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Socrates1
I didn't want to edit that: it should say: "to an extent." Now for chapter 2...just joking, but really, I don't even know what Rock & Roll is anymore. Some of it is rock. Some of it is pop. Does rock & roll exist anymore? They play a lot of rock & roll-style guitar on the country music stations nowadays, with pedal steel licks added. So what is that music? Is Vince Gil a rock & roll player, as well as country player? Sure. Give them all awards.
Edit: And now I just found out he spells his name with more than one L. He can really play. And he's a great rock & roll player. But he's on the country award shows.
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Chester
If Journey's in shouldn't REO Speedwagon be in too? About the same thing. Actually some of REO's early stuff is actually pretty decent. Very underrated guitarist. Think he just passed away.
I was checking the list of inductees, and good god, Madonna's in there. Is there anyone worse than Madonna? Wait, I take it back. She did come up with the groundbreaking song "Holiday."
And just in case you didn't think the Hall was a joke there is this: Grandmaster Flash got in about five years before Heart.
And just in case you didn't think the Hall was a joke Part II: Donna Summer is in. Donna Summer! And Brenda Lee. Never realized Johnny Cash was rock, even though he was cool enough to be.
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potus43
There was ONE viable candidate who SHOULD have gotten in. The J Geils Band. They need to shut the whole thing down NOW! Tupac???!! Who or what is that. Let rap open their own HOF.
Journey is one of the worst bands of all times..In the same "class" as Bon Jovi, Styx, Triumph - all those nonsense bands. Kinda wish the Stones refused the induction.
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potus43
There was ONE viable candidate who SHOULD have gotten in. The J Geils Band.
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potus43
There was ONE viable candidate who SHOULD have gotten in. The J Geils Band. They need to shut the whole thing down NOW! Tupac???!! Who or what is that. Let rap open their own HOF.
Journey is one of the worst bands of all times..In the same "class" as Bon Jovi, Styx, Triumph - all those nonsense bands. Kinda wish the Stones refused the induction.
Latebloomer, thanks for that link. I was immediately struck by that lead-in photo to the article. After some searching I was able to determine that it's the mid-sixties girl group the Shangri-Las. I remember some of their hits from oldies radio of the mid-eighties, so today I went on Amazon and ordered an expanded version of their debut album, Leader of the Pack. So, thanks again!
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keefriffhard4life
people keep saying journey are a band that built themselves on 1 hit. my question, since when?
the band has 8 albums that hit the US top 10. they have 5 top 10 hits. they have 17 top 40 hits. the bands biggest hit is actually "open arms". they have 9 albums with sales certified of 2 million or more.
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Chester
If Journey's in shouldn't REO Speedwagon be in too? About the same thing. Actually some of REO's early stuff is actually pretty decent. Very underrated guitarist. Think he just passed away.
I was checking the list of inductees, and good god, Madonna's in there. Is there anyone worse than Madonna? Wait, I take it back. She did come up with the groundbreaking song "Holiday."
And just in case you didn't think the Hall was a joke there is this: Grandmaster Flash got in about five years before Heart.
And just in case you didn't think the Hall was a joke Part II: Donna Summer is in. Donna Summer! And Brenda Lee. Never realized Johnny Cash was rock, even though he was cool enough to be.
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hopkins
I call it Wenners Folly; i won't even use the actual (r&r) word in relation to that heap of nonsense. Rockman's comment made my day; like Wenner knows or cares about Harmonica Frank or anything other than the laughable irrelevant crap their mag and most everything associated with it has been for decades now.
they outghta call if the Paul Schafer Show or something...wotta total joke.
MC5, even the old wrinkled lost surviors wherever they are, pees more rock and roll in the morning evacuation than Wenner will ever be able to comprehend. The Sex Pistols are in. That's all that's important to me at this point. And their response to the invite, well that's the second most important thing to me about the rock and roll hall of bad tv shows...i mean hall of shame at this point. for a long time now imo. they miss geils and put journey in. i'd like to vomit. i'm gonna try stick my fingers down my throat and get on back to you another day...