The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Chairman Says the Name Will NEVER Change!

[@jukeboxcowboy]

🤠 Wanna segregate rap from rock? Then say bye-bye to Subterranean Homesick Blues, Give Peace A Chance, Walk This Way, Sultans Of Swing, Another One Bites The Dust, Castles Made of Sand...

[@clydekimsey7503]

The hall of fame is about artists--not songs

[@clydekimsey7503]

@@jukeboxcowboy sure, but VERY few songs by the rock artists you mentioned sang anything resembling rap. To follow your logic, a few Ringo songs sounded kind of country. Do you want him in the country hall of fame?

[@jukeboxcowboy]

​@@clydekimsey7503 🤠 The artists and their art are inseparable. The art is defined by the artist. Criteria for the hall includes the influence and significance of the artists' contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll. Rap artists have done both. To deny that is to deny half a century of the development of rock and roll. Just one example; Aerosmith can thank hip-hop artists not only for revitalizing their career, but also carrying the rock and roll banner. Run DMC did not call themselves The Kings of rap, they called themselves The Kings of Rock. Unfortunately, it is typical for one culture to steal from another, change the name of the music, and then create a little club to exclude the very people who created it. And judging somebody by the way they look or dress? Maybe I'm out of touch, because I thought real rock and roll was about the very opposite of that baloney.

[@jukeboxcowboy]

​@@clydekimsey7503🤠 The songs by those artists are proof that rap is part fabric of rock and even predates the terminology. If you want examples of artists who have a more obvious equal ratio, look no further than Linkin Park and Rage Against the Machine.

[@jukeboxcowboy]

​​@@clydekimsey7503🤠 funny you should mention that, because Ringo is releasing a country album in a few days. In doing that, he is a country music artist. ie, an artist who has made an entire album of country music. Rock was derived from blues, r'n'b, folk and hillbilly music. Of course country was a massive influence on Rock, and for a long time has been part of rocks DNA...with artists such as Lynyrd skynyrd, the Eagles, etc... and Ringo's album is expressing that very thing. Rock and roll breaks boundaries. It is fearless. It didn't end in 1979. The only reason these groups haven't played in the so-called rock arena, is that they are excluded from it. Making geography or heritage the basis of an art form's validity or inclusion is a dangerous notion.

[@trevertravis8963]

If everything is rock n roll...then nothing is.

[@davej.meister5421]

I hope Diddy is not in the Rock Hall.

[@venedenn1]

Imagine the Baseball Hall of Fame inducting softball and cricket greats into their awards. They both grow out of the same root that created baseball - but it ain’t the same!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

An excellent analogy VenneDenn! ❤

[@hugonarvaez2944]

Iindeed,,, Nothing more said .

[@xltek1]

As a rock and roll fan, I don’t care what they call it, it doesn’t exist to me.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Me as well XLTek! ❤!

[@brentgardner5103]

The REAL Rock Hall of Fame is run by all of the true fans who have supported and listened to the great artists whom we have loved for decades. Forget the fake one. Keep on rockin', sisters and brothers!! Happy New Year!!!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Well said Brent! ❤

[@brewswillis9783]

Lost ALL respect for the RRHOF when they inducted the first NON-Rock artist. Period.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Yep! Great call BrewsWillis!❤

[@chris55529]

The Hall of Fame will never erase the stain of excluding BOSTON!!!!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

No they won’t Chris, I agree! ❤

[@chris55529]

@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Thanks, bro!!

[@nickpolizzi5897]

Or Ted Nugent!

[@PaulFormentos]

Saw them twice in 1987...RIP Brad and Sib

[@steverobertson6748]

Made me laugh with the truth of "what a load of Bull shit!",,couldn't say it better myself Michael cheers,from Canada 🇨🇦

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

And cheers right back atcha Steve! Happy freakin’ New Year!❤👌

[@williamlangan5902]

0:42 I couldn’t have said it better, Michael!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Right William? It;s a face only a mother could love! 😂❤

[@williamlangan5902]

@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine I’m surprised Celine Dion and Michael Bolton haven’t been nominated. It’s been 25 years for both of them. After all, they performed schmaltzy versions of actual rock songs!

[@sebces2576]

11:29 almost spat out my Pappy when I saw this

[@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin]

The fact Missy Elliot and Dolly Parton are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Grand Funk, Humble Pie, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Three Dog Night, The Monkees and The Guess Who have never even been nominated...

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

You are obviously a Scholar & a Gentleman Larry! 😉👌❤🏆

[@drmusic3641]

Every one of those bands shouldve been in decades ago, especially those last three as I'm a huge Monkees/Nesmith fan.

[@dawnofthefrank7712]

Happy New Year Michael! Spot on!🎉

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Happy New Year to you as well Dawn! ❤

[@russelltimmons9169]

It's "institutions" like the RRHOF that have actually been killing Rock and Roll by watering it down and redefining what it is supposed to be. Perhaps that will be the greatest irony of all: The RRHOF killed Rock and Roll music.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Exactly Russell! They are now trying to change the mindset of the gullible! ❤

[@clydekimsey7503]

They won't ever change the name. That would admit they made a mistake 😅

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Now you’ve out your finger on the whole problem Clyde! ❤

[@stephanevillatte5970]

Happy new year Michael,I wish you and your family the best of life...a faithful follower.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Thank you very much Stephane! Always good to hear from ya, and I always appreciate your comments! ❤

[@45RPM45]

I visited the Hall of Fame last summer. It has some cool stuff, but in the end it's like any other Museum you see what you want to see and then that's it.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Exactly 45! Bit Hollywood has tried to turn into extravaganza! ❤

[@mjemigh3304]

Yup. We went a few years ago and enjoyed it. We both know enough not to take it seriously. It's just a pretty cool tourist attraction. No point in pushing your blood pressure over who is and isn't represented. There's nothing "official" about it, after all.

[@jeffreyflint6286]

Happy New Year Micheal. It is meaningless to put artists in there that aren't rock and roll. Its infuriating to me that the same old shenanigans keep right on going strong. Keep it coming brother. ❤❤👍👍

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Happy New Year to you as well! You got it brother! ❤

[@classicalbum]

Happy New Year Michael, keep up the good work

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

And a grand New Year to you as well brother! Love your channel btw! ❤

[@christopherbarker1048]

@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine I'll forever call it the Rock n Roll Hall of Shame

[@LarryGonzalez00]

I still say the Hall should take a five year break from nominating "new" artists and instead put in all the passed over older artists who deserve induction. Happy New Year Michael, looking forward to another great year of your entertaining insights.☮

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Happy New Year to you as well! I could not agree more Larry! ❤

[@TigerRogers0660]

Michael, there is still something rotten in the world of the R & R Hall Of Fame. Some things will never change!!

[@MrKeychange]

Can't someone else just create one? It only has credibility because the artists are extending it.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

I’ve suggested that very same thing a couple of times on the channel MrKeyChange! Good to hear from ya! ❤

[@MrKeychange]

@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Happy New Year Michael! I suppose whomever tried it would need a great trademark lawyer.

[@interstellardave]

I came here to say this as well. Rock artists worth the title that are already in should remove themselves although I don’t expect that to happen without an alternate destination in place. There are people in the industry who can make a real R&R HOF happen, I am sure, and they definitely should.

[@masseysmaineentertainment]

Michael; You make valid points from the angle of semantics. I agree perhaps we either need to re-brand the RR Hall to reflect its inductees or be more consistent in the selection process. However..... Artists like Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan (who I would regard as one of the earliest examples of rap song structures) have come out in support of hip hop artists being in the Hall of Fame.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Exactly, those guys are just trying to keep their own gravy train rolling! 😂

[@bettyrichmond7244]

I couldn't agree with you more.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Thanx Betty! Appreciate ya dropping in! ❤

[@clydekimsey7503]

I love the way you said you "occasionally" take jabs at the rock n roll hall of fame!😅😅😅 Keep it up😊

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Yeah, I try to keep things light-hearted, but I got to speak my mind Clyde!1! 😂❤

[@1099Kramo]

I hope Lawrence Welk gets in soon!🤪

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

LOL! A one-a-and-a-two-ah… 😂❤

[@clydekimsey7503]

@@1099Kramo 😆

[@mjemigh3304]

Hey, he did a pretty hot arrangement of "One Toke Over The Line," ya' know. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmnXlaCXes2Afqc

[@ToddSauve]

@@mjemigh3304 They obviously didn't know what a "toke" was. Talk about naive and not interested enough to even look into the background of a song. I think Welk heard "Sweet Jesus" and just assumed it was something wholesome. 🙄🙄🙄

[@mjemigh3304]

@@ToddSauve Apparently, a few of the musicians got it and got quite a kick out of it. They mentioned it to Brewer & Shipley.

[@floundergearjam]

Happy New Year Michael! The first step in changing the name of the RRHOF is to say that the name of the RRHOF will never change. RRHOF has turned into a dumpster fire.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

And to you as well GearJam! Good to hear from ya! And yeah, a dumpster fire ‘bout sums it up brother! ❤

[@mariozamprogno1654]

Keep preaching the truth brother

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Have mouth will travel Mario! I just can’t help myself! 😂❤👌

[@mariozamprogno1654]

@ Yeah brother I’m exactly the same way. I don’t pull any punches. I tell it like it is and if people don’t like it too bad so sad.

[@mariozamprogno1654]

They should change the name to the rock ‘n’ roll hall of sham

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

LOL! I see whatcha did there Mario! 😂❤👌

[@mariozamprogno1654]

@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine I’m glad you got a chuckle out of that brother

[@progbloke6655]

I'm still amazed that any artist actually cares about the Hall Of Lame. Some of them seem to think it's an honour to be inducted. It really is completely irrelevant.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

I sooo agree with you ProgBloke! Well said brother! ❤

[@trevertravis8963]

Rock n Roll Hall of Shit

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

LOL Trever! I can smell it from here! ❤

[@trevertravis8963]

@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine I wish that someday a group of musicians would get together and create the Metal Hall of Fame, and have it strictly focus on great metal bands and artists.

[@catherine6653]

I am not a fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I will never visit the place.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Yeah, not a vacation spot for me either Catherine! ❤👌

[@mwmann]

You're spot on as usual Michael. 🎉

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Thank you kindly MW! ❤

[@TannerHemmingsen]

This is why the better John Sykes is the one who played guitar in Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

There ya go Tanner! ❤

[@michaelkelly4613]

Happy New Year to Michael and all the Tribe! I do agree that the R&R HOF has gotten out of hand. It will take a while to turn over the powers that be to people with more common sense. But at this point, I think the only reasonable solution would be to rename it the Popular Music Hall of Fame, and if we still want there to be a Rock and Roll HOF, start anew. The other option would be to spin off the rock acts from the old HOF, but then there will be the same old arguments over which acts qualify. I think you would need a new organization entirely made up of the right people from the get go who can start fresh and get it right.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

And a big Happy New Year to you as well Michael! I’ve said it many times before that if they rename it, I’ll leave the damned thing alone! 😂❤👌

[@Rael_486]

"We will change their brains." 🧠

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Exactly Rael! You get it! ❤

[@TERRYHROVAT]

Just change the name to The Rock and Roll Hall of Shame and be done with it!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Amen to that Terry! Well said! ❤

[@joetabone4038]

Rock and roll hall of shame is more like it. Do they not know the definition of Rock and Roll.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Evident;y not JoetaBone! ❤😉

[@EDDIETRUJILLO-q8p]

Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift will be in before Bad Company and Uriah Heep. We know what the hall isn't.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Too true EDDIE! Too true! ❤👌🏆

[@nozzledrich]

Lets not forget Bad Finger, the Go Go' got in but no BF, WTF is going on here? Dont get me started on Rolling Stone' top 250 guitarists 🤣

[@drmusic3641]

In a recent interview promoting his last album, Paul Rodgers told the HOF not to even nominate the band since he will refuse it and not show up.

[@werewolvesofsanger4649]

I get pissed off every time I think of the RRHOF. It should be for rock bands only. No Jethro Tull. No Ten Years After. It's a damn joke.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

I agree with you wholeheartedly Werewolves! ❤

[@stephensmith62]

I heard Petunia was performing at a slash metal festival in Hell's Kitchen , but I could have been mistaken . The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame seems not fit for purpose and is probably "Brought to you by Pfizer" .

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

I just knew the old gal was moonlighting! 😂

[@aarond23]

Happy New Year Michael! They did it to themselves. Will they be able to induct any rock artist who released music after 1990? They've went for popular music acts rather than rock music acts.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

And a Happy New Year to you as well Aaron! And yes they certainly did brother! ❤

[@mjemigh3304]

I bet'cha Chuck Berry took notice of the lyrics of Gilbert & Sullivan at one time or another. I hereby nominate THAT dynamic duo for induction!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Freakin’ great [oint here MJ! Well said! ❤

[@saint.vitus.7775]

Ah - A Fantastic Four reference! Nice. BTW - i totally agree with your viewpoint: If it ain't Rock N Roll - it shouldn't be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The problem for the R&R HOF is - Rock is no longer the cultural force it was 30+ years ago. What current day 'Rock' bands could anyone see being inducted 20 years hence? Honestly, i can't think of any. So, the R&R HOF thinks it needs to 'diversify' in order to preserve its brand (and cash flow) into the future. Add to that the whole 'Woke' agenda of demonizing White Men - and you get what we now have. The R&R HOF should have concentrated on inducting all the actual 'Rock' bands and artists that they've snubbed for the past couple decades - because unfortunately, that generation is disappearing. They should have given credit where it's due. Now it's really become nothing but a joke.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

You're a sharp one Saint Vitus! 😂❤👌

[@jameswilson7084]

As soon as they inducted Madonna, they went astray. After that, anyone could get in. They should change it to "The Popular Music Hall Of Fame". But, I can see why they don't. It's been "The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame" since the mid '80's. It would confuse people, to change the name now. It's easier to accept new inductees who aren't from the rock genre, than to change the name. And I think it's obvious why they're inducting hip-hop, pop and country artists. It's about popularity. They want to seem "new" and "fresh". And to get more eyes focused their way. And, inducting Jay-Z, helps with that.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Oh I agree with you as far as the why James! But eve with these popular choices viewership is waaay down brother! ❤

[@denverexec2000]

I was thinking exactly the same thing, Popular Music is the broader term that would capture what has been happening, and I don't have a problem with that myself. BUT I don't think the term "popular music" is very compelling, and that alone sort of kills it as an option.

[@jameswilson7084]

@@denverexec2000 They're best to keep the name, and let people deal with the fact that everyone included doesn't fall into the rock genre.

[@PaulFormentos]

HOF lost cred when it took forever to put YES in

[@jackstonehenge]

Such a shame corporate greed won out. Not surprised at all, though. Can’t old-school rock fans just have their own niche. Is it too much to ask? I know I’m preaching to the choir here but just want you to know I’m right there with you.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Preach it loud & proud Jack! Always room for reiteration in the comments brother!

[@johnalello9233]

It's all a joke! It's the all genre music hall of fame even Dolly Parton said she ain't no Rock n roller it's just hilarious! Trying to be politically correct in music! Great reporting Michael! Happy new year 🎉

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Thanx so much John! And a very Happy😊 New Years to you as well brother! ❤

[@drmusic3641]

I thought it was a good idea at first but once I saw my favorite artists being ignored (The Monkees, The Raspberries) and unexplainable ones being inducted (Willie, Dolly, Missy Elliot) I threw my hands in the air. While the HOF is laughable the museum is great. I went there a few years ago and loved seeing all the great memorabilia such as John Fogerty's Woodstock guitar, ZZ Top's Eliminator car, Jim Morrison's handwritten poetry, Elton's first standup piano and Neil Peart's MASSIVE drum set!

[@onetwothree1201]

Between Hip Hop and Reggae, Reggae is the one that must get enough recognition in the Rock N Roll hall of fame. Singers like Peter Tosh and Toots and the Maytals should be inducted ahead of any Hip Hop artists.

[@russelltimmons9169]

@@onetwothree1201 I agree. Especially since some of the greatest Rock players of all time - especially in the 70's - talked about how much Reggae influenced them.

[@davidhapka5410]

All I know is I hope I live long enough to see Taylor Swift be inducted 😒🙄🤣

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Oh no you didn’t David! 😂👌❤

[@ANGELSLVME]

The name should be The Music hall of fame, are have Separate Rooms like Country, R &B, Hip Hop/rap, and Rock/heavy metal

[@DarrellS54]

It`s all about political correctness unfortunately.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Sadly you are so right IMHO Darrell! ❤

[@johnnysnowbird826]

It's about degrading a certain culture

[@trentrevis2758]

Aunt Petunia? You're really Ben Grimm!!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Yep! A long time comic book fan Trent! ‘Nuff said! ❤😉

[@theokidokis]

Nobody cares about the uninteresting thing called 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'. Why bother 'bout that crap?

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

I get mad because they are using the term to achieve their end goals that are not related to Rock at all Theo! ❤

[@ababab28]

In my opinion it would be 100% appropriate to call it the "Popular Music Hall of Fame" because Rock and Roll is a very narrow definition anymore, and they already contradict it whenever they want. Also Rock and Roll alone is not as significant a category the further we get from the 50's-70's. Most "Rock and Roll" is pure fusion anyways, and these genres are all interconnected and related: Pop, Rock, R&B, Disco, Reggae, Funk, Soul, Hip Hop etc... even Country Western is a significant influence and enduring style within Rock and Roll, although they got a good Hall of Fame themselves. But that's how it should be, you'll never see a Hip Hop artist in the Country Music Hall of Fame, and so be it. So for me, either keep it STRICTLY rock and roll (which they've already strayed from, and in which case we need a separate pop music hall of fame) or just embrace all popular music styles to be more future proof and far more broad and interesting musically.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

And I agree with your final paragraph Ababab! But they should Keep the Name!❤👌

[@jaybeatty2182]

The Chairman needs to induct Grand Funk Railroad into the hall of fame

[@garynolandoldermanstronger6400]

The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame is a joke. It’s like the baseball hall of fame accepting football players as great base w

[@stoneagedjp]

Insurance scam man LOL. Well put discussion on all counts. But I see what they're doing. Putting these other genres under the Rock & Roll banner is an attempt to impart to them the same prestige that R & R has. R& R has led music for the last 60 years or so. Other genres, regardless of their own inherent merit (including even rap), can never hope to achieve that. To egalitarians, it is unacceptable to accept differences in rank, so they simp up to everybody. (I would even argue that rock and R & R are different genres. This is based on our use of those words in the 70s.)

[@alanlinfield8207]

Agreed. This is why George Carlin asked, "What happened to Roll?"

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Brother, you get it! Validity passed out as a trophy is NEVER valid! Thanx StoneAge! ❤

[@clevebaker8399]

It’s reall the radio station hall of fame!! Genres of music have their own great artists!! Metallica in the R&B hall of fame????! You know what I mean 😵‍💫🙃

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

I love your point here Cleve! Well said brother! ❤

[@davej.meister5421]

Is Diddy in the Rock Hall? If he is, that within itself makes the Rock Hall a complete G.I. JOKE!!

[@ShaneBurnsie]

Then keep rap (which is c-rap without the c) and all that other non-rock out of it!!!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Bingo! Someone pass Shane a cigar! ❤

[@kenfrankel3498]

The HOF is a bleepin joke! Even the legendary DJ Richard Neer thinks so. Where’s Tull ? Ten Years After ?? 2 middle fingers up the “HOF”…

[@alanlinfield8207]

The name won’t be changed. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is sexier than Popular Music Hall of Fame. Although I have scant interest in how the RRHOF characterizes rock and roll music, I still find the topic highly worthy of discussion. As others here have pointed out, sometimes it’s hard to know where to draw the line. Country had a huge influence on rock and roll, but it’s not rock and roll. Willie Nelson and George Jones don’t play rock but the Eagles and Poco do. What about the Outlaws, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Marshall Tucker Band? Jazz is not rock, but Traffic and Spirit are rock bands. What about Weather Report? The Tymes, the Spinners, the Fifth Dimension, the Stylistics, and the Chi-Lites are all terrific soul groups. Which ones would you include in your own Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Well said Alan! I always expected the R&RHoF was only into the whole thing for the SEX! 😂❤👌

[@alanlinfield4318]

@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Don't say that! You'll make them semi-legitimate. (Even though it's the truth.)

[@AshleyReynolds-vc6ly]

Do not rename the RRHOF. Just get rid of it, it is a wank. Then start a new music hall of fame run by the tribe of this channel. The new MHOF can have categories to cover all genres as well as an overall general all-inclusive category. Hip-hop and rap by definition cannot belong in a music HOF, but they can have their own hall of infamy run by inmates of an asylum.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Unfortunately I have to agree with you Ashley! And it’s long overdue! ❤

[@MrBrett1963]

Hate to disagree with you, but I think your Aunt Petunia is more rock and roll than this guy, lol. Happy New Year and best wishes for 2025

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

LOL! I know what you mean! Happy New Year to you as well MrBrett!! ❤

[@alanlinfield8207]

Happy New Year, Michael! The RRHOF is a business and their decisions on which artists to induct will be largely driven by what they think will boost ticket and merchandise sales. This simple fact always has and always will severely limit their credibility, especially among serious fans and students of rock and roll history. I turn to more reliable sources of information - including my own ears - to determine what legitimately qualifies as rock music. Our opinions will differ from time to time, and that’s fine. But I can’t be bothered (much) about what a less-informed CEO with his own non-musical agenda has to say on the subject. On the other hand, if the RRHOF and other groups with their own agendas convince the next generation of casual music fans that hip hop influences can be found in every music style from the last hundred years and that institutions aggressively suppressed those influences until hip hop became too popular to ignore ... well, let’s just say I won’t subscribe to that narrative. The next step would likely be to put asterisks after rockers like Bill Haley, Elvis, and Buddy Holly. Damn it! I said I wasn’t bothered but now I am.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Like me, you wind your own self up Alan! But that’s OK, the world needs more like us! ❤

[@georgemckendrickbryce9863]

The industry cannot define or redefine a grass roots movement, the whole point of Rock & Roll and every genre of Rock and sub genre it's influenced is that it came from the people not the industry. The Rap phenomenon also came from of the people, but is a completely different branch of the music tree i.e. DJs/MCs, funk, and disco. Rock & Roll is not an umbrella term, it embodies one movement in time; Rap was a new movement completely seperate from, and parallel to Rock & Roll's child genres. This is why Rappers and Rock bands like to work together today, because the juxtaposition is cultural. Considering Rap to be Rock & Roll is like having Hot Dogs or Caviare on a Sunday and calling it a Sunday Roast dinner. It's a Sunday dinner because it's Sunday, but it's not a freaking Sunday Roast.

[@Gino65]

Is the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame about music or politics ? I hear you Michael 100%. You're not an instigator ! You're a rebel and a trailblazer. We are your tribe.

[@stevenorman612]

I would have to make an argument in favor of Willie, he actually influenced rock-n-roll. Rock-n-roll is part country. The Rolling Stones were influenced by him. But Dolly Pardon came after rock-n-roll was already in its full form.

[@richardhenle2650]

I think there is a lot to look at. The first thing is the Hall is doing that I see being done, or has been done with things like the Grammys, basically eliminated Rock each year. The Rock awards are not even given on the show, also they eliminated a ton of the Rock Categories like, Male, Female and Group and lumped them all together citing that they cannot find "enough" of each to nominate. The elimination of any Rock act being featured on the Super Bowl half time show, hasn't happened in a long time, which really makes this all about RATINGS MONEY. This is it, so the head of the hall to make this about "diversity" is BS because alot of these acts getting in like a Dolly or LL or Jay Z were not exactly complaining about NOT being in there, they were more like "US?". Its really about the ratings and the talk this brings to the show, if next year they announced that Styx, Kansas, and Reo Speedwagon and Rick Springfield were getting in, shoot I'd be ecstatic but thats hardly going to bring "light" to the show and the overall brand that the hall has become now

[@petersheely7246]

👍🤪

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

👌❤

[@ekim1302]

Just QUIT talking about it…

[@garym6688]

I think the fact that both Dolly & Jay-Z protested their OWN inductions speaks volumes to corroborate your whole point, Michael. They themselves know full well that they don't belong in a HoF dedicated to rock and roll any more than Michael Jordan belongs in the Hockey HoF. It doesn't make MJ any less of an amazing athlete, it just means that he didn't play hockey! And neither Dolly nor Jay-Z, as successful and accomplished as they are, perform rock and roll music. We know it and they know it, so why do the people in charge continue to induct artists who simply do not belong? Country music has its own HoF, and if hip-hop doesn't yet, I'm sure it will at some point. That's where those artists should be celebrated, not in the Rock HoF. That said, the idea of a Hall of Fame for music in general seems far too arbitrary to me. I'm all for a "Music Museum" type of venue to preserve artifacts from the annals, but that should be the extent of it.

[@loyalman692ndaccount]

Id rather see a iffy band like pablo cruise or gerry rafferty get in the rap and country at least their rock.

[@perbes100]

Terrible.

[@mooch514]

Maybe he should be changed

[@michaelrublesky2178]

to parrot Gene Simmons.. talk to me when ROCK, Country.... acts are admitted into the RAP hall of fame. Ask yourself.. who samples who? * And on the root argument.... flour is in a roux but do not call that cake-

[@user-xi7hv5ns4i]

The new DEI,WOKE, say goodbye to Rock and Roll. Country awards is going through it also.Supposed to change types of music to let DEI go to work.There' more money into merging a smaller company into a larger company and the smaller company taking charge,there's your inclusion.

[@alanlinfield8207]

And are there pop artists which do not rock? Dusty Springfield, James Taylor, the Turtles, the Grass Roots, the Association, Three Dog Night, Tommy James and the Shondells, Del Shannon, Jim Croce, Dionne Warwick, Olivia Newton-John, John Denver, Helen Reddy, Cat Stevens, Anne Murray, Bread, the Raspberries, Neil Diamond, Cher, Don McLean, Air Supply, Little River Band, Madonna, Tom Jones, B.J. Thomas, and Lesley Gore. If you’re like me you said “yes” to some, “no” to some, and “I’m not sure” to others. How do you know where to draw the line? Many of these artists were very influential, but they didn’t exactly rock. Or did they? And which music styles do you classify as sub-genres of rock and which don’t make the cut? Doo-wop. Yes. Psychedelia? Sure. Grunge. Okay. Funk? Disco? Power Pop?

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

I agree with you regarding what you say here Alan! But how do we get to the point of answering your question if we can’t at least agree that Rap & Hip Hop aren’t in the equation?😉👌❤

[@gideonlapidus8996]

just looking at this guy you can see ge knows f all about real music, only rap crap and hipop

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Agreed Gideon! ❤