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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 13, 2017 10:06:38 GMT -5
Surprised about Radiohead, but, the band pretty much shot itself i the foot with its negative comments, at least in terms of first-year-eligible induction.
Simone and Tharpe are nice surprises. Not many know of the latter, but probably should.
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Post by jenglisbe on Dec 13, 2017 10:19:18 GMT -5
If The Ronettes can get in basically just for "Be My Baby" there is no reason Mariah shouldn't get in for "AIWFCIY."
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Post by harvie on Dec 13, 2017 10:37:30 GMT -5
Congrats to Bon Jovi! One of my favs!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2017 10:41:59 GMT -5
If The Ronettes can get in basically just for "Be My Baby" there is no reason Mariah shouldn't get in for "AIWFCIY." With Bon Jovi getting in, there’s hope...
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Post by Gary on Dec 13, 2017 10:52:33 GMT -5
The Cars, Moody Blues, Dire Straits and Bon Jovi all long overdue
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Post by Glove Slap on Dec 13, 2017 13:34:06 GMT -5
If The Ronettes can get in basically just for "Be My Baby" there is no reason Mariah shouldn't get in for "AIWFCIY." With Bon Jovi + Journey getting in, there’s hope... Cringe a bit @ Dire Straits, but the Cars being in offset anything else aside from Kate Bush. I'm hoping The Killers induct them.
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Post by Gary on Dec 13, 2017 18:15:06 GMT -5
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Pumps Brakes on Progressiveness With 2018 Induction Class: Op-Ed
Music culture never evolves in a straight line, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has hardly been an exception to that. While the past few years have seen an uptick in non-traditional nominees -- in 2017, art-pop legends Kate Bush and the Eurythmics were both nominated for the first time, after over a decade of eligibility -- with hip-hop greats like 2Pac and N.W.A have even making it past final cut, the actual list of inductees has continued to skew white, male and classic rock.
In the last few years, Steve Miller Band, Chicago and Electric Light Orchestra have all been enshrined, while Kraftwerk, Janet Jackson and Depeche Mode have failed to make it past the short list. Disco-funk paragons Chic got nominated and snubbed so many times (11) that eventually, the Rock Hall opted to let in co-founder Nile Rodgers (for "Musical Excellence") on his own. Pop titans like Whitney Houston and George Michael have never been recognized, nor have more outré figures like Björk or Can -- not to mention alt-rock favorites like The Cure, The Smiths and Nine Inch Nails, all of whom have been nominated but not inducted, despite seeming to fit Rock Hall billing in every category but their era.
This is all to say: If you were hoping that 2018 would be the year that the Rock Hall would make noted progress in one or more of these areas with their inductions, announced Wednesday morning (Dec. 13), you might wanna look away at this point. Instead, the Rock Hall voters have elected to further empty the bench of classic-rock hitmakers: The Moody Blues, Dire Straits, The Cars and Bon Jovi. The lone outliers of the bunch go back even further than those groups: Nina Simone and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the latter a voting-separate induction as an "Early Influence." Both inductions are certainly worthy -- Simone's especially feels thuddingly obvious, and well overdue; like Joan Baez last year, it was likely just a matter of the field recognizing her as "rock"-eligible, and then it was a no-brainer for the beyond-iconic performer to be voted in. But while their inclusion serves to expand the Rock Hall's core definition (and goes a small fraction of the way to addressing the institution's galling gender imbalance), it's hard to give the committee too much credit for embracing the future by simply having corrected the oversights of two artists who have both long since passed away.
And besides them, this year's class is a lot of FM rock acts who've been eligible for ages -- Bon Jovi are the young guns of the bunch, having only been eligible for a decade already -- seemingly only making it through this year for a lack of undeniable competition. (Not since 2011 has there been a class where every inductee has already been Hall-available for so long.) While all four acts have an argument for worthiness, none are exactly bulletproof cases: Dire Straits and Moody Blues in particular seem to have been largely left behind by rock history, though the latter does persist as a successful touring attraction for baby boomers, and the former has seen a minor return to relevance through echoes found in the critically acclaimed music of The War on Drugs.
The Cars and Bon Jovi seem timelier choices for their more enduring hits -- The Cars have seen their sound matriculate into later generations of pop-minded rock acts, many through the production work of frontman Ric Ocasek, while Bon Jovi are obvious successors to 2017 inductees Journey as next year's addition to the Rock Hall's honorary Karaoke Wing. But if they're the best the Rock Hall can do for contemporary relevance among living acts, that's not particularly commendable, particularly as hip-hop's original superstar LL Cool J is left in waiting for the fourth time.
And of course, the most conspicuous name of the 2018 class may be the one most inexplicably missing: Radiohead. In something of an odds-and-sods year of nominees, the art-rock veterans seemed to be by far the surest bet on the ballot; the most critically acclaimed band of the last 25 years, with pronounced commercial success, a continued touring presence and as much enduring influence as any of their peers. Their cerebral albums might not scan as traditionally classic rock as recent inductees Pearl Jam or Green Day, but their resume still seemed to speak for itself: Future Rock Legends, a site devoted to Rock Hall tracking, has the band at No. 32 in their all-time power rankings, ahead of such obvious first-ballot inductees as Neil Young, Prince and R.E.M.
So what happened? Well, politics may have played a part: It's already been pointed out that Radiohead will be on tour in South America at the time of the Rock Hall's 2018 induction ceremonies, and the band's feelings about the Hall as an institution have historically been lukewarm at best. (Consequence of Sound has even reported a rep for the band confirming unequivocally: "They're not attending.") It's possible a sort of you-don't-want-us-we-don't-want-you mentality influenced the voter base, and resulted in Radiohead getting passed over in their first year of eligibility.
Or maybe the Rock Hall is getting more reactive in its generational splits. Pearl Jam and Green Day have both expressed much greater willingness to play fealty to the Hall's legacy than Radiohead, who've long frowned on such exercises in looking backwards. Why induct these snotty kids when there are still older acts with (arguably) worthy resumes still sitting on the sidelines? It's not just Radiohead, either -- rap/rock progenitors Rage Against the Machine were also eligible for the first time this year but denied induction, while other logical grunge-era selections like Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden have yet to be recognized at all. It seems like they'll all have to take a number and wait behind whatever plausible boomer favorites remain. Maybe it's not too late for The Zombies and MC5 after all.
There's some advantage for the Rock Hall to this being the current default induction mode. In addition to pleasing the aging core that still likely makes up the majority of voters (and fans that really care about this sort of thing), keeping out obvious post-Nirvana choices in effect extends the museum's lifespan among its active rock base: Why bother debating whether or not Coldplay and Muse should be considered Hall-worthy six years from now if Radiohead and Oasis aren't even in yet? The deeper we get into the 2020s, when the biggest newly eligible traditional rock choices start to be either commercial favorites with no critical backing (Linkin Park, Nickelback) or cult favorites with marginal commercial success (The Strokes, Death Cab for Cutie), the Rock Hall will undoubtedly hope to have some sexier '90s rock picks still to pad their lineups. No problem there: At this rate, they'll barely be underway cleaning out the late '80s by that point.
But of course, this comes with the risk of alienating anyone currently under the age of 30 who might actually have the Rock Hall mean something to them someday. It's worth taking a look at that other long-in-the-tooth musical institution perpetually under fire for being out of touch -- the Grammys -- and noting that they've actually taken proactive steps to retool and revitalize their voting process, which paid off this year with the most timely crop of nominees the big categories have seen in ages. We'll see what that does for the Grammys' ratings in the short-term, but in the long term, they're at least giving the show a chance of reaching the next generation. For the Rock Hall, it's increasingly unclear what the plan is once they run out of Moody Blues fans to cater to.
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Post by leonagwen on Dec 14, 2017 2:04:08 GMT -5
Congrats to The Cars!
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Post by tanooki on Dec 14, 2017 14:07:46 GMT -5
Judas Priest, Kate Bush, Radiohead, and RATM should've easily been inducted, smh.
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Post by Caviar on Dec 14, 2017 17:20:02 GMT -5
Nina Simone was an obvious snub
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 10, 2018 13:26:54 GMT -5
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Post by Gary on Apr 10, 2018 15:03:11 GMT -5
That will suck
Inducting Dire Straits now with no Knopfler's - who cares?
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Post by Gary on Apr 10, 2018 19:12:08 GMT -5
How to Fix the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Op-Ed News By Gavin Edwards | April 09, 2018 11:27 AM EDT
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has problems -- and not just because it hasn't inducted your favorite group. The Hall should have more women, more artists of color, more acts in underrepresented genres like heavy metal. But after 32 years of inducting artists, the Hall's biggest bias has proved to be generational.
For way too many Hall voters, rock ended around the time the eight-track tape format stopped selling. There have been over 200 acts voted in as performers: 28 percent started their careers in the 1950s or before, a whopping 44 percent in the 1960s, and 21 percent in the 1970s -- just 7 percent in the 1980s or later. Basically, after they inducted the first tier of 1960s acts, the Hall went on to the second tier, and is now hard at work on the third tier. (Yeah, that means you, Moody Blues.)
The Nominating Committee has done admirable work in recent years to broaden the range of acts put up for a vote, bringing in Questlove and Tom Morello to be part of the conversation, and putting forward names like Bad Brains, Kate Bush, and (over and over) Chic. Reasonable people can disagree about the philosophy of the voters; hell, reasonable people can say that calling the voters' collective preferences a "philosophy" is mildly deranged. Part of the pleasure of the Hall, after all, is the way it provokes heated arguments about who's worthy of a plaque in Cleveland. But the Hall is falling down on what should be the easiest part of its job: inducting the most overqualified musicians.
Any act that tops the charts and sells out arenas and is critically well-regarded and lasts for at least a decade? That should be a no-brainer first-ballot all-access laminate. “So why are Radiohead still on the outside?” you might ask. Unless you were busy asking that question about Janet Jackson. Or Depeche Mode. Or Nine Inch Nails.
It's as if the Baseball Hall of Fame got fixated on the 1960 New York Yankees, and after honoring Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford, worked their way through the whole lineup and continued on to the batboys. It's time to be debating the merits of Oasis versus Whitney Houston versus Rage Against the Machine.
The Hall's current efforts to move forward seem to revolve around recruiting younger and hipper voters, not yet eligible for Social Security. But it's running as fast as they can to stay in place, because every time it inducts a band, it gives the group's members a vote -- for example, the members of Chicago (class of 2016), six white dudes with an average age of 72 -- which perpetuates the vicious boomer cycle.
Fortunately, there’s a simple solution that doesn't involve knocking down that fancy I. M. Pei building and starting over. Acts currently become eligible for the Hall 25 years after their first commercial recording -- that's fine. But their window of availability should close 40 years after that first record. If you don’t get into the Hall in 15 years, the voters have already made their collective opinion clear -- you just don't belong.
This would not just force the Hall to move past acts who played Woodstock, it would give a greater degree of urgency to the annual vote. If the policy were enacted for 2019, only acts whose first recordings were made between 1979 and 1994 would be eligible. (Want to induct INXS, X, or the B-52's, Hall voters? Better do it fast.)
Voters would still choose five acts a year from a slate offered by the Nominating Committee -- let that be supplemented, as now, with occasional non-performers and sidemen. And a veterans’ committee would choose one additional act a year who was overlooked by the Hall's general electorate—retain the "Award for Musical Excellence" name, but let the committee pick a worthy artist from the swath of rock history before the era considered by the voters (up through 1979, or whatever the current cutoff is for the Nominating Committee). Give the Musical Excellence Committee a mandate to fill in some of the Hall's blank spaces with important acts whose influence outstripped their sales, like the New York Dolls and the Meters.
The institution would have been stronger if they had this policy from the beginning, but it could still hugely benefit from it -- assuming that the Hall monitors believe that rock and its offshoot genres still have life and influence and relevance. If, on the other hand, they believe rock is dead, they don’t need to change anything -- they can stay on their present course and have a slow-motion funeral.
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Post by WolfSpear on Apr 12, 2018 20:27:13 GMT -5
They need to induct Joy Division and New Order... And the B-52's, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, the Smiths, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead and Oasis.
The synth-pop groups are going to struggle because their music is dictated by... synthesizers, but I view synth=pop and new wave as sub-genres of rock. Let's not keep these guys waiting for an honor well deserved.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 13, 2018 13:23:29 GMT -5
2018 folks: futurerocklegends.com/year.php?eligible_year=2018These artists released their first recording in 1993, which makes them eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018 (the induction ceremony will be held the year following the voting process, in 2019). Click on any artist to cast your vote! Adam Sandler AFI Aimee Mann The Apples in Stereo Beck BLACKstreet Blink-182 Bouncing Souls Brad Brainiac Built To Spill Candlebox Cap'n Jazz Clay Walker Clutch Collective Soul Coolio Counting Crows Dave Matthews Band Deep Blue Something Digable Planets DJ Shadow DMX Elastica Everclear Faith Hill The Fireman The Folk Implosion Frank Black Fuzzy Grant Lee Buffalo H-Town Haddaway Hater Intro Jeff Buckley Joey Lawrence Jordy Joshua Kadison K7 Katatonia Kenny Chesney KRS-One Life of Agony Liz Phair Marc Anthony MK Ultra The New Power Generation Orphaned Land Outkast Palace Brothers Pigeonhed Point of Grace Porno For Pyros Powerman 5000 The Quakes Quasi Raekwon Rancid Refused Robbie Fulks The Roots Semisonic Shania Twain Shellac Sheryl Crow Snoop Dogg Snow Starflyer 59 Threshold Tindersticks Toni Braxton Xscape Zhané
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Post by jenglisbe on Apr 13, 2018 15:33:41 GMT -5
I feel like Jeff Buckley will at least make the ballot, even though he essentially only released 1 album of note. He was a talented artist, but it will be ridiculous to me if he gets on the ballot considering many who have not.
I guess Outkast has the best shot of anyone on that list?
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Post by leonagwen on Apr 14, 2018 11:37:07 GMT -5
I hope Dave Mathews gets nominated for next year.
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Post by Gary on Apr 14, 2018 14:29:13 GMT -5
Beck, Candlebox. Counting Crows, Dave Matthews, Everclear, Semisonic
I am guessing rather than these they will continue to mine overlooked rock acts from the 70s and 80s
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Post by SHOOTER on Apr 14, 2018 15:32:31 GMT -5
I would think Shania might stand a chance since she's the best selling female country artist in history but then I think of how Janet continues to get overlooked.
Sidebar: I wish Liz Phair still made music. I love her!
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Post by Gary on Apr 14, 2018 15:35:31 GMT -5
If they expanded the definition of "Rock N Roll" or were more liberal with what "influences" the genre then other acts like Janet, Shania, Mariah, etc, would get in. Until they do, does not seem likely
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Post by Gary on Apr 15, 2018 9:47:32 GMT -5
Reunited Bon Jovi Take Center Stage at 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony News By Gary Graff | April 14, 2018 10:45 PM EDT
The Cars, Dire Straits & more among other inductees at 33rd annual ceremony.
The Moody Blues’ Graeme Edge expressed the thoughts of many of the members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2018 during the 33rd annual induction ceremony on Saturday night (April 14) in Cleveland’s Public Auditorium. Acknowledging the Moodys’ long period of eligibility before finally being nominated, thanks in part to aggressive campaigning on behalf of the band’s fans, Edge -- the oldest living inductee of the evening at 77 -- said, “It was so long that we were eligible and didn’t make it that I got a real sour grapes [feeling] for everything about it. … When it actually became something for us all to appreciate and have, I did realize that it means the world to me.” The Moodys -- along with fellow inductees Bon Jovi, The Cars and Dire Straits (and the late Nina Simone and Sister Rosetta Tharpe) -- have long been on lists of acts snubbed for Rock Hall induction. Saturday's more than four-and-a-half-hour ceremony set things right with a prevailing atmosphere of sincere appreciation -- including from fans who sat in pouring rain to watch red-carpet arrivals and in the Public Auditorium’s upper level -- with only a few barbs about the long waits for induction.
The ceremony, which was filmed by HBO for a May 5 premiere, differed from other years in that Rock Hall co-founder Jann Wenner did not address the gathering and there was no finale that brought inductees and presenters together. The crowd at Cleveland, Ohio's Public Auditorium did not have to wait long for what was the clear main attraction of the night. Following The Killers' tribute to the late Tom Petty with "American Girl" (and a bit of "Free Falling"), Bon Jovi's hour-plus presentation was presided over by Howard Stern, who gave the band an epic, envelope-pushing-but-loving tribute that took Rolling Stone magazine and Rock Hall co-founder Jann Wenner to task ("Jann required years of pondering to decide if this glorious band that sold over 130 million albums should be inducted. What a tough decision.") and essayed on everything from Jon Bon Jovi's use of hairspray to guitarist Richie Sambora's penis size, as well as the fact that Bon Jovi's sales eclipsed the death tolls from the bubonic plague, the American Civil War and atomic bomb drops.
He also led the crowd in singing a chorus of "Wanted Dead or Alive," chided Bon Jovi's desire to own a National Football League franchise (New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and the Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones were band guests on Saturday) and told the frontman that "I'm glad you don't have to sit at home anymore throwing darts at pictures of Jann Wenner."
Bon Jovi was equally expansive and earnest in his acceptance speech. Following remarks by each of the band members ("If I wrote a book, it would be [called] The Best Time I Ever Had," said Sambora, returning to the ranks after leaving for good in 2013), Bon Jovi delivered a nearly 20-minute aural career history, thanking bandmates, management, record company executives, friends and family. "I've been writing this speech many days, in many ways -- some days, it's the thank you speech, some days the f--- you speech," he noted, acknowledging the group's long and controversial exclusion from the Rock Hall. But he kept things mostly positive and sentimental. "It's about time -- that has been the theme of my weekend," Bon Jovi said, looking at his bandmates. "I thank my lucky stars for the time I got to spend with each of you. Tonight the band that agreed to do me a favor stands before you so I can make this reality a dream."
With Sambora and original bassist Alec John Such reuniting with the group, Bon Jovi finished with a crowd-pleasing set that included "You Give Love a Bad Name," "It's My Life," "When We Were Us" from last year's This House Is Not for Sale album and "Livin' on a Prayer."
Without a designated presenter, Dire Straits bassist and co-founder John Illsley took it upon himself to do the honors and subsequently make an acceptance speech. He quickly addressed the elephant in the room -- frontman Mark Knopfler's decision not to attend -- cracking that "I can assure you, it's just a personal thing," adding, "It's for personal reasons, let's just leave it at that. You've got to realize this is really more about a group of people more than one person. It's a collective, a brotherhood, and that's something that needs acknowledging tonight … the many musicians who have worked with Dire Straits over the years and made the band's success possible and led us all the way to Cleveland tonight. Soft-spoken keyboardist Guy Fletcher noted, "I never thought of Dire Straits as a particularly cool band. … We weren't really there to be cool." He also told the group's fans to "consider this award yours, but if you don't mind, I'll look after it."
The Cars, inducted after two previous times on the ballot and ushered in by Killers frontman Brandon Flowers ("The Cars were the first band I truly fell in love with, and you never forget your first"), spent much of their time paying homage to late bassist/singer Benjamin Orr, a native of Cleveland, much to the delight of the partisan Public Hall crowd. "When the band first started, Ben was supposed to be the lead singer and I was supposed to be the good-looking guy in the band -- but after a couple of gigs, I kinda got demoted to the songwriter," Ric Ocasek, sporting a glittery silver tuxedo jacket, said. "But obviously it's hard not to notice that Benjamin Orr is not here. He would've been elated to be here on this stage. It still feels strange to be up here without him."
The group's set, with Weezer's Scott Shriner on bass and bushy-bearded drummer David Robinson looking sagely behind his kit, included "My Best Friend's Girl," "You Might Think," "Moving in Stereo" -- which Flowers called "the best song in any movie scene that pictured a girl getting out of a pool taking her top off" (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) -- and "Just What I Needed."
Both Nina Simone’s younger brother Dr. Samuel Waymon and inductor Mary J. Blige made unapologetically long speeches, with the former thanking Jon Bon Jovi for giving him license to “take as much time as necessary to say what I need to say” about the iconoclastic, genre-blending singer who was the surprise inclusion in this year’s class. While Blige noted that Simone “could sing anything,” Waymon -- who managed her for many years -- said that “it is the oddest thing for you to induct her because [Simone] is a non-conformist, a non-traditionalist.” He warned artists that “if you’re sampling her, you better pay for it” and added that “she’s sitting next to you. She’s soaring over us tonight.” Andra Day and The Roots followed with renditions of “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” and a spectacular “I Put a Spell on You,” while Lauryn Hill came on for a long, showstopping set of “Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair, ” “Ain’t Got No, I Got Life” and “Feeling Good,” accompanied by video footage of Simone herself.
Alabama Shakes' Brittany Murphy made brief remarks inducting Sister Rosetta Tharpe as this year's Early Influence, calling her "the godmother of rock 'n' roll" before delivering a sharp rendition of "That's All." In addition to the traditional In Memoriam segment, the ceremony featured two specific tributes. The Killers opened the night playing the late Tom Petty’s “American Girl,” slipping a bit of “Free Fallin’” into the final verse, while Heart’s Ann Wilson and Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell performed an emotive duo version of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” to honor Chris Cornell. The Moody Blues closed the evening after a salute from inductor Ann Wilson, who reminded the room that in addition to the group’s heady musicianship and ethereal, philosophical lyricism, “The Moody Blues are and always have been a kick-ass rock 'n' roll band.” Denny Laine, who co-founded the Moodys as a blues group but left after one album, saluted those who came after him, saying, “I’m really pleased to say these guys…went on to other things, and I’m a big fan. There ya go. The Moody Blues, I love you.”
Little mention was made of co-founder Ray Thomas, who died Jan. 4, but Justin Hayward and John Lodge both thanked American radio disc jockeys who championed the band, while Lodge acknowledged the fans who campaigned so hard for the group, saying, “This is your Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.” Hayward explained that “for us and all the British musicians, this is the home of our heroes. To be celebrated even in the same street, in the same building, even in the same town as Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers, with the woman who showed us how it all should be done, Nina Simone…it’s a privilege. It means a lot to me.”
The Moodys then picked up their instruments for a set that included “I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band),” a galvanizing “Nights in White Satin” and “Ride My See Saw.”
Saturday’s ceremony also introduced a new category: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singles honored six songs that Little Steven Van Zandt said "shaped rock 'n' roll" by "artists in the Rock Hall … at the moment." The first inductees in the category included “Rocket 88” by Jackie Breston and his Delta Cats (1951), Link Wray and his Ray Men’s “Rumble” (1958), “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen (1963), Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967) and Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” (1968).
Rock Hall President and CEO Greg Harris opened the evening pronouncing that "in a world that is filled with division, rock connects us." He also celebrated "a time of unprecedented growth" for the museum and announced a $10 million donation from the Key Bank Foundation -- the largest-ever single philanthropic contribution -- which will be detailed later this spring.
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Post by Gary on Apr 15, 2018 13:07:21 GMT -5
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducts Songs for the First Time, Including 'Born to Be Wild' & 'Louie Louie' News By Gary Graff | April 14, 2018 10:56 PM EDT
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame began honoring songs in addition to artists at the 33rd annual induction ceremony on Saturday night (April 14) in Cleveland's Public Auditorium, immortalizing six singles. Introduced by "Little Steven" Van Zandt, the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singles category is "a recognition of the excellence of the singles that shaped rock 'n' roll, kind of a rock 'n' roll jukebox, records by artists not in the Rock Hall -- which is not to say these artists will never be in the Rock Hall. They just are not in the Rock Hall at the moment."
The first inductees in the category included "Rocket 88" by Jackie Breston and his Delta Cats (1951), Link Wray and his Ray Men's "Rumble" (1958), "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen (1963), Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (1967) and Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" (1968).
In introducing the new category, Van Zandt added, "We all know the history of music can be changed with just one song, one record. In three minutes we suddenly enter a new direction, a movement, a style, an experience. That three-minute song can result in a personal revelation, an epiphany that changes our lives."
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Post by WolfSpear on Apr 15, 2018 13:54:50 GMT -5
Dave Matthews Band should be a no-doubter next year. There's going to be gray territory come the 1990's, especially with Counting Crows.
Sheryl Crow has my vote. She is a very unique singer-songwriter and quite a talent at that.
But then you could argue that so was Carole King as a performer.
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Post by jenglisbe on Apr 15, 2018 19:14:31 GMT -5
Dave Matthews isn’t all that respected is he?
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Apr 16, 2018 14:49:39 GMT -5
rooting for XSCAPE.
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Post by kcdawg13 on Apr 23, 2018 19:31:56 GMT -5
Shania is legendary, she deserves it
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Post by HolidayGuy on Apr 24, 2018 9:48:08 GMT -5
From the lot of eligibles for the next ceremony, none stand out as sure things.
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Post by Gary on Jun 14, 2018 9:57:47 GMT -5
Amazon to Stream 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony
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By Monica Mercuri | June 14, 2018 10:37 AM EDT
Amazon has announced that it will stream the 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony internationally for the first time ever. Starting July 1, the gala will be available in 34 countries and eight different languages.
Prime members can watch the show via Amazon’s Prime Video Direct Program, a self-service program for studios, distributors and content creators.
The 33rd annual induction ceremony, which took place April 14 in Cleveland's Public Auditorium, featured Richie Sambora reuniting with Bon Jovi and performing together for the first time in years, performances by Ms. Lauryn Hill and Andra Day honoring Nina Simone, a Tom Petty tribute by The Killers, The Cars reuniting for their induction, Brittany Howard inducting Sister Rosetta Tharpe and more.
“For the past 33 years, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has celebrated the biggest names in Rock and Roll in an event that features unique performances, reunions and heartfelt tributes,” said Joel Peresman, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc. “We are thrilled to share this event with a worldwide audience for the first time.”
To celebrate the viewing, Amazon Music compiled a 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame music playlist featuring top songs by each of this year's inductees.
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Post by owenlovesmusic on Jun 14, 2018 20:41:15 GMT -5
I just voted for Snoop Dogg and Outkast. Both deserve it.
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Post by Caviar on Oct 9, 2018 9:23:05 GMT -5
Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks and Def Leppard Nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of FameFolk, new wave, hip-hop, R&B, rap-rock, heavy metal and good old-fashioned rock ’n’ roll are among the many genres (and subgenres) represented by the latest shortlist of nominees for induction into the ever-broadening Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Stevie Nicks (already an inductee as a member of Fleetwood Mac), Def Leppard, John Prine, Roxy Music, Devo and Todd Rundgren are the first-time nominees for the 2019 class, it was announced on Tuesday, joining a more diverse selection of returning acts who have not made the final cut, including Janet Jackson, Radiohead and Rage Against the Machine. The rapper LL Cool J was nominated for a fifth time, and would become the seventh hip-hop act inducted, the first since Tupac Shakur in the class of 2017. Others who have been passed over before and were granted another chance: Kraftwerk (four previous nominations); MC5 (three); the Zombies (three); Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (two); and the Cure (one). A mostly opaque nominating committee decides on the Rock Hall shortlist every year; artists become eligible for nomination 25 years after the release of their first recording. Ballots are then sent to an international voting body of more than 1,000 artists, historians and music industry figures who consider “an artist’s musical influence on other artists, length and depth of career and the body of work, innovation and superiority in style and technique,” the Rock Hall said. A fan ballot will also be available online and in person at the Rock Hall’s museum in Cleveland. The final list of inductees, which typically number five artists, is announced in December. The 2019 induction ceremony is scheduled for March 29 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Excerpts from the show will be broadcast later by HBO and SiriusXM radio. In recent years, the Rock Hall has expanded its definition of rock ’n’ roll following criticism about its lack of racial, gender and artistic diversity. This year’s inductees included two black women — Nina Simone and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who received the Award for Early Influence — although no living women or people of color were featured. Bon Jovi, the Cars, Dire Straits and the Moody Blues rounded out the group. Janet Jackson Stevie Nicks Def Leppard John Prine Roxy Music Devo Todd Rundgren LL Cool J Kraftwerk MC5 Zombies Rufus Feat. Chaka Khan The Cure Radiohead Rage Against the Machine? www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/arts/music/rock-hall-of-fame-2019-nominees.html
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