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Um Pouco Mais sobre Bruce Sprinsteen, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits... Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony
Updated: Tuesday, 15 Mar 2011, 6:17 AM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 15 Mar 2011, 6:17 AM EDT
By NewsCore
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's annual induction ceremony is the only place you'd find Bruce Springsteen as just one member of a 21-piece backup band.
The rock hall's latest class brought together Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Darlene Love, Dr. John and Leon Russell, and after all the speeches were done the musicians kept playing until the wee hours.
Springsteen brought his guitar to back Love, who created a modern-day "Wall of Sound" and dueted with Bette Midler on "He's a Rebel" after her induction Monday night. Guitarist John Mayer supported Russell in his ballad "A Song for You." Diamond had the crowd in the glittery ballroom of The Waldorf-Astoria hotel dancing to the 1960s era "Cherry Cherry."
Diamond had seemed a bit loopy in his acceptance speech, after traveling 25 hours from Australia for the ceremony and looking ahead to another trip Down Under to resume a concert tour. He criticized Paul Simon, who inducted him, for giving Simon's upcoming album a difficult-to-remember title ("So Beautiful or So What"), then tried to recover by saying "I dare anybody in this room to make a better album."
Diamond got a cheer from the New York crowd for recognizing his city roots while performing "I Am I Said."
Simon noted that Diamond, who was born in Brooklyn, had first been eligible for the rock hall in 1991 and wondered, "What took so long?"
His theory: Diamond's duet with Barbra Streisand, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers."
"It's Barbra Streisand," he said. "It's not rock 'n' roll. I don't even think they let that DNA near the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
Alice Cooper is the stage name for singer Vincent Furnier and his band, known for 1970s era hard rock songs "Eighteen," "No More Mr. Nice Guy" and "School's Out." Their concerts were steeped in horror movie theatrics, and Cooper wrapped a snake around his neck during his speech accepting induction. He performed a trio of the band's hits in a shirt spattered with fake blood.
"We've always been a hard-rock band," Cooper said. "We just wanted to decorate it a little differently."
Cooper said he'd like to promise the rock hall that his band wouldn't embarrass it.
"But I can't make that promise," he said. "After all, we are Alice Cooper."
He was inducted by singer Rob Zombie, who recalled how he painted a portrait of Cooper dripping in blood when he was in fourth grade and was asked to make a picture of someone he admired — drawing attention from school authorities.
Songwriter Waits is well-versed in blues, poetry and ballads, with songs rough and romantic. Several of his Hall of Fame predecessors have recorded his work, including Springsteen ("Jersey Girl"), the Ramones ("I Don't Want to Grow Up"), Rod Stewart ("Downtown Train") and Johnny Cash ("Down There By the Train"). Neil Young said Waits is indescribable and "I'm here to describe him." The two later performed together; taped highlights of the rock hall ceremony will be shown on Fuse on March 20.
Waits noted that his rock hall trophy was heavy and wondered if he could have a keychain version "that I can keep with me in case I hear somebody say, 'Pete, take the cuffs off him. He's a Hall of Famer.'"
"They say that I have no hits and that I'm difficult to work with," he said, "and they say that like it's a bad thing."
Russell composed "A Song for You" and "Delta Lady," but he said he was in "a ditch beside the highway of life" when Elton John called a year ago and suggested they record an album together. The result was nominated for a Grammy.
"After that album," John said, "Leon came alive, and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life."
Russell, with a shock of long white hair and beard, walked haltingly onstage with the help of a cane and met John for a warm embrace.
Love, whose voice cut through Phil Spector's heavy production, called her induction into the hall her best 70th birthday present. She praised Spector's work but also tweaked him: "Phil Spector said God made two musical geniuses: Beethoven and Phil Spector," she recalled.
Love lent her powerful voice to several of Spector's hits, in acts such as the Crystals and Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans. Her "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" is a holiday standard: She sang on U2's cover and performs it every December on David Letterman's show.
She was inducted with a comic ramble by Midler, who said she was a goner when she first heard Love's voice on a transistor radio.
"Listening to her songs, you had to dance, you had to move, you had to keep looking for that rebel boy," Midler said. "Suddenly nobody wanted the buttoned-down guy who was a good provider."
New Orleans piano maestro Dr. John, born Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack Jr., was inducted by singer John Legend, who recalled meeting him at a benefit for Hurricane Katrina relief. Legend said the new Hall of Fame member has been a leading global ambassador for New Orleans and its special musical gumbo.
"He has never stopped flying the flag of funk," Legend said. "Tonight, he is definitely in the right place at the right time."
That was a reference to one of Dr. John's best-known songs, "Right Place, Wrong Time," with Allen Toussaint and the Meters, which he performed as the ceremony slipped past midnight.
Dr. John wore a bright purple suit for his big night and was asked backstage where he had bought his shoes.
"The pimp store," he replied.
Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman and Specialty Records founder Art Rupe also were inducted, in the non-performer category.
The inductees' work will be celebrated in perpetuity at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.
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Pictures 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annual Induction Ceremony
2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annual Induction Ceremony
Posted Mar 15, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremony is the only place you’d find Bruce Springsteen as just one member of a 21-piece backup band.
The rock hall’s latest class brought together Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Darlene Love, Dr. John and Leon Russell, and after all the speeches were done the musicians kept playing until the wee hours.
Springsteen brought his guitar to back Love, who created a modern-day “Wall of Sound” and dueted with Bette Midler on “He’s a Rebel” after her induction Monday night. Guitarist John Mayer supported Russell in his ballad “A Song for You.” Diamond had the crowd in the glittery ballroom of The Waldorf-Astoria hotel dancing to the 1960s era “Cherry Cherry.”
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Destaques do box com performances na festa do R'n'R Hall of Fame
Os números
9 DVDs
11 horas de duração
99 artistas e bandas
126 canções
Arroz-de-festa
Os artistas com mais performances nos DVDs:
Bruce Springsteen, 16 músicas
Billy Joel, 8 músicas
John Fogerty, 6 músicas
Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, 5 músicas
Retornos
Bandas que se reuniram exclusivamente para a festa
The Kinks - 1990
The Byrds - 1991
Cream - 1993
The Band - 1994
Traffic - 2004
O discurso póstumo
Em 2003, o AC/DC montou seu discurso de agradecimento com versos escritos pelo primeiro vocalista da banda, Bon Scott, morto em 1979. Quem falou pela banda foi justamente seu substituto, Brian Johnson (que depois cantou com Steven Tyler, do Aerosmith)
O discurso de agradecimento mais polêmico
"Eu não gostava dessa instituição, o Hall of Fame. Eu não gosto de instituições em geral. Eu sempre achei que o rock and roll não pode ser respeitável."
(Eric Clapton na homenagem ao Cream, em 1993)
Momento Fashion
Eddie Vedder, do Pearl Jam, cortou o cabelo moicano especialmente para apresentar a inclusão do Ramones em 2002
As colaborações mais inusitadas
Bruce Springsteen e Axl Rose - "Come Together", 1994
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"Academia" roqueira faz festa para os eleitos de 2011 Alice Cooper é o principal nome entre escolhidos para entrar no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Alice Cooper é o principal nome entre escolhidos para entrar no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Cerimônia amanhã em Nova York comemora os 25 anos da premiação e tem tradição de shows com duetos de astros
THALES DE MENEZES
DE SÃO PAULO
Há tempos o rock deixou de ser sinônimo de rebeldia. Quem ainda duvida disso vai sofrer mais um duro golpe amanhã, na festa do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Criado em 1983, o "salão da fama" tenta conservar a memória do rock e usa dois instrumentos para isso: um museu, inaugurado em 1995 em Cleveland, Ohio (EUA), e a premiação anual que desde 1986 insere nomes na galeria.
A lista inaugural foi acima do inquestionável: James Brown, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke e Everly Brothers.
A safra 2011 nem chega perto. Inclui Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Dr. John, Darlene Love e Neil Diamond.
Depois de 25 anos e 173 artistas e bandas eleitos, alguns podem dizer que fica mais difícil encontrar nomes significativos para a lista.
No entanto, entre os ainda "esquecidos" há pilares do rock e do pop. Exemplos: Lou Reed, Kiss, Carole King, Cat Stevens, Rush, Carly Simon e Yes (e praticamente todo o rock progressivo).
Conselheiros do Hall of Fame (que incluem artistas e empresários ligados à música) selecionam apenas quem lançou seu primeiro disco há pelo menos 25 anos.
Por esse quesito, Alice Cooper, 63, entra tarde. Ele gravou o primeiro álbum em 1969, mas só alcançou o sucesso dois anos depois, com o terceiro, "Love It to Death", que trouxe o hit "Eighteen".
Vincent Furnier é seu verdadeiro nome. Na verdade, a ideia original era que Alice Cooper fosse o nome da banda, mas sua figura se destacava tanto que o público passou a associar o nome a ele.
Com shows que traziam bonecos decapitados em guilhotinas, sangue de mentira voando longe e o vocalista enrolado numa cobra viva, Alice Cooper chegou ao auge em 1973, lançando o disco mais vendido daquele ano ("Billion Dollar Babies").
Entre os outros laureados menos famosos de amanhã, Tom Waits tem a carreira mais consistente. Aos 61 anos, lançou 20 álbuns com sua voz rouca de uísque e cigarros. Mistura rock com cabaré, uma coisa "cool".
Neil Diamond, 70, teve sucesso mundial entre os anos 1960 e 1980. Em 2008, foi resgatado pelo público jovem, apresentando-se no Festival de Glastonbury (Inglaterra).
Darlene Love, 72, foi grande na década de 1960, com discos produzidos pelo mago da época, Phil Spector. Dr. John, 70, é uma figuraça que fez ao piano uma mistura original de blues, rock e jazz.
Amanhã, no Waldorf Astoria, em Nova York, esses artistas vão fazer duetos com convidados "secretos", sempre alguém que tenha sido influenciado por eles.
O prêmio registra performances fantásticas e 126 delas estão reunidas numa caixa com nove DVDs, "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live" (leia mais ao lado).
São duetos irresistíveis para fanáticos por rock, como Chuck Berry e Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger e Tina Turner ou R.E.M. e Eddie Vedder.
Há até uma "banda dos sonhos": Jimmy Page e Jeff Beck, dois ex-Yardbirds, tocam o maior hit da banda, "The Train Kept A-Rollin'", ao lado de Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones) e todo o Metallica.
Em 2011, mesmo sem rebeldia e bastante domesticado, o rock ainda rola.
TONIGHT: The 26th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Waits, Diamond, Alice Cooper Make Rock Hall of Fame
By EMILY JOHNSON
Updated 6:30 PM EDT, Mon, Mar 14, 2011 | Print
Music’s greatest luminaries will welcome eight new members to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Monday night in New York, the city that birthed Neil Diamond and that Tom Waits famously described as “a big ship... and the water’s on fire.”
The crooner and the growler are part of a new class of inductees that also includes rocker Alice Cooper and his band, singer-songwriter Leon Russell, blues maestro Dr. John, and singer/actress Darlene Love.
Musical giants Paul Simon, Elton John, and John Legend will be among those hosting the induction ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria,The Associated Press reported.
The careers of the honorees, taken together, have carved a wide swathe in musical history:
- Darlene Love, 72, sang backup for Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, and Sam Cooke, but is perhaps best known for “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). Love performs the song -- a flop when it was released in 1963 -- on David Letterman’s show every holiday season.
- Neil Diamond, 70, is still touring more than four decades after kicking off his career. His 1969 hit “Sweet Caroline,” inspired by President John F. Kennedy’s young daughter, has become an anthem at sporting events and is particularly beloved by Boston Red Sox fans.
- “Alice Cooper” is the name of both the shock rock band that turned macabre stagecraft into an art form and the stage name of lead singer Vincent Furnier, 63. Offstage, Furnier is known for his engaging and witty persona and currently hosts the classic rock radio show “Nights With Alice Cooper.”
- Starting back in the 1950’s, Dr. John, 70, played his way deep into the heart and psyche of his native New Orleans with five Grammy awards and a wild assortment of instruments and genres. His best-known song is probably 1973’s “Right Place, Wrong Time.”
- Leon Russell, 68, is famous as much for his trademark long hair, beard, and sunglasses as for his music. On top of a prolific solo career, he has collaborated with just about everyone who was ever anyone: George Harrison, Elton John, and The Rolling Stones, to name a few.
- A critic once said Tom Waits’s voice sounded like it had been “soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months and then taken outside and run over with a car." Waits, 61, has used that voice to grind out tales of seedy dives and broken souls for decades – and to crack some memorable deadpan one-liners. To wit: “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.”
The induction ceremony is scheduled to air a week from Monday on Fuse.