2018 Nominees for Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame

What would take guts (and therefore never happen) is the HOF admitting that rock is no longer a driving cultural force and cutting way, way back on inductees (after they deal with some very obvious exclusions). Some years, maybe nobody gets in.

It's supposed to be the best of the best, not just Bands Who Were Pretty Good But We're Rapidly Running Out of Names.

Or change it to the Popular Music Hall of Fame and open the floodgates.

 

Holy s***, it's been that long?

 

Exactly the kind of trolling that I can get behind!

 

Looking at the list my thought is that it is time for the old farts (I am one) to relinquish control and hand the reins over to the coming into middle age crowd (AKA people who actually listened to the acts becoming eligible).

Am I the only one that thinks the Hall is watered down too much already?

 

But what about Crosby & Nash and Stills & Young??? It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham!

There are plenty of other artists with resumes just as impressive, though I do agree that Stills is worthy. That's why he has already been inducted twice. He's been fully recognized for his talents. Of course, they should have just inducted CSN and CSNY at the same time, since one is essentially an extension of the other, though I gather that there was some kind conflict between Young and the others that year which prevented it. Isn't it striking to you that you're the only one on this board beating this drum? It's not because people here don't like CSNY. It's because everyone else recognizes that it's ridiculously redundant when there are so many other worthy artists who haven't even been recognized once.

 

Mc5 !!!

 

Not sure why people think LL Cool J is a lock, this is his fourth time to make the initial list.

 

wow!

you really just have no clue how good he is, so a smart-ass answer that you thought was cute is your choice of response.

 

Every year this thread comes up, I click into it feeling like I should be sitting back a safe distance from my computer screen wearing riot gear. It's very much like finding out a friend or neighbor you've known forever voted for a political candidate that you personally can't stand.

"You don't even know who the MC5 is yet you're making a case why Bon Jovi should be a shoe-in? I thought I knew you, but.....who the hell are you?"

 

So what Meters and Link Wray songs should I hear? Familiar with everyone else.

 

Totally get why it might be redundant but I'd be well up for seeing the awkwardness of CSNY being inducted given current relations. Maybe they'd actually end up sorting their **** out but given Crosby, Stills and Nash's current decent to excellent solo output I'm not sure I want them to get back together anymore. The 4 of them can't be arsed to play in the UK together anyway so I'll just vote for their induction on the grounds of seeing the Wombles at war.

 

It's about influence. Anything that happens with the RRHOF Wenner has a huge say.

 

You are right, but the HoF is going to bypass some of these valid nominees and go straight to Radiohead and LL Cool J because those are the politically correct, hip, and fashionable choices. The HoF is an extension of Rolling Stone. Judas Priest should get in before Rage, but there is no way Rage is not getting in for obvious reasons, even if other acts like Dire Straits, The Moody Blues, The Cars, and even Depeche Mode have had a much greater commercial and artistic impact over the past 3-4 decades.

 

And Eddie Money! Dammit!

 

Have to say, I'm still super bummed that The Monkees & Paul Revere & The Raiders didn't get nominated, but I do like the list this year. I think these 5 will get in:

Bon Jovi
The Cars
LL Cool J
Moody Blues
Nina Simone

Routing for Depeche Mode though...

 

Sure, but look at who the Rock Hall puts in every year. If this was a HoF in Britain, sure. But if you look at what the RRHoF is--an extension of Wenner and Rolling Stone and Robbie Robertson and the like as tastemakers and gatekeepers for "rock"--Kate Bush probably gets passed up, at least for a while. She just doesn't register here the same way, as much as she's a groundbreaking artist who should be a shoo-in.

 

I don't think that's been true for awhile, and it doesn't seem he bothers to stay that actively involved (especially now with the RS sale going on). It's known for instance that he never cared much for Yes who got in last year.

 

The only rapper on the list which means he's all but assured of induction.

 

Well, to be fair, there's a difference between believing that Bon Jovi deserves to be in and believing that they will get it. If it was solely up to me, MC5 would already be in and Bon Jovi couldn't even get in with paid admission. But, let's be real, Bon Jovi will absolutely get in.

 

Bon Jovi helps sell tickets to the dinner MC5 does not.

 

I would think Kate Bush -- especially if she performed *anything* -- would sell tickets like you wouldn't believe...

 

I totally agree.

 

Kate Bush
The Meters
Moody Blues
MC5
J. Geils

Where the hell is Todd Rundgren?

 

With Peter Cetera on bass of course...