Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Induction

I like the yearly ceremony where they celebrate the newest members of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Not just because, unlike most awards, they tend to get it right. Not just because of the superstar jams.

What I like most are the speeches. And the best one are the introductions to the inductees by other big stars. So often,when musician speak out in public, it's just silly platitudes about politics that are as boring as they are unoriginal. But hearing a Keith Richards talk about how he was inspired by some great before him, that's magic. Here's a subject they understand, one they live for. You can feel someting light up inside them, and it's poetry.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

They could have gotten someone better than Eddie Vedder for Patti Smith.

7:06 PM, March 14, 2007  

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