The 40th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony lasted for about five nonstop hours Saturday, at least for those watching live at L.A.’s Peacock Theatre or as a stream on Disney+. The show will be less than half that length by the time viewers get their crack at seeing it, or a condensed version of it, on New Year’s Day as an ABC special. But when it’s worthy artists like Cyndi Lauper, the White Stripes, Outkast, Soundgarden, Salt-N-Pepa, Warren Zevon, Bad Company and Joe Cocker being celebrated — probably the closest thing to a universally agreeable crop in years — the word “excess” just naturally seems
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