Ya Know, He’s Not Wrong
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In a recent interview, Uncle Ted said
“The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame should genuflect to Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters [and] the Funk Brothers… How dare you put Grandmaster Flash, ABBA and Madonna in that?”
“The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame should genuflect to Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters [and] the Funk Brothers… How dare you put Grandmaster Flash, ABBA and Madonna in that?”
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Who gets inducted as members of various bands is also all over the place. There's plenty of bands that the "best" breakthrough lineup was not the one that stuck together 20 years.
https://youtu.be/L-8WQhNmh2A
a real rock n roll hall of fame that's true to the core would in no way have madonna inducted before deep purple, metallica, heart, rush, kiss, pat benatar and journey. not to diminish what's she's done in her career as she is the undisputed queen of pop. but aah no she shouldn't have even been considered for a nomination in the first place.
if madonna and whitney houston (thanks to clive davis?) are in the hall then why isn't mariah carey? beyonce might get the nod within the next 3 years.
If it’s the rock and roll hall of fame - the artists mentioned (Madonna, Whitney Houston, etc) aren’t rock artists.
It’s really the popular music hall of fame. I don’t know if rock and roll hall of fame just sounds better?
I think what rattdog was saying is that Madonna got in BEFORE the others he mentioned above.
For example Jon Lord, co-founder of Deep Purple, didn't even get to enjoy it because he died of cancer at age 71, four years before Deep Purple was inducted. And dumb-ass Madonna was inducted four years before Lord passed away.
Just get used to listening to music from 20-30 years ago.
True that it is a shrinking segment of the market.
The Hall (as we call it) should just be "The Music Hall of Fame".
i say yes. it would be fucking epic too. ride out on a buffalo with an indian head dress on and then finish his set off by shooting an arrow at an electric guitar.
I cringe when I hear the presenter justify why groups like ABBA are "rock"
"Yeah listen to the guitar lick on that song! They are ROCKERS, baby!!"
I would respect those presenters more if they just scratched their head and said “We don’t understand this one either!”
It's not about Rock music and it's not about Fame either. Who are most of those people?
Doesn't seem to about success either because quite a few in there have just a few successful albums or songs.
I'll question his resume. If I go into my backyard with a bongo and start screaming "I love pussy, pussy pussy, pussy pussy, pussy!!!" does that make me rock star enough to have an opinion on the hall of fame?
Whatever else he sung about, he never took the time and energy and put in the work to actually make his music sound good. And spends a lot of time berating people who did. Pretty much anything he every recorded solo sounds like shit. Listening to it now is like a porno with the only shit in focus is the guy's ass. When I was a kid in the 70's, it was kinda cool just cause it was rock, but I never want to hear it again...
His best work (only work that I can stand) was with Damn Yankees, when he had others to cover for him. Was watching a jam session with Tommy Shaw and between takes they were chatting and telling stories, someone asked if he had any good stories of Ted, he just shook his head and replied he won't go there...
If you want to listen to songs about pussy, just because they are about pussy? that's like 2,000,000 rap song recorded last year. Where the fuck have you been?