the general public may not know or care, but to those who have paid attention, the rock hall lost whatever cachet it may have had many years ago, by inducting acts which have had nothing to do with rock 'n' roll other than competing with or exceeding it, in pop or other market sales which in theory could be extrapolated and exploited so as to be sold  in some way seemingly related to the genre..

in the last several decades, the hall's main objective seems only to promote those who have box set or cother collected works which could be widely marketed using its brand. other than to certainly take advantage of that, the guess who really have little to gain in prestige or acclaim which they have not already earned worldwide, should they be inducted in my opinion. at this point other than to promote sales the 'award' amounts to about as much as being named an honorary civitan, or something, near as i can tell.

that said, if it has not already done so, the museum in cleveland should certainly devote some space, at least for a time, to the band's history and available memorabilia, especially in regard to the late kurt winter, who, i think, brought as much or more to the band as did any founding member who preceeded him within it.

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Roman wrote:

Country of origin really has nothing to do with it. The Guess Who should be in because of their track record of hits, sales and radio play around the world. For the same reason, folks south of the border can and should question why Paul Revere & The Raiders aren't in, and Brits can only shake their heads about Joe Cocker being left out. As for the meager number of Canadians represented in the Hall, if I had my druthers I'd actually reduce the number by one act because I don't think they deserve the limelight.

I'm very, very curious to learn which act you would would eliminate.  Care to share?

Roman wrote:

It's me Karen wrote:

Roman wrote:

Country of origin really has nothing to do with it. The Guess Who should be in because of their track record of hits, sales and radio play around the world. For the same reason, folks south of the border can and should question why Paul Revere & The Raiders aren't in, and Brits can only shake their heads about Joe Cocker being left out. As for the meager number of Canadians represented in the Hall, if I had my druthers I'd actually reduce the number by one act because I don't think they deserve the limelight.

I'm very, very curious to learn which act you would would eliminate.  Care to share?

Rush. They are, or in Neil Peart's case, were, fine musicians but I just can't handle Geddy Lee's voice. It also bothers me that he has behind-home-plate Blue Jay season tickets so I have to look at him (and think of his voice) for nine innings during a TV broadcast.
 

Thanks for sharing.  I thought you were going to say someone else.