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• [1] Alex from SOHO December 02, 2008 - 02:28PM

  We don't need this museum. This is just yet another sign that NYC is losing it's edge. It sounds so boring.

  
  
• [2] Lauren Morrell from Manhattan December 02, 2008 - 02:31PM

  The thing that is upsetting is that this museum reflects a part of NY that no longer exists. Its a part of NY that was killed off by a gentrification of the city. I never thought I would see the day when part of CBGBs was displayed in a museum.

  
  
• [3] nick patterson from NYC December 02, 2008 - 02:32PM

  Why would John Coltrane belong in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame!!!? Coltrane I can see in the pantheon of jazz gods, but, rock?

  That said, they'll never be able to please all the fans, but I agree with your guest that the focus should be on the music... although, not necessarily "musicianship" - think the Stooges or Ramones or Electric Eels -

  
  
• [4] phil jahnke from brooklyn December 02, 2008 - 02:32PM

  Self absorbed waste of space and time.

  The toilet at CBGB's?!?!?!

  C'mon.

  
  
• [5] peter knutson from Brooklyn December 02, 2008 - 02:34PM

  Unless there's a little dirty club in the basement of the Hall of Fame, with $5 cover, and three bands every night, there's no way it can encapsulate rock and roll.

  
  
• [6] Carrick from NYC December 02, 2008 - 02:34PM

  I gave up when Buena Vista Social Club lost out to Ricky Martin during the grammys. No contest like that has anything to do with music.

  
  
• [7] Lauren Morrell from Manhattan December 02, 2008 - 02:34PM

  The thing that is upsetting about this museum is that it represents part of NY history that has been killed off by gentrification. I never thought I would see the day when part of CBGBs would be displayed in a museum.

  
  
• [8] Vinny from Upper West Side Manhattan December 02, 2008 - 02:34PM

  What's more surprising than a Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame in NYC, is the fact that The Wall Street Journal has a Rock and Pop Critic!!!

  
  
• [9] nick patterson from NYC December 02, 2008 - 02:35PM

  ***** $26 !!!!!?????? ******

  OK - forget it - the whole idea is ridiculous, unless perhaps we use it to finance the MTA

  
  
• [10] Evan from New York, NY December 02, 2008 - 02:36PM

  The Hall of Fame is in Cleveland because that's where Alan Freed coined the term "rock and roll."

  
  
• [11] Evan from New York, NY December 02, 2008 - 02:37PM

  Also, get your white male heads out of your asses. Rock and roll is not just guitar, bass, drums and vocals. While I don't like Madonna, she's the most important female pop music performer of the past 25 years.

  
  
• [12] Alex from NYC, EV December 02, 2008 - 02:48PM

  "One thing 'bout music when it's real they get scared

  Got us slavin for the welfare

  Aint no food, clothes, or healthcare

  I'm down for guerilla warfare

  All my niggas put your guns in the air if you really don't care

  Skunk in the air, make a nigga wanna buck in the air

  for my brother locked up in the jump for a year

  Shit is real out here don't believe these videos

  This fake ass industry gotta pay to get a song on the radio

  Really though, DP'z gon' let you know

  It's just a game of pimps and hoes

  And it's all 'bout who you know

  Not who we are, or how we grow

  I rap 'bout what I know, what I go through

  What I been through, not just for no dough

  Even though the rent due, what I'm into aint for no dough

  Or just no fame, everything must change, nothin remains the same

  Sick of the same ol' thang, it's bigger than "Bling Bling"

  If I, feel it I feel it, if I don't, I don't

  If it aint really real then I probably won't..." ~ It's bigger than Hip-Hop by Dead Prez