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Amazing what thirty years can do for ya...

Posted about 4 years ago
So *John Mellencamp* is going to go into the Rock Hall of Fame.I still mostly think of him as "that kid who really really *really* wanted to be Springsteen" when he opened for the Kinks in 1977...
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  1. emscee
    emscee says ...and so the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame continues its sad decline into an institution based on popularity and cronyism, two things that it was not supposed to be predicated on. The criteria for inclusion used to be importance and influence, neither of which would apply to Johnny Cougar.
    Permalink posted 12/14/2007
  2. Bartleby
    Bartleby says The sheer fact that the RnR Hall of Fame boggles me...as I can't define what rock and roll is for the life of me.
    Permalink posted 12/14/2007
  3. fairportfan
    fairportfan says Actually, Mellencamp has turned into a fairly solid performer in a lot of ways - his version of the Rodgers "Gamblin' Bar Room Blues" that i referenced in the tags is pretty damn good. I came away from the '78 Kinks show i went to with an antipathy to Tom Petty that lasted for years.
    Permalink posted 12/14/2007

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