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Post by andre005 on Oct 11, 2019 19:54:47 GMT -5
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Post by coolbarn on Oct 12, 2019 23:26:24 GMT -5
Is anybody else perturbed by the following quote : His work has been to make 1.0, and it’s time to take the Hall to 2.0. That means a more diverse board, that means more women, people of color, people who reflect the kind of music that’s now being inducted. To that I say the same thing that I say to all companies/organizations/groups who espouse similar views - DON'T DO IT! For the love of God just pick the best bands and artists who deserve it - how they go to the toilet and who they like to sleep with or whether they need sun-cream or not or what God they worship shouldn't matter. I don't care if every single group or artist ever inducted are women, or black, or both, as long as the best groups are picked. It wouldn't worry me if another white man never makes the hall of fame ever again if he didn't deserve it. It would worry me, however, if a deserving white man didn't ever make it because instead they wanted to select different demographics simply to make it "more diverse"; that is just as bad as a black man not making it for racially-related reasons, or a women for gender-related reasons. Don't look for reasons - just pick the best winners of an award. Racism and sexism shouldn't be seen as acceptable provided the "correct groups benefit". You can't pick and choose when discrimination is okay and when it isn't (for those playing at home - IT'S NEVER OKAY). Once companies start beating this very fashionable drum then forever more you'll always be wondering "Did [insert female here] make it over [insert male here] because she honestly deserved it, or because of her gender"? I've actually witnessed a woman at my old job boasting about how "these" (she was shaking her breasts at the time) got her a promotion after the company started saying similar things about diversity and representation. Is that how we want to be selected? I am a man. If I was in a heavily female dominated occupation and there were emails being circulated saying the company wants more male representation in management, and then I got the job over all the female nominations, I would be forever wondering "did I really get the job because I deserve it, or was it because of my penis which has nothing to do with how I perform the job"? Oh well, the hall of fame judges have been hopeless for years, so they will still be able to stuff things up even going forward with this new enlightened belief system. Maybe they're adopting it because at least now they'll have an excuse
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Post by medazzaboy1997 on Oct 15, 2019 14:08:14 GMT -5
No, without DD again.
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Post by andre005 on Oct 17, 2019 21:03:59 GMT -5
Where are u Nile? Must get nominated in next year or so???
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Post by aftertherain on Oct 18, 2019 4:49:09 GMT -5
Yeah frustrating indeed, yet I don't value the R&RHOF highly in any case and here's why
Coz they simply ignore "history" or "historically" ignore what has occurred in popular music from a "factual" perspective
This ignorance belonging to the R&RHOF therefore reflects their worth, (or lack of) value, (or lack of) credibility (or lack of) & indeed the R&RHOFame's lack of importance period IMO
How can they ignore R&R history?..............yet they do !
Therefore I simply choose to literally umm err "ignore" back at them !!!
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Post by ttt on Jan 15, 2020 8:46:25 GMT -5
Depeche got in...
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Post by andre005 on Jan 15, 2020 13:00:43 GMT -5
That's Cure and now Depeche..Trex too..Dave Matthews's won fan voting and were not inducted. That's not good...
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Post by oakey on Jan 15, 2020 15:40:05 GMT -5
Dave Matthews's won fan voting and were not inducted. That's not good... Who is he?
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Post by karenduran on Jan 15, 2020 15:43:18 GMT -5
T Rex was long overdue! Good on NIN and Depeche as well. Duran will get in eventually (it doesn’t matter to me, but I think it does to the band). Funny about DMB; that was the one I was scratching my head about...and rap, but that ship has sailed.
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Post by blaahh on Jan 15, 2020 15:48:56 GMT -5
Ridiculous Kraftwerk arent in. How can any synth band be in before the godfathers who virtually invented all forms of modern dance music? If I was Duran I would be pissed though.
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