R&R HOF inductees announced

[RGMike]

This year's nominees:

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
The Cure 
Heart
The Faces/Small Faces
Donovan
Beastie Boys
War
Guns n' Roses
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Freddie King
The Spinners
Laura Nyro
Eric B. & Rakim
Rufus with Chaka Khan
Donna Summer

[Tinka Cat]

my votes:

This year's nominees:

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - No
The Cure  - No
Heart - No
The Faces/Small Faces - HELLYES
Donovan - YES
Beastie Boys - No
War -  Hmmm
Guns n' Roses - No
Red Hot Chili Peppers - No
Freddie King - Yes?
The Spinners - YES
Laura Nyro - No?
Eric B. & Rakim - No
Rufus with Chaka Khan - No
Donna Summer - No

[Big Fingers McGee]

I’d vote for the Cure, Donovan, the Beasties, RHCP, Spinners, and Donna Summer.

G-n-R... seriously?

[sundaygal]

"Paid In Full" might very well be my all-time fave hip-hop song, but I don't think Eric B. & Rakim belong in the HOF.

Yes to Small Faces, Heart, The Cure, Donna Summer & The Beastie Boys.

Hell to the no to RHCP. 

[RGMike]

my votes:

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - No

Dude, Little Steven is gonna put on his Sopranos make-up and kick your ass.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Hell to the no to RHCP. 

But without them, what would David Duchovny have called his show?

[RGMike]

Hell to the no to RHCP. 

But without them, what would David Duchovny have called his show?

Hey-oh... lissen what sundaygal say-oh.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Hell to the no to RHCP. 

But without them, what would David Duchovny have called his show?

Hey-oh... lissen what sundaygal say-oh.

At today's Rate Hearing, I suggested (amongst co-workers) that "Dani California" should be played as our 'state anthem'. I wasn't serious.

[urth]

The list is out. Good news: The Faces made it in, albeit tied to their predecessors Small Faces, which really was an completely different band that just shared a few members.  Bad news: So did GnR and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Thus reducing the HOF's credibility even further.

Full story here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/12/06/national/a233232S57.DTL&tsp=1

I'm a bit surprised the Cure didn't get in, and disappointed the Spinners didn't.

[Big Fingers McGee]

The list is out. Good news: The Faces made it in, albeit tied to their predecessors Small Faces, which really was an completely different band that just shared a few members.  Bad news: So did GnR and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Thus reducing the HOF's credibility even further.

Full story here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/12/06/national/a233232S57.DTL&tsp=1

I'm a bit surprised the Cure didn't get in, and disappointed the Spinners didn't.

I can see RHCP (sorry Sunday) but G-n-R getting in is definitely a sham.

[Here'sToYa!]

G-n-R getting in is definitely a sham.

Guns N Roses is one of my all-time favorite bands. They're the closest thing to an American Led Zeppelin. Plus, Slash seems like a real human being on FB. Yay!

[Here'sToYa!]

Also, yay Beastie Boys! Should've been in on the first ballot, but I'm glad they're in now.

[Lightnin' Rod]

G-n-R getting in is definitely a sham.

Guns N Roses is one of my all-time favorite bands. They're the closest thing to an American Led Zeppelin. Plus, Slash seems like a real human being on FB. Yay!

That's pretty much my take, as well.  If I had been a teenager in the mid to late 80's, they would have been my Led Zeppelin.  Plus, they were a "real" rock'n'roll band, warts and all (excess may not be rebellion, but it is rock and roll, in this context). 

Still, I would have voted in The Cure, first.

[Big Fingers McGee]

G-n-R getting in is definitely a sham.

Guns N Roses is one of my all-time favorite bands. They're the closest thing to an American Led Zeppelin. Plus, Slash seems like a real human being on FB. Yay!

That's pretty much my take, as well.  If I had been a teenager in the mid to late 80's, they would have been my Led Zeppelin.  Plus, they were a "real" rock'n'roll band, warts and all (excess may not be rebellion, but it is rock and roll, in this context). 

Still, I would have voted in The Cure, first.

I think my issue is that G-n-R's active career really wasn't very long. A couple of memorable classics, sure, but didn't they really only release three albums prior to their hiatus? Sort of like Sandy Koufax and the Baseball HOF, if his career was half as long.

[Here'sToYa!]

G-n-R getting in is definitely a sham.

Guns N Roses is one of my all-time favorite bands. They're the closest thing to an American Led Zeppelin. Plus, Slash seems like a real human being on FB. Yay!

That's pretty much my take, as well.  If I had been a teenager in the mid to late 80's, they would have been my Led Zeppelin.  Plus, they were a "real" rock'n'roll band, warts and all (excess may not be rebellion, but it is rock and roll, in this context). 

Still, I would have voted in The Cure, first.

I think my issue is that G-n-R's active career really wasn't very long. A couple of memorable classics, sure, but didn't they really only release three albums prior to their hiatus? Sort of like Sandy Koufax and the Baseball HOF, if his career was half as long.

IE, so many of the best American bands had very short shelf lives: Velvet Underground, Big Star, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix Experience (part British, I know), Big Brother and the Holding Company, for eXample. You'd be excluding a lot of great acts if longevity was a necessity.