The speech was entertaining in the way it was expected to be entertaining--a rambling mess of improvised stuff. I bear no ill will on her honor, nor on her calling FM "her band" (they've all done that).
But I DID have some problems with the speech:
1. Lindsey is only mentioned in a passive-aggressively demeaning way: the pot smoking boyfriend who stayed home and worked on music while she waited on tables. (And in Harry's intro, his tenure as Fritz's bassist is mentioned but not his exceptional guitar abilities that developed post-Fritz.)
2. Waddy Watchell isn't mentioned at all.
3. For a woman who has rightfully made a lot of noise about her being the first woman to be inducted twice, I bristled at the end of her speech when she spoke of her woman manager and how hard it is for her to take direction from anyone, "especially another girl."
4. Sandy Stewart is not mentioned.
5. Mike Campbell is not mentioned.
6. Rick Knowels (sp?) is not mentioned.
7. In terms of producers, only Jimmy Iovine is mentioned. No mention of, say, Dave Stuart.
8. Rulebook: sleep with men who will take you places.
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I feel everyone of Stevie's albums has value so I was also disappointed to see that only songs from her first two albums were performed.
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