March 10, 2008
On this day in 2008, Leonard Cohen, Madonna, John Mellancamp appeared on stage in New York for their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
In Cohen’s acceptance speech, he paraphrased a famous quote by record producer and current chairman of the Hall’s nominating committee, Jon Landau: “I have seen the future of rock & roll, and it is not Leonard Cohen.”
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