{"id":39507,"date":"2023-11-04T07:36:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T07:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=39507"},"modified":"2023-11-04T07:36:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T07:36:08","slug":"stars-like-missy-elliot-made-the-crowds-go-wilds-at-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/11\/04\/stars-like-missy-elliot-made-the-crowds-go-wilds-at-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars like Missy Elliot made the crowds go wilds at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sheryl Crow and Olivia Rodrigo kicked off the 2023\u00a0Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony<\/strong>\u00a0Friday night and Missy Elliott closed the show more than four hours later with a roof-shaking set, as the hall celebrated a strong representation of women and Black artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chaka Khan, Kate Bush, \u201cSoul Train\u201d creator Don Cornelius, The Spinners and DJ Kool Herc were also inducted in a celebration of funk, art-rock, R&B and hip-hop,\u00a0which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.<\/strong>Country music was represented by Willie Nelson, punk had Rage Against the Machine, the late George Michael repped pure pop and Link Wray defined guitar heroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ceremony\u2019s strong representation of Black and women artists this year came not long after the hall removed\u00a0Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner from its board of directors.<\/strong>\u00a0Wenner, who also co-founded the hall, had said that Black and female musicians \u201cdidn\u2019t articulate at the level\u201d of the white musicians featured in his new book of interviews. He later apologized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new inductees\u2019 talent seemed to show how misguided Wenner\u2019s initial stance was. Elton John\u2019s songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, drew cheers when he slyly said he was honored to join the 2023 class with such \u201cprofoundly articulate women\u201d and \u201carticulate Black artists.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Queen Latifah introduced Missy Elliott, who became the first female hip-hop artist in the rock hall, smashing the boundaries of fashion and style along the way. \u201cNothing sounded the same after Missy came onto the scene,\u201d Latifah said. \u201cShe is avant garde without even trying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elliott then appeared onstage at Brooklyn\u2019s Barclays Center as if beamed from a spaceship and with smoke machines pumping, a kinetic light show and a massive digital screen working overtime, performed \u201cGet Ur Freak On,\u201d \u201cThe Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),\u201d \u201cWork It,\u201d \u201cPass That Dutch\u201d and \u201cLose Control.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMissy will wear you out!\u201d Queen Latifah joked after the set. \u201cThis woman goes hard for the art.\u201d Elliott, in a sparkly bucket hat, had her mother in attendance, the first time she saw her daughter perform live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elliott noted hip-hop\u2019s anniversary<\/strong>, 50 years after its birth in New York. \u201cTo be standing here, it means so much to me,\u201d she said. Of her fellow inductees, she said: \u201cI\u2019m honored just to be in a room with you all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show kicked off when Crow joined by Rodrigo \u2014 both in black \u2014 traded verses as they both played guitars. Stevie Nicks later joined Crow for a performance of \u201cStrong Enough\u201d and Peter Frampton came out to help sing \u201cEveryday Is a Winding Road.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a little bit like getting an Oscar for a screenplay you have not finished writing,\u201d Crow said. She thanked her parents for unconditional love \u201cand piano lessons.\u201d She called music a \u201cuniversal gift.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Dern inducted Crow, calling her friend \u201ca badass goddess.\u201d Dern said the music business initially had no idea what to do with a Southern female guitar-playing singer-songwriter. But it soon learned. \u201cShe mapped out the chapters of our lives,\u201d Dern said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John<\/strong> came out of retirement to perform and toast Taupin.<\/strong>\u201cHe became my best friend and my lyricist,\u201d John said. \u201cHe is without doubt one the finest lyric writers of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John joked that the two never had an argument over their 56 years together. \u201cHe was disgusted by my behavior, but that\u2019s a given.\u201d John also revealed that the two have just finished a new album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two men hugged at the podium and Taupin said he found in John when they met in 1967 someone \u201cto inspire with their imagination and ignite your dreams.\u201d John then sat at the piano to sing \u201cTiny Dancer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H.E.R., Sia and Common accompanied Khan for a medley of her funky hits that included \u201cI Feel For You,\u201d \u201cAin\u2019t Nobody,\u201d \u201cSweet Thing\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m Every Woman,\u201d the latter which brought nearly everyone to their feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the podium, Khan graciously called up guitarist Tony Maiden, a member of the band Rufus, which featured Khan in her early career. \u201cWithout him and the band, I would not be here today,\u201d Khan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nelson\u2019s part of the ceremony took a fair chunk of the night, with Dave Matthews playing an acoustic \u201cFunny How Time Slips Away,\u201d and the legend joining Chris Stapleton on \u201cWhiskey River,\u201d dueting with Crow for \u201cCrazy\u201d and then all three musicians combining with Nelson for a rollicking \u201cOn the Road Again,\u201d which got a standing ovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthews said Nelson, 90,<\/strong> wrote his first song at 7 in 1940 and has put out over 70 albums. He ran through the legendary musician\u2019s career, including Farm Aid, IRS troubles and Nelson\u2019s preference for pot. \u201cIt\u2019s people like Willie Nelson who give me hope for the world,\u201d Matthews said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it was his turn, Nelson thanked his wife, Annie, for \u201ckeeping me out here, doing what I\u2019m meant to do.\u201d He added: \u201cThanks for appreciating my music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Ridgeley<\/strong> honored his partner in Wham!, the late George Michael. \u201cHis music was key to his compassion,\u201d Ridgeley said. \u201cGeorge is one of the greatest singers of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael attracted an intriguing trio of performers in his honor: Miguel, Carrie Underwood and Adam Levine, who each performed one of his hits \u2014 \u201cCareless Whisper,\u201d \u201cFaith\u201d and \u201cOne More Try.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another posthumous inductee was \u201cSoul Train\u201d creator Don Cornelius. A huge sign from his old TV dance show was lowered and the crowd danced happily. Snoop Dogg, Questlove and Lionel Richie in a video called the show a rite of passage and a pioneering show that elevated Black music and culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Boi inducted Kate Bush, telling the crowd he never knew what to expect from her music and comparing her insistence on producing her own work to being very hip-hop. \u201cWho sounds like Kate Bush?\u201d he asked. \u201cIf you were hearing Kate\u2019s music for the first time, why wouldn\u2019t you believe this was a current artist?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Vincent took the stage to perform a solemn \u201cRunning Up That Hill (A Deal with God),\u201d the Bush song that bumped up her popularity after the TV show \u201cStranger Things\u201d featured it. Bush didn\u2019t make it to Friday\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LL Cool J presented inductee DJ Kool Herc, called the Father of Hip-Hop. \u201cArguably, no one made a bigger contribution to hip-hop culture than DJ Kool Herc,\u201d LL Cool J said and then turned to the older artist: \u201cYou lit the fire and it\u2019s still blazing.\u201d A visibly moved Herc was unable to speak for a few moments before thanking his parents, James Brown, Marcus Garvey and Harry Belafonte, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spinners, who became a hit-making machine with four No. 1 R&B hits in less than 18 months, were honored by a velvet-jacket-and-fedora-clad New Edition, who sang \u201cI\u2019ll Be Around,\u201d \u201cThe Rubberband Man\u201d and \u201cCould It Be I\u2019m Falling in Love.\u201d John Edwards and Henry Fambrough represented the Philadelphia five-member group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also entering the hall as the class of 2023 were Rage Against the Machine and the late guitarist Link Wray. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin honored Wray with a virtuoso performance of the late guitar god\u2019s seminal \u201cRumble\u201d with a double-necked guitar. The stage was later filled with singers including John, Crow and Brittany Howard belting out the Band\u2019s song \u201cThe Weight,\u201d in honor of the late Robbie Robertson.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ice-T presented activist punk-rockers Rage Against the Machine \u2014 \u201crock rocks the boat,\u201d he said \u2014 and guitarist Tom Morello urged the crowd to fight for a world \u201cwithout compromise or apologies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artists must have released their first commercial recording at least 25 years before they\u2019re eligible for induction. Nominees were voted on by more than 1,000 artists, historians and music industry professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC will air a special featuring performance highlights and standout moments on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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