(April 16, 2015 at 12:06 pm)Cato Wrote: Brian,
You're missing my point. I am familiar with artists that have been inducted. The R&R Hall of Fame isn't so much a joke because who is in (although this is ripe for debate), but because of those that have been omitted; e.g. Deep Purple and Iron Maiden. ABBA being in and these bands being left out is the same as having Cooperstown enshrine Mario Mendoza while ignoring Ernie Banks.
NO, I did not miss your point.
You are trying to use the omissions to justify your own tastes. If it worked like that I most certainly would NOT put Bob Dylan in there.
I watch the NFL induction year after year. Sometimes I run across a player I never heard of, and think about the players that don't get in, especially the ones from my team.
It isn't a lack of talent by Dylan or ABBA or the ones who don't get in, it is simply a matter of limits.
I listen to someone like Elvis and cant understand why so many like him. I would call him a talented performer certianly, but most of his songs were written for him and his lyrics also were not that deep, but he WAS a talented person.
