Whitney Houston and Nine Inch Nails Make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

[SummerMadness]

Whitney Houston and Nine Inch Nails Make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The pop singer Whitney Houston, the '90s industrial-alternative experimentalists Nine Inch Nails and the Brooklyn rapper the Notorious B.I.G. are among the latest inductees into the gradually broadening tent that is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, according to an announcement on Wednesday.

Rounding out the class of 2020, which will be feted by the Rock Hall on May 2 in Cleveland, are the gothy synth-pop group Depeche Mode, which had hits throughout the '80s and '90s; the Doobie Brothers, who brought soul, country and jazz sounds into its top-selling '70s soft rock; and T-Rex, the English glam-rock band fronted by Marc Bolan until his death in 1977.

 

[dzheremi]

That is an interesting mix of artists (and genres, for that matter). It's a shame that they often don't get in until after they've passed, but I guess belated recognition for some of these is better than none.

 

[Dave-W]

Glad the Doobies got in finally. They were really good before Michael McDonald was hired as front man.

 

[thecolorsblend]

Whitney Houston and Nine Inch Nails Make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

I guess that’s logical. Because when I hear the words “rock and roll”, obviously the first thing I think of is Whitney Houston.

 

[Robban]

I guess that’s logical. Because when I hear the words “rock and roll”, obviously the first thing I think of is Whitney Houston.

Bill haley and the comets, "Rock around the clock".

 

[Hammster]

And still no Pat Benetar

 

[Dave-W]

I guess that’s logical. Because when I hear the words “rock and roll”, obviously the first thing I think of is Whitney Houston.

Because Pop and Soul are included in that. Back in the 60s they were all defined together. You had Jimi Hendrix, the Temptations and Tiny Tim back to back. All Rock & Roll.

 

[thecolorsblend]

Bill haley and the comets, "Rock around the clock".

Um, okay?

 

[Chesterton]

Because Pop and Soul are included in that. Back in the 60s they were all defined together. You had Jimi Hendrix, the Temptations and Tiny Tim back to back. All Rock & Roll.

The Temptations and Tiny Tim are rock and roll?

 

[Dave-W]

The Temptations and Tiny Tim are rock and roll?

In that day they were considered exactly that. Even "Tip toe thru the Tulips."

 

[Chesterton]

In that day they were considered exactly that. Even "Tip toe thru the Tulips."

You have a source for this? Have you ever heard rock and roll?

 

[Robban]

Um, okay?

I meant like you first think of Whitney Houston so
I first think of Bill Haley.

 

[SummerMadness]

Rock and roll drew its influence from blues, R&B and country music. It has always been a fusion of genres, that's why early inductees include soul (Ray Charles), doo-wop (The Coasters), Funk (James Brown), and country (The Everly Brothers). All music genres today evolved from those branches in music.

 

[SummerMadness]

You have a source for this? Have you ever heard rock and roll?

A genre that emerged in the 1940s and birthed much of the music we see today including, rock, alternative, heavy metal, hip-hop, R&B, trap music, soul, disco, funk, prog rock, etc.

 

[Chesterton]

Rock and roll drew its influence from blues, R&B and country music. It has always been a fusion of genres, that's why early inductees include soul (Ray Charles), doo-wop (The Coasters), Funk (James Brown), and country (The Everly Brothers). All music genres today evolved from those branches in music.

Makes no difference. Everything was influenced by other things. Doesn't mean it doesn't come to be a distinct thing.

But I'm not gonna argue about it. This "Hall" is a joke. It has absolutely zero credibility as an institution until it inducts my band from high school. We were the best band ever to come out of Ohio. At least out of Columbus, Ohio. Specifically, out of the Pinewood Estates subdivision. More specifically, the best band on N. Lawton Ave, except for that one other band that managed to land a gig once.

 

[Robban]

Makes no difference. Everything was influenced by other things. Doesn't mean it doesn't come to be a distinct thing.

But I'm not gonna argue about it. This "Hall" is a joke. It has absolutely zero credibility as an institution until it inducts my band from high school. We were the best band ever to come out of Ohio. At least out of Columbus, Ohio. Specifically, out of the Pinewood Estates subdivision. More specifically, the best band on N. Lawton Ave, except for that one other band that managed to land a gig once.

The furthest I ever got.

Haha

 

[Chesterton]

The furthest I ever got.

Haha

Well hey, it's tough to get your foot in the door in an crowded media marketplace like Knobtown.

 

[Dave-W]

You have a source for this? Have you ever heard rock and roll?

Ever heard Rock & Roll??

I was born the same year Bill Haley and the Comets released "Rock Around the Clock." I grew up hearing Elvis, the Beatles, The Who, Blue Cheer, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.

And I listened to top 40 radio in the late 60s and early 70s. They called all of that Rock and Roll because it was on the pop charts. They even called Virgil Fox Rock and Roll even though he was playing organ music from Bach. Yes he had psychedelic light shows with it and played to a heavy rock audience.

the point is it was ALL called Rock and Roll back in the day. And the Hall of Fame was just carrying on that tradition.

 

[Robban]

Well hey, it's tough to get your foot in the door in an crowded media marketplace like Knobtown.

Haha, it was not Knobtown and we did not have a bass,
we had a tea chest, broomstick and string.
Haha.

 

[Chesterton]

Ever heard Rock & Roll??

I was born the same year Bill Haley and the Comets released "Rock Around the Clock." I grew up hearing Elvis, the Beatles, The Who, Blue Cheer, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.

And I listened to top 40 radio in the late 60s and early 70s. They called all of that Rock and Roll because it was on the pop charts. They even called Virgil Fox Rock and Roll even though he was playing organ music from Bach. Yes he had psychedelic light shows with it and played to a heavy rock audience.

the point is it was ALL called Rock and Roll back in the day. And the Hall of Fame was just carrying on that tradition.

It was not all called rock and roll. The early Rolling Stones and Who referred to their music and rhythm and blues, and denied that they played rock and roll. People calling Bach rock and roll is why we had to invent punk rock in order to remind confused people what rock and roll is.