The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is an amazing museum filled with wonderful artifacts of musicians and bands of yesterday and today. Where else can you see the soundboard used for "Are You Experienced?," Bob Marley's cap, Sonny and Cher costumes from their variety show, Run DMC's Adidas sneakers, hand written lyrics by the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen and other notables, and the inflatable hot dog Phish rode on at Madison Square Garden?
The room where the plaques of the inductees are located is a relatively small room. You can easily skip it if you visit the place one day.
I visited in July for my birthday and it was one of the most enjoyable trips I have ever been on.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and... clever" -- David St. Hubbins & Derek Smalls, Spinal Tap
^I give them some credit for including several of the most egregrious omissions over recent years. A pity that some have died beforehand though (people like Chris Squire and Jon Lord); perhaps they would have appreciated it.
I'd wager calling it the RRHOF and inducting people gets them a lot more of the cool memorabilia than they'd get otherwise. And, the publicity generated by people complaining about, or pushing for, inductees is definitely a positive in terms of getting people there.
Music has divided people for as long as I can remember. "My music is good/your's sucks" Nothing shows that more than internet message boards, but it was going on when I was a kid and it will no doubt be going on for a long time after I'm gone.
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