R.E.M. Hall Of Fame Induction Speech Part 1 of 3

[@nueve08]

Eddie Vedder couldn't describe better how I feel about R.E.M. and how I have a total respect for them. My band NUEVE is deeply thankful with them for all the influenced provided all these years.

[@Unit5417]

Jeez -- how can anyone dislike an award for career achievement.

[@RECamacho4]

REM... MOST AWESOME ROCK N ROLL BAND EVER..Great seeing Bill Berry with band again

[@AckNaust]

Hell yea! A great band from my home state! Listened to them when I was younger and still enjoy their works! I know this was a few years back but still to me they earned it due to the great music they make!

[@xcinthyas]

Eddie Vedder is always presenting awards

[@prokopii18]

I AM STARTING TO LISTEN REM :O :D

[@reduct101]

omg. One of my biggest musical heroes inducting perhaps my biggest musical heroes. Apt.

[@siberianfastfood]

"Without ever being able to understand anything he said. That was the early records". Fantastic :-D

[@Dreamerpnk4]

Love this vid so much. How I wish the website of this ceremony didn't delete the video of the entire show. Love that REM and Patti Smith were inducted the same year. Btw, anyone have the video of patti smiths induction?

[@Nigelxman]

Vedder's a very cool guy. He gets an A for this oral presentation.

[@stretchmonster2]

The most influential rock 'n roll band of the last 30 years... PERIOD...EXCLAMATION POINT

[@PrinceZappa]

eddie's brilliant at speaking! and u can tell there's huge mutual respect between pearl jam and rem which isn't that common with bands when u think about it

[@elstonnancy]

The artist being inducted chooses who presents the induction. Soooooo, if R.E.M is wanted Eddie Vedder, I guess it should be good enough for someone who doesn't even acknowledge that they continue to make AMAZING music. I love this induction speech. It is so great to see performers, who are such fans of other performers. This compares to Rob Zombie inducting Alice.

[@Jesse93z]

none of these guys would be here without the pixies

[@RiverPoet81]

I can imagine this might be It crawled from the south and the other Facts and fictions. They are the only pretty in detail books on R.E.M. I know.

[@ayatollahrocknrolla]

i fucking love eddie vedder

[@themooddisorders]

@stretchmonster2 Exactly. I would love to perform live, but I don't have the stomach

[@Weegie2]

On the bottom right corner at 7:42, is that JPM, or John Patrick McEnroe...?

[@elstonnancy]

@Hunter172 Pear Jam is not eligible, yet. I am sure they will be in, as soon as they are. 25 years from first release. I think they have 5 more years.

[@valleyshrew]

Really?!?! Vedder is my favourite vocalist, and pearl jam have very good lyrics, Marker in the Sand from the new album is one of my favourites.

[@themooddisorders]

REM is the reason I make music

[@jolandaraimann8509]

He is alive

[@jmactemin]

@kenjames64 Let me put in this way, what the smiths did it in UK for the indie , R.E.M did it in the US, U2 Did it in the mainstream, and I am fan of the three bands,

[@stretchmonster2]

@kenjames64 True, but i just think the fact that r.e.m. founded an entire genre(indy rock), makes them that much more influential....the same goes for Nirvana and grunge...but just my opinion. All the bands you mentioned are all-time great bands.

[@axegas76]

You know that's Eddie Vedder, you don't want to accept that probably you're in love with him

[@ragecd]

This is how Ed has been at every PJ concert Ive seen my entire life. Why would he want to be Morrison when he's already the leader of the greatest american band of this generation?? People will want to be ed in years to come.

[@remgrbeyond0982]

It might be Foo Fighters or REM or RHCP

[@sebadrum16]

All this talk about getting Pearl Jam in, but before that happens. Sonic Youth needs to go in the hall for the enormous contribution and influence for rock music today

[@stretchmonster2]

@kenjames64 Definitely not the Pixies or Smiths, but I'll give you Nirvana...forgot about them.

[@bernlin2000]

@stretchmonster2 Beatles = R.E.M. the only difference is the later group checked their ego at the door every single time...Lennon just couldn't quite pull that off (God Rest His Soul, anyhow). So they easily deserve the most respect of any group to come out of music since rock came into existence.

[@RearViewMirror123]

tell me your not talking about REM?!

[@roejogan8]

@96al i agree. too bad it wasn't kurt.

[@toonu]

um....he once...um..wait I can think of at least one thing....no I can't

[@jmactemin]

@mrbolovski It's a shame that the smiths have not been inducted, becuase of the huge impact they have on UK, but neither morrisey nor marr must give a damn about iit, they never looked for the glory or the awards, the love from their public is enough, and peter buck thinks the same too, look his face, he hates the whole parade and this induction, he likes to play music but he's a gentleman

[@remnrone]

god jul

[@96al]

if nirvana was still around, it would be kurt who would be there, not eddie.

[@twisn621]

Ben Harper

[@MajestaBuck]

@TTGBMR Really? Neil Young? God.....I mean, don't get me wrong, Eddie Vedder is talented and all but inducting The Doors is a fucking honor, man....

[@GlennGould77]

The only really stupid thing here is, that the video of probably the proudest moment of one of the greatest bands of the last 30 years is molested by exchanging ridiculous verbal punches about things that should be a side issue at best. Michael, Peter, Mike and Bill have deserved a little better than that, I feel.

[@deboraarobed]

Pete Townshend more likely.

[@bobbleheadboy912]

wtf man? he doesn't want to be morrison!

[@Eyedunno]

Um, Eddie Vedder, singer/third guitarist for Pearl Jam, only the best band to come out of the 90s...

[@MajestaBuck]

God, how many people has Eddie Vedder inducted? He inducted The Doors, The Ramones, and now REM?! I wish someone else would have inducted REM, like Dave Grohl or....not Eddie Vedder.

[@whsonic]

The R&R Hall of Fame is way too much US-orientated and they induct too many bands and musicians who only sold a lot of records, but don't have real quality. So it's no wonder that The Smiths aren't inducted.

[@minedarea]

Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame sucks, Eddie Vedder sucks, REM used to be great...

[@EmitFlestiKY]

Wow, can Vedder be any more bland and tiresome...snooooozzzz