Photo: yazmar.comLL Cool J could be in the Rock and Roll HOF? Seriously!?
By Trevor Medeiros
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recently came out with its annual nominations for its next class. Some of the nominations come with liits next class. Some of the nominations come with little surprise (Bon Jovi), feelings of being long overdue (Alice Cooper) and just plain headscratching (LL Cool J?).
While the artists nominated every year make news, the artists continually snubbed are the ones who always ignite the bigger debate about who should really be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We can talk all day about what artists really should be in (that’s you, Depeche Mode, the Smiths, Judas Priest, Rush, Roxy Music, Bad Religion, Van Halen, and on, and on, and on) until we’re blue in the face.
But honestly, who cares who’s in? With every LL Cool J that gets in, this Hall of Shame loses any credibility they have in deciding which artists really are the best at what they do. Maybe it’s a blessing that the previously-mentioned snubs aren’t in. Why would they want to be associated with such a joke of an institution?
Most reasonable music fans know who should really be regarded as the greatest musicians of all time. They don’t need the Hall of Shame to tell them.
This is true. The only thing that is saving the Hall of Fame right now is that they just nominated Tom Waits for induction...if LL Cool J gets in and Waits doesn't, I will lose in respect for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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