2021 Rock & Roll HOF induction nominee screechfest

I've decided to put The Go-Go's in, with the sole exception being they have to bring 1986 Belinda Carlisle back for the ceremony, not 2021 Belinda Carlisle.

 

But they all Got The Beat, not just Belinda ...

 

Don't give much of a shit about the others. 1986 Belinda was........goodness.......

 

Chef Get(s) Weak ...

 

....as does just about every other red blooded male.

 

I get it. Heaven really was A Place On Earth for a while ...

 

I wish there was a one-hit-wonder wing. That would be fun.

 

After leading the charge for KISS for many years, and supporting the Rush caucus, I'm now throwing my support behind Bad Company. They stamped their imprint on the back half of the 1970s like few did during that era, and never even a nomination. C'mon now.

Of course, the Go Gos have never been nominated either before this year, so maybe that's a positive sign, just working decades in reverse order.

As infuriating as the selection process is, the nomination process is just as nutso. The New York Dolls got nominated in 2001, and now again 20 years later. What has transpired over two decades to change or lift their rock and roll persona or stature.

My picks for the 5 who do get in this year:

Foo Fighters
LL Cool J
Devo
Rage Against The Machine
The Go Gos

Just missing the cut: Todd Rundgren.

 

OK, I have time to wade in now. It's not a bad list.

This year's nominees:
Mary J. Blige -- NO.
Kate Bush -- NO. Side note, my wife's least favorite singer.
Devo -- YES Total no-brainer for me.
Foo Fighters -- YES, and surprised it's been 25 years already
The Go-Go's -- YES, and I suspect the documentary helps them get in this time.
Iron Maiden -- YES, and it's overdue
Jay-Z -- SURE, but LL Cool J is the rapper who deserves it more
Chaka Khan -- YES. Legendary funk singer.
Carole King -- NO. She's already in as a songwriter. She doesn't need to go in again for fucking "Tapestry."
Fela Kuti -- YES. To be clear, it's never going to happen, but he was brilliant and a massive figure in African music. Also a crazy, evil figure.
LL Cool J -- YES. He's become the cuddly actor on TV for old people and an awards show host, but LL Cool J was huge and damn good in his day.
New York Dolls -- NO. Influential but tedious. The NYC hipster vote doesn't have the sway people pretend it does.
Rage Against The Machine -- NO. But they'll probably get in. If always thought they were pretty unlistenable.
Todd Rundgren -- YES. Great artist, major producer, not going to get in now but maybe once the pool gets more shallow.
Tina Turner -- NO. She's going to get in, but fuck it, she's already in with Ike. She doesn't need to get in again solely because of "What's Love Got To Do With It." I already read one analysis that said they needed to put her in after the "indignity" of going in with Ike. Indignity? Ike was an asshole, but Ike was also a genius and was the reason we know who Tina Turner is.
Dionne Warwick -- EHHH. My big beef with complaints about the Hall is all the people who say "That's not rock and roll" every time they nominate someone who isn't a long-haired white dude. Having said that... Dionne Warwick singing Burt Bacharach songs really pushes the definition for me.

So, about the complaints registered so far on this thread about Jimmy Buffett and DMB... the Hall is actually pretty good about putting art ahead of commerce. Those acts sell a lot of tickets. Artistically... bleh. I mean, you'd have a hard time making an argument for either that you couldn't also make for Mannheim Steamroller.

I keep seeing people -- mostly younger people -- suggesting it's an outrage that Weird Al isn't in. somehow we have failed that generation, because fuck that noise. Put him in the accordion hall of fame.

So, who actually gets in this year? I'll go Foo, Go-Go's, Jay Z, Iron Maiden, Tina Turner.

And my list of people who should be in but aren't: Dick Dale, The Smiths, New Order/Joy Division, Soundgarden, Outkast, Kraftwerk

 

I read somewhere yesterday (maybe on this site. Hell, maybe on this very thread) that if BTTF came out today and Marty Mcfly went back in time 30 years to the folks’ prom, they would have been dancing to Smells Like Teen Spirit.

The Rock hall of fame is a joke if it doesn’t include Joy Division/New Order but can induct Devo and Depeche. Bullshit.

 

It should be renamed "The International Musicians Hall Of Fame".

 

My favorite group, The Jam, have a better shot of landing in the English Muffin Wing of the Breakfast Hall of Fame.