Salon.com > The Pixies http://www.salon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 11:39:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame overlooks legends again http://www.salon.com/2012/10/04/the_rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_overlooks_legends_again/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/04/the_rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_overlooks_legends_again/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:13:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13030650 It's a wildly incomplete list, but at least they finally gave us a Rush we can be happy for. When the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees were announced out of Cleveland Thursday, they included a list of music idols straight outta Compton — and Ontario.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame may be shredding its way toward its 30th anniversary, yet the notion of enshrining an art form forever mentioned in the same breath as sex and drugs is still somehow paradoxical. The Grammys and VMAs celebrate the moment, and with that, the fleeting, youthful exuberance of popular music. The Hall of Fame, which an artist can only qualify for 25 years after a first record release, honors the durability of popular music, the power of certain acts to transcend time and retain their hold on our hearts and imaginations over the span of decades. Geddy Lee, meet Flavor Flav.

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