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Karen O and Nick Zinner (holding guitar) of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs perform a Lou Reed song on stage during the 30th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall on Saturday in Cleveland Cheap Adam Lallana Jersey , Ohio. Photo: AFP
Music greats paid tribute to singer-songwriter Lou Reed as a singular cultural voice, as the late Velvet Underground frontman was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


The induction ceremony Saturday night in Cleveland also featured a reunion of the surviving Beatles as Paul McCartney introduced Ringo Starr, the last of the Fab Four to be honored as a solo artist at the Hall of Fame.


Reed, whose countercultural sensibilities with the Velvet Underground and as a solo artist have carried a major influence for decades Cheap Adam Bogdan Jersey , was honored by alternative rock figures of a younger era.


Beck, the inventive Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist, performed "Satellite of Love" and Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs sang "Vicious."


Punk legend Patti Smith, breaking down at times with emotion Wholesale Liverpool FC Jerseys , described Reed as "a humanist" who identified with the downtrodden.


"His subjects were his royalty that he crowned in lyrics without judgment or irony," Smith said, according to a transcript released by Rolling Stone.


"His consciousness infiltrated and illuminated our cultural voice. Lou was a poet, able to fold his poetry within his music in the most poignant and plainspoken manner Cheap Liverpool FC Jerseys ," Smith said.


Reed, who was already inducted in the Hall of Fame as part of the Velvet Underground, died in 2013 of liver problems at age 71.


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