Posted on 09/18/2005 6:51:20 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominations Leave Out Many Rock Acts Again
By: Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter
September 18,2005 9:41 A.M. EST
Cleveland,Ohio (AHN) - The nominees for the Class of 2006 for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is filled with a lot of hold overs from previous years and virtually ignores a truckload of artists that many critics are shaking their heads over.
J.Geils Band, John Mellencamp, the Patti Smith Group, Chic, Joe Tex,Miles Davis, Cat Stevens, Blondie, the Paul Butterfield Band, the Dave Clark Five and the Sir Douglas Quintet will all have a chance to make it into the hall of fame located in Cleveland.
This year also marks the eighth chance for Black Sabbath, Lynyd Skynyrd gets their seventh chance,and the Sex Pistols and the Stooges all of which are on try number five.
Missing from the nomination list again this year include bands like Rush, Van Halen, Yes, Genesis, ELO, Joan Jett, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Heart, Deep Purple, Pat Benatar, and Duran Duran.
Nominees are picked by a 70-member committee of rock 'n' roll historians, journalists and label execs, with ballots then mailed to an international voting body of 700 music industry types for the final decision. The five to seven nominees that receive the most votes will be inducted into the Rock Hall next year.
Saw the Dave Clark Five, with the Trogs as the warm-up band.
I'd love to see Jello Biafra making a moving speech at the induction, thanking his parents and his high school teachers.
I believe that Johnny Rivers is still excluded from the RRHOF for his political beliefs.
Ah, those were the days.
I am a closet Duran Duran fan. Never would admit it in real life being a 20 year old male and all. I only wished I grew up in the 80s and could have expiernced the golden years of MTV and the video music era.
I think it was the Rivingtons that made the original. Did not hear any more songs from them that got played as often as "The Bird". They did release an album though.
Sorry, I cant find the CD to even give you the exact name of the song. I think its either "the wall" or "piss on the wall".
Its an anti-war song throughout, but the wall they talk about pissing on is the memorial wall.
part of the song; "Now I try to hold it steady, as I piss on the wall".
Its on the freeze frame album.
Yep...me toooooooooo....but I'd have to admit is "Because...."....:)
There are probably some who are still angry over his "Ballad of the Yellow Beret".
Probably from the same fools(Grammys)who didn't even nominate Huey Lewis's "Sports" for LP of the year in 85, and instead gave us these classics......
Album of the Year:
Can't Slow Down
Lionel Richie
other nominees:
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
Prince - Purple Rain
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
Tina Turner - Private Dancer
Miles Davis?
Wazat you carrying the speakers for the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band back in '71 ?
Lucky you! The Troggs were fun. Another unappreciated British group with lots of hits, barely recalled today, was The Searchers.
What?
How about the Electric Prunes!?
No disgrace at all. The Dave Clark 5 was an outstanding band.
Good point!!
What lines do you think the RRHOF finds most repugnant? Praise for Montgomery?(Montgomery's got the answer)
As Skynyrd says: Well, I hope Neil Young will remember A Southern man don't need him around anyhow
Umm Pschotic Reaction...Been waiting for one of those.
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