2022 Rock & Roll HOF induction nominee screechfest

Beck: probably gets in
Pat Benatar: I don't think she rises enough. Limited window of popularity, much of it fueled by early MTV. Didn't write her biggest hits (which, yes, hasn't stopped others from getting in).
Kate Bush: a complete blind spot for me. Who the hell knows?
DEVO: did something truly different, but was it all that influential beyond the world of art-school weirdos? Probably not. Does anyone think they'd be on this list if they didn't make a video for "Whip It"?
Duran Duran*: Hugely popular and defined pop radio in the early '80s, and hung on for a few more hits after. The Hall voters' populist bent of late might get them in
Eminem*: probably in
Eurythmics: nah
Judas Priest: I agree that Iron Maiden and Motorhead should be in before Priest. The Hall's blind spot for metal is well documented, and the (still!) hugely popular, enduring and massively influential Maiden is one of the Hall's biggest misses. But then again, I also think Thin Lizzy should be in, and UFO too, but I know that'll never happen.
Fela Kuti: no idea
MC5: Darling of older rock critics and have been nominated approximately 800 times, but were they really all that influential?
New York Dolls: See MC5. Maybe a little more influential because they were Glam progenitors.
Dolly Parton*: Gets in, deservedly so. But if she gets in, why not Willie Nelson, an equally prodigious country-leaning songwriter and performer?
Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello has been sucking up to the Hall for years now. Maybe?
Lionel Richie*: Helped funk up the 70s with the Commodores, then pivoted to adult-contempo gloop. But he wrote some massively popular adult-contempo gloop. Leaning toward him getting in.
Carly Simon*: After Carole King got in (again!), I think Simon will follow.
A Tribe Called Quest*: Love Tribe, who took hip-hop is new directions, but I don't think they get in.
Dionne Warwick: Eh, probably. The songs she sung in the 1960s and 70s were big hits, and it's a bigger pile of success than people probably realize.

 

Benatar, Parton, Eminem, Richie, Simon, Warwick.

And the fact that I included Eminem proves that there is no bias in that list.

 

Dolly removes herself from consideration because she does not "want votes to be split because of me."

Dolly Parton Declines 2022 Rock Hall Nomination

 

Not to slander Dolly, because no one does, but shouldn't this have been her statement when the ballot was released and not six weeks after, when I'm sure a bunch of voters already picked her?

 

The Hall should have an "Influencer" category, separate from the regular category. But it does seem the Hall is going to have to loosen up what they consider rock in order to keep inducting people. Here comes Kanye, Timberlake, Brittney, Katy Perry, Beyonce etc.

 

One obvious snub from the HOF is its near-total ignorance of bubble-gum bands of the mid-late '60s. Like them or not, the Monkees should be in. Paul Revere and the Raiders were viewed as America's answer to the British Invasion. They had 12 top-40 hits between 1966 and '69. They should be in.

My wife was talking awhile back about watching "Where the Action Is" after school at her best friend's house (mom wouldn't let her watch at home). The Raiders were a phenom in their day.

 

Tommy James and the Shondells.

The two-band amalgamation of the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

 

I think Rage Against the Machine just didn't do enough. If you only release four albums, you've got to be hugely influential and the type of bands influenced by them are not Hall favorites: Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, etc.

 

What a great show! And Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon sang the theme. "Oh baby, come on ... let me show you where the action is!"

 

When they accidentally threaded the master tape backward for "I Think We're Alone Now," Tommy and the group decided the reverse chord progression sounded cool enough to make into "Mirage." Two hits for the price of one!

 

I'd love to know what the criteria are (since there aren't any). I mean, comparing to Paul Revere and the Raiders, Loverboy had nine top-40 hits, and Mike Reno had another one on his own. And nobody as sure as shit is going to say Loverboy should be in. (Although they will forever remain a guilty pleasure for me.)

 

I really don't get how Carole King is in, but not Carly Simon.

Sure, King had an all-time album such as "Tapestry." All the credit in the world. But, IMO, Simon's body of work is better. Thought this was a career sort of award.