Which Bands should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Started by Savonarola, October 17, 2013, 02:22:51 PM

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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
2 (5.3%)
Chic
1 (2.6%)
Deep Purple
19 (50%)
Peter Gabriel
21 (55.3%)
Hall and Oates
7 (18.4%)
KISS
19 (50%)
LL Cool J
2 (5.3%)
The Meters
1 (2.6%)
Nirvana
32 (84.2%)
N.W.A.
13 (34.2%)
The Replacements
3 (7.9%)
Linda Ronstadt
1 (2.6%)
Cat Stevens
6 (15.8%)
Link Wray
2 (5.3%)
Yes
11 (28.9%)
The Zombies
3 (7.9%)

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Savonarola

#75
October 10, 2014, 10:31:35 AM
The Spinners come from the same Detroit suburb that I used to live in (as does Jazz bassist Ron Carter.)   :cool:  I'd like to see them get in; but I wouldn't replace anyone my list with them.

The Marvelettes are significant because "Please Mr. Postman" was Motown's first number 1 hit; but I'm not sure that they merit a place in the HoF.


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Josquius

#76
October 10, 2014, 11:16:13 AM
None. Its a pathetic manufactured tourist trap.
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CountDeMoney

#77
October 10, 2014, 11:59:11 AM
Quote from: Tyr on October 10, 2014, 11:16:13 AM
None. Its a pathetic manufactured tourist trap.

It cost Cleveland the Browns. 

The Minsky Moment

#78
October 10, 2014, 01:13:30 PM
The Smiths were fairly influential I guess but not in a good way.  And not really rock&roll either, although I see NWA is in the mix as well.

Lou Reed did a lot of work outside VU, perhaps not all of it good, but some of it interesting.
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Savonarola

#79
October 10, 2014, 01:16:29 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on October 17, 2013, 02:52:28 PM
Quote from: sbr on October 17, 2013, 02:44:02 PM
I'm a big fan of both NWA and LL Cool J, but I don't think either should be in the Rock and Roll HoF.

Cleveland should have followed the Village Voice's lead and called it the "Pazz and Jop Hall of Fame" so we don't have to hear this same argument each and every year.

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on October 10, 2014, 01:13:30 PM
The Smiths were fairly influential I guess but not in a good way.  And not really rock&roll either,

Cleveland should have followed the Village Voice's lead and called it the "Pazz and Jop Hall of Fame" so we don't have to hear this same argument each and every year.
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Eddie Teach

#80
October 10, 2014, 01:25:31 PM
That's a different argument, though.
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Admiral Yi

#81
October 10, 2014, 01:34:12 PM
Sting??? I thought his solo stuff was shyte.

derspiess

#82
October 10, 2014, 01:38:18 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 10, 2014, 01:34:12 PM
Sting??? I thought his solo stuff was shyte.

Yeah, it was.  He was by far the most talented member of Police, yet his only decent stuff is from when he was with that band.
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CountDeMoney

#83
October 10, 2014, 01:46:02 PM
The hell is wrong with you people?

Eddie Teach

#84
October 10, 2014, 01:50:27 PM
Sting's solo stuff is okay, but most isn't even remotely rock.


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Josquius

#85
October 10, 2014, 01:52:12 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on October 10, 2014, 01:13:30 PM
The Smiths were fairly influential I guess but not in a good way.  And not really rock&roll either, although I see NWA is in the mix as well.
They were (very arguably) the first recognisably indie (as a genre) band. Pretty positively influential even if you're not a fan.
But yeah, not rock.
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Syt

#86
October 10, 2014, 01:52:56 PM
Btw, why is Green Day on that list? They aren't too bad, but not exactly groundbreaking.
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Liep

#88
October 10, 2014, 01:56:10 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 10, 2014, 01:53:11 PM
I had no idea indie was a genre.

It isn't, but indie-rock and indie-pop can have a pretty distinct sound compared to their parent genre.
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Eddie Teach

#89
October 10, 2014, 01:56:30 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 10, 2014, 01:53:11 PM
I had no idea indie was a genre.

Modern day folk rock.
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