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Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock And Roll – Hall Of Fame

Posted in Opinion with tags Albert King, Cameron Carpenter, Chic, DBAWIS, Deep Purple, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donna Summer, Heart, Joan Jett, Kraftwerk, music, N.W.A., Paul Butterfield, Procol Harum, Public Enemy, R&R Hall of Fame, Randy Newman, Rush, Shanghai Cowgirl, The Marvelettes, The Meters on October 11, 2012 by segarini

It’s that time of year again; let the debates begin as the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ready their class of 2013. There is no pleasing everyone and the HOF is no different. Now even calling it the “Rock And Roll” Hall of Fame is a bit of a stretch. My definition of rock is pretty narrow and would not include 90% of hip-hop, 99% of disco (I will give a pass to “I Was Made For Loving You” by Kiss), very little funk and almost no folk. Their definition seems to be constantly fluid and I can only agree or disagree with their choices by means of my own internal rock’n’roll barometer.