One day these nattering naybobs will be delt with!
Posted on 03/14/2010 2:36:12 PM PDT by GQuagmire
Five performing acts will be inducted into the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow at a ceremony at New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel (Fuse TV, 8:30 p.m.). One rocked insanely hard: punk pioneers the Stooges. Two rocked more subtly, but left their mark: British Invasion band the Hollies and arty Genesis. Jimmy Cliff didn’t rock at all: He sang reggae, but the Hall of Fame has never had a problem stretching its boundaries. Which explains its otherwise mind-boggling embrace of ABBA. Meanwhile, musicians and bands who meet the Hall of Fame’s eligibility criteria (at least 25 years elapsed since the release of their first album) but have been excluded are left to wonder why. Consider these 15 acts the Rock Hall continues to shun (ranked in order of least- to most-egregious omission).
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“Sheesh how could they leave out The Flying Lizards, The Dead Milkmen, and Ebn-Ozn?”
Not to mention Scritti Politti or Plastic Bertrand...
The wife and I went to see Alice back in 2006. She wasn’t a big fan but she was after the show. She was 7 1/2 months pregnant and watched the entire show and had a great time!
No Emerson, Lake & Palmer? Heresy!
No Alice Cooper, Rush, Dire Straits, Kiss, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Flying Burrito Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lesley Gore, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Boston, The Cadillacs among others. So it is sad they get shafted because they are great.
Is Pink Floyd in the Rock hall of fame?
It is simply a popularity contest. All of the mentioned should be in but particularly Deep Purple who practically invented clasically based hard rock.
One day these nattering naybobs will be delt with!
Or the Angry Samoans!
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