2023 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Snubs vs Diversity

Agree, the biggest snub is to Jethro Tull. Dozens of albums, decades of music. Brilliant compositions and excellent musicianship. Self-taught flutist Ian Anderson is a genius. Perhaps it's the line in Baker Street Muse, "I have no time for Time Magazine or Rolling Stone". Do ya think? I can't imagine why Tull hadn't been inducted years ago. I'm sure Ian isn't losing any sleep over it.

Well said Alan. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is a private for profit entity, so I guess they can put in anyone who may increase traffic at the museum. However, it's not been a hall of rock & roll for some time. Willie Nelson is an American Treasure, but not rock & roll...same with Dolly Parton and so many other recent inductees. It would be akin to enshrining Eddie Van Halen into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame. Until the MC5, Grand Funk, and The Jgeils Band get in, it's simply the Hall of Pop-Culture not Rock & Roll....😒

1. Jethro Tull 2. Grand Funk Railroad 3. Three Dog Night 4. Emerson Lake Palmer 5. Blue Oyster Cult 6. Styx 7. Foreigner 8. Boston 9. REO Speedwagon 10. Kansas 11. Peter Frampton 12. Iron Maiden 13. Scorpions 14. Ozzy (Randy Rhoads) 15. Dio 16. Triumph 17. UFO 18. Bad Company 19. Sweet 20. Electric Light Orchestra 21. Motley Crue 22. Whitesnake 23. RATT 24. Dokken 25. Queensryche 26. Motorhead

The year: 2400 A.D. The forgotten pile of rubble: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Still selling albums and revered by millions: Jethro Tull. This shall come to pass.

The Kingston Trio * Peter, Paul & Mary * The Spencer Davis Group * Jan & Dean * The Monkees * Jethro Tull * King Crimson * Emerson, Lake & Palmer * Blood, Sweat & Tears * Kool & The Gang * Commodores * Foreigner

Well said, my brother! We all know what the glaring omissions from the R&R HoF are, but it's really important to see them all in one video, especially with the added visual aid of seeing the albums. I mean, some of the bands' discographies are so rich that you'd think they'd have been in the HoF ages ago. It's a shame, really...

There needs to be a year when they look at early artists who played "Good Time Rock and Roll." For instance, The Turtles, The Monkees, and Paul Revere and the Raiders were HUGE multi-media stars in the 60's. (Radio, TV, magazines.) I know, I was there!!

Great video and enviable music collection! After the results were announced today, I spent a good chunk of my day thinking about the acts who’ve gotten snubbed over the years…

shocking what groups were never even nominated !!!! You explain it so well...yes, I was a '70's, '80's kid....remember all the success of these neglected bands....DAMN....BOSTON and Jethro Tull, Kansas ignored?? Aqualung and More Than a Feeling are beyond huge examples of their megahits... The R& R Hall of Shame indeed......yes.."it is a joke" ..

Sorry forgot to mention George Michael sang,wrote,arranged,produced and played most of the instruments on his albums a real genius who has duets with Queen,Aretha Franklin,Stevie Wonder,Elton John,Ray Charles,Tony Bennet,Pavarotti,Whitney Houston ,Mary j Blige,Paul McCartney etc and even turned down Michael Jackson and received a letter from Sinatra stating how good he was

You blew my mind. Marshall Tucker is my favorite country rock and Tull is the biggest head-scratcher. But that Wishbone Ash T-shirt, caught me by surprise. I thought only a few of us ol' hippies knew about them. Great stuff. I do feel bad for the older groups (like Guess Who, Three Dog Night, Paul Revere, etc.) the new voters have no clue.

You are spot on with your analysis of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. First of all let's just say what it really is, it's a business, and will always be a business first. Not too much to do with musical legacy or achievement if you're not in the first wave of Rock and Roll including the British Invasion (50s, 60s, there are a few exceptions). The Hall needed those bands and artists to get off the ground. They were pioneers and they had to let them in regardless of how long they were together or how many hits they had. Now there's several who aren't even Rock and Roll artists in the truest sense of the word who are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and dozens of Rock and Roll artists with large catalogs and years in the business who will never get a look let alone have a shot of getting in. It's a total joke! The place is run by a small cartel of successful music executive types in corner offices who's bottom line is strictly profit. The list you showed of the nominees pale in comparison to stacks of CDs you displayed of the bands that should rightfully be inducted and are not, this sadly happens year after year. The fix is in! It's like any corporation, you have to sell to a younger market to sustain profitability and viability even at the expense of those who rightfully deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame even though the organization would vehemently deny this theory. It's a tragedy and a disgrace.

8:00 Is it the "Rock n Roll Hall of fame" or ... "Rock n Roll MUSIC hall of fame." They say diversity means less white people, but in Rock n Roll it means less white men.

Supertramp made some of the best albums from 74 to 79, with the hit songs to go along with them. I reckon a movie or show feature will get them a nomination.

I have many thoughts on this, but I posted this on Feb. 2 on Twitter in response to Billy Joel tweeting about Warren Zevon and Cyndi Lauper getting inducted into the RnRHOF: "The lines between inclusion and exclusion have become so blurred, I'm not sure what the qualifications are anymore to be inducted into the @rockhall. Are we going to induct individuals based on one hit album while ignoring artists with longer and much more successful careers?"

i finally found out that the hall of fame enters all genres of music not just rock,so they should really change the name of the hall of fame to music hall of fame

Grand Funk Railroad set the tone for selling out stadiums and arenas. He didn't mention they had two good live albums too.

Perfectly said! Thank you for this show!

Wow that Tull collection is unbelievable.

This is epic! Great rant!