2004 Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Prince is insanely talented….period.

After digesting this for an evening I'm left with one question:

BOBFUCKINGSEGER? No wonder Lydon doesn't want the Pistols in the hall. Bob Seger is some of the worst vomit the music industry has ever spewed. Now I don't really expect them to put folks like The Stooges in the hall. They are just not that bright. But Bob Seger? What has he done for the world besides sell beer and pickup trucks?

Yet another shining example of why I have no faith or respect for these types of institutions.

Too funny….Bob Seger…

Here's my predictions;

Don't care
Boring
So what
Yawn
Not bothered
No interest

Dude, Seger put Motown on the musical map.

Live Bullet introduced Bob Seger to a wide audience, revealing a rocker of unbridled passion and a songwriter of considerable talent. Prior to its release, Seger had been toiling away, releasing seven albums and touring constantly ever since his debut scraped the national consciousness in 1968. The psychedelicized days of Ramblin' Gamblin' Man are long gone on Live Bullet, leaving behind a rocker who loved the Stones for their toughness, Dylan for his honesty, and Chuck Berry for his narrative â?? and one who found his own sound when the Silver Bullet Band came into their own through countless tours. Live Bullet was recorded live at Detroit's Cobo Hall, in front of a passionate, loving hometown audience spurring him into a great performance. The song selection relies heavily on Beautiful Loser, yet it dips into the previous albums enough to prove that Seger had been delivering consistently as a songwriter for years. But what really sold Live Bullet is how these terrific songs are delivered with a ferocious, committed intensity. This might not be much more than a simple rock & roll album, but it's one of the best of its kind, establishing Seger, in the eyes of skeptics, as a first-rate performer and writer. Here, "Heavy Music," "Get Out of Denver," "Turn the Page," and "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" all become hard rock classics, as does the band itself. It's a rare occasion when a double live album captures an artist at an absolute peak, while summarizing his talents, and that's exactly what Live Bullet does.

Originally posted by chaz:
After digesting this for an evening I'm left with one question:

BOBFUCKINGSEGER? No wonder Lydon doesn't want the Pistols in the hall. Bob Seger is some of the worst vomit the music industry has ever spewed. Now I don't really expect them to put folks like The Stooges in the hall. They are just not that bright. But Bob Seger? What has he done for the world besides sell beer and pickup trucks?

Yet another shining example of why I have no faith or respect for these types of institutions.

Too funny….Bob Seger…

I agree, Bob Seger blows. But he has sold 31.5 million records, which puts him into the top 50 all-time.

http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp

The criteria shouldn't just be sales, but it figures in pretty heavily, as the HoF wants to get people in the door.

There's another theory that was posted on another board. The HoF is just brown-nosing the major labels to get display items, artist appearances, cross-promotion, etc….

Jackson Browne – Warner Bros.
the Dells – Universal
George Harrison – EMI
Prince – Warner Bros.
Bob Seger – EMI – new hits album out
Traffic – Universal
ZZ Top – Warners has just/is about to release a boxed set

Rhett, you're a fantastic plagarist !

OK, so that's what UBL or Allmusic.com or whoever thinks about Bob Seger….and we all know what experts they are on rock 'n roll ;)

Say it with me brothers and sisters! Bob Seger sucks! The rock and roll hall of fame sucks!

I like Mankie's nominations: don't care, boring etc.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Dude, Seger put Motown on the musical map.

Live Bullet introduced Bob Seger to a wide audience, revealing a rocker of unbridled passion and a songwriter of considerable talent. Prior to its release, Seger had been toiling away, releasing seven albums and touring constantly ever since his debut scraped the national consciousness in 1968. The psychedelicized days of Ramblin' Gamblin' Man are long gone on Live Bullet, leaving behind a rocker who loved the Stones for their toughness, Dylan for his honesty, and Chuck Berry for his narrative â?? and one who found his own sound when the Silver Bullet Band came into their own through countless tours. Live Bullet was recorded live at Detroit's Cobo Hall, in front of a passionate, loving hometown audience spurring him into a great performance. The song selection relies heavily on Beautiful Loser, yet it dips into the previous albums enough to prove that Seger had been delivering consistently as a songwriter for years. But what really sold Live Bullet is how these terrific songs are delivered with a ferocious, committed intensity. This might not be much more than a simple rock & roll album, but it's one of the best of its kind, establishing Seger, in the eyes of skeptics, as a first-rate performer and writer. Here, "Heavy Music," "Get Out of Denver," "Turn the Page," and "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" all become hard rock classics, as does the band itself. It's a rare occasion when a double live album captures an artist at an absolute peak, while summarizing his talents, and that's exactly what Live Bullet does.

Originally posted by chaz:
After digesting this for an evening I'm left with one question:

BOBFUCKINGSEGER? No wonder Lydon doesn't want the Pistols in the hall. Bob Seger is some of the worst vomit the music industry has ever spewed. Now I don't really expect them to put folks like The Stooges in the hall. They are just not that bright. But Bob Seger? What has he done for the world besides sell beer and pickup trucks?

Yet another shining example of why I have no faith or respect for these types of institutions.

Too funny….Bob Seger…

Why thanks. It took me awhile to catch on to how to use the copy and paste function like others on the board do, but now that I've figured it out, I'm going to start using it more often.

Now if I could just figure out how to post pics like some of y'all do!

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
Rhett, you're a fantastic plagarist !

This year's entries should be Van Halen and Prince. End of story.

Among many reasons this is a bullshit museum is that Van Halen would not be considered for political reasons. What a joke.

Lawyers in Love is a great song and everything, maybe one of the best ever (pause for laughter) but Jackson Browne is, um, arguably a stretch.

I actually like Segar. Don't listen to him, but I'll watch a Segar video when it comes on VH1 classic. Despite huge album sales I think he's underrated and just a notch below Springsteen.

Why isn't Gram Parsons already in? He's the most influential, though probably the worst selling.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Why thanks. It took me awhile to catch on to how to use the copy and paste function like others on the board do, but now that I've figured it out, I'm going to start using it more often.

Now if I could just figure out how to post pics like some of y'all do!

It's a good idea to provide a link if you're going to quote someone else. Italics and quotation marks are useful too.

You don't give people on this board very much credit for having brains. I think people here are smart enough to figure out that a big long essay on the virtues of Bob Seger was taken from another source, and not diligently typed out by yours truly.

But thanks anyway for the tip.

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Why thanks. It took me awhile to catch on to how to use the copy and paste function like others on the board do, but now that I've figured it out, I'm going to start using it more often.

Now if I could just figure out how to post pics like some of y'all do!

It's a good idea to provide a link if you're going to quote someone else. Italics and quotation marks are useful too.

Rhett, your netiquette skills suck ass. No wonder you work for the government.

Sorry I don't fit your standards. It's a chatboard, not a work project.

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
Rhett, your netiquette skills suck ass. No wonder you work for the government.

perhaps someone needs to read this

Perhaps someone needs to read this:

http://www.i-depth.com/P/c/c00003.frm.a.msg/324.html
:p

Originally posted by mark e smith:
perhaps someone needs to read this

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Perhaps someone needs to read this:

http://www.i-depth.com/P/c/c00003.frm.a.msg/324.html
:p

I thought that was more your thing! :p

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Sorry I don't fit your standards. It's a chatboard, not a work project.

This presumes that whenever someone reads anything Rhett posts possessing anything even remotely intelligent, they have to wonder: Is it Rhett, or is it Memorex? The standard answer shall be, "Google it first".

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
Rhett, your netiquette skills suck ass. No wonder you work for the government.

do you mean his "Rhettiquette"?

haha.

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
Memorex?

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