U2
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Year:
2005
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Inducted by:
Bruce Springsteen
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Category:
Performers
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Bono
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Adam Clayton
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The Edge
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Larry Mullen Jr.
Introduction
Philanthropic. Hopeful. Committed. U2 are proof of the power of music.
While U2 have experimented and evolved musically throughout their career, the core members and their commitment to positive change have remained steady.
Bruce Springsteen Inducts U2
Bruce Springsteen Inducts U2 at 2005 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony-
Bruce Springsteen Inducts U200:16:24
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U2 Acceptance Speech00:18:46
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"Pride (In The Name Of Love)"00:03:51
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"Until The End of the World"00:04:42
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"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"00:04:24
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"Gimme Shelter"
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"Magnificent"00:05:37
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"Where Is The Love"00:05:59
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"Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of"00:04:22
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"Beautiful Day"00:05:02
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"Vertigo"00:03:49
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U2 Induct The Who00:05:04
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The Edge inducts The Yardbirds00:07:12
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Bono Inducts Bob Marley00:05:04
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"One Love"00:05:18
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Bono Inducts Chris Blackwell00:06:25
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Tom Morello and The Edge Induct The Clash00:13:47
Hall of Fame Essay
2005
Back in 1985, when I was the music editor of Rolling Stone, I convinced Jann Wenner to put U2 on the cover.
It took some doing. I had first met U2 some five years earlier, when I was one of a handful of American journalists sent to England to see the band shortly after the U.K. release of its first album, Boy. I rode in a van with the band members - then barely in their twenties - from London to Coventry for their gig at a university gymnasium.
The show totally knocked me out, and I came back convinced that U2 was going to be, as the headline of my story put it, “the next big thing.” From that day on, I was constantly championing the band around Rolling Stone. When Jann finally gave in and let me put it on the cover, our headline boldly declared: our choice: BAND OF THE EIGHTIES.
faith in the great inspirational and resurrective power of rock
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