The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke.
First of all, let’s get KP The Don’s favorite segment taken care of. Today’s worldwide holiday is a fun one indeed…if you live in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Happy St. Demetrius’ Day. Now for my rant on the Rock and Roll Hall of Shame (I mean Fame).
A hall of fame is created to honor those people or groups that best epitomize what is great in that particular specialty. There are halls of fame for almost everything: football, baseball, country music, inventors as well as rock and roll. Generally, it is a safe bet that all deserving participants of a particular discipline would be honored and represented in their respective hall of fame. This is not necessarily true; however, when it comes to rock and roll.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which started in 1986 is located in Cleveland, OH. The Hall membership is determined by a vote from only a group of approximately 1000 individuals that are supposedly experts in the music business. These people are made up of professionals including academics, journalists, producers, etc. The voting panel will select nominees in categories such as performers, non-performers, early influences and sidemen. Currently, groups or individuals are qualified for induction 25 years after the release of their first record. Nominees should have demonstrable influence and significance within the history of rock and roll.
The big beef that I have is that these so-called experts seem to induct those individuals or groups that reflect their personal tastes in rock instead of a broader spectrum of the views of the overall rock fan.
Some notable artists that have been nominated and subsequently inducted are: Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, Al Green, Martha & The Vandellas, The Shirelles, The Bee Gees, Brenda Lee, The Righteous Brothers and Prince. These artists are notable for one reason to me…they aren’t rock and roll. Sure they have proven that at one time they were able to sell records and are pretty good in their genre of music; however, it isn’t rock and roll.
Many artists who deserved to be inducted but had to wait several years after their eligibility include Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and ZZ Top. This is very disrespectful. The worst part of it all is the notable artists that have been completely passed over by this committee. Bands such as Rush, Kiss, Deep Purple, Yes, Jethro Tull, Chicago and even Van Halen are not Hall of Famers! Granted they have thrown a bone to Van Halen this year by nominating them, but we will see if they will actually make the final cut.
Until this organization can step up to the plate and give entrance to bands that deserve to be in the Hall and look past pop stars like Prince and Ritchie Valens, then they cannot be taken seriously as a true Hall of Fame to the music that we all love. Who’s next? Madonna? I could not possibly allow myself to donate my hard earned money to this organization until they can fully take the core of true rock and rollers into their group. This seems like a facist group that can leave out who they want to, if you don’t believe me just ask Pete Rose or Buck O'Neill.
A hall of fame is created to honor those people or groups that best epitomize what is great in that particular specialty. There are halls of fame for almost everything: football, baseball, country music, inventors as well as rock and roll. Generally, it is a safe bet that all deserving participants of a particular discipline would be honored and represented in their respective hall of fame. This is not necessarily true; however, when it comes to rock and roll.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which started in 1986 is located in Cleveland, OH. The Hall membership is determined by a vote from only a group of approximately 1000 individuals that are supposedly experts in the music business. These people are made up of professionals including academics, journalists, producers, etc. The voting panel will select nominees in categories such as performers, non-performers, early influences and sidemen. Currently, groups or individuals are qualified for induction 25 years after the release of their first record. Nominees should have demonstrable influence and significance within the history of rock and roll.
The big beef that I have is that these so-called experts seem to induct those individuals or groups that reflect their personal tastes in rock instead of a broader spectrum of the views of the overall rock fan.
Some notable artists that have been nominated and subsequently inducted are: Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, Al Green, Martha & The Vandellas, The Shirelles, The Bee Gees, Brenda Lee, The Righteous Brothers and Prince. These artists are notable for one reason to me…they aren’t rock and roll. Sure they have proven that at one time they were able to sell records and are pretty good in their genre of music; however, it isn’t rock and roll.
Many artists who deserved to be inducted but had to wait several years after their eligibility include Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and ZZ Top. This is very disrespectful. The worst part of it all is the notable artists that have been completely passed over by this committee. Bands such as Rush, Kiss, Deep Purple, Yes, Jethro Tull, Chicago and even Van Halen are not Hall of Famers! Granted they have thrown a bone to Van Halen this year by nominating them, but we will see if they will actually make the final cut.
Until this organization can step up to the plate and give entrance to bands that deserve to be in the Hall and look past pop stars like Prince and Ritchie Valens, then they cannot be taken seriously as a true Hall of Fame to the music that we all love. Who’s next? Madonna? I could not possibly allow myself to donate my hard earned money to this organization until they can fully take the core of true rock and rollers into their group. This seems like a facist group that can leave out who they want to, if you don’t believe me just ask Pete Rose or Buck O'Neill.
posted by LeBlanc at 11:03 AM
2 Comments:
mayb they are trying to include all music
although, I appreciate many forms and styles of music, and the fact that you are willing to "get their backs", I keep harkening back to the title that they developed for this organization: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Maybe Prince released 1-2 rock-ish albums back in 1982-84 but does his New Power Generation stuff really qualify for R&R HOF status? I say no.
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