Wenner spoke truth to indoctrinated WOKE idiots...he'll pay a price for that...
His music was not my cup of tea, but Frank Zappa should probably have been included in a list like this.
I’m todays world the truth has consequences to the messenger
Not that I am crazy on “Jann”
When somebody like “Yawn” Wenner says something to piss off some of the same people who are pissing me off, I’m all for it, so I can’t complain that he’s not PC enough.
Jerry garcia is what he considers interesting and articulate?....oh my dear God.....
My only problem with what he said was using the name: “Bruce Springsteen” in the same sentence as Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Pete Townshend.
I probably would have had Brian Wilson near the top of any list. And though he may not be the most "articulate", Keith Richard before Mick, George Harrison or McCartney before Lennon and Eric Clapton before Springsteen ever entered my mind.
The R&RHOF is and always has been Jann Wenner’s trophy case. It’s not some objective erudite society.
It’s a club, and a snide and sycophantic one at that.
Could not have happened to a bigger schmuck- good!!
Wow. He could have included Chuck Berry, whose guitar style was foundational to group after group. Berry was revered by the Beatles and Stones, and his lyrics—little slices of American life—applied to everyone, white and black, even though he grew up in segregation. Berry was so ahead of his time.
Tina Turner, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Diana Ross, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, Annie Lennox, Patti LaBelle, Alanis Morrisette, Linda Ronstadt, Grace Slick, Ronnie Spector—he could not see how ground-breakingly influential they were? I loathe Madonna, but she certainly pioneered the rock female stage show—Britney Spears, Beyonce, Katy Perry, and the several other arena-filling female acts followed her lead.
That said, I hate cancel culture and think the Hall of Fame should have published a scolding and he should have published an apology, however grudging; then he could be “retired” next year. Wenner is also a somewhat loathesome creature, but Wenner and the history and develooment of and rock’n’roll cannot be separated.
I’m assuming he’s liberal as all get out. But to not give credit to the black musicians that created the 60s - 80s music shows how dumb libs really are. Dylan? Jagger? Springsteen, really?
I was going to say that his grandfather was a Nazi or something, but I looked him up and found out that he isn’t at all related to the superrich Swedish Wenner-Gren family, as has been rumored.
I also found out that he’s now gay.
But it wasn’t enough to save him from this.