2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee screechfest

[justgladtobehere]

I will draft of that. T-Rex would later get namechecked by The Who as well. Also, The Slider was a better album than Electric Warrior.

And as stated, the influence in England was huge.

What is the T-Rex/The Who connection?

 

[CD Boogie]

What is the T-Rex/The Who connection?

You Better You Bet

T-Rex gets a shout out in the song.

 

[Webster]

And inducting Notorious B.I.G. who wasn't even one of the 100 best rappers.

I'd like to see your list of the 100 above him.

I don't think that there has ever been a rap album which was more ubiquitous than Ready to Die. Life After Death was pretty close. Obviously, his career was ridiculously short and I think that the ceremony being in his old neighborhood this year prodded his induction. If you are going to induct rappers, he's a no brainer.

 

[Tweener]

• Pat Benatar - YES. She won four straight Grammys for best female rock performance.
• Dave Matthews Band - Yes.
• Depeche Mode - Meh. I can never tell the difference between them The Cure and the Smiths. I love New Wave but still
  
• The Doobie Brothers - No
• Whitney Houston - Yes
• Judas Priest - No
• Kraftwerk - No
• MC5 - No
• Motörhead - No. love Ace of Spades but...
• Nine Inch Nails - yes
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Yes
• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - No
• Todd Rundgren - NO
• Soundgarden - heck Yes. Badmotorfinger and Superunknown are undoubtedly two of the 10 best albums of the 1990s.
• T.Rex - No
• Thin Lizzy - No

Agree with this entire list, which deviated quite a bit from some of the earlier posts. Shouts.

 

[swingline]

You Better You Bet

T-Rex gets a shout out in the song.

Also from Mott the Hoople in "All the Young Dudes."

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Who did Mott the Hoople ever influence? Their main hit was written by Bowie and actually included a shout-out to T. Rex.

Also from Mott the Hoople in "All the Young Dudes."

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

No rapper has ever understood the metrical structure of verse better than Biggie Smalls.

He was a writer's rapper, all the way.

 

[Bubbler]

Who did Mott the Hoople ever influence? Their main hit was written by Bowie and actually included a shout-out to T. Rex.

Pretty much every UK punk and pub rock band acknowledges Mott The Hoople as a direct influence. Same with a lot of hair metal, though they certainly sanitized the Mott sound down to a lowest common denominator essence. (See Great White and their watered down version of "Once Bitten Twice Shy", done originally by Mott lead singer Ian Hunter.)

The Clash were so enamored with Mott they sought out Mott's pre-Dudes producer, Guy Stevens, to do "London Calling".

Dudes may have been their only hit here, though "All The Way From Memphis" was used prominently in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", but they were much bigger in England.

Their glam period albums - "All The Young Dudes", "Mott" (especially) and "The Hoople" are all excellent albums. Pre-glam "Brain Capers" is also choice.

RRHOF? I'd love it, but as with the Raspberries and Big Star, I'm not holding my breath. Mott is pretty damn great though. If you want a sampler, "The Ballad Of Mott" compilation is the way to go.

 

[Songbird]

No rapper has ever understood the metrical structure of verse better than Biggie Smalls.

He was a writer's rapper, all the way.

I like you but stop with this nonsense.

 

[Songbird]

You're trying to say Biggie was better than Rakim? LOLOLOLOL.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

I mean it. The wordplay in Biggie's rhymes is second to none.

Frank O'Hara's Notorious B.I.G.

heck of an essay.

 

[justgladtobehere]

You're trying to say Biggie was better than Rakim? LOLOLOLOL.

That's the song you chose to make the case for Rakim was better than Biggie?