Ranking everyone

It was a great musical weekend here – the 2018 and 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame shows were broadcast on HBO – and we were fixated.

So many great names, so many great songs, so many great memories.

We enjoyed both shows and found the 2018 induction show particularly relevant with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Moody Blues, Dire Straits, Nina Simone, and Bon Jovi among others standing out as they were inducted.

Don’t know these performers. Shame on you! <grin> They’ll live on in YouTube videos though.

Now, I’m an impatient person. While watching one induction, I wanted to know who else was being inducted! We can thank search engines for that ability.

As I’m constantly doing, I fell victim to a click bait story.

All 221 Artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ranked From Best to Worst

The top five are tough to challenge…

• Chuck Berry
• The Beatles
• Bob Dylan
• Elvis Presley
• James Brown

Although you might want to challenge the order. The lengthy list was so worth the time to scroll through to see where Springsteen was, wondering why Crosby, Stills, and Nash didn’t have a Young, seeing Ronnie Wood’s name appear more than once (Rod Stewart too) and noting the influence of various forms of music in the big picture.

Of course, the author of the article got the order wrong. 😊 But, then again, who could order 221 artists and get it right? The comments at the bottom are testament to that. It’s an opinion piece, folks. Don’t sweat it. Thankfully, some of the commenters provided some of the missing artists so that they might be considered for future years.

What was impressive to the show was that, because it was shown on HBO, there were no commercials. What a refreshing way to watch an award show as opposed to commercial television. It was a complete game changer and I don’t use that expression often.

And still, I went to bed wondering about the list. How could anyone rank numbers 220 and 221 that low?