Συγκρότημα καρτούν οι Abba σύμφωνα με το Vulture, δεν έπρεπε να μπουν στο R&RHOF

Συγκρότημα καρτούν οι Abba σύμφωνα με το Vulture, δεν έπρεπε να μπουν στο R&RHOF

Στην λίστα με τους 214 που έχουν ενταχθεί στο Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame οι Abba για τους οποίους έχει αντίρρηση το Site Vulture, εσείς τι λέτε; γράφει:

“What did ABBA ever do besides make Clive Davis a billion dollars?” asks one former nominating committee member. This might be the first wholly cynical inductee. Pop of course has a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but not pop cartoons. And if you are going to have cartoons, why not the Monkees? Josie and the Pussy Cats? Mӧtley Crüe? The real motivation here was giving the hall something to market to the Mamma Mia! set. In the event, only two members showed up to the ceremony. ABBA’s a punch line, and a remunerative one, but not a band that left much of a mark on history.

Here’s a corollary question. What should the hall do about important punch lines? Lonnie Donegan was a clean-cut British guy who became very famous in England in the late 1950s doing goofy, denatured novelty versions of folk-blues songs (like “Rock Island Line”) and adding in his own ephemeral classics like “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight?).” It’s all very silly stuff — and yet he was a central inspiration to virtually all of the players who would spur the British invasion — scores of people on this list. Isn’t he one of the most influential performers in rock history? Here’s another: K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Harry Casey was a production wunderkind who co-wrote and co-produced “Rock Your Baby,” one of the biggest singles of all time, at the age of 23. K.C. and the Sunshine Band were disco superstars a year later. The hall has ignored disco, save for inducting Nile Rodgers in a side category and a few nominations for his band Chic.