{"id":2978,"date":"2010-09-30T20:08:22","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T00:08:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-02-08T21:21:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T02:21:04","slug":"the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-ah-who-gives-a-crap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-ah-who-gives-a-crap\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rock and Roll Hall of\u2026 ah, who gives a crap."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R_0E7x3Nqys?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees have been announced.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And the nominees are: Beastie Boys, Chic, LL Cool J, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1EX6qXwtIaU\" target=\"_blank\">J. Geils Band<\/a>, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, Donna Summer, Joe Tex, Chuck Willis, Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nfbOHebiBgw\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Diamond<\/a>, Donovan, Dr. John, and Tom Waits.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I&#8217;m still holding a grudge against Bon Jovi for his lunkheaded comments about The Replacements (&#8220;Last Great band of the decade? I don&#8217;t even know who they are.&#8221;) in the late &#8217;80s, but really, the fact that he and Tom Waits might be sharing the same honor on the same night for their contributions is ridiculous. (Jon, if you&#8217;re reading this, Tom Waits is the guy who wrote that song &#8220;Downtown Train,&#8221; which Rod Stewart ended up butchering.)<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UH82yWVRVaA?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nNow, JBJ seems like a nice enough guy in interviews, he&#8217;s certainly worked hard to get where he is, and he&#8217;s sold a bazillion albums.  But is that really what it should take to get into the RRHoF? How about KISS?  They have the artistic heft of JBJ but I would argue that they were much more influential.  Why not them?  Too crass?<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m not trying to pick on him, he just happens to be in the same class as Tom Waits.  I could pick any number of past inductees.<\/p>\n<p>Who hasn&#8217;t been inducted? The Replacements, Husker Du, MC5, Buzzcocks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think is being unjustly ignored?  Who is already in but should be asked to leave?<br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7VD3pBTK0oA?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Previously: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2008\/04\/04\/rock_town_hall_interviews_curator\">Rock Town Hall Interviews the Rock &#8216;n Roll Hall of Fame&#8217;s Curator.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees have been announced. And the nominees are: Beastie Boys, Chic, LL Cool J, the J. Geils Band, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, Donna Summer, Joe Tex, Chuck Willis, Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, Neil Diamond, Donovan, Dr. John, and Tom Waits. Perhaps I&#8217;m still holding a grudge against Bon <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-ah-who-gives-a-crap\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[328,329,327],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}