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Pat Boone
John Rook ^ | August 14, 2005 | John Rook

Posted on 08/14/2005 10:04:47 PM PDT by USMale

The original American Idol, Pat Boone, is celebrating his 50th year with a career few singers come close to, I am shocked and astounded to learn Pat Boone is absent from his rightful place in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. How couId this terrible oversight have occurred? No one alive today is more deserving of this honor than Pat Boone.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 50thanniversary; bangyourhead; monstersofmetal; patboone; rockhalloffame
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To: USMale

Red Foley, Country Music Hall of Famer, was Pat Boone's father-in-law. I think.


61 posted on 08/15/2005 4:36:54 AM PDT by lonestar (Me, too!--Weinie)
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To: ovrtaxt

I think quite a few people in this thread have pointed out the milliue that PB was in -- he WAS a Rocker for his era. He was part of that transition team when we went from big bands to Buddy Holly and Elvis.

I agree he deserves his spot in the HOF.


62 posted on 08/15/2005 4:44:47 AM PDT by Shazbot29 (Light a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day; light him on fire, he'll be warm the rest of his life)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
"Heartbreak Hotel" was 1955. "Don't Be Cruel" played non-stop on the jukebox at Lake Tejas summer of '56 or '57.

It was a great time to be a teenager!

63 posted on 08/15/2005 4:50:39 AM PDT by lonestar (Me, too!--Weinie)
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To: LIConFem

""Before Elvis... there was nothing!"

Buddy Holly predated Elvis. In fact, if anyone deserves the title of "King of Rock & Roll", it's Buddy."

I love Buddy, too - but he sure didn't predate Elvis. Elvis' first Sun single "That's All Right" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky" was recorded in 1954. Buddy didn't start recording until '56, and his first hit, "That'll Be The Day" wasn't until '57.



64 posted on 08/15/2005 4:51:18 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: LIConFem
Buddy Holly predated Elvis. In fact, if anyone deserves the title of "King of Rock & Roll", it's Buddy.

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. Now tell me who looks more like a king?:>)


65 posted on 08/15/2005 4:52:28 AM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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To: WKB


The once & future king at his best!
66 posted on 08/15/2005 4:56:07 AM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Count Petofi will not be denied!)
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To: WKB
"Now tell me who looks more like a king?:>)"

Compared to Elvis, Buddy does. If anything, Elvis looks more like a Court Jester than a king.
67 posted on 08/15/2005 4:57:39 AM PDT by LIConFem (A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
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To: Pravious
"...but he sure didn't predate Elvis."

Yes, quite right. I had read his bio several years ago, and remembered that he was performing in clubs and such as early as 1951. Got the dates confused.
68 posted on 08/15/2005 4:59:04 AM PDT by LIConFem (A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
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To: ladyinred

No, he sucked out loud. That explains it.


69 posted on 08/15/2005 5:01:14 AM PDT by metesky (This land was your land, this land is MY land; I bought the rights from a town selectman!)
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To: A CA Guy
LOL. But then I didn't think "April Love" was rock and roll. Pat was always Mr. Prep, IMHO.

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70 posted on 08/15/2005 5:04:45 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Seeing More Clearly Now
Fabian, Frankie Avalon, Bobbie Rydel

Media creations just like The Monkees.

71 posted on 08/15/2005 5:07:13 AM PDT by metesky (This land was your land, this land is MY land; I bought the rights from a town selectman!)
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To: holyscroller
"When Boone did his "No more Mr. Nice guy" album, and came out strutting like a hoodlum and breaking his neck to look and act like a punk, I washed my hands of him. Whatever his reason for trying to convince people he was no longer a Christian, it worked on me. I'm convinced. Pat proved again, "there's no fool like an old fool.""

LOL.......well now, just hold on there. You're being WAAAAAAAAY too hard on the guy. There's more to that story.

You may not believe it, but for a time the Boone family lived next door to none other than the Prince of Darkness himself........Ozzie Osbourne (and family). What's even odder is how WELL they got along; they genuinely liked each other (Ozzie has mentioned this numerous times). Pat Boone related how he'd ride around with Ozzie listening to heavy rock (courtesy of Ozzie's car stereo and significant collection of hard rock). Boone LIKED it, much to his own surprise. He came to understand the appeal of heavy rock, and he decided to have some fun with it (yes, that's FUN.......the whole thing was more than a bit of a spoof, even though his appreciation of the genre was genuine) and recorded "No More Mr. Nice Guy". He even appeared on late night TV in that leather garb (and made it darned clear he was just funnin' with it all......too many STILL didn't and don't get it).

Never once did Boone denounce his Christianity in any way, shape, or form. Just because someone loves heavy rock doesn't mean they aren't or can't be Christian, for pete's sake.

I thought the whole thing was a hoot and I give PB a LOT of credit for having the stones to do that album (no pun intended).

72 posted on 08/15/2005 5:11:59 AM PDT by RightOnline
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To: USMale

What's he getting it for? Covering the records of fifties black artists? Whatever.


73 posted on 08/15/2005 5:14:37 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: holyscroller

I think you're being a bit harsh.


74 posted on 08/15/2005 5:16:13 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: LIConFem

The little geek in glasses would disagree with that one himself!


75 posted on 08/15/2005 5:16:16 AM PDT by carjic
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To: carjic
Perhaps. But that "little geek in glasses" had more talent than 20 Elvises.

Elvis got by on novelty and good looks. Buddy did it on raw talent. Shame he passed so young.
76 posted on 08/15/2005 5:19:31 AM PDT by LIConFem (A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
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To: USMale
I was there in the fifties and I agree with you.

And, just to let you know, Nirvana is my favorite all-time R&R band, so I ain't no fuddy duddy.

77 posted on 08/15/2005 5:23:01 AM PDT by Pharmboy (There is no positive correlation between the ability to write, act, sing or dance and being right)
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To: Pharmboy

What does everyone know Pat Boone for though? Covering other people's songs, esp. at a time when they were unaccredited which is really stealing. PB isn't someone I thought would be in the R&R hall but then again...Bono is in there too!


78 posted on 08/15/2005 5:26:39 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: LIConFem

I like Buddy Holly. Elvis too but I'd have to agree with you as far as talent goes.


79 posted on 08/15/2005 5:28:15 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: USMale

Here is his website,

http://www.patboone.com/

He is very Pro-America. Here's an excerpt from his site,

QUOTE, 'In his interview with NewsMax.com, Boone said many of Hollywood's older stars — Reagan, the late John Wayne, Glenn Ford, Clint Eastwood — were more respectful of their country and much more appreciative of their success.

'He said in those days, Americans believed they were at least on the right course, even if they didn't always agree with U.S. leaders. And he said entertainers and the media would never savage candidates the way they do today.

'"The idea that the Dixie Chicks could go over to another country and tell an audience they were ashamed the president was from their home state of Texas — especially a place like England, an ally," was unheard of, Boone said.

'"I remember telling people, 'I can't wait to introduce the Dixie Chicks to Colonel Sanders," he quipped.

'"Now here comes Michael Moore, calling himself a documentarian, which he is not," Boone said. "He's a propagandist, and an overt bad one at that." He said the media and entertainment elite are "fawning" over Moore "because they think he'll skewer our president." But he criticized Moore for releasing the film he says is full of "biased lies" especially during a time of war, when Bush is trying to lead the country to victory against terrorism.

'Boone compared Moore's attacks to those of the Washington, D.C.-area snipers.

'"[Moore] is over in Cannes [France] taking shots at the president and lobbing bombs at him from the local theater as well," he said. "To lob this kind of criticism – it's like biological warfare in the media. Talk about your weapons of mass destruction." ' END QUOTE


80 posted on 08/15/2005 5:32:13 AM PDT by JockoManning (http://www.biblegateway.com)
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