Great article Why The Unbreakable Janet Jackson Deserves The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame by Veronica Hilbring http://www.essence.com/cu...-hall-fame

Another great article Chuck D Adamant LL Cool J Should Nab Rock Hall Nomination Before Tupac by Kyle Eustice http://hiphopdx.com/news/...pac-shakur

come on Janet fans vote! 'Journey' are way in the lead - thanks a lot 'Glee'

https://www.rockhall.com/vote

2017 Nominee Fan Vote | R...ll of Fame

did everyone vote yet? Looks like Journey and ELO are in the lead right now

I'm Voting but I'm about sick of the "You must pass the I'm not a Robot" part...I can't see half the Damn Mountains and store-fronts in those pics...I don't do Facebook so I can only vote via email...Janet & Chaka are way on the Bottom...If the Voting continues the way it's going, they'll throw in Tupac so they'll have one Inductee of Color...

Chancellor said:

I'm Voting but I'm about sick of the "You must pass the I'm not a Robot" part...I can't see half the Damn Mountains and store-fronts in those pics...I don't do Facebook so I can only vote via email...Janet & Chaka are way on the Bottom...If the Voting continues the way it's going, they'll throw in Tupac so they'll have one Inductee of Color...

I see what u mean with those those shop front pics and Chic probably won't make it too cause they too are near the bottom of the list. But then again, it's saying we can cast one ballot per day through December 5th, 2016. So maybe there is a chance to change the standings Here is the Current Standings when I made my vote.

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SoulAlive said:

2017 Nominee Fan Vote | R...ll of Fame

did everyone vote yet? Looks like Journey and ELO are in the lead right now

Thanks! Voted.

Goddess4Real said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

One thing is people don't know what Rock & Roll is or the history behind it. No offense, but a lot of folks maybe the majority think of ot as "white boy guitar music."

Not counting the early guys like Chuck Berry, rock has pretty much been mostly white or at least the popular bigger selling acts were. Technically, it wasn't even called rock n' roll until white performers started doing it. When it was mostly black performers, it was called "rhythm & blues" and "race music" before that. That's how Elvis Presley, Conway Twitty, and Jerry Lee Lewis got R&B hits early in their careers. Rock n' roll wasn't much different from the R&B of the time. When there used to be Album Oriented Rock radio stations, 98% of the playlist was white male acts. The only non white acts I heard was occasionally Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Jon Butcher Axis, Robert Cray, and Living Colour. Jimi and Robert Cray had white guys in their bands, and Santana was a mixed band too. It's like early professional basketball was pretty much white, but basketball is not considered a white sport in the USA today, maybe golf and hockey are. Even with many black people, rock is considered white music. How many overly rock sounding acts got R&B airplay? They played so-called "blue eyed soul" acts like Average White Band, Doobie Borthers, Teena Marie, and Hall & Oates. But they didn't play the Bus Boys, Fishbone, or Jon Butcher.

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Some later rock has less blues influence and more European influence, particularly progressive rock. Notice that Jann Wenner has never really been that fond of prog, metal, punk, or alternative rock which all had lesser blues, gospel, or R&B influence and there's not much of those kinds of acts in the hall. I think Genesis got in because of their 1980s period although the 1970s classic lineup was inducted.

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MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Rock & Roll and Rock music is a totally different thing.

Not really. That's like saying "outlaw country" and "country" are totally different or "soul" and "funk" is totally different than "R&B". Just a later version of the sound. When people say jazz, there's different types like swing, modal, bop, free, smooth, fusion, Latin jazz, etc. But they're all still under the jazz umbrella. If you listen to hard rock and metal songs, many mention "rock n' roll" in the lyrics. KISS' most well known song says "rock n roll all nite and party every day". KISS doesn't really sound like early rock, but the Stary Cats does. Early rock was more rockabilly. You could say the Stray Cats or Big Bad Voodoo Daddy sound more like earlier R&B than Usher, Beyoncé, and Luther Vandross does. But Luther is still called R&B. If "rock and roll" and "rock" are totally different, then Marvin Gaye is totally different than Louis Jordan. Why are they both called R&B? Why is Roy Ayers, Grover Washington Jr, Kenny G, and Patrice Rushen called jazz when their music has little in common with Bix Beiderbecke? If you listen to country music from the 1940s, many of the singers sound closer to Bing Crosby style crooner singing than they do to Reba McEntire. 1940s country also sometimes had a jazz element to it like Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. The music of Barbara Mandrell and Eddie Rabbitt doesn't sound like that.

MickyDolenz said:

Not counting the early guys like Chuck Berry, rock has pretty much been mostly white or at least the popular bigger selling acts were. Technically, it wasn't even called rock n' roll until white performers started doing it. When it was mostly black performers, it was called "rhythm & blues" and "race music" before that. That's how Elvis Presley, Conway Twitty, and Jerry Lee Lewis got R&B hits early in their careers. Rock n' roll wasn't much different from the R&B of the time. When there used to be Album Oriented Rock radio stations, 98% of the playlist was white male acts. The only non white acts I heard was occasionally Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Jon Butcher Axis, Robert Cray, and Living Colour. Jimi and Robert Cray had white guys in their bands, and Santana was a mixed band too. It's like early professional basketball was pretty much white, but basketball is not considered a white sport in the USA today, maybe golf and hockey are. Even with many black people, rock is considered white music. How many overly rock sounding acts got R&B airplay? They played so-called "blue eyed soul" acts like Average White Band, Doobie Borthers, Teena Marie, and Hall & Oates. But they didn't play the Bus Boys, Fishbone, or Jon Butcher.

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Some later rock has less blues influence and more European influence, particularly progressive rock. Notice that Jann Wenner has never really been that fond of prog, metal, punk, or alternative rock which all had lesser blues, gospel, or R&B influence and there's not much of those kinds of acts in the hall. I think Genesis got in because of their 1980s period although the 1970s classic lineup was inducted.

Saying it was called "race music' is watering it down...Rock'N Roll was originally called "Nigger Music" until White Artists came a long...

MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Rock & Roll, is your acts like Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters or Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. Their music sounded like the future soul more than future rock. Rock & Roll was gone in the early 60s. Little Richard, Berry and Elvis were not around any more. Clyde and Hank were now considered R&B. Buddy Holly was gone. Jerry Lee Lewis was already doin cover records from the mid 50s like Ray Charles What I Say among others.

What it originally was is not really relevant today. The swastika is a really old symbol that meant something else, but now it is associated with the Nazis and hate groups. Gay was happy, and faggot was a bundle of sticks. But how many people think of happiness and sticks when those words are used now? Rock n roll is now primarily white guitar based acts. If it still had the meaning you say, then terms like "Black rock", "Latin rock" and "Afropunk" would not be necessary. Rock is now white by default, so there's a Black Rock Coalition to specifically point out black performers who make rock music. There's was a big deal made about Unlocking The Truth, black teenagers who perform metal instead of rap or R&B.

MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

It's basically the pop music hall of fame, but rock and roll sounds much much better.

www.americaspopmusichalloffame.org

MickyDolenz said:

It's disappointing to see that Chic and Chaka Khan are so far down on the list Keep voting,people!

SoulAlive said:

2017 Nominee Fan Vote | R...ll of Fame

keep voting!!

SoulAlive said:

SoulAlive said:

SoulAlive said:

2017 Nominee Fan Vote | R...ll of Fame

keep voting!!

Will do

I recommend un-inducting every person bar Gene Simmons and just leave him to his museum to himself.

Journey,ELO and the Cars are getting the most votes so far.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

SoulAlive said:

It's disappointing to see that Chic and Chaka Khan are so far down on the list Keep voting,people!

Joe Tex is freaking last place!!!!!

That's a crime!

purplethunder3121 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

SoulAlive said: Joe Tex is freaking last place!!!!!

That's a crime!

he should have been inducted years ago! I love this song

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Goddess4Real said:

^^If chart hits was the criteria, then Barry Manilow, Styx, Whitney Houston, Duran Duran, Olivia Newton-John, Salt N Pepa, Lionel Richie, Mariah Carey, Bon Jovi, Huey Lewis & The News, and many other performers would be inducted. Whitney has more big hits than Percy Sledge & Joe Tex put together and she is more well known than them. George Strait has more Top 10 and #1 hit singles on the country chart than anyone else on any other chart, including The Beatles & Michael Jackson. George is not likely to ever be inducted though. They haven't inducted Willie Nelson or George Jones and don't even think they have been nominated.

MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Oh, I know that part. I was just comparing Joe to his contemporaries. They're all in but at the same time Joewas doing just as good or even better. If you're gonna put Sam & Dave in, why not Joe Tex? None of Whitney's or Straits contemporaries are in.

Aren't U2 and Prince contemporaries of Whitney? They're in. They came out a few years before Whitney, but popularity wise, they all happened around the same time. Whitney was huge right out the box. U2 & Prince had released a few albums before they got the big mainstream success.