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There are two schools of thought on the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame. The first one revolves primarily on the self-serving
dick sucking that goes on among the 'in crowd' that seems
to run the show. Every year it's the same shit - fuckin' Neil
Young out there yodeling away - hopefully with someone like
Eddie Vedder to spare him from complete embarrassment.
Then there's the perennial Pete Townshend, begging the perennial
question 'Who gives a crap what YOU think anymore?' Then there's
these douche bags like Roger McGuinn, who have made a career
recently out of popping up in every single VH-1 documentary
about anything and everything that he can thrust some sort
of claim of ownership over (see his charming 'Tom Petty stole
everything he knows from me' quip in Tom's 'Behind The Music')
Yes - It's a sick, retarded display, for the most part. Equal
parts high school prom and high school reunion - but the ten
year where everyone is cocky and insecure and trying to out-do
each other.
But I have to say that this year two interesting things happened
- perhaps even daring things: The Ramones and The Talking
Heads.
Now the Ramones are a no-brainer. Quite simply the best
band to ever barely grasp the three chord verse-chorus-verse
blueprint. But less being more, they far exceed all the fagged
out prog rock shit they had to compete against, like ELP,
Yes, and all that gay-ass shit pumped out by the Bee Gees.
The Talking Heads are another great band. Do they necessarily
have the indisputable proof of influencing all bands to follow,
like the Ramones did? No - but neither does Tom Petty or Isaac
Hayes (or half the other bands in there currently).
the Talking Heads
In the end - The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame seems to be a
popularity club more concerned with charging $2,500 a plate
for a shitty dinner and kissing peoples asses, in hopes they'll
one day kiss yours.
Now the real question: Will Courtney Love break her promise
and show up to accept for Kurt in 2014? My heart cries no,
but I can hear her blabbering already…
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