Janet Jackson deserves to be inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame
Top Cities listening this weekend #2 The Philippines as a nation and the city of Cebu in the Philippines was #2 as well
Movie stars who play themselves in rolls
Vin Diesel as Dom Torretto
NPH as himself in Harold & kumar/ Barry Stinson is that same character
Al Pacino has played col frank spade since scent of a woman
That's why DeNiro took the title belt
Johnny Depp has been playing Capt Jack Sparrow for a decade
Dwayne the Rock Johnson - basically always plays “The Rock” - but he did show some range in “Be Cool” back in the mid 2000s
Nic Cage plays Nic Cage — that’s likely the best example
Others?
Rock hall of fame acts that shouldn't be in?
There are 317 members of the hall of fame and this includes some producers and executives, but mostly performers - Just the A’s and B’s show you the broad range which has now been embraced under the term “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame”
A’s: Abba, AC/DC, Al Green, Aretha Franklin
B’s: Beastie Boys, BB King, Bill Withers, Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Blondie, Bob Marley
Btw: Curtis Mayfield Hall of Fame - has a previously little know song called "(Don’t Worry) If there’s a hell below, we’re all going to go” which is the theme song for HBO’s the Deuce and it is FIRE !!!!!
John mellancamp & ZZ Top are both questionable inductees
John Mellencamp has over 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify — that’s legit - my issue with him, I strongly dislike his top 4 songs
Jack & Diane, Small Town, Little Pink Houses, and Hurts So good (which is easily the most decent of those four). HIs best song is R-o-c-k in the USA and that’s basically the same song as “What I like about you” by the Romantics
He’s an americana act - and that’s clearly not my bag — but the true offense of John Mellencamp are those Chevy Truck “This is our country” commercials
John Mellencamp’s related artists: Don Henley, J. Geils Band, Eddie Money, Bob Seger, 38 Special, Huey Lewis & the News, Steve Miller Band — pretty sure each of those artists would’ve existed without Mellencamp’s influence
ZZ Top — I like ZZ Top. And when I was between the ages of 10-22 I dare say that I really liked ZZ Top —and still do. But have they had a profound influence on music? They somehow has over 3.2 million monthly listeners on Spotify — which is over 50% increase over Mellencamp. They have great songs, and spectacular beards. But, i just don’t see ‘em being hall of fame without those beards
ZZ Top - related Artists: George Thoroughgood and the destroyers, Thin Lizzy, Foghat and Lynyrd Skynyrd - pretty sure those artists would’ve existed without ZZ Top’s influence
And ones that should be
Janet Jackson, Janes addiction (nope, research has me like “def not", Whitney Houston, Tina turner (not in solo, but in with Ike), John Coltrane, the cure, Iron Maiden
Janet Jackson - 3 million Monthly listeners, Super Bowl 38 “wardrobe malfunction”, Her brother was the King of Pop, her brothers were the Jackson 5, and somehow she carved out her own hall of fame nominated career. Starred in Good Times, starred in Poetic Justice with Tupac.
She’s been making hits since 1982 — “What have you done for me lately” came out in 1986 - still holds up. So did “Control” and “Nasty”
Rhythm Nation came out in 1989 - still holds up. So did “Miss you much” and “Escape”
"That’s the way love goes” came out in 1993, so did “If” which pretty much every woman born between 1972 an 1982 still know all the words to, to this very day
“Together Again” 1997 - still holds up - so did “Got til it’s gone” with Joanie Mitchell and Q-tip
I could go on and on — but this sums it up - the top 8 related artists on Spotify for Janet Jackson are Toni Braxton, Amerie, Brandy, Mya, En Vogue, SWV, Monica and Aaliyah — they all have one thing in common — they all came after Janet Jackson — they were all influenced by her
Whitney Houston - 7.4 million monthly million listeners - WHAT!?!?!?!!
Whitney redefined the Super Bowl National Anthem performance at Super Bowl 25
“I wanna dance with somebody” has 148 million listens on spotify — that song actually is actually my rebuttal to the question - is any song more popular now that when it was a hit. "Your Love” by the Outfield was my original answer — but this song was bigger then and is bigger now (Josie has 88 million listens)
Do me I favor - Put I wanna Dance with somebody on at a wedding and see what happens. Put it on at a house party and see what happens. Put it on at Monday night bingo full of retirees and see what happens — that song came out in 1987. 30 years ago — if you’re 75 today, you were 45 in 1885 — if you’re playing’ bingo and that song comes on, it will be mayhem on the dance floor
Put in the words “I wanna” into google and guess what it auto populates for you… three words… dance with somebody
Whitney Houston is basically Janet Jackson on steroids - without the famous family, and despite the fact that she married Bobby Brown and things went downhill incredibly quickly after that.
Related Artists: Patti LaBelle, Toni Braxton, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, Luther Vandross and Diana Ross - It can be argued that she bridged the gap between Dianna Ross and Mariah Carey
Tina Tuner is already in with Ike and Tina — but how about we just drop Ike? Also, if Ronny Wood can get inducted twice as a Rolling Stones member and then as a member of the Faces/Small Faces — then i think Tina should get in twice
John Coltrane - i’m not even going to make an Argument — put this dude into the Hall of Fame immediately
The Cure - very original sound … 4.3million monthly listeners on Spotify, 5 bonafide JAMSKIES in “Friday I’m in Love”, “Boys don’t cry”, “Close to me”, “Just like Heaven”, “Love Song” - heck love song was covered by 311 and it made 311’s greatest hit album
Related artists include - Depeche Mode, Joy Division, The Smiths, and Siouxie and the Bansees — i love them all — but The Cure is a rich man’s Depeche Mode
Iron Maiden - 3.3 million monthly listeners - related artists, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Dio — if Judas Priest gets in (with their 1.6 million monthly listeners), then Iron Maiden should get in. I would argue that Judas has more commercial hits — but in terms of Metal Influence — i think Iron Maiden has way more street cred.
Plus, there’s a place in southie called the maiden and it’s a really nice place. But, the Men’s room is a giant mural of Iron Maiden and they only play iron maiden songs in the men’s room… and ONLY in the men’s room — what a great Gimmick