Originally Posted By ctdsnark Here's the Reason They Don't Belong In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame." {if all that had fit,that would've been the full title of this page.} A recent blurb in the paper states that the late-70's punk-rock group the Sex Pistols are to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,in a ceremony scheduled for March 13,after being snubbed for the likes of contemporaries The Clash,The Police,and The Talking Heads.The surviving Pistols have made it clear on their website that they won't be attending the event,comparing the whole enshrinement to "urine in wine". In my opinion,the Sex Pistols don't even deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My reason? I've listened to their sole album{more times than I've cared to},I've read magazine articles,I've seen documentaries,and all that I've seen and heard has irretreivably convinced me that they lacked the one element that,if it isn't among the criteria for the R&RHoF,it should be---TALENT.All they had going for them,that kept them in the public eye,albeit briefly,was attitude and an ability to shock.If you recall,in the mid-90's,Andrew Dice Clay had that---I have yet to hear anyone refer to him as a comic genius. I'm more than aware that rock n' roll has never been about socially acceptable music.There were many in the mid-50's who wanted to see Bill Haley run out of the country.I myself am too old to appreciate today's rock,like contemporary martyrs Kurt Cobain and Tupac Shakur,but even I believe those two deserve recognition in the R&RHoF,assuming they haven't already---the Sex Pistols,in direct contrast,do not.All their onstage theatrics,all their public ranting and ravings---none of this fully concealed the fact that,musically,they were incompetent.Their brief existance and controversal circumstances surrounding the death of their frontman,were these factors in their being chosen,shouldn't justify this decision.Anyone can be controversial---musical talent is a rare gift. One that the Sex Pistols did not have.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Was there rejection like this: Spot here we are the Sex Pistols. We ain't gonna attend yor event for the chuffin' evenin', because we feel that orards do not truly reflect the work we 'ave done.
Originally Posted By ctdsnark According to the article,the only quote was that bit about "urine in wine".
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan In the context of that era, when most music was mainstream album rock or disco music, the Sex Pistols stripped-down, don't give a rip stuff was raw and very, very different. It also paved the way for many other (more musically gifted) acts in the punk/new wave arena that were to follow. They may not want to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but if the aim of the Hall is to tell the complete story of Rock & Roll, the Sex Pistols have to be in there.
Originally Posted By mele Have any of you seen PBS's History of Rock and Roll? It's an awesome 10-part documentary.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan From the Hollywood Reporter article about this: >>Susan Evans, executive director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, said of the band's announcement, "They're being the outrageous punksters that they are, and that's rock 'n' roll."<< Exactly.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <"They're being the outrageous punksters that they are, and that's rock 'n' roll."> 2oony, think yer li'l 2oonlets may be on their way to world-renowned musicians someday? ;-P
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden >>Susan Evans, executive director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, said of the band's announcement, "They're being the outrageous punksters that they are, and that's rock 'n' roll."<< More predictable than outrageous and that's rock 'n roll at it's lamest. Now if they really wanted to be tough punksters they should go to the ceremony, get up in front of everyone, and tell them all what tools they are.
Originally Posted By ctdsnark I don't know which was more frustrating---the fact that,at the time{the end of the 70's},the rock press were treating these loud,tone-deaf fools as if they were the greatest thing to come out of England since the Rolling Stones,or that the other,truly talented punk rockers---the Clash,the Dead Kennedys,Siousie and The Banshees---were virtually ignored. At least the Ramones got to make a movie!
