If Madonna is in.....everyone should be in.

^ HA!!

I see Sade influencing the likes of, say, Dido -- who I don't recall *ever* rocking out...

And, I dig me some Helen. Jussayin'...

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rialb said:

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They haven't been inducted yet, have they? These fucking cunts at the committee are really something, ain't they?

Timmy84 said:

They haven't been inducted yet, have they? These fucking cunts at the committee are really something, ain't they?

Harsh but not wrong. It is kind of fitting that the Hall has a bias against Heavy Metal acts.The music has been mainstream for decades yet they are still too "dangerous" for the genteel tastes of the committee. Kiss and Deep Purple are arguably the most prominant snubs but Motorhead, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden should all have been in years ago. Then you have some worthy more extreme acts like Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth. I guess according to the Hall Heavy Metal begins and ends with Metallica.

rialb said:

Timmy84 said:

They haven't been inducted yet, have they? These fucking cunts at the committee are really something, ain't they?

Harsh but not wrong. It is kind of fitting that the Hall has a bias against Heavy Metal acts.The music has been mainstream for decades yet they are still too "dangerous" for the genteel tastes of the committee. Kiss and Deep Purple are arguably the most prominant snubs but Motorhead, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden should all have been in years ago. Then you have some worthy more extreme acts like Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth. I guess according to the Hall Heavy Metal begins and ends with Metallica.

Judas Priest & Kiss should definitely be in there. Kiss only has a few good songs, but I think the overall package should count for something. They pulled off the costumes and make-up without being corny, that's hard to do. If it's a Hall of FAME, they should definitely be in there.

As for Sade & Erykah, I think Ms. Badu should definitely be in there. She and D'Angelo, along with their producers and marketers, basically created a new genre. That's worth a lot in my book. And she's had some great albums & songs and is great in concert.

I love Sade's music, but she's not really groundbreaking. I only see her getting in if the hall wants to diversify a bit by adding more non-U.S. artists (sure, the she & the band are basically British, but she's born in Nigeria so that's unusual for the hall and might be worth something in terms of recognizing the worldwide impact of rock & roll).

rialb said:

Motorhead, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden should all have been in years ago

They're not in!!!!!!!

aardvark15 said:

rialb said:

Motorhead, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden should all have been in years ago

They're not in!!!!!!!

For whatever reason, maybe because heavy metal is viewed as juvenile music, very few heavy metal acts have made it in. Kind of silly when you consider how popular the genre was in the seventies/eighties.

Badu - maybe.

Sade - No. Body of work is too small, IMO.

RodeoSchro said:

Badu - maybe.

Sade - No. Body of work is too small, IMO.

RodeoSchro said:

Badu - maybe.

Sade - No. Body of work is too small, IMO.

Shouldn't that be the other way around?