Madonna In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ????

[dog-ring]

Now I've heard it all.........................

[MichaelP]

Not only that, but she was elected before the minimum 25 year time frame from when her first album came out (granted, barely).

The RRHOF is a joke - bands/artists in there that have no business being in there, bands that likely will never get in (Rush/Moody Blues/Kiss) that should be in.

It would be more properly titled "The Popular* Music Hall of Fame" *Popular being popular in the eyes of the owners of the RRHOF.

There's a great video on YouTube of Johnny Rotten on Jimmy Kimmel's show talking about the Sex Pistol's RRHOF 'induction'.

[mstove]

Not only that, but she was elected before the minimum 25 year time frame from when her first album came out (granted, barely).

The RRHOF is a joke - bands/artists in there that have no business being in there, bands that likely will never get in (Rush/Moody Blues/Kiss) that should be in.

It would be more properly titled "The Popular* Music Hall of Fame" *Popular being popular in the eyes of the owners of the RRHOF.

There's a great video on YouTube of Johnny Rotten on Jimmy Kimmel's show talking about the Sex Pistol's RRHOF 'induction'.

Agreed. From what I've heard, the board for the RRHOF is dominated by ex RollingStone editor/writer types (or maybe current ones). So, bands that RS didn't like aren't too likely to get in. Yes was one of the most popular bands in the world over a couple of different periods, but they are not about to put a 70's Prog. band in. No matter how many albums they sold or how many times they were the number one touring group.

[comfortably numb]

A List

a
AC/DC
Paul Ackerman
Aerosmith
The Allman Brothers Band
The Animals
Louis Armstrong
Chet Atkins

b
LaVern Baker
Hank Ballard
The Band
Frank Barsalona
Dave Bartholomew
Ralph Bass
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Bee Gees
Benny Benjamin
Chuck Berry
Black Sabbath
Chris Blackwell
Hal Blaine
Bobby “Blue” Bland
Blondie
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Booker T. and the M.G.’s
David Bowie
Ruth Brown
James Brown
Charles Brown
Jackson Browne
Buffalo Springfield
Solomon Burke
James Burton
The Byrds

c
Johnny Cash
Ray Charles
Leonard Chess
Charlie Christian
Eric Clapton
Dick Clark
The Clash
The Coasters
Eddie Cochran
Leonard Cohen
Nat “King” Cole
Sam Cooke
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Floyd Cramer
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills and Nash
King Curtis

d
Bobby Darin
The Dave Clark Five
Miles Davis
The Dells
Bo Diddley
Dion
Willie Dixon
Fats Domino
Tom Donahue
The Doors
Steve Douglas
The Drifters
Bob Dylan

e
The Eagles
Earth, Wind & Fire
Duane Eddy
Nesuhi Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun
The Everly Brothers

f
Leo Fender
The Flamingos
Fleetwood Mac
The Four Seasons
The Four Tops
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
Aretha Franklin
Alan Freed

g
Milt Gabler
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
Marvin Gaye
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Bill Graham
Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five
The Grateful Dead
Al Green
Woody Guthrie
Buddy Guy

h
Bill Haley
John Hammond
Isaac Hayes
Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss
Billie Holiday
Holland, Dozier and Holland
Buddy Holly
John Lee Hooker

i
The Impressions
The Ink Spots
The Isley Brothers

j
Mahalia Jackson
Michael Jackson
The Jackson Five
James Jamerson
Etta James
Elmore James
Jefferson Airplane
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Billy Joel
Little Willie John
Elton John
Johnnie Johnson
Robert Johnson
Janis Joplin
Louis Jordan

k
B. B. King
The Kinks

l
Lead Belly
Led Zeppelin
Brenda Lee
John Lennon
Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Richard
Little Walter
Lovin’ Spoonful
Lynyrd Skynyrd

m
Madonna
The Mamas and the Papas
Bob Marley
Martha and the Vandellas
George Martin
Curtis Mayfield
Paul McCartney
Clyde McPhatter
John Mellencamp
Joni Mitchell
The Moonglows
Scotty Moore
Van Morrison
Jelly Roll Morton

n
Syd Nathan
Ricky Nelson

o
The O’Jays
Roy Orbison
The Orioles
Mo Ostin
Johnny Otis

p
Earl Palmer
Parliament-Funkadelic
Les Paul
Carl Perkins
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Sam Phillips
Wilson Pickett
Pink Floyd
Gene Pitney
The Platters
The Police
Doc Pomus
Elvis Presley
The Pretenders
Lloyd Price
Prince
Professor Longhair

q
Queen

r
Ma Rainey
Bonnie Raitt
Ramones
Otis Redding
Jimmy Reed
R.E.M.
Righteous Brothers
Smokey Robinson
Jimmie Rodgers
The Rolling Stones
The Ronettes

s
Sam and Dave
Santana
Pete Seeger
Bob Seger
Sex Pistols
Del Shannon
The Shirelles
Paul Simon
Simon and Garfunkel
Percy Sledge
Sly and the Family Stone
Bessie Smith
Patti Smith
The Soul Stirrers
Phil Spector
Dusty Springfield
Bruce Springsteen
The Staple Singers
Steely Dan
Seymour Stein
Rod Stewart
Jim Stewart
The Supremes

t
Talking Heads
James Taylor
The Temptations
Allen Toussaint
Traffic
Big Joe Turner
Ike and Tina Turner

u
U2

v
Ritchie Valens
Van Halen
The Velvet Underground
The Ventures
Gene Vincent

w
T-Bone Walker
Dinah Washington
Muddy Waters
Jann S. Wenner
Jerry Wexler
The Who
Hank Williams
Jackie Wilson
Howlin’ Wolf
Stevie Wonder

y
Jimmy Yancey
The Yardbirds
Neil Young
The (Young) Rascals

z
ZZ Top
Frank Zappa

[MD-IRLFAN]

The whole thing is a joke. Lost any relevance years ago. Yeah, the 'Pop' music HoF would be much more appropriate. This is just the start of it's long slide. Having lived through the 80's, there weren't many new artist that emerged that merit such acclaim today IMO. Before anyone shoots back with a 'what about this artist...' list, I said there weren't many. Not that there weren't any at all.

[grogg]

[Truth Detector]

I saw in the paper that Mellencamp was getting inducted...in New York.

I thought it was in Cleveland???

:withstupi

[MichaelP]

And the Dave Clark 5, who has a gazillion top 10 hits in the 1960s are still waiting, and dwindling.

Uh... the DC5 is in this years group of inductees.

[MichaelP]

I saw in the paper that Mellencamp was getting inducted...in New York.

I thought it was in Cleveland???

:withstupi

Yeah, that's the other stupid thing about it. The building is in Cleveland but the induction is in NYC

[rev-ed]

Madonna
Mellencamp
Dave Clark 5
Ventures
Leonard Cohen

Class of 2008

[thehairpin]

Yeah, that's the other stupid thing about it. The building is in Cleveland but the induction is in NYC

Next year's is going to be in Cleveland. The induction will be held at one of the arenas (I'm thinking Quicken Loans Arena - the big one, they'll want all the seats they can sell as they're setting it up as a concert instead of a gala event).

[Sea Fury]

This is the first year that Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble and Metallica are eligible. And acts like KISS, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne (as a solo artist as opposed to with Sabbath), Iron Maiden and Deep Purple have been eligible for years.

And who gets in this year instead?? Instead of STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN?!?!? Instead of the band that has basically shaped all heavy metal and hard rock that came after it (Metallica)? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

[MichaelP]

I think they should re-induct Van Halen this year and have Eddie, Alex, Dave and Wolfie show up.

[Kurt Cobain]

Here's a couple from my list that should be in: Roxy Music and Cheap Trick. But now I'm sort of glad they aren't in next to some of that garbage.

You know, Leonard Cohen is a talented songwriter, but seriously rock and roll?

[MichaelP]

Here's a couple from my list that should be in: Roxy Music and Cheap Trick. But now I'm sort of glad they aren't in next to some of that garbage.

You know, Leonard Cohen is a talented songwriter, but seriously rock and roll?

or Nat King Cole?

Maybe Kiss can go into the Jazz hall of fame... makes about as much sense as some of the people in the RRHOF.