Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
R.E.M.
The Ronettes
Patti Smith
Van Halen

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16525893/

Thoughts?

Pretty good choices, actually

namepeace said:

about damn time patti got inducted.

now i have to start whining about joan jett/the runaways!

Anx said:

I bet she has an even tougher time, although she's just as deserving.

GangstaFam said:

how can you make the song "i love rock'n'roll" into a classic, then not be inducted to the RNRHOF? it seems like she should be the mascot!

namepeace said:

Absolutely.

Anx said:

I don't see the San Diego Chicken in the hall of fame, either

CinisterCee said:

i'm happy these guys were inducted. are they the first hip hop group to go into the RRHOF?

NDRU said:

the san diego chicken was in the runaways?

Yea for R.E.M!!

dancerella said:

i think so.

I'm surprised Van Halen wasn't inducted in 2003, when they were first eligible.

namepeace said:

A pretty deserving group, though I'm not really big on any of them. To me the only questionable one is the act I probably like the most: the Ronettes. They were more of an adjunct to Phil Spector's hit machine than anything, and while the tunes were brilliant, I wouldn't say that warrants a separate slot in the HoF for them. They were Spector's triumph, and he's already in.

Stax said:

pretty sure. fortunately, they were one of the first acts to have a record out in 1979, and tenure is one of the RRHOF's main criteria.

well i got 4 out of five right> i said yes to patti, rem, van halen, stogges & Grandmasterflahs & fuck no to chic, joe tex, the ronettes & dave clark 5

well since patti & grand master flash is finally off the ballot that makes room for new wave of britsih heavy metal such as iron amiden, judas priest & motorhead

heres who id vote in future rock halls

2008 Metallica, Beastie Boys, Madonna, Sonic Youth,Janet jackson
2009 RUN DMC, slayer, Anthrax, Pantera, Stevie ray vaughan
2010 BON JOVI RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS,
2011 LL COOL J, ENYA, FAITH NO MORE, SOUNDGARDEN
2012: GUNS & ROSES
2013: nwa, PUBLIC ENEMY, JANES ADDICTION KYLIE MINGOUE ( & I DONT GIVE A FUCK IF SHE ONLY HAD LIKE 7 OR SO HOT 100 ENTRIES. IT DOSNT MATTER IF U DON'T MAKE IT IN AMERICA THE SEX PISTOLS FLOPED IN AMERICA & THEY GOT IN0
2014 living color
2015: green day, nirvana, nine inch nails,
2016: smashing pumpkins, alice in chains
2017: pearl jam 2pac
2018: radiohead, STP, rage againt the machines, beck, tool
2019: shania twain

Its a deserving group, but to me the RNR hall of fame is so damn confusing. A few years back John Mellencamp was on the ballot and 3 straight years didnt get enough votes. Well i would accept that, but then to see some of the artists that got in, Percy Sledge? If the Hall of Fame is about influence that what was Percy's, sure it was a big song, but does that mean we induct the Escape Club because they had a big hit too. Im not really sure who's voting and what they are on, but i still question The New York Dolls getting in also over Mellencamp. As far as Joan Jett, i was thinking that the other day, now tell me she hasnt influenced any females in rock music? or her music hasnt lasted.

marto said:

I think Jovi can possibly be eligible in 2008 since "Runaway" appeared on a compliation early 1983, but they def should be in by 2009 since the Album came out 1984. I think Jovi gets in first ballot no problem.

lastdecember said:

yeah id say 2008. sorry rem first single came out in 1981

Hmmm....



Patti Smith makes rock hall, but where's Iggy?
January 8, 2007

BY BRIAN MCCOLLUM

FREE PRESS POP MUSIC WRITER

Ready to rumble, Detroit rock fans?

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame unveiled its 2007 class of inductees Monday, and the names constitute a formidable five in American music: alterna-rock pioneer R.E.M., hard rock titan Van Halen, hip-hop innovator Grandmaster Flash, quintessential girl-group the Ronettes and punk-poet priestess Patti Smith, a onetime Detroiter.

Just one thing missing. Again.

The Stooges.

Monday’s announcement leaves Iggy Pop and his groundbreaking Michigan band 0-for-6 at the rock hall. Six times nominated by the committee that crafts the annual ballot; six times rejected by the 600-some voters -- critics, historians, industry figures -- who select the inductees.

Artists are eligible 25 years after their first recording. This year, only R.E.M. was a first-shot inductee.

It isn’t just hometown parochialism to rue the omission of the Stooges, along with their 1960s contemporaries and fellow Detroit rabble-rousers the MC5: Both groups are widely -- and zealously -- heralded as the founding fathers of punk and heavy metal, and many of their followers are already enshrined in the solemn upper room at the hall’s Cleveland museum.

(read more at the link below)

http://www.freep.com/apps...08012/1035
[Edited 1/8/07 21:13pm]

So, no Stooges, no Iggy, no Sabbath and now Grand Master Flash?

They need to change the name to omit Rock & Roll from the name. It's almost as lame as the so-called museum.

Oh yeah, REM is so Rock & Roll

coolcat said:

Van Halen hasn't been getting much respect lately. People have even been knocking Eddie's playing.

Stax said:

Respec!

Slave2daGroove said:

Because we consider rap inferior, do we?

CinisterCee said:

Not at all, quite the opposite in some cases but it's not called the R&B Hall of Fame or the Rap Hall of Fame or the Hip Hop Hall of Fame (all great ideas to shine some light on their greatness) but...

It's suppose to be Rock & Roll in which Grand Master Flash isn't.

So I'm just a little

namepeace said:

Same old safe stuff!

marto said:

It would be very crazy for a lot of those people to be inducted in before Donna Summer, whose music probably influenced a whole mess of those folks (certaintly Madonna, Janet and possibly NIN).

^ R U INSANE!!!!!

nine inch nails is industrial metal & trent renzor has no influenced from donna

marto said:

You might be surprised.