I don’t mind taking something away from performers..
In what world does Missy Elliott hold a candle to Willy Nelson? I don’t even like Willy’s songs that much, but why? Just why?
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced it's list of inductees for 2023. https://www.rockhall.com/rock-roll-hall-fame-announces-2023-inductees
I don't want to take anything away from those performers, many of whom clearly deserve it, but it kils me that Warren Zevon, who was near the top of the fan voting last I looked, didn't make it. I had the honor of seeing him twice at Tipitina's in New Orleans in the early to mid '90s, and his music was a shared interest with my late father.
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Yep, and I know nothing of Kate Bush other than she had a song that was really popular in Stranger Things last year. Would she have been an nominee before that? I don't know. The rest of them (aside from Missy Elliott. In her case, I am not the target audience, so I don't know the influences she may have made), I'm good with, though I might have waited a while for Rage, given that Zevon, who started his career in the 1970's, and influenced a LOT of people even if he isn't a household name, still isn't a member.
She was more of a UK phenomenon and charted better there but the hall of fame doesn’t really care about UK US. ..but ya Kate Bush was a victim of typecasting. Prog rock and experimentalism was still a man’s game.
Cool. Oh, and I completely forgot that Cyndi Lauper was leading the fan voting (by a mile) and didn't get in. That's a damn shame, too.