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2015 Rock Hall Of Fame Class Includes Lou Reed, Joan Jett, Green Day
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Both The Smiths and N.W.A. were left off the list of new inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as Hall voters instead chose acts such as Lou Reed, Bill Withers, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. They'll be welcomed to the Hall in April. "About 700 music journalists, performers and other industry insiders spent two months deciding on the six inductees," David C. Barnett of member station WCPN in Cleveland reports. Barnett adds, "Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after their first recording. Los Angeles soul singer Bill Withers' first album came out in 1971, but this is his first time on the ballot." http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...jett-green-day |
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If there are cover bands as good as Joan Jett, I'm going to start going to bars.
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12-16-2014, 06:00 PM | #19 |
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I like Joan, but there's a lot of more deserving acts. I mean ELO isn't good enough? Deep purple?
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12-16-2014, 06:02 PM | #20 |
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I have no problem with any of these acts getting in. If anything, they improve the standing of the R&R HoF by being part of it.
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12-16-2014, 06:07 PM | #21 |
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Yes, it has been lame. But if it is going to exist then Joan Jett belongs in there.
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12-16-2014, 06:55 PM | #22 |
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I'm not saying she sucks or anything. She can hold her own on stage and she's much better than any of the other females in her genre. I just don't see it as a HOF resume. I guess if you heavily weigh her status as a female, but the music itself is really nothing special, especially considering almost all her known songs are re-worked versions already done by other bands.
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What is a Rock n Roll HoF resume?
What are the qualifiers? X number of hits? X number of albums sold? Or is it just subjective BS?
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OK Guru ..... no Matter the Joke ... Bill Withers is the SHIT .... PERIOD
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They paved the way for mainstream (pop) "punk" music and culture in the 90s. Hands down, it was them more than anything else: image, sound and otherwise. Dookie is an all-time classic and iconic album.
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Green Day's Dookie changed my life when I heard if for the first time in 5th grade.
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