I'm Hesitant to Post This ...

[drmilktruck]

Here are the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Nominees for 2023:



The reason I hesitate to start this thread is that I can predict the following posts:

It shouldn't be called the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame
Nominee X isn't rock n roll
Link Wray isn't on the list
Rap isn't music
Rolling Stone magazine hasn't been good since the 70s.
The HOF sucks.


Given all that, who do you think of the list above belongs in a Hall of Fame devoted mostly to Popular American Music since World War Two not including Jazz?

 

[Craig Encinitas]

Willie Nelson
Iron Maiden

 

[oneforsorrow]

Warren Zevon! Over and over again!

 

[charlie chitlins]

Whitney Houston is in.
The MC5 aren't.
RRHOF is a sad joke.
Ignore it.

 

[drmilktruck]

Whitney Houston is in.
The MC5 aren't.
RRHOF is a sad joke.
Ignore it.

I rest my case.

 

[tmcq65]

Given what the HOF has become (thus, respectfully discounting all the "that's not R&R" comments) it's not a bad collection compared to most years. I will say there are two entries on the list that I have never heard of. Now, all of the above being said, the selection will end up coming down to several of the nominees that legitimately should already be there being squeezed out for some marginal and/or edgy and/or intersectional box-checker choice.

And I am contractually obligated to respond to every R&R HOF post with: "No Link Wray? No Randy Bachman? No Ronnie James Dio?"

 

[Likeabrave]

If I had to pick only one - Soundgarden elevated the "grunge" movement of the '90s with superior musicianship and Superunknown is arguably the best album of the sub-genre.

 

[Pops]

Willie Nelson played rock'n roll?

 

[Pops]

Maybe they should just rename it to "The Popular Music Hall of Fame".

 

[drmilktruck]

Given what the HOF has become (thus, respectfully discounting all the "that's not R&R" comments) it's not a bad collection compared to most years.

I would agree with you. It's a combination of some big sellers, 80s and 90s alternative heroes and a few others.

 

[drmilktruck]

Maybe they should just rename it to "The Popular Music Hall of Fame".

I agree with you too. (See my first post.)

 

[afire]

Maybe they should just rename it to "The Popular Music Hall of Fame".

I agree with you too. (See my first post.)

The funny thing about that is that rock and roll had already been displaced by its various derivatives about 25 years before the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was even founded. Only the first few years of inductees were straight rock and roll. It was a poor naming choice almost from the beginning.

That said, this does seem to be one of the least divisive lists I've seen in years and least likely to spark outrage from the usual demographic. If Kate Bush makes it, I wonder if she'll thank "Stranger Things" in her acceptance speech?

 

[tartanphantom]

Maybe they should just rename it to "The Popular Music Hall of Fame".

Maybe they should rename it "Jann Wenner's Own Personal Cool Kids Club".

And yes, I know he "stepped down" in 2019, but you can't seriously tell me that he doesn't still have influence over the choices.

 

[Ricochet]

Not a bad list compared to previous years.

 

[cielski]

Willie and Warren! Don't care about the rest of them.
I'd like to see a list of who hasn't been inducted.
How many have been indicted?

 

[Pops]

Willie and Warren! Don't care about the rest of them.
I'd like to see a list of who hasn't been inducted.

Send lawyers, guns and money!

 

[cielski]

Send lawyers, guns and money!

Up till now, they've been in Splendid Isolation.

 

[DavyH]

They hit their peak when The Ventures were inducted.

From there on up it was all downhill.

 

[Duo Slinger]

Warren Zevon! Over and over again!

The spirit of Warren Zevon would probably cause the HOF to explode and fall into a river of alcohol and misanthropy.

 

[GlenP]

I know, right? Might as well give Jethro Tull a heavy metal Grammy while they’re at it.