Posted on 10/19/2013 5:06:13 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
Enough of this arguing over who deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
It's time to look at those already inducted and issue some indictments.
Darwin would call it thinning the herd. You could also call it correcting un-natural selection -- as in, evicting those acts and artists undeserving of being in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
It'€™s time to vote people OUT of the Rock Hall. Feel free to choose from the following list of 15 names -- or add your own.
It's time to storm the Bastille, er, I mean, that glass house known as the Rock Hall. It'€™s time for a rock 'n' roll peasants rebellion against the aristocracy that has installed Billy Joel and others on a pedestal.
It's time to make your voice known. It's time to cause trouble.
Jimmy Cliff: Reggae is a tricky one, they say. And Jimmy is great. But if we'€™re going down this road, doesn't King Tubby belong more than him?
The Eagles: They commercialized the vibrant California rock sound and put a nail in it. They sold tons of records and broke new ground when it came to ticket prices and arrogance. But it comes down to this: Anyone even remotely affiliated with "All She Wants to Do is Dance"€ must be punished.
Earth, Wind & Fire: Somewhere, buried on Wikileaks, is the secret reason why these guys are in the Rock Hall. The world is still waiting on the release of that secret.
The Flamingos: It is highly unlikely that even Wikileaks has the secret reason why this 1950s doo-wop group is in the Rock Hall.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: Yes, the arguments about whether hip-hop belongs get old. But these guys were more influential on hip-hop and rap than on rock. All that aside, they only had one album. And as Cleveland musician and "Get Them Out of the Rock Hall" board member Dave Swanson says, "They didn't write any of the songs, and obviously play none of the music on the album."€œ
Billy Joel: "Glass Houses" shows him throwing a rock through, well, you guessed it. A career of schmaltz says it's time he gets thrown out of the big glass house.
Dr. John: The best case for him being out is that there is in no one in the world that can make a case for him being in.
Madonna: "€œGet Them Out of the Rock Hall" board member Dave Swanson said it best: "€œA con artist who only got into music to get attention. If movies had worked out, you think she'd still be making records?"
John Mellencamp: Contrary to rumors, he is not in the Rock Hall three times -- as John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp and John Mellencamp. Regarding the latter . . . Little pink houses, fine. The porch in front of the Rock Hall, cool. But all of our love for heartland still cannot justify this one.
Randy Newman: There are people who think that he'€™s a genius. They should not be running the induction process because while he'™s had ties to rock '€˜n'€™ roll as a songwriter, there is little evidence that he has ever rocked.
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Every jock that loves to chest-thump to music will argue otherwise, but all the horny white devil stunts of this band can't obscure the fact that it'€™s RHCP’s music that is really the sideshow.
Bonnie Raitt: We are all for this singer-songwriter taking her cool voice into the blues, country or folk hall of fames. She does not rock.
Rush: Passionate fans demanding that the Canadian trio be inducted have provided the best side story to the Rock Hall. We miss that story, even if Geddy and Alex and Neil are the cat'€™s meow. We want to see that passion again€“ and would love to see some drama, like a diplomatic row or maybe even Canada seceding from the United States. Full disclosure: This one is all about causing trouble.
Paul Simon: What is the definition of redundant and repetitious? Paul Simon being in the Rock Hall twice. Hello darkness, my old friend, it's time for you to leave the Rock Hall. Memories of the stellar Simon and Garfunkel must not cloud a nonrocking solo career.
James Taylor: Yes, he sang about being a handyman. But you can search day and night and still not find rock 'n' roll in his tool shed.
Hmm ... the only one I really disagree with removing is the Eagles — the others’ contributions to rock and roll is nowhere near the Eagles’. I think they absolutely belong there — and while they’re at it, they should induct Warren Zevon in place of some of those that are being deleted.
REM should be removed just for “Shiny Happy People”
Dennis Leary said it best:
“Shiny Happy People— Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey! Pull that bus over to the side of the pretentiousness turnpike, all right? I want everybody off the bus. I want the shiny people over here, and the happy people over here, okay? I represent angry gun-toting meat-eating f-—ing people, all right? Sit down and shut the f-— up.”
ummm i think Dance was done by that POS henley all on his own, no Eagles involved...
ABBA? Really?
wendy o williams and the plasmatics
Fun article, and I don’t disagree with some of the picks. But the guy is WAY wrong on The Eagles, IMHO. Their early stuff, in particular, is fantastic. To this day I still keep a copy of Eagles’ Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 in the car for long drives. The miles just slip by when that one is playing. Don’t so much care for the later sound with Joe Walsh (nothing against Joe, the whole band was going a way I didn’t like).
As for Henley and other solo Eagles...eh. I hated most of Henley’s solo work, but Boys of Summer is a classic, and Glenn Frey’s “Party Town” album is a lot of fun.
I also agree with the poster who says its time to get Warren Zevon in the HoF. Excitable Boy is a brilliant album, start to finish.
-- The Dude ("The Big Lebowski")
Pretentious musicians aside, I’d be for kicking out the rap, fern bar singers, and disco acts from the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame.
The hook from plenty of rock music has been lifted in total (no other songs references, just the existing “radio hit”) to make ‘new’ rap songs. Didn’t even play the notes.
Ironic yet. But hardly “art”. And any “rap hall” is unlikely to induct those rock acts as a “key influence”.
He’s a tortured artist
Used to be in the Eagles
Now he whines
Like a wounded beagle
Poet of despair!
Pumped up with hot air!
He’s serious, pretentious
And I just don’t care
Don Henley must die!
Don’t let him get back together
With Glenn Frey!
Don Henley must die!
you mean it is still in existence??? /s
I agree with most of the picks. The eagles mellencamp and rush gotta stay. I need a lover that won’t drive me crazy has a 20 hour intro. Rush from 1975 to 1989 was amazing. Hotel California. nuff said.
What’s Heino, chopped liver?
Dang it, put in Slim Whitman.
Btw I love the line about James Taylor
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