[SevenofNine]

Damn make me feel Old Debbie Harry is 60?

ALright Black Sabbath LOL!

[trubluolyguy]

I can see Sabbath.


But since when is that dreck Blondie spewed considered Rock?

[MotleyGirl70]

...Lynyrd Skynyrd will also be inducted...

'Bout time!

[MotleyGirl70]

I'm a Blondie fan.

"Rapture" was a one of kind song back in its day.

[MarineBrat]

>...Harry, now a brunette

She was a brunette in the 70's too! :)

[weegee]

The Sex Pistols, who compared the rock hall to "urine in wine," will be a no-show. Perhaps they were upset by being beaten to the hall by peers like the Clash, Talking Heads and Elvis Costello.

"We're not coming," Johnny Rotten and his bandmates sneered in a letter posted on the band's Web site last month. "We're not your monkeys and so what?"

The band was damn clear as to why they are boycotting the event. Tickets for their table cost thousands of dollars.

The Ramones had to pay something like $2,500 so that the original drummer Tommy could sit at their table and watch as his successor (Marky) was inducted (for continuing the beat established by Tommy).

And the boycott isn't because they can't afford it. John Lydon invests in property and lives in LA. He's worth an estimated $10million.

[Toby06]

I never liked the sex pistols, but I really had the hots for Debbie Harry. 60? Geez, how old does that make me? WAY OLD!

[RockinRight]

Debbie Harry is 60?

Wow...

[Tallguy]

I never really 'got' the Sex Pistols. The other bands mentioned -- Clash, Elvis Costello, & the Talking Heads -- were all better writers & musicians, IMHO. Of course there's always a place in Rock 'n Roll for a band with pure energy.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Just caught the event on television and...WOW! What wasn't great was at least very interesting. It went well until British twit Elvis Costello opened his Liberal mouth and proclaimed "People blasphemed by saying that Hurricane Katrina was an act of God. We now know it was an act of man."

Hats off to Paul Schafer who not only produced but jammed with the Miles Davis tribute group plus the opening and closing acts (much as he did with the all-superstar band in "Blues Brothers 2000"). Having seen that guy easily keeping up with every musician ever to grace the Letterman show - surely there's a special award for him in the future.

Poor Shirley Manson, talking up Debbie Harry like she was a class act only to see Ms. Harry confirm her pettiness a short time later. Skynard segment was good but overlong. The apex was Metallica covering Sabbath tunes with consummate musicianship that managed not to upstage the band they were honoring.

And the controversy continues...as fans of the band Rush continue the push to get their boys inducted. Rock and Roll on, Triple E.