Anyone seen/have the 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame show?

I would really like to know more about Brian Wilson's a cappela performance of "On Broadway". I heard it was breathtaking (but of course, David Leaf thinks everything Brian does is breathtaking ). Anyone remember it fondly?

 

I can't really help you but I have always been amazed at how just how little there is available in the way of CD's and DVD's of Rock Hall performances and speeches.

There is a film they show you there when you are waiting on line to get into one of the movies and it's snippets of various performances and introduction speeches over the years and some of them are amazing. Bono inducting Marley, McCartney inducting Lennon, a sad George Harrison during the Beatles induction trying to explain why neither Lennon or McCartney was there, Springsteen inducting Dylan, a great bit where Jeff Beck takes a friendly pop at Jimmy Page. I would love to own these things. Or how bout Prince wailing away on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" or Springsteen, Dave Grohl, Little Steven, Costello's tribute to Joe Strummer or Springsteen inducting and playing with U2? I realize that there are countless record company contracts to contend with but you would think that with the size and stature of the Rock Hall this could have been dealt with.

Peace-
Norm

 

I would like to see the infamous Mike Love speech. :thumbsdn:

 

It's something of a surprise a comp hasn't been issued by now....we do know it's all on tape, wonder if there's a rights issue....

 

Actually that's a good example. Although in poor taste it's strangely compelling and certainly the stuff of rock'n'roll history. Yeah, all kinds of stuff, musical and otherwise. There's gotta be a reason and it's probably a legal one but still...

Peace-
N

 

What did he say?

 

Mike Love's infamous speech and sorry to hijack this thread.

"I think it's wonderful to be here tonight, but I also think it's sad
that there are other people who aren't here tonight, and those are the
people who've passed away...those are the obvious ones. But the other
not-so-obvious ones are people like Paul McCartney who couldn't be here
tonight because he's in a lawsuit with Ringo and Yoko- that's what he
said in a telegram to some high-priced attorney in this room, ya know?
Now, that's a BUMMER because we're talking about Harmony in the world.
If we can't get it together in America and in England and harmony within
our groups...I mean, believe it, you can believe it...the Beach Boys
have their own (unintelligible) or whatever you call it, squabbles, but
that's a BUMMER when MS. ROSS can't make it, ya know? The Beach Boys'll
continue to do...we did about a hundred and eighty performances last
year. I'd like to see the "MOPTOPS" match that-! I'd like to see MICK
JAGGER get out on the stage and do "I Get Around" vs. "Jumpin' Jack
Flash" ANY DAY NOW! Now, a lot of people are gonna go outta this room
tonight thinking that Mike Love is crazy...well, they been sayin' that
for years! Ain't nothin' new about that! And now we're (slurring gets
more pronounced) ssssittin' in this room with all this glitterati of the
glissando...all 6% of us...and we're hasslin', we're
fighting...(mumbles) squabbles, messin' around...what I want to see is
this whole room recognize that there is One Earth here and I want us to
do something FANTASTIC with all of this talent and this wonderful spirit
and soul, and I'd like to see some people KICK OUT THE JAMS, and I
challenge "The BOSS" to get up onstage and jam..!"

[Note: At this point, musical director Paul Shaffer plays the Theramin
intro to 'Good Vibrations'...he might just as well have played the
Twilight Zone Theme. Love continues to rant.]

"I wanna see BILLY JOEL...see if he can still TICKLE IVORIES...lemme
see!
I know MICK JAGGER won't be here tonight, he's gonna have to stay in
*burp* England. But, I'd like to see us in the Coliseum and he in
Wembley Stadium, 'cause he's always been CHICKEN**** to get on stage
with the Beach Boys...!" [Shaffer then tries to drown Love out by
striking up the band, which inspires him to conclude] "...and we're
gonna do it for World Peace and Love and Harmony. Yeah! Alright!"

Peace-
Norm

 

Most people assume that Love was under the influence of something when he spoke.

http://www.mountvernonandfairway.de/answer2.htm

Sorry, someone else just posted this text at the same time, I'll delete my copy.

 

BOOZE!
A lot of people thought Brian was the "crazy" one when it's obviously Mike.
I'd like to add that I'm going to see The Beach Boys (Mike and Bruce) in June and I'm going to attempt getting autographs (and perhaps a picture for a new avatar ).

 

Yikes, that's quite a speech!

 

My choice would be Quincy Jones's infamously incoherent, rambling induction of one of the Ertegun (sp?) brothers back in the early 90s, immortalized on Howard Stern's program. "You don't understand!!!!"

 

IMHO, he was right on that particular point.