2008 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by kosmo:
  And don't dismiss the influence Chic had on many artists following in their wake...

True story.  Chic is the shit.  Only "disco" (no disprespect to them) group I can think of that doesn't sound dated even today.  "I Want Your Love" & "My Forbidden Lover" are the shit.  Plus Nile & Bernard were legendary producers with a dumb amount of classics under their belt.  Funny shit is, Nile produced more than a few of Madonna's early "classics" . . .
 
 

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
   

Originally posted by chaz:
  Donner Summer and Chic - I think I'm going to vomit.

Donna Summer was more involved in the writing of her music than you probably think. 1977's "I Feel Love" changed the pop soundscape overnight.
 
 Chic had the tightest rhythm section of the late 70s/early 80s. The Sugarhill Gang's seminal rap single "Rapper's Delight" used "Good Times" as its rhythm bed.
 
 And Afrika Bambaataa practically invented hip-hop. Denying him HOF entry would be like refusing Chuck Berry. [/b]

True story cubed.    

[Brian_Wallace]

So Metallica didn't make the short this but Mr. "This is OUR COUNTRY!" did?
 
 I have utter, righteous hatred for Mr. Johnny Cougar.  To be Mr. I'll-never-sell-songs-for-a-commercial then renounce all that...why?  Because he needed the money?  No, because he wasn't BEING PLAYED ON RADIO!  Ah, too bad you useless squirm.
 
 Brian
 
 P.S.  I may hate him more than I hate Pink Floyd, the Beatles and Springsteen.

[lagas]

P.S. I may hate him more than I hate Pink Floyd, the Beatles and Springsteen.

Man, you have thrown right there three pillars of all the decent rock/pop music you can hear today...I'm sure a lot of the bands you listen to have been influenced by at least one of those names...

[chaz]

Originally posted by kosmo:
   

Originally posted by chaz:
 
 Never liked the beasties.  Paul's boutique was so overplayed the year it came out i wanted to kill myself.  Though I can't deny how much they mean to many people who have generally good taste in music, despite minor transgressions like the beasties        
 
 

Really?  I thought PB received a huge WTF when it came out because it was Licensed To Ill Part II. Even I admit to not listening to it much when it first came out because it wasn't what I was expecting.  That attitude has changed over the years.
 
 And don't dismiss the influence Chic had on many artists following in their wake... [/b]

I was living in a college dorm when it came out...It was that and Mother's Milk 24-7.  No wonder I had to stay drunk and high that whole year.

[Samantha]

Brian, man, come oooon, there's so much HATE in the world already...give us some loooove baby...give us some looooove...

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by kosmo:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  The Beastie Boys?
 
 Man, they're scraping the bottom on the barrel.

Guess you haven't heard Paul's Boutique" then? Dismiss all you want but the Beasties Boys, were up until recently, ahead of the curve.  "Sabotage" ranks up there as one of the best rock songs ever written! [/b]

Paul's Boutique is a phenomenal album, but I think it has more to do with the Dust Brothers' production...

[Firebutt McGee]

WOW at the Donna Summer/Chic hate.
 
 
 When is Grace Jones getting inducted?   :p

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
 P.S.  I may hate him more than I hate Pink Floyd, the Beatles and Springsteen.

As a young Walalce, did someone rape you in the ear at some point?

[kosmo vinyl]

I can't even defend the Beastie Boys induction with this list of eligible nominees
 
 LOVE
 
 Brian Eno
 Todd Rundgren
 T. Rex
 Mott the Hoople
 The Stooges/Iggy Pop
 Big Star
 The Cure
 Gram Parsons
 The Faces
 Husker Du
 Little Feat
 The Minutemen
 The Replacements
 New York Dolls
 Sonic Youth
 Television
 Thin Lizzy
 Tom Waits
 X
 The Zombies
 Captain Beefheart
 Joy Division
 Wire
 Violent Femmes
 Meat Puppets
 Minor Threat
 New Order
 Lou Reed (solo)
 Lee Scratch Perry (and many other reggae artists)
 Gang of Four
 Pere Ubu
 The Fall
 The Mekons
 The Buzzcocks
 The Jam
 Peter Gabriel
 The Modern Lovers/Jonathan Richman
 Richard Thompson
 Roxy Music

[Samantha]

wait, none of them have been inducted?  this is just ridiculous.
 
 and no Leonard Cohen, even!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

So did the people in Chaz's original list actually make it in, or are they just finalists up for consideration?

[kosmo vinyl]

they are only ones on this year ballot and the top five vote getters are inducted....

[slappy]

With all the bitching about the nominee's and quality control. How many Hall of Famers can you actually care to name?
 
 Here's a few one/none hit wonders already in the Rock and Roll HOF.
 The Moonglows
 The Impressions
 The Rascals
 Charlie Christian
 Little Willie John
 The Contours
 LaVern Baker
 
 Hall of Fame nominee tip: The key to getting in quickly is dying. Bill Monroe got in and he played bluegrass!
 Ricky Nelson - died '85, HoF '87
 Curtis Mayfield - died '00, HoF '03
 Frank Zappa - died '93, HoF '95
 George Harrison - died '01, HoF '04
 Bill Monroe - died '96, HoF '97
 Ramones - Joey died '01, HoF '02
 Clash - Joe died '02, HoF '03
 Del Shannon - died '90, HoF '99
 George Harrison - died '01, HoF '02

[Brian_Wallace]

Originally posted by Julian, good manners AFICIONADO:
   

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
 P.S.  I may hate him more than I hate Pink Floyd, the Beatles and Springsteen.

As a young Walalce, did someone rape you in the ear at some point? [/b]

I think "raped" is a little strong but I WAS inappropriately touched a couple days ago by that new Springsteen single "(This is polluting the) Radio (and my career is going) Nowhere.)
 
 Brian

[chancegardener]

Most glaring ommission:
 
 The Stooges
 
 
 the NPR recording of their 9:30 show from earlier this year is the best balls-to-the-wall rock music I've heard in ages.