Posted on 01/03/2025 4:24:49 PM PST by DallasBiff
Since the 65-year-old parody musician's career began in the 1970s, he's earned legitimate hits, won five Grammy Awards, consistently toured the world and earned respect from many of the artists he's spoofed — so why not welcome him into the prestigious music organization?
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His video "Amish Paradise" is pure genius.
Flame away and have fun.
who cares? They hardly nominate actual rock for a very long time now
My favorite Weird Al song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw
He could just tell them to just Eat It.
One of his best.
I quit caring when they said no to the Monkees because they didn’t play the instruments.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has been a jole since at least 2007.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has been a joke since at least 2007.
Yes it is. I love his stuff. So clever.
Does he even write his own music? All I’ve heard from him are parodies. Yet the rock and roll hall of fame won’t induct real, talented musicians like Ted Nugent because he is a right-winger
Absurd. Neither did the Supremes.
Most music was recorded by studio musicians behind the band's vocals. The Wrecking Crew (LA). The Swampers (Muscle Shoals(. The A Team (Nashville). The Funk Bros (Motown). The Memphis Horns (Sun Records).
yes he does.
For sure he has as much reason to be there as Dolly Parton or anybody else. (All respect to Dolly, who didn’t understand why she would be inducted, but happily accepted it in stride.)
Is there no one left in “rock and roll” who is happy to be the rebel? The outsider? Notorious for simply _not_ being in it?
When I saw that building that I.M. Pei put together, I thought: of course, he put together a monument to a form of music that eschews monuments. A permanent memorial to music that lives in the moment with the motto ‘you had to be there.’
It’s just me, I’m sure, but when I read that some one or group has been inducted, I read it like a loss to “rock-and-roll.” They haven’t broken in, they’ve been captured. Taken from the wild, tamed, and put in the “rock-and-roll” zoo.
Flame away!
Then I saw her face...
If Ted’s not in, I respect him all the more. A real rebel. He certainly doesn’t need it.
I like these two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urglg3WimHA
And many others.
LOVE “Weird Al”! Definitely should be honored as brilliant!
11 “Weird Al” songs:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYTtL1FB2XCo4PgLNrE9My6HFhwKYJdOq
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y66HERLkQLQ
Witness - Amish Paradise - “Weird Al” Yankovic
or streaming from my website:
https://www.iment.com/maida/tv/misc/video/Miscellaneous-Amish-Paradise-Weird-Al-Yankovic.htm
The RnR HoF is a joke in many ways.
For but one of dozens of examples, Jethro Tull is not in it, but CHER is!? LOLOLOL
Jan Wenner is an idiot. Convince me otherwise.
BTW, if you’ve never seen the documentary about the Muscle Shoals Swampers, it is totally worthwhile. Recommended.
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