Yes Induction Acceptance Speeches Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2017

hello everybody truly this is hideous bombs everywhere really it's kind of interesting I went to the Hall of Fame about four years ago and my beautiful wife Janie there she is and I walked around the Hall of Fame and all my heroes were there every one of them from Little Richard I can't believe you guys you're so beautiful look at you you're all so beautiful why Bill Haley Bill Haley in the comments Stevie Wonder all these great people and we're going to join him I can't believe it it's truly amazing I was very lucky you know it's actually forty-nine years ago tonight that I met Chris Squire in a bar the 7th of April 1968 7th of April is a magic moment when I met Chris I remember going to him say hi Chris how are you he was so tall I can't believe it anyway we got a bang going we had a guitar player called Peter bikes really we had a drummer called Bill Bruford he's there mr. bill looper he's behind me but Chris is in heaven now the Peter Banks is in heaven in the spirit of them they're there tonight they're here with us tonight that's for sure I don't know what to say anymore I just love being here you guys are beautiful you are beautiful I see a big shout for life is my son Damien and Deborah and Jade the kid vodiane in you my grandchildren I can't believe I got grandchildren is amazing life is possibly by so fast I can't believe I'm so glad whirring yes yes means a lot to me here's mr. Trevor Rabin hi there we'll just said to me make sure your fly's up when you get up I got to thank you so much this is a incredible honor and it's great to be inducted with my friends out there and like Neil and Jonathan everybody and along with everyone that's been inducted I want to thank you all and my beautiful wife Shelly and my extremely talented son Ryan Brian Lane Larry Magath thank you so much for everything and now pass it on to who Rick Wakeman oh sorry Allan white too heavy um hi everyone thank you great to see everybody this has been a long journey I'd like to thank the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame so this induction and secondly I'd like to you know really thank my wife and family for being here tonight with me and and also all of our great fans from all over the world they've been absolutely wonderful through this landscape and thirdly I'd like to acknowledge of Chris choir I work with in for 43 years and he was one of my best friends ever and we had a relationship that really counted and [Music] thank you all for this walk thank you [Applause] okay I'm steamed out I'm only going to take a minute now but of course we'd love to fan thank all our fans for believing all these years that we deserve and need to be inducted into the rock and roll of Fame anyway things different for many people and some may Long's with bask in its glory others merely accepting the notoriety for their musical endeavors and since music speaks long after its creation this services as a payment for those with the respect for those who are no longer with us today allowing those to remain to shine a light on all those contributors to those such great ideas and melodies and lyrics and arrangements and direction of this yes music nothing can take away the response we've gotten from our fans who've obviously have a different ear from the general music lovers fortunately for us they're able to distinguish the textures and the harmonies and the discord and the dynamics at the dramatic and the humble and the soft and the love and the quiet and as bill used to say when asked what is yes music bill would say simply some of its vast and some of its low I'd just like to take a minute now just to thank my wonderful wife and a wonderful family who've been behind us through the highs and the lows and extruder and Dylan and Zoe and zuny Georgia drew and Diego and we love you all very very much and Stefan Adam through the last nine years Adam Allen and I am with Chris choir through its final years with along with Jeff downs and John Davison Billy Sherwood and myself we've all been working together to sustain the standard set by the very idea of yet we look forward to continuing to honor more great works of yes thank you very much does this thing go up story of my life and I said all right I have to go right at them and I'd like to obviously I'm very happy here for a couple of reasons to be in Brooklyn one is the fact obviously of being part of yes and getting inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame and the other is something I really probably shouldn't tell you is that less than half a mile away from this very building was where I had my very first meaningful sexual experience no no no no no no please no no it wasn't very good never is when you're on your own anyway as Steve said - thank you - his wife want to say thank you to my unfortunately she's not here tonight when I left her this morning I think she was in a coma actually one I saw I think she was in a coma sex was still the same but the washing was piling up and I put [Applause] I would like to thank apart from other guys in yes that I work with my father who played a massive part in my unlikely musical career my family were all in the edutainment business we generally were very very poor my father was an Elvis impersonator and well there wasn't much cool for that in 1947 and he but he was he taught me a lot I remember he sat me down once and said suddenly said don't go to any of those really cheap dirty nasty sleazy strip clubs because if you do you'll see something you shouldn't so of course I went and I saw my dad they are and then I learn a lot I'd like to thank the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame very much for inducting I said the only thing I would say I'm glad that we're actually up third because as you get older you know the old things like the prostate start acting up a bit and the distance between comfort breaks gets less and less but I would like to say quite seriously how important it is to have at the old examination which I had indeed on Monday night and feel you ladies who don't know it's really tough you after getting the old fetal position you hear the old plastic glove go on the rubber glove and then it's like a go for going on holiday inside your rectum and now while I was having my whilst I was having my examination the doctor said to me said Mr Whiteman he said there's no need to be embarrassed it's not unusual to get an erection at this kind of procedure and I I said I haven't got an erection he said I know but I have they thank you very much god bless you and I like please welcome cookie

Channel: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Keywords: yes, yes band, jon anderson, rick wakeman speech, rick wakeman comedy, rock and roll hall of fame, rock hall inductios, prog rock, owner of a lonely heart, roundabout, rush

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Length: 10min 33sec (633 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 10 2017