Good for Chrissie

[Stratafied]

Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde Lambasts Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: ‘Just More Establishment Backslapping’

The legendary iconoclast’s scathing FB post followed a similarly harsh op-ed from Courtney Love about the lack of female representation in the Rock Hall.

www.billboard.com

 

[Scott Baxendale]

She’s got quite a stance!

 

[StratUp]

She's right about it all around.

 

[Slider58]

Good for Chrissie. She speaks the truth.
The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame is a corporate joke.

 

[abnormaltoy]

I try not to get involved in the professional mutual adoration celebrations, but the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just seems to be a circle reach around. It has so little to do with actual rock and roll, I might be more interested if they just called it the popular music hall of fame.

 

[RXMoore]

The hall is a business enterprise, and every move they make is calculated to enhance the brand and generate revenue. You might think, based on the name, that it exists to celebrate the history of the genre, but you'd be mistaken.

 

[Mansonienne]

I love Chrissie Hynde.

 

[Stratafied]

I try not to get involved in the professional mutual adoration celebrations, but the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just seems to be a circle reach around. It has so little to do with actual rock and roll, I might be more interested if they just called it the popular music hall of fame.

I would have to agree, hall of fame it isn’t. Not to say there isn’t some great stuff to see there.

 

[Stratafied]

I love Chrissie Hynde.

She stands on what she believes, I really respect that.

 

[Mansonienne]

She stands on what she believes, I really respect that.

Yup. And she's hilarious. And she rocks.

 

[lammie200]

Not that my opinion matters but I agree with her.

 

[El Gobernador]

I enjoy watching Happy Days or Star Trek...but I don't think it's real. It's a TV show. Has some pretty good performances. Same for the RRHOF.

It's just entertainment. Are you not entertained? LoL

 

[Mohlman]

The hall is a business enterprise, and every move they make is calculated to enhance the brand and generate revenue. You might think, based on the name, that it exists to celebrate the history of the genre, but you'd be mistaken.

And badly so, at that!

 

[Stratafied]

I enjoy watching Happy Days or Star Trek...but I don't think it's real. It's a TV show. Has some pretty good performances. Same for the RRHOF.

It's just entertainment. Are you not entertained? LoL

I guess if you don’t take it seriously it’s ok.

 

[knh555]

I suppose I don’t take the RRHOF seriously enough to get upset about pretty much anything they do.

 

[Nate D]

I love Chrissie Hynde.

Me too. Great tunes her voice matches wonderfully.

She’s conveys great emotion with her music. You can feel her heart in it.

 

[Diamond_Dave]

She put out a really cool jazz album recently. Speaking of which, jazz and rock are dominated by men; pop and country, not so much. With many exceptions.