I Love Rock n Roll - But What Is It?

I am sitting by and waiting the debate. Coffee in hand.

 

If you tried to give rock & roll another name you might call it Chuck Berry

 

Indie, I hear plenty of 'Rock & Roll' (when there were shows)...
On the radio at work, I hear no Rock & Roll.

 

Nope! Rock music doesn't "roll".

 

I'll tell you what ain't Rock N Roll - rap and hip hop.
It's a completely different genre of music and should be handled as such.
Just like pure country music is not Rock N Roll. If they want to bunch it all together then they should have a pop music hall of fame.
There you go - let the debate begin....

P.S.
The list is the worst I've ever seen for the RRHF.
Where's the Rock N Roll in Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige?
What a joke!
No wonder I stopped watching award shows.

 

It would be better if they just changed the name. Of course you couldn't even get 5 people to agree on what it should be called. With a couple notable exceptions it's the weakest list of nominees I can remember seeing.

 

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Rock and Roll ha drums that swing
And ill be the middle aged grump who says : it should be the pop music hall of fame, due to non rock n rollers inducted.
To double down on the grump:
Rory Gallagher has been eligible since 1996, he should be inducted post haste.
Now get off my lawn...*spits tabbaccy and loads nerf arrow into nerf launcher*)

 

I think Rock 'n Roll described the way people danced to the music, or the way the music made them ditty-bop. Of course, I'm not sure people actually rolled on the floor lol. That came later, with break dancing.

 

Reminds me of the Kindig 1952 Pontiac

 

Looks like the J. Geils Band was snubbed by voters again.

 

It's a lot easier to say what it is not. So ... maybe we collect everything that is not Rock and Roll, and what's left over is part of it?

... for nobody forgetting it: Whales and Cucumbers are not an essential part of Rock and Roll. Although they're kind of cool, too.

Nah, kidding ... hard to describe. It definitely is music, but also it is definitely more than just music alone.

 

Maybe dancing in the dark...... From Wikipedia:
The phrase "rocking and rolling" originally described the movement of a ship on the ocean,[15] but by the early 20th century was used both to describe the spiritual fervor of black church rituals[16] and as a sexual analogy.

 

I know it when I hear it.

Jay-Z= Not rock.

Why isn't Bad Company or at least Paul Rodgers in there?

 

Can’t describe it but know what it is when I hear it

 

Whenever I hear J. Geils I feel bad for Peter Wolf who was the lead singer and songwriter. He was also a founding member of Rock and Roll radio, WBCN Boston.

 

As a ‘50s genre of music, it’s an amalgam of blues, country, jazz, but in electrified form.

As stage volume increased(with the help of PAs) and being loud became an integral part of a band’s musical identity, it turned into Rock.

Today Rock and Roll is seemingly an all encompassing term for every guitar driven band. No electric guitar, no rock and roll. I’m assuming it’s still being made but don’t really know.
New guitar music has been boring and stale for me for the last 2 decades. No big loss for either party I guess.

 

Primarily guitar-driven, yes, but what about the Big Bopper? Or little Richard's piano stuff? Or Zamfir Plays Kashmir? (Wish I could find that video again!)