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Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

Applerill — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:29:09 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 12/18/2015 20:29

I just wish they'd put John Fahey in the R&RHoF.

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

alelsupreme — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:26:21 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 12/18/2015 20:26

I used to be dead interested in it but honestly, no it really doesn't.

It's choices aren't particularly representative either. Minor acts like The Lovin' Spoonful and Percy Sledge (who had literally one song of note) are in but hugely influential groups like Kraftwerk and The Smiths aren't.

Really it's all a bit daft.

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 00:25:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/18/2015 05:25

no

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

AAL2014 — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 00:23:13 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 12/18/2015 05:23

Gowi wrote:

To ignore Deep Purple, Cheap Trick, and Chicago's impact to rock history & influence because you don't like them is pretty inane.

I think that's my main point behind this thread. The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame (to me) does not matter much in the long run, but it had a lot to do with respect toward an artist. I mean, regardless of what anyone thinks of Kiss, who has been more successful longer than Kiss? I think the Hall of Fame is a nice homage for a great career and like you said Purple, Cheap Trick, and Chicago had great careers and made a huge impact.

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

mickilennial — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:53:01 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 12/18/2015 03:53

To ignore Deep Purple, Cheap Trick, and Chicago's impact to rock history & influence because you don't like them is pretty inane.

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

Anti — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 21:51:11 GMT

Author: Anti

Posted: 12/18/2015 02:51

benpaco wrote:

It's incredibly campy

Tell me about it...

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

AAL2014 — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 21:37:17 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 12/18/2015 02:37

MrFrogger wrote:

AAL2014 wrote:

MrFrogger wrote:

WindowAbove wrote:

[quote ="AAL2014"]

Cheap Trick

Only good artist there, also why does anyone care about the R&RHOF anymore

:?:

I guess the only thing that can be said about NWA is that if Public Enemy and Grandmaster Flash are in, they need to be too.

Uh, no that's not the only thing that can be said about NWA. They're one of the most influencial Hip-Hop groups ever and were at the birth of the West Coast scene. Don't really know where I'm going with this, but to just dismiss them when praising an artist like Cheap Trick is laughable.[/quote]

Sorry, misunderstood what you were getting at. I totally agree that NWA deserve all possible accolades. And yeah they are one of the greatest and heaviest rap artists of all time. That's what I've been trying to tell everyone who is dismissing them because they aren't "Rock n Roll".

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

Revolution909 — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:25:09 GMT

Author: Revolution909

Posted: 12/17/2015 23:25

Nothing really matters, love is all we need.

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

Patman360 — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:58:22 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 12/17/2015 22:58

NWA are easily the best of those artists. That said, the rock and roll hall of fame means squat.

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

Applerill — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:25:14 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 12/17/2015 21:25

Are NWA rockist-friendly?

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

MrFrogger — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:08:35 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 12/17/2015 21:08

AAL2014 wrote:

MrFrogger wrote:

WindowAbove wrote:

AAL2014 wrote:

Cheap Trick

Only good artist there, also why does anyone care about the R&RHOF anymore

:?:

I guess the only thing that can be said about NWA is that if Public Enemy and Grandmaster Flash are in, they need to be too.

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

AAL2014 — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:05:02 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 12/17/2015 21:05

MrFrogger wrote:

WindowAbove wrote:

AAL2014 wrote:

Cheap Trick

Only good artist there, also why does anyone care about the R&RHOF anymore

:?:

I guess the only thing that can be said about NWA is that if Public Enemy and Grandmaster Flash are in, they need to be too.

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

MrFrogger — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:01:50 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 12/17/2015 21:01

WindowAbove wrote:

AAL2014 wrote:

Cheap Trick

Only good artist there, also why does anyone care about the R&RHOF anymore

AAL2014 wrote:

NWA

❓

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

Rockyayesyes — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:12:41 GMT

Author: Rockyayesyes

Posted: 12/17/2015 20:12

The Hall is pretty much a joke but I was glad to see Deep Purple and Cheap Trick finally get in.

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

benpaco — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:35:42 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 12/17/2015 19:35

Tap wrote:

is it an actual hallway and like they put up pictures or whatever?

Having been there, it's honestly kind of surreal.

There's huge exhibits, there's a big chunk that's just a sort of "timeline of music" that's full of really cool things, there's a random pillar in honor of Joy Division and New Order that Bono donated some stuff to IIRC, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" set takes up the whole upper level, it's a famous building from the outside, and there's some interesting interactive stuff on the inside.

But the actual hall is bizarre. Cuz there is an actually little hallway where they have the signatures of every member of every band in there etched into metal.

It's incredibly campy, I wasn't allowed to take pictures (in fact, the only things that you could take pictures of were the traveling exhibit of clothing including Gaga's jerky dress and The Wall), and it's sort of in the same room that they use to show movies in so you can't actually really talk about it.

If you actually dig into any of the interactive stuff, too, it gets bizarre. Like there's a list of the most influential songs ever in rock, which goes against the list on their website, and doesn't make any sense - there's repeats and very few actual members of the rock and roll hall of fame. At least when I was there, a large portion of the entire was taken up with hanging Moby advertisements for an old tour.

It was a cool day because the other travelling exhibit was on the Beatles, so I got to nerd out hard, but really, it was just a strange experience. Much preferred the EMP in Seattle.

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

Tap — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:13:10 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 12/17/2015 18:13

is it an actual hallway and like they put up pictures or whatever?

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:07:34 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/17/2015 18:07

i don't have any idea who is and is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

AAL2014 — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:42:36 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 12/17/2015 17:42

WindowAbove wrote:

AAL2014 wrote:

Cheap Trick

Only good artist there, also why does anyone care about the R&RHOF anymore

Not a DP fan? And that's basically what I'm asking. I want to care still, but I really don't.

Re: 2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

WindowAbove — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:40:00 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 12/17/2015 17:40

AAL2014 wrote:

Cheap Trick

Only good artist there, also why does anyone care about the R&RHOF anymore

2016 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Does it Matter?

AAL2014 — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:38:34 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 12/17/2015 17:38

The RnR Hall of Fame announced the class of 2016 inductees.

Deep Purple
Cheap Trick
NWA
Steve Miller
Chicago

For what it's worth, there are deserving artists here like the long overdue Deep Purple. But once again, does it matter? Or should it matter? Obviously it in no way affects the music itself, but do any of you care that a certain artist was inducted while another was snubbed?

It's something that has always kind of interested me, especially in the case of Rush, but once they were inducted (and I graduated high school) I stopped caring so much.