Posted on 03/15/2010 8:57:21 AM PDT by Borges
ABBA, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, The Hollies and the Stooges will become the latest inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, officials said.
Other inductees this year include individual recipients of the Ahmet Ertegun Award -- record executive David Geffen and songwriters Jeff Barry, Otis Blackwell, Ellie Greenwich, Barry Mann, Mort Shuman, Jesse Stone and Cynthia Weil.
An induction ceremony is set for Monday night at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.
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The R&R HoF is forever diminished.
once again alice cooper has been snubed....
ABBA is highly influential and respected.
Jimmy Cliff is one of reggae’s greatest. He deserves at least a small post next to the other rock n roll brothers. I don’t agree with their politics, but I LOVE all their music. Damned lib conundrum....but I’m happy to smoke and party with their type nonetheless.
I’m still waiting for them to induct Rush (the band, not the pundit).
ABBA gets in, but legends and trendsetters such as Alice Cooper and KISS get stiffed again!?!
What a freakin’ joke!
ABBA is to R & R what Tony Bennett is to Rap.
Pretty soon they will run out of R&Rs to induct. Shoosh, everything in R&R has been derivative of the originals since around 1978. Does Tom Petty pay royalties to the Byrds? Did Elton John and Madonna actually kill R&R? Its so bad that lead guitarist just steal licks note for note from the originals. To paraphrase Frank Zappa: R&R isn’t dead, it just smells funny.
ABBA are legendary and trend setting. They influenced everyone from the Pet Shop Boys to Nirvana.
What? No Ted Nugent??? Again? I’m SHOCKED!!!
Who will be inducted next year - Debby Boone and Barry Manilow?
So is Nancy Pelosi.
Mare a reflection on the respecter than the respected, IMO.
Yes and King Crimson, two bands with incredible musicianship and who marked new territories in music have been stiffed for years, in part because they ‘aren’t rock and roll’. So, ABBA, while successful, is more rock and roll? Who votes on these things? I guess more to the point is, who cares?
Now THAT’s funny !! Good one. That could be a threader of itself (maybe, on a slow day).
ABBA made brilliant pop records. What qualities do you look for in pop music that their best records didn’t have? You’re letting fashion cloud your judgment.
“ABBA made brilliant pop records.” Agreed, but I thought this was the Rock and Roll hall of fame. Oh well. Maybe they can play ‘Banking Queen’ during the induction ceremony.
Rock n Roll is a type of Pop music. It was a fusion of all the different styles of pop at the time.
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