Comments on: What You Missed At Last Night’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:21:00 +0000

Jim Osterberg, the Susan Lucci of rock'n'roll.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:50:27 +0000

I feel cheated that Madonna got 45 minutes, and Leonard Cohen got Damian Rice covering Jeff Buckley covering John Cale. Little Walter’s montage, and Billy Joel’s speech, were the only things that didn’t piss me off. And I refuse to acknowledge bone-throw appearances by Iggy, when that man deserves to be in there more than almost any musician of the last hundred years.

By: Jupiter8

Jupiter8 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:50:13 +0000

Iggy ruled-the high-def feed was the way to go…

By: AL

AL — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:56:47 +0000

If you think this audience lacked star power, remember: next year’s induction ceremony will be in Cleveland for the first time ever.

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:55:39 +0000

@clevername: Oh, fine. Be that way. I enjoyed it, at any rate. And, dude, Madonna totally suffers from Unintentional Bitch Face most of the time. I think she was just sort of flustered by the whole experience.

@joshservo: Watt's bow was totally the best part. Srsly. Totally magical.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:45:23 +0000

Thanks go Iggy’s enunciation skills, I now know that the “Ray of Light” lyric I’ve heard for 10 years as “She’s goddess of the universe” is actually “She’s got herself a universe.”

By: joshservo

joshservo — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:37:51 +0000

Did anyone catch Iggy and the Stooges meeting Madonna after their performance? Iggy LITERALLY skipped across the room to hug her, while Watt did a full bow to shake her hand. Madonna, on her part, looked as if she was getting some sort of invasive procedure.

Watt's well-documented fanboyness aside, one could still hear a very definite rip in the space-time continuum when their hands met.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:27:23 +0000

The Stooges were not incredible. They were fucking horrible. Iggy's schtick looked ridiculous, and Madonna appeared remarkably uncomfortable. I'd love to know why they chose those songs -- Ray of Light is a fine Madonna song, but turned punk, it was two chords and Iggy yelling and prancing. Considering Madonna's massive catalogue, you'd think they could find something more interesting than a song most notable for the production.

It was almost worth watching for Timberlake's constant O-face while he was watching the Stooges.

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:56:12 +0000

Oh, and? Also awesome: Lou Reed’s flip-up reading glasses.

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:55:18 +0000

Seriously, Iggy & The Stooges were incredible. However, most of the audience just looked confused as to why these old grizzled dudes were playing Madonna hits, loudly, as glammed up garage anthems. Brillant. Also, HOW ADORABLE IS MIKE WATT?

I wandered off during Tom Hanks' speech (I hate that he kind of yells when being 'enthusiastic') after making it through the grumpy middle aged Joel/Mellencamp windbaggery.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:31:42 +0000

Jeebus, the speeches were endless. They need some of that Oscar "wind-it-up" music.

So was Madonna's choice of the Stooges to represent her a way of critiquing the Hall for not inducting them yet?

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:48:35 +0000

[i]As Iggy Pop and the Stooges pounded through punked-up reinventions of inductee Madonna's "Burning Up"[/i]

but did Watt sing lead!?

By: Hamster-Style

Hamster-Style — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:38:24 +0000

I caught a few minutes of it last night on TV. I'm an abashed Mellencamp hater. But Billy Joel's induction speech was great. Mellencamp's speech was a bit long, but it made me kind of like him a little bit more.

I was also glad he chose not to play 'Our Country' last night.

By: mackro

mackro — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:37:16 +0000

OK, YouTube of Stooges pleases. This may be the best thing the RnRHOF has produced as far as live performances, since that one Prince “While My Guitar” cameo, in the past decade.