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Elmo Lewis
While I love Molly Hatchet, I don't think they are a hall of fame act.
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GasLightStreet
For some reason the RNRHOF doesn't know who The Meters are.
I believe they've been nominated before. And they are not a Hall Of Fame band.
So put them in the funk Hall Of Fame. People get all bent out of shape because its exclusive but it IS the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Why people insist on broadening the definition to include rap and stuff is beyond me. I get that there were influences, but now they are just inducting people that have nothing to do with rock and roll.Quote
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GasLightStreet
For some reason the RNRHOF doesn't know who The Meters are.
I believe they've been nominated before. And they are not a Hall Of Fame band.
They are only the definition of funk. That's reason enough.
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GasLightStreet
Well, that's kind of the point: if Madonna and not-rock acts are in it... why not The Meters?
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GasLightStreet
It is a bit weird. I always thought it was about acts in rock music that had huge influences on music and or maybe or helped evolve the concert industry through and because of a loyal following etc.
Perhaps it's the wrong title and should just be The Music Hall Of Fame? Although some people don't consider rap and music in the same sentence since music generally implies tuneful.
It's so media figures and industry insiders can have an annual party, with the added bonus of believing that they're the gatekeepers of pop consciousness and are shaping collective memory as to what gets carried forward.Quote
GasLightStreet
I always thought it was about acts in rock music that had huge influences on music
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DandelionPowderman
I'm not sure if ELO or Yes deserve a «rock» nomination, but in terms of name and merits they certainly do.
J. Geils Band is probably the best rock band out of USA ever. It's a shame that they never got inducted.
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DandelionPowderman
I'm not sure if ELO or Yes deserve a «rock» nomination, but in terms of name and merits they certainly do.
J. Geils Band is probably the best rock band out of USA ever. It's a shame that they never got inducted.
Two of your worst statements ever. In fact, I'm rather shocked that this drivel managed to roll off your tongue.
If Yes does not deserve a rock nomination, what does it deserve? A set of steak knives? If you saw them in the 70's you would certainly understand.
J. Geils is a great band, but certainly not the best American band. Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Grateful Dead, CCR, etc...to name a few.
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DandelionPowderman
I'm not sure if ELO or Yes deserve a «rock» nomination, but in terms of name and merits they certainly do.
J. Geils Band is probably the best rock band out of USA ever. It's a shame that they never got inducted.
Two of your worst statements ever. In fact, I'm rather shocked that this drivel managed to roll off your tongue.
If Yes does not deserve a rock nomination, what does it deserve? A set of steak knives? If you saw them in the 70's you would certainly understand.
J. Geils is a great band, but certainly not the best American band. Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Grateful Dead, CCR, etc...to name a few.
i have a hard time listing hendrix experience because its just 1 guy from america
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DandelionPowderman
I'm not sure if ELO or Yes deserve a «rock» nomination, but in terms of name and merits they certainly do.
J. Geils Band is probably the best rock band out of USA ever. It's a shame that they never got inducted.
Two of your worst statements ever. In fact, I'm rather shocked that this drivel managed to roll off your tongue.
If Yes does not deserve a rock nomination, what does it deserve? A set of steak knives? If you saw them in the 70's you would certainly understand.
J. Geils is a great band, but certainly not the best American band. Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Grateful Dead, CCR, etc...to name a few.
i have a hard time listing hendrix experience because its just 1 guy from america
Billy Cox and Buddy Miles were American. I think Hendrix would be termed an American artist rather than the Experience being an American band. Billy Cox took over on bass after Redding. In addition, many of the studio outtakes feature Cox and/or Miles.
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VideoJames
IMHO The Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame has changed drastically. I was there at the start of RNRHOF. It was my idea to show videos at the induction ceremonies at the Waldorf Astoria. I did the very first video presentation for them. I was also on the nomination committee and voted for who should get in. I voted for about 5 or 6 years then stopped. I was "verbally" promised I could do the video presentations for the next few years. It was a promise that was broken.
The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame was about the induction of Artist and bands that were about and who helped start Rock n Roll and people who helped influence it. You had to have a record released for at least 25 years to be on the list. Then people in the music press, record business and some other Rock n Roll related thing voted.. . First though a lot of big record company CEO's. who helped put the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame together along with a few other people high up first picked out 10-15 artist/bands and that list was then mailed out to writers/photographers/managers and many other people(maybe 1500 people??) and we would vote on our top 7.
Voting went like this.... our first choice would get X amount of points and our second choice getting a little less X amount of points and so on down to our 7th choice. Then the totals were added and the highest 7 point total people were who got in. For Example I could pick "Elvis Presley" as my first choice and he would get say 15 points while my 7th choice "1910 Fruit Gum Company' would get only 1 point.
Sadly (or unfairly I believe) for example if 14 people voted Elvis as their 7th choice and he only got 1 point per persons vote and just one person voted for say the "1910 Fruit Gum Company" as their #1 choice and they got 15 points. The 1910 FGC would get in (with 15 points) and Elvis with 14 points wouldn't, get in, even though more people (14) voted for Elvis and only 1 person voted for The 1910 Fruit Gum Company.
So there may have been many artist that had more people voting.for them but didn't have the point total to get in, which could explain why some artist we think should have been inducted didn't get in and wonder why others got in.
Some of the choices(artist) today we have leave one to scratch their head.. It looks to me that one day they will be inducting "cover bands".into the Hall of Fame.
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It looks to me that one day they will be inducting "cover bands".into the Hall of Fame.
The institution itself would still be around, just the annual induction ceremonies would have ended.Quote
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The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame was about the induction of Artist and bands that were about and who helped start Rock n Roll and people who helped influence it
That's right but if they kept with this the RARHOF would have ended years ago..................
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