We have some work to do. And when I say, "we," I mean, "we." As in, humanity.
Today, it was announced that Madonna would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is weird because Madonna doesn't make rock and roll music. Maybe rock, but the woman has never rolled in her career. We need to define Rock and Roll. I am no man to do this, but that doesn't mean I can't hold the opinion that it needs to happen. C'mon, Madonna is on the list with the Dave Clark Five and the Ventures. Rock and Roll!
I know we lack Hall of Fames, but is there a pop music hall of fame? I don't know, but it seems a stretch to put Madonna with Rock and Roll. She's awesome and a matriarch of pop music history as well as entertainment history, but I feel like we're all becoming music pluralists...or relativists...or fascists.
Like a friggin' virgin.
2 comments:
the things that you get upset about never cease to amaze me...
Bob Marley, The Bee Gees, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, and the Righteous Brothers are all in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, among many other questionable choices.
Meanwhile, KISS is not. Cheap Trick is not. Guns n' Roses is not.
Scruples? They have no scruples.
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