Thin Lizzy and Motorhead nominated to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

[Hornius Emeritus 12471]

Thin Lizzy and Motorhead have been nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bout damn time. Still no Warren Zevon, though. 

[NOMAAA 1696]

T Rex too. 

so is DMB and Biggy, neither of which should be  considered rock.  but there are probably a lot in that arent rock.

[smuggs 9353]

Judas Priest. Fuckin' A.

 

[TexasBeta 1265]

Still no Iron Maiden. Pass till they are inducted.

[Carl Spackler 3486]

The RNRHOF is a joke in general.  That said, Whitney Houston certainly wasn't rock and roll.  Neither was B.I.G.  Give 'em their props in their respective musical genres, but they weren't rock and roll.      

[DougO 5250]

Doobie Brothers are a first time nominee. That's about all you need to see to tell what a complete joke the HOF is. Although, I guess it's a slight improvement from being zero time nominees. I'm surprised Rundgren wasn't already in.

I really doubt Thin Lizzy ever gets the credit it is due. But at least it's good to see a good number of well deserving nominees on the finalists list. Maybe they started listening to actual rock music fans for a change.

[jimmyjazz 45978]

The "___ isn't rock & roll" ship sailed a long time ago.  Every year people bitch, every year nothing changes.  Nothing will.  It's not worth getting upset over.

Besides, there will always be a question of where does one draw the line?  Is this like Potter Stewart's definition of obscenity . . . "I know it when I see it"?   That's pretty arbitrary.  I mean, it's pretty obvious to me that artists like Public Enemy and NWA embodied the spirit of rock & roll as much as, say, The Everly Brothers.  In fact, if you look back at the list of inductees, starting in 1986, early membership was dominated by black artists who weren't all "rock & roll".  (Some, like Chuck Berry, obviously were.  But Sam Cooke?  Ray Charles?  Hugely important artists, and rightfully deserving to be in the same Hall of Fame as The Rolling Stones and The Beatles and GnR, etc.  The problem is far more in the name than in the membership.)

 

[Carl Spackler 3486]

5 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

The "___ isn't rock & roll" ship sailed a long time ago.  Every year people bitch, every year nothing changes.  Nothing will.  It's not worth getting upset over.

Besides, there will always be a question of where does one draw the line?  Is this like Potter Stewart's definition of obscenity . . . "I know it when I see it"?   That's pretty arbitrary.  I mean, it's pretty obvious to me that artists like Public Enemy and NWA embodied the spirit of rock & roll as much as, say, The Everly Brothers.  In fact, if you look back at the list of inductees, starting in 1986, early membership was dominated by black artists who weren't all "rock & roll".  (Some, like Chuck Berry, obviously were.  But Sam Cooke?  Ray Charles?  Hugely important artists, and rightfully deserving to be in the same Hall of Fame as The Rolling Stones and The Beatles and GnR, etc.  The problem is far more in the name than in the membership.)

 

Not upset.  Just stating a point.  And the process is already arbitrary as hell, so another level of arbitrariness won't make it any worse.   

[jimmyjazz 45978]

3 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Not upset.  Just stating a point.  And the process is already arbitrary as hell, so another level of arbitrariness won't make it any worse.   

It might not be the worst thing to consider a name change, but that's a marketing nightmare.  I wouldn't begin to know what might work.  It's a non-starter.

[Pato del Muerto 52526]

The Cleveland hall of music that some people like

[Deej 76831]

"The Jann Wenner 'Just Lining My Pocketbook and Making My Connections Happy' Hall of Fame" has a nice ring to it.

[Vic Mackey 47082]

On 10/15/2019 at 5:00 PM, TexasBeta said:

Still no Iron Maiden. Pass till they are inducted.
 

I don't know much about the process of being voted into the HOF works but how in the world is Motorhead nominated but not Iron Maiden? Iron Maiden made better music although I enjoy both bands.

[Gil Bang 25975]

Because of Lemmy's persona.  Lemmy IS (was) Rock and Roll. 

Edited November 13, 2019 by Gil Bang

[Bojack 2081]

 

[Buzzrock 14922]

Well they aren’t making any more rock n roll bands so eventually they will all be in.

[Dennis Taylor 18830]

Lemmy checked out 4 years ago today, 4 days after his 70th birthday..

 

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[Al_4_ISU 12469]

What's the deal with Zevon?  Did he fuck Jann Wenner's mom or something?

[AnotherUTFan 9754]

Thin Lizzy is way overdue.

[Pimphand 5764]

On 12/28/2020 at 10:07 AM, Dennis Taylor said:

Lemmy checked out 4 years ago today, 4 days after his 70th birthday..

 

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5 years ago...

[Dennis Taylor 18830]

3 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

5 years ago...

yeah, sorry I was distracted by the video