{"id":2442346,"date":"2019-03-30T07:57:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T13:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=815629"},"modified":"2019-03-30T07:57:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T13:57:32","slug":"radiohead-stevie-nicks-the-cure-janet-jackson-enter-hall-of-fame-at-epic-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/radiohead-stevie-nicks-the-cure-janet-jackson-enter-hall-of-fame-at-epic-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiohead, Stevie Nicks, The Cure, Janet Jackson Enter Hall of Fame at Epic Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trent Reznor was nearly done inducting the Cure<\/a> into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when he went off on a slight tangent to talk about the institution itself. \u201cI think it\u2019s only right for me to admit that I\u2019ve been, let\u2019s say, ambivalent about the existence of certain award ceremonies,\u201d the Nine Inch Nails frontman told the crowd at Brooklyn\u2019s Barclays Center Friday night. \u201cI remember distinctly saying to myself, among other things, how can I even take this awards ceremony seriously if they\u2019ll open their doors to X, Y and Z and not acknowledge the Cure? Not so long ago I get a phone call I wasn\u2019t expecting, and, well, here we are. Let\u2019s just say I\u2019ve never been as happy to eat my words as I was tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The same thing could have been said about many other members of the Hall of Fame\u2019s Class of 2019, most of whom have been somehow overlooked for at least as long as the goth\/post-punk legends. The Zombies<\/a> had to wait 29 years and go through four ballots, while Roxy Music<\/a>, Janet Jackson<\/a> and Def Leppard<\/a> have all been waiting for at least a decade despite their obvious qualifications. It was therefore not surprising that the overriding sentiment throughout the evening was extreme gratitude and glowing euphoria. And when the Zombies performed their 1967 classic \u201cThis Could Be Our Year,\u201d they seemed to be speaking for most of their fellow inductees.<\/p>\n

The evening began not with the standard introductory remarks by a Hall of Fame official, but rather Stevie Nicks<\/a> gliding onto the stage and belting out \u201cStand Back\u201d with a crack band that included guitar great Waddy Wachtel. She\u2019s been on the road with Fleetwood Mac for months and played a show just three days earlier, but was in absolute prime voice. Surprise guest Don Henley came out next to help her revive their 1981 hit \u201cLeather and Lace\u201d and was followed by Harry Styles to sing the Tom Petty parts on \u201cStop Draggin\u2019 My Heart Around.\u201d It wrapped up with a ferocious \u201cEdge of Seventeen,\u201d complete with Wachtel recreating his iconic guitar part from the original recording.<\/p>\n