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2004 Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame Does anyone know where I can find the speech that Alicia Keys gave to introduce Prince... I'm working on something for one of my classes, and I need to refer to it.
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i have it on vhs if youre interested in a trade?.....send me an email....romeoblue116@yahoo.com | |
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I was actually hoping to find a copy of it online. | |
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Here you go...this is what I have:
“There are many kings, King Henry VIII, King Solomon, King Tut, King James, King Kong, The Three Kings, but there is only one Prince. Only one man who has defied restriction, who's defied the obvious in all the rules to the game. A mysterious figure, who in a river of words will not suffice, can only be identified by a symbol. Who's music is like an internal roller coaster that takes each individual on their own separate legendary ride and still takes listen after listen to discover and uncover even half of the story behind the intriguing and unapologetically addictive beat of music. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, there is only one Prince. There is only one man who is so loud he makes you soft, so strong he makes you weak, so honest you feel kind of bashful, so bold he defies you to be subtle and so super bad he makes you feel so super good. He is the only man that I’ve ever seen that lights the stage on fire leaving you to burn within it in a frenzy of movement, lights, electric guitars, slides, pianos, dances, voices, splits and songs, oh my god, songs so powerful that you are forever changed. Songs that make you laugh and cry, think and dance. Songs that made me look at song writing as stories that are untold passions dying to be heard. He is the inspiration that generations will return to until the end of time. So yes ladies and gentlemen, throughout history there have been many, many kings both real and mythological they have borne sons but none of them can touch the rays from this man who stands alone. A man that I am tremendously proud and honored to help induct into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame tonight, because now, it is forever changed. Ladies and Gentlemen, I want you to get on your feet and I want you to pay homage to the one and only Prince.” -may u live 2 see the dawn | |
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