Bruce Springsteen inducts Bob Dylan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 1988 

Bruce writes introduction speeches like no other. Go listen to his speeches for Creedence, Roy Orbison, U2 Jackson Browne, and the East Street Band. He paints a clear picture on what it was like for children of the 60's and 70's when we discovered these icons. He's just the friggen Boss!

I have been listening to Bob Dylan since 1963. I will 69 on Feb 5, 2023.He is the greatest songwriter of all time. I still listen to his songs often.

trust Bruce Springsteen to be one of the few out there who can truly sum up and capture the true essence of Bob Dylan

Such a thoughtful speech by Bruce. We all owe Bob a huge debt of gratitude, which has been a huge crown of thorns for Mr. Dylan to have to wear.

Anyway, with a final comment; this is amazing. It is fascinating to see the admiration that one legend has for another. Bruce beautifully sums up what Bob Dylan means. If you love music, you owe Dylan everything...

I've spent my music lifetime trying to explain Bob Dylan. I am not done yet. I can't explain Bob. He contains multitudes.

Bruce breaths and lives rock n roll, he loves music and rock n roll in a very passionate, genuine and talented way, truly THE BOSS

Bob Dylan is a bridge that many have crossed. I would find it hard to believe that any artist in the Rock & Roll idiom could deny his influence.

Dylan is the godfather of them all, and Bruce's intro is fine and thoughtful.

The fact that Dylan is a fellow Minnesotan is a point of pride for me. Easily the best songwriter to ever walk the planet

I think he's also the only Nobel Laureate in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

A great intro that captures the sprit of an age for anyone who listens...

Bruce is the best writer, speaker,right along with Dylan.

I've grown up listening to Dylan, Springsteen, The Stones, everyone like that, 16 now and my friends might not know who they are, hell, these bands don't know who I am, but they mean everything to me :)

Springsteen at his most articulate. Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan!

When Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited was released with "Like a rolling Stone" for me it was a life changing song. So amazing, so iconic, so memorable and still a great thrill and pleasure to hear over the years. I was lucky enough to grow up seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and hear since 1960's all the iconic great rock and roll music from then until today. For me there was two reasons to come here on Earth, beautiful women and great rock an roll music. I have a truly great collection of great rock and roll 45s, 33 lps, cassettes, cds, dvd, and lately RU-vid rock and roll music. My life has been greatly blessed with great rock and roll like Bob Dylan and many others and beautiful women and also photography as I have taken 120,000 photos over the past 47 years. I still have all my great music in physical form and a real great sterio and amazing JBL 4311 Studio speakers and many Sennhieser headphones and still feel great and young as I really took care of my health for the past 30 years.

It couldn't have been better said. And no one could've said it better....

A great tribute from a great musician and writer. He hits the mark.

I remember the first time I heard Bob Dylan. The track was It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) I was in the 7th or 8th grade (currently a sophomore in college) and after hearing that song I sat back and said out loud but to myself something along the lines of "Holy shit... this guy can write" and ended up replaying that song about 4-5 more times and then followed it up by listening to that whole album (Bringing It All Back Home) from start to finish. I have been listening to Dylan ever since.

We all owe Bob Dylan so much, when your down, music lifts your heart, I bet he has saved more lives than any doctor, paramedic, firefighter or suicide hotline workers combined..... Legacy he has given all the greats we cherish now we’re born from what Bruce Springsteen touched on. Thanks Mr.Dylan for warming cold hearts and the gift of perseverance and hope when we can’t see it, you let us hear it. It always means more

Elvis frees your body, Bob frees your mind.....and Bruce is the logical outcome of both !

My introduction to Dylan came from my dad in his car listening to the same song as Bruce on the same radio station. My dad pronounced Dylan's name as DYE -LAN. He also said Bob couldn't sing, but he thought the lyrics were brilliant.

Springsteen and Vedder give the best HOF induction speeches.

Dylan wrote over 500 songs, and, Bruce would tell you Dylan is the true Boss

The shout out to psychotic reaction was cool

Todo lo que sale de Bob es bueno. Su música, sus poemas, su influencia

Just saw Dylan in Pittsburgh November 6th 2017 AWESOME CONCERT

One day these two great storytellers whose combined influences have sculpted, persuaded, and defined the atmosphere for generations, met a Musical Snake called Gyrt who sang them a song they may never have heard except as a whisper "Thisis a tribute." Much respect.

Bruce basically Bruce said Bob is an Ahole to his fans that approach him. Well I know people that have been to Dylan concerts in the last 20 or so years and they say he sucked and had no interest in connecting with the audience that paid good money. So there you have it folks. Bruce on the other hand always puts on an amazing show. I saw him around 1977 in State University at Binghamton in upstate New York as a student. That SOB played 4 hours straight. Best concert I've ever seen in my life. Oh man I miss those good ole days.

bruce's pants always fit amazingly

Great speech by Bruce.

AMOOOOOO 💘 esse cara 🎸🎤🇧🇷 Bruce Springsteen forever 💕💕💕 thank you

the toughest voice I've ever heard from The Boss that's quite a compliment

Count Five! Cool reference. Dylan, not an easy trophy to praise. But his art is or has become ours in a way. Thank you, BDylan.

Bob Dylan has inspired me to turn my poetry to music..and I started a band in 1986...and recoreded a song for Bob...from the Heart

I was at the "Are you loose "concert at the Uptown Theater in Milwaukee, where they cleared the audience because of a bomb threat.We came back after about an hour,and they blew the doors off the place!

Lovely tribute. 💕💕💕💕💕

Bruce is the singer-songwriter GOAT, and Bob Dylan is also great.

A favorite inducting a favorite!

grande presentazione e grande meritato premio!

Just think about what you are saying. Bruce Springsteen is a great singer and a great musician. I like both of them and I think that there's no need to compare them, just enjoy their music. And please don't say that Springsteen doesn't have a solid talent. C'mon man, listen to his voice. 50 years is a long time but I think that Bruce still is going to be discussed and remembered as a legend. We have to respect everyone's opinion, but c'mon man I can't believe you said that he has no talent.

beautiful stuff

I got into Bob at 15 too

Great speech!!!! Thanks Bruce. We're looking for Bob here in our time. Where's my sweetheart!? 💚

Well phrased / will watch your Film as well, Mr Springsteen:-)

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN MR.COOLLLLL! 😎🎤 WONDERFUL WELCOME SPEECH FOR BOB DYLAN!THANK YOU, 🏆BOB & 🎸🏆 BRUCE OUTSTANDING ARTISTS! 💕😇🌹🍀💋💋

Music without Bob or the Beatles wouldn’t be the same

1988! Should've been the first inductee.

When I went to buy the Born to Run LP back in 1975, the same exact thing happened to me. It was a Monty Python Album. I recorded the monty python album on casette before I returned it for the Bruce album

And without Bob Dylan, there wouldnt be any Bruce Springsteen songs

that awesome moment when you feel proud for bob

Thank you boss

Bruce’s induction speech is touching as Hell. I think he hit every note when it came to Bob. Now that Dick Dale has passed away next on my bucket list is a Dylan concert (or many)

So beautiful. Brothers and sisters - so beautiful.

If songs like "Blowing in the wind", "Tambourine Man" doesn't knock you inside, even for a little bit, then it would be truly safe to say that you're still caged. 🍁

Lived in Berkeley in 85 when Born in The USA was released. Dylan and Springsten Greta rockers. Poets and singers. Stella Rasmussen, Bergen Norway

Second greatest American song writer inducting the greatest.

Beautiful !

Lovely❤ tribute speech.

Bob is a great singer..

Agree with most of what you say, but for me Springsteen is the best songwriter ever. If anything he is underrated rather than overrated.

People wanted to put a label of guru on Bob. All he said was that " I just wanted to be entertaining"

me gusta por la sencilla razon interpretes de toda la vida que ndios los vendiga gracias por su musica e intelecto

Beloved Dylan

Bruce is adorable

and what did Bob say? I don't know. But it was probably something like: "uh...well...yeah...it is. Thank you."

I’d love to hear Bruce do a speech on dylan now.

Dat be some kinda praise. I found myself in a crowd of like 80 thousand humans at a football stadium in '84 or so in downtown L.A. - Bruce was onstage - Clarence, Nils, the drummer from Conan, all the E-Street gang, not my cup of tea and I suffocate in crowds that aren't trees, so I hung in there for a little while, and everybody was booing Bruce and the band. I left and found out afterwords that the humans were chanting, "Bruuuuuuuuuce Bruuuuuuce"...

@boliboy2299 actually Dylan talked about playing it in his hotel room in New York for paul mcartney and john lennon early in 65, before rubber soul was relased.

bob sings in Key always...you may not think so but that is what makes him great

Both had the common thread of John Hammond, their producer. TK

the brother I never had that's quite a compliment from The Boss

Dylan is the greatest songwriter, Springsteen the best live performer . I know my music and songwriters & performers and trust me Bruce is right up there .View from the UK......

To be honest this is the best version of the beginning of The Rolling Stone!!

wow

And Bruce Springsteen wouldn't have made Nebraska (I think).

ich mag beide !

Dylan was a driving force behind folk music and the protest movement, then he helped to change rock n' roll. Who else did that?

Legends

Two kinds of people - those who love Dylan and those who don't.

Revered Greats of several decades era. HUMILITY & Humanity

Dig that old-school teleprompter, LOL!!

He was the poet laureate of a generation. He became the American conscience. BLOWIN' IN THE WIND and THE TIMES, THEY ARE-A CHANGIN' were clear evidence of that.

It was a bit of a ramble, bur worth it for the Elvis/Dylan quote, the history lesson and a couple other things.

YEAH BRUCE

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@THthefirst I don't know why you're getting worked up here. I'm a massive Springsteen fan. To me, there has been no greater musician. But I can accept, as you also stated yourself, that Bob Dylan has had a greater influence and legacy on the music industry. And I think we should all be grateful for that. There should be no argument here at all...I don't understand. These are both legends of music and they have immense respect for one another. Why do we need to fight over who is better?

It's interesting how both Dylan and Springsteen are artists who channel their creativity through an invented persona. Some sort of hillbilly/working man amalgam. Nothing wrong with that.

he is a genious, just got a tattoo of him on my arm

what ever happened to bobby zimmerman? Did not go gentle into any night, Took a welsh poet's first name, While making music his game, Music would never be the same, Bob Dylan now is his name.

Springsteen was nervous.

Hats off Bruce. Bob is still the smartest person in the room.

Good induction speech, Keith should take notice.

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The son talks about his father...

I like bruce's speeches. he did one recently at sxsw. check it out.

yeah Bob honey

Funny. When I first heard Dylan I thought he could not sing. His voice got on my nerves. I played his album a few times over a few days. I did not want to think I had wasted money. Albums were expensive then. Next thing I had to get everything he had recorded. Blood on the tracks etc. Never looked back. Still spell bound.