Энэхүү хүндэтгэлийн арга хэмжээнд Oasis, Sade, Iron Maiden зэрэг хамтлагууд урилгаас татгалзсан ч үдшийн шоу үзэгчдийг гайхшруулж, эрч хүчтэй тоглолтуудаар дүүрэн байв.
Лос-Анжелес хотын “Peacock Theater”-т болсон ёслолын үеэр “Better Call Saul” цувралын од Боб Оденкирк Oasis хамтлагийг төлөөлөн үг хэлж, тэдний уран бүтээл өөрийнх нь амьдралд хэрхэн нөлөөлснийг онцолсон юм. Түүний танилцуулгаар дуучин Стивен Уилсон “Wonderwall” дууг өвөрмөц хувилбараар дуулсан бол Лиам Галлахер уг тоглолтыг эерэгээр хүлээн авчээ. Мөн Sade хамтлагийн бүтээлийг Сиенна Спиро, Iron Maiden-ы дууг Жэк Блэк, St. Vincent болон Metallica, Rage Against The Machine хамтлагийн гишүүдээс бүрдсэн бүрэлдэхүүн тус тус тайзнаа амилуулсан байна.
Фил Коллинз энэхүү арга хэмжээнд биечлэн оролцож, Трэвис Баркер, Синтия Эриво нарын хамтран толилуулсан “In The Air Tonight” дууг сонсоод сэтгэл хөдлөлөө барьж дийлээгүй юм. Тэрээр бөмбөр тоглох боломж нь өнгөрсөн ч шинэ уран бүтээл хийх, аялан тоглолт хийх хаалгаа хаагаагүй гэдгээ мэдэгдлээ. Түүнчлэн Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Wu-Tang Clan зэрэг хип-хоп урсгалын томоохон төлөөлөгчид тайзнаа гайхалтай тоглолтуудыг үзүүлж, үзэгчдийг байлдан дагууллаа.
Нил Янг продюсер Рик Рубиныг магтан дуулсан урт яриа өрнүүлсэн бол Рубин өөрөө тун товчхон үг хэлж, Red Hot Chili Peppers-ийн гишүүд түүнийг дуурайсан дүр төрхтэйгөөр тайзнаа гарч ирсэн нь үдшийн хамгийн содон мөч байв. Peter Hook-ийн хувьд Joy Division болон New Order хамтлагуудын нэрийн өмнөөс оролцсон ч хуучин хамтлагийн гишүүдтэйгээ эвлэрэх бодолгүй байгаагаа илэрхийлсэн юм. Ийнхүү рок-н-роллын ертөнцийн олон талт, хачирхалтай дүр зураг бүхий үдэш амжилттай өндөрлөв.
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Behind the scenes at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, Phil Collins, Cynthia Erivo and Travis Barker are sharing a three-way embrace. At that exact moment, out on stage, Chris Rock is boisterously inviting 11 members of Wu-Tang Clan to “Bring da Ruckus.” Earlier, Oprah Winfrey had sung the praises of Luther Vandross, while a little later the producer Rick Rubin will be joined by all four members of Red Hot Chili Peppers made up to look exactly like him with flowing white beards and matching red sunglasses. From my seat backstage, it’s hard to avoid the feeling that reality itself is stuck on shuffle.
Going into tonight’s induction ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, all the talk had been about who would not be here. Three British acts, Oasis, Sade and Iron Maiden, each turned down their invitations with varying degrees of politeness. Noel Gallagher was otherwise engaged playing a jazz festival in London with Goldie, while on social media his brother Liam wrote that he’d rather stay home and “stack the dishwasher.” If anybody doubted the pull of the Rock Hall after those snubs, Saturday night’s chaotically eclectic show proved it still has the capacity to surprise, thrill and confuse in roughly equal measure.
On a night of surreal sights, the way Oasis were saluted in their absence might just have been the strangest. When you think Oasis, do you think Better Call Saul? No, us neither, but evidently the Rock Hall felt Bob Odenkirk was just the man to stand in for both Gallagher brothers. After admitting to the crowd that he was not surprised by their skipping the show (“I would have been worried if they had come”), Odenkirk delivered a brief, impassioned speech about how much he loves Oasis’s “f***ing bangers,” saying that their reunion show at MetLife Stadium last year was one of the best nights of his life. He then offered the revelation that he had listened to Oasis each day before going to work on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul because their music acted as a “dose of viagra for the ego.” Now there’s an image.
Odenkirk then introduced country musician Stephen Wilson Jr., who proceeded to play a dark, nasal version of “Wonderwall” that transformed the song into a Pearl Jam-esque narcotic dirge. It got what we might politely call a mixed reaction in the room, and backstage after his performance Wilson gamely suggested he’s ready for whatever the Gallaghers might have to say about it. “If they get cheeky, or comedic, or just straight up make fun of me, I would be so honored,” he said. “I expect nothing less.” In another unforeseen twist, Liam actually liked it. Reacting to fan-shot footage of the cover, the Oasis singer wrote on X that “it had a real organic feel about and it brought out my melancholy side which I have hidden for security reasons.”
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Both Sade and Iron Maiden, it has to be said, were treated to much more straightforward covers of their material. In Sade’s case, it was rising star Sienna Spiro who stepped up to give a faithful rendition of “Smooth Operator,” while for Maiden an all-star band featuring Jack Black, St. Vincent, John 5 and members of Metallica and Rage Against The Machine was assembled for a full-throttle version of “The Trooper.”
The most moving performance of the night was in hono(u)r of a British star who actually did turn up for a rare public appearance: Phil Collins. The 75-year-old star — joining the select group of Rock Hall honorees who are in there twice, having previously been inducted with Genesis in 2010 — was moved to tears as Travis Barker and Cynthia Erivo teamed up for an epic version of “In The Air Tonight.”
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Afterwards, Collins said watching them perform was “an outpouring of emotion… Cynthia did such a fantastic job singing that song, and Travis on the drums… my life has just been one dream after another.” He insisted he hasn’t ruled out returning to his iconic home studio to make new music, and that he won’t “close the door” on touring, despite having to accept that his drumming days “are probably behind me.”
As for the inductees who were on hand to perform their own music, there was an infectious joyousness to New York hip-hop pioneers Queen Latifah and MC Lyte’s set together, as the pair celebrated each other alongside Megan Thee Stallion, who paid tribute to the trail they blazed. Likewise, Wu-Tang Clan delivered a storming medley of hits, and Method Man got one of the night’s biggest laughs by ending his brief speech with the line: “I want to thank everyone who believed in us, including the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and to anyone who didn’t… you can kiss my inducted ass.”
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The performances clearly left an impression on Billy Idol, who, after singing “Rebel Yell” and being joined by Gwen Stefani for “Eyes Without A Face,” concluded his own remarks about the power of rock’n’roll with a triumphant: “And now… I’m gonna party with the Wu-Tang Clan!”
Neil Young could have taken a note from Method Man’s aptitude for brevity, with the rock legend turning up to deliver a lengthy, rambling speech about Rick Rubin in which he namedropped the likes of Adele, Eminem and Lana Del Rey and described Rubin as a “caretaker… making sure people don’t come in and start talking about dollars and cents…”
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Rubin himself got the show back on schedule by delivering the shortest speech of the night, the ying to Young’s yang: “Can’t kill rock n roll. Thank you!”
That was the cue for the Red Hot Chili Rubins to appear and deliver undoubtedly the most visually arresting performance of the night. Honestly, whoever did their make-up and wigs are the rock stars.
If that all sounds a bit too lovey-dovey, Peter Hook was on hand to prove that some grudges can survive even this much adulation. The bassist, who left New Order in 2007 over various financial and personal disputes, was the sole member present to mark the joint induction of Joy Division and New Order. After performing stirring versions of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and “Bizarre Love Triangle” with Deftones and Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches, he thanked a lot of people in his speech, but notably entirely failed to mention any of his former bandmates.
Afterwards, in the press room, Hook was asked whether there might ever be any chance of them burying the hatchet. “No,” he said bluntly, sucking all the air out of the room. “Why not? Because of what they did to me, I’ll never forgive them. What they did to me and my family? I’ll never forgive them. Simple as that.”
For a moment, it felt like the kaleidoscopic, carnivalesque atmosphere of the night might vanish at this sudden exposure to brutal reality, but thankfully Hook had just the line to diffuse the tension he’d caused: “Unless someone offers us $200 million, and then I’ll do what Oasis did!”
In the end, even without showing up, somehow the Gallaghers still managed to have the last laugh.
