2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced

Rolling Stone ^ | 9/27/07

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Madonna, the Beastie Boys, the Dave Clark Five, Leonard Cohen, Afrika Bambaataa, John Mellencamp, the Ventures, Donna Summer and Chic have been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. Five acts will make it into the Hall of Fame in 2008.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/27/2008-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees-announced-madonna-beastie-boys-more/

[Yardstick]

No doubt you guys have heard Jeff Buckley’s cover of Cohen’s Hallelujah. Things just don’t get much more beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsa_xWLOghg

[free_for_now]

Totally agree. Wanda Jacksons Riot in Cell block #9 is a classic and was contemporary with the early work of Elvis. If he was the King, she was the Queen. How can she not be in? The HOF is a joke.

[weegee]

It was, the Rivingtons sued and got the songwriting credit. But to be fair, it was a crashing of Doin The Bird together with Pappa Oom Mow Mow, both of which were their songs.

But there are a lot of later songs that used the Pappa Oom Mow Mow line without paying the Rivingtons a dime.

[Bear_Slayer]

I saw them in San Diego in 1986. They blew fuses twice. The lights went out. What impressed me the most is that I could tell that they were serious about their music and their entertaining, but they did not take themselves serious -- they were just regular guys that played great music.

[weegee]

My google search wasn’t so good either. Kenny Rogers did the first recording of Elvira but The Oakridge Boys had the hit.

[Poser]

OK. Trivia time. No cheating.

Flip side of Wipeout?

Flip side of Surfin Bird?

[weegee]

Rock and Roll PING!

[weegee]

Surfer Joe and King of the Surf?

I have the trashmen single but have to think back to my re-issue (I think) of Sufaris.

[upsdriver]

Dick Dale should be in there. I think Jack Scott should be too.

[Poser]

Surfer Joe is right but not King of the Surf.

Ph.D. Question: Flip side of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport?

[daler]

DC5 long, LONG overdue...

For you youngsters not familiar:

http://www.daveclarkfive.com/daveclarkfive/index2.htm

[Poser]

DC5 - Bad soccer team. Good band.

[upsdriver]

Janis Martin was another good ‘un! Sorry to hear of her passing.

[wastedyears]

Agreed with Rush, don’t care about KISS.

Same with Iron Maiden. Where’s their nomination?

[Yardstick]

Dick Dale is quite a character. He tends to speak of himself in the third person — as in (him speaking here) “Dick Dale invented surf!”. He’s the king and he knows it.

[weegee]

Don’t know, but is it true that records spin the other way down in Australia?

[Hildy]

thank you. Loved it. Here's one for you...be prepared to have a new favorite Leonard Cohen Song if you've never heard it before:

SONG OF BERNADETTE

[daler]

Wild guess...Bird Dance Beat?

BTW, the surviving members of the Trashmen are still performing.

[upsdriver]

How about Deep Purple, are they in the Hall yet? Or the Guess Who? They are a tremendously underrated band.

[Poser]

“Don’t know, but is it true that records spin the other way down in Australia?”

That’s why they put “They’re coming to take me away” in reverse on the flip side. It was for Australian release.