RnR HOF induction ceremony

So I just finished watching the 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Following are my comments and thoughts on the show (kid of a play by play as it happened):

Little Anthony & the Imperials - performed wonderfully. Classic oldies. About fricking time. Smokey Robinson is 69. Really?

Wanda Jackson. Inducted by Roseanne Cash. Again, about time for the first woman rocker to be inducted.

Joe Perry looks awful. Weird hair, weird eye makeup. Yikes.

Wanda Jackson is so cute singing! Good for her.

Flea is going to induct Metallica? They couldn't get anyone else?

Paul Schaffer inducts sideman Spooner Oldham. Nice job. Spooner is stanky! Spooner looked more out of place in a tux than Bob Dylan, but he certainly deserves it. Hilarious thank you speech, very thankful but also like it was no big deal. Also, he had a spoon on his lapel. Fantastic. I think he was totally stoned.

Jason Newstead was interviewed. I think he seemed gracious and gave a lot of props to Cliff Burton. It's cool that he is there.

Bobby Womack was inducted by Ronnie Wood. Again, about time for Bobby. Ronnie did a good job, kind of all over the place and heartfelt at the same time. Bobby gave props to Sam Cooke and Obama. Pretty awesome. Good performances. Ronnie Woods watch matched his guitar.

Run DMC. RIP Jam Master Jay. So instrumental in bringing rap to the forefront of the music scene. Breakthrough song and video with "Walk This Way" with Aerosmith. Inducted by Eminem. He was, in fact, quite sincere. Comparison to The Beatles though? A little much for me. Rev. Run gave nice praise to Jay's mother and family. DMC gave a nice shout out to his family and said how important it is to give love to a kid since he is adopted. JMJ's mom was great. She was so strong and her faith is immovable.

Max Weinberg and Garry Tallent (E Street Band members) inducted sidemen: drummer - DJ Fontana and bassist - Bill Black who played with Elvis Presley. They had amazing careers, even though Bill Black passed away when he was 39. Max and Garry kind of went on and on like what they want people to say about them if they ever get inducted. Bill's kids accepted they award for him and they were great. His son was very emotional, but it was adorable (even for a 61 year old.) DJ Fontana was great. Thankful and cute, short and to the point.

Holy crap - Wanda Jackson is SHORT!

Jeff Beck. Makes Clapton look like a beginner. Ridiculous. Not to self - buy more Jeff Beck albums. Inducted by Jimmy Page, former bandmate with The Yardbirds. No stories from Jimmy though, probably too graphic for Fuse anyway. Jeff Beck looked good except for the top he's wearing that looks like a straight jacket without arms. Jeff is quite humble (well, as humble as an amazing guitarist can be) during his acceptance speech and hilarious when he flipped off the people who didn't help him. Also, he made fun of Rod Stewart's hair?

Wait, was that Joe Torre? It couldn't have been since the Dodgers played in LA that day, but I swear it was his twin!

Jeff Beck gave props to Scotty Moore (Elvis' guitar player.)

Who the F is this Fuse host guy? What a tool. Alfiero would have been SUCH a better host.

I think Jeff Beck forgot what song he was going to play - that was funny. Jeff Beck playing with Jimmy Page. Ridiculous. Do you think the Jeff Beck's entire thumb is a callous? I mean who freaking plays like that without a pick? My fingers hurt just watching him. He played Peter Gunn. F'ing fantastic. Did Steve Vai ever study with Beck? Sounds like it.

Metallica. Really? Fuse had to bleep the word ass? Give me a break. RIP Cliff Burton. Inducted by Flea. I'm sorry, did RHCP and Metallica ever even tour together? He actually gave a very nice induction speech. Quite eloquent and descriptive of Metallica as a band and as musicians. Cliff Burton's dad was there to accept for him. So cute. You've got to love an old headbanger. I'm glad Kirk grew his hair long again.

OK, and F'ing tiVo didn't tell me this was a live showing so I have to wait until next week to catch the end?!?!? Thank the internet for YouTube.

Lars gave a nice speech too, surprisingly wasn't a dick about it, and thanked his dad very graciously. James was equally happy to be inducted and gave Lars a hilarious bear hug at the end. James also mentioned a ton of bands who are not in the HoF including Judas Priest. That is a crazy shame as I have already blogged about how awesome they are here. They played "Master of Puppets." Either something in the sound got f'ed up on YouTube or the sound on the show but something sounded off. They also played, "Enter Sandman." Sounded much better, in fact, they blew the roof off the place with that song.

The finale song was, "Train Kept A Rollin." Which I love. Now, don't get me wrong, it's a great song, but wouldn't you think the finale would've been a song by one of the bands that was inducted? Joe Perry was there and played on the song, but it was a little weird. The performance in itself was awesome. At least 6 guitars and 3 bassists was really cool.

All in all, a pretty good show.