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Title: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: sheilafarmer on April 14, 2012, 10:30:32 pm
Rock n Roll Hall of Fame site had this play by play for when John came on:

9:07 p.m.: Donovan thanked John Mellencamp for an interesting introduction, but his only statement was a poem he wrote for the occasion.

"To the world's great stage, honored am I. To sing my song to a million fans."

"Always your poet, a shaman am I," Donovan's poem continued.


I found these photos on
Yahoo.news and
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/13/4412723/rock-hall.html

John looks awesome! Wished I was there.

(http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt11/sheilafarmer/Rock%20n%20roll%20Hall%20of%20Fame/photo.jpg)


(http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt11/sheilafarmer/Rock%20n%20roll%20Hall%20of%20Fame/donovan.jpg)

(http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt11/sheilafarmer/Rock%20n%20roll%20Hall%20of%20Fame/JM2.jpg)




Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: sugarmarie_1980 on April 14, 2012, 10:59:01 pm
Thanks for posting! Of course, the second one is my favorite :D.


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: walktall2010 on April 14, 2012, 11:09:52 pm
(http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/142903950.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215AB089EE596C65887CB0921DBB2630C61E586898CECC387E895A56DED50AA413E30A760B0D811297)

(http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/142904016.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215AB089EE596C6588A5B62D82AC1339831E586898CECC387ED7AD14E724240CBDE30A760B0D811297)

(http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/142906421.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215AB089EE596C65884C61E89EF7F748AB1E586898CECC387E8CE82B9C5CF1DACDE30A760B0D811297)

(http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/142904076.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215AB089EE596C65887087C00B48B69FC81E586898CECC387E3243730BC24B801BE30A760B0D811297)

(http://media.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/photo/2012/04/10839152-standard.jpg)

(https://p.twimg.com/AqeNVfvCQAM8WCr.jpg:large)


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: sheilafarmer on April 15, 2012, 06:06:26 am
I love the pictures you found.  ;D


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: sheilafarmer on April 15, 2012, 08:18:47 am
I found 2 more pictures on the net.  :D

(http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt11/sheilafarmer/Rock%20n%20roll%20Hall%20of%20Fame/John2.jpg)

(http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt11/sheilafarmer/Rock%20n%20roll%20Hall%20of%20Fame/John.jpg)


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: janes6289 on April 15, 2012, 08:41:10 am
Great pics!  I was lucky enough to be there.  John's speech was hilarious.  He talked a lot about how Donovan "inspired" him.  He used the quote sign every time he said the word " inspired".  He said "you people in the business, and you know who you are, knows that "inspired" just means someone  you stole a whole lot of shit from!". John was very passionate in his appreciation for Donovan.  He even had with him his first album he bought of Donovans.  He said, can you see that, pointing to the upper left hand corner of the album, that says Mellencamp.  Growing up in Indiana that's how we kept track of our stuff.  We didn't have a lot of money so we had to trade our albums around, but you always had to keep track of them". John and Donovan's performance of Season of the Witch was very passionate as well.  They had a great time on stage together.  John and Meg left as soon as he was done.  They sat at a table with the other presenters, Bette Midler, Kid Rock, Robbie Robertson, Chris Rock and a couple other people I didn't know.  Bette sat between John and Meg and Bette and Meg seemed quite friendly together. John smoked the entire time.  He even had a lit cigarette in his hand at the beginning of the induction speech.  He looked around to see what he should do with it then walked up to the edge of the stage and dropped it onto the floor below.  Gotta love our JM!


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: Mellenfan71 on April 15, 2012, 09:11:43 am
 He looked around to see what he should do with it then walked up to the edge of the stage and dropped it onto the floor below.  

FIRE lol!!

I don't blame them for leaving early . I hear the ceremony was 5 1/2 hrs??


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: sugarmarie_1980 on April 15, 2012, 11:20:32 am
Great photos and thanks for the 411, Jane, on the induction!


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: sheilafarmer on April 15, 2012, 11:56:13 am
Interesting, glad you were ther to see it.


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: walktall2010 on April 15, 2012, 03:48:57 pm
http://www.youtube.com/v/d07mMtepIOM?fs=1&hl=en_US


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: Mellenfan71 on April 15, 2012, 03:50:33 pm
whoa nosebleed seats!!
Great sound though!


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: sheilafarmer on April 15, 2012, 05:07:11 pm
Totally Amazing!! :o


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: dolly23 on April 16, 2012, 07:19:02 am
Thanks all for posting.  Love the shot with the photo of Donovan in the back of the stage.


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: geegee on April 20, 2012, 07:11:28 am
Great pics!  I was lucky enough to be there.  John's speech was hilarious.  He talked a lot about how Donovan "inspired" him.  He used the quote sign every time he said the word " inspired".  He said "you people in the business, and you know who you are, knows that "inspired" just means someone  you stole a whole lot of shit from!". John was very passionate in his appreciation for Donovan.  He even had with him his first album he bought of Donovans.  He said, can you see that, pointing to the upper left hand corner of the album, that says Mellencamp.  Growing up in Indiana that's how we kept track of our stuff.  We didn't have a lot of money so we had to trade our albums around, but you always had to keep track of them". John and Donovan's performance of Season of the Witch was very passionate as well.  They had a great time on stage together.  John and Meg left as soon as he was done.  They sat at a table with the other presenters, Bette Midler, Kid Rock, Robbie Robertson, Chris Rock and a couple other people I didn't know.  Bette sat between John and Meg and Bette and Meg seemed quite friendly together. John smoked the entire time.  He even had a lit cigarette in his hand at the beginning of the induction speech.  He looked around to see what he should do with it then walked up to the edge of the stage and dropped it onto the floor below.  Gotta love our JM!
it was an honor for john to induct donovon. but the way he dropped his ciggarette on to the floor was not honorable. he had a chance to get rid it of before coming on stage.


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: Mellenfan71 on May 12, 2012, 10:50:04 am
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it was an honor for john to induct donovon. but the way he dropped his ciggarette on to the floor was not honorable. he had a chance to get rid it of before coming on stage.
He did the same at his own induction, he dropped the cig on the step and put it out with his shoe I think. Take it or leave it.


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: geegee on May 12, 2012, 09:27:22 pm
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it was an honor for john to induct donovon. but the way he dropped his ciggarette on to the floor was not honorable. he had a chance to get rid it of before coming on stage.
He did the same at his own induction, he dropped the cig on the step and put it out with his shoe I think. Take it or leave it.
you think? wow. i would call it being inconsiderate to  put out a ciggarette like that dont you think? oh well this to small of deal to get into. ::) still love your music john? (ps. mellenfan you wouldnt be "sammy" by chance would you?)


Title: Re: Pics of John at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 2012
Post by: Motumoyo on June 13, 2012, 08:34:02 pm
John's speech is lively. He talked about how Donovan "inspiration," many of his. The quote he used to sign every time he said: "inspiration".