Jim Kerr Is Stunned That Curtis Sliwa Thinks Mariah Carey Was SNUBBED

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I love rock and roll, and I do love rock
and roll, and I know that you do too. And
I love the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, even
though I complain about them all the time. But I
visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and it
is worth a visit in Cleveland, Ohio. I was there
with Trevor. Yeah, we had a blast.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
We went together.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
It is really awesome still, no matter how many times
I complain about it, the experience of visiting the museum itself,
it's really awesome. I'm going back in August. However, just
the other day, of course, I was complaining on the
air again. I was going, where's Jethro tull Aqua Long

(00:38):
is one of the greatest rock songs of all time?
Not to mention their other great songs too.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
There are a few people missing, Yes, everyone has so much.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
Black Crows did not get in this year. Yeah, you know,
I thought Black Crows were going to get in this year.
In half an hour, we're gonna hear Kristen sang a
Black Crows song when she attempts to her they should
have got in. And I read an article that listed
one hundred fifteen great rock stars who are not in

(01:11):
the Rock and Roll All fifteen. Yeah, they listened one
hundred and fifteen in alphabetical order. It seems late, it was.
I mean, meanwhile, I heard something yesterday that I had
never heard before. It was just to me, it just
sounded absurd because I've complained. You heard me just complain

(01:33):
specifically about jas Hotel. Other people complain. There are people
who go, what about Stix? You know, And when people
say that, you can really make an argument for pretty
much all of the artists that people are talking about.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
Absolutely sure.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
So yesterday Curtis Sliwa the new guy down the Hall.
Curtis Sleba works down the Hall at w o R.
He hosts their morning show with Larry ma wr is
our AM talk station. YEP. And I've known him for
a long time. I'm you know, I met him when
I was in my twenties, you know, and he was starting,

(02:12):
you know, the whole Guardian Angels thing. But yesterday morning
on the air, he went on a rant because he
says the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snubbed Mariah
Carey that she should have been in this year. Of course,
she was on the nomination list and she didn't get in.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
She was I forgot she was?

Speaker 1 (02:34):
She was on there. Yes, yeah, she didn't get in.
So he went on and on, not about how Black
Crows didn't get in, not not how about you know,
Billy Idol finally got in this year it was Mariah
Carey got snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Now,
I didn't know that I would ever live to hear
anybody say that. Well, it struck me as being musically moronic,

(02:55):
because it is, because it is the opposite taker. But
it's the opposite of everything that everybody complains about. Yeah,
you know, we talk about non rock artists who are
getting into the hall at the expense of true rock artists,
and how can this be? And you know, blah blah blah.
And I'm just as guilty of the blah blah as

(03:15):
anybody else. But I would never be so moronic as
to have a rant on the air about how Mariah
Carrie got screwed.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
Well, maybe he's pointing out.

Speaker 1 (03:25):
She should have been in the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
You're right, the opposite argument is not as common.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
I mean, have you heard of anything so stupid? I'm
gonna do it? Do you want me to do it.
Devil's advocate, the devil's advocate, Carre. She is in the
Songwriters Hall of Fame. She's a great artist, she's a
great superstar, I know that, and one of the best
Christmas songs of all times. See that's another thing you
left out. Guardian Angels are all read. Maybe Curtis is

(03:54):
just a huge Christmas fan. Really, I think Mariah Carey
is a superstar. Okay, but rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yeah, but there's all.

Speaker 1 (04:04):
A number of me. Now, I've got to the other
the number.

Speaker 2 (04:10):
Of other artists who have been inducted who aren't classic rock.
So yeah, you're just saying that we don't need another.

Speaker 1 (04:20):
No, I'm just saying that when you hear people complain,
including whining complainers like me, on this subject, about people
who belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
and aren't, I never heard anybody mentioned Mariah Carrey.

Speaker 2 (04:35):
It's one thing to argue, just throw toll sticks.

Speaker 1 (04:37):
But I would say that there are about Crimson you
are so stuck on, and I agree with you. That's
the root of the issue.

Speaker 2 (04:46):
One.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
What about free No, there's definitely a plethora of people
before her, but none of them were nominated this year, right,
Mariah Carey was. She didn't get in, so she was snubbed.
According to you know, musical genius Curtis.

Speaker 2 (05:06):
Should take a stroll down here and defend himself.

Speaker 1 (05:09):
Oh that's no, no no no no no no no
no no no we want no no, that's not what
I want. I'm going to go get a chick.