Larryz Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 And the nominees are: "Pat Benatar Dave Matthews Band Depeche Mode The Doobie Brothers Whitney Houston Judas Priest Kraftwerk MC5 Motörhead Nine Inch Nails The Notorious B.I.G. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan Todd Rundgren Soundgarden T. Rex Thin Lizzy" https://www.rockhall.com/2020-nominees My Vote goes to the Doobies Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 +1 on the Doobies, although Whitney was amazing as was Pat Benetar, any of those three is OK with me. Quote dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 +1 on Whitney...not a real rock and roller but there are tons in the R&R HOF that fit that category LOL! Whitney Houston was just flat great IMHO! Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Yep I used to like Patty LaBelle and Gladys Night as my favorite singers, until I saw Whitney do the Star Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl that year, she knocked that rendition out of the park and that rendition still has not been topped yet. Once I saw/heard that, I began to listen to her other stuff and she was flat out amazing. (Well maybe the Hendrix at Woodstock version might have been more interesting to guitar players) Quote dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I think that's a pretty weak field. Good to see Todd Rungren in there but I don't think he'll get in anytime soon. Where's Boston, Blue Oyster Cult, Styx, Foreigner, ELP, Joe Walsh, Kansas, Grand Funk, UFO, The Scorpions, Jethro Tull, Johnny Winter, Mannfred Mann's Earth Band, Midnight Oil, Robin Trower, Steppenwolf, Supertramp and Bad Company amongst others. Ok. I got that out of my system. I'm good for another year. Quote "Let me stand next to your fire!", Jimi Hendrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p90jr Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Everybody on this list deserves to be in the HOF, though I think the HOF is stupid... Rundgren deserves it as much as a producer (The Band, New York Dolls, Meatloaf, Badfinger...) as a musician... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkman Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 The Doobie Brothers, Judas Priest, and definitely the MC5 belong in there. The rest, not really. Those three bands were not only great in their own right, but they were hugely influential on many other subsequent performers, the exception being the Michael McDonald era of the Doobies. Whitney Houston, Notorious BIG, and Rufus weren't ever a part of the rock and roll genre. While they each should be in some other kind of Hall of Fame, none of those should have ever been nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Todd Rundgren wrote two really good songs (I Saw The Light, and Hello It's Me), plus one popular novelty song (Bang The Drum All Day). Three songs in a fifty year career does not make one Hall of Fame material. Depeche Mode? Seriously? This is not the "Hall of Huh?" Quote I rock; therefore, I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 To me, it's a pretty weak field. I'm not seeing names which changed the direction & sound of rock & roll. Quote Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 To me, it's a pretty weak field. I'm not seeing names which changed the direction & sound of rock & roll. As I said. I absolutely agree. Quote "Let me stand next to your fire!", Jimi Hendrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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