Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Greatest Moments

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2004 Prince Tears the Roof off the Waldorf: Prince unleashes a breathtaking guitar solo at the end of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" during the ceremony to induct George Harrison.

2004 Bob Seger Returns: After staying away from the stage to be a full-time dad since 1995, Seger decides to cut a new album and go on tour the next year after having so much fun at the ceremony.

2005 Springsteen Salutes U2's Mighty Sound: Bruce recalls seeing U2 for the first time as he welcomes them to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

2007 Hip-Hop Crashes Hall: Rap pioneers Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are the first hip-hop act inducted.

2009 Jeff Beck's Big Night: Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page play a medley of "Beck's Bolero" and "Immigrant Song" to cap off the guitarist's entrance to the Rock Hall as a solo artist.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Complete Coverage

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  MUSIC 100 Greatest Debut Albums
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  MOVIES 'This Is the End' Brings the Goods
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  TV The Women of 'Mad Men'
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  POLITICS No Price Big Banks Can't Fix

Song Stories

“Karma Chameleon”

Culture Club | 1983

Boy George has said this song was about standing by what you believe in. However, at the time, he was involved in a secret affair with Culture Club drummer Jon Moss. "Now people can understand the songs better," he said. "They were written about my relationship with Jon, and they were also written about being a gay man in a homophobic world." The lines "If I listen to your lies, would you say/I'm a man without conviction/I'm a man who doesn't know how to sell a contradiction," described his life at the time, he said. "I was selling this big lie."

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