Okay, that's the one Doors song I love
Keyboards don't count on that one, because it's honkytonk piano (my rules get stretched a bit when I like something--HAHAHAHA!). And it's BLUES anyway Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Keyboards don't count on that one, because it's honkytonk piano (my rules get stretched a bit when I like something--HAHAHAHA!). And it's BLUES anyway 
Okay, that's the one Doors song I love
Actually, that was my first entry in my diary for today.
Neither does she. Here's her very astute observation about that subject from a NYT story today:
“I never considered myself to be a rock ’n’ roll artist,” Ms. Baez said in a statement. “But as part of the folk music boom, which contributed to and influenced the rock revolution of the ’60s, I am proud that some of the songs I sang made their way into the rock lexicon.”
This summer I got to see Yes, Journey, and ELO! I was a lucky girl! 
I'm a prog rock guy (notice the "rock" in that descriptor), so I'm happy about ELO and Yes.
Growing up, and by that I mean my late teens and early twenties, a good friend and I had endless debates. He liked Yes, with ELP (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) behind. I liked ELP, with Yes behind. He argued that Rick Wakeman was the better keyboarder. I was steadfast in loyalty to Keith Emerson.
Then we saw a televised concert from Ontario, CA, and Emerson was playing the keys upside down, strapping himself into the grand piano seat and playing while it went rotating end over end. My friend finally said, "Okay, fine. Emerson's better. But that's the ONLY TIME you'll hear me say it!"
Joan Baez was not a rocker. But she was at Woodstock and Top 40 radio now and then, or maybe once. Besides, rock'n'roll back in the day was the expression of rebellion, and she was one of rebellion's leading voices. And if Bob Dylan qualifies, so does she.
Anyway, you want clips? Here's a clip. If it starts out too weird for you, just skip to 1:30.
Growing up, and by that I mean my late teens and early twenties, a good friend and I had endless debates. He liked Yes, with ELP (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) behind. I liked ELP, with Yes behind. He argued that Rick Wakeman was the better keyboarder. I was steadfast in loyalty to Keith Emerson.
Then we saw a televised concert from Ontario, CA, and Emerson was playing the keys upside down, strapping himself into the grand piano seat and playing while it went rotating end over end. My friend finally said, "Okay, fine. Emerson's better. But that's the ONLY TIME you'll hear me say it!"
Joan Baez was not a rocker. But she was at Woodstock and Top 40 radio now and then, or maybe once. Besides, rock'n'roll back in the day was the expression of rebellion, and she was one of rebellion's leading voices. And if Bob Dylan qualifies, so does she.
Anyway, you want clips? Here's a clip. If it starts out too weird for you, just skip to 1:30.
Was it 1975 this summer?This summer I got to see Yes, Journey, and ELO! I was a lucky girl!
Just kidding! I love this music as well!
"Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen
Warm my mind near your gentle stove
Turn me out and I'll wander baby
Stumblin' in the neon groves"
Perhaps my favorite Doors song.
Hadn't heard that one in years. Thanks for posting!
I saw Garth Hudson (The Band) on a show (I think it was one of those VH-1 classic album things but I'm not sure) and he sat in between two keyboards and played completely different pieces of music with each hand at the same time on the two keyboards.
This summer I got to see Yes, Journey, and ELO! I was a lucky girl!
That's awesome! Question: did Yes perform Love Will Find a Way? It's my favourite, and I seldom find live versions of it.
Hmmmm. Not sure I'm familiar with that one. I read the lyrics and well, maybe.
It was a good show. Toto opened for them and they were good too.
I always think, sheesh, those guys aren't already in? Who runs that place, anyway? I don't really want to know.
She's about as Rock-n-Roll as Tupac, so...
Speaking of which, what a duet those two woulda made!
Anyhoo...ELO? Right-ON!
To answer Walt's question, the R&RHoF is owned by Jan Wenner, who also founded Rolling Stone magazine. Wenner hates Progressive rock. Pink Floyd was the first Prog band inducted. Genesis was finally allowed in 2008, Rush in 2014 and now, finally, Yes. Wenner is a pretentious music snob, a hipster who thinks that the only "real" rock & roll is blue collar, middle class poetry. He is, IMO, a jerk.
But I'm very happy that Yes is finally getting in, though a couple of years too late to see Chris Squire on that stage.
But I'm very happy that Yes is finally getting in, though a couple of years too late to see Chris Squire on that stage.
To answer Walt's question, the R&RHoF is owned by Jan Wenner, who also founded Rolling Stone magazine. Wenner hates Progressive rock. Pink Floyd was the first Prog band inducted. Genesis was finally allowed in 2008, Rush in 2014 and now, finally, Yes. Wenner is a pretentious music snob, a hipster who thinks that the only "real" rock & roll is blue collar, middle class poetry. He is, IMO, a jerk.
But I'm very happy that Yes is finally getting in, though a couple of years too late to see Chris Squire on that stage.
That's BS. Emerson Lake & Palmer, possibly/arguably the premiere prog rock band of the late '60s and early '70s (okay, after the Floyd), was the foundation of my rock and roll appreciation. And I'm just one voice crying in the wilderness, but there must've been other college folk like me.
Yes, lots. But Wenner wasn't one of us.
Ya’ll are forgetting about King Crimson in the gods of Prog-Rock discussion. But my favorite of the genre was Jethro Tull. (Awaiting for Tery to come back and tell us the flute has no place in Rock N Roll. )
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Just a quick question-Does anyone know if Prince or David Bowie ever get inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame?
I think Bowie was inducted in 1996. edit... Prince 2004.