Dolly Parton Unfit for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Dolly Parton was right when she initially declined being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame because she’s NOT a rock artist. She’s never recorded or performed Rock Music and is unfit to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Harry Belafonte (who’s listed in the 2022 induction) isn’t a rock artist either and has never recorded rock music.
The fact the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is including people who aren’t rock artist proves there’s no actual qualifications which are adhered to, no bar is too low, being included has no honor and means NOTHING. It also shows how stupid and ignorant those are who vote for artists to be included into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Also, Dolly Parton has a HORRIBLE quivery country voice and is one of the worst “singers” in music, (like Johnny Cash who was more of a talker than a singer). None of her songs were outstanding. The only song I can think of is “9 to 5” which is a stupid, abrasive song which makes a lot of people make a mad dash to change stations if it’s played.
Dolly Parton is one of those people who’s “famous for being famous”, which is likely how she managed being part owner of Dollywood.
Dolly Parton seems like a nice person, but a Rock Artist, Great Musician or Great Vocalist, she is not.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Sucks!
The Beastie Boys and Laura Nyro are in, but Chicago and KISS are out?! No way, writes journalist/musician Jamie Reno.
Per the above article: “The way I see it, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voting committee is a cabal that too often honors performers who are edgy, brainy, pretentious, or sometimes not even “rock” at all. Petitions with tens of thousands of signatures and websites urging the RRHOF committee to consider this or that artist are routinely ignored. Just Google “rock and roll hall of fame sucks” and you’ll find petitions like this: “The Hall of Fame was founded to recognize outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of rock music”.
“There’s something very wrong with a world in which Laura Nyro is enshrined, but KISS is once again overlooked. “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has become a joke,” KISS’s Gene Simmons recently told Rolling Stone magazine, whose editor/publisher Jann Wenner co-founded the RRHOF nearly 30 years ago. “We’ve been thinking about it and the answer is simply, ‘We’ll just buy it and fire everybody.’” To which Simmons’ bandmate Paul Stanley added, “With all due respect, when you get to Patti Smith you’re about two steps away from Pete Seeger.”
“Gene and Paul, you guys rock. I couldn’t agree more: the criteria for induction into the Hall of Fame are fuzzy at best. Entire musical genres have been slighted—from progressive rock to metal to ‘60’s and ‘70s Top 40—while artists in several non-rock genres including rap, blues, disco, folk, jazz and country manage to find their way in. Huh? The only stated prerequisites are that the artist must have had some impact and released a record at least 25 years ago”.
“In reality, the choices seem to be largely just a reflection of the personal tastes of Wenner and his minions. Back in 2007, the Monkees’ Peter Tork told the New York Post that Wenner “doesn’t care what the rules are and just operates how he sees fit. It is an abuse of power. I don’t know whether The Monkees belong in the Hall of Fame, but it’s pretty clear that we’re not in there because of a personal whim.”
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