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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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>> ♪ TONIGHT, YOU ARE MINE

COMPLETELY ♪

♪ YOU GIVE YOUR LOVE SO

SWEETLY ♪

♪ TONIGHT THE LIGHT OF LOVE

IS IN YOUR EYES ♪

♪ BUT WILL YOU LOVE ME

TOMORROW? ♪

♪

♪ ♪

♪ IS THIS A LASTING TREASURE ♪

♪ OR JUST A MOMENT'S PLEASURE? ♪

♪ CAN I BELIEVE THE MAGIC OF

YOUR SIGHS? ♪

♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME

TOMORROW? ♪

♪ TONIGHT WITH WORDS UNSPOKEN ♪

♪ YOU SAY

THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE ♪

♪ BUT WILL MY HEART BE BROKEN ♪

♪ WHEN THE NIGHT MEETS

THE MORNING SUN? ♪

♪ I'D LIKE TO KNOW

THAT YOUR LOVE ♪

♪ IS LOVE I CAN BE SURE OF ♪

♪ SO TELL ME NOW, AND I WON'T

ASK AGAIN ♪

♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME

TOMORROW? ♪

♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME

TOMORROW? ♪

♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME

WILL YOU ♪

♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME

WILL YOU ♪

♪ WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME

TOMORROW ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> MUSIC COMES THROUGH ME, IT

COMES OUT OF ME.

THIS HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE

TIME I CAN REMEMBER.

I'M VERY LUCKY THAT I SPEAK THE

LANGUAGE OF MUSIC.

♪ ONE FINE DAY, YOU ARE GOING

TO WANT ME FOR YOUR GIRL ♪

>> SHE IS LIKE THE AIR.

SHE IS ALWAYS BEEN THERE.

>> WITHOUT HER, I WOULD NEVER

HAVE WANTED TO WRITE SONGS.

>> THE BAR THAT CAROLE SETS IS

THE ONE THAT WE ARE ALL TRYING

TO ASPIRE TO.

♪ ONE FINE DAY, YOU ARE GOING

TO WANT ME FOR YOUR GIRL ♪

♪ ♪

>> MY MOTHER HAD A PIANO, AND SO

I WAS ABLE TO PLAY IT AND WORK

ON IT BY EAR AND WRITE A LITTLE

DITTIES.

I WAS PLAYING PIANO AT AGE FOUR.

I CAN CONDUCTED AN ORCHESTRA AT

AGE 15.

MY MOM USED TO PLAY THE RADIO,

AND I LOVED THE PUPS DRUNKS.

I MARRIED GERRY GOFFIN

, AND HE IS WORKING AS A

CHEMIST, AND WE WOULD WRITE

SONGS AT NIGHT, AND I WOULD

PRESENT THEM.

>> IS VERY PRETTY MELODY, YOU

KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> I LIKE THAT.

>> I LIKE THAT.

>> IT WAS MAGIC.

THEY WERE A SONGWRITING MACHINE

PERFECTLY IN TUNE.

>> ♪ TONIGHT YOUR MIND

COMPLETELY ♪

>> ♪ ANOTHER PLEASANT VALLEY

SUNDAY ♪

>> JERRY WEXLER PRESENTED GERRY

GOFFIN WITH THE TITLES, I NEED

SOMETHING FOR ARETHA, "NATURAL

WOMAN."

>> ♪ WHAT YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE

A NATURAL WOMAN.

>> IF CAROLE HAD NEVER WRITTEN

THAT SONG OF THAT ERA, SHE WOULD

STILL BE ONE OF THE MOST

IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN

ROCK 'N' ROLL HISTORY.

>> MY DIVORCE WAS PROBABLY THE

SHATTERING OF MY WORLD.

>> ♪ WAY OVER YONDER ♪

>> I HAPPENED TO MOVE TO L.A.

AND MEET JAMES TAYLOR.

THERE HAPPENED TO BE A COMMUNITY

OF SONGWRITERS SINGING THEIR OWN

SONGS.

>> IT WAS COMMUNITY.

IT WAS PEOPLE GIVING AND

RECEIVING AND INFLUENCING AND

SHARING.

>> IT FELT A LOT LIKE FAMILY,

AND EVERYONE WANTED EVERYONE

ELSE TO SUCCEED.

THE FIRST THING THAT I

ENVISIONED WITH CAROLE WAS A

SOLO ARTIST THAT YOU ALWAYS FELT

SHE WAS SITTING AT THE PIANO AND

SINGING TO YOU.

>> SHE IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL

SINGER-SONGWRITER.

HER SONGS ARE SO SIMPLE, SO

MOVING.

>> I NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF A

SINGER.

I SANG MY OWN SONGS BECAUSE

THAT'S HOW YOU GET THEM OUT.

>> "WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW,"

JONI AND JAMES SAYING BACKGROUND

ON.

>> ♪ BUT WILL YOU LOVE ME

TOMORROW ♪

>> ♪ ♪ ♪

MUSICAL SO FAR AWAY...

♪

>> ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ IT WOULD BE SO FUN TO SEE YOUR

FACE AT MY DOOR ♪

>> IT HIT A NERVE WITH PEOPLE AT

THAT TIME.

IT JUST BECAME THEIR SOUNDTRACK.

>> ♪ OH, DARLING, WHEN YOU'RE

NEAR ME ♪

♪ AND YOU TENDERLY CALL MY

NAME ♪

>> CAROLE KING CAROL'S YOUR

LIFE.

YOU SUDDENLY HAVE THIS

WONDERFULLY FEMININE TAKE ON

RELATIONSHIPS THAT SORT OF,

LIGHT, ANSWERED ALL OF THESE

IMPOSSIBLE-2ESQUE QUESTIONS.

>> IS A YOUNG WOMAN, I GREW UP

LISTENING TO HER AND WAS

INSPIRED BY THE WAY THAT SHE

FEARLESSLY TOLD HER STORY.

♪ ♪

>> ♪ THERE SOMETHING WRONG

HERE, THERE CAN BE NO DENYING ♪

♪ ONE OF US IS CHANGING ♪

>> TAPESTRY IS LIKE AN ARTISTS

DREAM, TO CREATE A BODY OF WORK

THAT FOR EVER TOUCHES PEOPLE,

THAT BREAKS RECORDS AND

BOUNDARIES.

INCREDIBLE GREATNESS, PURENESS,

REALNESS, AND RAWNESS.

>> ♪ AND IT'S TOO LATE BABY,

NOW, IT'S TOO LATE ♪

♪ THOUGH WE REALLY DID TRY TO

MAKE IT ♪

>> I'VE ALWAYS HAD CONFIDENCE IN

THE FACT THAT WHEN I PLAYED

MUSIC, IT TOUCHED PEOPLE IN SOME

WAY.

AND THE PLACE I DIDN'T HAVE

CONFIDENCE WAS AS A PERFORMER.

THAT'S WHERE YOU CAME END.

>> ONE NIGHT, JAMES SAID, YOU

SHOULD DO "UP ON THE ROOF."

AND I'M LIKE, NO, PLEASE DON'T

MAKE ME DO IT.

>> AND TO GIVE ME A LOVELY

INTRODUCTION, AND AS I WAS

PERFORMING THE SONG, I COULD

FEEL THE AUDIENCE WITH ME.

>> ♪ OH, LET'S GO UP ON THE

ROOF ♪

>> SHE FINALLY STEPPED UP TO THE

PLATE ITSELF.

IT WAS LIKE HITTING A MAJOR VEIN

THAT WELLED UP.

>> ♪ YOU'VE GOT TO GET UP EVERY

MORNING WITH A SMILE ON YOUR

FACE ♪

♪ AND SHOW THE WORLD ALL THE

LOVE IN YOUR HEART ♪

♪ THAT PEOPLE GOING TO TREAT YOU

BETTER ♪

♪ YOU ARE GOING TO FIND, YES,

YOU WILL ♪

♪ THAT YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AS YOU

FEEL ♪

>> NOTHING BUT GENEROSITY,

KINDNESS.

SHE LET ME CUT THIS TO INVERSE,

RELEASE IT, AND I WAS AMAZED,

BECAUSE SHE WAS CUTTING

"TAPESTRY" AT THE TIME.

>> ♪ YOU JUST CALL OUT MY

NAME ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW, WHEREVER I AM ♪

♪ OUT I'LL COME RUNNING ♪

♪ TO SEE YOU AGAIN ♪

>> I FIND HEARING CAROLE SING

HER OWN SONGS IS TRANSCENDENT.

THERE IS A CLOSENESS THAT CAN BE

REPLICATED.

>> IT IS A REAL THING THAT

YOU'RE GETTING RIGHT FROM HERE

TO YOU.

AND THAT'S WHAT SHE MEANS TO ME.

>> ♪ SNOW IS COLD, RAIN IS

WET ♪

>> BUT WHAT THEY ARE LOVING IS

WHAT THE SONG HAS MEANT TO THEM

IN THEIR LIVES, TO EACH OF YOU

LISTENING IN YOUR LIFE.

>> ♪ I WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL I

SING ♪

>> TO "TAPESTRY" ALONE WOULD'VE

BEEN THE GREATEST HALLMARK.

YOU INCLUDE ALL OF THE OTHER

WORK THAT SHE DID, AND ARGUABLY,

SOME OF IT IS THE GREATEST MUSIC

OF ALL TIME.

THANK GOD FOR CAROLE KING.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> TO INDUCT CAROLE KING INTO

THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME,

TAYLOR SWIFT.

♪ ♪

MUSICAL [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> I CANNOT REMEMBER A TIME WHEN

I DIDN'T KNOW CAROLE KING'S

MUSIC.

I WAS RAISED BY TWO OF HER

BIGGEST FANS, WHO TAUGHT ME THE

BASIC TRUTHS OF LIFE AS THEY SAW

IT, THAT YOU SHOULD TREAT PEOPLE

THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED,

THAT HE MUST BELIEVE YOU CAN

ACHIEVE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO IN

LIFE, AND THAT CAROLE

KING IS THE GREATEST SONGWRITER

OF ALL TIME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN

ANY FANS DEDICATION TO THE

ARTIST THEY LOVE CAN COMPLICATE

THINGS IN THEIR PERSONAL LIFE.

FOR EXAMPLE, MY DAD ONCE TOLD ME

A STORY FROM WHEN HE WAS IN

COLLEGE AND A GIRL HE WAS JUST

STARTING TO DATE FLIRTATIOUSLY

ASKED HIM IF THERE WERE ANY

SONGS THAT MADE HIM THINK OF

HER.

HE INSTANTLY RESPONDED WITH HIS

ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SONG, WHICH

WAS "IT'S TOO LATE" BY CAROLE

KING.

NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION

THAT THE LYRICS INCLUDE LINES

LIKE, "SOMETHING INSIDE HAS

DIED, AND I JUST CAN'T HIDE, AND

I JUST CAN'T FAKE IT."

SHOCKINGLY, THE RELATIONSHIP

DIDN'T WORK OUT, BUT IF IT HAD,

I WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

I GREW UP DANCING AROUND THE

LIVING ROOM AND SOCKED FEET TO

THE SOUNDS OF CAROLE'S SOULFUL

VOICE, OR INFECTIOUS

MELODIES, AND LYRICS THAT I, A

7-YEAR-OLD, THOUGHT HAD BEEN

CRAFTED FROM MY EXACT, SPECIFIC

LIFE EXPERIENCE.

I LISTEN TO CAROLE'S MUSIC NOW

AND I FEEL THAT SAME TINGLE OF

RECOGNITION.

HER SONGS SPEAK TO THE TRUE AND

HONEST FEELINGS THAT EVERYONE

HAS FELT, IS CURRENTLY FEELING,

OR HOPES TO FEEL ONE DAY.

SO IT IS ONLY RIGHT FOR THEM TO

BE PASSED DOWN LIKE PRECIOUS

HEIRLOOMS FROM PARENTS TO

CHILDREN, OLDER SIBLINGS TO

YOUNGER, LOVERS TO EACH OTHER.

THESE SONGS COME TO YOU FROM

SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND THEN SUDDENLY, THEY ARE

PARTLY YOURS.

THE PURITY TO THE MUSIC SHE

CREATES EXISTS BETWEEN TWO

WORLDS:

THE MYSTERIOUS MAGICAL

INSPIRATION AND DECADES OF

HARD-EARNED AND HARD-LEARNED

CRAFTSMANSHIP.

JUST BECAUSE CAROLE KING MAKES

WHAT SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED LOOK

SO EFFORTLESS DOESN'T MEAN IT

HAS BEEN.

SHE STARTED OUT WRITING SONGS AS

A STAFF SONGWRITER IN THE

LEGENDARY BRILL BUILDING WHEN

SHE WAS A TEENAGER AND A YOUNG

MOTHER.

LATER IN HER SONGWRITING CAREER,

CAROLE HAD TO BE COAXED TO STEP

OUT FRONT AND PERFORM HER SONGS

HERSELF.

AND WHAT A MOMENT IN MUSIC

HISTORY THAT WAS.

WITH "TAPESTRY," SHE BECAME ONE

OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE

ARTISTS OF ALL TIME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

HER PERSONA ON "TAPESTRY" FEELS

LIKE LISTENING TO A CLOSE FRIEND

INTIMATELY SHARING THE TRUTHS OF

HER LIFE SO THAT YOU CAN

DISCOVER THE TRUTHS OF YOUR OWN.

IT WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR

HUMANS IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE

FEELINGS AND FOR CATS WHO HAD

BIG DREAMS OF ONE DAY ENDING UP

ON ICONIC ALBUM COVERS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[LAUGHS]

CAROLE TAUGHT ARTISTS LIKE ME

THAT TELLING YOUR OWN STORY IS

WORTH THE WORK AND STRUGGLE IT

TAKES TO EARN THE OPPORTUNITY

FOR YOUR STORY TO BE HEARD.

THAT MUSICAL CONNECTION CAN BE

GENERATION SPANNING.

SHE CREATED THE PUREST WORKS OF

LOVE AND STRENGTH AND CATHARSIS

WHILE NAVIGATING THE POLITICS OF

AN ERA THAT DIDN'T MAKE SPACE

FOR THE IDEA OF A FEMALE GENIUS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

SLOWLY BUT SURELY, CAROLE KING

WORKED AND WORKED UNTIL SHE HAD

CREATED ONE.

AND IT WILL HERS FOREVER.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

SHE IS AN IMMENSELY GENEROUS

ARTIST IN EVERY SENSE

OF THAT TERM.

SHE HAS GIVEN US ALL SO MUCH.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO MOVED AND

HONORED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING

TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO HER.

CAROLE, PLEASE ACCEPT YOUR

WELL-DESERVED PLACE IN THE ROCK

AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE UNDER

MY FEET ♪

♪ I FEEL THE SKY TUMBLING DOWN ♪

♪ I FEEL MY HEART START

TREMBLING WHENEVER YOU ARE

AROUND ♪

♪ BABY, WHEN I SEE YOUR FACE ♪

>> I WANT TO HOLD ONTO THAT, BUT

IT'S HEAVY.

AS IS TONIGHT, BUT IT'S HEAVY

AND ALSO LIKED.

I WANT TO THANK TAYLOR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT AWESOME

PERFORMANCE.

AND ALL OF Y'ALL.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THAT WAS AMAZING.

AND ALSO, THANK YOU FOR CARRYING

THE TORCH FORWARD.

YOU ARE LIKE MY PROFESSIONAL

GRANDDAUGHTER.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF TONIGHT'S

INDUCTEES FOR CARRYING THE

TORCH, FROM RHYTHM AND BLUES TO

ROCK 'N' ROLL TO THE MUSIC THAT

INSPIRES US TODAY.

I HAVE TO START WITH GERRY

GOFFIN.

I OWE SO MUCH TO GERRY GOFFIN,

WHOSE LYRICS NAILED OUR DEEPEST

FEELINGS.

AND MS. TONY STERN, WHO WROTE ♪

IT'S TOO LATE BABY, NOW, IT'S

TOO LATE ♪

TWO LOU ADLER, WHO RECORDED

"TAPESTRY" AS IF I WERE PLAYING

A NEW SONG FOR A FRIEND, AND HE

GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE IN 1971

TO OPEN FOR JAMES TAYLOR AT THE

TROUBADOUR.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I LOVE YOU TOO, AND I WANT TO

SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF A

HERMIT, AND TO COME OUT TONIGHT

AND SEE OLD FRIENDS AND NEW AND

JUST ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT TO

WELCOME ALL THE INDUCTEES, AND

ME AS ONE OF THEM, IT'S

UNBELIEVABLE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, I AM

USED TO PERFORMING AND WHEN, YOU

KNOW, THAT FATEFUL NIGHT WHEN

THE AUDIENCE BEGAN TO SING ALONG

AND I FELT THEM WITH ME, AND

HERE WE ARE.

51 YEARS LATER.

WOW.

THANK YOU, JAMES.

TO MY MOTHER, MY FIRST PIANO

TEACHER, WHO EXPOSED ME TO ALL

KINDS OF MUSIC.

TO MY FATHER, WHO TOLD ME I

COULD DO ANYTHING.

TO MY DAUGHTER AND MANAGER, WHO

HELPS ME DO EVERYTHING.

AND TO LOUISE GOFFIN WHO ADDED

TO HER PARENTS SONGWRITING

SKILLS AND CONTINUES TO BRING

HER OWN WONDERFUL GIFT TO THE

WORLD.

AND TO ALL MY DESCENDANTS, I

LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

NOW, I AM TOLD THAT TODAY'S

FEMALE SINGERS AND SONGWRITERS

STAND ON MY SHOULDERS.

LET IT NOT BE FORGOTTEN THAT

THEY ALSO STAND ON THE SHOULDERS

OF THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE

INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME, MAY SHE REST IN

POWER, MISS ARETHA FRANKLIN!

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WE FEEL YOU, BABY.

WELL, THERE IS A MOVIE OUT NOW

CALLED "RESPECT," AND HER

JOURNEY IS PORTRAYED IN THAT

MOVIE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS MY

PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE STAR

OF "RESPECT," THE AMAZING

JENNIFER HUDSON!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU.

>> ♪ LOOKING OUT

ON THE MORNING RAIN ♪

♪ I USED TO FEEL UNINSPIRED ♪

♪ WHEN I KNEW I HAD TO FACE

ANOTHER DAY ♪

♪ LORD, IT MADE ME FEEL

TIRED ♪

MM-MM-MM.

♪ BEFORE THE DAY I MET YOU,

LIFE WAS SO UNKIND ♪

♪ BUT YOU'RE THE KEY TO MY PEACE

OF MIND ♪

SING IT WITH ME, Y'ALL!

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE

A NATURAL WOMAN ♪

♪ OOH ♪

LISTEN.

♪ WHEN MY SOUL WAS IN THE LOST

AND FOUND ♪

♪ YOU CAME ALONG TO CLAIM IT ♪

♪ I DIDN'T KNOW JUST WHAT WAS

WRONG WITH ME ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ 'TIL YOUR KISS

HELPED ME NAME IT ♪

♪ NOW I'M NO LONGER DOUBTFUL,

OF WHAT I'M LIVING FOR ♪

♪ AND IF I MAKE YOU HAPPY I

DON'T NEED TO DO MORE ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪

I KNOW YOU KNOW IT!

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE

A NATURAL WOMAN ♪

THIS IS WHAT CAROLE WROTE.

♪ OH, BABY, WHAT YOU'VE DONE

TO ME ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD

INSIDE ♪

♪ AND I, I WANT TO BE ♪

♪ CLOSE TO YOU, YOU MAKE ME FEEL

SO ALIVE ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪

♪ YOU REALLY MAKE ME FEEL ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE

A NATURAL WOMAN ♪

♪ YOU REALLY REALLY ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE

A NATURAL WOMAN ♪

♪ ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE

A NATURAL WOMAN ♪

♪ I FEEL LIKE ♪

♪ I FEEL LIKE ♪

♪ SAID I FEEL ♪

♪ FEEL LIKE A NATURAL ♪

♪ WOMAN ♪

♪ ♪

GOD BLESS, AND CONGRATULATIONS

TO CAROLE KING.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT IS INDEED AN HONOR TO BE HERE

TONIGHT AND TO STAND ON THE

SHOULDERS OF THE WOMEN GREATS,

LIKE CAROLE KING.

LIKE SHE SAID, MISS ARETHA

FRANKLIN.

AND WITHOUT THEM, I KNOW I

WOULDN'T BE HERE ON THIS STAGE.

SO EVERYBODY PLEASE PUT YOUR

HANDS TOGETHER FOR THE ONE AND

ONLY, THE LEGENDARY ICON,

MS. CAROLE KING.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL

RECOGNIZE THE CAPS, BUT HERE'S

DANNY KORTCHMAR, LELAND SKLAR,

AND RUSS KUNKEL!

♪ ♪

>> ♪ WHEN YOU'RE DOWN

AND TROUBLED ♪

♪ AND YOU NEED

SOME LOVIN' CARE ♪

♪ AND NOTHIN', OH, NOTHIN'

IS GOIN' RIGHT ♪

♪ ♪

♪ CLOSE YOUR EYES

AND THINK OF ME ♪

♪ AND SOON I WILL BE THERE ♪

♪ TO BRIGHTEN UP

EVEN YOUR DARKEST NIGHT ♪

♪ YOU JUST CALL OUT MY NAME ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW WHEREVER I AM ♪

♪ I'LL COME RUNNIN' ♪

♪ TO SEE YOU AGAIN ♪

♪ WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER

OR FALL ♪

♪ ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL ♪

♪ AND I'LL BE THERE ♪

♪ YES, I WILL ♪

♪ YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND ♪

♪ NOW, AIN'T IT GOOD TO KNOW

THAT YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND ♪

♪ WHEN PEOPLE CAN BE SO COLD? ♪

♪ THEY'LL HURT YOU, YES,

AND DESERT YOU ♪

♪ AND TAKE YOUR SOUL

IF YOU LET THEM ♪

♪ BUT DON'T YOU LET THEM ♪

OKAY, EVERYBODY PLEASE SING

ALONG.

♪ YOU JUST CALL OUT MY NAME ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW WHEREVER I AM ♪

♪ I'LL COME RUNNIN', RUNNIN',

YEAH, YEAH ♪

♪ TO SEE YOU AGAIN ♪

♪ ♪

♪ WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER

OR FALL ♪

♪ ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL ♪

♪ AND I'LL BE THERE,

YES, I WILL ♪

♪ YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND ♪

♪ YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND ♪

♪ AIN'T IT GOOD TO KNOW ♪

♪ YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND ♪

OH, YES, YOU DO.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> TO INDUCT C LL COOL J,

ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAMER

DR. DRE.

♪ ♪

>> HEY, HEY.

LL COOL J IS HARD AS HELL.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO WHAT DOES LL

REALLY STAND FOR?

LADIES LOVE?

LIVING LARGE?

LICKIN' LIPS?

[LAUGHS]

WELL, I'M HERE BECAUSE

I PERSONALLY THINK IT STANDS FOR

"LIVING LEGEND."

DO YOU REMEMBER A STORY YOU TOLD

ME ABOUT LEAVING DEF JAM?

YOU WERE THE FIRST ARTIST

ON DEF JAM.

YOU RECORDED ALL OF THIS MUSIC

AND DELIVERED ALL OF THESE

ALBUMS.

THEN FAST FORWARD TO THIS:

YOUR DEAL IS UP AND YOU TOLD ME

YOU WERE REALLY EXPECTING

A REALLY DOPE PARTING GIFT.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU TOLD ME

YOU GOT?

A CHEAP WATCH.

RIGHT.

BUT NOW I GUESS YOU KNOW

WHAT TIME IT IS, RIGHT?

[LAUGHS]

THE FOLKS AT DEF JAM PROBABLY

COULD HAVE DONE BETTER WITH

THEIR PARTING GIFT, BUT THEY

KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE

DOING WHEN THEY SIGNED YOU AS

THEIR VERY FIRST ACT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

LL WAS 17 YEARS OLD WHEN HIS

DEBUT ALBUM CAME OUT, AND IT NOT

ONLY PUT DEF JAM ON THE MAP, BUT

IT LAUNCHED A FUCKING SUPERSTAR.

WHENEVER I HEAR THE FIRST ALBUM

ON RADIO, IT IMMEDIATELY

TRANSPORTS ME BACK TO WHEN I WAS

JUST GETTING STARTED AS A DJ

BEHIND THE TURNTABLES.

I STARTED OFF PRACTICING MIXING

AND SCRATCHING "ROCK THE BELLS"

IN MY GARAGE.

AND THEN I TOOK THAT SHIT TO THE

CLUB AND WATCHED THE CLUB GO

CRAZY.

REALLY.

LL COOL J GAVE US 13 STUDIO

ALBUMS OVER THREE DECADES.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

HOW ABOUT THAT?

HE WENT FROM THE SONIC BRUTALITY

OF "MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT"

TO A SILKY BALLAD LIKE

"I NEED LOVE," AND ALSO SMOOTH

R&B AND POP-INFLUENCED SONGS

LIKE "AROUND THE WAY, GIRL,"

"DOIN' IT,"

"GOING BACK TO CALI."

"I DON'T THINK SO."

YOU KNOW THAT OLD HIP-HOP TERM,

RIGHT?

IT AIN'T WHERE YOU FROM,

IT'S WHERE YOU AT.

WHERE YOU LIVE NOW, LL?

CALIFORNIA.

[LAUGHS]

WELL, I'M HERE TO SHOW YOU SOME

CALIFORNIA LOVE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

ALL RIGHT.

LL'S BODY OF WORK CONTAINS SOME

OF THE MOST DIVERSE HIP-HOP HAS

EVER SEEN.

HE BECAME RAP'S FIRST POP

SUPERSTAR WHILE STAYING TRUE TO

HIS ROOTS REPRESENTING QUEENS,

NEW YORK.

THE SECOND THING I THINK ABOUT

HE SAID THAT UNIQUE SPACE THAT

CROSSES AND BRIDGES GENERATIONS.

THE RARE ARTIST BELOVED BY YOU,

YOUR MAMA, AND ALL OF YOUR KIDS

ALL AT ONCE.

HOW MANY ARTISTS IN THE RAP GAME

ARE RELEVANT AFTER 30 YEARS?

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[LAUGHS]

MOST OF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS BUT

LL COOL J TERMED THE PHRASE

G.O.A.T., THE "GREATEST OF ALL

TIME."

YES.

HE'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY

CAME UP WITH THAT PHRASE.

SO THAT PARTING GIFT TO GOD WAS

JUST A PLACEHOLDER FOR TONIGHT.

SOMETHING BIGGER WAS ALWAYS IN

STORE TO CELEBRATE YOU, MY MAN.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT MY MAN

LL COOL J'S EXTRAORDINARY LIFE

AND HIS JOURNEY AND THE REASON

WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

>> QUICK LIGHT LIGHTNING, TOO

EXCITING, LOVER OF LADIES, DON'T

ALLOW FIGHTING, I RHYME, LIKE

AND LISTEN AND YOU WILL LOVE

WHAT I'M WRITING.

LADIES LOVE, AND NOW THAT YOU

KNOW WHAT LL MEANS.

>> LL COOL J IS HARD AS --

I --

THEY ARE --

♪ ♪

>> LL COOL J IS ROCK 'N' ROLL.

HE IS ELVIS.

>> HE HAS SONGS WITH SO MUCH

SWAG BUT HE MOST DEFINITELY WAS

LYRICALLY OUT THERE

ANNIHILATING.

>> HE KNEW HE WAS THE BIGGEST

STAR ON STAGE.

>> I STILL WANT MORE.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN,

MICHAEL JACKSON CANNOT BE JUST

AS RESPECTED FOR WHAT I DO.

♪ ♪

>> HE COULD BATTLE YOUR ASS AND

HE COULD DO SOMETHING DYNAMIC

THAT WOULD TOTALLY DESTROY.

LL DESTROYED CAREERS.

>> YES, I, AND A ROUNDABOUT WAY,

DISCOVERED COOL J.

JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ON THE

RECORD.

>> I GOT A DEMO TAPE FROM A GUY

NAMED "LADIES LOVE COOL J."

I USED TO LISTEN TO ALL THE DEMO

TAPES, AND IT WAS VERY, VERY

GOOD.

I WAS LIKE, RICK, IF GOT TO

LISTEN TO THE STATE.

>> I GOT LOTS OF DEMO TAPES SENT

TO THE DORM ROOM BUT THIS WAS

VERY SPECIAL.

SPEAK AT THE PLACE HE WAS

STAYING, AND NYU DORMITORY, HE

WAS IN COLLEGE.

>> I REMEMBER WHEN HE FIRST CAME

DOWN, HE WAS VERY CONFUSED BY

THE WHOLE SCENE.

>> RICK CAME DOWN, CAME OUT THE

ELEVATOR, IT WAS A WHITE GUY.

I THOUGHT HE WAS BLACK.

AND>> AND DIG INTO MY DORM ROOM,

HAD A MEETING, LET'S MAKE

RECORDS.

THAT WAS IDEAL.

>> LL WAS OUR APPRENTICE.

LL WAS THE GUY THAT WE PASSED

THE TORCH TO.

MTV RECORDED ONE OF OUR EARLY

SHOWS, RUN DMC LIVE, AT THE

RITZ.

YOU SEE THIS GUY UP FRONT

STUDYING ME AND RUN.

>> RUN DMC, I TOTALLY RESPECT.

I LOOK UP TO THEM, I ALWAYS WILL

RESPECT AND LOVE THEM BECAUSE I

FEEL LIKE THEY OPENED THE DOORS.

>> THIS CONCERT PRODUCES ITS

FIRST BONA FIDE STAR.

>> HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE

HIP-HOP WORLD WAS ONE OF THE

MOST IMPRESSIVE, JAW-DROPPING

DEBUTS THAT HIP-HOP HAS SEEN.

>> AUDITIONS ARE OVER TODAY.

BOX.

>> LL CAME OFF THE MOMENT,

PULLING EXCALIBUR OUT OF THE

ROCK, AND SAYING EVERYBODY IS

SOBER.

>> ♪ I LIKE IT LOUD, I CAN ROCK

THE CROWD ♪

>> I PULLED MY SWORD OUT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

SHING!

>> LL IS PHENOMENAL BECAUSE HE

EXISTED, DOMINATED, AND

SUCCEEDED IN AN ERA THAT WAS

MOSTLY GROUPS.

♪ ♪

HE COULD DO "GOING BACK TO

CALAIS," IT WAS SO AVANT-GARDE.

>> FLYING AT ME, BLACK AND

WHITE, THE MUSIC, IT WAS, LIKE,

FAST AND DIFFERENT.

I LIKE WHAT LL SAID.

>> SHE SAID SHE LIKE --

>> I FELT LIKE PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE

THOUGHT, THIS IS A LITTLE SOFT,

BUT LL, WHERE IS IT GOING WITH

THIS?

>> ♪ I'M NOT SAYING NO NAMES ♪

>> THE SONG "I NEED LOVE."

>> I NEEDED IT.

>> IT'S CALLED BEING REAL, YOU

KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVE.

ONLY SUCKERS ARE SCARED OF LOVE.

>> IT MADE THE WOMEN MELT, THAT

WAS THE FIRST TIME HEARING OF

VULNERABILITY, THAT OPENED THE

DOOR F HOLE ANOTHER LANE.

>> I FELT LIKE MAYBE I WAS

LOSING IT OR SLIPPING BECAUSE I

FELT LIKE THERE IS A BACKLASH

AGAINST EVERYTHING I REPRESENTED

IN HIP-HOP, AND I TOLD MY

GRANDMOTHER THAT, AND SHE WAS

LIKE, LOOK, JUST GO DOWN IN THE

BASEMENT, MAKE YOURSELF A SONG,

KNOCK THEM OUT.

>> ♪ DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK

MAMA I'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS ♪

♪ MAKING THE BASE GO BOOM,

EXPLODING ♪

>> LL HAS HAD ABOUT FIVE MAJOR

COMEBACKS IN HIP-HOP.

>> LL'S GREATEST STRENGTH AS A

RAPPER IS CONFIDENCE.

>> I NEVER GIVE UP.

>> HE IS NOT AN OG.

HE IS THE G.

>> ♪ I'M GOING TO KNOCK YOU

OUT ♪

♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

>> HE HAS THIS HOLE, ON SEXY BUT

NOT TRYING TO BE SEXY.

♪ ♪

YOU FELT LIKE, THAT COULD BE

MADE.

I'VE GOT THE BAD BLUE EARRINGS

ON.

IT WAS HIP-HOP, BUT IT WAS SEXY

SEXY. ♪

.♪ RAISE DR. BROOKLYN ♪

>> LL HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY

FORECAST FOR WHERE HIP-HOP IS

GOING.

>> ♪ WIN THE LOTTERY ♪

♪ FREE, BUT WASN'T A ROBBERY ♪

>> LL NOT ONLY SUCCEEDED, HE

DOMINATED, HE INFLUENCED, AND HE

INTIMIDATED.

>> I THINK LL'S GREATEST

CHARACTER TRAIT IS THE FACT THAT

HE LISTENS TO HIS MUSICAL

COLLABORATORS.

YOU CAN TELL HE LISTENS TO RICK

RUBIN, THAT HE LISTENED TO

MARLEY, THAT HE LISTEN TO THE

TRACK MASTERS.

THEY BOTH WROTE EACH OTHER INTO

GLORY.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO

ORCHESTRATE THIS.

I WAS JUST BLESSED.

YOUR MAN IS VERY GRATEFUL.

BECAUSE I KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE

TO BE LIKE THAT.

I KNOW THAT I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO

HAVE A CAREER RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW HOW MANY RECORD

COMPANIES OUTBACK TO PUT ME ON

BEFORE I GOT THE DEMO WITH

DEF JAM?

I WANT TO MAX OUT EVERYTHING

THAT'S INSIDE ME.

I WANT TO DIE EMPTY.

>> ♪ LL COOL J IS HARD AS -- ♪

♪ ♪

>> ♪ 1, 2, 3 'O' CLOCK

4 'O' CLOCK ROCK ♪

♪ 5, 6, 7 'O' CLOCK

8 'O' CLOCK ROCK ♪

♪ 9, 10, 11 'O' CLOCK

12 'O' CLOCK ROCK ♪

♪ GONNA ROCK ♪

♪ ROCK, ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK ♪

♪ THREE YEARS AGO IN ST. ALBANS,

QUEENS ♪

♪ I WAS ROCKIN AT A PARK CALLED

ONE EIGHTEEN ♪

♪ LITTLE KIDS STOOD AND WATCHED

AS I ROCKED THE SPOT ♪

♪ DIDN'T KNOW THAT YEARS LATER

I'LL BE STANDIN ON TOP ♪

♪ LIVIN NEAR FARMERS BOULEVARD

I WAS BORN AND BASE-SHAW ♪

♪ STOPPED THE RICH

AND SHAKED HANDS WITH THE POOR ♪

♪ THIS IS A STORY ABOUT

A BROTHER I KNOW ♪

♪ CUT CREATOR ON THE FADER

NO, WATCH HIM GO ♪

♪ ♪

♪ GO, GO CUT CREATOR GO ♪

♪ GO CUT CREATOR GO ♪

♪ GO CUT CREATOR GO ♪

♪ GO, GO CUT CREATOR GO ♪

♪ GO CUT CREATOR GO ♪

♪ GO CUT CREATOR GO ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ GOING BACK TO CALI ♪

♪ GOING BACK TO CALI ♪

I DON'T THINK SO.

♪ GOING BACK TO CALI ♪

♪ GOING BACK TO CALI ♪

I DON'T THINK SO.

♪ LL COOL J IS HARD AS HELL ♪

♪ BATTLE ANYBODY I DON'T CARE

WHO YOU TELL ♪

♪ I EXCEL, THEY ALL FAIL ♪

♪ GONNA CRACK SHELLS, DOUBLE-L

MUST ROCK THE BELLS ♪

CLEVELAND, PUT YOUR HANDS UP,

HANDS UP, HANDS UP!

♪ YOU'VE BEEN WAITIN' AND

DEBATIN' FOR OH SO LONG ♪

♪ JUST STARVIN' LIKE MARVIN FOR

A COOL J SONG ♪

♪ IF YOU CRIED AND THOUGHT I

DIED, YOU DEFINITELY WAS WRONG ♪

♪ IT TOOK A THOUGHT, PLUS I

BROUGHT CUT CREATOR ALONG ♪

♪ THINKING OF E-LOVE DOWN WITH

THE COOL J FORCE ♪

♪ SPECIALIZIN' IN THE RHYMIN'

FOR THE RECORD, OF COURSE ♪

♪ I'M A TOWER FULL OF POWER WITH

RAIN AND HAIL ♪

♪ CUT CREATOR SCRATCH THE RECORD

WITH HIS FINGERNAIL ♪

♪ ROCK THE BELLS ♪

♪ ♪

♪ THE KING OF CROWD ROCKERS

FINALLY IS BACK ♪

♪ MY VOICE IS YOUR CHOICE AS THE

HOTTEST WAX ♪

♪ TRUE AS A WIZARD, JUST A

BLIZZARD ♪

♪ I AIN'T TAKEN NO CRAP ♪

♪ I'M RHYMIN' AND DESIGNIN' WITH

YOUR GIRL IN MY LAP ♪

♪ THE BASS IS KICKIN' ALWAYS

STICKIN' 'CAUSE YOU LIKE IT THAT

WAY ♪

♪ YOU THINK IT'S HOTTER PLUS

IT'S DEF 'CAUSE IT'S BY COOL J ♪

♪ CUT CREATOR ON THE FADER, MY

RIGHT-HAND MAN ♪

♪ ROCK THE BELLS ♪

CLEVELAND, MAKE SOME NOISE.

♪ SOME GIRLS WILL LIKE THIS JAM

AND SOME GIRLS WON'T ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I MAKE A LOT OF MONEY

AND YOUR BOYFRIEND DON'T ♪

♪ LL, GO TO HELL, GONNA ROCK THE

BELLS ♪

♪ ALL YOU WASHED UP RAPPERS

WANNA DO THIS WELL ♪

♪ ROCK THE BELLS ♪

♪ ♪

♪ AW ♪

♪ NO RAPPER CAN RAP

QUITE LIKE I CAN ♪

♪ I'LL TAKE A MUSCLEBOUND MAN

AND PUT HIS FACE IN THE SAND ♪

♪ NOT THE LAST MAFIOSO,

I'M A MC COP ♪

♪ MAKE YOU SAY, "GO LL"

AND DO THE WOP ♪

♪ IF YOU THINK YOU CAN

OUTRHYME ME, YEAH, BOY, I BET ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I AIN'T MET

A MOTHERFUCKER ♪

♪ WHO CAN DO THAT YET ♪

♪ TRENDSETTER, I'M BETTER,

MY RHYMES ARE GOOD ♪

♪ I GOT A GOURMET PLATE THAT

SAYS "I WISH YOU WOULD" ♪

♪ AND WHEN BATTLES BEGIN

THEN I GOTTA JOIN IN AND ♪

♪ BEFORE MY RHYME IS OVER,

YOU KNOW I'MA WIN ♪

♪ COOL J HAS ARRIVED,

SO YOU BETTER MAKE WAY ♪

♪ ASK ANYBODY IN THE CROWD,

THEY SAY THE KID DON'T PLAY ♪

♪ SLAUGHTER COMPETITION,

THAT'S MY HOBBY AND JOB ♪

♪ I DON'T WEAR A DISGUISE

BECAUSE I DON'T OWE THE MOB ♪

♪ GOT A PINPOINT RAP THAT MAKES

YOU FEEL TRAPPED ♪

♪ SO MANY GIRLS ON MY JOCK,

I THINK MY PHONE IS TAPPED ♪

♪ I'M -- ♪

♪ I'M -- ♪

♪ I'M -- ♪

♪ I'M -- ♪

♪ I'M BAD ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> ♪ BABY, DON'T GO OUT ♪

♪ BABY, DON'T GO ♪

>> ♪ IT'S SUCH A SHAME, AND

IT'S CRAZY, BUT, BABY ♪

♪ IT DON'T MATTER, DON'T PHASE

ME.

>> ♪ I DON'T BELIEVE ♪

♪ I DON'T BELIEVE I JUST HAD MY

LAST REAL CASE LET'S TALK ABOUT

THIS ♪

♪ I'M BOUNCING, AND BOUNCING,

AND I'M GOOD ♪

♪ AND I'M GOOD ♪

♪ SO WITHOUT ME YOU'LL BE FINE,

MY BODY IS ALL I HAVE ♪

>> ♪ I'M WHAT YOU HAD ♪

♪ ♪

♪ YOU'LL BE NEEDING ME BUT TOO

BAD ♪

♪ THE PATH YOU CHOSE TO RUN

ALONE ♪

♪ HERE WITH ME, YOU HAD A HOME ♪

♪ TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE WHY

SPEND IT ALONE ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ OUT I HAVE ♪

♪ ALL I HAVE ♪

♪ ALL I HAVE ♪

♪ ALL I HAVE ♪

♪ YEAR VERY SPECIAL ♪

YES, YOU ARE.

YES YOU ARE!

>> YES, M.

>> LOVE YOU, JENNIFER LOPEZ.

>> COME ON, GIVE IT TO HIM, GIVE

IT TO HIM.

♪

♪ ♪

♪ DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK,

I BEEN HERE FOR YEARS

I'M ROCKIN' MY PEERS ♪

♪ PUTTIN' SUCKERS IN FEAR

MAKIN' THE TEARS RAIN DOWN

♪ LIKE A MONSOON

♪ LISTEN TO THE BASS GO BOOM

EXPLOSIONS, OVERPOWERIN'

OVER THE COMPETITION ♪

♪ I'M TOWERIN'

WRECKING SHOP ♪

♪ WHEN I DROP THESE LYRICS ♪

♪ THAT'LL MAKE YOU CALL THE COPS

DON'T YOU DARE STARE

YOU BETTER MOVE ♪

♪ DON'T EVER COMPARE

ME TO THE REST THAT'LL

♪ ALL GET SLICED AND DICED

COMPETITION'S PAYIN' THE PRICE ♪

♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

BREAKDOWN!

♪ AND I'M JUST GETTING WARM ♪

♪ JUST LIKE MUHAMMAD ALI

THEY CALLED HIM CASSIUS ♪

♪ WATCH ME BASH THIS BEAT

LIKE A SKULL ♪

♪ DON'TCHA KNOW I HAD

BEEF WIT' ♪

♪ WHY DO YOU RIFF WITH ME,

A MANIAC PSYCHO ♪

♪ AND WHEN I PULL OUT MY JAMMY,

GET READY 'CAUSE IT MIGHT GO ♪

♪ BLAUH! HOW YA LIKE ME NOW? ♪

♪ THE RIPPER WILL NOT ALLOW ♪

♪ YOU TO GET WIT' MR. SMITH

DON'T RIFF ♪

♪ LISTEN TO MY GEAR SHIFT ♪

♪ I'M BLASTIN', OUTLASTIN' ♪

♪ KINDA LIKE SHAFT, SO YOU COULD

SAY I'M SHAFTIN' ♪

♪ OLDE ENGLISH FILLED MY MIND ♪

♪ AND I CAME UP

WITH A FUNKY RHYME ♪

♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

♪ MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT ♪

♪ HUUH ♪

>> HALL OF FAMER, MAMA, I MADE

IT!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS

MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INDUCT

MY FRIEND JAMES TODD SMITH,

BETTER KNOWN AS LL COOL J INTO

THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.

LOVE YOU, JAY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> SO THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES

TO MIND WHEN I THINK ABOUT A

NIGHT LIKE THIS IS HUMILITY.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT

FALSE, SELF-DEPRECATING, I BOW

TO YOU, BUT I THINK I'M BETTER

THAN YOU

SHIT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT REAL HUMILITY,

WHERE YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO

COLLABORATE, THE CONFIDENCE TO

WORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

THE CONFIDENCE TO CELEBRATE

OTHERS.

SO FIRST I WANT THANK, OF

COURSE, GOD.

MY MOTHER, WHO TOLD ME, YOU

KNOW, "TODD YOU CAN DO ANYTHING

YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO."

YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE KID.

SHE TRIED TO GET ME TO WORK AT

THE SUPERMARKET.

I DIDN'T LIKE IT.

WASN'T WORKING FOR ME.

I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE SIMONE,

MY CHILDREN, ITALIA, SAMARIA,

NINA SIMONE.

YES, THAT'S HER REAL NAME, SHE'S

A SINGER, NINA SIMONE.

NAJEE, MY SON, AND ITALIA,

-- I WANT TO THANK

DRE, EMINEM AND J-LO FOR JOINING

ME.

LOOK, I WANT TO THANK MARLEY

MARL AND RICK RUBIN AND ALL THE

PRODUCERS I'VE WORKED WITH.

THE TRACKMASTERS.

I WANT TO THANK THE TREACHEROUS

THREE, ESPECIALLY KOOL MOE DEE,

FOR PUSHING ME.

MY MANAGER, THE ONLY PERSON I

KNOW WHO WORKS A LITTLE HARDER

THAN ME.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU,

RIGHT?

I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE

PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR LL TO BE IN

THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME

YEAR AFTER YEAR.

A LOT PEOPLE, WHEN I TOLD THEM

WHEN I TOLD THEM I GOT INDUCTED,

THEY'D SAY TO ME, "ISN'T IT IS

ABOUT TIME?"

YOU SEE, WHAT PEOPLE DON'T

REALIZE IS, I WASN'T THINKING

ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED

AGAINST ME.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE

WHO VOTED FOR ME.

SO IT WAS LOVE.

LIKE, WHAT I WAS FEELING WAS,

"WOW, HERE'S SOME PEOPLE OVER

THERE WHO WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN

ANSWER."

THEY LIKE, "YO, THIS GUY GOT TO

BE IN HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO

KEEP FIGHTING FOR YOU TILL WE

GET HIM IN HERE."

SO I THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT?

THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS,

ROCK AND ROLL,

HIP-HOP LOVES YOU.

WE BORROW YOUR BEATS.

WE SAMPLE 'EM.

WE TURN THEM INTO HITS.

AND WE KNOW WHERE WE CAME FROM.

WE KNOW WHERE THINGS COME FROM.

WE RESPECT YOU AS MUSICIANS.

AND WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU

AS MUSICIANS.

WE ARE ARTIST ALSO.

WE LOVE YOU, THANK YOU,

GOD BLESS.

MAMA, I MADE IT!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> HEY, EVERYBODY, I'M TOM, I'M

HERE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE

GREATEST ROCK 'N' ROLL GUITAR

PLAYERS OF ALL TIME.

>> [LAUGHS]

>> RANDY RHOADS IS A PEERLESS

TALENT WHO FUSED TIMELESS RIFFS

WITH SOLOS OF INGENIOUS BEAUTY

AND EMOTIONAL FIRE.

HE REVIVED OZZY OSBORNE'S CAREER

AS HIS GUNSLINGER SIDEMEN, AND

IT WAS A RANDY RHOADS POSTER

THAT I HAD ON MY WALL WHILE

PRACTICING EIGHT HOURS A DAY.

♪ ♪

I VIVIDLY REMEMBER AT FIRST

HEARING "CRAZY TRAIN" ON A

CHICAGO RADIO STATION.

I THOUGHT, THIS GUITAR PLAYER IS

FUCKING INSANE.

♪ ♪

HE SPAWNED A WHOLE GENERATION OF

GUITAR PLAYERS.

HE CHANGED EVERYBODY.

♪ ♪

>> GRANDES LICKS ARE ALL OVER

METALLICA ALBUMS.

GUESS WHAT, I CAUGHT THAT, FOR

ONE.

♪ ♪

>> YOU COULD STUDY HIS SONGS IN

A UNIVERSITY LEVEL COLLEGE

COURSE AND BANG YOUR HEAD TO

THEM IN A 7-ELEVEN PARKING LOT.

>> HE TURNED TO ME AND SAID HE

WANTED TO ROCK 'N' ROLL AND GO

TO UCLA AND GET A DEGREE.

AND I SAID TO HIM, ARE YOU

FUCKING CRAZY?

>> I'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO,

AND IT MAKES YOU REALIZE,

THERE'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY.

AND I DON'T WANT TO STOP THERE.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

RANDY TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY 25

YEARS OF AGE IN 1992.

>> WHEN HE DIED, A PART OF ME

DIED WITH HIM.

I LOST A DEAR FRIEND IN MY LIFE,

AND I MISS HIM TERRIBLY.

>> THE SHOW WAS OVER EVEN BEFORE

IT REALLY, REALLY GOT GOING.

>> I NAMED MY FIRSTBORN SON

RHOADS IN HIS HONOR AS A

THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME THE WA

WAY.

>> BRILLIANT.

>> YOU MADE GUYS THAT SIT AT THE

ROUNDTABLE OF GREATNESS, THE

HALL OF FAME, HENDRIX, JIMMY

PAGE, ERIC CLAPTON, EDDIE

VAN HALEN, RANDY, HANDS DOWN, IT

IS AT THAT TABLE.

>> NOW THE INCOMPARABLE RANDY

RHOADS STANDS WHERE HE BELONGS

IN THE PANTHEON OF GREATS.

IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME RANDY

RHOADS TO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> PEACE AND LOVE, EVERYBODY

PAID RINGO HERE, AND GIVES ME

GREAT JOY TO INDUCT MY FRIEND,

THE INCREDIBLE BILLY PRESTON,

INTO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME.

>> IT ALL STARTED WHEN I WAS

3 YEARS OLD, I CAME FROM A

MUSICAL FAMILY AND I GREW UP

PLAYING IN CHURCH.

>> OPENED UP AN WHOLE WORLD FOR

ME.

I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HAD

NEVER PLAYED ROCK 'N' ROLL FOR

ME.

>> NOW HERE IS MR. BILLY PRESTON

TO LEAD A SONG.

>> I LOVED RAY CHARLES.

HE IS MY MUSICAL JESUS.

>> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

>> LIKE PART OF THE BAND.

IT GAVE US A DIFFERENT FIELD

BECAUSE HE'S BILLY.

THAT'S WHY HE PLAYED ON A COUPLE

OF TRACKS.

>> I WENT DOWN TO SAY HELLO, AND

THEY WERE RECORDING AT THE

TEMPLATE SITTING THERE AND PAUL

SAYS, GET ON THE ELECTRIC PIANO.

STARTED PLAYING, AND JOHN SAYS,

TAKE A SOLO.

>> IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW

PEOPLE BEHAVE NICELY WHEN YOU

BRING A GUEST IN.

STRAIGHTAWAY, IT JUST BECAME

100% IMPROVEMENT IN THE FIVE IN

THE ROOM.

>> HE WAS SO GREAT AT OUR GET

BACK SESSIONS.

WE EVEN CREDITED THAT SINGLE AS

THE BEATLES WITH BILLY PRESTON.

>> THAT DAY WE BROKE UP, BILLY

WENT ON TO PLAY WITH ME, GEORGE,

AND JOHN ON OUR SOLO RECORDS.

>> I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH AN

OLD FRIEND OF MINE, BILLY

PRESTON.

♪ ♪

>> GEORGE WAS VERY EASY TO WORK

WITH.

VERY ENCOURAGING TO ME.

>> THE FIRST TIME I GOT A CHANCE

TO COPRODUCE WAS WITH GEORGE.

WE DID THREE ALBUMS TOGETHER.

>> BILLY WAS A BEATLE AND BILLY

WAS A ROLLING STONE.

>> IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FUN WORKING

WITH THE STONES.

>> BUT KNOWING THE GUYS FOR

ABOUT 14 YEARS.

♪ ♪

>> EVERY TIME I GET TOGETHER,

AND IT'S LIKE A FAMILY, REALLY

HAVING A GOOD TIME.

>> WHEN I PUT THE OLD SONGS

TOGETHER, I ASKED BILLY TO PLAY

ALONG, BRING IN THOSE GREAT

NUMBER ONE HITS OF HIS.

♪ ♪

♪ NOTHING FROM NOTHING LEAVES

NOTHING ♪

♪ YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING IF

YOU WANT TO BE WITH ME.

>> RAY CHARLES, YOU ALWAYS THINK

OF GENIUS, BUT I THINK BILLY WAS

TOO IN HIS OWN WAY.

HE WAS A NATURAL PLAYER.

>> ♪ YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL TO

ME ♪

>> I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING

GOOD THAT HAS HAPPENED FOR ME

HAS BEEN A BLESSING FROM GOD.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SO

GOOD.

IT'S BECAUSE GOD HAS BEEN GOOD

TO ME.

>> ♪ I REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU

MAMA I REALLY WANT TO BE WITH

YOU ♪

>> I'M THRILLED TO WELCOME BILLY

INTO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME.

MUSICAL EXCELLENCE.

CLEARLY, THAT'S THE WAY GOD

PLANNED IT.

PEACE AND LOVE, BROTHER.

>> HERE TO HONOR TINA TURNER,

ANGELA BASSETT.

>> IMAGINE A BLACK GIRL IN

TENNESSEE WHO EMBODIED MORE

TALENT THAN HER SMALL TOWN COULD

HAVE EVER DREAMED.

IMAGINE THAT SAME GIRL BREAKING

THROUGH EVERY BARRIER TO ONE DAY

MAKE HISTORY.

THAT WOMAN, THAT QUEEN,

TINA TURNER, IS WHO WE ARE HERE

--

TINA TURNER.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WHAT A LIFE TINA HAS LED.

HER STORY HAS BECOME A FILM,

A DOCUMENTARY, A BLOCKBUSTER

BROADWAY SHOW, AND A

BEST-SELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

PEOPLE STILL TELL ME

HOW MUCH TINA HAS MEANT TO THEM.

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY MEAN.

BECAUSE SHE HAS MEANT THAT MUCH,

AND MORE, TO ME.

I, TOO, AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE

BLESSED BY TINA'S REMARKABLE

GIFT TO INSPIRE.

WHEN I PLAYED TINA IN "WHAT'S

LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT,"

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

I HAD THE TERRIFYING OPPORTUNITY

OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW SHE

BECAME THE EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN

THAT WE'VE COME TO KNOW.

FORTUNATELY, I HAD THE GENEROUS

GUIDANCE OF TINA HERSELF

TO HELP ME.

IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DEMANDING

ROLES I'VE EVER PLAYED.

BUT IT WAS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST

FULFILLING.

BECAUSE JUST LIKE TINA,

I TOO WAS A LITTLE BLACK GIRL

WHO HAD DREAMS FAR BEYOND WHAT

THE WORLD EXPECTED OF ME.

AS A BLACK WOMAN, TINA REACHED

DEEP INTO HER SPIRITUAL CORE

WITH THE DETERMINATION TO

HEADLINE ARENAS AND STADIUMS

JUST LIKE THE GREAT ROCK BANDS

DID.

NO ONE WHO LOOKED LIKE HER HAD

EVER DONE IT, BUT SHE BELIEVED

THAT SHE COULD.

MICK JAGGER, DAVID BOWIE,

ROD STEWART, BRYAN ADAMS ALL

WANTED TO DUET WITH TINA, AND

THEY DID.

SOON, SHE WAS PLAYING TO CROWDS

EVERY BIT AS LARGE AS THEIRS.

SHE BROKE GROUND FOR WOMEN

AND SERVED AS A ROLE MODEL FOR

YOUNGER ARTISTS JUST AS THOSE

ROCK STARS HAD DONE FOR HER.

TINA IS A BRILLIANT ARTIST WHO

HAS WON NINE GRAMMY AWARDS AND

SOLD MORE THAN 200 MILLION

RECORDS.

HER VOICE --

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

HER VOICE IS INSTANTLY

RECOGNIZABLE BECAUSE IT COMES

DIRECTLY FROM HER SOUL.

AND THOSE SONGS "WE DON'T NEED

ANOTHER HERO," "PRIVATE DANCER,"

"BETTER BE GOOD TO ME."

I DIDN'T MENTION ONE OF HER

GREATEST SONGS, THE ONE THAT

GAVE OUR MOVIE ITS TITLE.

THAT'S BECAUSE AS FAR AS TINA IS

CONCERNED LOVE ALWAYS HAS

EVERYTHING TO DO WITH IT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

SHE BRINGS DEPTHS OF LOVE TO

EVERYTHING SHE DOES,

ON AND OFF THE STAGE.

NOW LET US REMEMBER, TINA IS

ALREADY A MEMBER OF THE

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME FROM

HER EARLIER WORK WITH

IKE TURNER.

HOWEVER, WHAT BRINGS US HERE

TONIGHT IS TINA'S JOURNEY TO

INDEPENDENCE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

FOR TINA, HOPE TRIUMPHED

OVER HATE.

FAITH WON OVER FEAR.

AND AMBITION ECLIPSED ADVERSITY.

IN THE WORDS OF THE LATE

MAYA ANGELOU, "YOU MAY SHOOT ME

WITH YOUR WORDS.

YOU MAY CUT ME WITH YOUR EYES.

YOU MAY KILL ME WITH YOUR

HATEFULNESS.

BUT STILL, LIKE AIR, I'LL RISE."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND TINA ROSE.

TINA, WELCOME -- ON YOUR OWN --

TO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF

FAME!

YOU ARE SIMPLY THE BEST.

>> YOU KNOW THE SAYING, BEHIND

EVERY GREAT MAN, THERE IS A

WOMAN?

WHAT'S BEHIND THE GREAT WOMAN

TINA TURNER?

♪ ♪

>> I STARTED WITH IKE IN 1960.

AN INSECURE MAN, VERY

POSSESSIVE.

THINKING ABOUT IT, IT WAS A FORM

OF IMPRISONMENT.

REALIZED THAT WE COULD NOT WORK

TOGETHER FOR ALL TIME.

>> I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE THE ONE

TO GO TO.

>> LIKE A BIRD THAT GETS OUT OF

THE CAGE, IT WAS A FREEDOM TO DO

SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

♪ ♪

>> HE WAS TAKING MY RANCH, DOING

EVERYTHING WITH MY VOICE, I WAS

FINDING OUT THINGS ABOUT MYSELF.

>> A GREAT SINGER KNOWS HOW TO

EMOTE AND PUT EVERY MEMORY AND

EVERY FEELING INTO THOSE WORDS,

AND TINA MADE EVERY SONG THAT

SHE SAYING HER SONG -- SANG HER

SONG.

>> I WAS ASKED TO "TONIC."

>> I FOUND OUT WHAT I KNEW

BECAUSE I WAS ON MY OWN.

>> AND THAT REALLY WENT A LONG

WAY FOR ME.

>> IS IT ALL RIGHT FOR ME TO ASK

YOU IF YOU YOU AND IKE ARE TOGER

OR SEPARATED OR DIVORCED?

>> SEPARATED AND DIVORCED.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THAT

TINA TURNER COULD NOT DO A SHOW

WITHOUT EGG.

>> SHE HAD THAT REALLY TOUGH

TIME, AND I LOVED HER, AND SO I

WANTED HER TO BE ON MY SHOW.

♪ I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME ♪

♪ I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME ♪

>> I ALWAYS TOOK FROM MY

EXPERIENCES TO DO WHAT I NEEDED

TO DO.

I STARTED TO PLAY HOTEL CIRCLES

IN LAS VEGAS AND SOME TELEVISION

SHOWS.

>> I REALIZE THAT IT WAS

MANAGEMENT THAT WAS MISSING.

THAT'S WHY I WASN'T GOING IN THE

WAY, I'D BE IN LAS VEGAS ALL MY

LIFE.

>> YOU KNOW WHEN YOU MADE AN

ARTIST, IF THAT THAT CHARISMA,

SHE WAS ALWAYS INCREDIBLY

DETERMINED.

>> THEN SHE GOT A RECORD DEAL.

NOBODY WOULD TOUCH TINA TURNER.

>> ♪ CAN I INTRODUCE MYSELF ♪

>> SHE WANTED TO BE WITH THE

ROCK VOICE.

>> SOMETHING STARTED TO TURN

INSIDE OF ME.

I'VE BEEN RUNNING AROUND SINGING

FOREVER.

HOW CAN I FEEL STADIUMS?

I WANTED IT.

I WANTED TO DO IT MICK JAGGER

AND ALL OF THE GUYS AT THE TIME

WERE DOING.

♪ ♪

>> ROGER SAID TO ME, YOU WANT TO

DO THAT?

YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME RECORDS.

♪ ♪

>> LET'S TRY IT.

DON'T FORGET --

THAT ONE, THAT ONE.

IT'S WONDERFUL, THAT WHEN HIS.

IT'S SO, SO MISTY.

MWAH.

♪ YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE

TOUCH OF YOUR HAND MAKES MY

PULSE REACT ♪

>> THE FIRST SONG, "WHAT'S LOVE

GOT TO DO WITH IT," IT WAS SO

DIFFERENT, ONE OF THOSE SONGS

YOU GET MAYBE ONCE A DECADE.

>> AND THE RECORD OF THE YEAR

IS, "WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH

IT," TINA TURNER.

>> ♪ WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO, GOT

TO DO WITH IT POST ♪

>> SHE'S INCREDIBLE, TO JUST BE

REACHING HER PEAK AT 50.

IT'S NOT ONLY INSPIRING TO US

WOMEN BUT IT CHANGES THE RULES

IN THE PLAYBOOK.

>> ♪ WE DON'T NEED TO FIGHT ♪

>> A BLACK WOMAN OWNING THAT

STAGE ALL BY HERSELF.

THAT'S THE DREAM RIGHT THERE.

>> ♪ YOU KEEP TELLING ME THAT

YOU LOVE ME ♪ AND I REALLY DO

WANT TO BELIEVE ♪

♪ ♪

>> THE JEAN JACKET AND THE

LEATHER DRESS, THE BIG HAIR,

THAT WAS ME BECOMING WHAT I

ALWAYS WANTED.

>> SHE BECAME A ROCK 'N' ROLL

STAR.

♪ ♪

>> LEGEND WAS THAT TINA TURNER

WAS THE WOMAN WHO TAUGHT MICK

JAGGER HAD TO DANCE.

>> IT WAS AN EXCHANGE.

THE SONG INSPIRED ME.

IT CAME TOGETHER.

>> I USED TO WATCH HER.

♪ ♪

♪ GOT A GOOD JOB IN THE CITY,

WORKING FOR THE MAN EVERY NIGHT

AND DAY ♪

♪ I NEVER LOST A BIT OF SLEEP ♪

>> SHE WAS AN INNOVATOR OF

HAVING POWERFUL WOMEN ON STAGE

GOING ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.

NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN ANYTHING

LIKE THAT.

>> ♪ IT ROLLING, ROLLING,

ROLLING ON THE RIVER 7

♪ ROLLING, ROLLING, ROLLING ON

THE RIVER ♪

>> THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS

TO GET ON STAGE WITH

TINA TURNER.

♪ ♪

♪ WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO, H♪

>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BREAK

HER, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO

ANYTHING TO HER.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER GOING

TO BE A WOMAN THAT CAN TOUCH HE

HER.

>> SHE IS THE EPITOME OF NEVER

GIVING UP ON YOURSELF AND ON

YOUR STORY AND WHAT YOU WANT TO

DO IN YOUR LIFE.

>> ♪ WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER

HERO ♪

>> EVERYTHING SHE HAD BEEN

THROUGH AND TO STILL BE HERE AND

TO HAVE A METAMORPHOSIS JUST

GOES TO SHOW THAT TINA TURNER IS

UNDENIABLE.

>> ♪ YOU ARE SIMPLY THE BEST ♪

♪ BETTER THAN ALL THE REST ♪

♪ BETTER THAN ANYONE ♪

>> HAPPENED THAT I NEVER KNEW

THAT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.

♪ ♪

SEMI LEGACY IS A PERSON THAT

STRIVES FOR WANTING IT BETTER

AND GOT IT.

♪ YOU'RE THE BEST ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> HI, EVERYBODY.

IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL WHEN I

HEARD THAT THE HALL OF FAME WAS

GIVING ME A TROPHY.

THEY'RE STILL GETTING THE AWARDS

AT 81, I MUST HAVE DONE

SOMETHING RIGHT.

YEAH, THIS IS MINE.

ONLY I DON'T --

[LAUGHS]

I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS.

AND TO HAVE ACHIEVED THIS

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, IT'S

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> HERE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE

ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAMER

TINA TURNER, CHRISTINA AGUILERA.

MICKEY GUYTON.

AND TO START IT OFF, H.E.R. AND

KEITH URBAN.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> ♪ WHEN THE FEELIN' IS

ENDED ♪

♪ THERE AIN'T NO USE

PRETENDIN' ♪

♪ DON'T YA WORRY,

IT'S ONLY LOVE ♪

♪ WHEN YOUR WORLD HAS BEEN

SHATTERED ♪

♪ AIN'T NOTHIN' ELSE MATTERS ♪

♪ IT AIN'T OVER,

IT'S ONLY LOVE ♪

INTO THAT RIGHT, H.E.R.?

♪ ♪

>> ♪ WHEN YOUR HEART HAS BEEN

BROKEN ♪

♪ HARD WORDS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN ♪

♪ IT AIN'T EASY BUT IT'S ONLY

LOVE ♪

♪ WHEN IF YOUR LIFE

AIN'T WORTH LIVIN' ♪

♪ AND YOU'RE READY TO GIVE IN ♪

♪ JUST REMEMBER, BABY,

THAT IT'S ONLY LOVE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ONLY LOVE, BABY, YEAH ♪

♪ ♪

>> ♪ YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT

THE AGGRAVATION ♪

♪ YA GOTTA WANNA WIN

YA GOTTA WANNA WIN ♪

♪ YA GOTTA WANNA WIN ♪

♪ YOU KEEP LOOKIN' BACK

IN DESPERATION ♪

♪ OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> ♪ WHEN YOUR WORLD IS

SHATTERED ♪

♪ AIN'T NOTHIN' ELSE MATTERS ♪

♪ IT AIN'T OVER,

IT'S ONLY LOVE ♪

♪ IT'S ONLY LOVE, BABY ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> ♪ YOU MUST UNDERSTAND,

THOUGH THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND ♪

♪ MAKES MY PULSE REACT ♪

♪ THAT IT'S ONLY THE THRILL

OF BOY MEETING GIRL ♪

♪ OPPOSITES ATTRACT ♪

♪ IT'S PHYSICAL ♪

♪ ONLY LOGICAL ♪

♪ YOU MUST TRY TO IGNORE THAT IT

MEANS MORE THAN THAT ♪

♪ OH-OH, WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO,

GOT TO DO WITH IT? ♪

♪ WHAT'S LOVE BUT A SECOND-HAND

EMOTION? ♪

♪ WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO,

GOT TO DO WITH IT? ♪

♪ WHO NEEDS A HEART

WHEN A HEART CAN BE BROKEN? ♪

♪ OH-OH ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN TAKING ON A NEW

DIRECTION ♪

♪ BUT I HAVE TO SAY ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT MY

OWN PROTECTION ♪

♪ WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO,

GOT TO DO WITH IT? ♪

♪ WHAT'S LOVE

BUT A SECOND-HAND EMOTION ♪

♪ WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO,

GOT TO DO WITH IT? ♪

♪ WHO NEEDS A HEART

WHEN A HEART CAN BE BROKEN? ♪

♪ WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO,

GOT TO DO WITH IT? ♪

♪ WHAT'S LOVE

BUT A SWEET OLD-FASHIONED

NOTION ♪

♪ WHAT'S LOVE ♪

♪ WHO NEEDS A HEART

WHEN A HEART CAN BE BROKEN? ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> ♪ WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL,

I HAD A RAG DOLL ♪

♪ IT WAS THE ONLY DOLL

THAT I'VE EVER OWNED ♪

♪ NOW I LOVE YOU JUST THE WAY

I LOVED THAT RAG DOLL ♪

♪ BUT ONLY NOW MY LOVE

HAS GROWN ♪

♪ AND IT GETS STRONGER

IN EVERY WAY ♪

♪ AND IT GETS DEEPER, BABY ♪

♪ LET ME SAY ♪

♪ THEN IT GETS HIGHER,

DAY BY DAY ♪

♪ AND DO I LOVE YOU, MY OH MY ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ OH NO, NO, IF I EVER, EVER

LOST YOU WOULD I CRY ♪

♪ OH, HOW I LOVE YOU BABY ♪

♪ BABY, BABY, BABY ♪

♪ WHEN YOU WERE

A YOUNG BOY ♪

♪ DID YOU HAVE A PUPPY? ♪

♪ THAT ALWAYS FOLLOWED YOU

AROUND ♪

♪ WELL, I'M GONNA BE AS FAITHFUL

AS THAT PUPPY ♪

♪ NO, I AIN'T NEVER GONNA

LET YOU DOWN ♪

♪ 'CAUSE IT GOES ON AND ON

LIKE A RIVER FLOWS ♪

♪ LORD, IT GETS SWEETER, BABY ♪

♪ AND HEAVEN KNOWS ♪

♪ AND IT GETS SWEETER,

BABY, OH, AS IT GROWS ♪

♪ DO I LOVE YOU, MY OH MY ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ IF I LOST YOU

WOULD I CRY ♪

♪ OH, I LOVE YOU BABY ♪

♪ BABY, BABY, BABY ♪

[VOCALIZING]

♪ AND I LOVE YOU, BABY ♪

♪ LIKE FLOWERS LOVE THE SPRING ♪

♪

♪ ♪

♪

♪ AND I LOVE YOU LIKE A

SCHOOLBOY HE LOVES HIS PET ♪

♪ AND I LOVE YOU, BABY ♪

♪ ♪

[VOCALIZING]

♪

♪ HONEY, YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE,

BELIEVE ♪

♪ DO LOVE YOU ♪

♪ ♪

♪ BABY, BABY, BABY ♪

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU.

>> TWO PRESENTS THE AHMET

ERTEGUN AWARD FOR LIFETIME

ACHIEVEMENT, LIONEL RICHIE.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU

ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON

WIKIPEDIA.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU BEHIND THE

SCENES OF WHO CLARENCE AVANT IS.

HE'S A TEACHER.

HE IS A MASTER COMMUNICATOR.

HE IS THE PERFECT MARRIAGE

BETWEEN STREET SENSE AND COMMON

SENSE.

>> HE IS THIS MYSTERIOUS FIGURE

THAT EVERYBODY RESPECTED.

>> CLARENCE WAS ONE OF MY

FAVORITE GUYS.

>> IF YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO THE

OVERALL GREATER GOOD, HE'S GOING

TO STEP IN LIKE SUPER BLACK MAN.

>> THEY COMBINATION OF REVEREND

SHARP, MALCOLM X, OF THE MUSIC

BUSINESS.

>> WHAT HE DID FOR US, HE WAS

THE ONE THAT BROUGHT US TO SOME

UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE MUSIC

BUSINESS WAS ALL ABOUT.

THERE IS TWO PARTS TO THIS

INDUSTRY.

THE MUSIC BUSINESS IN THE

BUSINESS OF MUSIC.

ONE, USE WHAT YOU ASS OFF.

TWO, YOU MAKE THE MONEY.

HE TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE THE

MONEY.

>> LIFE WAS ABOUT ONE THING,

NUMBERS, NOTHING ELSE.

WHAT DID TINA TURNER SAY?

WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

NOT A FUCKING THING, MAN.

>> IS KEY NEGOTIATING RATES THAT

HE LIKED TO GO TO RIGHT AWAY.

"GO FUCK YOURSELF AND GO TO HEL

HELL."

AND THAT MEANT ELECTIVE.

>> CALL YOU A SON OF A BITCH, SO

WHAT?

>> I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR

CLARENCE.

HE PROVIDED LEAP FOR ME FROM

BEING PROFESSIONAL AIRCRAFT

MECHANIC OVER INTO THIS WORLD.

>> CLARENCE MANAGING JIMMY AND

TERRY HELPED MAKE THE "JANET"

ALBUM.

>> SET OF GOT A PROBLEM WITH

WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

OH, NO, MR. AVANT, WE ASK FOR

TOO MUCH?

>> HE SAID, NO, YOU HAVEN'T ASKD

FOR ENOUGH.

YOU CAN'T DO A RECORD ON THAT.

>> THAT TOLD YOU EVERYTHING YOU

NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT HIM RIGHT

IN THAT FIRST MEETING.

♪ ♪

>> AFTER THE "CONTROL" ALBUM,

THE PHONE WAS RINGING, PEOPLE

WERE AT THE HOUSE.

ONE DAY I WOULD WALK IN, IT WAS

WHITNEY HOUSTON.

QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, CAN YOU

HELP ME WITH THIS DEAL.

IT JUST HAPPENED.

>> I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT FOR THE

LIFE OF ME, WHY DO SO MANY

PEOPLE LIKE HIM?

AND I FIGURED IT OUT.

HE TOLD THE TRUTH.

AND, BY THE WAY, IN THE MUSIC

INDUSTRY, THAT IS A RARE

COMMODITY.

>> I HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BUT MY JOB, SO FAR AS I'M

CONCERNED, IS TO MOVE US

FORWARD.

>> CLARENCE AND OTHERS, THEY ARE

REALLY THE BRIDGE FROM A TIME

WHERE THERE WAS ALMOST NO

OPPORTUNITY TO A TIME WHERE

DORIS BEGAN TO OPEN, AND THEY

LED THE WAY IN POLITICS, IN

BUSINESS, IN THE ARTS, AND

SAYING, NOW MAKE ROOM FOR US.

♪ ♪

>> HE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF

THE CREATIVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,

THE WRITERS, THE PRODUCERS, THE

RANGERS.

>> THEY WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER

CLARENCE AVANT.

HOWEVER, HIS GOAL TO PLANT SEED

SO THEY CAN BE INDIVIDUALS JUST

LIKE IN.

>> HE IS LIKE, BABY, YOU'VE GOT

TO GET YOUR GENERATION TO BE

ACTIVE.

I'M TIRED.

[LAUGHS]

>> IF YOU LEFT THIS PLANET

TOMORROW, YOU FULFILLED YOUR

PURPOSE.

DIDN'T MATTER HE WAS PROMOTING A

TOUR, RUNNING A RADIO STATION,

HE KNEW HIS PURPOSE.

BLACK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE

FORWARD.

>> ♪ FOR IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL

I'M GOING TO NEED ♪

♪ SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON ♪

>> SOMETIMES I SAY TO MYSELF,

HOW THE FUCK DID I GET INVOLVED

WITH ALL OF THE SHIT?

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> CLARENCE, IT IS MY GREAT

PRIVILEGE TO INDUCT YOU INTO THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, LIONEL.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN.

I WANT TO THANK -- WELL, YOU

KNOW, HIS NAME IS BIG JOHN.

AND HE CALLED ME AND HE SAID

THIS.

MY ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO BE

IN OHIO, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET

AN AWARD.

AND I SAID, WAIT A MINUTE.

AND HE SAID, NO, KEEP YOUR MOUTH

SHUT.

>> SO I HAD NO CHOICE, BECAUSE

WHEN YOU DEAL WITH BIG JOHN, YOU

KNOW, HE IS BIG, AND I DIDN'T

WANT NO TROUBLE.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A YOUNG MAN

ANYMORE.

WHEN YOU GET THIS AGE IN LIFE,

YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL

WHEN YOU TALK TO THESE -- THEY

ARE NOT HOODS, BUT THEY ARE --

[LAUGHTER]

THEY ARE BUSINESS PEOPLE.

[LAUGHTER]

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR BEING

HERE.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CROWD LIKE

THIS BEFORE IN MY LIFE.

BIG JOHN, THANK YOU FOR

THREATENING ME.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND PATTY

SMITH, T TODD RUDGREN IS AMONG E

ARTISTS BEING HONORED TONIGHT.

TODD AND I MET IN OUR EARLY

20s, WE WERE BOTH FROM THE

PHILADELPHIA, THE RENT AND THE

WALLFLOWER.

I WAS WORKING IN A BOOKSTORE

WRITING POETRY, AND TODD WAS

ALREADY QUITE ACCOMPLISHED AT 2.

AS HIS FRIEND, I WAS PRIVY TO

THE STAGES OF HIS WORK ON HIS

SOLO ALBUMS.

SUCH A SWIFT EVOLUTION FROM

SHIMMERING POP SONGS TO SOARING

EXPERIMENTAL PIECES, AND HE WAS

UNFLINCHING IN THE FACE OF NEW

TECHNOLOGY.

HE WOULD JUST BEND IT

IN HIS HANDS.

TODD WAS OUR PRODUCER ON MY LAST

ALBUM WITH THE PATTI SMITH

GROUP.

HE WOULD TELL THE BAND, "IF YOU

KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, I WILL HELP

YOU GET IT.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT,

I'LL DO IT FOR YOU."

TODD AND I HAVE OUR OWN PERSONAL

MANTRA: "NO GROWN-UPS ALLOWED."

AND THAT IS TODD RUNDGREN, THE

PETER PAN PRODIGY, EVER CURIOUS,

EVER YOUTHFUL, EVER DEFIANT.

HE HAS BEEN OUR ALCHEMIST,

OUR WIZARD, OUR TRUE STAR.

AND IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO

WELCOME TODD RUNDGREN INTO THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> I'M TODD RUNDGREN.

♪ ♪

>> HI, REMEMBER ME?

MY NAME IS TODD RUNDGREN.

GOING TO DO THE GREATEST HITS OF

THE ' 60s END '70s.

GREAT TUNES LIKE THIS ONE.

SEE IF YOU REMEMBER THIS ONE,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

GOES LIKE THIS.

♪ LOVE YOU BEST ♪

♪ LOVE, LOVE, LA-LA-LA ♪

♪ CAN WE STILL GET TOGETHER

SOMETIME ♪

♪ BUT WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE

FAN ♪

♪ YOU KNOW I HAVE TO FIND MY

WAY ♪

♪ LIKE THE SUNSET BOULEVARD ♪

>> MOST ARTISTS JUST LOOKED TOO

SURVIVING TO THE NEXT HITS.

THAT WASN'T HIS NORTHSTAR.

>> SO MANY MUSICIANS ARE FUCKING

BORING AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY

ARE GOING TO DO.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TODD IS

GOING TO DO.

>> ♪ WE'VE GOT TO GET YOU A

MOMENT ♪

♪ IT'S LIKE NOTHING ELSE CAN LET

YOU ENJOY YOUR LIFE ♪

>> MY COMPANY NEXT YEAR, I'M

SURE YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THE

INTENTION, IT GOES LIKE THIS.

>> THE GREAT IRONY OF MY CAREER

HAS BEEN THE FACT THAT MY

BIGGEST HITS ARE SORT OF ON THE

BALLAD SIDE, ON THE SOFT SIDE.

>> ♪ HELLO, IT'S ME, HELLO ♪

>> BUT MY ORIGINAL MUSICAL ROOTS

WERE KIND OF LIKE THE BEATLES

AND THE WHO, A BIT OF BEACH BOYS

IN THERE, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A

LOT OF VOCALIZATION, IT WAS

ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED WITH A

WELL-DISTORTED GUITAR.

>> THIS NEXT MUSICAL TREND

CALLED POWER POP.

♪ ♪

>> PART OF THE PERSONALITY OF

HIS MUSIC IS THAT HE'S DOING AND

ALL.

HE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS AND HE

KNOWS HOW TO GET IT.

>> YOU WANT THINGS TO COME OUT A

CERTAIN WAY, AND INSTEAD OF

STRANGLING THE CREATIVITY OUT OF

ANOTHER MUSICIAN BECAUSE HE WAS

SO PARTICULAR ABOUT IT, YOU DO

IT YOURSELF, AND THAT WAY IT

DOES BECOME, IN SOME WAYS, MORE

EXPRESSIVE.

♪ ♪

♪ KEEPING MY LOVE INSIDE ♪

>> I STARTED TO SING MUSIC AS

SOMETHING IS WHAT I HAD

PREVIOUSLY ASSUMED.

I MADE THIS CRAZY RECORD IN

WHICH I THREW OUT ALL THE RULES

OF RECORD MAKING AND DECIDED

THAT I WOULD TRY TO IMPRINT AS

MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE CHAOS IN MY

HEAD RIGHT ONTO A RECORD.

♪ JUST ANOTHER ONION HAD ♪

>> I ALWAYS HAD THIS FEELING

THAT HE WAS A WIZARD, A TRUE

STAR, THIS MAKER OF MAGIC.

>> COME TAKE A BREAK NO?

>> SURE.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

>> ♪ TURNED THE WORLD AROUND ♪

♪ ♪

♪ FIGHTING FOR IT ALL DAY ♪

♪ FIGHTING FOR IT ALL NIGHT MAMA

WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT ♪

♪ CAN'T REMEMBER WHY YOU ARE

STILL IN THE RACE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I DON'T WANT TO WORK, I WANT

TO BANG ON THE DRUM ALL DAY ♪

>> THERE'S NEVER ANY GUARANTEE

THAT YOU WILL HAVE A COMMERCIAL

SUCCESS OR SO-CALLED HIT SINGLE.

IF YOU COMPROMISE YOUR APPROACH,

AND IT DIDN'T BECOME A HIT

RECORD, THEN YOU FAILED TWICE,

YOU FEEL YOURSELF AND YOU FAILED

TO MAKE A HIT OUT OF IT.

♪ ♪

♪ SO I SENT YOU THE GIFT ♪

>> THE ULTIMATE REALIZATION OF A

MUSICIANS TALENT IS TO PUT

LYRICS AND MUSIC IN A WAY THAT

MAKES THEM SEEM INSEPARABLE.

>> ♪ ABOUT MY DREAM IS GONE

FOREVER ♪

>> HISTORY SONGS WILL LIVE ON

FOREVER.

EACH ONE IS A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF

ART WILL WANT TO SHARE IT WITH

EACH OTHER AND GO BACK TO AGAIN

AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AS NEEDED.

>> HE IS ONE OF THE GREATS.

HE SHINES.

HE'S UNIQUE.

HE'S RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE

OF IT ALL BUT YET OUTSIDE OF IT.

THE MAN DESERVES TO BE IN THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.

♪ ♪

♪ NOTHING TO FALL BACK ON ♪

>> OUT OF EVERYTHING, TODD IS

JUST A PHILADELPHIAN, AND THAT

IS JUST WHAT WE DO.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> I HAVE NEVER A NUMBER ONE

RECORD, SINGLE OR ALBUM,

PERSONALLY.

I'VE NEVER BEEN NOMINATED FOR A

GRAMMY.

I'VE NEVER BEEN NOMINATED,

THANKFULLY, FOR THE ROCK

HALL OF FAME.

IF NOMINATED, I WILL NOT RUN,

AND IF ELECTED, I WILL NOT SERV

SERVE.

>> HERE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO EARLY

INFLUENCER CHARLEY PATTON, GARY

CLARK JR.

>> THANK YOU.

CHARLEY PATTON HAS OFTEN BEEN

CALLED THE FATHER OF THE DELTA

BLUES, AND HE DESERVES THAT

TITLE.

THE MAGNIFICENT SONGS HE

RECORDED BETWEEN 1929 AND 1935

EXERTED A DECISIVE INFLUENCE ON

ROBERT JOHNSON, ALAN WOLFE, AND

EVERY BLUES PLAYER THAT CAME

AFTER HIM.

HIS BLUES, IN THAT SENSE,

CONTAIN EVERYTHING.

THEY ARE SONGS OF THEIR TIMES

AND OF OUR TIMES.

I'M PROUD TO INDUCT CHARLEY

PATTON INTO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME.

AND IN HIS HONOR, I'LL PLAY ONE

OF HIS MOST INFLUENTIAL TUNES.

IT'S CALLED "HIGH WATER

EVERYWHERE."

♪ ♪

>> ♪ BACKWATER AT BLYTHEVILLE,

BACKED UP ALL AROUND ♪

♪ ♪

♪ BACKWATER AT BLYTHEVILLE,

DONE TOOK JOINER TOWN ♪

♪ ♪

♪ IT WAS FIFTY FAMILIES

AND CHILDREN ♪

♪ COME TO SINK AND DROWN ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I SAID THE WATER WAS RISIN' UP

AT MY FRIEND'S DOOR ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I SAID THE WATER WAS RISIN' UP

AT MY FRIEND'S FRONT DOOR ♪

♪ ♪

♪ THE MAN SAID TO HIS WOMENFOLK,

"LORD, WE'D BETTER GO" ♪

♪ ♪

♪ LORD, THE WATER WAS ROLLIN',

WATER UPON MY DOOR ♪

♪ WAS SINKIN' DOWN ♪

♪ WAS SINKIN' DOWN ♪

♪ I COULDN'T GET NO BOATS THERE,

MARION CITY GONE DOWN ♪

♪ ♪

♪ SO HIGH THE WATER WAS RISIN',

MEN SINKIN' DOWN ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I SAID, THE WATER WAS RISIN'

AT PLACES ALL AROUND ♪

♪ ♪

♪ IT WAS FIFTY MEN AND CHILDREN

COME TO SINK AND DROWN ♪

♪ ♪

♪ OH, LORDY, LORDY, LORD, WOMEN

AND GROWN MEN DROWN ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I SAID, WOMEN AND CHILDREN

THEY WERE SINKIN' DOWN ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I COULDN'T SEE NOBODY'S HOME

AND WASN'T NO ONE TO BE FOUND ♪

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> HI, EVERYBODY, TE MET PHARREL

WILLIAMS, ELECTRONIC MUSIC IS

EVERYWHERE, BUT WHAT KRAFTWERK

DID WAS GROUNDBREAKING AND

REVOLUTIONARY.

>> SOMETIMES WE PLAY OUR

MACHINES AND SOMETIMES THEY PLAY

US.

>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT

KRAFTWERK IS, YOU THINK ABOUT

THE MANNER.

KIND OF, LIKE, PEOPLE THAT DRESS

LIKE ROBOTS AND TRY TO HAVE A

HIGH CONCEPT.

WE ARE I THINK THEY ARE SO GOOD

AS THEY ARE GREAT INSTINCTIVE

MUSICIANS AND MILITARISTS.

>> THEY CREATED FRAT MET

KRAFTWERK IN DUESSELDORF IN

GERMANY AND IN THE EARLY 20s

STARTED MAKING EXPERIMENTAL

MUSIC THAT WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING

THE WORLD HAD EVER HEARD.

♪ ♪

>> THE GERMANS HAD FOUND THEIR

FORTE, AND IT WAS CALLED

KRAFTWERK.

♪ ♪

♪ SHE'S A MODEL AND SHE'S

LOOKING GOOD ♪

>> WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?

>> QUITE BY KRAFTWERK.

>> SINCE, MAINLY INSPIRED BY

KRAFTWERK, THE OTHERS FOLLOWED

SUIT, REALIZED YOU COULD DO SO

MUCH MORE WITH IT.

>> FOR MANY OF US, WE WERE

INFLUENCED BY KRAFTWERK WITHOUT

EVEN REALIZING IT.

REACHING INTO A CRATE OF RECORDS

AND FOUND KRAFTWERK, THAT'S WHEN

MILLIONS OF HIP-HOP FANS AROUND

THE WORLD, INCLUDING MYSELF,

HEARD KRAFTWERK'S INFECTIOUS

BEATS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

>> I STARTED NOTICING THE BLOCK

PARTIES, AND THEY WOULD PUT THIS

RECORD ON.

HYOU WOULD JUST HERE...

♪ ♪

PEOPLE WOULD HEAR THIS MUSIC AND

THEY WOULD TURN AND WALK TOWARD

THE PARK LIKE SOMEBODY'S IN

"THE WALKING DEAD."

>> JUST WENT CRAZY AND STARTED

GETTING THE JAM AT EVERY PARTY

WE PLAYED.

♪ ♪

>> THESE WHITE DUDES WERE IN THE

HEART OF BLACK CULTURE.

THAT WILL LET YOU KNOW WHO WAS

INFLUENCING US.

♪ IT'S LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S

THE WAY IT ♪

THAT'S KRAFTWERK.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT

KRAFTWERK AT ALL AND STILL BE

COMPLETELY INDEBTED TO IT.

♪ ♪

♪ MUSIC NONSTOP ♪

>> THE INFLUENCE WAS SO

GIGANTIC.

>> I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO MEET THE

LATE, GREAT FLORIAN SCHNEIDER

AND LET HIM KNOW WHAT IS MUSIC

MEANT TO US.

WE SHOULD ALL BE GRATEFUL TO

KRAFTWERK.

THAT'S WHY THIS RECOGNITION IS

IMPORTANT.

WELCOME KRAFTWERK TO THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.

♪ ♪

♪ MUSIC NONSTOP."

>> HELLO, EVERYONE, AND

DREW BARRYMORE, HERE TO INDUCT

THE GO GOES INTO 'N' ROLL

HALL OF FAME.

THIS IS SUCH AN HONOR, AND

HONESTLY, IT'S REALLY EASY TO DO

BECAUSE THE GO-GO'S HAVE BEEN IN

MY PERSONAL HALL OF FAME SINCE I

WAS SIX YEARS OLD.

IN FACT, IF YOU'D TOLD TINY ME

THAT I'D BE UP HERE INTRODUCING

MY HEROES INTO THE MOST NOTABLE

ROCK CLUB IN HUMAN HISTORY,

I WOULD SAY, "WELL, I WILL DO MY

BEST TO HONOR THESE WOMEN."

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST RECORD

THAT YOU EVER GOT?

IF YOU DO, SHOUT IT OUT TO ME.

YOU KNOW WHAT MINE WAS?

IT WAS "BEAUTY AND THE BEAT."

IT WAS MY VERY FIRST RECORD.

"BEAUTY AND THE BEAT" BLUE

THE DOORS OF MY LIFE OFF.

IT OPENED ME UP TO A WHOLE NEW

DIMENSION.

I DROPPED THE NEEDLE AND I FELT

INSTANTLY CONNECTED TO THE PUNK

PULSE OF THIS RECORD.

IT SOUNDED LIKE

PURE POSSIBILITY.

IT RATTLED UP MY WALLS AND

STRAIGHT THROUGH TO MY HEART.

I SPENT HOURS STARING AT THAT

COVER AND THE BACK SIDE, ALL OF

THEM IN THE BATHTUB.

THE COOLEST GIRLS IN THE WORLD

TAKING A SPA DAY IN COOL-GIRL

HEAVEN.

IT WAS ALWAYS A PARTY FOR GUYS,

FOR SO LONG WITH THESE GIRLS.

THEY WERE CRUSHING IT.

I SANG ALONG TO "THIS TOWN" AND

I FELT INVITED TO THE PARTY AND

I LOVED THAT THESE GIRLS

WERE FROM MY HOMETOWN.

I WAS A WEST HOLLYWOOD KID AND

THE GO-GO'S WERE BORN OUT OF

L.A. PUNK.

AND THEY PLAYED THEIR FIRST SHOW

AT MASQUE, A CLUB IN THE

BASEMENT OF THE PUSSYCAT.

OH, YEAH, IF YOU WERE IN L.A. IN

THE '70s, YOU KNEW WHAT THE

PUSSYCAT IS.

IT'S AN ADULT THEATER AND IT WAS

JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM

MY CHILDHOOD BEDROOM.

AND IT WAS IN THAT BEDROOM THAT

I WORE THAT RECORD OUT.

AND IT TOOK ONE ALBUM AND I WAS

HOOKED.

I WAS GAGA FOR THE GO-GO'S.

AND, DAMN, THEIR OUTFITS!

GOD, THEY WERE INCREDIBLE!

I MEAN, TAKE ONE LOOK AT ME

IN THE '80s AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE

I GOT MY INSPIRATION.

YES!

AND IMAGINE MEETING

BELINDA CARLISLE

WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF DRESSED LIKE

A LITTLE, MINI BELINDA CARLISLE.

THAT WAS ME IN 1984 AND I WAS

JUST NINE YEARS OLD.

LOOKING AT MY HERO.

JUST LAST NIGHT, I DANCED WITH

MY NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OLIVE

AND HER SISTER FRANKIE TO "WE

GOT THE BEAT" AND I FELT LIKE MY

WHOLE LIFE CAME FULL-CIRCLE,

KNOWING THAT I WAS COMING HERE.

THEY CHANGED MY LIFE.

THEY MADE ME BELIEVE IN THINGS

I DIDN'T THINK WERE POSSIBLE.

AND TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW

THEM HOW THEY CHANGED THE WORLD.

40 YEARS OF MAKING MUSIC,

COUNTLESS WORLD TOURS, SELLING

OUT EIGHT SHOWS AT THE WHISKEY,

PLAYING THE BOWL, THE GARDEN,

GETTING TANKED AND PLAYING SNL

FOR 60 MILLION, OPENING FOR THE

STONES, INFLUENCING SO MANY

KICK-ASS FANS TO COME.

AND THAT'S JUST A TINY SAMPLER

OF THIS BAND'S LEGACY.

AND IT DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH WHAT

THEY MUSCLED THROUGH IN THEIR

WILD CHAPTERS.

AND, TRUST ME, I KNOW A THING

OR TWO ABOUT WILD CHAPTERS.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE GO-GO'S

WAS SUCH A PERFECT NAME.

FOR THAT BAND.

SO FULL OF KINETIC ENERGY.

IT FITS THEIR MUSIC AND THEIR

SPIRIT AND MINE TOO.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO JUST

GO FOR IT.

SO I LOOKED UP THE WORD "GO"

IN THE DICTIONARY AND THERE ARE

SO MANY DEFINITIONS.

"TO MOVE ON A COURSE."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

"TO BEGIN AN ACTION OR EMOTION."

MY FAVORITE DEFINITION OF THE

WORD "GO" IS TO PROCEED WITHOUT

DELAY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

"IN AN OFTEN THOUGHTLESS AND

RECKLESS MANNER.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

NOW MY CHILDHOOD FANTASY IS

FULFILLED.

BUT IT ISN'T ABOUT ME.

THIS IS AS TRUE BLUE OF A

LOVE LETTER FROM THEIR BIGGEST

FAN.

FROM THE FIRST BAND I EVER

LOVED.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE GO-GO'S.

>> THESE ARE THE GO-GO'S,

CHARLOTTE CAFFEY CHARLOTTE

CAFFEY, GINA SCHOCK, JANE

WIEDLIN, KATHY VALENTINE, AND

BELINDA CARLISLE.

>> THE GREATEST DOLL-GIRL GROUP

OF ALL TIME, THE GO-GO'S.

>> THE GO-GO'S!

>> THE GO-GO'S!

>> AS A YOUNG GIRL GOING INTO A

SPACE WHERE WOMEN ON THE STAGE,

UNAPOLOGETICALLY, TO ME IT

REPRESENTED A MOMENT OF

POSSIBILITY.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING SO NICE.

>> THEY WOULD JUST THIS

PHENOMENON, AND WE WERE ALL,

LIKE, IN LOVE WITH THEM.

>> WE ARE THE FIRST-GIRL BAND,

THEY PLAYED THEIR OWN

INSTRUMENTS, TO BE REALLY

SUCCESSFUL.

♪ ♪

>> AND MAKE IT ON STAGE, WE

DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS

GOING TO HAPPEN, AND I LOVE THA

THAT.

>> PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMED

THAT WE WERE ALWAYS A POP BAND

AND WE ARE PROBABLY PUT TOGETHER

BY SOME GUY, BUT WE DID IT ALL

OURSELVES.

>> GOT ON STAGE AND HAPPENED TO

BE A GROUP OF WOMEN REALLY

KICKING ASS.

IT WAS GREAT.

WE KNEW IT.

>> ONE IN A MILLION TICKET TO

WHERE WE GOT.

>> BECAUSE I COME FROM, LIKE,

THE MTB GENERATION, IT'S, LIKE,

THOSE FIRST SONGS I THINK GOT

BRANDED IN MY BRAIN.

>> THAT'S WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS,

EVEN IN THE NAME OF THE SONG,

YOU CAN CONJURE A WHOLE WORLD,

AND THE GO-GO'S DID THAT.

>> THERE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN

THE GO-GO'S WITHOUT THE PUNK

ROCK SCENE IN LOS ANGELES.

>> BASICALLY THE ONLY PEOPLE

LEFT THAT WEREN'T IN A BAND, SO

WE DECIDED TO DO IT TOO.

>> ONE PROBLEM.

>> WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY NO

INSTRUMENTS.

YOU KNOW, HAD A COUPLE WEEKS OF

FOLK GUITAR LESSONS WHEN I WAS

12.

I'LL JUST PLAY GUITAR.

>> I CERTAINLY THOUGHT I COULD

SING.

I THOUGHT I SOUNDED LIKE JULIE

ANDREWS.

>> I THINK THAT DEEP DOWN INSIDE

WE KNEW THAT WE HAD SOMETHING

REALLY SPECIAL, BUT WE NEEDED

SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY KNEW HOW

TO DO IT.

>> LET'S TRY PLUGGING THE AMPS

INTO THE WALL FIRST.

♪ ♪

>> AT THE EVOLUTION TO GO FROM

MAKING JUST LITERAL NOISE TO

CRAFTING SONGS THAT ARE SOME OF

THE BEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN.

"WE GOT THE BEAT," THAT SONG IS

ON FIRE.

THAT ENERGY IS ALWAYS GOING TO

BE RELEVANT.

♪ ♪

>> WE WERE PUNKS, AND I THINK WE

WERE READY TO TAKE IT TO THE

NEXT LEVEL. WERE AFRAID

TO TAKE A CHANCE ON AN ALL-GIRL

BAND BECAUSE NONE HAD REALLY

SUCCEEDED BEFORE.

BUT OURS SIGNED APRIL 1ST.

THE NEXT DAY, WE FLEW TO

NEW YORK.

>> I LOVED THIS TOWN.

THIS IS LIKE A SPY MOVIE, AND

HERE COMES THE GUITAR.

♪ ♪

JAMES BOND.

THE GO-GO'S WERE DOING THEIR OWN

THING, BUT THEY WERE ALSO

CHANNELING '60s MUSIC.

♪ ♪

>> WITH THE GO-GO'S AS A PUNK

BAND, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE

EXPERIENCE TO KNOW THEY COULD DO

MORE THAN JUST EXECUTE THE

MOMENT.

♪ WE ARE ALL DREAMERS ♪

>> WHEN HE GOT A HOLD OF US, HE

SAID, SLOW EVERYTHING DOWN.

THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED, THESE

ARE ALL POP SONGS.

>> ♪ CAN YOU HEAR THEM, THEY

TALK ABOUT US ♪

♪ TELLING LIES ♪

>> THE GO-GO'S, THEY LOOK LIKE

THEIR MUSIC, THEY LOOK LIKE

THEIR SOUND.

IT'S PRETTY TOUGH AND BOUNCY.

PEOPLE NOW TRIED TO GET THE

SOUND THAT THE GO-GO'S WERE

PUTTING OUT AN '81, '82, '83.

♪ ♪

THAT'S WHY IT STANDS THE TEST OF

TIME.

IT'S PURE.

♪ ♪

>> WHEN WE TOURED WITH THE

POLICE, AND TOOK US FROM PLAYING

CLUBS TO ARENAS.

>> WHEN I WALKED OUT ON STAGE, I

ALMOST DIED.

>> DURING THAT POLICE TOUR, OUR

ALBUM KEPT GOING UP AND UP AND

UP IN THE CHART.

>> THEIR ALBUM WAS LIKE A

SKYROCKET.

>> STING CAME IN THE DRESSING

ROOM AND HE'S GOT CHAMPAGNE.

"CONGRATULATIONS, GIRLS."

WE ARE LOOKING AT HIM LIKE,

WHAT?

HE SAID, YOUR RECORD HAS PASSED

OURS.

THEY WERE NUMBER SIX AND THEN WE

WENT TO NUMBER ONE.

FOR THE GO-GO'S TO HAVE A DEBUT

ALBUM GO TO NUMBER ONE, THAT

SOMETHING THAT RELATIVELY FEW

ARTISTS HAVE DONE.

LIKE, THE BIGGEST, ELVIS, THE

BEATLES.

>> DO YOU STILL GET ALONG HIS

FRIENDS?

>> THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF

QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR

RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER WAS

LIKE.

"OH, WE LOVE EACH OTHER, WE ARE

LIKE SISTERS."

YEAH, LIKE SISTERS THAT FUCKING

STAB EACH OTHER IN THE BACK.

>> THAT VOLATILITY AND TENSION

ARE TWO INGREDIENTS THAT MAKE

THE BAND GREAT.

AND THAT CAN BE WONDERFUL FOR

MUSIC.

THAT CAN BE WONDERFUL FOR

SONGCRAFT, AND IT CAN BE

DEVASTATING AND HEARTBREAKING

FOR INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS.

♪ ♪

>> THERE IS FIVE PEOPLE THIS

BAND, AND EVERYBODY WAS SET ON

THEIR OWN SORT OF COURSE.

BUT THEN WE GOT BACK TOGETHER.

[LAUGHS]

BECAUSE THE STORY NEVER ENDS.

>> ♪ SEE THE PEOPLE WALKING

DOWN THE STREET ♪

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS KEEPS

GOING.

I SWEAR TO CHRIST I DON'T.

>> YOU GET OLDER AND YOU DROP A

LOT OF THE BULLSHIT.

WE ARE A FAMILY, THAT IS WHAT IT

IS.

>> ONE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN

ROCK BANDS OF ALL TIME.

THE FACT THAT THEY ARE FINALLY

GETTING ANOINTED IN THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, BETTER

LATE THAN NEVER, BUT

WELL-DESERVED.

>> ♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ GET ON YOUR FEET ♪

>> ARE YOU DRUNK?

>> OH, MY GOD, DO WE HAVE THE

MOTHERFUCKING BEAT.

>> IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO INDUCT

INTO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME BELINDA CARLISLE,

JANE WIEDLIN, CHARLOTTE CAFFEY,

GINA SCHOCK, AND KATHY

VALENTINE.

EVERYONE GIVE IT UP FOR THE

GO-GO'S!

[SCREAMS]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> ♪ CAN'T SEEM TO GET MY MIND

OFF OF YOU ♪

♪ BACK HERE AT HOME THERE'S

NOTHIN' TO DO ♪

♪ NOW THAT I'M AWAY ♪

♪ I WISH I'D STAYED ♪

♪ TOMORROW'S A DAY OF MINE

THAT YOU WON'T BE IN ♪

♪ WHEN YOU LOOKED AT ME

I SHOULD'VE RUN ♪

♪ BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST

FOR FUN ♪

♪ I SEE I WAS WRONG ♪

♪ AND I'M NOT SO STRONG ♪

♪ I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ALL ALONG

THAT TIME WOULD TELL ♪

♪ ONE WEEK WITHOUT YOU ♪

♪ I THOUGHT I'D FORGET ♪

♪ TWO WEEKS WITHOUT YOU

AND I STILL HAVEN'T

GOTTEN OVER YOU YET ♪

♪ VACATION, ALL I EVER WANTED ♪

♪ VACATION, HAD TO GET AWAY ♪

♪ VACATION, MEANT TO BE SPENT

ALONE ♪

♪ VACATION, ALL I EVER WANTED ♪

♪ VACATION, HAD TO GET AWAY ♪

♪ VACATION, MEANT TO BE SPENT

ALONE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ CAN YOU HEAR THEM? ♪

♪ THEY TALK ABOUT US ♪

♪ TELLING LIES ♪

♪ WELL, THAT'S NO SURPRISE ♪

♪ CAN YOU SEE THEM? ♪

♪ SEE RIGHT THROUGH THEM ♪

♪ THEY HAVE NO SHIELD ♪

♪ NO SECRETS TO REVEAL ♪

♪ DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY SAY ♪

♪ IN THE JEALOUS GAMES

PEOPLE PLAY ♪

♪ HEY, HEY, HEY ♪

♪ OUR LIPS ARE SEALED ♪

♪ ♪

♪ HUSH, MY DARLING ♪

♪ DON'T YOU CRY ♪

♪ GUARDIAN ANGEL ♪

♪ FORGET THEIR LIES ♪

YEAH!

♪ CAN YOU HEAR THEM? ♪

♪ THEY TALK ABOUT US ♪

♪ TELLING LIES ♪

♪ WELL, THAT'S NO SURPRISE ♪

♪ CAN YOU SEE THEM? ♪

♪ SEE RIGHT THROUGH THEM ♪

♪ THEY HAVE NO SHIELD ♪

♪ NO SECRETS TO REVEAL ♪

♪ DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY SAY ♪

♪ IN THE JEALOUS GAMES

PEOPLE PLAY ♪

♪ HEY, HEY, HEY ♪

♪ OUR LIPS ARE SEALED ♪

♪ OUR LIPS ARE SEALED ♪

♪ OUR LIPS ARE SEALED ♪

♪ OUR LIPS ARE SEALED ♪

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

HERE IT COMES!

WHOO!

LET'S GO.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ SEE THE PEOPLE WALKING DOWN

THE STREET ♪

♪ FALL IN LINE JUST WATCHING

ALL THEIR FEET ♪

♪ THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY

WANT TO GO ♪

♪ BUT THEY'RE WALKING IN TIME ♪

♪ THEY GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ THEY GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ THEY GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ YEAH, THEY GOT THE BEAT ♪

COME ON!

♪ ♪

♪ ALL THE KIDS JUST GETTING OUT

OF SCHOOL ♪

♪ THEY CAN'T WAIT TO HANG OUT

AND BE COOL ♪

♪ HANG AROUND 'TIL QUARTER AFTER

TWELVE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHEN THEY FALL IN

LINE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHEN THEY FALL IN

LINE ♪

♪ THEY GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ THEY GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ KIDS GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ YEAH, KIDS GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ GO-GO MUSIC REALLY MAKES US

DANCE ♪

♪ DOING THE PONY PUTS US

IN A TRANCE ♪

♪ THE WATUSI, JUST GIVE US

A CHANCE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHEN WE FALL IN LINE ♪

♪ THAT'S WHEN WE FALL IN LINE ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ YEAH, WE GOT IT! ♪

♪ ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

COME ON, I WANT TO HEAR YOU!

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

COME ON.

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ EVERYBODY GET ON YOUR FEET ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ WE KNOW YOU CAN DANCE

TO THE BEAT ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ JUMP BACK, GET DOWN ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

♪ WE GOT THE BEAT ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, DREW.

I'M KATHY VALENTINE, AND I CAN

SPEAK FOR ALL THE GO-GO'S WHEN I

SAY WE ARE SO HAPPY AND EXCITED

AND PROUD TO BE INDUCTED INTO

THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.

OUR BAND HAS BEEN, AT DIFFERENT

TIMES, LIKE THE MOST RINKY-DINK

TRAVELING CIRCUS YOU COULD EVER

IMAGINE, LIKE A SNARLING WOLF

PACK, AND VERY MUCH LIKE FAMILY.

BUT WE ARE SISTERHOOD AND WOMEN

IS SIGNIFICANT.

WE BECAME A COMMERCIALLY

SUCCESSFUL BAND EXCEPT WE

STARTED AT THE BOTTOM, WHERE ALL

ROCK 'N' ROLL BANDS START, AND

OUR MUSIC FOUND ITS WAY INTO OUR

FANS' HEARTS AND INTO THEIR

LIVES.

BY HONORING OUR HISTORICAL

CONTRIBUTION, THE DOORS TO THIS

ESTABLISHMENT HAVE OPENED WIDER.

AND THE GO-GO'S WILL BE

ADVOCATING FOR THE INCLUSION OF

MORE WOMEN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

BECAUSE HERE IS THE THING, THERE

WOULD NOT BE LESS OF US IF MORE

OF US WERE VISIBLE.

SO TO ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS, THE

TEENAGERS, THE YOUNG LADIES, ANY

WOMAN, ANY H OUT THERE IN THE

WORLD WHO IS WANTING AND HOPING

AND DREAMING TO BE HEARD,

HOPEFULLY LOUDLY COME OUT WITH

AND DRUMS AND BASES, AND YOUR

UNIQUE, WONDERFUL VOICES,

THE GO-GO'S ARE HERE TO SAY

DREAM, DREAM, BABY, AND ROCK ON!

>> HI, YOU GUYS, I'M GINA, AND

I --

YEAH, RIGHT!

FUCK YEAH!

I CAN'T BELIEVE.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR

FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY ALL OF OUR

MOMS AND DADS WHO SUPPORTED US

AND ALLOWED US TO FOLLOW OUR

DREAMS.

THEY WERE THERE FROM THE START.

OUR FAMILY OF MUSICIANS WHO ARE

OUT THERE, YOU ARE EVERYWHERE.

YOU ARE PART OF US.

WE ARE PART OF YOU.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE

OUR FABULOUS SINGER, BABE

CARLISLE.

>> WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH LOVE AND

GUIDANCE IN OUR 43 YEARS

TOGETHER, OUR FIRST MANAGER, WHO

WAS LIKE OUR MOM, BRADFORD COBB,

WHO WAS ALWAYS KIND, SWEET, AND

SMART, BRUCE PATRON, SOMEWHERE

UP THERE, WE LOVE YOU, AND ALSO

OUR MANAGER MIKE HAYES AND, OF

COURSE, OUR CHEERLEADER AND

MANAGER, ART CISNEROS.

THE NEXT PERSON IS CHARLOTTE

CAFFEY, GUITARIST

EXTRAORDINAIRE.

>> HELLO.

THANK YOU.

WHEN WE WERE UP AND UNABLE TO

GET A RECORD DEAL, IRS RECORDS

TOOK A CHANCE ON US.

MILES COPELAND, YOU ARE A MAD

GENIUS.

OUR FIRST PRODUCER, RICHARD,

HEARD SOMETHING IN US THAT MANY

OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T.

AND OUR BELOVED CREW, CHRIS AND

TRAVIS, THANK YOU FOR TAKING

CARE OF US ON STAGE AND ON THE

ROAD.

LOVE AND THANKS TO YOU ALL.

AND NOW, AT LAST, BUT NOT LEAST,

THE ICONIC JANE WIEDLIN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> HEY!

AW, GEE WHIZ.

WELL, WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR 43

YEARS SO FAR.

GO FIGURE!

ANYWAYS, IN THIS MILLENNIUM, I

DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS HAD MORE

OF AN IMPACT ON OUR BAND'S

CAREER LEGACY THEN THE DIRECTOR

ALLISON -- JESUS CHRIST --

ALISON OWEN, WHO CREATED OUR

DOCUMENTARY.

SHE REALLY UNDERSTOOD US AND

INTRODUCED THE WORLD TO A BAND,

YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY WAS MAYBE

FADING AWAY OR WHATEVER AND THEN

SHE BROUGHT IT OUT RIGHT BACK,

AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HER.

BUT THE PEOPLE WE ARE MOST

GRATEFUL TO EVOLVE ARE THE FANS

WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR OVER

FOUR DECADES.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND THEY KEEP COMING BACK.

AND WE LOVE YOU GUYS WE WOULDN'T

BE ANYTHING WITHOUT YOU.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

HONOR.

IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

PRKEW, HEAD EXPLOSION.

>> MY NAME IS COMMON AND I'M

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE GRAPE,

INCOMPARABLE GIL SCOTT HAMMOND,

POET, AUTHOR, GIL SCOTT-HERON

REDEFINED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF C

WITH WORDS SO TRUE THEY

STUNG AND A SOUND SO POWERFUL

IT COULDN'T BE IGNORED.

SETTING HIS GRIPPING POETRY TO A

BEAT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF A

NATION, AND THAT SIMPLE ACT

WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME A

CORNERSTONE OF WHAT WE NOW KNOW

AS HIP-HOP.

IN 1970, HE ASKED, WHO WILL

SURVIVE IN AMERICA?

A QUESTION WE ASK WITH

INCREASING URGENCY DAILY 50

YEARS LATER.

I'M SO PROUD TO PAY HOMAGE TO

THE BRILLIANCE OF GIL

SCOTT-HERON.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING

HIM TONIGHT WITH HIS INDUCTION

INTO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME.

♪ ♪

>> ♪ A ♪

>> THIS IS AS CLOSE AS YOU GET

TO FREEDOM RIGHT HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M LOCKED IN

OUR LOCKED OUT.

♪ ♪

♪ WHAT'S THE WORD ♪

>> DID ONE CALLED THE VULTURE,

THE FIRST THINGS THAT EVER

APPEARED IN PUBLIC THAT I WAS

RESPONSIBLE, FIRST CHANCERY

COURT CAME AFTER I DONE SOME

BOOKS.

>> HAD A POEM CALLED "WHITEY ON

THE MOON."

IT WAS INSPIRED BY SOME WHITEYS.

>> I CAN'T PAY NO DOCTOR BILLS

FOR WHITEYS ON THE MOM.

TEN YEARS FROM NOW I'LL BE

PAYING STILL FOR WHITEY ON THE

MOON.

>> THEY WERE STILL LISTENING TO

A POEM DELIVERED ORALLY AND WITH

THE RHYTHMS THAT MEAN SO MUCH TO

US.

>> ♪ SEEMS LIKE A WINTER IN

AMERICA ♪

>> GIL SCOTT-HERON WITH THAT

SOOTHING BARITONE, TELLING THE

POLITICAL TRUTH THAT AMERICA

DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR, SETTING THE

WORD TO THE DRUM, THE BEAT.

♪ ♪

♪ AND IT MIGHT NOT BE SUCH A

BAD IDEA IF I NEVER, NEVER WENT

HOME AGAIN ♪

>> THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MY

INSTRUCTORS, THE LANGSTON HUGHE

HUGHES, NOT ONLY KNEW THE ISSUES

AND THE IDEAS IN THE EMOTION

CONTENT OF WHERE THE COMMUNITY

WAS COMING FROM, BUT THEY

DISPLAYED IT IN A MANNER THAT

THE COMMUNITY WOULD DO IT.

>> WE'D LIKE TO DO A POEM CALLED

"THE TELEVISION WILL NOT BE

TELEVISED," PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT

WON'T BE.

YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAY

HOME, BROTHER.

YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLUG IN,

TURN ON, AND COP OUT.

HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LOSE

YOURSELF AND SKIP OUT DURING

COMMERCIALS BECAUSE THE

REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE

TELEVISED.

THE REVOLUTION WILL BE NO RERUN,

BROTHERS.

THE REVOLUTION WILL BE LIVE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> THE GREATEST BAND IN ALL THE

WORLD, THE ROLLING STONES.

>> I AM CHARLIE WATTS, I AM THE

DRUMMER.

>> ON THE DRUM, CHARLIE WATTS.

>> HELLO.

>> CHARLIE, ONE OF THE GREATEST

DRUMMERS IN THE WORLD TO EVER

SAY.

>> I CAN'T READ.

I'M NOT A MUSICIAN OF THE

CALIBER.

JUST AN INFERIOR ARTICLE.

MAYBE I'M GREAT AFTER ALL.

>> I LOVE PLAYING THE DRUMS.

I LOVE PLAYING WITH THE

ROLLING STONES.

>> HOW LONG DO YOU WANT TO DO

IT?

>> DO WHAT, BE ON THE ROAD?

>> BE IN THE ROLLING STONES.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ THERE IS A HOMELESS IN

NEW ORLEANS ♪

♪ THEY CALL THE RISING SUN ♪

♪ AND ITS BEEN THE RUIN OF MANY

A POOR BOY ♪

♪ AND I KNOW I'VE WON ♪

♪ WITHOUT YOU, BABE, WITHOUT

YOU, BABE ♪

♪ WITHOUT YOU, BABE, WITHOUT

YOU, BABE ♪

♪ I WAS STANDING WHEN I HEARD MY

BULLDOG BARK ♪

♪ HE WAS THE PARKING AT THE TWO

MEN WHO WERE GAMBLING IN THE

DARK ♪

♪ ♪

OPEN YOU'VE GOT WHAT I NEED, BUT

YOU SAY HE IS A FRIEND ♪

♪ OH, BABY, YOU'VE GOT WHAT I

NEED ♪

♪ BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A

FRIEND ♪

♪ BUT YOU SAY HE IS A FRIEND ♪

♪ OH, NO ♪

♪ MISSISSIPPI QUEEN ♪

♪ YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ♪

♪ LEFT CHICAGO ♪

♪ ON A FLIGHT FOR NEW ORLEANS ♪

♪ LEFT CHICAGO ♪

♪ AND IS BOUND FOR NEW ORLEANS ♪

♪ HEY ♪

♪ DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU

CRYING ♪

♪ TONIGHT'S THE TIME FOR ALL

YOUR TEARS ♪

♪ YOUR HEART MAY BE BROKEN

TONIGHT ♪

♪ BUT TOMORROW IN THE MORNING

LIGHT ♪

♪ DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU

CRYING ♪

A COUPLE OF GREAT GUYS WHO ARE

GREAT TALENTS AND YOU'RE GOING .

THE EVERLY BROTHERS, BILL AND

DON.

>> ♪ BYE-BYE, LOVE, BYE-BYE,

SWEET GRASS ♪

>> WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES?

>> BILL AND I, WE WERE SOMETHING

ELSE, A WHOLE NEW BREED OF

PEOPLE, I SING HARMONY FIRST,

THEN HE GOT OLDER AND TOOK OVER

THE HARMONY, NATURAL HARMONY

SINGER, AND IT JUST CLICKED.

♪ ♪

>> THE EVERLYS WERE VERY

SPECIAL.

I THINK IT'S WHERE THE BEATLES

GOT THEIR TWO PEOPLE IN HARMONY

THING, JOHN AND I WERE THE

EVERLY'S. ♪

.>> ♪ WAKE UP, LITTLE SUSIE,

WAKE UP, LITTLE SUSIE ♪

>> ROCK 'N' ROLL HAS BEEN GOOD

TO US, I HOPE IT IS GOOD TO YOU.

♪ ♪

>> HERE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE

EVERLY BROTHERS, BRANDI CARLILE.

>> ♪ DREAM, DREAM, DREAM,

DREAM ♪

♪ DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM ♪

♪ WHEN I WANT YOU IN MY ARMS ♪

♪ WHEN I WANT YOU

AND ALL YOUR CHARMS ♪

♪ WHENEVER I WANT YOU,

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS ♪

♪ DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM ♪

♪ WHEN I FEEL BLUE

IN THE NIGHT ♪

♪ WHEN I NEED YOU

TO HOLD ME TIGHT ♪

♪ WHENEVER I WANT YOU,

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS ♪

♪ DREAM ♪

♪ I CAN MAKE YOU MINE,

TASTE YOUR LIPS OF WINE ♪

♪ ANYTIME NIGHT OR DAY ♪

♪ THE ONLY TROUBLE IS,

GEE WHIZ ♪

♪ I'M DREAMIN' MY LIFE AWAY ♪

♪ I NEED YOU

♪ I NEED YOU SO

THAT I COULD DIE ♪

♪ I LOVE YOU SO

AND THAT IS WHY ♪

♪ WHENEVER I WANT YOU,

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS ♪

♪ DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM ♪

♪ DREAM ♪

♪ I CAN MAKE YOU MINE,

TASTE YOUR LIPS OF WINE ♪

♪ ANYTIME NIGHT OR DAY ♪

♪ THE ONLY TROUBLE IS,

GEE WHIZ ♪

♪ I'M DREAMIN' MY LIFE AWAY ♪

♪ I NEED YOU SO

THAT I COULD DIE ♪

♪ I LOVE YOU SO

AND THAT IS WHY ♪

♪ WHENEVER I WANT YOU,

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS ♪

♪ DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM ♪

♪ DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM ♪

♪ DREAM ♪

♪ DREAM ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO MY FRIEND

J.C. ON THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.

I'VE ALWAYS HAD THE TWO OF US

HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAT MEETS

THE EYE.

NOBODY WHO MET EITHER OF US AS

YOUNGER MEN WOULD HAVE EXPECTED

US TO BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

WE BOTH FEEL RESPONSIBLE BILL

NUMB NECK RESPONSIBILITY TO

CREATE LETTERS FOR THOSE COMING

UP BEHIND US.

LET'S FACE IT, WE ALSO BOTH HAVE

WIVES WHO ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE

POPULAR THAN WE ARE.

IN PART BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ON

SIMILAR JOURNEYS.

I'VE TURNED TO JAY-Z'S WORDS AT

DIFFERENT POINTS IN MY LIFE,

WHETHER I WAS BRUSHING DIRT OFF

MY SHOULDER ON THE CAMPAIGN

TRAIL OR SAMPLING HIS LYRICS ON

THE BRIDGE ON THE 50TH

ANNIVERSARY OF THE SELMA MARCH

TO MONTGOMERY.

TODAY, JAY-Z IS ONE OF THE MOST

RENOWNED ARTISTS IN HISTORY AND

AN EMBODIMENT OF THE AMERICAN

DREAM.

A DREAM HE HAS HELPED MAKE REAL

FOR OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE HIM.

SO THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE FIRST

TO WELCOME THE KID FROM -- TO

THE HOS, HALL OF FAME.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO ONE OF THE

MOST REMARKABLE CAREERS IN

HISTORY OF MUSIC.

A CAREER WHOSE STORY IS STILL

BEING WRITTEN.

CONGRATULATIONS, JAY.

♪ ♪

>> IN MY LIFETIME, MORE THAN A

MILLION RHYMES, NO JOKING.

>> HEY, JAY, CAN I IT OPEN?

>> BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT,

THE INDUSTRY MADE ME.

WHAT'S CRAZY IS, I'M STILL

SPENDING MONEY FROM '88.

>> CAN I LIVE AND SURPRISE THE

GAME?

THINK HARDER.

>> YOU KNOW THIS, BROTHER.

>> JAY-Z.

>> SHAWN CARTER.

>> FRIENDS OR FOES CAN GET IT

QUICK.

>> I SUGGEST YOU ALL ROLL WITH

THE CLICK, WHERE YOU AT?

>> IT'S ALL RIGHT, JUST USE YOUR

WITS.

>> TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN A 4.0 AND -- >> YOUNG

HOV.

>> I'M A HUSTLER, BABY.

>> I CAN SELL WATER TO A WHEEL.

>> THE TRUTH IN EVERY WORLD

WORD.

>> IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE BUT

IT'S ALL RIGHT, YOU HEARD?

>> HERE TO TRACK AND TAKE

FLIGHT.

>> ON THE BUSINESS, MAN.

WHO HE WHO WRITES CHECKS WITH A

HAND THAT DON'T WRITE.

>> I'M RELOADING.

>> TOO MANY CLASSICS.

>> IT'S THE ROC, AND WE WRITING

THIS RAP SHIT.

>> JACKSON, TYSON, JORDAN, IN

GAME SIX.

>> IN THE ZONE LIKE TO HAVE BEEN

THREE, MADE IT LOOK TOO EASY.

>> CAN'T LEAVE RAP ALONE, THE

GAME NEEDS ME.

>> FROM THE OTHER SIDE WITH

OTHER GUYS.

>> ARGUE ABOUT WHO IS THE BEST

MC.

>> BIGGIE.

>> JAY-Z.

>> AND NAS.

>> IT'S COOL, DEAD PRESIDENTS TO

REPRESENT ME.

>> AT THE BREAK IS OVER.

>> SO YOU CAN GET BACK.

>> DIRT OFF YOUR SHOULDER.

>> BECAUSE IF I HIT YOU, I'M

BRINGING THIS.

>> IF YOU GET ME, AND THEY MISS,

WHAT'S UP BROTHER TO DO, DAMN,

IT GETS TEDIOUS.

>> SO I KEEP ONE EYE OPEN LIKE

CBS.

>> I'M FOCUSED, MAN.

>> THE HUSTLER'S POSTER CHILD.

>> ALSO HOW TO DO THIS, SOME.

>> SEE WHAT WAS WHAT.

>> AND WHO WAS PUT.

>> DOWN TO 22 TWOS.

>> NOBODY WINS WHEN THE FAMILY

FEUDS.

>> MY MOTTO IS SIMPLE.

I WILL NOT LOSE.

>> ALLOW ME REINTRODUCE MYSELF.

MY NAME IS HOV, H TO THE OV.

>> WHEN I SHOOT, MEET YOUR

DESTINY.

>> I'M FROM A PLACE FOR THE NEWS

CAMERAS NEVER COME.

>> WHERE YOU CAN HAVE 99

PROBLEMS, BUT A BITCH AND ONE.

>> YEAH, I'M OUT THAT, BROOKLYN.

>> ALWAYS SEEN IT WRAPPING,

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KNOCK THE

HUSTLE.

>> ALL WE ASK IS TRUST.

>> THAT'S WHY I OVERCHARGE THEM

FOR WHAT THEY DID TO THE COLD

CRUSH.

>> BECAUSE WHAT IS BETTER THAN

ONE BLACK BILLIONAIRE?

>> TWO.

>> THEY SAID I COULDN'T DO IT

AGAIN SO I DID IT AGAIN.

>> REWRITE HISTORY WITH NO MAN.

>> JIGGA, MAN, WE DID IT, MAN.

>> UP MY GAME HAS GROWN.

PREFER YOU CALL ME WILLIAM.

>> AND IF YOU CAN'T RESPECT

THAT, THEN YOUR WHOLE

PERSPECTIVE IS WHACK.

MAYBE YOU LOVE ME WHEN I FADE TO

BLACK.

>> YOU'RE WITNESSING THE

BLUEPRINT OF HOW TO PITCH WITH

NO MOM.

>> SO GATHER ROUND, HUSTLERS,

BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN.

>> YOU PAID THE RIGHT PRICE, SO

WE JUST MADE YOUR HITS TIGHTER.

[LAUGHS]

♪ ♪

>> TO INDUCT JAY-Z, DAVE

CHAPPELLE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> O.H.

I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE.

I'M JUST FUCKING WITH YOU.

[LAUGHTER]

[LAUGHS]

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO

INDUCT THIS NEXT MAN INTO THE

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.

BUT I NEED EVERYBODY IN ROCK 'N'

ROLL KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE

ARE HONORING HIM, HE IS OURS.

HE IS HIP-HOP.

FOREVER AND EVER AND A DAY.

I COULD SIT UP HERE TONIGHT,

I COULD TALK ABOUT HIS ACUMEN

AS A BUSINESSMAN.

I COULD TALK ABOUT HIS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN MUSIC.

BUT I THINK WHAT'S MOST

IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE IN THIS

ROOM TO KNOW IS WHAT IT MEANS

TO US, WHAT HE MEANS TO HIS

CULTURE.

BEING BLACK IN AMERICA IS NOT AS

EASY AS IT LOOKS.

IT'S ALWAYS...

DON'T DO THIS OR ELSE.

DON'T SAY THIS OR ELSE.

LIKE SEAN CARTER SAID ABOUT

HIMSELF, "I'M SO BRAZEN, I'M SO

BRAZEN, I'M 'RAISIN IN THE SUN,'

SIR."

WE DO IT ANYWAY.

WHENEVER WE HAVE TO.

WE DON'T HAVE A COMPLICATED

EMOTIONAL VOCABULARY.

WE HAVE TO MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK

EASY.

AND THIS MAN IS A DIAMOND THAT

WAS BORN OF PRESSURE.

TO COIN A PHRASE THAT FELLOW

HALL OF FAMER MADE, TUPAC SHAKUR

CALLED IT A ROSE THAT ROSE FROM

THE CONCRETE.

THAT TO US IS WHAT HIP-HOP IS.

YOU HEARD OUR STORIES COME BACK

TO US.

OUR STRESSES AND OUR STRENGTHS.

AND THE WHOLE TIME THAT HE SAID

IT, MY GOD, JAY, YOU LOOKED SO

COOL.

YOU LOOK SO CALM, SO COLLECTED.

"IF I SHOOT YOU, I'M BRAINLESS.

BUT IF YOU SHOOT ME, YOU FAMOUS,

WHAT A NIGGA TO DO."

MY GOD, MAN.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH.

IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY THEY CALL

HIM "ONE-TAKE HOV."

HE SAID IT ABOUT HIMSELF, BUT

YOU DON'T KNOW WHY HE SAID IT.

'CAUSE WHEN HE WAS HUSTLING,

'CAUSE HE USED TO SELL CRACK.

OH, DON'T GET IT TWISTED.

AMERICAN PIE IS NOT MADE OUT OF

APPLES.

IT'S MADE OUT OF WHATEVER YOU

GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS ON.

HE USED TO SELL CRACK.

HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WRITE

HIS RHYMES ON AND HE WOULD SIT

THERE AND HE WOULD JUST WRITE

DOWN WHATEVER.

HE WOULD MEMORIZE ALL THESE

THOUGHTS THAT CAME TO HIS MIND,

AN AVALANCHE OF IDEAS.

AND HE WOULD JUST BE CATCHIN'

RAINWATER.

AND WHEN HE GOT IN THE STUDIO,

LIKE GOD, HE WOULD DO THE VERSE.

HE WOULD LET IT BE.

AND IT WOULD BE.

AND THE STREETS ADMIRED HIM FOR

THIS.

THE STREETS LOVED HIM FOR THIS

FOR THIS FOR THIS, BECAUSE HE

RHYMED A RECIPE FOR SURVIVAL.

THE WAY A WHITE PERSON MIGHT

HEAR HIS MUSIC IS NOT THE SAME

THE WAY SOMEONE FROM MARCY

WOULD.

WHEN HE SAID, "THIS IS JAY IS

EVERY DAY."

HE TOLD US HE'D NEVER CHANGE.

YOU HEARD THIS.

PROBABLY SAYS THE WHITE PERSON,

"WELL, MAYBE THIS GUY SHOULD

FOCUS ON THIS DEVELOPMENT."

BUT WHAT WE HEARD IS THAT HE'LL

NEVER FORGET US.

HE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER US.

THAT WE ARE HIS POINT OF

REFERENCE, THAT HE IS GOING TO

SHOW US HOW FAR WE CAN GO IF WE

JUST GET HOLD OF THE

OPPORTUNITY.

FOR THIS, WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE

HIM, WE ALWAYS TREASURE HIM.

AND AS IMPORTANT AS THIS WAR IS

FOR SOME, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND

THAT HE HAS HIS PEOPLE'S HEARTS.

AND WE LOVE HIM MORE THAN YOU

COULD EVER RECOGNIZE OR EVEN

REALIZE BECAUSE HE EMBODIES THE

POTENTIAL OF WHAT OUR LIVES CAN

BE AND WHAT SUCCESS CAN BE.

THERE'S SO MUCH POETRY IF YOU'VE

GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM.

JUST THE WAY HE SPEAKS.

I REMEMBER ONE TIME.

THE ROOTS WAS HAVING A JAM

SESSION IN L.A.

HELLO, AMIR.

AND BACKSTAGE, I SAW JAY-Z AND A

PHOTOGRAPHER CAME UP AND SAID,

"GUYS, CAN WE GET A PICTURE?"

IT WAS HIM AND HIS WIFE,

BEYONCE.

AND RIAL --

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

ALL RIGHT, GUYS, RELAX.

WOULD YOU?

AND WE ALL GROUPED TOGETHER FOR

A PICTURE, ME, JAY AND BEYONCE,

AND I STOOD BETWEEN THEM AND I

PUT MY ARMS AROUND THEM AND JAY

GRABBED ME AND MOVED ME TO THE

SIDE AND GRABBED HIS WIFE BY THE

HAND AND SAID, "THE ROSE BETWEEN

THE THORNS."

AND AS THEY'RE TAKING THE

PICTURE JAY SAYS TO ME,

"YOU MUST HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE

ON YOU TO SAY FUNNY SHIT ALL THE

TIME."

AND I LOOK AT JAY AND SAY TO

HIM, "WELL, YOU MUST HAVE A LOT

OF PRESSURE ON YOU TO SAY COOL

SHIT ALL THE TIME."

[LAUGHS]

AND JAY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,

"IT AIN'T NO PRESSURE.

I JUST DO IT."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND I LOOKED AT JAY AND SAID,

"MY GOD, MAN, YOU JUST DID IT

AGAIN."

HOVA, MY FRIEND.

I'M A FAN.

I'M HONORED THAT I GOT A CHANCE

TO KNOW YOU.

YOU EMBODY BLACK EXCELLENCE,

HOW GREAT WE CAN BE.

AND I AM HONORED TO BE THE NIGGA

THAT GETS TO SAY, "MY NIGGA,

WELCOME TO THE ROCK AND ROLL

HALL OF FAME."

>> U.S. THREE YEARS YEARS IN

HIP-HOP, YOU FANTASTIC.

YOU LAST FIVE YEARS, IT'S LIKE,

WHILE MATT, THAT'S AMAZING.

BUT IF YOU WOULD LAST THROUGH A

DECADE AND BEYOND, IT'S ALMOST

UNHEARD OF.

>> NOW TUNE INTO THE

MOTHERFUCKING GREATEST.

>> WHEN YOU SAY TOP FIVE, TOP

THREE, JAY IS AT THE TOP OF MOST

PEOPLE'S LISTS.

>> CHARISMA, STORYTELLING,

WORDPLAY, THE ABILITY TO MAKE

YOU THINK.

YOU TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS AND

EXECUTE IT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

THAT'S JAY.

>> MAKE SOME NOISE OUT THERE!

>> WHAT MAKES A RAPPER GREAT IS

HOW CLOSE HE CAN BRING YOU TO

HIS EXPERIENCE, LIKE YOU JUST

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND YOU ARE JUST

RIGHT THERE.

>> LET ME TAKE Y'ALL BACK TO THE

BEGINNING.

>> I'M A KID FROM MARCY PROJECTS

IN BROOKLYN.

ONLY WAY I WAS GOING TO ACHIEVE

THESE THINGS WAS THROUGH ILLEGAL

ACTIVITY.

THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY OUT.

LUCKILY FOR ME, I HAD A

GOD-GIVEN TALENT.

>> PRACTICE, PRACTICE, NEVER

REENACT THIS, THE THE SIMPLE

FACT IS, I'M REAL GOOD AT THIS.

>> SPEAKING ABOUT EMOTIONS AND

FEELINGS, THAT'S HOW I STARTED

WRITING MUSIC.

>> ♪ YOU ALL KNOW ME ♪

>> RAP, I USED TO DO IT AS A

HOBBY, BUT MY MAN INTRODUCED ME

TO THE WHOLE BUSINESS.

>> WHEN WE GOT A DEAL IT WAS

LIKE, WHAT, WE CAN GET PAID FOR

THIS?

>> ADD TO THAT FORK IN THE ROAD,

BE AN ENTERTAINER OR STATE IN

THE STREET.

ONCE I TOOK THAT RIGHT TURN TO

BE AN ENTERTAINER, I NEVER

LOOKED BACK.

♪ ♪

>> ENOUGH BAIL MONEY TO FREE,

THAT, I WANTED TO BE THAT.

>> IT IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE

GREATEST DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE

HUSTLING LIFE THAT ANY HUMAN

BEING HAS EVER CREATED.

>> I'M NOT REALLY WITH THAT MANY

STREETS RIGHT NOW, WE WENT AND

MADE OUR OWN COMPANY,

ROCKEFELLER RECORD.

WE DON'T DEPEND ON THE INDUSTRY

FOR NOTHING.

YOU DON'T PLAY MY STUFF ON THE

RADIO, IT'S GOING TO BE HEARD.

>> ♪ IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE FOR

US ♪

♪ IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE FOR

US."

>> THAT IS TOUGH FOR SOMEONE TO

SAY YOU ARE WRONG.

AND I'M GOING TO PROVE THEM

WRONG.

♪ ♪

>> I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE.

WHEN HE DROPPED THAT RECORD,

THAT'S WHEN THE WORLD HAD TO

RECOGNIZE WHO HE WAS AND WHAT IT

WAS ABOUT.

>> I KNEW THEN THAT EVERYTHING

HAD CHANGED IN THAT MOMENT.

♪ ♪

>> MISE SINGLES ARE MORE GEARED

TOWARD HAVING FUN, DANCING,

THOSE ARE RECORDS THAT PEOPLE

ENJOY LISTENING TO WHILE THEY IN

THE NIGHTCLUB.

♪ ♪

>> I MOST DEFINITELY HEAR SONGS

AS A WOMAN AND BE LIKE, OH, YOU,

BUT I LOVE "BIG PIMPIN'," WHEN

THAT COMES ON, I'M JUST LIKE, O

OH.

♪ ♪

>> SEE YOU START HAVING A

RELATIONSHIP, "BIG PIMPIN'"

WOULD BECOME SOUNDCLOUD.

YOU SEE THE GROWTH.

♪ ♪

>> "DON'T CRY," THAT'S A SPECIAL

SONG.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S MAN WITH NO

EMOTIONS USING MUSIC AS A WAY TO

VENT.

♪ I SEE HER WALKING DOWN THE

AISLE MOMENT BUT I'VE GOT TO LET

THE SONG CRY ♪

♪

>> TELL ME, YOU JUST SAVED MY

RELATIONSHIP.

♪ ♪

♪ H-O-V-A ♪

♪ THAT'S THE END THEM, GET YOUR

HANDS UP ♪

>> SHOW I COULD MATURE, I WAS A

PRODUCT OF MY ENVIRONMENT, BUT

AS I GREW AND IT GOT TO SEE

OTHER THINGS, MY SOPHISTICATION

LEVEL, IT ROSE.

♪ ♪

>> YOU KNOW, WHAT JAY DOES WITH

THE MULTIPLICITY OF CADENCES

HE'S ABLE TO PUT FOURTH, IT'S

LIKE A JAZZ MUSICIAN.

>> I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE LINES

PEOPLE PUT UP FOR MUSIC.

I'M REALLY A STUDENT OF MUSIC,

AND EVERY CHANCE THAT I GET, I

TRY TO CROSS GENRES.

♪ ♪

I AM AN ARTIST.

IT'S MY MUSIC.

I CAN DO WHAT I WANT WITH IT.

♪ ♪

THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT

HIP-HOP, WHEN YOU'RE IN A

POSITION TO STRETCH THE GENRE,

YOU HAVE TO DO IT.

>> HE ACTUALLY BRINGS ANOTHER

SET OUT OF THE PRODUCERS.

HE WASN'T AFRAID TO TRY NEW

SOUNDS.

♪ ♪

>> IN HIP-HOP, WE USE OUR VOICE

AS OUR MAIN INSTRUMENT.

YOU FOUND A PLACE IN THAT TRACK

TO TOKEN, AND YOU JUST DON'T

DISTURB THE GROUP WHERE IT'S

JUST SMOOTH AND IT JUST FLOWS.

>> 94 AND THE TRUNK IS WRONG, IN

MY REARVIEW MIRROR IS THE

MOTHERFUCKING LAW, GOT TWO

CHALLENGES, PUT THE PEDAL TO THE

FLOOR.

PLUS I GOT A FEW DOLLARS.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER

DOUBT IT, LIKE CLIMBING A

MOUNTAIN AND YOU SEE ANOTHER

MOUNTAIN AND YOU GO TO THE NEXT

ONE AND THE NEXT ONE.

>> ♪ 99 PROBLEMS BUT IT'S BEEN

241."

>THAT TYPE OF RUN IS LIKE ALIEN

STATUS.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE A JEDI.

>> ♪ ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE

MYSELF ♪

♪ MY NAME IS H TO THE O-V A ♪

>> YOU KNOW, JAY ALWAYS SHOWED A

SPEAKS OF HIS PERSONAL STORY,

BUT I THINK WITH "4:44," THIS IS

WHERE YOU SEEM COMPLETELY

VULNERABLE.

HE TOOK THE CAPE OF.

>> IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME 20

YEARS AGO THAT MY LIFE WOULD BE

LIKE THIS, I'M NOT SURE I WOULD

HAVE BELIEVED YOU.

>> THEY ARE NOT GOING TO STOP US

EVER!

♪ ♪

>> AS YOU GREW, WE GREW.

EACH STEP YOU TAKE, THE STREETS

TAKE IT WITH YOU.

YOU'VE GOT NOTHING BUT LOVE OUT

HERE.

>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT,

BRO.

♪ ♪

>> HISTORY IT SHALL RECORD YOUR

GREATNESS.

>> YOU'LL LEAVE YOUR NAME HERE,

LONG AFTER YOU ARE GONE, THEY

ARE LOOKING AT YOUR NAME, THIS

GUY STOOD FOR THAT, HE MEANT

THAT TO US AND HE DID THIS TO

US.

I WOULD LOVE TO AFFECT CULTURE

IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU WILL

REMEMBER IT LIKE THAT.

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> IT IS MY HONOR TO WELCOME TO

THE ROCK ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME JAY-Z.

♪ ♪

>> WOW, WOW.

TRYING TO MAKE ME CRY IN FRONT

OF ALL OF THESE WHITE PEOPLE.

[LAUGHTER]

>> WE LOVE YOU!

>> I FEEL SO HONORED TO BE

CELEBRATED IN SUCH A WAY.

THANK YOU, ROCK & ROLL HALL

OF FAME, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE

HONOR.

AND YOU KNOW, GROWING UP,

WE DIDN'T THINK WE COULD BE

INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME.

WE WERE TOLD THAT HIP-HOP

WAS A FAD.

MUCH LIKE PUNK ROCK, IT GAVE US

THIS ANTICULTURE, THIS SUBGENRE,

AND THERE WERE HEROES IN IT.

WHEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WAS

GOING TO SAY TONIGHT, THESE

HEROES JUST KEPT COMING TO MY

MIND, RAKIM AND BIG DADDY KANE

AND KRS-ONE AND CHUCK D, AND,

OF COURSE, A FELLOW INDUCTEE,

LL COOL J.

I WATCH THESE GUYS, AND THEY

HAVE BIG CHAINS AND LEATHER

AND SOMETIMES EVEN THE RED,

BLACK, GREEN MEDALLIONS, AND

WHATEVER THEY WORE, EVERYBODY

WOULD WEAR THE NEXT DAY.

I WAS LIKE, "THAT'S WHAT I WANT

TO DO.

I WANT TO BE LIKE THOSE GUYS."

AND SO I SET OUT ON MY JOURNEY.

I WAS WRITING AT MY TABLE.

SHOUT OUT TO DR. GLORIA CARTER

IN THE HOUSE, SHE BOUGHT ME A

GREEN NOTEBOOK.

MY SISTER, ANNIE, RIGHT THERE,

SHE TOLD ME TO SAY THAT SHE

WROTE MY FIRST RAP, BUT I

ACTUALLY WROTE HER FIRST RAP.

[LAUGHTER]

WE NAMED IT "SUGARLOAF."

SHE HAS A REALLY NICE HAT ON

TONIGHT AND I WANT EVERYONE

TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER HAT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

NOW BACK TO ROCK 'N' ROLL.

AND I WOULD SIT AT THE TABLE AND

WRITE ALL THESE RAPS AND THEN I

WOULD GO OUT IN THE STREET AND I

WOULD TRY THESE RAPS OUT, HAVE

LITTLE BATTLES IN THE STREET AND

I WOULD GO TO TY TY AND BE LIKE,

"YO, I'M THE BEST, I'M TELLING

YOU.

I'M THE GREATEST.

WELL, ONE OF THE GREATEST,

I DON'T WANT NO PROBLEMS.

ONE OF THE GREATEST, ONE OF THE

GREATEST."

AND I'D GO TO TY TY AND SAY,

"YO, I'M THE GREATEST."

AND TY TY WOULD BE LIKE, "YEAH,

YOU ARE THE GREATEST."

I LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THOSE

RAPS AND IT WAS LIKE...

IT WAS TRASH.

BUT SOMEHOW WE KNEW.

AND THEN I WENT AND RECORDED A

DEMO WITH -- SHOUTOUT TO

CLARK KENT, BROOKLYN DJ,

LEGENDARY CLARK KENT -- AND I

RECORDED A DEMO AND I WENT TO

EVERY SINGLE RECORD COMPANY.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY,

RIGHT?

"THAT SHIT IS TRASH."

BUT THE AUDACITY OF HIP-HOP,

WE DIDN'T BELIEVE THEM.

I FOR NOT ONE SECOND

GOT DEPRESSED.

FOR ONE SECOND, I DIDN'T CHANGE

MY COURSE.

IT WAS LIKE, "WE'RE GOING TO

CREATE OUR OWN COMPANY."

YOU KNOW?

THAT'S HIP-HOP.

SO WE MADE AN ALBUM.

AND WE CAME OUT AND WE SOLD

ABOUT -- NO COPIES, BUT WE

THOUGHT WE MADE THE GREATEST

THING OF ALL TIME.

I ACTUALLY REMEMBER AT A SOUL

TRAIN PARTY, I RUN INTO LL --

YOU KNOW LL SAYS "BANANAS"

A LOT.

HE SAID, "YO, ‘CAN I LIVE,'

THAT'S JUST BANANAS, B."

I WAS LIKE, "WOW.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY HEROES

IS LIKE REPEATING THIS THING

BACK."

SO I KNEW I WAS

ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

AND THEN WE DROPPED THE SECOND

ALBUM.

OOPS.

I GOT TOO AMBITIOUS AND I WAS

DOING SOME THINGS THAT I

SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DOING.

AND AGAIN, THOSE HEROES HELPED

ME AGAIN.

I THOUGHT BACK TO, YOU KNOW,

WHAT MADE THEM SO GREAT.

AND WHAT MADE THEM GREAT IS THEY

WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT AUTHENTIC

TO WHO THEY WERE.

LL, HE OPENED UP THE DOORS FOR

US TO BE VULNERABLE.

♪ WHEN I'M ALONE IN MY ROOM ♪ ♪

HE GAVE US

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.

AND THEN KRS-ONE, HE WAS A

TEACHER.

AND AT THE TIME, IT WASN'T EVEN

COOL TO BE SMART.

LIKE, IF YOU HAD A BOOK, THEY'D

BE LIKE, "LOOK AT THIS NIGGA

WITH A BOOK!"

HE MADE IT COOL FOR US TO HAVE

BOOKS AND BE SMART.

RAKIM GAVE US KNOWLEDGE

ITSELF.

HE HAD A BIG VAST VOCABULARY

AND NEVER CURSED.

SO I WAS LIKE, "HOW IS HE SAYING

ALL THIS RAD SHIT WITHOUT

CURSING?"

AND CHUCK D, HE GAVE US SOCIAL

COMMENTARY.

AND THAT SHIT WAS SLAPPED.

ALL THE SONGS WERE AMAZING.

LIKE SLAPPERS.

AND BIG DADDY KANE, HE WAS JUST

LIKE A BLACK EXPLOITATION FILM

WALKING.

IT WAS LIKE THE BLACKEST PERSON

OF ALL TIME.

SO I WAS LIKE, "OH, I GOT IT.

I GOT TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT

AUTHENTICALLY MYSELF."

THAT SET THE COURSE OF WHAT I

WOULD DO FOR THE REST OF MY

CAREER.

THEN THE NEXT ALBUM CAME, '99,

2000, 2001, BEAUTIFUL

ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AND THEN I GOT A PHONE CALL.

IT WAS LIKE, HELLO KRISTA MIKE

JAY, IT'S YOUR MAMA.

I'VE GOT TO WORK MY MAMA ACCENT.

AND HE CALLED ME -- OBAMA ACCEN

ACCENT.

AND HE CALLED ME AND HE SAID,

"YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FOURTH

QUARTER.

WE'RE DOWN TWO.

I NEED YOU TO ASSIST ME, GIVE ME

THE BALL, I'M MICHAEL JORDAN AND

I'LL GET THIS DONE.

I NEED YOU TO GO TO MIAMI,

PHILLY, ATLANTA, AND OHIO.

AND I THOUGHT LIKE, "MAN,

HIP-HOP WAS REALLY AN AGENT FOR

CHANGE AND HOW AMAZING IS ITS

REACH THAT THIS MAN IS CALLING

ME TO HELP OUT WITH A

I'M LYING.

I DIDN'T THINK THAT.

I THOUGHT

I THOUGHT, "NIGGA,

I'M MICHAEL JORDAN."

THAT'S WHAT I REALLY THOUGHT.

BUT I MET HIM IN OHIO

AND WE WON.

WE GOT IT DONE HERE IN OHIO.

THAT JUST SHOWS ME THE POWER OF

HIP-HOP, THE POWER OF THESE

HEROES WHO LET ME KNOW THAT

THESE THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

WE ARE GOING TO ENJOY TONIGHT.

I APPRECIATE THIS HONOR.

SORRY FOR THIS LONG-ASS SPEECH.

BUT I HAD TO GET IT ALL.

WE DID IT, BROOKLYN!

♪ ♪

>> TO INDUCT FOO FIGHTERS, PAUL

McCARTNEY.

>> HELLO, HELLO, HELLO.

CLEVELAND, OHIO.

YEAH.

WOW.

HOW COOL IS THIS SHOW?

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.

SO ME, A TEENAGE KID, IN

LIVERPOOL,

JUST AN ORDINARY KID

GOING TO SCHOOL LIKE EVERYBODY

ELSE, AND THEN ONE DAY, I HEARD

SOME MUSIC, AND I FELL INTO

ROCK 'N' ROLL.

SUDDENLY, THE WORLD CHANGED,

AND I JUST FELL, LIKE, THROUGH

A HOLE IN TIME.

AND SUDDENLY, I WAS IN

ROCK 'N' ROLL.

BY THE SAME TIME IN HIS LIFE,

DAVE DID THE SAME KIND OF THING.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

HE'S IN ROCK 'N' ROLL AND IT'S

GONNA BE HIS LIFE.

IT'S GONNA TAKE OVER EVERYTHING.

IT'S SO MAGICAL.

EVERYONE WHO KNOWS, EVERYONE

WHO'S CONNECTED WITH IT,

EVERYONE WHO LOVES

ROCK 'N' ROLL.

IT REALLY IS A MAGICAL THING

THAT CONTAINS SO MANY ELEMENTS,

LIKE ALL OF THE PEOPLE

WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

SO WHEN THAT HAPPENED, AND I

FELL INTO ROCK 'N' ROLL, I

JOINED A GROUP.

MY GROUP WAS THE BEATLES.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

DAVE DID A SIMILAR KIND OF

THING.

HE JOINED A GROUP, NIRVANA.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH OUR

GROUPS, BUT THEN EVENTUALLY

TRAGEDY HAPPENED AND MY GROUP

BROKE UP.

SAME HAPPENED WITH DAVE.

HIS GROUP BROKE UP UNDER TRAGIC

CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO THEN THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO

YOU DO NOW?

IN MY CASE, I SAID, "WELL, I'LL

MAKE AN ALBUM WHERE I PLAY ALL

THE INSTRUMENTS MYSELF."

DAVE'S GROUP BROKE UP,

WHAT'S HE DO?

HE MAKES AN ALBUM WHERE HE PLAYS

ALL THE INSTRUMENTS HIMSELF.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

DO YOU THINK THIS GUY'S

STALKING ME?

ANYWAY, ME, I'M GONNA NAME

MY NEW GROUP, AND I CALL THEM

WINGS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

YEAH.

DAVE'S GOT THE SAME PROBLEM,

AND HE'S GOT TO THINK OF A NAME

FOR THE GROUP, SO HE COMES UP

WITH "FOO FIGHTERS."

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

I WAS JUST SAYING TO THEM IN THE

DRESSING ROOM,

"GUYS, THIS IS IT.

YOU'RE HERE IN CLEVELAND,

AND TONIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA BE

INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME."

I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST ANY HALL

OF FAME.

IT'S THE FUCKING ROCK & ROLL

HALL OF FAME.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

COME ON.

THIS BAND IS ONE OF THE GREATEST

ROCK 'N' ROLL BANDS IN THE

WORLD.

OKAY, LET'S ROCK AND ROLL THE

FILM.

>> THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO

RESENTED ME FOR STARTING THIS

BAND.

HOW DARE YOU START ANOTHER BAND?

THEY ASKED, LIKE, WHY DID YOU

DECIDE TO CARRY ON AND MAKE

MUSIC THAT SOUNDS LIKE NIRVANA?

AND I SAID, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT

I DO.

I WAS IN THAT BAND.

THAT'S WHAT I DO.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO, MAKE

A FUCKING REGGAE RECORD?

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS BAND,

PAT AND I HAD BEEN PLAYING A

NIRVANA, AND WHEN KURT PASSED

AWAY, NO ONE COULD IMAGINE

PLAYING MUSIC EVER AGAIN, THEN I

REALIZED, THERE IS HEALING AND

MUSIC, MAYBE THAT IS WHAT IS

GOING TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER.

I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO TAKE MY

FAVORITE SONGS THAT I HAD

WRITTEN OVER THE LAST FOUR OR

FIVE YEARS AND RECORD THEM IN A

STUDIO DOWN THE STREET FROM MY

HOUSE.

PLAYED THE DRUMS FIRST, PLAY

GUITAR OVER IT, ANOTHER GUITAR,

PLAY BASS OVER IT, THEN YOU DO

THE VOCALS.

THAT'S WHEN IT GETS HARD.

THAT'S WHEN IT'S SCARY.

>> AT THE END OF THE WEEK, I HAD

13 OR 14 SONGS ON A CASSETTE,

AND IT SOUNDED GOOD, AND I

STARTED THINKING, I WANT TO PUT

MY NAME ON IT.

PEOPLE WILL THINK IT'S JUST A

BAND.

THEY WON'T KNOW IT'S THE GUY

FROM NIRVANA.

THERE IS A BAND IN SEATTLE

CALLED SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE,

AND THEY WERE BREAKING UP.

MY BAND WAS FALLING APART AT

ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT DAVE

FOUND HIMSELF WITHOUT A BAND.

DAVE GOES, YOU WANT TO BE IN THE

BAND?

I WAS LIKE, HELL YEAH, SOUNDS

GREAT.

>> THE FIRST TIME I PLAYED,

THAT'S WHEN I KNEW, FEELING IT

BEHIND YOU IS SO DIFFERENT.

♪ ♪

>> DAVE BRINGS UP THAT HE WANTS

TO HAVE A SECOND GUITAR PLAYER

AND THINKS IT SHOULD BE PAT

SMEAR WHO I KNEW FROM HIM HAVING

PLAYED NIRVANA AND BEEN IN THE

GERMS.

>> PAT IS FROM THIS LEGENDARY

PUNK ROCK BAND CALLED THE GERMS

THAT WE ALL GREW UP LISTENING

TO.

THERE WAS NO ONE MORE BADASS

THAN THE GERMS.

GERMS DIDN'T GIVE A FUCK.

>> WE PLAYED SIX DAYS A WEEK AND

FOO FIGHTERS WERE MAKING, I

THINK, 500 BUCKS A NIGHT.

♪ ♪

>> AS THE TOUR WAS GOING ON, THE

VENUES WERE GETTING BIGGER, IT

STARTED HAVING THAT REALLY NICE

BUT WEIRD SORT OF PRESSURE.

>> MAKING THE TELEVISION DEBUT,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOO

FIGHTERS.

♪ ♪

♪ ALL HE EVER WANTED WAS A

BROTHER."

>> THE FOOS GO FULL THROTTLE.

>> IT IS FULL, UNADULTERATED

ROCK 'N' ROLL.

IT IS METHODICAL, IT IS RAGE, IT

IS FUN.

IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.

>> THERE WERE SOME SONGS THAT WE

HAD JUST START WRITING AND THROW

IT INTO THE SET.

>> GOING TO DO A SONG FOR YOU I

WROTE THREE DAYS AGO.

>> I HEARD THE FOO FIGHTERS

DRUMMER HAS LEFT THE BAND.

>> AROUND THAT TIME, TAYLOR IS

PLAYING DRUMS WITH ALANNA SMARR

SAID, AND SHE WAS BLOWING.

>> I CALLED DAVE MYSELF AND I

SAID, I'M YOUR TREMOR.

ALANIS IS A SOLO ACT, AND THIS

IS A BAND, AND I WANT TO BE A

DRUMMER AND A BAND.

>> TAYLOR IS IN THAT JOHN BOTTOM

SCHOOL OF DRUMMING, NOT THE

PERSNICKETY STUFF, BUT THE

FUNDAMENTAL WHERE IT SOUNDS

REALLY IMPORTANT.

>> TAYLOR HAS THE TOUGHEST JOB

BECAUSE HE IS THE DRUMMER IN A

BAND THAT INCLUDES THE GREATEST

DRUMMER ALIVE, AND HE'S GOT

TECHNIQUE THAT DAVE ONLY DREAMS

ABOUT.

>> ♪ DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR

MONKEY WRENCH ♪

>> RIGHT WHEN WE ARE ABOUT TO GO

START OUR TOUR, PAT QUITS THE

BAND.

>> PAT SAYS, I'VE GOT TO LEAVE

THE BAND.

WHY?

I WANT TO GO OUT ANOTHER

BAZILLION-SHOW TOUR.

WE HAD TO HAVE OPEN ADDITIONS

FOR A GUITAR PLAYER.

WE WOUND UP IN THIS REHEARSAL

SPACE, I REMEMBER THE LINE OF

GUITAR PLAYERS.

>> THE PHONE RANG AND IT WAS

DAVE AND TAYLOR, THEY SAID,

YOU'VE GOT THE GIG.

WE START REHEARSING TOMORROW.

SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FRIENDS.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANYBODY

AT THE NEXT YEAR.

>> WHEN YOU GET TAPPED TO BE

DELETE ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYER

FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST ROCK

BANDS, THAT'S DAUNTING.

THOSE CLOUDS, THEY COME HUNGRY,

AND YOU'VE GOT TO FEED THEM THE

RIFFS.

>> ♪ LOOKING FOR A SIGN TO

STATEMENT ♪

♪ LOOKING FOR A SIGN OF LIFE ♪

>> YOU CAN'T DENY HOW MUCH THEY

LOVE IT, THE HEART IS THERE AND

THE HEART IS AT OF WHAT MAKES

ROCK AND ROLL.

>> SOMETIMES THINGS ARE COME OUT

OF SPONTANEOUS JAMS, AND THINGS

GET BILLED.

ALL MY LIFE WAS SOMETHING, JUST

HAD THAT LITTLE RIFF, AND WE

JUST BUILT IT.

>> WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF IT,

JUST ONE NOTE, ONE NOTE, DUDE,

AND IT BUILDS SO MUCH TENSION.

>> "ALL MY LIFE," WE JUST HAVE

TO PLAY.

>> ONLY GET TO THAT PART OF THE

SET, IT ALWAYS GOES BANANAS.

♪ ♪

>> THESE GUYS BURN, THEY ARE

LIKE, IT'S UNSAFE, AND TO MAKE

YOU FEEL LIKE THE SHOW WOULD BE

GOOD IF YOU WEREN'T THERE.

>> MOST FOO FIGHTERS SONGS

WRITTEN ON AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR.

>> THE BAND'S FOCAL PEOPLE BUT

WE HAVE THIS EXTENDED LINEUP

WHEN WE DO THESE EXTENDED SHOWS,

PAT SMEAR, OUR ACOUSTIC GUITAR

PLAYER, HE IS BACK.

>> WATCHING THE FOO FIGHTERS

PLAY LIVE, IT'S LIKE YOU CAN

HEAR EACH MEMBER.

YOU CAN HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO

SAY THROUGH THEIR INSTRUMENT.

>> PLAYING PIANO, LOOK AT THAT

GUY RIGHT THERE.

>> THE CONTRIBUTION EVERYONE

MAKES IS THE REASON WHY THE BAND

SOUNDS LIKE THE BAND.

OTHER DEMO TAPES WERE ALL PLAYED

DRUMS AND BASS, AND WHEN THE

BAND GETS TOGETHER, IT SOUNDS

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

♪ ♪

>> PART OF THE SOUND OF THE

FOO FIGHTERS IS A LOT OF

GUITARS.

EVERY TIME WE MIX THE RECORD, I

ALWAYS WANT THE DRUMS LOUDER.

>> CHRIS HAS A SHARP AND CLEAN

SENSE OF MELODIC PLAYING.

>> SORT OF PLAYS IT STRAIGHT UP

THE MIDDLE.

WHEN PAT GETS ON THE GUITAR,

IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS, IF

THEY ARE BALANCED, IT SOUNDS

LIKE THE FOO FIGHTERS.

♪ ♪

>> WE'RE SORT OF THE UNDERDOGS,

BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A

LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF COOL, AND

I'M PROUD OF THAT.

>> THERE WILL PROBABLY ALWAYS,

TO SOME EXTENT, BE THAT FEELING

OF THIS COULD END TOMORROW.

I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY IN AN

INTERVIEW, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE

A ROCK STAR?

I'M NOT A ROCK STAR, A MUSICIAN.

>> I GO TO WORK, AND A FUCKING

LAUGH ALL DAY.

IT'S NOT A JOB.

>> I AM AN ADULT THAT PLAYS IN A

ROCK BAND.

>> ♪ IF EVERYTHING COULD EVER

FEEL THIS REAL FOREVER ♪

♪ IF ANYTHING COULD EVER BE THIS

GOOD ♪

♪

GOT TO PROMISE NOT TO STOP WHEN

I SAY WHEN."

>> THAT FIRST CASSETTE, MADE IN

FIVE FUCKING DAYS OR WHATEVER,

AND HERE WE ARE, IT'S LIKE, WOW.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME THAT?

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

INCREDIBLE FOO FIGHTERS!

>> ♪ I'VE GOT ANOTHER

CONFESSION TO MAKE ♪

♪ I'M YOUR FOOL ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S GOT THEIR CHAINS

TO BREAK ♪

♪ HOLDIN' YOU ♪

♪ WERE YOU BORN TO RESIST,

OR BE ABUSED? ♪

♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪

♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST

OF YOU? ♪

♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪

♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST

OF YOU? ♪

♪ OR ARE YOU GONE AND ONTO

SOMEONE NEW? ♪

♪ I NEEDED SOMEWHERE

TO HANG MY HEAD ♪

♪ WITHOUT YOUR NOOSE ♪

♪ YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING THAT I

DIDN'T HAVE ♪

♪ BUT HAD NO USE ♪

♪ I WAS TOO WEAK TO GIVE IN ♪

♪ TOO STRONG TO LOSE ♪

♪ MY HEART IS UNDER ARREST

AGAIN ♪

♪ BUT I'LL BREAK LOOSE ♪

♪ MY HEAD IS GIVING ME LIFE

OR DEATH ♪

♪ BUT I CAN'T CHOOSE ♪

♪ I SWEAR I'LL NEVER GIVE IN ♪

♪ I REFUSE ♪

HERE WE GO!

♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪

♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST

OF YOU? ♪

♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪

♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST

OF YOU? ♪

♪ HAS SOMEONE TAKEN YOUR

FAITH? ♪

♪ IT'S REAL, THE PAIN YOU FEEL ♪

♪ YOU TRUST, YOU MUST CONFESS ♪

♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪

♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST

OF YOU? ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ HAS SOMEONE TAKEN YOUR

FAITH? ♪

♪ IT'S REAL, THE PAIN YOU FEEL ♪

♪ THE LIFE, THE LOVE ♪

♪ YOU'D DIE TO HEAL ♪

♪ THE HOPE THAT STARTS ♪

♪ THE BROKEN HEARTS ♪

♪ YOU TRUST, YOU MUST CONFESS ♪

♪ GETTING THE BEST ♪

♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST

OF YOU? ♪

♪ IS SOMEONE GETTING THE BEST ♪

♪ THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST

OF YOU? ♪

♪ ♪

IF YOU KNOW THIS, YOU'VE GOT

SING IT WITH ME.

♪ ♪

IT'S CALLED "MY HERO."

♪ ♪

♪ TOO ALARMING NOW

TO TALK ABOUT ♪

♪ TAKE YOUR PICTURES DOWN

AND SHAKE IT OUT ♪

♪ TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE,

SAY IT ALOUD ♪

♪ USE THAT EVIDENCE,

RACE IT AROUND ♪

SING IT WITH ME NOW!

♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪

♪ WATCH HIM AS HE GOES ♪

♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪

♪ HE'S ORDINARY ♪

I WANT TO HEAR YOU SING IT RIGHT

NOW!

♪ ♪

♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪

♪ WATCH HIM AS HE GOES ♪

♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪

♪ HE'S ORDINARY ♪

♪ ♪

>> I WANT TO HEAR YOU

MOTHERFUCKERS OVER HERE SING IT.

♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪

♪ WATCH HIM AS HE GOES ♪

ONE MORE TIME, I'LL SING IT WITH

YOU, READY?

♪ THERE GOES MY HERO ♪

♪ HE'S ORDINARY ♪

♪ ♪

ALL RIGHT NOW!

LET'S DO A LITTLE DANCE.

READY?

ALL RIGHT!

♪ ♪

♪ HELLO ♪

♪ I'VE WAITED HERE FOR YOU ♪

♪ EVERLONG ♪

♪ TONIGHT, I THROW MYSELF INTO ♪

♪ AND OUT OF THE RED ♪

♪ ♪

♪ OUT OF HER HEAD, SHE SANG ♪

♪ ♪

♪ COME DOWN AND WASTE AWAY

WITH ME ♪

♪ DOWN WITH ME ♪

♪ SLOW, HOW YOU WANTED IT

TO BE ♪

♪ I'M OVER MY HEAD ♪

♪ OUT OF HER HEAD, SHE SANG ♪

HERE WE GO!

♪ AND I WONDER ♪

♪ WHEN I SING ALONG WITH YOU ♪

SING IT!

♪ IF EVERYTHING COULD EVER BE

THIS REAL FOREVER ♪

♪ IF ANYTHING COULD EVER BE

THIS GOOD AGAIN ♪

♪ THE ONLY THING I'LL EVER ASK

OF YOU ♪

♪ YOU'VE GOT TO PROMISE

NOT TO STOP WHEN I SAY WHEN ♪

♪ SHE SANG ♪

♪ ♪

♪ BREATHE OUT ♪

♪ SO I CAN BREATHE YOU IN ♪

♪ HOLD YOU IN ♪

♪ AND NOW ♪

♪ I KNOW YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ♪

♪ OUT OF YOUR HEAD ♪

♪ OUT OF YOUR HEAD ♪

ALL RIGHT!

♪ AND I WONDER ♪

♪ WHEN I SING ALONG WITH YOU ♪

♪ IF EVERYTHING COULD EVER FEEL

THIS REAL FOREVER ♪

♪ IF ANYTHING COULD EVER BE

THIS GOOD AGAIN ♪

♪ THE ONLY THING I'LL EVER ASK

OF YOU ♪

♪ YOU'VE GOT TO PROMISE

NOT TO STOP WHEN I SAY WHEN ♪

♪ SHE SANG ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

ONE MORE TIME.

ONE MORE TIME!

HERE WE GO!

HERE IT GOES!

♪ ♪

♪ AND I WONDER ♪

SING IT!

♪ IF EVERYTHING COULD EVER BE

THIS REAL FOREVER ♪

♪ IF ANYTHING COULD EVER BE

THIS GOOD AGAIN ♪

♪ THE ONLY THING I'LL EVER ASK

OF YOU ♪

♪ ♪

♪ YOU'VE GOT TO PROMISE

NOT TO STOP WHEN I SAY WHEN ♪

♪ ♪

YES!

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

WHOO!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> COME ON, MAN.

YOU GOT IT.

SPEECH, MAN.

>> OH, YEAH.

WELL, GODDAMN, THIS IS HUGE, AND

A LONG WAY FROM THE PARTY HELD

AT THE HOEDOWN CENTER, AND A

LONG WAY FROM THERE TO HERE, IT

REQUIRED THE ASSISTANCE OF SOME

PEOPLE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK

BRIEFLY.

KATE, MY LOVE, YOUR MY HEART.

MY ORIGINAL PARTNER IN MUSICAL

PRIME, AND THIS IS FOR YOU, JEFF

AND CLARA, AND THESE WEIRDOS,

THE HONOR OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN

PLAYING MUSIC MUSIC WITH THEM

FOR THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS.

THANK YOU.

FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK DAVE,

BECAUSE NONE OF THIS SHIT WOULD

HAPPEN IF IT WASN'T FOR DAVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE

IN YOUR BAND.

I WANT TO THANK SAM, OUR

MANAGEMENT, JOHN AND YOUR BADASS

TEAM FOR MAKING US A SHITTON OF

MONEY.

THANK YOU.

MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, MY BEAUTIFUL

CHILDREN, SHANE AND ANNABELLE

HAWKINS, BEVERLY, I LOVE YOU

GUYS SO MUCH.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS AWARD

WITH A COUPLE BANDS THAT I'D

LIKE TO SEE GET IN THERE SOMEDAY

TOO.

I'D LIKE TO SEE GEORGE MICHAEL

IN THEIR ONE DAY.

LOVE THAT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE JANE'S ADDICTION

IN THERE.

I REALLY LIKE THAT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE SOUNDGARDEN IN

THERE.

I'D REALLY LIKE THAT.

AND THANKS TO EVERYONE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> I'D LIKE TO THINK FIVE PEOPL

PEOPLE.

AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT THEM

RIGHT NOW.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

MAKE IT SIX.

>> ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT TO THINK

MY MOM, DAD, BROTHER, MIKE,

BROTHER, SCOTT, BROTHER STEELE,

AND MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE CARA, AND

HER BEAUTIFUL BOYS, LIAM, EVAN,

AND DASHIELL, AND A BIG

THANKS TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON I

PLAYED IN A BAND WITH, BECAUSE

IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU GUYS, I

WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN READY IN

AUGUST WHEN I GOT THE CHANCE TO

TRAP FOR MY FAVORITE BAND, THE

FOO FIGHTERS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> OKAY.

I'M TRYING TO TALK.

REBECCA SCARLETT, I LOVE YOU.

SCARLETT, MAYBE FOR YOURSELF OR

SOMETHING.

I WILL THINK THE GERMS, THE

ADOLESCENCE, 45 GRAVE, TWISTED

RUTH'S CELEBRITY SKIN, NIRVANA,

AND MOST OF ALL, THAT

MOTHERFUCKER DAVE GROHL, AND

YOU, AND YOU, AND YOU.

AND YOU.

AND YOU THREE LADIES OVER THERE,

THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S UP, OHIO!

I WAS BORN HERE, WHAT ABOUT THA

THAT!

I'M USUALLY THE GUY WHO TALKS

TOO MUCH.

I DIDN'T PREPARE ANY SORT OF

SPEECH BECAUSE I FIGURED THAT

I'D MAKE IT SHORT BECAUSE THE

LAST 25 YEARS HAS BEEN ME JUST

LIKE "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,

ROCK 'N' ROLL, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,

ROCK 'N' ROLL."

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE

BEST THING ABOUT BEING HERE

TONIGHT IS BEING SURROUNDED BY

OUR FAMILY, AND WHEN I SAY THAT,

I MEAN, IF ANYBODY KNOWS HOW THE

FOO FIGHTERS WORK, THE PEOPLE

THAT WE ARE WITH AND WE'VE

WORKED WITH, IT'S BEEN 20, 25,

30 YEARS, AND WE STICK TOGETHER

LIKE A FAMILY.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE THEN YOU ARE DOING IT

TOGETHER NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S

WORK BUT BECAUSE YOU LOVE EACH

OTHER.

AND SO THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION

OVER HERE OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILY

FROM THE LAST YEARS THAT I HAVE

TO THANK.

BUT I ALSO HAVE TO THANK MY

BEAUTIFUL FAMILY WHO, WITHOUT MY

BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, I WOULD NOT BE

AS HAPPY AS I AM.

I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I HAVE TO THINK THESE PEOPL

PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE

HERE TONIGHT IF IT WEREN'T FOR

EACH ONE OF THESE FOO FIGHTERS.

AND WE DID IT.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR

HANGING OUT FOR US FOR THE LAST

26 YEARS.

THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DIDN'T SAY

IT IN MY SPEECH, BUT, LISTEN, I

NEVER TOOK LESSONS TO LEARN HOW

TO PLAY MUSIC.

YOU KNOW WHAT I HAD?

I HAD A BEATLES SONGBOOK, A

BEATLES RECORD, AND A RECORD

PLAYER, AND SO EVERYTHING I

LEARNED ABOUT ROCK 'N' ROLL WAS

FROM THIS MAN RIGHT HERE.

HE IS MY MUSIC TEACHER RIGHT

THERE.

THAT'S IT.

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

>> ♪ JOJO WAS A MAN WHO THOUGHT

HE WAS A LONER ♪

♪ BUT HE KNEW IT COULDN'T LAST ♪

♪ JOJO LEFT HIS HOME IN TUCSON,

ARIZONA ♪

♪ FOR SOME CALIFORNIA GRASS ♪

♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪

♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE

BELONGED ♪

♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪

♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE

BELONGED ♪

♪ ♪

♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪

♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE

BELONGED ♪

♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪

♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE

BELONGED ♪

♪ GET BACK, JO ♪

♪ ♪

♪ SWEET LORETTA MARTIN

THOUGHT SHE WAS A WOMAN ♪

♪ BUT SHE WAS ANOTHER MAN ♪

♪ ALL THE GIRLS AROUND HER

SAY SHE'S GOT IT COMING ♪

♪ BUT SHE GETS IT

WHILE SHE CAN ♪

♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪

♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU

ONCE BELONGED ♪

♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪

♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU

ONCE BELONGED ♪

♪ ♪

♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪

♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU

ONCE BELONGED ♪

♪ OH, GET BACK, YEAH, GET BACK ♪

♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE

BELONGED ♪

♪ ♪

♪ OOH ♪

♪ OOH ♪

♪ WHOO ♪

>> DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK?

>> LET'S GET BACK.

>> COME ON.

♪ ♪

♪ YEAH, SAID GET BACK,

GET BACK ♪

♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE

BELONGED ♪

♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪

♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE

BELONGED ♪

♪ GET BACK, GET BACK ♪

♪ GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE

BELONGED ♪

♪ GET BACK ♪

OH, YEAH.

OH, YEAH.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

GET BACK.

THANK YOU, FOO FIGHTERS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪