Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Tour

[@therealbushboy6440]

Thank you Robert.. you just saved me thousands of $ by not having to travel there from Australia. I love your description “The Hard Rock Cafe without the waiters”🤣

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks! That's one of the main reasons I wanted to make it, for people who are too far away to ever see it in person.

[@thebillryan]

@@RobertFithen In Taiwan. No Bowie Mr Fithen. Or was I just too blinded and bedazzled by it all.

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

I live in Ohio and never been, my mom went prolly a decade ago, NO PHOTOS were allowed back then, she said there was some cool stuff but not worth the ticket cost.

[@Mozart2Muse]

This was a treat, Robert. Much appreciated!

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!!

[@MickSupper]

I'd be looking at all of the clothing labels to learn what to look for when vintage clothes shopping. I used to have a vintage shop where I sold clothing, so I'm pretty familiar what to look for.

[@carjo512]

Thank you for sharing way cool , I agree with you about the who is in the Rock& Roll hall of fame it's all about the music and history.

[@AsItShouldBePodcast]

I was there in 2010 and you couldn't so much as attempt a snapshot on your flip phone without a security person shutting you down. I see a lot has changed, but some things are the same. Indeed the Pink Floyd The Wall display was there, as was the CBGB awning. The ZZ Top car was parked just a few yards away from the awning at that time. Also a lot of things weren't behind glass, but merely roped off. We came upon a Michael Jackson display with some outfits and his shoes on a little pedestal. My friend said, "I don't care if they kick me out, I'm touching MJ's shoes!" He reached right in and touched them but no alarms went off and no security descended upon us. I guess they were too busy busting people taking pictures.

[@RobertFithen]

When I went, you wouldn't have the opportunity to touch anything but the really large items because things like shoes were all behind glass. I was wondering if there was a policy against videos and photos. I noticed there aren't any other tours on KZbin. Maybe security had the day off and I got lucky.

[@johnfronczek2658]

Thank you, Robert Fithen. Great video. Did you see any exhibits about The Bee Gees? If they can celebrate George Michael and Taylor Swift, they can celebrate The Bee Gees.

[@RobertFithen]

I don't remember seeing any.

[@arzabael]

Thanks for the tour Robert!

[@RobertFithen]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@nocturnal-io9vq]

Wow, man! Thanks for the tour and informative video. I'd love to go someday, but then again, the chances are slim - this works for now! Loved seeing the guitars, especially Joe Strummer's and Jerry Garcia's, and John Paul Jones' bass. The regional exhibits, like the Midwest and Seattle/Northwest, were nice to see as well. It's a bit crass and commercialized, sure, but there's still worthwhile memorabilia to see.

[@BeatleRick84]

Last time I went I was a kid. I was 16 I don’t remember a lot. I remember you couldn’t film or take pictures. This was back in 2000. My older brother took me. I want to go back with my kids one day. Thanks for showing!

[@Steve104813]

Great video, I took my dear old Dad (miss him) in around 2003. We hit the football hall of fame and next day Rock n Roll Hall. It was a great trip!! I remember almost getting booted out for taking pictures on on 7 dollar disposable camera of Joplins' psychedelic painted Porsche. Also remember Duane Allmans Gibson and they had a nice Traffic exhibit. Thanks for another great video and some cool memories too. How about those Purple Haze lyrics??

[@RobertFithen]

They seem to have a different policy on photos now.

[@stevepaul6955]

I was there a few years ago and I got to see Ringo's drum kit up close. Very cool.

[@georgemusic4all4seasons]

A nice little tour provided. Thank you. Missed seeing The Beach Boys and The Four Seasons.

[@MrJermyWurmy]

Thanks for the tour and you did a great job of it.

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[@jeffbarber3018]

Thanks for recording the video. I really appreciate you highlighting the Freddie Mercury sneakers as well.

[@5150-for-music]

Great video!! Thank you for posting this. Loved it.

[@RobertFithen]

Thank you!

[@5150-for-music]

@@RobertFithen welcome

[@Iggythemovieman]

I got to visit the Rock and roll Hall of Fame I just about ran through the building when I was there this is really cool video it reminds me a lot of the things that I saw their thank you for the great video

[@RobertFithen]

You're welcome! The great thing is, you can slow down the video and take a longer look at the things that you want to.

[@andyshacks7812]

Great video! I’m not likely to get over to Cleveland from the UK anytime soon, so thanks for the free tour. I enjoyed that ! Cheers Robert ! 🙏

[@RobertFithen]

Glad you liked it.

[@shortfuseartstudio]

I'm glad you did this. I was curious, but now I think I'm good. But I think is be more inclined to go to a museum that just had gig posters from the past. Now that's what we need! Great job on this

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!! I would love one that had a mixing board where you could play multi-tracks of classic albums.

[@chestermiller1768]

thanks for the free tour.I was in Akron and was gonna go it,but it was closed.Cant remember if it was fri or sat night?

[@johandelclef3201]

The Elvis section is pretty cool!

[@ErnestIII83]

'Lotta artifacts belonging to artists not yet inducted. Very interesting. Thanks for the tour. Must admit, some very cool stuff there.

[@tracytoo22]

I saw Janis’s psychedelic Porsche there a gazillion years ago. ❤ The Rock Hall archives are a few miles across town. Would love to get inside there!

[@RobertFithen]

Me too. People have been commenting about visits in the past where they saw items that weren't there when I went.

[@mjh5437]

@@RobertFithen Do they still have the red Sid Vicious swastika t-shirt?

[@ChromeDestiny]

Thanks for the great virtual tour. I was there in 1996, it's interesting to see what's changed. In '96 I remember seeing stuff from Jim Morrison's school days, a display for The Who where I got to see stuff that had small little pictures in their Maximum R&B history book up close and there was a really good exhibit on MTV and Music Videos. The gift shop used to be an HMV and used to have way more CDs. I didn't expect to see guitars from Mojo Nixon and Annie Clark/ St. Vincent, that was a cool surprise and I wish they'd had that Jam Space before.

[@RobertFithen]

I wish I could have gone when they would have had something like the MTV era, but instead I got a whole floor on Bon Jovi. lol

[@kenglass7833]

Thanks for the tour, saved me some bucks

[@martythemusicmonster6772]

Billy Joel was sitting on a motorbike on the picture sleeve of the It’s still rock n roll to me single .

[@Bigchet1223]

Did you know that Otis Reddings' final performance was on a tv show out of Cleveland called upbeat? It was hosted by a guy named Don Webster whom I remember being the weatherman on channel 5 wews cleveland. The night of that performance they flew to Wisconsin and his plane went down. Alot of coverage from that appearance you still see today of otis redding. Upbeat was sort of like dick Clark's show. It was a pretty big platform for artists at that time.

[@han36solo]

Very cool! Thanks Robert excellent tour.

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!!

[@KeithSearock]

I was there the year it opened and would absolutely go again! Every year when the nominee announcement is made and everyone starts bitchin', I say the same thing ... Ignore the annual hoopla, BUT, if you're ever in Cleveland - you need to go! Hope you enjoyed yourself, Robert!

[@RobertFithen]

Exactly! It's a great place for memorabilia. I couldn't care less about awards and never have. Grammys, AMAs, MTV Video Awards, any of it. I just don't care.

[@Bigchet1223]

Welcome to Cleveland. I'm from nearby madison ohio. Busy downtown today with guardians playoff game and browns game tomorrow.

[@rapman5791]

Cleveland Indians

[@toms4442]

Thanks for the tour, haven't been there in years, I think the last time I was there was when they had the Lennon exhibit, back then you couldn't take pictures or make videos, but I guess they changed that policy when cell phones came out. I share your feelings on Bon Jovi!!!

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks! I didn't see any signs about not taking videos.

[@toms4442]

​@@RobertFithenI'm sure if that policy was still active they would have told you, they had a place to check in video equipment and cameras. Security wouldn't have been shy to tell you all about it. They use to have a book about most of the items they have in the museum for sale In the gift shop.

[@RobertFithen]

@toms4442 I wasn't even trying to be sneaky. I was blatantly taking video and no one said anything and I didn't see any signs so I assume there's no longer a policy.

[@gregshelt1187]

Welcome to Cleveland !!

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!

[@grenkontakt]

Thanks! Drummer Clem Burke of Blondie wore that gold suite at least in 1978, you can see it in videos from Glasgow

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks for the info. I had no idea.

[@walterevans5658]

Great video. I visited the museum in Cleveland years ago. However you feel about the Hall of Fame and how they conduct their business, the museum itself is well worth visiting.

[@RobertFithen]

Exactly! I couldn't care less about the awards.

[@7BobbyGaylor7]

Great video. I have been there and lucky for me when I went the featured artist that took up a whole floor was Bowie! Cheers

[@RobertFithen]

Damn! I got Bon Jovi.

[@7BobbyGaylor7]

@@RobertFithen IKR.

[@daryljspetz2967]

Been to the hall of fame twice in 1997 and 2015 it's worth going there.

[@daviddanglis7135]

14:23: That promo jacket was from a Buffalo NY radio station, "brought to you Harvey & Corkey Productions," Harvey being the now-infamous Harvey Weinstein, who attended college and got his start in the entertainment business here. I wasn't a fan of the Stones and didn't attend the show, which was held in what is now called Highmark Stadium -- but pretty much everyone else in Buffalo did, that show was huge. And it was immortalized with long-standing graffiti on a railroad bridge that spanned the main route to the stadium. "ROLLING STONES '78!"

[@davidellis5141]

Cool information 👍

[@RobertFithen]

I didn't know the Weinstein connection. Thanks for the info.

[@Onteo1]

That was my first Stones concert, it was an all day event with bands and sky divers.

[@walzer38]

Fun fact. San Francisco was the other possible site for the RRHF.

[@RobertFithen]

Putting it in Cleveland means it's one of the only things in town to do.

[@walzer38]

@@RobertFithen thank you for showing. Now, I don't have to go. )))

[@JWD1992]

I am not much into the hall of fame concept in general. I do not need some museum to tell me what "matters." BUT I love the artifacts. Beyond cool. Thanks for the very thorough tour. I would visit the Rock Hall if I made a Cleveland trip. Worth it for the Satanic Majesties mellotron alone, haha. Cool to see Handsome Dick Manitoba's jacket. I love The Dictators. My two friends and I went to Dick's bar in Manhattan a few years ago and got to talk some baseball with him. I think those Revolutionary War rifles must belong to Paul Revere & The Raiders.

[@RobertFithen]

Same here. I really enjoyed the memorabilia, but couldn't care less about the awards. The same goes for pretty much any award... Grammy, Oscars, etc.

[@afvet5075]

You mean the Pop Hall of Fame. NOT the Rock N Roll Hall if Fame. You have many great rock bands NOT in there and you have others in there that had NOTHING to do with Rock N Roll. Call it what it truly is.

[@lebronformvp2835]

Completely agree, the top floor is basically dedicated to take on me music video

[@soundvision5273]

I agree

[@Bigchet1223]

I haven't been to the rock hall in awhile. Probably due to make a trip..But it's a country club.

[@cobra5088]

I had no idea Mojo Nixon was in the R&R Hall of Fame. I guess the R&R Hall of Fame don't need no fixin.

[@johndef5075]

I was surprised too when I went in July. My brother went to school with him!

[@davidellis5141]

Haven't been since 2016 & look forward to seeing all the recent inductees like The Cure , Kate Bush , Todd Rundgren , Roxy Music & Kraftwerk & Depeche Mode to name a few. Awesome 👌 tour ! Thanks 😎

[@RobertFithen]

I've noticed that not all inductees have memorabilia and some of those who have memorabilia aren't inductees.

[@TomTobin67]

Thanks for the virtual tour so I don't have to go there myself (not that I actually want to).

[@daveandreahoward8203]

Awesome.

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!!

[@briannewell6064]

In the midwest section I spotted a poster from The Roof Garden in Arnolds Park Iowa. That happens to be where I saw The Yardbirds with Jeff Beck on guitar and Jimmy Page on bass. 1966 I think. Thanks Robert. Now I don't feel like I gotta go there.

[@TheLonesomeBricoleur]

The only things I teally remember from when I was there 20ish years ago are how totally tiny Jimi's vest was, that Lemmy's Iron Cross bass is weirdly intimidating even all by itself... & that the broken guitar Curtis Mayfield was playing when the (also displayed) lighting rig fell on him is fucking heartbreaking. 😭

[@RobertFithen]

Wow! I didn't see the broken Curtis guitar when I went. I'm kind of glad that I didn't.

[@TheLonesomeBricoleur]

@@RobertFithen They used to have a couple pieces of Otis Redding's crashed plane on display, too. 😭

[@ToenS]

awesome.. thank you.. much appreciated 😊

[@catherine6653]

Thank you. I enjoyed seeing all the stuff. Reality check too. Their a business trying to make money. 😊

[@Orbit6874]

Heaven on earth - in Cleveland no less

[@Nazz1967]

Great video ,thanks mate .

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!

[@thornbird6768]

Interesting , loved it , thank you

[@sirtainlee8725]

Cleveland is more like 1/3 of the way from the east coast and right at the top.

[@arzabael]

Check it out man!!! Free tour!!!!

[@sirtainlee8725]

Those guitars are way too clean and new to have been used regularly by any of those artists. Musicians collect instruments and it's more likely they were in their estates or the musicians bought them, used them once and sold them.

[@timsvidz1969]

Great Vid!!!

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!!

[@TheHuckster100]

Great tour! Malissa Etheridge is originally from Kansas, BTW.

[@RobertFithen]

You're right.

[@CBCDs]

👍

[@calvinwboaz7085]

How could there be handwritten lyrics from Elvis if he didn't write any of his songs?

[@arzabael]

Razzle dazzle baby

[@AaronJoseph-t4b]

Show business,ever since Vaudville it's a life & it's lie,business people in the industry can be shameless in using exploitation,some will use power of suggestion & offer to sell to the masses & the law of averages dictate that a % will buy it,some say " There's a Sucker born every minute" others say " There's a Sucker that rolls out outside of bed everyday " so buyer BEWARE!!!

[@JakeJacobs66]

Cleveland is in the Midwest?

[@RobertFithen]

Yes.

[@artemisclencher673]

Dang i was really looking forwrd to seeing you in the video

[@rapman5791]

How can you take this place seriously when the cover of the Rock & Roll exhibit guide has a picture of pop princess Madonna?? You can say what you will about Madge, but the one thing she ain’t is Rock & Roll.😂😂

[@RobertFithen]

Because I've never cared about awards whether they are inductions or Grammys or Oscars or whatever. But I seriously enjoyed seeing the memorabilia. That's it.

[@andymassingham]

“High-end Crossley turntable!” Spit take 😂

[@arzabael]

I’m going twice!!!

[@albundy666]

Thanks for this. I don’t know why, but the thing that sticks with me the most is Tom Petty’s white board and a fan writes Play “Asshole” in red on it.

[@WizBlew]

Fithen saved us a trip to Ohio 👍🏻

[@Bigchet1223]

American choppers built motorcycles for Billy Joel.

[@RobertBrady-v6s]

Cool vid….. stroll into Walmart with BB Kings coat😂 lol

[@progman14-q7i]

First . Great video Robert

[@smitty2180]

Cleveland is not in the midwest.😅

[@RobertFithen]

Cleveland is the midwest.😅

[@CrossJamie]

I don’t know why they call Ohio the Mid West it’s not anywhere near the middle of the country?

[@RobertFithen]

Westward expansion and population. Also, it's America, it doesn't have to make sense.

[@CrossJamie]

@@RobertFithen Haha true.

[@jimmymelendez1836]

Well, what do you want? People are displeased with the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame. It's the same thing year after year. They get people that aren't rock and roll material. So what do you expect?

[@RobertFithen]

I expect people to realize that it's going to keep happening and to stop getting upset over literally the same exact thing year after year (after year after year). Why even care about such nonsense in the first place? It's like people who get upset over Grammys and Oscars. Why care?

[@Janster59]

where's The Raspberries?

[@karenujlaky6928]

Waiting for you to nominate Jethro Tull ❤️🎶🎸

[@paulokeefe2737]

Lot of empty space on the Beatles exhibit? Originals of their stuff is so expensive that maybe they had to pad it out ? Good video.

[@chanceotter8121]

Nothing from The Beach Boys?😊

[@RobertFithen]

Now that you mention it, I don't remember seeing anything from The Beach Boys. After I left, I realized I hadn't seen anything relating to Kiss or David Bowie.

[@rorymurray256]

Great Tour. Thanks. But why did they put Madonna on the program cover? Name me one of her 'Rock Songs'. We're still waiting for Thin Lizzy, Bad Company, Iron Maiden, Warren Zevon and dozens of more worthy artists to be inducted.

[@RobertFithen]

I'm still not caring who is inducted. I just have never cared about awards.

[@rapman5791]

@@RobertFithenUnless it was you who were getting one. 🤷‍♂️

[@RobertFithen]

@@rapman5791 I've won awards before. (Obviously not Grammys, etc.) I didn't care about those either.

[@George-lq3yu]

Nice tour of the Hall of Fame, but what about David Bowie? He's a Hall of Famer and absent from this tour video. This really makes me wonder why there's no mention of this amazing legend. Did David Bowie not do enough in his career to at least be mentioned. As a life long David Bowie fan I'm a little disappointed. Otherwise it is a good video and I liked viewing it. Thanks for sharing.

[@RobertFithen]

From what I understand they switch things around. Someone said there was an entire exhibit dedicated to him and I've seen photos, but when I went there was nothing. I really don't understand this practice, but that's apparently how they do it.

[@George-lq3yu]

If that's the case, they really need to take a long, hard look at how they do things at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I mean, if they do that to David Bowie, then who else are they doing this to?

[@PrankZabba]

21:56 - exactly. WTF?!? Thanks for the trip. And no Bung Jovi.

[@RobertFithen]

There was just no time. Lol

[@chriswalksaroundbklyn7263]

Wayyyyyy too many groups and artists that do not belong in there

[@RobertFithen]

Waaaaayyyyy too much energy caring about meaningless inductions and awards. I don't care about any of it. I'm here to see the memorabilia and artifacts and that's it.

[@rbdreamsart]

This was an awesome tour. Thanks!

[@drmusic3641]

The museum itself is great. I went back in 2003 and loved seeing Elton's standup piano, Jim Morrison's hand written poetry, ZZ Top's Eliminator car, John Fogerty's guitar he played at Woodstock and Neal Peart's enormous drum set (which I kneeled and bowed to! LOL) If you love seeing artifacts from music history you have to go. To say it's the "Hard Rock cafe without waiters" is a bit harsh. How did you get a camera in? When I went they did not allow photographs so I assumed there would be the obligatory tour book in the gift shop but unfortunately there wasnt one.

[@RobertFithen]

There weren't any signs stating "no video/ photography". I wasn't sneaky about it. I was blatantly taking video and no one said anything. Others were taking photos, too.

[@drmusic3641]

@@RobertFithen When I went there signs everywhere "No Photography" and of course being what camera phones were back then it was impossible.

[@Bigchet1223]

You wanna see some jimi hendrix stuff go to seattle.

[@RobertFithen]

I've never been there. I need to go.

[@davidmontgomery5047]

A really Nice Building Etc Etc .But Way Too Many Crap Inductees at the Expense of the actual Rock Artists .

[@RobertFithen]

I don't care at all about the awards as I mentioned in the video. I also don't care about the Grammys, Oscars, Golden Globes, etc.

[@rapman5791]

“They are playing Green Day…unfortunately”. I knew I liked this guy! 😊

[@henkhemming6674]

Rock 'n Roll is not black,it is British.

[@sudsysutherland359]

I wasn’t going to leave a comment but i just cannot put my two cents in lol, because the “R&RHOF” is one crooked/messed up hall of fame. A couple of examples that pop out to me is the band Metallica, of course they deserve to be in the hall of fame but how is Iron Maiden~Judas Priest~Motörhead~ not in yet but Metallica is in before those 3 legendary metal bands who played an enormous role in shaping hard rock! I just don’t get it?! Another band that most definitely deserves to be in is ][v][EGADET][-][ Or at least Dave Mustaine because what Dave achieved on his own is remarkable imo. I couldn’t imagine no Megadeth 🤘

[@RobertFithen]

As I've said several times at this point, I really couldn't care less who is inducted or gets meaningless awards. Don't care about the Grammys or the Oscars either. I'm only there to see the memorabilia and that's it.

[@Patriot1777]

Move to fast to see the stuff

[@RobertFithen]

The video is already 40 minutes long and obviously KZbin has speed controls for a reason.

[@neglectoid]

38:40 bon jovi, more like bon NOvi

[@RobertFithen]

Lol. Exactly!

[@jimmymelendez1836]

Good one!👍

[@NicS-q8n]

Hall Of Shame - music store inside owned by the British .

[@paranoidplane9799]

Where the hell is Bob Dylan

[@RobertFithen]

I think they shuffle around artists to keep it interesting. There's an archive where they keep things they aren't currently using. I didn't see any David Bowie either, but people have said when they went, there was a large Bowie exhibit. Seems like a bad idea to me to do that, but that's apparently what they do.

[@carlsaganlives6086]

That Doors psychedelic outfit? Syd Barrett maybe.

[@timothyvandyke-lc1oi]

That place is a rip off

[@garyolshan4177]

not inducting Thin Lizzy

[@garyolshan4177]

Politically-influenced HOF deserves zero respect for inducting Thin Lizzy. Period.

[@RobertFithen]

As I mentioned in the video, I couldn't care less about meaningless awards. I'm here to see the museum and the artifacts. Don't care about the Grammys either.

[@Eric-Indiana]

I'm in the same mindset as you sir, don't give a 🐀's butt about things like The Grammys, these awards...the artifacts are what interest me.