I like a lot of the acts the author of this comment to this story mentioned as Rock & Roll HOF inductees, but I do see exactly where he's coming from...
Just a sampling of the credibility of the “The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame”…
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Not Inducted (meeting all criteria): Deep Purple, Bad Company, Cheap Trick, Supertramp, ELP, The Hollies, Badfinger, Blind Faith, The Moody Blues, Squeeze, Peter Frampton, Humble Pie, Little Feat, Kansas, ELO, The Scorpions, Sweet, Boston, The Cars, Nazareth. REO Speedwagon, Sammy Hagar, Steve Winwood, Joan Armatrading, Thin Lizzy, Yes & Judas Priest.
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Inducted: LaVern Baker, Madonna, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Aretha Franklin, The Jackson Five, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, Little Walter, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Floyd Cramer, Parliament/Funkadelic, Etta James, Pete Seeger, Bessie Smith, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Mahalia Jackson, Percy Sledge, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five…freaking Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five!!!
Quite a revealing list there, indeed. And even with the artists/bands I don't like that have and have not been inducted I can certainly give them their due as deserving. I do wonder how many of the inductees got to be that way for political reasons, and not necessarily just Dem/Rep/right- or left-wing. Food for thought...
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