2011 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees announced

[Richland123]

2011 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees announced. The inductee finalists will be selected in a few months.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/sto...elude-kiss-for

The Beastie Boys & LL Cool J (WHAAAAAAT?)

I can definitely see Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Laura Nyro, Dr. John, and J. Geils Band (all of them about time) and even Donovan, Bon Jovi, and Tom Waits.

However, where is Rush, Deep Purple, The Moody Blues, Chicago, Jethro Tull, Kansas, The Guess Who, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, Electric Light Orchestra, Hall & Oates, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Grand Funk Railroad, Steve Miller Band, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Tommy James & The Shondells, Three Dog Night, Steppenwolf, Toto, Boston, bad Company, Foreigner, Journey, Styx, and Kiss, just to name a few.

[zachoff]

Originally Posted by Richland123

2011 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees announced. The inductee finalists will be selected in a few months.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/sto...elude-kiss-for

The Beastie Boys & LL Cool J (WHAAAAAAT?)

I can definitely see Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Laura Nyro, Dr. John, and J. Geils Band (all of them about time) and even Donovan, Bon Jovi, and Tom Waits.

However, where is Rush, Deep Purple, The Moody Blues, Chicago, Jethro Tull, Kansas, The Guess Who, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, Electric Light Orchestra, Hall & Oates, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Grand Funk Railroad, Steve Miller Band, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Tommy James & The Shondells, Three Dog Night, Steppenwolf, Toto, Boston, bad Company, Foreigner, Journey, Styx, and Kiss, just to name a few.

LL and Beastie Boys changed the face of hip hop. Never even heard of Laura Nyro. RRHOF is kind of a joke these days, anyway.

[Richland123]

Originally Posted by zachoff

LL and Beastie Boys changed the face of hip hop. Never even heard of Laura Nyro. RRHOF is kind of a joke these days, anyway.

Laura Nyro (October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American composer, lyricist, singer, and pianist. Her style was a hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes and rock. She was an major influence for many female singers, musicians, and songwriters.

Laura Nyro was best known, and enjoyed her greatest commercial success, as a composer and lyricist rather than as a performer. A number of other singers had significant hits with her songs. Just a few of them were The 5th Dimension with "Blowing Away", "Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Sweet Blindness", "Save The Country" and "Black Patch"; Blood, Sweat & Tears and Peter, Paul & Mary with "And When I Die"; Three Dog Night with "Eli's Coming"; and Barbra Streisand with "Stoney End", "Time and Love", and "Hands off the Man (Flim Flam Man)". Nyro's best-selling single was her recording of Carole King and Gerry Goffin's "Up on the Roof."

[deutschmarc]

once and for all we need to stop thinking that the rrhof has anyone associated with it that hasent had A full on lobotomy. their selection process is extremly secretive and run by the idiots that voted in abba. our favorite bands don't need this kind of ****. and neither do we. most of the groups that have been snubbed really don't care anyway. who needs 'em

[SteveC]

The RRHOF is a joke to most everyone. I don't even think bands care if they get in. It's all contrived and decided by a small "select" group of people. Awards, countdowns, etc. are fun to watch, sometimes entertaining, sometime infuriating, but always meaningless in the long run.

[zachoff]

Originally Posted by SteveC

The RRHOF is a joke to most everyone. I don't even think bands care if they get in. It's all contrived and decided by a small "select" group of people. Awards, countdowns, etc. are fun to watch, sometimes entertaining, sometime infuriating, but always meaningless in the long run.

Unless it's the awesomest grunge not including those that sucked countdown! It'd just be Green River, Nirvana, Tad, Soundgarden's first album & Mudhoney and it would be awesome. haha.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by zachoff

Never even heard of Laura Nyro.

C'mon, Miles Davis used to open for her at The Fillmore East...sorta (Miles prefered to play 1st).
At least she played the Fillmore.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by Richland123

However, where is Rush, Deep Purple, The Moody Blues, Chicago, Jethro Tull, Kansas, The Guess Who, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, Electric Light Orchestra, Hall & Oates, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Grand Funk Railroad, Steve Miller Band, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Tommy James & The Shondells, Three Dog Night, Steppenwolf, Toto, Boston, bad Company, Foreigner, Journey, Styx, and Kiss, just to name a few.

More than 1/2 of those bands should have been on the 1st ballot.

I don't usually care about HoF stuff...but this morning, a local radio jock was moaning about Frank Sinatra goin' in the Hall in 2011.
He said, "...I know a lot say Sinatra was the 'early Elvis'...NO, HE WAS NOT! He was something else & that something, while great, was one of the reason Rock 'n' Roll was invented!!!"


No Sinatra, no RnR?

[Jim Campbell]

Originally Posted by deutschmarc

once and for all we need to stop thinking that the rrhof has anyone associated with it that hasent had A full on lobotomy. their selection process is extremly secretive and run by the idiots that voted in abba. our favorite bands don't need this kind of ****. and neither do we. most of the groups that have been snubbed really don't care anyway. who needs 'em

from what i gather from those that have been there it's nothing more than an expensive tourist trap....for those who wish to put music into some kind of historical context there are certainly better avenues......watching to see who gets voted in or not seems like a colossal waste of time much like some demented reality tv show.....

[iridiumrocks]

Clearly, they have a different definition of "Rock and Roll" than the rest of the world. If LL Cool J is rock and roll, than I missed something...

[PastorofMuppets]

ll cool j are you effing kidding me.
Joke alllllllllll around the whole rock hall thing.

[plangentmusic]

Some may agree with this. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nelson..._b_340111.html

[I<34080]

It's a joke, don't stress.

[Richland123]

Just for clarification purposes, here are the eligibility requirements for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame right from their website. These criteria have been modified over the years.

Eligibility

To be eligible for induction as an artist (as a performer, composer, or musician) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the artist must have released a record, in the generally accepted sense of that phrase, at least 25 years prior to the year of induction; and have demonstrated unquestionable musical excellence.

We shall consider factors such as an artist's musical influence on other artists, length and depth of career and the body of work, innovation and superiority in style and technique, but musical excellence shall be the essential qualification of induction.

Induction Process

Election of InducteesLeaders in the music industry joined together in 1983 to establish the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. One of the Foundation’s many functions is to recognize the contributions of those who have had a significant impact on the evolution, development and perpetuation of rock and roll by inducting them into the Hall of Fame.

The Categories

Performers

Artists become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record. Criteria include the influence and significance of the artists’ contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll.

The Foundation’s nominating committee, composed of rock and roll historians, selects nominees each year in the Performer category. Ballots are then sent to an international voting body of more than 500 rock experts. Those performers who receive the highest number of votes - and more than 50 percent of the vote - are inducted. The Foundation generally inducts five to seven performers each year.

Non-Performers

Songwriters, producers, disc jockeys, record executives, journalists and other industry professionals who have had a major influence on the development of rock and roll.

Early Influences

Artists whose music predated rock and roll but had an impact on the evolution of rock and roll and inspired rock’s leading artists.

The special selection committee elects the inductees in the Non-Performer and Early Influences categories.

Side Men

This category was introduced in 2000. It honors those musicians who have spent their careers out of the spotlight, performing as backup musicians for major artists on recording sessions and in concert. Though they often play a key role in the creation of memorable music, the public rarely knows them by name. A separate committee, composed primarily of producers, selects the inductees in this category.

[zachoff]

Originally Posted by JimK

C'mon, Miles Davis used to open for her at The Fillmore East...sorta (Miles prefered to play 1st).
At least she played the Fillmore.

Yeah, I don't listen to jazz unless it's background music somewhere & even then I don't pay much attention to it. I'm guessing the folks slagging LL & The Beastie Boys probably listen to little to no hip hop. It's all relative, I guess.

[billiam5billion]

Bad Religion, snubbed again.

Doubt they care.

[Growler]

Why hasn't Ernie Ball been inducted? His strings made all those Gibsons and Fenders sound so good over the years.

Get Ernie Ball into the RnR HoF FaceBook Page

[Mr wiggl3s]

What a joke. Honestly, who actually cares about the R&R HoF?

[BassScum]

Yeah, it seems they have a hard time with inducting a lot of the late 60's/70's rock bands Rush, Deep Purple etc. They really need to change the name to The Music Hall of Fame or something else. I hate hearing LL Cool J/Run DMC/Madonna etc. mentioned in the same sentence with the word rock n roll. The Rock n roll hall of fame will never be a legitimate institution. The people running it are idiots.