HD Video Review of 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony - March 29, 2019

Let's do a quick walk through of The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that took place this past Friday night, March 29, 2019 in Brooklyn, NY at the Barclays Center

I shot about 15 HD vids that will walk us through some of the highlights of the night.  In addition there are some bonus videos I shot on Facebook Live that you can access by clicking the link and joining that page below.

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The night started with a performance by Stevie Nicks opening with "Stand Back"

Next up she said she would have a special guest coming out and she started to play "Leather and Lace" and Don Henley of the Eagles walked out to perform his part of the duet.

Stevie finished her set and was inducted by Harry Styles.  Following this David Byrne was announced and he inducted Radiohead.  Here's his full induction speech:

Only Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway of Radiohead attended and here is there full acceptance speech.  There was no performance.

Simon LeBon and John Taylor of Duran Duran came out next to induct Roxy Music.  Here is their full induction speech.

Roxy Music performed and here is Love Is The Drug, More Than This, Avalon, and Editions of You from their set

Little Steven Van Zandt was next up to induct the 6 songs of the year.  No video of this.

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails was next up to induct The Cure.  Here's the full induction speech.

And here is The Cure performing the opening song of their set, "Shake Dog Shake"

Janelle Monae came out next to induct Janet Jackson.  Janet did not perform.  I have two snippets of Janet's acceptance speech.  The first is about a minute long towards the beginning of the speech.

And here's the last 2 minutes of Janet's acceptance speech

Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles then inducted The Zombies.  Here's video of the Zombies performing "Tell Her No" from their set

Brian May of Queen then came out to induct Def Leppard.  Here is his full induction speech

After their acceptance speech, Def Leppard started their set with Hysteria

After Def Leppard's 4 song set, some more microphones were set up and Def Leppard returned to the stage with Brian May, members of Roxy Music and The Zombies, Susanna Hoffs, Little Steven and Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople to end the night with "All The You Dudes"

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Lou Reed and the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

Lou Reed died today.

What can and will be said about him, his music and career will be written by many others more eloquently than myself, so instead I just wanted to share a little bit of Lou's connection to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame where he has already been inducted as part of the Velvet Underground.  I expect that sadly, because of his passing, he will now mostly likely get inducted as a solo artist in next year's round of nominees.

January 12, 1995: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City

Lou inducts Frank Zappa into the Hall of fame.

September 2, 1995: The Concert For the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Ohio

The Rock Hall finally opens and they throw a helluva party at the stadium in Cleveland.  Iggy Pop, backed by Soul Asylum, performs his tribute to The Doors with "Back Door Man." At the songs end, he introduces Lou before leaving the stage.  Soul Asylum continue as backing band as Lou performs "Sweet Jane." Lou dedicates it to Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison who passed away two days earlier on August 30, 1995.

January 17, 1996: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City

While eligible since 1992, The Velvet Underground are inducted with the 1996 class which includes Pink Floyd, David Bowie (possibly the biggest VU fan around), Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, The Shirelles in the "Performers" category.

Patti Smith inducted the band:

Lou, Maureen Tucker, John Cale and Sterling Morrison's widow short acceptance speech calling out how much this induction would have meant to Sterling:

Lou, John and Moe perform "Last Night I Said Goodbye to My Friend" for Sterling:

October 30, 2009: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concert, New York City

A two night extravaganza at Madison Square Garden.  Metallica, inducted earlier that year, bring out Lou for a run through "Sweet Jane" and "White Light/White Heat".  This would lead to Metallica and Lou Reed working on the album "Lulu" which would be released almost exactly two years later on October 31, 2011.  "Lulu" would be Lou's final studio album.

Watch Metallica with Lou on "Sweet Jane" (Pro-shot video below).  They followed it up with "White Light/White Heat" (It does not appear the pro-shot version of this is on Youtube.  This is the best quality audience shot version I could find here although it is cut)

Which sadly bring us to today.  Looking at the Rock Hall's track record, especially in regards to the Velvet Underground's induction after Sterling Morrison's passing - they tend to react after the fact when they realize they missed an induction that perhaps should have happened when the artist was alive.  I think next year we will see Lou inducted as a solo artist.  It looks like Lou believed in the Rock n Roll Hall and there's no question he simply believed in the power of music and rock n roll - I do hope he does get his second induction as any chance to celebrate his music is time spent in a worthwhile manner. 

R.I.P. Mr. Reed.