Top 10 Music Artists in Cleveland's HoF
I was looking at a list someone made ranking all the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees in order (in their opinion) by the Rock Hall criteria of influence, cultural impact, success, depth of career and innovation, among other things.
I was comparing it to my own list of favourites (which only has the criteria of whether they are important to me)... and I have some initial comments about the top ten from their list.
Their list has:
1. Beatles - my list agrees with this. Always been the top of my list.
2. Elvis Presley - he's in my list at 32. Could go higher with time. But a bit too '50's for my general preference.
3. Chuck Berry - 17 with me. Again, great potential to go higher but I really don't have a lot of Chuck Berry's music in my collection. Seen him in concert tho.
4. Bob Dylan - he's number two on my list. Likely to stay there forever.
5. James Brown - 43 on mine. Not a lot in my collection of music, but I do like him and would like to perhaps get some albums (instead of his hits, only).
6. Rolling Stones - Sort of slowly have come around to them over time. 20 on my list. Lots of songs I like from them, so maybe should be ranked higher nowadays.
7. Little Richard - not on my top 100 list at all, but should be. Not in my DRAHoF personal Hall of Fame either, but probably will be eventually. Only know his hits, really. And I prefer more recent music than from the '50's, generally.
8. Aretha Franklin - again, not on my list at all and not in DRAHoF. I have one hits album but can't say I really like many of the songs. Not my thing, I guess.
9. Ray Charles - and again, not my thing. Not on my list of 100 or in DRAHoF. Weird.
10. Led Zeppelin - only 48 on my list. I prefer their folky stuff to the heavy metal type stuff. Not a huge fan of a lot of it. But important, visually, as I used to watch the "Song Remains the Same" film every so often.
I was comparing it to my own list of favourites (which only has the criteria of whether they are important to me)... and I have some initial comments about the top ten from their list.
Their list has:
1. Beatles - my list agrees with this. Always been the top of my list.
2. Elvis Presley - he's in my list at 32. Could go higher with time. But a bit too '50's for my general preference.
3. Chuck Berry - 17 with me. Again, great potential to go higher but I really don't have a lot of Chuck Berry's music in my collection. Seen him in concert tho.
4. Bob Dylan - he's number two on my list. Likely to stay there forever.
5. James Brown - 43 on mine. Not a lot in my collection of music, but I do like him and would like to perhaps get some albums (instead of his hits, only).
6. Rolling Stones - Sort of slowly have come around to them over time. 20 on my list. Lots of songs I like from them, so maybe should be ranked higher nowadays.
7. Little Richard - not on my top 100 list at all, but should be. Not in my DRAHoF personal Hall of Fame either, but probably will be eventually. Only know his hits, really. And I prefer more recent music than from the '50's, generally.
8. Aretha Franklin - again, not on my list at all and not in DRAHoF. I have one hits album but can't say I really like many of the songs. Not my thing, I guess.
9. Ray Charles - and again, not my thing. Not on my list of 100 or in DRAHoF. Weird.
10. Led Zeppelin - only 48 on my list. I prefer their folky stuff to the heavy metal type stuff. Not a huge fan of a lot of it. But important, visually, as I used to watch the "Song Remains the Same" film every so often.