The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame itself is meaningless. 
Unlike a sports hall of fame, it's so hard to coming
up with precise standards to make such a project live
up to billing.  Moreover, when you add the influence
of corporate money, etc., the R & R Hall of Fame falls
so short of really honoring the depth, breadth and
quality of rock.

So who actually makes the real Hall is a bogus topic I
suppose.  However, the induction is somewhat
representative of mainstream thought on rock music --
at that level, who gets selected is interesting fodder
for discussion.  So, when I posted this morning, my
point was really that while the Pretenders had made
great music, The Pretenders weren't that great of a
band.  Just my opinion.

Mike Bennett
--- Michael vg <govango@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- Sherman <boim@att.net> wrote:
> 
> > Stewart wrote "We might as well all sit around and
> complain about what's on the walls 
> > at our local Hard Rock Cafe, because that's
> roughly as important."
> > 
> > Fans of the inductees will disagree. 
> 
>  Perhaps, but for some it doesn't matter. Yes it was
> cool that Elvis was inducted, but 
> even if he never made it in, his music would still
> mean the same to me. I lived
> thru the Taste of Honey fiasco. 
>  "Talking about the importance of the RnR HOF
> induction is kind
>  of like is like dancing about architecture"
> 
>  michael vg
> 
> 
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