OF

ANYBODY OR TO SHOW OFF.

AND, PARADOXICALLY, THERE WAS A

PART OF ME THAT SAID,

"ME, ME, ME."

>> DO YOU COME FROM A MUSICAL

FAMILY?

YOU DO, DON'T YOU?

>> YES.

MY SISTER, SHE'S AN OPERA

SINGER.

AND THE OTHER SISTER, LUCY, AND

I USED TO SING TOGETHER WHEN WE

WERE MUCH, MUCH YOUNGER.

♪ WYNKEN AND BLYNKEN AND NOD

ONE NIGHT ♪

♪ SAILED OFF ON A WOODEN SHOE ♪

♪ SAILED DOWN A RIVER OF

CRYSTAL LIGHT ♪

♪ INTO A SEA OF DEW ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ WELL, HEY, IT'S TIME WE MOVED

IN TOGETHER ♪

♪ AND RAISED A FAMILY OF OUR

OWN, YOU AND ME ♪

>> THE MORE WELL-KNOWN I BECOME,

I FIND IT MORE AND MORE

DIFFICULT TO DO LIVE CONCERTS.

IN THE TIME WHEN I STARTED OUT,

NOBODY HAD REALLY PAID TO COME

AND SEE ME, AND THEREFORE, I

DIDN'T FEEL THE SENSE OF

RESPONSIBILITY TO THE AUDIENCE.

AND NOW IT'S DIFFERENT.

NOW I FEEL TRAPPED BY THE LIGHTS

AND, YOU KNOW, TRAPPED BY THE

PEOPLE THAT COME TO SEE ME.

♪ SON OF A GUN ♪

>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONING

FOR A LONG TIME WHO IT'S ABOUT.

THAT'S THE GREATEST EGO TRIP

ANYBODY CAN HAVE.

THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE THAT

INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU WERE

THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WROTE

A SONG.

♪ YOU WALKED INTO THE PARTY ♪

♪ LIKE YOU WERE WALKING ONTO

A YACHT ♪

>> WHEN I HEARD

"YOU'RE SO VAIN," I JUST THOUGHT

THAT IT'S THE BEST SONG THAT HAS

EVER BEEN WRITTEN.

THAT IS THE MOST DIRECT WAY

ANYONE HAS EVER ADDRESSED A

BREAKUP.

IT'S AMAZING.

♪ YOU HAD ONE EYE IN

THE MIRROR ♪

♪ AS YOU WATCHED YOURSELF

GAVOTTE ♪

>> I MET MICK JAGGER AT A PARTY.

NO, THE SONG IS NOT ABOUT HIM.

HE HAPPENED TO CALL AT THE

STUDIO WHILE I WAS DOING THE

BACKGROUND VOCALS WITH

HARRY NILSSON.

"WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN AND

SING WITH US?"

♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG

IS ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS

ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU? ♪

SO MICK, HARRY AND I STOOD

AROUND THE MIC SINGING, "YOU'RE

SO VAIN.

YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG IS

ABOUT YOU."

AND HARRY WAS SUCH A GENTLEMAN.

HE KNEW THAT THE CHEMISTRY WAS

BETWEEN ME AND MICK, IN TERMS OF

THE SINGING.

AND SO HE SORT OF BOWED OUT AND

SAID, "YOU KNOW, THE TWO OF YOU

HAVE A REAL BLEND.

YOU SHOULD DO IT YOURSELVES."

AND THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED.

♪ NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO,

NO, NO, NO, NO ♪

♪ LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND ♪

♪ LISTEN NOW, UNDERSTAND ♪

>> YOU'RE PROBABLY KNOWN IN THE

BUSINESS AS THE QUEEN OF STAGE

FRIGHT.

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO THINK WHY

YOU'RE NERVOUS AND THEN HAD IT

DISSOLVE?

>> I'VE NEVER HAD IT DISSOLVE,

BUT I'VE THOUGHT A GOOD DEAL

ABOUT WHY IT EXISTS.

>> OH.

>> IT'S GOTTEN SOFT A COUPLE OF

TIMES.

♪ AND NO ONE'S GONNA TAKE THAT

TIME AWAY ♪

>> I REMEMBER SEEING A PICTURE

OF HIM.

HE WAS ON THE COVER OF

"TIME MAGAZINE" AND I SAID,

"I'M GOING TO MARRY HIM."

THIS WAS A GOOD NINE MONTHS

BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAD A DATE.

♪ SO CLOSE YOUR EYES ♪

♪ YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR EYES ♪

♪ IT'S ALL RIGHT ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR

THE PAIN ♪

♪ I HAVEN'T GOT ROOM FOR

THE PAIN ♪

>> I'M VERY MESSY.

I'M NOT ORGANIZED.

I COULD ONLY WRITE IF THERE

WAS CHAOS AROUND ME, BECAUSE I

WOULD GET THE ENERGY FROM THE

CHAOS, AND FOCUS IT IN ON A

PARTICULAR SUBJECT MATTER.

♪ LET THE RIVER RUN ♪

>> AND THE OSCAR GOES TO

CARLY SIMON FOR

"LET THE RIVER RUN" FROM

"WORKING GIRL."

[APPLAUSE]

♪ COME, THE NEW JERUSALEM ♪

♪ NOBODY DOES IT QUITE THE WAY

YOU DO ♪

♪ WHY'D YOU HAVE TO BE

SO GOOD? ♪

>> CARLY SIMON'S WORK,

"YOU'RE SO VAIN,"

"THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS

HEARD IT SHOULD BE,"

"ANTICIPATION."

SHE WAS A SONGWRITER IN THAT

GOLDEN ERA OF ROCK AND ROLL

SONGWRITING.

SHE WAS A WOMAN THAT STOOD OUT.

♪ I'M NOT NECESSARILY ♪

♪ THE GIRL YOU THINK YOU SEE ♪

♪ WHOEVER YOU WANT IS EXACTLY

WHO ♪

♪ I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO BE ♪

>> SO MANY PEOPLE SAID,

"YOU KNOW, YOU'VE JUST MEANT SO

MUCH TO ME OVER THE YEARS, AND

I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU SINCE

I'VE EEN SEVEN YEARS OLD.

AND NOW I'VE NAMED MY DAUGHTER

AFTER YOU."

IT'S VERY MOVING TO ME THAT I

HAVE HAD THAT EFFECT.

I THINK IT'S BECAUSE MY SONGS

ARE AS PERSONAL AS THEY ARE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> DUE TO PERSONAL TRAGEDY,

CARLY IS TREMENDOUSLY SORRY NOT

TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

SHE ASKED ME TO PASS ALONG THE

FOLLOWING MESSAGE:

"I AM HUMBLED, SHOCKED, PROUD,

OVERACHIEVED, UNDERQUALIFIED,

AND SINGULARLY GRATEFUL TO

EVERYONE WITHOUT WHOM I REALLY

COULDN'T BE HERE.

ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS ABOUT

MUSIC IS ITS UNCANNY KNACK FOR

MAKING PHYSICAL ART OUT OF

FORMLESS EMOTIONS LIKE JOY AND

PAIN, JUST THROUGH THE STRENGTH

OF OUR FEELINGS.

WHEN WE CANNOT SHARE OUR GRIEF,

WE ARE AWFULLY LONELY CREATURES.

MOSTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME FOR

RECOGNIZING ME, AND FOR MAKING

SURE DISTINCTION AND ACHIEVEMENT

WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN EDGE.

THANK YOU."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ NOBODY DOES IT BETTER ♪

♪ MAKES ME FEEL SAD FOR

THE REST ♪

♪ NOBODY DOES IT HALF AS GOOD

AS YOU ♪

♪ BABY, YOU'RE THE BEST ♪

♪ I WASN'T LOOKIN' BUT SOMEHOW

YOU FOUND ME ♪

♪ I TRIED TO HIDE FROM YOUR

LOVE LIGHT ♪

♪ BUT LIKE HEAVEN ABOVE ME ♪

♪ THE SPY WHO LOVED ME ♪

♪ IS KEEPIN' ALL MY SECRETS

SAFE TONIGHT ♪

♪ AND NOBODY DOES IT BETTER ♪

♪ MAKES ME FEEL SAD FOR

THE REST ♪

♪ NOBODY DOES IT HALF AS GOOD

AS YOU ♪

♪ BABY, BABY ♪

♪ DARLIN', YOU'RE THE BEST ♪

♪ BABY, YOU'RE THE BEST ♪

♪ BABY, YOU'RE THE BEST ♪

♪ BABY, YOU'RE THE BEST ♪

♪ BABY, YOU'RE THE BEST ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME

OLIVIA RODRIGO.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ YOU WALKED INTO THE PARTY ♪

♪ LIKE YOU WERE WALKING ONTO A

YACHT ♪

♪ YOUR HAT STRATEGICALLY DIPPED

BELOW ONE EYE ♪

♪ YOUR SCARF IT WAS APRICOT ♪

♪ YOU HAD ONE EYE IN

THE MIRROR ♪

♪ AS YOU WATCHED YOURSELF

GAVOTTE ♪

♪ AND ALL THE GIRLS DREAMED THAT

THEY'D BE YOUR PARTNER ♪

♪ THEY'D BE YOUR PARTNER AND ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG

IS ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS

ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU? ♪

♪ WELL, YOU HAD ME SEVERAL YEARS

AGO ♪

♪ WHEN I WAS STILL QUITE NAIVE ♪

♪ WELL, YOU SAID THAT WE MADE

SUCH A PRETTY PAIR ♪

♪ AND THAT YOU WOULD NEVER

LEAVE ♪

♪ BUT YOU GAVE AWAY THE THINGS

YOU LOVED ♪

♪ AND ONE OF THEM WAS ME ♪

♪ I HAD SOME DREAMS ♪

♪ THEY WERE CLOUDS IN

MY COFFEE ♪

♪ CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE AND ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG

IS ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS

ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU,

DON'T YOU? ♪

>> JIMMY RYAN, EVERYONE!

[GUITAR SOLO]

♪ ♪

♪ I HAD SOME DREAMS ♪

♪ THEY WERE CLOUDS IN

MY COFFEE ♪

♪ CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE AND ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG

IS ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS

ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU? ♪

♪ WELL I HEAR YOU WENT UP TO

SARATOGA ♪

♪ AND YOUR HORSE NATURALLY WON ♪

♪ THEN YOU FLEW YOUR LEAR JET UP

TO NOVA SCOTIA ♪

♪ TO SEE THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF

THE SUN ♪

♪ WELL, YOU'RE WHERE YOU SHOULD

BE ALL THE TIME ♪

♪ AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE

WITH SOME UNDERWORLD SPY ♪

♪ OR THE WIFE OF A

CLOSE FRIEND ♪

♪ WIFE OF A CLOSE FRIEND AND ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG

IS ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS

ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU, DON'T

YOU, NOW? ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG

IS ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG

ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ I BET YOU THINK THIS SONG IS

ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU, DON'T

YOU? ♪

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> MY FIRST MAJOR IMPRESSION OF

ALLEN WAS BEING IN

WALTER YETNIKOFF'S OFFICE AS WE

CONCLUDED A MAGNIFICENT DEAL,

AND WALTER TORE ALLEN'S SHIRT

FROM HIS BODY.

>> WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT,

LIKE, THE COWARDLY LION HERE,

LIKE, IT'S ALLEN GRUBMAN.

>> BY THE TIME I MET HIM, I'D,

I'D NEVER MET A LAWYER BEFORE,

SO I HAD NOTHING TO COMPARE HIM

WITH, APART FROM THE CHARACTER

OF ROBERT DUVALL IN THE

GODFATHER.

SO I HAD NO IDEA WHAT OTHER

LAWYERS WERE LIKE, AND I STILL

DON'T.

>> "BONO, EDGE, ADAM, LARRY,

YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME.

YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME.

AREN'T MUSICIANS SUPPOSED TO

HAVE EARS?"

>> HE HAS AN IDEA OF WHAT THE

STAKES -- THE TRUE STAKES, NOT

JUST THE FINANCIAL STAKES -- BUT

WHAT THE EMOTIONAL STAKES OF

YOUR NEGOTIATION IS.

>> ALLEN ONCE SAID TO ME,

"FRIENDS?

I'VE GOT FRIENDS I HAVEN'T EVEN

USED YET."

>> HIS GREATEST GIFT IS CLARITY.

>> HE'S IRREVERENT.

>> SOULFUL.

>> THOROUGH.

>> HE'S LIKE A TEDDY BEAR.

>> HE'S A CLAIRVOYANT.

>> HE'S FUNNY.

>> LOVING.

>> CUT TO THE CHASE.

>> HE'S A POP SONG IN A WORLD OF

MEANDERING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.

>> ALLEN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN

REBALANCING THE SCALES IN FAVOR

OF THE ARTIST, WHILE THEY CALL

IT THE MUSIC BUSINESS, THE

BUSINESS ALWAYS HELD THE UPPER

HAND.

ALLEN TURNED THAT AROUND.

>> THAT MAKES HIM A GREAT LAWYER

THAT GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE, PRIOR

TO MY SIGNING, THEIR MASTERS

BACK ALREADY BY NOW.

>> GRATEFUL IS A GREAT PLACE TO

BE, AND THAT'S WHERE I AM.

THAT'S WHERE THE U2 GROUP ARE.

THANK YOU.

>> THAT I'M HERE TALKING TO YOU

AND ABLE TO THANK YOU IS PRETTY

COOL.

SO, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME

WITHSTAND THE INDUSTRY.

>> ALLEN, I'M DELIGHTED THAT YOU

GOT THIS HONOR, AND, UH, THE

REST OF THE ROCK AND ROLL WORLD

CAN KISS YOUR ASS.

>> ALLEN, YOU ARE IN THE ROCK

AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

HOLY SHIT.

[LAUGHS]

>> Announcer: TO HONOR

ALLEN GRUBMAN WITH THE

AHMET ERTEGUN AWARD,

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER

JOHN MELLENCAMP.

[APPLAUSE]

>> ALLEN GRUBMAN IS ONE OF THE

MOST COLORFUL PEOPLE IN OUR

BUSINESS, WHO ISN'T AFRAID TO

TELL THE TRUTH.

OFTEN IN AN OFFENSIVE,

PROFANITY-MANNERED WAY.

HE'S ALWAYS BEEN TELLING ME THE

TRUTH, SINCE 1982 WHEN I BECAME

ONE OF HIS VERY FIRST CLIENTS,

AND HE'S BEEN DOING THE SAME FOR

COUNTLESS OTHERS FOR DECADES.

AND I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU ONE

OF THE FIRST THINGS ALLEN SAID

TO ME WHEN WE WERE BOTH KIDS.

HE SAID, "LOOK HERE, JOHN.

HERE'S THE WAY THE MUSIC

BUSINESS WORKS.

THERE'S A GREAT, BIG

MOTHERFUCKING TREE STANDING ON

TOP OF THE HILL.

THIS TREE IS MASSIVE, AND IT'LL

FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SURVIVE

ANYTHING, ANYTHING THAT THEY

CARE TO THROW AT IT.

AND ON THIS TREE ARE A BUNCH OF

APPLES.

THERE ARE A FEW APPLES THAT

STAY FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE

TREE, AND THEY SEEM TO GROW

BIGGER, AND BETTER, EVERY TIME

YOU LOOK AT THE TREE.

BUT MOST OF THE APPLES, SORRY TO

SAY, THEY SHRIVEL UP AND DROP TO

THE GROUND, SADLY FORGOTTEN.

IT'S MY GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT

ANYONE I REPRESENT NEVER FALLS

OFF THAT TREE."

[APPLAUSE]

THIS APPLE HAS MANAGED TO STAY

ON THAT TREE, IN NO SMALL PART

TO MY LAWYER, MY FRIEND, AND MY

RABBI, ALLEN GRUBMAN.

[APPLAUSE]

ALSO, ALLEN IS JEWISH.

I'M AN ARTIST, AND A GENTILE,

WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN ENRICHED

GREATLY BY MY FRIENDSHIP AND

ASSOCIATION WITH COUNTLESS

JEWISH PEOPLE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

GUYS, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW

FUCKING IMPORTANT IT IS TO SPEAK

OUT IF YOU'RE AN ARTIST AGAINST

ANTI-SEMITISM, AGAINST ALL FORMS

OF HATRED.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

HERE'S THE TRICK:

SILENCE IS COMPLICITY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

I WANNA SAY I'M STANDING HERE

TONIGHT LOUDLY AND PROUDLY AND

IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALLEN, HIS

FAMILY, AND ALL MY JEWISH

FRIENDS, AND ALL THE ENTIRE

JEWISH PEOPLE OF THE WORLD.

FUCK ANTI-SEMITISM.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

IT IS MY PROUD TIME HERE TO

HONOR MY FRIEND, ONE HELL OF AN

APPLE FARMER, INTO THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME,

MR. ALLEN GRUBMAN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> BEFORE HE MADE THAT SPEECH,

THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET FOR THE

REST OF MY LIFE, I WAS GONNA

SAY, LOOK AT ALL THE BRILLIANT

ENTERTAINMENT THAT WAS HERE

TONIGHT, ALL THE BRILLIANT

ARTISTS, AND THEIR CREATIVITY.

[APPLAUSE]

WHAT AM I GONNA TALK ABOUT?

I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE DEALS I

MADE OR THE ADVICE I'VE GIVEN?

IT'S ALL BULLSHIT.

[LAUGHTER]

I'M GONNA TELL YOU ALL HOW THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WAS

CREATED.

IT WAS 1983, AND I GOT A CALL

FROM AHMET ERTEGUN, WHO WAS LIKE

THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN THE

RECORD BUSINESS.

HE WAS A GIANT.

AND HE SAYS, "ALLEN, I WANT YOU

TO COME TO LUNCH NEXT MONDAY AT

PEARL'S RESTAURANT."

I SAID, "WHO'S COMING?"

HE SAYS, "MYSELF, JANN WENNER,

SEYMOUR STEIN, AND YOURSELF.

AND WHEN YOU COME, WE'LL GET

INTO IT."

PEARL'S CHINESE RESTAURANT HAD

THE BEST FUCKING SPARE RIBS

YOU'VE EVER EATEN IN YOUR LIFE.

[LAUGHTER]

SO I GET THERE ON MONDAY, THE

FIRST THING I DO IS I ORDER A

HUGE PORTION OF SPARE RIBS.

AND I'M EATING AWAY, AND EATING

AWAY, AND AHMET IS STARTING TO

TALK.

AND I'M LISTENING WITH HALF AN

EAR, BECAUSE I'M EATING THE

GODDAMN SPARE RIBS.

[LAUGHTER]

AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR

HIM SAY, "YOU KNOW, THERE'S A

BASEBALL HALL OF FAME, THERE'S A

FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, THERE'S A

BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN A ROCK AND

ROLL HALL OF FAME."

THAT -- LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY.

AT THAT MOMENT, THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WAS

CREATED.

AT PEARL'S CHINESE RESTAURANT,

WITH ME EATING SPARE RIBS.

AND NOW LOOK.

[APPLAUSE]

I'VE GOT TO TRY TO

NOT GET EMOTIONAL.

I'VE BEEN THE LUCKIEST GUY IN

THE WORLD.

I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS

CAREER.

I GREW UP IN BROOKLYN, I WENT TO

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, I SHOULD'VE

BEEN A NEGLIGENCE LAWYER.

[LAUGHTER]

AND I WOULD'VE BEEN A SHITTY

NEGLIGENCE LAWYER, BECAUSE I

HATE ACCIDENTS.

[LAUGHTER]

BUT FOR SOMEHOW, I GOT INTO

BEING AN ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER,

AND IT HAS BEEN SO WONDERFUL FOR

DEBBIE AND I, WE'VE HAD THIS

GREAT LIFE, WE'VE MET THE MOST

FASCINATING PEOPLE.

AND WE'RE JUST LUCKY.

I WANT TO SAY IT IS MY HONOR TO

HAVE BROKEN THE GLASS CEILING

FOR LAWYERS.

[LAUGHTER]

I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

I HOPE THAT, IN THE FUTURE, MORE

LAWYERS, MANAGERS, AND AGENTS

WILL GET INTO THE HALL OF FAME.

I KNOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

AND MY FINAL WORDS ARE: "AND

REMEMBER, WE ALL SING IN OUR OWN

WAY."

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, ISN'T IT?

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

THANK YOU!

[APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> Announcer: TO INDUCT

LIONEL RICHIE INTO THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME,

LENNY KRAVITZ.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY

THAT IT IS A BLESSING THAT WE

CAN ALL BE HERE THIS EVENING,

CELEBRATING LIFE AND MUSIC

TOGETHER.

[APPLAUSE]

AND I AM HONORED TO BE HERE THIS

EVENING TO INDUCT LIONEL RICHIE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

LIONEL RICHIE, INTO THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

OUTRAGEOUS!

[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]

LIONEL AND I MET ABOUT 25 YEARS

AGO, AND HE'S BEEN LIKE A BIG

BROTHER TO ME EVER SINCE.

LIONEL AND I HAD BEEN WANTING TO

WRITE TOGETHER, SO WHEN HE WAS

IN MIAMI, WHERE I WAS LIVING AT

THE TIME, HE CAME BY THE HOUSE

FOR A SESSION.

I WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY.

I WAS GOING TO BE CREATING WITH

ONE OF MY MUSICAL HEROES.

I WANTED EVERYTHING TO BE

PERFECT.

I SET UP A PORTABLE STUDIO IN

THE KITCHEN, AND AS SOON AS HE

ARRIVED, WE STARTED JAMMING.

AS OUR IDEAS WERE STARTING TO

FLOW, MY 93-YEAR-OLD

GRANDFATHER, ALBERT ROKER,

WALKED IN AND TURNED ON THE TV

TO WATCH A HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT

HE'D BEEN WAITING FOR.

[LAUGHTER]

JUST AS WE WERE FINDING THE

CHORUS, GRANDPA TURNED AROUND

AND SAID, "HEY, FELLAS, YOU MIND

TAKING THAT NOISE SOMEPLACE

ELSE?"

[LAUGHTER]

I FROZE.

I LOOKED AT LIONEL, LIONEL

LOOKED AT ME, AND THEN I LOOKED

AT MY GRANDFATHER, AND I WANTED

TO SAY, "GRANDPA, I'M WRITING

WITH LIONEL FUCKING RICHIE."

[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]

OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD

NEVER SPEAK TO MY GRANDFATHER

LIKE THAT.

[LAUGHTER]

AND SECONDLY, IF I HAD, HE

WOULD'VE WHUPPED MY ASS RIGHT IN

FRONT OF LIONEL.

[LAUGHTER]

SO THAT'S WHEN LIONEL JUMPED IN

AND SAID, "YES, SIR, MR. ROKER.

WE'LL BE RIGHT OUT OF YOUR WAY,

WE'LL MOVE TO ANOTHER ROOM."

THAT'S LIONEL RICHIE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

RESPECTFUL, WARM, AND ABOVE ALL,

HUMBLE.

HE HAS REMAINED THAT DOWN-HOME

BROTHA FROM TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA.

AS A SINGER-SONGWRITER,

PRODUCER, AND PERFORMER, HE'S ON

THE MOUNTAINTOP OF MUSICAL

ICONS.

[APPLAUSE]

AS A COMMODORE...

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

HE WAS SENSATIONAL, ONLY TO

OUTDO HIMSELF AS A SOLO ARTIST.

[APPLAUSE]

HIS MUSIC HAS BRIGHTENED THE

LIVES OF MILLIONS OF FANS, AND

HAS INFLUENCED ON ARTISTS LIKE

ME WHO HAVE FOLLOWED HIM IS

PERVASIVE AND PROFOUND.

LIONEL'S LEGACY IS ROCK-SOLID.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

HIS SONGS ARE THE SOUNDTRACK OF

MY LIFE, YOUR LIFE, AND

EVERYONE'S LIFE.

LIONEL'S SONGBOOK IS RICH AND

BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE.

TO NAME ALL OF HIS BRILLIANT

SONGS WOULD TAKE, WELL,

"ALL NIGHT LONG."

[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]

I HAD TO.

ANTHEM AFTER ANTHEM AFTER

ANTHEM.

I'M TELLING IT LIKE IT IS.

AND ALONG WITH MICHAEL JACKSON,

LIONEL COMPOSED ONE OF THE MOST

MONUMENTAL SONGS IN MUSICAL

HISTORY, "WE ARE THE WORLD."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

PRODUCED BY QUINCY JONES, WHICH

BROUGHT TOGETHER THE GREATEST

ARTISTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE

FIGHT AGAINST FAMINE IN AFRICA.

[APPLAUSE]

IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY ACT OF

LOVE, BUT OF COURSE, LIONEL

RICHIE IS LOVE.

LOVE PERSONIFIED, LOVE PROJECTED

TO EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING HE

TOUCHES.

LOVE INCORPORATED IN HIS ACTS OF

KINDNESS, COMPASSION, AND CARE.

[APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> THERE'S A TIME IN YOUR

CREATIVE DISCOVERY WHERE YOU

HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION, "WHERE

IS THIS COMING FROM?"

MARVIN GAYE WAS ONE OF MY

INSTRUCTORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

MOTOWN.

HE JUST SAID, "MAN, YOU NEVER

KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM.

YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP MOVING

FORWARD, WRITE AS FAST AS YOU

CAN."

SO AS I GOT MORE AND MORE

COMFORTABLE, ONE SONG TO THE

NEXT SONG, YOU START GOING,

"OH, OKAY.

I GOT THIS."

♪ THAT'S WHY I'M EASY ♪

♪ I'M EASY LIKE SUNDAY

MORNING ♪

[APPLAUSE]

>> STARTING OUT AT

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE IN ALABAMA AS

CLASSMATES WHO JUST LIKE TO GET

TOGETHER AND PLAY MUSIC,

A GREAT WELCOME, GANG, FOR

THE COMMODORES.

♪ LISTEN TO ME, BROTHERS,

LISTEN WELL ♪

♪ BROTHERS, WE GOT SOMETHING TO

TELL ♪

>> AND THE GREATEST THING THAT

EVER HAPPENED WAS I MET

THOMAS McCLARY, THE GUITAR

PLAYER OF THE COMMODORES.

AND HE SAID, "I HEARD YOU

BROUGHT YOUR HORN TO SCHOOL?"

AND I SAID YES.

HE SAID, "THERE'S A TALENT SHOW,

WANNA JOIN THE BAND?"

I WALKED OUT ON STAGE THAT

FATEFUL NIGHT AND I DIDN'T

REALIZE IT WAS GONNA CHANGE MY

LIFE FOREVER.

♪ IF YOU AIN'T TAKIN' CARE OF

BUSINESS ♪

♪ THIS YOU MUST EXPECT ♪

♪ LOVE GETS SLIPPERY ♪

>> LIONEL RICHIE HAS BEEN A

STAPLE IN MY LIFE FROM THE

BEGINNING, WHEN I FIRST STARTED.

THE MANAGER OF MY GROUP WAS A

DIE-HARD FAN OF LIONEL RICHIE,

AND MADE US LISTEN TO EVERY SONG

THAT HE EVER MADE.

THE TEXTURE, AND THE WAY THAT HE

WOULD SING, LIKE, HE WAS THE

GREATEST STORYTELLER.

♪ YOU'RE ONCE, TWICE, THREE

TIMES A LADY ♪

>> I WRITE THIS SONG CALLED

"BABY" FOR THE COMMODORES.

AND THE FIRST THING THEY TELL ME

IS, "WE DON'T WANT A BALLAD."

NOW I GET A PHONE CALL FROM

KENNY ROGERS.

"DO YOU HAVE A SONG?

I WANT ONE OF THOSE

LIONEL RICHIE BALLADS."

SO I CHANGED IT FROM "BABY" TO

"LADY," AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

♪ LADY, I'M YOUR KNIGHT IN

SHINING ARMOR AND I LOVE YOU ♪

>> LIONEL WRITES SONGS THAT SAY

WHAT EVERY MAN WOULD LIKE TO BE

ABLE TO SAY, AND EVERY WOMAN

WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.

AND HE HAS A WAY OF WRITING

LYRICS THAT ALL OF US SPEAK.

♪ GIRL, TELL ME ONLY THIS ♪

♪ THAT I'LL HAVE YOUR HEART ♪

>> I HAD JUST FINISHED TWO

SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTIONS, "LADY"

WITH KENNY ROGERS, AND THEN

"ENDLESS LOVE" WITH DIANA ROSS.

I WASN'T THINKING OF SOLO, BUT

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THAT

CHANGE.

♪ BECAUSE I'M TRULY, TRULY IN

LOVE WITH YOU, GIRL ♪

>> THE GRAMMY GOES TO "TRULY,"

LIONEL RICHIE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> WE FINALLY MADE IT.

THANK YOU.

>> WHEN I WAS WITH THE

COMMODORES, ALL I HAD TO DO WAS

WORRY ABOUT ONE SONG FOR AN

ALBUM.

NOW I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NINE.

>> WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR

AT MOTOWN RECORDS WITH

"ALL NIGHT LONG,"

"WELL, MY FRIENDS, DE TIME

HAS COME"

I THOUGHT BERRY GORDY WAS GONNA

FALL BEHIND THE DESK.

I MEAN, WHAT DOES CALYPSO HAVE

TO DO AT ALL WITH MOTOWN?

♪ TAM BO LI DE SAY DE MOI YA ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

>> "ALL NIGHT LONG", MAN, FOR

ME, WAS JUST A CELEBRATION OF

LIFE.

I THINK IT WAS A RESPONSIBLE

MOMENT FOR LIONEL TO SHOW THAT

WE AS BLACK AMERICANS CAN GO

ANYWHERE.

HE JUST SHOWS YOU THAT THERE'S

NO LIMITS.

♪ ♪

>> WHEN "ALL NIGHT LONG" CAME

OUT, THE ROCKET TOOK OFF.

AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, WE'RE

SINGING IT AT THE OLYMPICS.

♪ ♪

>> IT'S AMAZING HOW ONE PHONE

CALL WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND

PROBABLY CHANGE THE LIVES OF

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

HARRY BELAFONTE CALLED AND SAID

THAT THE TIME FOR US AS ARTISTS

TO GET TOGETHER IS NOW.

♪ THERE ARE PEOPLE DYING ♪

>> SO MICHAEL AND I GOT TOGETHER

AND SAID, "LET'S WRITE A SONG."

QUINCY HAD SAID, "WELL, LIONEL,

WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO, I'M

GONNA HELP YOU."

IT WAS JUST EVERYONE WORKING

TOGETHER.

♪ WE ARE THE WORLD ♪

>> THE FIRST TIME WE GOT DOWN TO

THE CHORUS, WHEN EVERYBODY SANG

IT TOGETHER, IT WAS DIVINE

GUIDANCE.

♪ WE'LL MAKE A BETTER DAY, JUST

YOU AND ME ♪

♪ ♪

>> THERE'S TWO PARTS OF THIS

BUSINESS.

HAVING THE SUCCESS IS HALF OF

IT.

SURVIVING THE SUCCESS IS THE

OTHER HALF.

THE TEST NOW IS JUST TO SURVIVE

IT.

AND AS LONG AS THE CROWD KNOWS

THE LYRICS, YOU COULD HAVE A

SHOW.

♪ SAY YOU, SAY ME, SAY IT

TOGETHER ♪

♪ OH, WHAT A FEELING WHEN WE'RE

DANCING ON THE CEILING ♪

>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOLO

ARTISTS THAT PLAY, THAT SING,

THEY WRITE, HE'S REALLY PAVED

THE WAY FOR ALL OF THEM.

AND HE'S PROBABLY THE LAST TO

EVEN SAY IT.

BUT I'M SAYING IT FOR YOU, YOU

A GOAT, YOU A G.

AND YOU'VE MADE IT CLEAR FOR US

WHAT IT IS TO BE GREAT AT WHAT

YOU DO, AND BE TIMELESS IN THE

MATTER IN WHICH YOU CREATE.

♪ I'VE BEEN ALONE WITH YOU

INSIDE MY MIND ♪

♪ HELLO ♪

♪ IS IT ME YOU'RE LOOKING

FOR? ♪

♪ ♪

>> IT'S REALLY THE BEST BLESSING

IN THE WORLD, IS TO BE ABLE TO

DO WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO.

WHAT WOULD I LIKE TO DO?

I'D LIKE TO DO THIS FOR ANOTHER

400 YEARS.

>> I LOVE YOU SO MUCH,

EVERYBODY!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> SO, IN THE NAME OF LOVE, I'M

HONORED TO INDUCT INTO THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, A

MAN WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY GIFT

AND MAGNIFICENT HUMANITY,

MR. LIONEL RICHIE!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> ALL RIGHT, GET READY.

♪ I KNOW IT SOUNDS FUNNY ♪

♪ BUT I JUST CAN'T STAND THE

PAIN ♪

♪ GIRL, I'M LEAVING YOU

TOMORROW ♪

♪ SEEMS TO ME, GIRL ♪

♪ YOU KNOW I'VE DONE ALL I CAN ♪

♪ YOU SEE, I BEGGED, STOLE, AND

I BORROWED, YEAH, OOH ♪

♪ THAT'S WHY I'M EASY ♪

♪ BABY, I'M EASY LIKE SUNDAY

MORNING ♪

♪ YEAH, WELL, WELL, WELL, I FEEL

SO EASY ♪

♪ I'M EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING ♪

>> HERE WE GO, NOW!

♪ I WANNA BE HIGH, SO HIGH ♪

♪ I WANNA BE FREE TO KNOW THE

THINGS I DO ARE RIGHT ♪

♪ AH, I WANNA BE FREE ♪

♪ JUST ME, OH, BABY ♪

♪ OH, NO ♪

>> COME ON, DAVE!

PLAY THAT UKULELE FOR THE FOLKS

OUT THERE!

♪ ♪

[GUITAR SOLO]

>> COME ON, MAN!

YOU ARE SOUNDING GOOD, MY

BROTHER.

♪ ♪

OH, YEAH!

♪ THAT'S WHY I'M EASY ♪

♪ I'M EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING,

YEAH ♪

♪ THAT'S WHY I'M EASY ♪

♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪

♪ EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING,

YEAH ♪

♪ EASY LIKE, EASY LIKE, EASY

LIKE ♪

♪ EASY ♪

♪ EASY ♪

♪ EASY ♪

♪ LIKE SUNDAY MORNING, YEAH,

YEAH ♪

♪ ♪

>> ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.

THANKS, DAVE!

LET'S DO THIS!

♪ DA DA, WHOA-OOH-OH, YEAH ♪

♪ WELL, MY FRIENDS, THE TIME HAS

COME ♪

♪ TO RAISE THE ROOF AND HAVE

SOME FUN, NOW ♪

♪ THROW AWAY THE WORK TO BE

DONE ♪

♪ LET THE MUSIC PLAY ON ♪

♪ EVERYBODY SING,

AND EVERYBODY DANCE ♪

♪ LOSE YOURSELVES IN

WILD ROMANCE ♪

♪ WE'RE GOING TO PARTY ♪

♪ KARAMU, FIESTA, FOREVER ♪

♪ COME ON AND SING ALONG! ♪

♪ WE'RE GOING TO PARTY ♪

♪ KARAMU, FIESTA, FOREVER ♪

♪ COME ON AND SING ALONG! ♪

♪ EVERYBODY, ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG! ♪

♪ OOH, YEAH ♪

♪ WATCH ME NOW ♪

♪ PEOPLE DANCING ALL IN THE

STREET ♪

♪ SEE THE RHYTHM ALL IN THEIR

FEET, YEAH ♪

♪ LIFE IS GOOD, WILD AND SWEET ♪

♪ LET THE MUSIC PLAY ON ♪

♪ FEEL IT IN YOUR HEART AND FEEL

IT IN YOUR SOUL ♪

♪ LET THE MUSIC TAKE CONTROL ♪

♪ WE'RE GOING TO PARTY, LIMING,

FIESTA, FOREVER ♪

♪ COME ON AND SING ALONG ♪

♪ WE'RE GOING TO PARTY ♪

♪ LIMING, FIESTA, FOREVER ♪

♪ COME ON AND SING MY SONG! ♪

♪ EVERYBODY, ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT, ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT ♪

♪ YEAH, ONCE YOU GET STARTED YOU

CAN'T SIT DOWN ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ COME JOIN THE FUN, IT'S A

MERRY-GO-ROUND ♪

♪ PEOPLE ARE DANCING THEIR

TROUBLES AWAY ♪

♪ COME JOIN OUR PARTY, SEE HOW

WE PLAY! ♪

♪ COME ON! COME ON! ♪

♪ TAM BO LI DE SAY DE MOI YA ♪

YOUR TURN.

>> OH, JAMBALI.

>> SAY "TAM BO LI DE SAY DE MOI

YA."

YEAH, JAMBO, JUMBO.

♪ TAM BO LI DE SAY DE MOI YA ♪

♪ HEY JAMBO JUMBO ♪

♪ WAY TO PARTI O WE GWAN ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT, ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> OH, MY GOD.

THAT WAS --

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

IT HAS BEEN A VERY INTERESTING

ROAD FROM TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA, TO

THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

WE ARE CELEBRATING TONIGHT

PROBABLY ONE OF THE FUNNIEST

THINGS, FUNNIEST JOKES IN MY

LIFE, BECAUSE ALL THE SONGS THAT

I WROTE AND RECORDED WERE TOLD

TO ME BY SO MANY PEOPLE, "THESE

ARE THE SONGS THAT WILL DESTROY

YOUR CAREER."

[LAUGHTER]

"WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU

THINKING ABOUT?"

FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD A GROUP OF

PEOPLE COME TO ME AND SAY,

"LIONEL, UH, THIS IS FUNK.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH

'THREE TIMES A LADY,' A WALTZ?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

AND IT WENT ON TO DO GREAT

THINGS.

AND THEN THEY SAID,

"CAN YOU GIVE US ANOTHER ONE OF

THOSE 'THREE TIMES A LADY?'"

[LAUGHTER]

AND I GAVE THEM "SAIL ON."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND THEN THEY SAID, "CAN YOU

GIVE US ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE

'SAIL ONS?'"

[LAUGHTER]

AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THE

BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS, THE TRUE

BUSINESS WAS IN THE COPYING, NOT

BEING ORIGINAL.

SO THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THERE

ARE TWO TYPES OF ARTISTS:

CREATIVE ARTISTS, AND CREATED

ARTISTS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND FROM THAT POINT, I DECIDED I

WOULD BE IN THE CREATIVE ARTIST

CATEGORY.

SO WHEN SOMEONE SAID TO ME,

"OH, MY GOD, I WOULDN'T DO THAT

SONG IF I WERE YOU."

THAT'S THE EXACT SONG I'M

PUTTING OUT.

[LAUGHTER]

I'M GOING IN THE OPPOSITE

DIRECTION.

BECAUSE, AT THIS TIME, I NEEDED

TO UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE SOME

PEOPLE WHO SPECIALIZE IN THEIR

GENRE.

AND THEN THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE

WHO DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER, BUT

GOD'S GIFT WAS, "WHAT DO YOU

WANNA WRITE, WE CAN WRITE IT."

[APPLAUSE]

AND SO, TONIGHT...

I'M STANDING ON THIS STAGE

BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND

HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO LET THE

CREATIVE FLOW.

IF YOU GET AN IDEA, THE LAST

THING YOU WANNA DO IS OPEN YOUR

MOUTH AND SAY SOMETHING STUPID

LIKE, "I WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I

WERE YOU."

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE TALKING TO

A CREATIVE ARTIST.

[APPLAUSE]

SO TONIGHT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT,

LOOKING AT THIS CLASS TONIGHT

THAT I'M IN -- JUDAS PRIEST,

LIONEL RICHIE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

BROUGHT ON BY LENNY KRAVITZ.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

I'M A BAD MAN.

[LAUGHTER]

YOU SEE, WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS,

ROCK AND ROLL IS NOT A COLOR.

IT IS A FEELING.

IT'S A VIBE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

IT'S A VIBE!

AND IF WE LET THAT VIBE COME

THROUGH, THIS ROOM WILL GROW AND

GROW AND GROW.

[APPLAUSE]

I ACCEPT THIS TONIGHT, I CANNOT

AND I WILL NOT WALK OFF OF THIS

STAGE WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING MY

DEAR, DEAR, DEAR FRIENDS,

THE COMMODORES.

THANK GOD FOR THE COMMODORES,

BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO

LIONEL RICHIE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THEY GAVE ME THE BED.

THEY GAVE ME THE FOUNDATION,

THEY HELPED ME DISCOVER WHO THE

HELL I WAS.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS

I WANNA THANK ALL OF MY FRIENDS,

MY FAMILY.

MILES, SOPHIE, NICOLE.

THE GRANDKIDS.

LISA, MY HEART.

I WANNA THANK THEM FOR ACTUALLY

SITTING THROUGH MY MAGICAL

MYSTERY TOUR.

I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS BUSINESS.

I LOVE WHAT I DO.

[APPLAUSE]

THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> CONGRATULATIONS!

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> Announcer: TO INDUCT

EURYTHMICS,

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER,

THE EDGE.

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> GOOD EVENING.

THE SWEETER THE DREAM, THE

SWEETER THE REALITY, AND THE

MORE BITTER THE DISAPPOINTMENT.

IT TAKES COURAGE TO DREAM, AND

IT TAKES EVEN MORE COURAGE TO

CONTINUE DREAMING WHEN THE

INEVITABLE DISASTERS OF LIFE AND

ART SEEM TO CONSPIRE AGAINST

YOU.

THAT'S WHAT'S SO INSPIRING ABOUT

THE STORY OF EURYTHMICS TO ALL

OF US DREAMERS.

[APPLAUSE]

THEIR SWEET DREAMS WERE FORGED

IN THE FURNACE OF FAILURE AND

FAITH.

ANNIE LENNOX AND DAVE STEWART

MET IN 1975 WHEN THEY WERE BOTH

STRUGGLING MUSICIANS.

THEY BECAME LOVERS AND

CO-FOUNDERS OF THE TOURISTS, A

BAND THAT ENJOYED SOME SUCCESS

BUT ENDED DRAMATICALLY IN EARLY

1980.

REMARKABLY, THIS BREAKUP

MIRRORED THE END OF THEIR

ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP, BUT DID

NOT END THEIR CREATIVE

PARTNERSHIP.

IT ACTUALLY KICK-STARTED IT.

THEY FORMED EURYTHMICS LATER

THAT YEAR, AND UP TO THAT POINT,

THEY HAD NEVER WRITTEN A SONG

TOGETHER.

I SO LOVE THE SONGS OF ANNIE AND

DAVE, BECAUSE THEY DARE TO TAKE

ON AND HAVE A HARD LOOK AT

DIFFICULT AND UNCOMFORTABLE

SUBJECTS, AND BRING THEM TO

GREAT POP SONGS.

FOR ME, THE BEST SONGS ARE

OFTEN DEADLY SERIOUS.

I FEEL I NEED COMPLEXITY TO KEEP

ME ENGAGED -- CONTRAST, TENSION,

DICHOTOMY BETWEEN LYRICS AND

MUSIC.

AND THIS IS THE KIND OF TENSION

THAT EURYTHMICS MAJORED IN.

WHEN "IN THE GARDEN" WAS

RELEASED IN 1981, THE TWO

VALIANTLY TOURED THE UK, TOWING

A HORSEBOX OF EQUIPMENT UP AND

DOWN THE M1, SETTING IT UP

THEMSELVES.

DAVE RECALLS ONE GIG WHERE ONLY

FOUR PEOPLE SHOWED UP.

BY THE WAY, IF YOU DON'T COUNT

THE BARMAN, THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE

MORE THAN CAME TO SEE U2 IN THE

HOPE AND ANCHOR TWO YEARS

EARLIER.

[LAUGHTER]

BY THE END OF THIS GRUELING

TOUR, ANNIE WAS CLOSE TO A

NERVOUS BREAKDOWN AND DAVE WAS

IN HOSPITAL WITH A COLLAPSED

LUNG, OR SO HE CLAIMS.

SO WHAT DID ANNIE AND DAVE DO AT

THIS MOMENT?

THEY DID WHAT ALL GREAT DREAMERS

DO.

THEY DOUBLED DOWN ON THEIR

VISION, RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT

WHEN THEY WERE BOTH OVERWHELMED

BY DESPONDENCY.

JUST WHEN THE WEIGHT OF

REJECTION WAS AT ITS MOST

UNBEARABLE, DAVE STARTS A NEW

SONG.

A SYNTHESIZER-BASS PART PLAYED

OVER AN ELECTRONIC DRUM USING

MACHINES THEY'D ONLY JUST

LEARNT HOW TO PROGRAM.

ANNIE INSTANTLY RECOGNIZED THAT

SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL WAS

HAPPENING AND JOINED IN ON

KEYBOARDS, ADDING HER VOCAL.

IN A COLD AND BROKEN HALLELUJAH,

SHE SANG "SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE

OF THIS."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

"AND WHO AM I TO DISAGREE?

I TRAVEL THE WORLD AND THE

SEVEN SEAS.

EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR

SOMETHING.

SOME OF THEM WANT TO USE YOU,

SOME OF THEM WANT TO GET USED BY

YOU, SOME OF THEM WANT TO ABUSE

YOU, SOME OF THEM WANT TO BE

ABUSED."

AS IF IN A CONVERSATION,

DAVE'S REPLY WAS,

"HOLD YOUR HEAD UP.

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP.

KEEP IT MOVING ON."

IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT

"SWEET DREAMS" WAS PASSED OVER

AS A SINGLE BECAUSE RCA DIDN'T

THINK IT HAD A CHORUS.

[LAUGHTER]

RIGHT?

THE TRACK GOT SO MUCH RADIO PLAY

THAT EVENTUALLY IT WAS RELEASED,

AIDED BY ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC

MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE MTV ERA.

AND IT WAS, OF COURSE, A SMASH

HIT ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THE ALBUM, TOO, BECAME A GLOBAL

SENSATION.

THEIR SWEET DREAMS FINALLY HAD

BECOME REALITY.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE

EURYTHMICS.

♪ I WAS BORN AN ORIGINAL

SINNER ♪

♪ I WAS BORN FROM ORIGINAL SIN ♪

♪ IF I HAD A DOLLAR BILL FOR ALL

THE THINGS I'VE DONE ♪

♪ THERE'D BE A MOUNTAIN OF

MONEY PILED UP TO MY CHIN ♪

HEY!

♪ ♪

>> WE BOTH GOT STARTED IN

DIFFERENT WAYS.

ANNIE IS A CLASSICALLY TRAINED

MUSICIAN, AND I STARTED OFF

CLIMBING IN THE BACK OF A

GROUP'S VAN AND RUNNING AWAY

WHEN I WAS ABOUT 14.

>> WE BECAME A COUPLE AND WE

WERE LIKE, "THAT'S IT, WE'RE

TOGETHER, WE'RE DOING THIS

THING."

♪ ♪

>> WHEN ANNIE AND I, WHEN WE

SPLIT FROM A GROUP CALLED

THE TOURISTS, OUR PERSONAL

RELATIONSHIP WAS, LIKE, BREAKING

DOWN, BUT WE STILL WANTED TO

CARRY ON WITH MUSIC.

>> WE WERE NEVER SATISFIED WITH

THE SOUND THAT OTHER PEOPLE

CREATED FOR US.

WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD HAVE

THE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING THAT

WE DID.

WE JUST HAD TO PROVE IT.

AND THE PROGRESSION HAS BEEN

SOMETHING FANTASTIC.

♪ ♪

♪ SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE

OF THIS ♪

♪ WHO AM I TO DISAGREE ♪

>> FROM THE FIRST NOTE, YOU'RE

LIKE, "OH, I'M IN."

THE SONG IS SO COOL AND SO

ICONIC WITH SUCH MINIMAL

PRODUCTION.

>> WHAT WE WANT TO CAPTURE WAS

A EUROPEAN EMPTINESS AND AN

ICINESS, BUT WITH SOME SOUL

WITHIN IT.

WE HAD A MANIFESTO.

IT'S THINGS LIKE MOTOWN AND

IT'S THINGS LIKE KRAFTWERK.

AND IF YOU TRY TO PUT THE TWO

TOGETHER, YOU'D BE LIKE, OH.

BUT, IN A WAY, THAT'S WHAT

"SWEET DREAMS" DID.

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, KEEP YOUR

HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪

>> THE WAY THAT EURYTHMICS, IN

THOSE DAYS, WERE PRESENTING

OURSELVES, I WANTED TO BE SEEN

AS AN EQUAL TO MY PARTNER.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BE PERCEIVED IN

A PARTICULARLY KIND OF SEXUAL

PASSIVE WAY.

>> WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE

IMAGE MAKERS, AS WELL AS MUSIC

MAKERS.

♪ ♪

>> IT WAS DAVE'S IDEAS MAINLY

IN MOST OF THE VIDEOS, HE'S

GIFTED.

♪ HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN ♪

♪ FALLING ON MY HEAD LIKE A

MEMORY ♪

>> WORKING WITH ANNIE IS HAVING

A GREAT THING UP YOUR SLEEVE

BECAUSE YOU CAN DO THE MOST

BIZARRE BACKING TRACK.

AND AS SOON AS ANNIE SINGS ON

IT, SHE CAN KIND OF MAKE IT

SOUND LIKE EURYTHMICS.

>> THE SOUND MADE ME WEEP.

I JUST FELT LIKE THE MUSIC WAS

SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO ME.

LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON IN THE

UNIVERSE.

♪ ♪

>> SO WHAT, YOU START WITH A

RIFF OR A RHYTHM?

>> YES.

AND ANNIE WILL START SINGING

WORDS, LIKE, OFF THE TOP OF HER

HEAD.

♪ ♪

♪ WELL, THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE

ON THE TELEPHONE ♪

♪ MAKE ME FEEL DISTRESSED, MAKE

ME ALL ALONE ♪

♪ WHY DO I FEEL SO INCOMPLETE? ♪

♪ WHEN YOU'RE NOT THERE, I'M

JUST OBSOLETE ♪

♪ I LOVE YOU LIKE A BALL AND

CHAIN, CHAIN, CHAIN ♪

>> YOU FEEL CONNECTED TO

SOMETHING, I THINK, WHEN YOU

HEAR ANNIE LENNOX SING.

SOMETHING DEEP AND SOMETHING

ETERNAL.

SHE'S SO FUCKING AWESOME.

♪ MY FRIENDS, KNOW WHAT'S IN

STORE ♪

>> WHETHER IT'S AN EMOTIONAL

STATEMENT, WHETHER IT'S A

POLITICAL STATEMENT, WHETHER

IT'S JUST SAYING I FEEL HAPPY.

EVERY SONG IS A STATEMENT.

♪ SISTERS ARE DOIN' IT FOR

THEMSELVES ♪

>> WE'RE A POP GROUP.

WE ENTERTAIN PEOPLE.

AND IF WE'RE LUCKY, WE MAYBE

MAKE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE

CONSCIOUS, A LITTLE BIT MORE

AWARE OF WHO THEY ARE, HOW THEY

FEEL, YOU KNOW.

AND MAYBE WE CAN SET A GOOD

EXAMPLE.

MAYBE I CAN SET A GOOD EXAMPLE

TO PEOPLE.

♪ TAKE ME TO THE DESERT WHERE

THERE'S GOT TO BE ♪

♪ A WHOLE HEAP OF NOTHING FOR

YOU AND ME ♪

>> THEY CHANGED THE GAME IN SO

MANY WAYS.

THE TWO OF THEM ARE JUST LARGER

THAN LIFE TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE

SONGS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY

ETERNAL.

>> I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE WHO

BROKE UP FROM A RELATIONSHIP AND

FORMED A PARTNERSHIP, AND THEN

WENT ON TO BE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL.

♪ ♪

>> I JUST WANT TO BE SEEN AS A

GOOD SINGER, GOOD MUSICIAN, WHO

WRITES GOOD SONGS.

I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN A

REALLY GOOD GROUP.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO

WORK FOR.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> IT IS MY ABSOLUTE HONOR AND

PLEASURE TO INDUCT ANNIE LENNOX

AND DAVE STEWART INTO THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

AND HERE THEY ARE, EURYTHMICS.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU? ♪

♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU, HONEY? ♪

♪ NOW, WOULD I SAY SOMETHING

THAT WASN'T TRUE? ♪

♪ I'M ASKING YOU, SUGAR ♪

♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU? ♪

♪ MY FRIENDS KNOW WHAT'S IN

STORE ♪

♪ I WON'T BE HERE ANYMORE ♪

♪ I'VE PACKED MY BAGS ♪

♪ I'VE CLEANED THE FLOOR ♪

♪ WATCH ME WALKIN' ♪

♪ WALKIN' OUT THE DOOR! ♪

♪ BELIEVE ME ♪

♪ I'LL MAKE IT, MAKE IT ♪

♪ BELIEVE ME ♪

♪ I'LL MAKE IT, MAKE IT ♪

♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU? ♪

♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU, HONEY? ♪

♪ NOW, WOULD I SAY SOMETHING

THAT WASN'T TRUE? ♪

♪ I'M ASKING YOU, SUGAR ♪

♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU? ♪

♪ TELL YOU STRAIGHT, NO

INTERVENTION ♪

♪ TO YOUR FACE, NO DECEPTION ♪

♪ YOU'RE THE BIGGEST FAKE ♪

♪ THAT MUCH IS TRUE ♪

♪ HAD ALL I CAN TAKE ♪

♪ NOW I'M LEAVING YOU ♪

♪ ♪

>> COME ON, DAVE.

PLAY THAT GUITAR.

HIT IT.

♪ ♪

♪ MY FRIENDS KNOW WHAT'S IN

STORE ♪

♪ I WON'T BE HERE ANYMORE ♪

♪ I'VE PACKED MY BAGS ♪

♪ I'VE CLEANED THE FLOOR ♪

♪ WATCH ME WALKIN' ♪

♪ WALKIN' OUT THERE NOW! ♪

♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH! ♪

♪ HERE WE GO ♪

♪ WELL I WAS BORN AN ORIGINAL

SINNER ♪

♪ I WAS BORNE FROM ORIGINAL

SIN ♪

♪ AND IF I HAD A DOLLAR BILL ♪

♪ FOR ALL THE THINGS I'VE DONE ♪

♪ THERE'D BE A MOUNTAIN

OF MONEY ♪

♪ PILED UP TO MY CHIN ♪

♪ ♪

♪ MY MOTHER TOLD ME GOOD ♪

♪ MY MOTHER TOLD ME STRONG ♪

♪ SHE SAID "BE TRUE TO

YOURSELF ♪

♪ AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG ♪

♪ BUT THERE'S JUST ONE THING ♪

♪ THAT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND ♪

♪ YOU CAN FOOL WITH YOUR

BROTHER ♪

♪ BUT DON'T MESS WITH A

MISSIONARY MAN ♪

♪ DON'T MESS WITH A MISSIONARY

MAN ♪

♪ DON'T MESS WITH A MISSIONARY

MAN" ♪

♪ DON'T MESS WITH A MISSIONARY

MAN ♪

♪ WELL, THE MISSIONARY MAN ♪

♪ HE'S GOT GOD ON HIS SIDE ♪

♪ HE'S GOT THE SAINTS AND

APOSTLES ♪

♪ BACKIN' UP FROM BEHIND ♪

♪ BLACK EYED LOOKS FROM THOSE

BIBLE BOOKS ♪

♪ HE'S A MAN WITH A MISSION ♪

♪ GOT A SERIOUS MIND ♪

♪ THERE WAS A WOMAN IN THE

JUNGLE ♪

♪ AND A MONKEY ON A TREE ♪

♪ THE MISSIONARY MAN ♪

♪ HE WAS FOLLOWIN' ME ♪

♪ HE SAID "STOP WHAT YOU'RE

DOING ♪

♪ GET DOWN UPON YOUR KNEES ♪

♪ I'VE A MESSAGE FOR YOU THAT

YOU BETTER BELIEVE ♪

♪ BELIEVE, BELIEVE, BELIEVE ♪

♪ OH, YEAH ♪

♪ I WAS BORN AN ORIGINAL SINNER

♪ I WAS BORNE FROM ORIGINAL

SIN ♪

♪ AND IF I HAD A DOLLAR BILL ♪

♪ FOR ALL THE THINGS I'VE DONE ♪

♪ THERE'D BE A MOUNTAIN

OF MONEY ♪

♪ PILED UP TO MY CHIN ♪

♪ OH, YEAH ♪

♪ DON'T MESS WITH A MISSIONARY

MAN ♪

♪ SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE

OF THIS ♪

♪ WHO AM I TO DISAGREE ♪

♪ I TRAVEL THE WORLD AND THE

SEVEN SEAS ♪

♪ EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR

SOMETHING ♪

♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO USE YOU ♪

♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO GET USED

BY YOU ♪

♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO

ABUSE YOU ♪

♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO

BE ABUSED ♪

♪ ♪

♪ SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE

OF THIS ♪

♪ WHO AM I TO DISAGREE ♪

♪ I TRAVEL THE WORLD AND THE

SEVEN SEAS ♪

♪ EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR

SOMETHING ♪

♪ ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, KEEP YOUR

HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP ♪

♪ ♪

♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO USE YOU ♪

♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO GET USED

BY YOU ♪

♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO

ABUSE YOU ♪

♪ SOME OF THEM WANT TO

BE ABUSED ♪

♪ SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE

OF THIS ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD UP, MOVIN' ON,

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

BIG LOVE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, THE EDGE.

I FIRST MET ANNIE WHEN SHE WAS

21 YEARS OLD AND I WAS 24.

AND, LIKE EVERY INDUCTEE

TONIGHT, WE HAVE WALKED A VERY

LONG AND SOMETIMES PERILOUS ROAD

TO BE STANDING HERE TONIGHT.

WE'VE HAD OUR SHARE OF GLORY,

GRIEF, LIVING ON LESS THAN $20 A

WEEK BETWEEN US, IN A DERELICT

SQUAT.

BY THE WAY, THOSE WERE SOME OF

THE BEST TIMES.

[LAUGHTER]

>> YEAH.

THEY WERE.

THEY WERE.

>> WE FOUGHT FIERCELY FOR OUR

ART, AND WE WOULD NOT LET ANY

INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE

COMPANY INTERFERE WITH OUR

CREATIVITY.

THAT WAS OURS AND OURS ALONE.

[APPLAUSE]

ANNIE AND I WROTE OVER A HUNDRED

AND TWENTY SONGS TOGETHER, AND

WHILST RECORDING THOSE SONGS, WE

FIXATED OVER EVERY NOTE.

ANNIE METICULOUSLY PROOFREADING

AND CORRECTING HER LYRICS UNTIL

SHE LAID DOWN HER LEAD VOCAL,

AND THAT WAS USUALLY IN ONE

TAKE.

[APPLAUSE]

SO WHAT AN HONOR TO BE STANDING

HERE NEXT TO MY PARTNER IN THIS

CRAZY COLLABORATION.

ANNIE, ONE OF THE GREATEST

PERFORMERS AND

SINGER-SONGWRITERS OF OUR TIME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, DAVE.

>> BEING IN A TINY ROOM WITH

ANNIE AND TALKING ABSTRACTLY FOR

HOURS ABOUT WHAT WE WERE TRYING

TO DO WITH OUR ART WERE SOME OF

THE MOST THRILLING TIMES IN MY

LIFE.

WE SAW INFINITE POSSIBILITIES

AND REFUSED TO BE CONSTRAINED BY

CONVENTION.

WE WERE LED BY THE HANDS OF

GRACE AND PROTECTED BY THE ARMOR

OF OUR ART.

OF COURSE, WE WOULDN'T BE

STANDING HERE WITHOUT THE GALAXY

OF HELPERS ALONG THE WAY,

INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS, ENGINEERS,

ROAD CREW, RECORD COMPANY,

BELIEVERS, AND RADIO DJs, AND

NOT FORGETTING, OF COURSE, MTV,

WHO LET THE WORLD WITNESS OUR

VISUAL ARTISTRY FOR THE FIRST

TIME.

AND A BIG SHOUT-OUT TO OUR FANS

FROM AROUND THE WORLD --

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WHO, TO THIS DAY, REMAIN LOYAL,

WITHOUT A SINGLE ALBUM RELEASE

OR TOUR IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.

I'M HOPING OUR LEGACY WILL NOT

ONLY BE ABOUT OUR MUSIC, BUT

ALSO ABOUT THE RESPECT AND

UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE

WHO HAVE BEEN TO THE MOON AND

BACK IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY, AND

MADE IT HOME SAFELY HERE ON THE

STAGE OF THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, ANNIE?

AFTER 45 YEARS, WE STILL ROCK.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, DAVE.

THAT WAS A VERY NICE THING TO

SAY.

THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THANKS, GUYS.

YOU CAN SURELY RELAX.

TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF YOUR FEET.

I WANT TO THANK EDGE SO MUCH FOR

COMING ALL THE WAY TO INDUCT US

HERE.

WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE INDUCTED

BY THE WONDERFUL EDGE.

AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO

EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED US OVER

ALL THESE YEARS.

AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE.

THE LIST IS LIKE A CREDIT ROLL

AFTER A "LORD OF THE RINGS"

FILM.

IT REALLY IS THAT LONG.

LIKE THE TRILOGY.

[LAUGHS]

MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO

THANK EURYTHMICS FANS,

WITHOUT WHOM --

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WE WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE

WITHOUT YOU.

A FEW NIGHTS AGO, THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

INVITED ALL THE INDUCTEES TO GET

TOGETHER FOR A SPECIAL DINNER.

THE ROOM WAS SO WARM AND FULL OF

LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE

INSPIRATION AND CELEBRATION,

BECAUSE, YOU SEE, MUSIC IS

HEALING.

IT BUILDS BRIDGES, NOT

BOUNDARIES.

WE MUSICIANS ARE A DIVERSE AND

PEACEFUL PEOPLE.

WE SPREAD LOVE AROUND THE WORLD,

NOT HATRED AND DIVISION.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WE, MUSICIANS, BRING PEOPLE

TOGETHER, IN JOY, IN SADNESS, IN

MOVEMENT, BEAUTY, INSPIRATION,

AND REFLECTION.

MUSIC IS IN OUR BLOOD CELLS, IN

OUR HEARTS, AND IN THE DEEPEST

PARTS OF OUR SOULS.

WE ARE GRATEFUL BEYOND MEASURE

TO BE PART OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY

DIASPORA.

THANK YOU, DAVE, FOR THIS GREAT

ADVENTURE.

AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> SOMETIMES THE GOOD LORD

ACCEPTS HIS OWN PERFECTION,

CLOSES HIS EYES AND GOES AHEAD

AND HE MAKES HIMSELF A MAN.

SOMETIMES THAT MAN GETS HOLD

OF THE IDEA OF WHAT IT IS

POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO DO.

SO YOU LOOK AT HIM AND BE

THANKFUL THE LORD LET SUCH A

MAN TOUCH OUR LIVES.

♪ ♪

♪ SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SENORA ♪

♪ SHAKE YOUR BODY LINE ♪

>> THIS BEAUTIFUL BLACK MAN, WHO

WAS NOT ONLY WARMING OUR HEARTS

WITH THE MUSIC BUT WARMING OUR

HEARTS WITH HIS PERSONA, WARMING

OUR HEARTS WITH HIS ELEGANCE,

SINGING THESE SONGS.

AND IT GAVE EVERYBODY SOMETHING

TO ASPIRE TO BE.

>> WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T

KNOW IS THAT MUSIC IS REALLY AN

ACCIDENT IN MY LIFE.

WELL, I STARTED OFF AS A STUDENT

OF THE THEATER.

♪ ♪

THE FIRST TIME I EVER STARTED

SINGING FOR THE PUBLIC WAS IN A

PLAY.

♪ ♪

A LOT OF THE LITTLE NIGHT CLUBS

IN GREENWICH VILLAGE WAS AROUND

LIKE BILL BROONZY AND LEAD BELLY

AND THOSE THAT INHERITED DRAMA

TO THE MATERIAL.

I JUST FELT THAT THAT, THAT WAS

THE CHARACTER OF WHAT I SHOULD

BE DOING.

AND THEN I DEVELOPED THIS ACT.

♪ DAY-O, DAY-O ♪

♪ DAYLIGHT COME AND ME WANNA GO

HOME ♪

>> WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, ALL OVER

THE WORLD TO THIS DAY, IN 2022,

THE WHOLE WORLD SINGS THAT SONG.

♪ DAYLIGHT COME AND WE WANNA GO

HOME ♪

>> IT WAS A SONG ABOUT STRUGGLE,

ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE, AND DOING

THE MOST GRUELING WORK, AND I

TOOK THAT SONG AND HONED IT INTO

AN ANTHEM.

♪ ♪

>> WITH THE RCA VICTOR LONG PLAY

WORLD RECORD FOR BEING THE FIRST

PERFORMER TO SELL OVER A MILLION

COPIES OF A SINGLE ALBUM.

♪ ♪

>> HERE'S ONE OF THE GREAT

ARTIST OF THE WORLD,

HARRY BELAFONTE.

>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY

PURSUE ART AND NOT HAVE A SOCIAL

AND A HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS.

FOR ME, ALL GREAT ART DOES THAT.

♪ ♪

THERE ARE OTHER DIMENSIONS TO ME

THAN WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE

TO CONTRIBUTE JUST MUSICALLY.

>> HE SPOKE TRUTH TO POWER.

HE WAS ABLE TO DO SOMETHING FOR

US THAT NOT ONLY OUR RACE

BENEFITED FROM, BUT THE WHOLE

WORLD BENEFITED FROM, AND

CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM TODAY.

>> PEACE!

PEACE!

PEACE!

>> ARTISTS ARE THE GATEKEEPERS

OF TRUTH.

THE PURPOSE OF ART IS TO SHOW

LIFE NOT AS IT IS BUT TO SHOW

LIFE AS IT SHOULD BE.

♪ THERE'D BE PEACE ON EARTH ♪

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

♪ ♪

>> Announcer: TO INDUCT EMINEM,

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER,

DR. DRE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> YES, YES, YES.

WHEN I STARTED WORKING ON THIS

SPEECH, I ASKED EMINEM IF THERE

WAS ANYTHING SPECIFIC HE'D LIKE

ME TO SAY EVERYBODY, AND HE

SAID, "OKAY, NUMBER ONE, I WANT

YOU TO TELL EVERYBODY I HAVE A

HUGE PENIS."

[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]

BUT WHEN HE STARTED COUNTING, I

WAS WONDERING WHY HE DECIDED TO

USE THIS FINGER.

[LAUGHTER]

ALL RIGHT.

LET ME GET SERIOUS.

OKAY.

OVER 20 YEARS AGO, JIMMY IOVINE

PLAYED A DEMO TAPE FOR ME, FROM

A GUY WHO CALLED HIMSELF EMINEM.

THE FIRST THING I SAID WHEN I

HEARD IT WAS, "WHAT THE FUCK DID

HE JUST SAY?"

[LAUGHS]

I LOVED IT SO MUCH THAT I

COULDN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT.

A FEW DAYS LATER, JIMMY

CALLED ME UP AND HE SAID,

"HEY, DRE, YOU KNOW HE'S A WHITE

GUY, RIGHT?"

[LAUGHTER]

COMPLETELY FUCKED ME UP.

IT NEVER EVEN CROSSED MY MIND.

BUT, LOOKING BACK, I DON'T KNOW

WHY IT DIDN'T CROSS MY MIND.

I GUESS IT WAS MY IGNORANCE AT

THE TIME, THINKING THAT,

"OKAY, IF YOU'RE A GOOD RAPPER,

YOU MUST BE BLACK," RIGHT?

NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT, WE MET

FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WE HIT IT OFF, AND THE NEXT

THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE

STUDIO AT MY HOUSE, WORKING.

THE FIRST TIME I PUT ON A BEAT,

HE GOT ON THE MIC AND SAID

"HI, MY NAME IS --

SLIM SHADY."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

BOOM.

THAT WAS IT.

AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF

WHAT BECAME AN AMAZING CREATIVE

COLLABORATION.

THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.

"LOOK AT HIM, DRE.

THIS GUY HAS BLUE EYES.

YOU CAN'T SIGN HIM."

WHILE EVERYONE ELSE AROUND ME

HAD THEIR DOUBTS, I KNEW THAT

HIS GIFTS WERE UNDENIABLE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

HIS RAW, DARK, HUMOROUS LYRICS

COUPLED WITH AN IMPECCABLE

CADENCE STOOD OUT FROM

EVERYTHING I HAD EVER HEARD

BEFORE.

AND HE WAS HUNGRY.

BOTH OF US WERE.

WE WERE TWO ARTISTS IN DO-OR-DIE

SITUATIONS.

EACH OF US WERE EXACTLY WHAT THE

OTHER ONE NEEDED.

AND I WAS WILLING TO BET MY

ENTIRE CAREER ON THAT.

[APPLAUSE]

MY REBUTTAL TO THOSE NAYSAYERS

WAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

"HE'S GONNA BE THE BEST-SELLING

ARTIST ON OUR LABEL."

LITTLE DID I KNOW, HE WAS GONNA

BE ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING

ARTISTS OF ALL TIME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

FROM THE MOMENT HE INTRODUCED

HIMSELF TO THE WORLD WITH

"THE SLIM SHADY LP," HE

SKYROCKETED TO THE TOP OF THE

CHARTS AND STAYED THERE FOR 100

WEEKS.

AND, CAN YOU BELIEVE, AFTER

PROMOTING VIOLENCE TO LITTLE

CHILDREN, KILLING HIS DAUGHTER'S

MOTHER, THIS GUY STILL HAD MORE

SHIT TO GET OFF HIS CHEST?

[LAUGHTER]

"THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP" DROPS.

ON THAT ALBUM ALONE, HIS ALTER

EGO, SLIM SHADY, TIED ME UP IN A

BASEMENT, HE HAD SEX WITH HIS

MOTHER...

KILLED HIS DAUGHTER'S MOTHER,

AGAIN, WHILE PROCEEDING TO

OFFEND ABOUT EVERY SPECIAL

INTEREST GROUP WE HAVE.

[LAUGHS]

IT CLEARLY STRUCK A CHORD AND

BECAME ONE OF THE

FASTEST-SELLING ALBUMS IN

UNITED STATES HISTORY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

BUT HERE'S EMINEM'S GENIUS: WITH

HIS INCREDIBLE WIT AND WILD

IMAGINATION, HE WAS ABLE TO HOLD

A MIRROR UP TO WHITE AMERICA

WHILE ALSO EXPRESSING PAIN

THROUGH POVERTY AND

DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES DEVOID OF

HOPE.

EMINEM BROUGHT HIP-HOP TO MIDDLE

AMERICA AND OFFERED KIDS WHO

LOOKED LIKE HIM A WAY TO CONNECT

TO IT.

[APPLAUSE]

EMINEM WASN'T JUST THE UNDERDOG

WHO BROKE THROUGH THE GLASS

CEILING OF HIP-HOP, HE SHATTERED

THAT SHIT.

OVER 220 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THIRTEEN NUMBER ONE ALBUMS,

TEN OF WHICH ALL CONSECUTIVELY

DEBUTED AT NUMBER ONE, MAKING

HIM THE FIRST ARTIST TO EVER

ACHIEVE THIS SHIT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

GRAMMY AWARDS, AN EMMY, AN

OSCAR, MAKING HIM THE

BEST-SELLING ARTIST OF THE

2000s.

BEST-SELLING HIP-HOP ARTIST

EVER.

LET ME REPEAT THAT.

THE BEST-SELLING HIP-HOP ARTIST

EVER.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND THE CRAZY PART ABOUT IT IS

HE DOESN'T EVEN REALLY CARE

ABOUT THAT.

I THINK I CARE ABOUT IT MORE

THAN HE DOES, YOU KNOW?

WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO HIM IS

THAT HE'S EARNED THE RESPECT OF

HIS PEERS AS ONE OF THE BEST TO

EVER DO IT, POINT BLANK.

TURNS OUT, THIS UNASSUMING WHITE

GUY WITH BLUE EYES FROM DETROIT

BEING REPEATEDLY TURNED DOWN AND

TURNING EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT WE

KNEW ABOUT HIP HOP ON ITS HEAD

WHILE FORCING US TO CONFRONT OUR

OWN BIASES, GROWING NOT ONLY THE

GENRE BUT ALL OF US RIGHT ALONG

WITH IT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[CLOCK TICKS]

♪ LOOK, IF YOU HAD ONE SHOT OR

ONE OPPORTUNITY ♪

>> HERE I AM.

EVERYBODY EXCEPT ME.

♪ TO SEIZE EVERYTHING YOU EVER

WANTED IN ONE MOMENT, WOULD YOU

CAPTURE IT OR JUST LET IT SLIP?

YO.

YOU BETTER LOSE YOURSELF IN THE

MUSIC, THE MOMENT.

YOU OWN IT.

YOU BETTER NEVER LET IT GO.

YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT.

DO NOT MISS YOUR CHANCE TO BLOW.

THIS OPPORTUNITY COMES ONCE IN A

LIFETIME ♪

♪ ♪

>> TOWARDS THE END OF '97, I WAS

IN THE RAP OLYMPICS.

KIDS FROM INTERSCOPE WERE THERE

AND THEY GOT THE TAPE.

AND JIMMY IOVINE, HE LIKED IT

AND HE PLAYED IT FOR DRE.

>> I LISTEN TO IT AND I WOULD

LIKE, I NEED TO LOOK AT HIM,

LIKE, YESTERDAY.

I HAD A STUDIO IN MY HOUSE AT

THE TIME AND I INVITED HIM OVER

AND I HIT THE DRUM MACHINE, AND

MAYBE TWO OR THREE SECONDS WENT

BY AND HE JUST WENT, "HI, MY

NAME IS -- MY NAME IS --

>> SOP UP THE TAPE, THIS KID

NEEDS TO BE LOCKED AWAY!

DR. DRE, DON'T JUST STAND THERE,

OPERATE!

>> I'M ALL THEY CONFUSED.

BLACK PEOPLE DON'T TALK LIKE

THIS.

TIE A ROPE AROUND YOUR DECK AND

JUMP OFF A TREE?

>> HI, KIDS.

DO YOU LIKE VIOLENCE?

WANT TO SEE ME STICK

NINE INCH NAILS FOR EACH ONE OF

MY EYELIDS?

>> THIS GUY IS THE BIGGEST FREAK

I'VE WORKED WITH.

THAT'S RIGHT CLICKED, YOU KNOW

WHAT I MEAN?

>> WE WOULD LIKE, HE DUG UP.

BUT WHEN WE HEARD HIM AFTER

DR. DRE PRODUCED HIS ALBUM, WE

WERE LIKE, DANG, HE'S SUPER DOP

DOPE.

>> RAPPER EMINEM'S DEBUT ALBUM,

"SLIM SHADY," HAS ALREADY

SPARKED QUITE A CONTROVERSY IN

SOME QUARTERS.

>> IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T

BUY IT.

>> IT WAS VERY VIOLENT AND VERY

SEXIST AND ALL THAT, HOMOPHOBIC,

BUT THAT RECORD WAS AMAZING.

>> THEY CAN'T TELL ME I CAN'T DO

THE MUSIC THAT I LOVE, THAT I

FLOODING SUPPORTED FROM SINCE I

WAS NINE YEARS OLD.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

♪ ♪

>> EMINEM.

>> EMINEM.

>> EMINEM!

>> WAS THIS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN?

♪ ♪

>> I NEED TO WRITE ALL THE TIME.

I NEED TO BE WRITING EVERY DAY.

>> I WANT TO WRITE UNTIL MY SHIP

STANDS

OUT.

>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO PERFORM

AND GO OUT ON THE LIMB AND

DEFEND THEM, YOU'RE GOING TO

CRITICIZE.

BUT I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT

THAT, BECAUSE I THINK HE'S

REALLY BRILLIANT.

>> SOMEONE LIKE EMINEM, YOU JUST

HAVE A AMAZING CADENCE.

IT ALMOST BECOMES A PERCUSSION.

SOME PEOPLE JUST HAVE IT ALL.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> THERE IS SOMETHING INSIDE ME

THAT IS A LITTLE MORE HAPPY WHEN

I'M ANGRY.

♪ IT SO I AM.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY MOTHER

FUCKERS GET SO FUCKING PISSED

OFF THEY COULD KILL SOMEBODY.

>> MY MOTTO.

FUCK LOTTO.

♪ ♪

>> HE'S DOING HIS THING, MAN.

HE SANG WHAT HE WANTS TO SAY,

AND AS AN ELEMENT OF

FEARLESSNESS IN THIS KID.

♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

HOLLER IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE

BEEN DOWN THE SAME ROAD ♪

♪ ♪

>> I ALMOST FEEL LUCKY FOR HIM

THAT HE HAS MUSIC.

HE HAS SO MUCH IN HIS HEAD, THAT

MUSIC IS SUCH A GREAT RELEASE

FOR HIM.

♪ I'M FRIENDS WITH THE MONSTER

THAT'S UNDER MY BED ♪

♪ AND YOU THINK I'M CRAZY, YEAH,

YOU THINK I'M CRAZY MAMA WELL,

THAT'S NOTHING ♪

>> HE HAS SO MUCH IN HIS MIND.

SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH EMINEM.

>> I MARCEL CARE ABOUT WHAT I

BELIEVE AND THEN WHOEVER ELSE

GETS FUCKING PISSED OFF.

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> HIP-HOP WAS THE MOST

IMPORTANT THING THAT EMPOWERED

ME AS A KID.

GROWING UP ON 8-MILE, PUT

HEADPHONES ON, AND IT MADE ME

FEEL POWERFUL.

I'M SO IN LOVE WITH THIS ART

FORM.

IT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT

I EVER WAS GOOD AT.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ TILL THE ROOF COMES OFF, TO

THE LIGHTS GO OUT ♪

♪ TILL MY LEGS GAVE OUT, CAN'T

SHUT MY MOUTH ♪

♪ TILL THE SMOKE CLEARS OUT, AND

MY HIGH, PERHAPS BECAUSE MAMA >>

IT'S HARD TO GET IT AND IT'S

EVEN HARDER TO MAINTAIN.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE WHAT YOU WANT

MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS

WORLD.

GIVE IT EVERYTHING.

>> THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S MY

HONOR TO INDUCT MY FRIEND,

EMINEM, INTO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ HI! ♪

♪ MY NAME IS ♪

♪ WHAT? ♪

♪ MY NAME IS ♪

♪ WHO? ♪

♪ MY NAME IS ♪

♪ CHIKA-CHIKA ♪

♪ SLIM SHADY ♪

♪ HI! ♪

♪ MY NAME IS ♪

♪ HUH? ♪

♪ MY NAME IS ♪

♪ WHAT? ♪

♪ MY NAME IS ♪

♪ CHIKA-CHIKA ♪

♪ SLIM SHADY ♪

♪ HI! ♪

♪ MY NAME IS ♪

♪ WHAT? ♪

♪ MY NAME IS ♪

♪ SLIM SHADY ♪

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU ALL

GOT SO LUCKY TONIGHT!

YOU'RE ABOUT TO WITNESS THE ONE

AND ONLY RAP GOD!

♪ I'M BEGINNIN' TO FEEL LIKE A

RAP GOD, RAP GOD ♪

♪ ALL MY PEOPLE FROM THE FRONT

♪ THE WAY I'M RACIN' AROUND THE

TRACK, CALL ME NASCAR, NASCAR ♪

♪ DALE EARNHARDT OF THE TRAILER

PARK, THE WHITE TRASH GOD ♪

♪ KNEEL BEFORE GENERAL ZOD ♪

♪ THIS PLANET'S KRYPTON--

NO, ASGARD, ASGARD ♪

♪ SO YOU'LL BE THOR AND I'LL

BE ODIN ♪

♪ YOU RODENT, I'M OMNIPOTENT ♪

♪ LET OFF, THEN I'M RELOADIN' ♪

♪ IMMEDIATELY WITH THESE BOMBS

I'M TOTIN' ♪

♪ AND I SHOULD NOT BE WOKEN ♪

♪ I'M THE WALKIN' DEAD, BUT I'M

JUST A TALKIN' HEAD ♪

♪ A ZOMBIE FLOATIN' ♪

♪ BUT I GOT YOUR MOM

DEEP-THROATIN' ♪

♪ I'M OUT MY RAMEN NOODLE ♪

♪ WE HAVE NOTHIN' IN COMMON,

POODLE ♪

♪ I'M A DOBERMAN, PINCH YOURSELF

IN THE ARM ♪

♪ AND PAY HOMAGE, PUPIL ♪

♪ IT'S ME ♪

♪ MORPHIN' INTO AN IMMORTAL,

COMIN' THROUGH THE PORTAL ♪

♪ YOU'RE STUCK IN A TIME WARP

FROM 2004 THOUGH ♪

♪ AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK

THAT YOU RHYME FOR ♪

♪ YOU'RE POINTLESS AS RAPUNZEL

WITH FUCKIN' CORNROWS ♪

♪ YOU WRITE NORMAL?

FUCK BEING NORMAL! ♪

♪ AND I JUST BOUGHT A NEW RAYGUN

FROM THE FUTURE ♪

♪ JUST TO COME AND SHOOT YA ♪

♪ LIKE WHEN FABOLOUS

MADE RAY J MAD ♪

♪ 'CAUSE FAB SAID HE LOOKED LIKE

A FAG AT MAYWEATHER'S PAD ♪

♪ SINGIN' TO A MAN WHILE HE

PLAYED PIANO ♪

♪ MAN, OH MAN, THAT WAS A 24/7

SPECIAL ON THE CABLE CHANNEL ♪

♪ SO RAY J WENT STRAIGHT TO THE

RADIO STATION ♪

♪ THE VERY NEXT DAY,

"HEY FAB, I'MMA KILL YOU!" ♪

♪ LYRICS COMIN' AT YOU AT

SUPERSONIC SPEED ♪

♪ UH, SUMMA-LUMMA, DOOMA-LUMMA,

YOU ASSUMIN' I'M A HUMAN ♪

♪ WHAT I GOTTA DO TO GET IT

THROUGH TO YOU I'M SUPERHUMAN? ♪

♪ INNOVATIVE AND I'M MADE OF

RUBBER SO THAT ANYTHING ♪

♪ YOU SAY IS RICOCHETIN' OFF OF

ME, AND IT'LL GLUE TO YOU AND ♪

♪ I'M DEVASTATING, MORE THAN

EVER DEMONSTRATING ♪

♪ HOW TO GIVE A MOTHERFUCKIN'

AUDIENCE A FEELING ♪

♪ LIKE IT'S LEVITATING ♪

♪ NEVER FADING, AND I KNOW THE

HATERS ARE FOREVER WAITING ♪

♪ FOR THE DAY THAT THEY CAN SAY

I FELL OFF ♪

♪ THEY'LL BE CELEBRATING ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW THE WAY TO GET

'EM MOTIVATED ♪

♪ I MAKE ELEVATING MUSIC, YOU

MAKE ELEVATOR MUSIC ♪

♪ "OH, HE'S TOO MAINSTREAM" ♪

♪ WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO WHEN

THEY GET JEALOUS ♪

♪ THEY CONFUSE IT ♪

♪ "IT'S NOT HIP-HOP, IT'S POP,"

'CAUSE I FOUND A HELLA WAY TO

FUSE IT ♪

♪ WITH ROCK, SHOCK RAP

WITH DOC ♪

♪ THROW ON "LOSE YOURSELF" AND

MAKE 'EM LOSE IT ♪

♪ I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE SONGS

LIKE THAT ♪

♪ I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORDS

TO USE ♪

♪ LET ME KNOW WHEN IT OCCURS

TO YOU ♪

♪ WHILE I'M RIPPIN' ANY ONE OF

THESE VERSES THAT VERSUS YOU ♪

♪ IT'S CURTAINS, I'M

INADVERTENTLY HURTIN' YOU ♪

♪ HOW MANY VERSES I GOTTA

MURDER TO ♪

♪ PROVE THAT IF YOU WERE HALF AS

NICE ♪

♪ YOUR SONGS YOU COULD SACRIFICE

VIRGINS TOO? ♪

♪ UGH, SCHOOL FLUNKY,

PILL JUNKIE ♪

♪ BUT LOOK AT THE ACCOLADES

THESE SKILLS BRUNG ME ♪

♪ FULL OF MYSELF,

BUT STILL HUNGRY ♪

♪ I BULLY MYSELF 'CAUSE I MAKE

ME DO WHAT I PUT MY MIND TO ♪

♪ AND I'M A MILLION LEAGUES

ABOVE YOU ♪

♪ ILL WHEN I SPEAK IN TONGUES,

BUT IT'S STILL TONGUE-IN-CHEEK ♪

♪ FUCK YOU ♪

♪ I'M DRUNK, SO, SATAN, TAKE THE

FUCKING WHEEL ♪

♪ I'MMA SLEEP IN THE

FRONT SEAT ♪

♪ BUMPIN' HEAVY D AND THE BOYZ,

STILL "CHUNKY BUT FUNKY" ♪

♪ BUT IN MY HEAD, THERE'S

SOMETHING I CAN FEEL TUGGING AND

STRUGGLING ♪

♪ ANGELS FIGHT WITH DEVILS AND

HERE'S WHAT THEY WANT FROM ME ♪

♪ THEY'RE ASKIN' ME TO ELIMINATE

SOME OF THE WOMEN HATE ♪

♪ BUT IF YOU TAKE INTO

CONSIDERATION ♪

♪ THE BITTER HATRED I HAVE ♪

♪ THEN YOU MAY BE A LITTLE

PATIENT ♪

♪ AND MORE SYMPATHETIC TO THE

SITUATION ♪

♪ AND UNDERSTAND THE

DISCRIMINATION ♪

♪ BUT FUCK IT, LIFE'S HANDIN'

YOU LEMONS? ♪

♪ MAKE LEMONADE, THEN! ♪

♪ BUT IF I CAN'T BATTER THE

WOMEN ♪

♪ HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO

BAKE THEM A CAKE THEN? ♪

♪ DON'T MISTAKE HIM FOR SATAN ♪

♪ IT'S A FATAL MISTAKE ♪

♪ IF YOU THINK I NEED TO BE

OVERSEAS AND TAKE A VACATION ♪

♪ TO TRIP A BROAD, AND MAKE HER

FALL ON HER FACE AND ♪

♪ DON'T BE A RETARD, BE A KING?

THINK NOT ♪

♪ WHY BE A KING WHEN YOU CAN BE

A GOD? ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ EVERY TIME THAT I LOOK IN THE

MIRROR ♪

♪ ALL THESE LINES ON MY FACE

GETTING CLEARER ♪

♪ THE PAST IS GONE ♪

♪ OH, IT WENT BY LIKE DUSK TO

DAWN ♪

♪ ISN'T THAT THE WAY?

MAMA EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR DUES

IN LIFE TO PAY CL ♪ ♪

♪ THESE IDEAS ARE, NIGHTMARES

TO WHITE PARENTS ♪

♪ WHOSE WORST FEAR IS A CHILD

WITH DYED HAIR ♪

♪ AND WHO LIKES EARRINGS ♪

♪ LIKE WHATEVER THEY SAY HAS

NO BEARING ♪

♪ IT'S SO SCARY IN A HOUSE THAT

ALLOWS, NO SWEARING ♪

♪ TO SEE HIM WALKING AROUND WITH

HIS HEADPHONES BLARING ♪

♪ ALONE IN HIS OWN ZONE, COLD

AND HE DON'T CARE ♪

♪ HE'S A PROBLEM CHILD, AND WHAT

BOTHERS HIM ALL COMES OUT ♪

♪ WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT, HIS

FUCKIN' DAD WALKING OUT ♪

♪ 'CAUSE HE HATES HIM SO BAD

THAT HE BLOCKS HIM OUT ♪

♪ IF HE EVER SAW HIM AGAIN HE'D

PROBABLY KNOCK HIM OUT ♪

♪ HIS THOUGHTS ARE WACKED,

HE'S MAD SO HE'S TALKING BACK ♪

♪ TALKING BLACK, BRAINWASHED

FROM ROCK AND RAP ♪

♪ HE SAGS HIS PANTS, DURAGS AND

A STOCKING CAP ♪

♪ HIS STEPFATHER HIT HIM SO HE

SOCKED HIM BACK ♪

♪ AND BROKE HIS NOSE, HIS HOUSE

IS A BROKEN HOME ♪

♪ THERE'S NO CONTROL, HE JUST

LETS HIS EMOTIONS GO ♪

♪ SING WITH ME, SING FOR THE

YEAR ♪

♪ SING FOR THE LAUGHTER,

SING FOR THE TEAR ♪

♪ SING IT WITH ME,

JUST FOR TODAY ♪

♪ MAYBE TOMORROW THE GOOD LORD

WILL TAKE YOU AWAY ♪

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAKE

SOME NOISE FOR STEVEN

MOTHERFUCKIN' TYLER.

♪ MY TEA'S GONE COLD, I'M

WONDERING WHY I ♪

♪ GOT OUT OF BED AT ALL ♪

♪ THE MORNING RAIN CLOUDS UP

MY WINDOW ♪

♪ AND I CAN'T SEE AT ALL ♪

♪ AND EVEN IF I COULD IT'LL ALL

BE GRAY ♪

♪ BUT YOUR PICTURE ON MY WALL ♪

>> IT WHAT?

♪ IT REMINDS ME, THAT IT'S NOT

SO BAD ♪

♪ IT'S NOT SO BAD ♪

♪ MY TEA'S GONE COLD, I'M

WONDERING WHY I ♪

♪ GOT OUT OF BED AT ALL ♪

♪ THE MORNING RAIN CLOUDS UP MY

WINDOW ♪

♪ AND I CAN'T SEE AT ALL ♪

♪ AND EVEN IF I COULD IT'LL ALL

BE GRAY ♪

♪ BUT YOUR PICTURE ON MY WALL ♪

♪ IT REMINDS ME, THAT IT'S NOT

SO BAD ♪

♪ IT'S NOT SO BAD ♪

♪ DEAR SLIM, I WROTE YOU BUT YOU

STILL AIN'T CALLIN' ♪

♪ I LEFT MY CELL, MY PAGER, AND

MY HOME PHONE AT THE BOTTOM ♪

♪ I SENT TWO LETTERS BACK

IN AUTUMN ♪

♪ YOU MUST NOT'VE GOT 'EM ♪

♪ THERE PROBABLY WAS A PROBLEM ♪

♪ AT THE POST OFFICE OR

SOMETHIN' ♪

♪ SOMETIMES I SCRIBBLE ADDRESSES

TOO SLOPPY WHEN I JOT 'EM ♪

♪ BUT ANYWAYS, FUCK IT, WHAT'S

BEEN UP, MAN? ♪

♪ HOW'S YOUR DAUGHTER? ♪

♪ MY GIRLFRIEND'S PREGNANT TOO,

I'M 'BOUT TO BE A FATHER ♪

♪ IF I HAVE A DAUGHTER, GUESS

WHAT I'MMA CALL HER? ♪

♪ I'MMA NAME HER BONNIE ♪

♪ I READ ABOUT YOUR UNCLE RONNIE

TOO, I'M SORRY ♪

♪ I HAD A FRIEND KILL HIMSELF ♪

♪ OVER SOME BITCH WHO DIDN'T

WANT HIM ♪

♪ I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HEAR THIS

EVERY DAY ♪

♪ BUT I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN ♪

♪ I EVEN GOT THE UNDERGROUND

SHIT THAT YOU DID WITH SKAM ♪

♪ I GOT A ROOM FULL OF YOUR

POSTERS AND YOUR PICTURES, MAN ♪

♪ I LIKE THE SHIT YOU DID WITH

RAWKUS TOO, THAT SHIT WAS PHAT ♪

♪ ANYWAYS, I HOPE YOU GET THIS,

MAN, HIT ME BACK ♪

♪ JUST TO CHAT, TRULY YOURS,

YOUR BIGGEST FAN ♪

♪ THIS IS STAN ♪

♪ MY TEA'S GONE COLD, I'M

WONDERING WHY I ♪

♪ GOT OUT OF BED AT ALL ♪

♪ THE MORNING RAIN CLOUDS UP

MY WINDOW ♪

♪ AND I CAN'T SEE AT ALL ♪

♪ AND EVEN IF I COULD IT'LL ALL

BE GRAY ♪

♪ BUT YOUR PICTURE ON MY WALL ♪

♪ IT REMINDS ME, THAT IT'S NOT

SO BAD ♪

♪ IT'S NOT SO BAD ♪

>> MAKE SOME NOISE FOR ED

SHEERAN, Y'ALL.

>> ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, IF

YOU'RE STILL WITH US, MAKE SOME

NOISE.

♪ ♪

♪ IT MAY NOT MEAN NOTHIN' TO

Y'ALL ♪

♪ BUT UNDERSTAND NOTHING WAS

DONE FOR ME ♪

♪ SO I DON'T PLAN ON STOPPIN' AT

ALL ♪

>> LADIES, WHERE YOU AT?

♪ I'M SHUTTIN' SHIT DOWN IN THE

MALL ♪

♪ AND TELLIN' EVERY GIRL SHE THE

ONE FOR ME ♪

♪ AND I AIN'T EVEN PLANNIN' TO

CALL ♪

♪ I WANT THIS SHIT FOREVER MANE,

EVER MANE, EVER MANE ♪

>> HEY, ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME, IF Y'ALL STILL

WITH US, EVERYBODY IN THIS BITCH

MAKE SOME MOTHERFUCKIN' NOISE!

♪ THERE THEY GO, PACKIN'

STADIUMS ♪

♪ AS SHADY SPITS HIS FLOW ♪

♪ NUTS THEY GO, MACADAMIA ♪

♪ THEY GO SO BALLISTIC, WHOA ♪

♪ HE CAN MAKE THEM LOOK

LIKE BOZOS ♪

♪ HE'S WONDERING IF HE SHOULD

SPIT THIS SLOW ♪

♪ FUCK NO, GO FOR BROKE, HIS CUP

JUST RUNNETH OVER, OH NO ♪

♪ HE AIN'T HAD HIM A BUZZ

LIKE THIS ♪

♪ SINCE THE LAST TIME HE

OVERDOSED ♪

♪ THEY'VE BEEN WAITIN' PATIENTLY

FOR PINOCCHIO TO POKE HIS NOSE ♪

♪ BACK INTO THE GAME AND

THEY KNOW ♪

♪ RAP WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

AS BEFO' ♪

♪ BASHIN' IN THE BRAINS OF

THESE HOES ♪

♪ AND ESTABLISHIN' A NAME AS

HE GOES ♪

♪ THE PASSION AND THE FLAME IS

IGNITED ♪

♪ YOU CAN'T PUT IT OUT ONCE WE

LIGHT IT ♪

♪ THIS SHIT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE

FUCK I'M TALKIN' ABOUT ♪

♪ WHEN WE RIOT ♪

♪ YOU DEALIN' WITH A FEW

TRUE VILLAINS ♪

♪ WHO STAND INSIDE OF THE BOOTH,

TRUTH SPILLIN' ♪

♪ AND SPIT TRUE FEELINGS ♪

♪ UNTIL OUR TOOTH FILLINGS COME

FLYIN' UP OUT OF OUR MOUTHS ♪

♪ NOW REWIND IT ♪

♪ PAYBACK, MOTHERFUCKER, FOR THE

WAY THAT YOU GOT AT ME ♪

♪ HOW'S IT TASTE? ♪

♪ WHEN I SLAP THE TASTE OUT

YOUR MOUTH ♪

♪ WITH THE BASS SO LOUD THAT IT

SHAKES THE PLACE ♪

♪ I'M HANNIBAL LECTER, SO JUST

IN CASE YOU'RE THINKIN' OF

SAVIN' FACE ♪

♪ YOU AIN'T GONNA HAVE NO FACE

TO SAVE ♪

♪ BY THE TIME I'M THROUGH WITH

THIS PLACE, SO DRAKE ♪

♪ IT MAY NOT MEAN NOTHIN'

TO Y'ALL ♪

>> SAY WHAT?

♪ BUT UNDERSTAND NOTHING WAS

DONE FOR ME ♪

♪ SO I DON'T PLAN ON STOPPIN'

AT ALL ♪

♪ I WANT THIS SHIT FOREVER MANE,

EVER MANE, EVER MANE ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> YEAH.

IT'S BEEN A RIDE.

I GUESS I HAD TO GO TO THAT

PLACE TO GET TO THIS ONE.

SOME OF YOU MIGHT STILL BE IN

THAT PLACE, TRYING TO GET OUT.

FOLLOW ME.

I'LL GET YOU THERE.

♪ YOU CAN TRY AND READ MY LYRICS

OFF OF THIS PAPER ♪

♪ BEFORE I LAY 'EM ♪

♪ BUT YOU WON'T TAKE THE STING

OUT THESE WORDS ♪

♪ BEFORE I SAY 'EM ♪

♪ 'CAUSE AIN'T NO WAY I'MMA LET

YOU STOP ME ♪

♪ FROM CAUSIN' MAYHEM ♪

♪ WHEN I SAY I'MMA DO SOMETHIN',

I DO IT ♪

♪ I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU

THINK ♪

♪ I'M DOIN' THIS FOR ME, SO FUCK

THE WORLD, FEED IT BEANS ♪

♪ IT'S GASSED UP, IF IT THINKS

IT'S STOPPIN' ME ♪

♪ I'MMA BE WHAT I SET OUT TO BE,

WITHOUT A DOUBT, UNDOUBTEDLY ♪

♪ AND ALL THOSE WHO LOOK DOWN

ON ME ♪

♪ I'M TEARIN' DOWN YOUR

BALCONY ♪

♪ NO IF, ANDS, OR BUTS ♪

♪ DON'T TRY TO ASK HIM WHY OR

HOW CAN HE ♪

♪ FROM "INFINITE" DOWN TO THE

LAST "RELAPSE" ALBUM ♪

♪ HE'S STILL SHITTIN' ♪

♪ WHETHER HE'S ON SALARY, PAID

HOURLY, UNTIL HE BOWS OUT ♪

♪ OR HE SHITS HIS BOWELS OUT

OF HIM ♪

♪ WHICHEVER COMES FIRST, FOR

BETTER OR WORSE ♪

♪ HE'S MARRIED TO THE GAME, LIKE

A FUCK YOU FOR CHRISTMAS ♪

♪ HIS GIFT IS A CURSE, FORGET

THE EARTH, HE'S GOT THE URGE TO

PULL HIS DICK FROM THE DIRT ♪

♪ AND FUCK THE WHOLE UNIVERSE ♪

♪ I'M NOT AFRAID ♪

♪ TO TAKE A STAND ♪

♪ EVERYBODY ♪

♪ EVERYBODY ♪

♪ COME TAKE MY HAND ♪

♪ WE'LL WALK THIS ROAD TOGETHER,

THROUGH THE STORM ♪

♪ WHATEVER WEATHER, COLD OR

WARM ♪

♪ JUST LETTIN' YOU KNOW THAT

YOU'RE NOT ALONE ♪

♪ HOLLA IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE

BEEN DOWN THE SAME ROAD ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, EMINEM!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THIS SHIT IS CRAZY TO ME.

I REALIZE WHAT AN HONOR IT IS

RIGHT NOW FOR ME TO BE OUT HERE

TONIGHT, AND WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT

IS TO DO THE MUSIC THAT I LOVE,

AND THE MUSIC THAT BASICALLY

SAVED MY LIFE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THE MAN WHO SAVED MY LIFE,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

DR. MOTHERFUCKIN' DRE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

I'M PROBABLY NOT SUPPOSED TO

ACTUALLY BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE

OF A COUPLE OF REASONS.

ONE, I KNOW THAT I'M A RAPPER,

AND THIS IS THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME, AND THERE'S ONLY A

FEW OF US RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE

BEEN INDUCTED IN ALREADY.

BUT THERE'S ONLY A FEW OF US.

SECONDLY, I ALMOST DIED FROM AN

OVERDOSE IN 2007, WHICH KIND OF

SUCKED BECAUSE -- HAILIE, PLUG

YOUR EARS.

BECAUSE DRUGS WERE FUCKING

DELICIOUS, AND I THOUGHT WE HAD

A GOOD THING GOING, MAN.

BUT I HAD TO GO IN FUCK IT ALL

UP AND TAKE TOO MANY.

GOD DAMN.

OKAY, HAILIE, YOU'RE GOOD.

MY MUSICAL INFLUENCES ARE MANY,

AND THEY SAY IT TAKES A VILLAGE

TO RAISE A CHILD.

WELL, IT TOOK A WHOLE GENRE AND

CULTURE TO RAISE ME.

THEY SAY SUCCESS HAS MANY

FATHERS, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY

TRUE FOR ME.

SO WHATEVER MY IMPACT HAS BEEN

ON HIP-HOP MUSIC, I NEVER WOULD

HAVE OR COULD HAVE DONE THIS

SHIT WITHOUT GROUNDBREAKING

ARTISTS, SOME OF THE GROUND

BREAKING ARTISTS I'M ABOUT TO

MENTION.

THESE WERE MY TEACHERS RIGHT

HERE.

I'LL START WITH THE

2 LIVE CREW, TUPAC, 3RD BASS,

ALLIANCE, APACHE, AUDIO TWO,

MILK DEE, WADDAP?

AWESOME DRE, THE BEASTIE BOYS,

BIG DADDY KANE, BIG PUN, BIG L,

BIZ MARKIE, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G,

OF COURSE.

BLACK MOON, THE BOOGIE MONSTERS,

BRAND NUBIAN, BROTHER J FROM X

CLAN, BUCKSHOT, CASUAL FROM

HIEROGLYPHICS, CHILL ROB G,

CHUBB ROCK, CHUCK D, AND

PUBLIC ENEMY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

CYPRESS HILL.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

D-NICE, DANA DANE, DE LA SOUL.

NOW I'M ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY

DONE.

DEF JEFF, DEL THE FUNKY

HOMOSAPIEN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

DJ QUIK.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

DR. DRE.

OF COURSE

DRES OF BLACK SHEEP, ED O.G.,

EPMD, THE FAT BOYS, FAT JOE,

FU-SCHNICKENS, GANG STARR, GETO

BOYS, HEAVY D, HOUSE OF PAIN,

ICE CUBE, ICE-T, THE INTELLIGENT

HOODLUM, J.J. FAD, JAZ-O, JAZZY

JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE,

JUST-ICE, KING SOLO, KID 'N

PLAY, KING SUN, KING TEE, KOOL G

RAP, KOOL MOE DEE, KRS-ONE,

KWAME, LAKIM SHABAZZ, LARGE

PROFESSOR, LEADERS OF THE NEW

SCHOOL, AND MY MAN, WHERE'D I

JUST SEE HIM?

THE ONE AND ONLY LL COOL J.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

LOVE YOU, BRO.

LORD FINESSE, LORDS OF THE

UNDERGROUND, MANTRONIX,

MASTA ACE, MC BREED, MC LYTE,

MC SHAN, MELLE MEL, MERCILESS

AMEER, MOBB DEEP, MONIE LOVE,

NAS, NEWCLEUS, ONYX, ORGANIZED

KONFUSION, OUTKAST, ANDRE 3000.

PARIS, PHARCYDE, QUEEN LATIFAH,

RAKIM, REDHEAD KINGPIN, PETE

ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH.

I'M ALMOST DONE.

REDMAN, ROXANNE SHANTE,

RUN-D.M.C, SALT-N-PEPA, SLICK

RICK & DOUG E. FRESH.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

SNOOP DOGG, SOULS OF MISCHIEF,

SPECIAL ED, STETSASONIC.

NOW I'M DOWN TO THE S, ALL

RIGHT.

I ALPHABETIZED THIS SHIT.

SUPER LOVER CEE & CASANOVA RUD,

THE D.O.C, THE ROOTS, BLACK

THOUGHT, THE SKINNY BOYS, TONY

D, TOO SHORT, TREACH OF NAUGHTY

BY NATURE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, UTFO,

WHODINI, WISE INTELLIGENT AND

THE POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS,

WU-TANG CLAN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND YZ.

YO, THOSE WERE MY ROCK STARS,

MAN.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY, LIKE,

THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE

NAMES THAT I HOPE WILL BE

CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE FOR

INDUCTION, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM,

A LOT OF US WOULDN'T BE HERE.

I KNOW I WOULDN'T.

[APPLAUSE]

I'M A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT, MAN,

WITH A HIP HOP EDUCATION, AND

THESE WERE MY TEACHERS, AND IT'S

THEIR NIGHT JUST AS MUCH AS IT

IS MINE.

SO THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ THE NIGHT WE MET I KNEW I

NEEDED YOU SO ♪

♪ AND IF I HAD THE CHANCE I'D

NEVER LET YOU GO ♪

♪ SO WHAT YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME ♪

♪ I'LL MAKE YOU SO PROUD OF ME ♪

♪ WILL MAKE THEM TURN THEIR

HEADS ♪

♪ EVERY PLACE WE GO ♪

♪ SO WON'T YOU PLEASE ♪

♪ BE MY, BE MY BABY MAMA WILL BE

MY LITTLE BABY ♪

♪ MY ONE AND ONLY BABY ♪

♪ SAY YOU'LL BE MY DARLING ♪

♪ BE MY, BE MY BABY MAMA BE MY

BABY NOW ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ AND SO IT WAS THAT LATER ♪

♪ AS THE MILLER TOLD HIS TALE ♪

♪ THAT HER FACE, AT FIRST JUST

GHOSTLY ♪

♪ TURNED A WHITER SHADE OF

PALE ♪

♪ BUT NOW THERE'S NOWHERE TO

HIDE ♪

♪ SINCE YOU PUSHED MY LOVE

ASIDE ♪

♪ I'M OUT OF MY HEAD ♪

♪ HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU ♪

♪ HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ IS THERE ONE TROUBLED SOUL ♪

♪ THE TENTH OF MIND COULD HOLD ♪

♪ WHO'S GOING TO MISS ME WHEN

I'M GONE?

♪

♪ WHO'S GOING TO MISS ME? ♪

♪ WHO'S GONNA MISS ME, LORDY ♪

♪ WHO'S GOING TO MISS ME WHEN

I'M GONE? ♪

♪ AS I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY

OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH ♪

♪ I TAKE A LOOK AT MY LIFE AND

REALIZE THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT ♪

♪ BEEN SPENDING MOST THEIR LIVES

LIVING IN THE GANGSTA'S

PARADISE ♪

♪ BEEN SPENDING MOST THEIR LIVES

LIVING IN THE GANGSTA'S

PARADISE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> WHAT ABOUT TAYLOR HAWKINS ON

THE MOTHERFUCKIN' DRUM SET?

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪

♪ HE'S ORDINARY BEC ♪ ♪

♪ YOU SHAKE MY NERVES AND YOU

HAD A MIGRAINE MEMO TOO MUCH

LOVE DRIVES A MAN INSANE ♪

♪ YOU BROKE MY WILL ♪

♪ BUT WHAT A THRILL MAMA

GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS

OF FIRE ♪

>> I WAS PRETTY ACTIVE ON STAGE.

I HAD TO BE, I HAD A LOT OF

COMPETITION.

I NEED TO DO SOMETHING, SO I

KICKED MY PIANO STOOL BACK, AND

WOW, MAN.

♪ SHAKE, BABY SHAKE CLOSE MAMA

>> I LOVED TO PLAY THE PIANO.

I LOVED TO SING.

AND I WILL DO IT UNTIL THE GOOD

LORD CALLS ME HOME.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU.

♪ YOU SHAKE MY NERVES AND YOU

RATTLE MY BRAIN ♪

♪ TOO MUCH LOVE DRIVES A MAN

INSANE ♪

♪ YOU BROKE MY WILL, BUT WHAT A

THRILL ♪

♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS

OF FIRE ♪

♪ I LAUGHED AT LOVE 'CAUSE I

THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY ♪

♪ YOU CAME ALONG AND YOU MOVED

ME HONEY ♪

♪ I'VE CHANGED MY MIND, THIS

LOVE IS FINE ♪

♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS

OF FIRE ♪

♪ KISS ME, BABY, OOH, FEELS

GOOD ♪

♪ HOLD ME, BABY ♪

♪ WELL, I'LL ONLY LOVE YOU LIKE

A LOVER SHOULD ♪

♪ YOU'RE FINE, SO KIND ♪

♪ GOT TO TELL THIS WORLD THAT

YOU'RE MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE ♪

♪ I CHEW MY NAILS AND I TWIDDLE

MY THUMBS ♪

♪ I'M REAL NERVOUS, BUT IT SURE

IS FUN ♪

♪ COME ON, BABY, YOU DRIVE ME

CRAZY ♪

♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS

OF FIRE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ KISS ME, BABY ♪

♪ OOH, FEELS GOOD ♪

♪ HOLD ME, BABY ♪

♪ WELL, I WANNA LOVE YOU LIKE A

LOVER SHOULD ♪

♪ YOU'RE FINE, SO KIND ♪

♪ GOT TO TELL THIS WORLD THAT

YOU'RE MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE ♪

♪ I CHEW MY NAILS AND I TWIDDLE

MY THUMBS ♪

♪ REAL NERVOUS, BUT IT SURE IS

FUN ♪

♪ COME ON, BABY, DRIVE ME

CRAZY ♪

♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS

OF FIRE ♪

♪ ♪

[GUITAR SOLO]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ KISS ME, BABY ♪

♪ OOH, JOHNNY, IT FEELS GOOD ♪

♪ HOLD ME, BABY ♪

♪ WELL, I WANNA LOVE YOU LIKE A

LOVER SHOULD ♪

♪ YOU'RE FINE, SO KIND ♪

♪ GOT TO TELL THIS WORLD THAT

YOU'RE MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE ♪

♪ REAL NERVOUS, BUT IT SURE IS

FUN ♪

♪ COME ON, BABY, DRIVE ME

CRAZY ♪

♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS

OF FIRE ♪

♪ ♪

>> LET'S ROCK 'N' ROLL!

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

ZAC BROWN BAND.

>> Announcer: TO INDUCT

DOLLY PARTON INTO THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, PINK?

IS A GOOD

MUS♪ ♪L

>> HI.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST MAGICAL

NIGHTS I'VE EVER WITNESSED IN

THE HISTORY OF ME BEING IN

MUSIC.

HONESTLY.

I'M BLOWN AWAY, AND I'M GOING TO

GET STARTED.

DOLLY PARTON.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THERE ARE FEW FINER SONGWRITERS,

MALE OR FEMALE, THAT HAVE EVER

LIVED.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

SHE GREW UP IN A TWO ROOM HOME

WITH NO RUNNING WATER.

SHE WOULD GO ON TO BECOME ONE OF

THE GREATEST STORYTELLERS OF OUR

TIME.

[APPLAUSE]

OF ANY TIME.

WHILE SHE GOT HER START ON THE

PORTER WAGONER CHILD, SHE KNEW

SHE WASN'T ANYBODY'S SIDEKICK.

SHE KNEW THAT SHE WAS A SHOOTING

STAR, AND SHE HAD SOME THINGS

SHE NEEDED TO GET OFF HER CHEST.

AND SO SHE CRAFTED HEARTBREAKING

AND SOUL STIRRING STORIES ABOUT

THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OFTEN

OVERLOOKED.

SHE PAINTED A PICTURE WITH HER

WORDS AND THEN COLORED AND THE

LINES WITH THAT ANGELIC VOICE.

SHE PLAYS THE GUITAR WITH LONG

TALON-LIKE FINGERNAILS.

[LAUGHTER]

AND NEVER MISSES A NOTE.

SHE WRITES ABOUT THINGS THAT

OTHERS WOULD PREFER TO BE SWEPT

UNDER THE RUG.

SHE GIVES A VOICE TO THE

VOICELESS.

HER LIFE'S WORK, TO ME, IS A

NARRATIVE OF PAINFUL, BEAUTIFUL,

POETIC, MELODIC COMMENTARY ON

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE HUMAN, AND

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A WOMAN IN

AMERICA.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

SHE WRITES ABOUT POVERTY, SHAME,

THE CRUELTY OF BULLYING, AND A

DAUGHTER'S UNWAVERING AND TRUE

LOVE FOR HER MAMA IN "THE COAT

OF MANY COLORS."

SHE WRITES ABOUT SUICIDE AND

"THE BRIDGE."

SHE WRITES ABOUT THE UTTER AGONY

AND HEARTBREAK OF GIVING BIRTH

TO A STILLBORN CHILD IN "DOWN

FROM DOVER."

SHE RET REASSURES US IN THAT LOG

TONE THAT SHE CAN SEE THE LIGHT

OF A CLEAR BLUE MORNING AND

WE'LL ALL BE OKAY.

[APLAUSE]

SHE WRITES ABOUT WOMEN IN THE

WORKPLACE.

♪ WORKING 9 TO 5 MAMA AIN'T

ENOUGH TO MAKE A LIVING ♪

[APPLAUSE]

SHE SINGS OUT HER HEART ACHE AND

PUT WORDS TO IT FOR US WHEN YOU

CAN'T FIND THEM FOR OURSELVES.

SHE MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE GOD IS

LISTENING AND THAT HELP IS RIGHT

AROUND THE CORNER.

[APPLAUSE]

DOLLY PARTON WROTE THE NUMBER

ONE MOST SELLING SONG OF ALL

TIME BY A FEMALE ARTIST, "I WILL

ALWAYS LOVE YOU."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

APPARENTLY SHE WASN'T EXHAUSTED

AFTER THAT SHEER GENIUS, BECAUSE

ON THE SAME NIGHT, SHE WROTE

"JOLENE."

[APPLAUSE]

SHOW OFF!

[LAUGHS]

DOLLY PARTON IS ONE OF THE MOST

HONORED FEMALE COUNTRY

PERFORMERS OF ALL TIME.

[APPLAUSE]

SHE HAS HAD 26 SONGS REACH

NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD

COUNTRY CHARTS, WHICH IS A

RECORD FOR A FEMALE ARTIST.

SHE HAS HAD 42 CAREER TOP TEN

COUNTRY ALBUMS, I RECORD FOR ANY

ARTIST, AND 110 CAREER-CHARTED

SINGLES OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE]

BUT SHE'S ALSO A KIND AND

GENEROUS SOUL.

SHE STARTED THE DOLLY PARTON

IMAGINATION LIBRARY, AND HAS

SINCE GIVEN 150 MILLION BUCKS TO

CHILDREN ACROSS THE WORLD.

[APPLAUSE]

SHE HAS GIVEN SCHOLARSHIPS, AND

EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES FOR KIDS

TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL.

I COULD HAVE USED ONE OF THOSE.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE AWARDS AND

HER BRILLIANT SONGWRITING, AND

HOW SHE HAS A MACHETE AND HAS

CARVED HER OWN PATH FOR ENTIRE

LIFE.

BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LEGEND

THAT SHE HAS CREATED.

I'M STEREOTYPING A LITTLE BIT

HERE, BUT I IMAGINE THAT MOST

MEN LOOK AT DOLLY PARTON, AND I

WONDER HOW OFTEN THEY DEEPLY

GAZE INTO YOUR EYES.

[LAUGHTER]

AND MOST WOMEN LOOK AT DOLLY AND

INSTEAD SEE HER SPIRIT, AND HER

HEART ON HER SLEEVE.

[APPLAUSE]

AND I THINK HOW DOLLY SEES

HERSELF AS THE BEST PART.

DOLLY DIDN'T JUST GET THE JOKE.

SHE WROTE IT.

SHE DOESN'T CARE IF YOU'RE

LAUGHING, AS LONG AS YOU'RE

LISTENING.

SHE ALWAYS SAID, "I WEAR THIS

BIG HAIR AND THESE FANCY CLOTHES

AND ALL THIS MAKEUP SO I KNOW

THAT NO ONE WILL MISS ME."

AND SHE WAS ALSO PUT THAT

SAYING, ONE OF MY FAVORITE

QUOTES OF ALL TIME, "IT TAKES A

LOT OF MONEY TO LOOK THIS

CHEAP."

[LAUGHTER]

PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT SHE IS

THE ONLY AUTHOR OF HER STORY,

AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY

THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN,

DOLLY PARTON.

[APPLAUSE]

♪ SITTING ON THE FRONT PORCH ON

A SUMMER AFTERNOON MAMA IN A

STRAIGHT-BACKED CHAIR ON TWO

LEGS CLOSE MAMA >> NO ONE

DOESN'T LIKE DOLLY.

THE WAY SHE WOULD TREAT HER

BIGGEST FAN, THE WAY SHE'D TREAT

HER WORST ENEMY, IT'S ALL THE

SAME.

I'VE HAD SUCH A GREAT ROLE MODEL

AS A MUSICIAN BUT ALSO AS A

PERSON.

SHE'S THE KINDEST OF ALL.

>> MS. DOLLY PARTON.

♪ ♪

>> BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LADY THAT

HAS BEEN ON TOUR WITH US OUT IN

THE GREAT NORTHWESTERN PART OF

THE UNITED STATES, MISSED

DOLLY PARTON.

>> PORTER WAGONER, THAT WAS THE

BIG, BIG BREAK.

BUT I SAID, I WANT TO GO OUT ON

MY OWN.

I'M A WRITER, I'M A SINGER.

I DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THE

DUET.

I WAS GOING TO BE A STAR.

♪ JOSHUA, JOSHUA MAMA WHAT YOU

DOING LIVING HERE ALONE? ♪

♪ JOSHUA, JOSHUA ♪

♪ AND YOU GOT NOBODY TO CALL

YOUR OWN?

CLOSE MAMA >> MY FOLKS WERE JUST

SIMPLE POOR MOUNTAIN PEOPLE.

BUT IT WAS ON THE WHEN I GOT ON

STAGE THE FIRST TIME IN SING IN

FRONT OF A CROWD, THAT WAS THE

MOMENT I REALIZED WHAT I WAS

GOING TO DO THE REST OF MY LIFE.

♪ MY COAT OF MANY COLORS THAT

MY MAMA MADE FOR ME ♪

♪ MADE ONLY FROM RAGS, BUT I

WORE IT SO PROUDLY CL ♪E

>> IT'S PROBABLY IN HER

APPELLATION DNA TO BE SUCH A

STORYTELLER.

SHE'S GOT HUMOR, SHE'S GOT

HEART.

SHE ALWAYS BEGS IT BACK TO THE

TRIALS AND TRIBUTE NATIONS OF

BEING A PERSON THAT ALIVE, THAT

YOU CAN RELATE TO.

>> WE HAD ALL THE IMPORTANT

THINGS IN LIFE.

THINGS LIKE A GOOD MAMA AND

DADDY, UNDERSTANDING AND

KINDNESS, LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, A

LOVE FOR THE LORD, AND

APPRECIATION FOR THE LAND.

♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE,

JOLENE ♪

♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU, PLEASE

DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

DOLLY PARTON.

♪ ♪

>>> THE DOLLY WITH A COTTON CANY

HAIR SO FAR IS NOT DESERTING HER

COUNTRY FANS, BUT SHE IS LOOKIG

FOR EVEN BIGGER AUDIENCES.

TO DO THAT, SHE MUST APPEAL TO

THE POP AND ROCK CROWD.

♪ ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS SMILE

THAT SMILE ♪

♪ AND I GOT MY DEFENSES CLOSE

MAMA >> I LOVE NASHVILLE.

I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC.

I SAID, I'M NOT LEAVING COUNTRY

MUSIC.

I'M TAKING WITH ME WHEREVER I

GO.

>> WHAT IS THE REASON FOR YOUR

VISIT?

>> I'M A REFORMER.

>> WHAT YOU DO?

>> ICING.

>> DOLLY IS CAPTIVATING.

SHE LOOKS LIKE SUCH AN ICON.

THE JULIE, THE COLORS, THE

RHINESTONES.

BUT WHEN SHE SPEAKS, YOU'RE

LIKE, SHE'S JUST MY FRIEND NEXT

DOOR.

>> WHEN I STARTED WEARING MAKEUP

AND BLEACHING MY HAIR, MY

GRANDPA THOUGHT I WAS GOING

STRAIGHT TO HELL.

JEZEBEL, HE CALMLY.

"THE DEVIL MADE YOU AWARE THAT

HAIR."

♪ ♪

>> YOU MUST FEEL SEXY.

>> I DON'T REALLY THINK OF

MYSELF JUST SEXY.

I JUST ALWAYS HAD A LOOK.

I LIKE THE BIG HAIR AND ALL THE

MAKEUP, AND TO LOOK MORE LIKE A

HOOKER.

[LAUGHTER]

PEOPLE CAN'T MISS ME HARDLY WITH

ALL THIS GODLY APPEARANCE, WHICH

IS THE REASON I WEAR IT.

I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO MISS ME.

>> HER CUTENESS AND HER LOVE,

HER ENERGY AROUND IS SO GOOD.

NO MATTER HOW MANY

TRANSFORMATIONS, NEVER HAVE MATR

HOW MANY LEGS, BOOBS, WHATEVER

SHE DOES, IT STILL THAT FACE AND

THAT PHASE OF LOVE AND COMPASSIN

AND CARING FOR OTHER

PEOPLE.

♪ ♪

♪ WORKING 9 TO 5 MAMA WHAT A

WAY TO MAKE A LIVING CLOSE MAMA

>> I THINK ANYONE THAT CAN WRITE

THAT KIND OF SIGN CAN BE THE

SELF TO BE AN ACTRESS.

>> I'M GOING TO CHANGE FROM A

ROOSTER TO HEN WITH ONE SHOT!

>> I JUST WROTE THE SONG AND

PRESENTED IT AND THEY LOVED IT.

I TAKE MY SONGWRITING MORE

SERIOUS THAN ANYTHING ELSE I DO.

>> SHE'S A SONGWRITER.

SHE WRITES BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.

SHE HAS AN INCREDIBLE VOICE, AND

SHE USES HER SEXUALITY TO HAVE

THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.

>> I STARTED WITH PORTER IN A

POT 366 AND THAT WAS MY BIG

BREAK.

WE HAD MANY DUET YEARS LATER.

I GOT TO WORK WITH KENNY ROGERS,

ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE IN THE

WHOLE WORLD.

♪ ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, THAT

IS WHAT WE ARE MAMA NOW AND IN

BETWEEN MAMA HOW CAN WE BE

WRONG? ♪

♪ SAIL AWAY WITH ME ♪

♪ TO ANOTHER WORLD, AND WE RELY

ON EACH OTHER, UH-HUH ♪

>> DOLLY, SINCE DAY ONE, HAS AN

APPENDAGE

UNAPOLOGETICALLY SAID, THIS IS

WHAT I'M SINGING, THESE ARE THE

SIGNS I'M WRITING, THIS IS WHAT

I'M STANDING AT FOUR.

SHE DOES IT IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL

WAY, AND THAT IS FUCKING

ROCK 'N' ROLL.

♪ ♪

♪ IF I SHOULD STAY MAMA I WOULD

ONLY BE IN YOUR WAY ♪

♪ AND SO I'LL GO ♪

>> I HAVE NO REGRETS.

I WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR

TRYING.

WHEN I'M OLD AND ROCKING AWAY ON

MY ROCKING CHAIR, I'D RATHER

REGRET A FEW THINGS I DID THAN

TO REGRET A WHOLE BUNCH OF

THINGS I DIDN'T DO.

♪ I WISH YOU LOVE ♪

♪ AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ♪

♪ AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ♪

♪ I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ♪

♪ ♪

[APPLAUSE]

>> DOLLY, YOU ARE AMAZING.

YOU BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND

YOU PUT SO MUCH LIGHT AND JOY

INTO THE WORLD.

WE ALL LOVE YOU SO MUCH, AND I

AM BEYOND HONORED.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INDUCT YOU

INTO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> WELL, THANK YOU, PINK!

I'M A ROCK STAR NOW!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[LAUGHS]

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THIS IS A

VERY, VERY, VERY SPECIAL NIGHT

FOR ME.

I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU KNEW THAT,

BACK WHEN THEY SAID THEY WERE

GOING TO PUT ME IN THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, I

DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE I HAD

DONE ENOUGH TO DESERVE THAT.

AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AT THE

TIME THAT IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE

MORE THAN THAT.

BUT I'M JUST HONORED AND SO

PROUD TO BE HERE TONIGHT, AND

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

BUT I FEEL HONORED, MOSTLY, I

THINK, TO BE IN THIS HOUSE OF

ALL THIS GREATNESS, AND ALL THIS

TALENT.

AND WHEN I ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT

THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, I

THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST FOR PEOPLE

IN ROCK 'N' ROLL.

AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU KNOW,

IF I'M GOING TO BE IN THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, I'M

GOING TO HAVE TO DO A ROCK

ALBUM."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

MY HUSBAND OF 56 YEARS IS A HUGE

ROCK FAN, AND ALL THROUGH THE

HOUSE HE HAS MUSIC LOUDER THAN

THIS GOING ON AT ALL TIMES.

AND HE HAS ALWAYS SAID, "YOU

SHOULD DO A ROCK ALBUM."

AND I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO

WRITE A SONG FOR TONIGHT, WHICH

I'M GOING TO SING IN A MINUTE,

BUT...

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

IT KIND OF TELLS MY STORY, HOW I

FELT ABOUT IT.

ANYWAY, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK

THE HALL OF FAME.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE

OUT THERE THROUGH ALL THESE

YEARS.

I STARTED SINGING WHEN I WAS TEN

YEARS OLD ON A LOCAL RADIO AND

TELEVISION, AND I'VE BEEN DOING

IT ALL MY LIFE.

I DO LOVE IT, AND I AM SO PROUD

TO HAVE HAD SO MANY OF YOU EVEN

PERFORM SOME OF MY SONGS, AND I

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M VERY HUMBLED BY THIS.

I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FANS

HERE TONIGHT, AS WELL.

COUNTRY FANS, AND THE OTHERS.

I AM JUST HONORED TO BE PART OF

THIS AND HAVE ALL THE FRIENDS

HERE TONIGHT THAT ARE GOING INTO

THE HALL OF FAME WITH ME.

AND SO I JUST FEEL PROUD TO BE

HERE, AS MINNIE PEARL WOULD SAY.

SO THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> AND NOW, JOINING ME ON STAGE

IS BRANDI CARLILE AND THE ZAC

BROWN BAND.

♪ ♪

♪ BACK THROUGH THE YEARS ♪

♪ I GO WANDERIN' ONCE AGAIN ♪

♪ BACK TO THE SEASONS OF MY

YOUTH ♪

♪ I RECALL A BOX OF RAGS THAT

SOMEONE GAVE US ♪

♪ AND HOW MY MOMMA PUT THE RAGS

TO USE ♪

♪ THERE WERE RAGS OF MANY

COLORS ♪

♪ EVERY PIECE WAS SMALL ♪

♪ AND I DIDN'T HAVE A COAT ♪

♪ AND IT WAS WAY DOWN IN THE

FALL ♪

♪ MOMMA SEWED THE RAGS

TOGETHER ♪

♪ SEWIN' EVERY PIECE WITH LOVE ♪

♪ SHE MADE MY COAT OF MANY

COLORS ♪

♪ THAT I WAS SO PROUD OF ♪

♪ AND WHILE SHE SEWED, SHE TOLD

A STORY ♪

♪ FROM THE BIBLE, SHE HAD READ ♪

♪ ABOUT A COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪

♪ JOSEPH WORE AND THEN SHE

SAID ♪

♪ I HOPE THIS COAT WILL BRING

YOU ♪

♪ GOOD LUCK AND HAPPINESS ♪

♪ AND I JUST COULDN'T WAIT TO

WEAR IT ♪

♪ AND MOMMA BLESSED IT WITH A

KISS ♪

♪ MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪

♪ THAT MY MOMMA MADE FOR ME ♪

♪ MADE ONLY FROM RAGS ♪

♪ BUT I WORE IT SO PROUDLY ♪

♪ ALTHOUGH WE HAD NO MONEY ♪

♪ I WAS RICH AS I COULD BE ♪

♪ IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪

♪ MY MOMMA MADE FOR ME ♪

♪ SO WITH PATCHES ON MY

BRITCHES ♪

♪ AND HOLES IN BOTH MY SHOES ♪

♪ IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪

♪ OH, I HURRIED OFF TO SCHOOL ♪

♪ JUST TO FIND THE OTHERS

LAUGHING ♪

♪ AND MAKING FUN OF ME ♪

♪ IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪

♪ MY MOMMA MADE FOR ME ♪

♪ AND OH, I COULDN'T

UNDERSTAND IT ♪

♪ FOR I FELT I WAS RICH ♪

♪ AND I TOLD 'EM OF THE LOVE ♪

♪ MY MOMMA SEWED IN EVERY

STITCH ♪

♪ AND I TOLD 'EM ALL THE STORY ♪

♪ MOMMA TOLD ME WHILE SHE

SEWED ♪

♪ AND HOW MY COAT OF MANY

COLORS ♪

♪ WAS WORTH MORE THAN ALL THEIR

CLOTHES ♪

♪ BUT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

IT ♪

♪ AND I TRIED TO MAKE THEM SEE ♪

♪ THAT ONE IS ONLY POOR ♪

♪ ONLY IF THEY CHOOSE TO BE ♪

♪ ALTHOUGH WE HAD NO MONEY ♪

♪ I WAS RICH AS I COULD BE ♪

♪ IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪

♪ MY MOMMA MADE FOR ME ♪

♪ JUST FOR ME ♪

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> PLEASE WELCOME SHERYL CROW

AND ZAC BROWN.

♪ ♪

♪ TUMBLE OUT OF BED ♪

♪ AND STUMBLE TO THE KITCHEN ♪

♪ POUR MYSELF A CUP OF

AMBITION ♪

♪ AND YAWN AND STRETCH AND TRY

TO COME TO LIFE ♪

♪ JUMP IN THE SHOWER ♪

♪ AND THE BLOOD STARTS PUMPIN' ♪

♪ OUT ON THE STREETS, THE

TRAFFIC STARTS JUMPIN' ♪

♪ FOR FOLKS LIKE ME ON THE JOB

FROM 9 TO 5 ♪

♪ WORKIN' 9 TO 5 ♪

♪ WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVIN' ♪

♪ BARELY GETTIN' BY ♪

♪ IT'S ALL TAKIN' AND NO

GIVIN' ♪

♪ THEY JUST USE YOUR MIND ♪

♪ AND THEY NEVER GIVE YOU

CREDIT ♪

♪ IT'S ENOUGH TO DRIVE YOU ♪

♪ CRAZY IF YOU LET IT ♪

♪ 9 TO 5 ♪

♪ FOR SERVICE AND DEVOTION ♪

♪ YOU WOULD THINK THAT I ♪

♪ WOULD DESERVE A FAT

PROMOTION ♪

♪ WANT TO MOVE AHEAD ♪

♪ BUT THE BOSS WON'T SEEM TO LET

ME ♪

♪ I SWEAR SOMETIMES THAT MAN

IS ♪

♪ OUT TO GET ME ♪

♪ THEY LET YOU DREAM ♪

♪ JUST A WATCH 'EM SHATTER ♪

♪ YOU'RE JUST A STEP ON THE BOSS

MAN'S LADDER ♪

♪ BUT YOU GOT DREAMS HE'LL NEVER

TAKE AWAY ♪

♪ IN THE SAME BOAT WITH A LOT OF

YOUR FRIENDS ♪

♪ WAITIN' FOR THE DAY YOUR

SHIP'LL COME IN ♪

♪ AND THE TIDE'S GONNA TURN ♪

♪ AND IT'S ALL GONNA ROLL YOU

AWAY ♪

♪ WORKIN' 9 TO 5 ♪

♪ WHAT A WAY TO MAKE LIVIN' ♪

♪ BARELY GETTIN' BY ♪

♪ IT'S ALL TAKIN' AND NO

GIVIN' ♪

♪ THEY JUST USE YOUR MIND ♪

♪ AND YOU NEVER GET THE CREDIT ♪

♪ IT'S ENOUGH TO DRIVE YOU ♪

♪ CRAZY IF YOU LET IT ♪

♪ 9 TO 5 ♪

♪ YEAH, THEY GOT YOU WERE THEY

WANT YOU ♪

♪ THERE'S A BETTER LIFE ♪

♪ AND YOU THINK ABOUT IT, DON'T

YOU? ♪

♪ IT'S A RICH MAN'S GAME ♪

♪ NO MATTER WHAT THEY CALL IT ♪

♪ AND YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE ♪

♪ PUTTING MONEY IN HIS WALLET ♪

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> AND NOW, HERE SHE IS, THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMER,

DOLLY PARTON.

>> I FIGURE IF I'M GOING TO BE

IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME,

I'M GONNA HAVE TO EARN IT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[GUITAR RIFF]

AND YOU THOUGHT I COULDN'T ROCK!

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!

♪ ♪

♪ I GREW UP LOVING ELVIS MAMA

AND WILD MAN JERRY LEE ♪

♪ CHUCK BERRY, LITTLE RICHARD ♪

♪ THEY ALL CAST A SPELL ON ME ♪

♪ CARL PERKINS IN THOSE BLUE

STATES SHE HAS HAD NO PLACE ON

THE FARM MAMA BUT THEY WAS

BETTER THAN THEM BROGANS I WAS

WEARING AROUND THE BARN MAMA

WITH MY TRANSISTOR RADIO MY

UNCLE BOUGHT FOR ME ♪

♪ I DANCED AND PRANCED AROUND

THE SMOKE HE HAS OF TENNESSEE,

SINGING DON'T BE CRUEL, GREAT

BALLS OF FIRE MAMA AND BE GOOD,

JOHNNY B ♪

♪ I WAS JUST A CHILD BUT I WENT

HOG WILD WITH THE RHYTHM AND THE

BEAT MAMA I'VE BEEN ROCKING,

ROCKING, ROCKING SINCE THE DAY I

WAS BORN.

I'LL BE ROCKIN' TILL THE DAY I'M

GONE ♪

♪ I STILL GOT ROCK 'N' ROLL DOWN

IN MY COUNTRY SO ♪

♪ AND I'LL BE ROCKIN' IT TILL

THE COWS COME HOME ♪

♪ UH-HUH ♪

♪ A DANCING FOOT, PRAYING ME ♪

♪ Y'ALL DEAD ON THE SAME LEG

MAMA THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTRY

PREACHER SAID WHEN HE WOULD

PLEAD AND BEG MAMA GIVE UP THAT

TYPE OF MUSIC, IT'LL SING YOU

STRAIGHT TO HELL! ♪

♪ IT SET ME STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN

WHEN I HEARD THAT GUITAR WAIL ♪

♪ I'M ROCKIN' IT! ♪

♪ -ROCKIN', ROCKIN', ROCKIN'

SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN ♪

♪ I'D BE ROCKIN' TILL THE DAY

I'M GONE ♪

♪ I GOT ROCK 'N' ROLL DOWN IN MY

COUNTRY SOLD ♪

♪ AND I'LL BE ROCKING IT UNTIL

THE COWS COME HOME ♪

♪♪ ♪

[GUITAR SOLO]

HERE I AM ON THE STAGE, YOU ALL

KNOW MY NAME ♪

♪ WITH MANY COUNTRY ACCOLADES,

COUNTRY IS IN MY VEINS MAMA BUT

SINCE I HAD THE BIG NEWS, I

AIN'T NEVER BEEN THE SAME MAMA

BECAUSE THEY DONE GONE AND PUT

ME IN THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME ♪

♪ ROCKIN', ROCKIN', ROCKIN'

SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN ♪

♪ I'D BE ROCKIN' TILL THE DAY

I'M GONE ♪

♪ YEAH, I STILL GOT

ROCK 'N' ROLL DOWN IN MY COUNTRY

SOUL ♪

♪ AND I'LL BE ROCKIN' IT TILL

THE COWS COME HOME ♪

♪ Y'ALL PUT ME IN THE

HALL OF FAME, SO I GUESS THERE

AIN'T NO SHAME ♪

♪ I'LL BE ROCKIN' IT TILL THE

COWS COME HOME ♪

♪ YEAH, I'LL BE ROCKIN' UNTIL

THE COWS COME HOME ♪

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I GUESS WE ARE GOING TO DO

SOMETHING ELSE NOW, HUH?

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO

"JOLENE," IS THAT RIGHT?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE,

JOLENE ♪

♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪

♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,

JOLENE, JOLENE ♪

♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM EVEN

THOUGH YOU CAN ♪

♪ YOUR BEAUTY IS BEYOND

COMPARE ♪

♪ WITH FLAMING LOCKS OF

AUBURN HAIR ♪

♪ WITH IVORY SKIN AND

EYES OF EMERALD GREEN ♪

♪ YOUR SMILE IS LIKE

A BREATH OF SPRING ♪

♪ YOUR VOICE IS SOFT

LIKE SUMMER RAIN ♪

♪ AND I CANNOT COMPETE WITH YOU,

JOLENE ♪

♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE,

JOLENE ♪

♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪

♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,

JOLENE, JOLENE ♪

♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM JUST

BECAUSE YOU CAN ♪

>> SIMON?

♪ HE TALKS ABOUT YOU

IN HIS SLEEP ♪

♪ THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO

TO KEEP FROM CRYING ♪

♪ WHEN HE CALLS YOUR NAME,

JOLENE, JOLENE ♪

♪ AND I CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND ♪

♪ HOW YOU COULD EASILY

TAKE MY MAN ♪

♪ BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE

MEANS TO ME, JOLENE ♪

♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,

JOLENE, JOLENE ♪

♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪

♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,

JOLENE, JOLENE ♪

♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM JUST

BECAUSE YOU CAN ♪

♪ YOU COULD HAVE YOUR

CHOICE OF MEN ♪

♪ BUT I COULD NEVER LOVE AGAIN ♪

♪ HE'S THE ONLY ONE

FOR ME, JOLENE, JOLENE ♪

♪ I HAD TO HAVE THIS

TALK WITH YOU ♪

♪ MY HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON YOU ♪

♪ AND WHATEVER YOU

DECIDE TO DO, JOLENE ♪

♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,

JOLENE, JOLENE ♪

♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪

♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,

JOLENE, JOLENE ♪

♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM JUST

BECAUSE YOU CAN ♪

♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,

JOLENE, JOLENE ♪

♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪

♪ JOLENE, JOLENE,

JOLENE, JOLENE ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM JUST

BECAUSE YOU CAN.

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪

♪ TWO MINUTES LATER ♪

♪ GIRLS ON FILM ♪

♪ YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER ♪

♪ DREAM MAKER, LOVE TAKER ♪

♪ DON'T YOU MESS AROUND

WITH ME ♪

♪ LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT ♪

♪ ROCKING TO THE DAWN ♪

♪ YOU'RE SO VAIN ♪

♪ YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG

IS ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ EVERYBODY, ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT LONG ♪

♪ ALL NIGHT ♪

♪ NOW, WOULD I SAY SOMETHING

THAT WASN'T TRUE? ♪

♪ I'M ASKING YOU, SUGAR ♪

♪ WOULD I LIE TO YOU? ♪

♪ MY COAT OF MANY COLORS ♪

♪ THAT MY MOMMA MADE FOR ME ♪

♪ MADE ONLY FROM RAGS ♪

♪ BUT I WORE IT SO PROUDLY ♪

♪ WE'LL WALK THIS ROAD TOGETHER,

THROUGH THE STORM ♪

♪ NOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT STILL BE

IN THAT PLACE ♪

♪ WHATEVER WEATHER,

COLD OR WARM ♪

♪ GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS

OF FIRE ♪

>> LUTZ ROCK 'N' ROLL.