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‘A Big Fat No’: Two Rock Hall Voters Dissect Their 2025 Ballots
“They are the turds in the punch bowl of rock and roll.”
It felt a little half-assed, but if any song deserves to be in the Rock Hall, it’s “The Twist.” That said, the only reason Chubby recorded “The Twist” — which was originally by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters — was because Dick Clark told him to. I slightly agonized over voting for Cyndi two years ago in a Billy Idol sense where I was like, Am I doing this because I’m a Gen-Xer and I have warm feelings, or does she actually deserve it? A few years ago, Trey Anastasio inducted Genesis into the Rock Hall and Phish played “Watcher of the Skies.” That unlocked something in my head.
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