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.
Billy Joel definitely belongs....Just listen to Miami 2017 or Captain Jack.
Kick ‘em all out! Make room for Zamfir, who’s been panned longer than some of these acts have been breathing
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is, like the U.S. Constitution, flawed. It needs a fundamental transformation, and I know just the man who could do it.
Rock’n’roll died with Buddy Holly. Everything since is Pop.
The HOF is a joke as long as they keep out Johnny Rivers.
Tommy Roe with his “Jam Up Jelly Tight” (How did it get past the censors?) is more rock and roll than all these Billy Joels and Rushes! (I thought that Rush was the radio shouter?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlUai6D7xh4
THIS IS EXTREMELY TRIVIAL!!!!
So it matters more than life itself. Get with the program.
Being excluded ought to be a badge of honor for a *real* musician.
Most "rock critics" have never been much more than musician wannabees and butt licks anyway.
I've seen and really liked some great rock musicians. Some of have been real dumb ass turds (or just screwed up) as people and others genuine classy people. I judge rock musicians on their music and performances, not their personal lives...and definitely not what critics or anyone else thinks. It's Rock 'n Roll, man.
Tommy Roe is another of those guys who played “pre-Sullivan” shows with the Beatles and was told that the guitar group sound would never go over in America (at a time that bands like the Ventures were already selling).
You tell 'em, John.
Never heard of him.
the article is pathetic...how anyone could talk about kicking people OUT of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame without having Donna Summers (inducted this year) number one on the list leaves be yearning for less....
the fact donna summers is in the R&R HOF and a group like the Moody Blues are not proves what a joke that place is...
“Being excluded ought to be a badge of honor for a *real* musician.”
Now, yes. For a while it was putting good acts in, or at least what I would consider acceptable, if we are going to have a ‘rocknroll’ HF. Leaving out a bunch for sure. But after they started let all the complete drek in, why should a cool act want to be recognized by those pretentious mouthbreathers? Now you have all these cool acts who are in but they are stuck there on an equal footing to utter garbage. Can’t see why they would want to put themselves in that position.
Freegards
You’ve heard of Roland James who died the other day? I bet you’ve heard him!
NOT! I swear I did not. Never heard of him before I didn’t hear of him either. I have no clue who he is.
If for no other reason than “Already Gone”, I vote to keep the Eagles in the HoF.
I’d let ‘em in solely for the lyric, “I’d like to find your inner child and kick its’ little ass.”
My sentiments exactly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPzcZNgVfpA
On the basis of this guy even joking with the idea that the Eagles are not worthy, he should be tarred and feathered....
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