Finishing Off 2014 Rock Hall Year
A friend of mine posted on Facebook that this was one of the worst Hall classes. But he never said why. I don't agree. And the edited HBO show was good entertainment. Chopping the actual ceremony by 2 1/2 hours, it was the usual good advertisement of what the Hall is about.
I'm not going to go over all that was screwed up by Joel Peresman & Co. With the 2014 inductions. But watching and reading about the ceremony you still scratch your head at some things. No KISS tribute, an E Street segment that dragged, waiting until Linda Ronstadt's Parkinson's announcement before finally nominating her and the Brian Epstein/Andrew Loog Oldham one that barely existed on TV. Oh, and it took a new NomCom member in Questlove to get Hall & Oates on the ballot.
There were good performances. Everyone came through. Although it probably flowed better on TV than in person.
The 2015 ballot can't get here soon enough.
I'm not going to go over all that was screwed up by Joel Peresman & Co. With the 2014 inductions. But watching and reading about the ceremony you still scratch your head at some things. No KISS tribute, an E Street segment that dragged, waiting until Linda Ronstadt's Parkinson's announcement before finally nominating her and the Brian Epstein/Andrew Loog Oldham one that barely existed on TV. Oh, and it took a new NomCom member in Questlove to get Hall & Oates on the ballot.
There were good performances. Everyone came through. Although it probably flowed better on TV than in person.
The 2015 ballot can't get here soon enough.
posted by Tom Lane at 8:51 PM
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