You don't hear much about it anymore, but for a while there was a separate Hall of Fame "sidemen" category, for lesser-known studio musicians who contributed mightily. I don't even know if they still do it. I can see Wendy, in particular, who like-it-or-not is one of the most well-known studio musicians around, getting something like that.

thebanishedone said:

Prince got inducted as a solo artist but If they decide to induct Prince And The Revolution who should be there?

Was Dez part of The Revolution(band name was on the 1999 back cover)?

Would it be Purple Rain band minus Prince?

But if they induct the classic era linup what about the extended Revolution?

Are Eric Leeds and Wally Brooks The Revolution as well?

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It'll never happen.

But I do hope I'm wrong.

If thzat's the case, just 'The Revolution', like in Prince and The ...

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If The E Street got inducted i don't c why The Revolution should not

PJMcGee said:

OK - I've been re-thinking this. I do believe The Revolution should be in the RRHOF.

Just for the reason of the Purple Rain album, movie and tour (along with the videos) . . . they're right there with Prince during his most-famous period.

So definitely the movie lineup should be inducted. Do you include Dez/Jill from the 1999 lineup (the cover art does say & The Revolution) and do you include the expanded Parade lineup?

Se7en said:

OK - I've been re-thinking this. I do believe The Revolution should be in the RRHOF.

Just for the reason of the Purple Rain album, movie and tour (along with the videos) . . . they're right there with Prince during his most-famous period.

So definitely the movie lineup should be inducted. Do you include Dez/Jill from the 1999 lineup (the cover art does say & The Revolution) and do you include the expanded Parade lineup?

exactly my thoughts

Obviously, Prince and the Revolution, meaning Prince, Mark, Matt, Bobby and Wendy and Lisa deserve any and all accolades. It would be cool if there was a way to honor the rest of the crew as well. I mean, how underrated is Miko? He funked that shit so hard. Shelia, Eric Leeds, Bonnie Boyer, Even Eddie M.

When PFUNK was awarded, it seemed like they every person who had ever been in the same room with George Clinton up on that stage. It can be done.

Also, yes, please put the original Time in the RHOF.

PJMcGee said:

E Street recorded and toured with Springsteen over a span of decades. The Revolution lasted four years.

And they burned the fucking world down in that space of 4 years. All of us have the bootlegs and are still talking about it. Have you ever heard of anyone that cared about the E. Street Band to the level of crazed focis of Prince fans? No you have not.

JudasLChrist said:

PJMcGee said:

E Street recorded and toured with Springsteen over a span of decades. The Revolution lasted four years.

And they burned the fucking world down in that space of 4 years. All of us have the bootlegs and are still talking about it. Have you ever heard of anyone that cared about the E. Street Band to the level of crazed focis of Prince fans? No you have not.

I agree with your sentiment about The Revolution, but I think you're underestimating how obsessive Bruce fans can be

mbdtyler said:

JudasLChrist said:

And they burned the fucking world down in that space of 4 years. All of us have the bootlegs and are still talking about it. Have you ever heard of anyone that cared about the E. Street Band to the level of crazed focis of Prince fans? No you have not.

I agree with your sentiment about The Revolution, but I think you're underestimating how obsessive Bruce fans can be

Perhaps!

The Revolution doesnt deserve it - which is why Prince alone is in.

AMERICA1ST said:

RJOrion said:

some Prince fans HATE "black" culture...and Prince is "BLACK"... SURPRISE!

Why are you putting black in quotes? Prince is black....some people don't know the difference between race and complexion. Anyway, I don't think it would hurt for the Revolution to be inducted....

SeventeenDayze said:

BalladofPeterParker said:

No way in hell should the Revolution be inducted separately into the hall of fame. You started a thread on here talking about how overrated Prince is but then you start one considering the hall of fame induction of THE MOST overrated "band" in Prince's history??! Just stop already.

95% of everything you heard came from Prince or his direction. I'm sick of all these barnacles trying to attach themselves to his battleship. It's a joke.

SeventeenDayze said:

Is this thread about the rest and relaxation hall of fame?

Mintchip said:

You don't hear much about it anymore, but for a while there was a separate Hall of Fame "sidemen" category, for lesser-known studio musicians who contributed mightily. I don't even know if they still do it. I can see Wendy, in particular, who like-it-or-not is one of the most well-known studio musicians around, getting something like that.

Get real. Wendy is hardly worthy of enshrinement. Being a popular studio musician does not get it.

The only way the Revolution would get in is by the influence of Wendy's father. No doubt it was instrumental to Wendy's career opportunities. He served as chairman and president of The Recording Academy

AMERICA1ST said:

The only way the Revolution would get in is by the influence of Wendy's father. No doubt it was instrumental to Wendy's career opportunities. He served as chairman and president of The Recording Academy

Wendy's father has been dead for some years.

Wendy and Lisa and the Revolution should absolutely be given any and all accolades. The hatred here for Prince's most famous, and arguably his best band is obnoxious. It makes it not fun to come to The Org. Always some overyly intense haters spouting off.

TrivialPursuit said:

soladeo1 said:

My vote is The Revolution with Dez included...as well as Sheila E and Eric Leeds.

That's not The Revolution, though. Eric, at most, was in it one year, and not a seminal year for Prince and the Revolution anyway. Dez also wasn't in The Revolution despite the album cover on 1999.

Dez long wanted out by that point. Prince purposely waited to properly introduce The Revolution in the Purple Rain era. He told Dez, "I need you for three years. If you can't be there for that, that's cool. But I need to know now." So a proper Revolutio would be the one we know: Bobby, Matt, Mark, Wendy, and Lisa. Those were the ones who were there for Purple Rain, and made it what it was. Not Vanity, not Sheila, not Eric, not Dez. (Yeah, Dez was in it what - 20 seconds?)

Overall, it's a stretch to induct them. While it was a monumental era for Prince, it was shortlived as a band. It's like trying to induct the New Power Generation, a name he's used exponentially longer. But what version of the NPG would go? What was his most seminal time w/ the NPG? There is no answer to that.

But there is an answer what version of The Revolution should be in RnRHoF: The only one that existed.




If Sheila had enough credit on her own as a solo artists who wrote and produced albums that people remembered and change the landscape of music, she may be considered. But alas...

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I'm thinking the same thing. It would mostly like be The Purple Rain-era & ATWIAD-era Prince & The Revolution line-up.

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The only why I did not say Parade-era is because Miko Weaver, Eric Leeds, & Atlanta Bliss did and still does turn it into Prince & The Counter-Revolution.

RJOrion said:

no Revolution members should be inducted...at all... i would vomit daily, knowing that Wendy Melvoin is in the RRHOF while Chaka Khan, Pat Benatar and Dionne Warwick arent.

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ABBA got in the RRHOF before KISS finally did. You should have vomit at that point in time.

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jfenster said:

Crazy topic... no backing bands r inducted

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Frank Zappa is in the RRHOF and not The Mothers Of Invention.