Are you serious about dissin' Neil Diamond?
This guy's riffs, style, and ditties have been a major influence in Rock since the mid-60s, influencing the next 20 years. It's not even arguable.
It's a joke that's he's not already in the Rock HoF.
Why do some of you people hate folk-rock?
The line between Pop music and Rock music can be a bit fuzzy, but Neil Diamond is not on the Rock side of that line. Does he have 'influence'? I guess... but there are a lot of acts that I'd personally put in before him.
He should be banned from the HoF for Turn On Your Heart Light and You Don't Bring Me Flowers specifically.
Actually, I don't care at all, but it's fun to dissect the selections!
“Why do some of you people hate folk-rock?”
It makes us think of stinking hippies?....:))
Cherry Cherry wasn’t folk-rock. It was Brill Building hackwork. Fakebook Rock.
And I mean that. Leiber and Stohler were the aces in that game. Real rock and roll came before that. The Brill Building hopped on trends and manufactured bands. And the industry we have today came from that machine.
To borrow a line from Cracker: "What the world needs now, is another folk singer, like I need a hole in my head."