The riff was Van Halen, not MJ. :D Putting Michael Jackson in the RR Hall of Fame is like putting Johnny Unitas in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Football & baseball are both sports, right? And, well, he did throw the ball, just like any pitcher in the baseball hall of fame. So it makes sense, right?
I would be totally ok with it if it was the 'Music Hall of Fame', but, sorry, Michael Jackson is NOT rock and roll - be even the most liberal definitions of the term. On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:15 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Michael Jackson is in the Rock N' Roll Hal of Fame. Can't say I ever >> heard a Michael Jackson song that would be considered 'rock n' roll' >> :D >> > > Really???? The Eddie Van Halen riff at the beginning of Beat It....perhaps > one of the most recognizable intros in all of music, by one of rock's most > well known guitarist? > > MJ was certainly pop....but you can't have a hall of fame for music without > MJ. > > They should never have given the Hall a subjective name to begin with (what > constitutes "rock n roll" varies from person to person)...should just be > the Music Hall of Fame. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344561 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
