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ROCK N ROLL HallOfFame=joke

#81
jerry said:
I'm not crazy about Flava Flave, but the band he was a kickass band, Fight The Power is pretty much the essence of rock & roll to me.;)
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Agreed... while the definition of "Rock & Roll" is quite obviously semantics, anyone familiar with PE (and many other rap artists) has to admit they are hard-core (in the sense that all real rock is).

If you don't like rap, I can dig it... I was in the same boat for many years; but you can't ignore the fact that it's nature is one of youth, disillusionment, and rebellion. Yeah yeah, I know there's a bunch of booty-shake, vapid crap in the genre... but every genre has been graced with that (so far as I know... there has to be some glossy poser'ish Blue-Grass out there).
 
#84
Musiclogic said:
When people like Run DMC and LL Cool J are put in the same hall as Rush and the Rolling Stones, the problem is obvious and the joke is on whoever pays to go there
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Run DMC has arguably made a bigger splash in music culture than Rush. You not seeing their importance may just be a matter of your own taste. All four artists you named are both innovators and copiers.
 
#85
jaibeau said:
How..HOW are "rock and roll" bands like Deep Purple, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Bon Jovi, Yes, (and that's just a few) NOT in the HOF yet Madonna? public enemy?? LL cool J??? Donna Summer???? What??? Hahaha...I'm dyin here...love to be fly on the wall at that boardroom table. Good lord, clueless group of fools-
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Poser Pop Rockers Bon Jovi in the same list as Yes and Deep Purple???
Not so sure about that. :)
 
#86
stingray2112 said:
I'm surprised Rush made it in this past year.
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I actually think it had to do with the fan support. There are a lot of bands whose absence is conspicuous, but Rush's absence developed a significance of its own. Rush not being in the HoF became a "thing" in pop culture (see: Stephen Colbert).

I was at the induction ceremony (fun night, BTW), and you would not have believed the amount of Rush fan support present in the audience. It far exceeded everyone else involved. In the opening keynote, for example, the guy just listed the bands and artists being inducted, each receiving some applause. Then, at the last, he said "...and from Toronto" and before he got any further there was a 2-3 minute standing ovation. It was chilling.
 
#88
Sadly, the RRHOF is a product of the current state of the music industry. And the current state of the music industry is a big steaming pile. I'm not talking about the artists here, but the business side of the industry. There are plenty of worthy artists out there if you know where to look, but unfortunately most will never get the chance to be what they could truly be due to the way the industry runs. It has always been a business and as such needs to generate profit to sustain itself but there was a time when the powers that be would be more likely to go out on a limb instead of taking the low road and betting on the sure thing. All of the periphery surrounding the music industry such as the RRHOF, the Grammy's, etc. are nothing more than self-congratulatory popularity contests that mean absolutely nothing. I have no doubt that hip-hop and rap artists, or modern R&B artists, disco or whatever have had a profound impact on our cultural landscape and as such deserve their accolades, but Rock-n-Roll they are not. I equate it to inducting Wayne Gretzky into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Certainly one of the greatest professional athletes of our time, but by no means a baseball player. The fact remains that the people who run the music industry can't see beyond their own egos and paychecks.
 

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