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Raff 
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 Posted: January 11 2007 at 15:52 |
 Philéas wrote:
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For the second time today, I have to respond with a sonorous "Hear, hear!" to something you wrote...  Who cares about the Hall of Fame? Does it affect our enjoyment of music or what? We know how these things work, and we should know better than to get p***ed off about that.
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The T
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Posted: January 11 2007 at 15:44 |
Chicapah wrote:
I think the hall of fame voters consider Progressive Rock the autistic cousin who no one wants to talk about or acknowledge. Genesis should have been inducted years ago. |
Right on the point.
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bhikkhu
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Posted: January 11 2007 at 12:12 |
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I agree with all of your choices, except Love. I had never heard of them until Rolling Stone published that 500 greatest pop albums issue. Aside from that, I see them referenced here by members once in a great while. Obviously they didn't sell many albums, but what makes them so influential? I have never heard any artist referencing them as an influence.
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progismylife
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Posted: January 11 2007 at 11:59 |
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I remember seeing a petition on the internet to get Rush into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Needless to say I signed it about 50 times under many different names.
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Chicapah
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Posted: January 11 2007 at 11:55 |
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I think the hall of fame voters consider Progressive Rock the autistic cousin who no one wants to talk about or acknowledge. Genesis should have been inducted years ago.
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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Freak
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Posted: January 10 2007 at 15:54 |
Philéas wrote:
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What a strange attitude to bring to a thread. Peace on Earth and mercy mild.
Anyway, R.E.M. definitely - I'd thought they had been inducted last year! Those guys have delivered plenty of stellar albums, from Automatic For The People to Murmur.
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Philéas
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Posted: January 10 2007 at 07:10 |
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The T
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Posted: January 09 2007 at 22:35 |
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prog will never be inducted 'cause it doesn't sell. The closest we'll get is when the induct Peter gabriel, but for his solo work it will be. Prog has no drug-deaths like "rock-stars" usually have and the press so loves, prog has usually no "attitude" towards the system, prog has no larger-than-life egotistical figures, prog is a music made FOR MUSIC's SAKE, and that doesn't go well with the industry. Disclaimer: these are not entirely original ideas, but are entirely true.
Believe me, I'm not losing any sleep because of prog not being inducted. Yes and Genesis will get there by 2057, after Korn and Papa Roach.
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1800iareyay
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Posted: January 09 2007 at 16:56 |
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The 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
Patti Smith- punk legend
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five- 1st rap inductee
The Ronettes- token oldies group
R.E.M.- alt. rock giant
Van Halen- finally admitted
It seems that the hall of fame is beginning to embrace the genres they ignore. Metal entered last year with Sabbath. Now rap is in with Grandmaster Flash. Is prog next?
The problem is there are no metal inductees this year (I view VH as hard rock.
Glaring ommissions from hall of fame:
Deep Purple- why are they not in?
Genesis- one of top 30 selling artists of all time, that alone should secure a spot
Yes- also sold a lot for prog band, hugely influential
Link Wray- proto punk and metal, widely credited with the first use of the power chord
Love- not commercially successful, but hugely influential
Journey- many radio hits as well as one of the greatest singers in rock
MC5- proto-punk band that introduced a militant mentality to war protests (pause for irony)
Iron Maiden- one of the few important bands from the 80s that meets the 25 year minimum "age" to be considered, hugely influential and commercially successful for a non-pop metal band.
Judas Priest- same credentials as Maiden
Jethro Tull- kings of prog-folk, the most commercially and critically successful prog folk band
Screamin' Jay Hawkins- instead of token oldies inductions, why not the man who pioneered theatricality in rock. Alice Cooper, KISS, and a host of others owe this man a debt
Alice Cooper- pioneer of shock rock, which older voters will not take seriously. However, he is a huge concert draw and relatively successful both commercially and critically.
The only real qualification is that a band cannot be considered until 25 years after the release of its debut album. So, why haven't these bands been inducted?
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