2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

buddha

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees September 28, 2007 at 08:07 PM UTC #

Originally posted by kosmo:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
The Beastie Boys?

Man, they're scraping the bottom on the barrel.
Guess you haven't heard Paul's Boutique" then? Dismiss all you want but the Beasties Boys, were up until recently, ahead of the curve. "Sabotage" ranks up there as one of the best rock songs ever written!

Paul's Boutique is a phenomenal album, but I think it has more to do with the Dust Brothers' production…

ixkpd-bk

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees September 28, 2007 at 08:14 PM UTC #

WOW at the Donna Summer/Chic hate.

When is Grace Jones getting inducted? :p

elj

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees September 28, 2007 at 08:16 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
P.S. I may hate him more than I hate Pink Floyd, the Beatles and Springsteen.

As a young Walalce, did someone rape you in the ear at some point?

kosmo

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees September 28, 2007 at 08:17 PM UTC #

I can't even defend the Beastie Boys induction with this list of eligible nominees

LOVE

Brian Eno
Todd Rundgren
T. Rex
Mott the Hoople
The Stooges/Iggy Pop
Big Star
The Cure
Gram Parsons
The Faces
Husker Du
Little Feat
The Minutemen
The Replacements
New York Dolls
Sonic Youth
Television
Thin Lizzy
Tom Waits
X
The Zombies
Captain Beefheart
Joy Division
Wire
Violent Femmes
Meat Puppets
Minor Threat
New Order
Lou Reed (solo)
Lee Scratch Perry (and many other reggae artists)
Gang of Four
Pere Ubu
The Fall
The Mekons
The Buzzcocks
The Jam
Peter Gabriel
The Modern Lovers/Jonathan Richman
Richard Thompson
Roxy Music

Samantha

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees September 28, 2007 at 08:18 PM UTC #

wait, none of them have been inducted? this is just ridiculous.

and no Leonard Cohen, even!

Rhett Miller

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees September 28, 2007 at 08:19 PM UTC #

So did the people in Chaz's original list actually make it in, or are they just finalists up for consideration?

kosmo

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees September 28, 2007 at 08:32 PM UTC #

they are only ones on this year ballot and the top five vote getters are inducted….

slappy

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees September 29, 2007 at 07:19 AM UTC #

With all the bitching about the nominee's and quality control. How many Hall of Famers can you actually care to name?

Here's a few one/none hit wonders already in the Rock and Roll HOF.
The Moonglows
The Impressions
The Rascals
Charlie Christian
Little Willie John
The Contours
LaVern Baker

Hall of Fame nominee tip: The key to getting in quickly is dying. Bill Monroe got in and he played bluegrass!
Ricky Nelson - died '85, HoF '87
Curtis Mayfield - died '00, HoF '03
Frank Zappa - died '93, HoF '95
George Harrison - died '01, HoF '04
Bill Monroe - died '96, HoF '97
Ramones - Joey died '01, HoF '02
Clash - Joe died '02, HoF '03
Del Shannon - died '90, HoF '99
George Harrison - died '01, HoF '02

Brian_Walalce

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees September 29, 2007 at 12:08 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Julian, good manners AFICIONADO:

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
P.S. I may hate him more than I hate Pink Floyd, the Beatles and Springsteen.
As a young Walalce, did someone rape you in the ear at some point?

I think "raped" is a little strong but I WAS inappropriately touched a couple days ago by that new Springsteen single "(This is polluting the) Radio (and my career is going) Nowhere.)

Brian

chancegardener

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees September 29, 2007 at 02:33 PM UTC #

Most glaring ommission:

The Stooges

the NPR recording of their 9:30 show from earlier this year is the best balls-to-the-wall rock music I've heard in ages.

ledooh

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees September 30, 2007 at 08:07 PM UTC #

I'll put money down now that the Beastie Boys and Madonna make it. The Rock Hall foundation is in love with any act that has a New York connection (Beasties) and who has been a "friend" of the RRHOF in the past (Madonna).

jaguar

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees October 01, 2007 at 04:46 AM UTC #

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:

Originally posted by Julian, good manners AFICIONADO:

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
P.S. I may hate him more than I hate Pink Floyd, the Beatles and Springsteen.
As a young Walalce, did someone rape you in the ear at some point?
I think "raped" is a little strong but I WAS inappropriately touched a couple days ago by that new Springsteen single "(This is polluting the) Radio (and my career is going) Nowhere.)

Brian

Actually, I think it's more like very reluctantly having sex with a partner you've lost that loving feeling for. You just lay there going through the minimal amount of motions. Kind of like an almost dead fish out of water. Either way, once you are done, you still feel filthy.

Regarding Pink Floyd and The Beatles, you're on your own, buddy.

leaf

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees October 04, 2007 at 08:40 PM UTC #

Originally posted by kosmo:
I can't even defend the Beastie Boys induction with this list of eligible nominees

LOVE

Brian Eno
Todd Rundgren
T. Rex
Mott the Hoople
The Stooges/Iggy Pop
Big Star
The Cure
Gram Parsons
The Faces
Husker Du
Little Feat
The Minutemen
The Replacements
New York Dolls
Sonic Youth
Television
Thin Lizzy
Tom Waits
X
The Zombies
Captain Beefheart
Joy Division
Wire
Violent Femmes
Meat Puppets
Minor Threat
New Order
Lou Reed (solo)
Lee Scratch Perry (and many other reggae artists)
Gang of Four
Pere Ubu
The Fall
The Mekons
The Buzzcocks
The Jam
Peter Gabriel
The Modern Lovers/Jonathan Richman
Richard Thompson
Roxy Music

And still no Black Sabbath….

ledooh

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Posts: 30

Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees October 08, 2007 at 11:58 PM UTC #

No Black Sabbath? They were inducted in 2006.

sweetcell

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Re: 2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees October 09, 2007 at 03:45 AM UTC #

acts that were newly eligible this year:
10,000 Maniacs
Asia
Bad Brains
Bobby McFerrin
Cocteau Twins
Culture Club
Dokken
Don Henley
The Dream Syndicate
Everything But the Girl
Ice-T
Janet Jackson
Kenny G
Metallica
Sonic Youth
Steve Earle
Sting
Violent Femmes
Wham!

methinks that metallica should be on the list.