Re: visiting the rock and roll hall of fame - opinions needed

Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 08:00:24 +0100
Newsgroups: rec.music.artists.springsteen
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 23:14:53 -0700, clr <email-address-deleted>
wrote:
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>for those who have been - is it *really* worth it? i kind of look at
>it sort of like the experience music project here in seattle -
>EVERYONE i know is dying to go when they get here, but are kind of let
>down by it later. there is probably a handful of things worth seeing
>in the whole place.
>
>opinions and thoughts welcomed. i'd probably have about 4 hours at
>the most to explore - worth it or worthless?
I visited it when I was in the US in April and loved it. The punk
exhibit alone was enough to make my day, so much so that I spent an
hour or so simply staring at it while my friends waited impatiently.
Being within a foot of something that Sid Vicious wore, seeing Paul
Simonon's bass, the first issue of Sniffin' Glue... a very spiritual
experience for a young punk like me.
There are brilliant exhibits on Motown/Stax/Sun, a bunch of jamband
stuff, a nice exhbit on teen idols through the ages and a history of
rock music exhibit which features a guitar used by Bruce during the
BITUSA tour. You can actually touch it. It's very cool.
ian