That ship sailed when Public Enemy was inducted last year.
Steve From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Jeffries Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 1:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TV orNotTV] NoTV: NWA Nominated for Rock Hall of Fame, Republican Rockists Sure to Scream Bloody Murder As hip-hop acts reach the 25-years-since-career-began requirement of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, the group infamous for "F--k the Police" is on the shortlist of nominees for this year, along Nirvana and some more expected acts: http://www.thewrap.com/nirvana-nwa-among-rock-hall-fame-nominees-wow-old/ The problem here, of course, is that despite the fact that R&B acts and other African-Americans have been inducted into the Rock Hall, the audience who has been informed by classic rock radio as to what is and isn't "rock and roll"--and in most cases, the only black act heard on classic rock radio is Jimi Hendrix--are going to be stamping their feet and whining at the thought of any hip-hop act (or as they prefer to call it, "rap," usually in conjunction with a certain word that rhymes with "rap") being in the same place as Elvis, the Beatles, the Stones and the other acts they hear on those stations (well, not Elvis--Presley or Costello). This goes back to when the whole "Disco Sucks" movement back in 1979 flushing black acts out of what was then known as Album-Oriented Rock radio, along with James Taylor, Loggins and Messina and Cat Stevens, to be replaced by the hard rock/metal acts that AOR radio had avoided for years because the older end of the target demos didn't want them (and the "free form progressive rock" jocks before AOR avoided because they didn't like them). Since classic rock radio was created in the 80s to give listeners AOR without those pesky new songs and the possibility of having to play the MTV darlings and Michael Jackson, a generation of listeners have grown up believing that except for Hendrix, a whole genre of music based on a form created by blacks is 100% lillywhite--and many of them have turned to the right as they've gotten older (and most talk radio music buttons these days are classic rock standards). And their opinion of hip-hop is about the same as any black who isn't Amos 'n' Andy, Bill Cosby, Ben Carson, Herman Cain, etc.--they don't like the [word redacted]. If NWA is inducted, will classic rock radio start saying "Rock Hall Sucks?" -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
