Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class

[The Human Q-Tip]

So part of the enjoyment is listening to the skill and getting dragged into the atmosphere of the music and the imagery of the lyrics. Repetition won’t bother me unless it’s total insanity. Frankly with meditation a lot of repetition is involved so theres some value to it. I like the experience of pulling away from “reality” and the rep does that.

That, I do get. Good lyrics can be part of the sonic imagery of the song. I'm generally just not interested in most of them. But then there are songs like Whipping Post and Wish You Were Here that wouldn't be nearly the same without the lyrics. Then there is stuff like Pink Floyd's Echoes that has no lyrics at all, but for me at least, has tremendous imagery -- without drugs, even.

Whipping Post, and early Allman Brothers in general, is criminally underappreciated by most younger (and I mean, like under 50) music fans. They tend to be sort of mentally categorized as "southern rock", but they were a lot more than that. Lots of jazz influences, and some really heavy blues.

D’yer Mak’er never really did it for me.

We're in good company because it really didn't do it for Zep either. They kind of looked on it as a joke song.

 

[Randolphkeys]

Just had this show up in my news feed:

Suzi Quatro talks Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub: 'It's just plain stupid'

“If you're an organization that prides itself on doing the right thing by the right people, what more can be right than the fact that I was the first?"

www.yahoo.com

I found it unintentionally hilarious since I have never heard of Suzi Quatro or a single song she has performed.

 

[Lee]

It's all blurring together, and the best "rock" acts are ones that are either tried and true (Jack White, Black Keys I suppose) or not getting any recognition or massive play. There was a Billboard list talking of the best rock songs of the last decade and Imagine Dragons and 21 Pilots dominated the top ten. There's your "rock".

Even the rock I listen to has more industrial and hip hop elements than your traditional rock jams of yesteryear.

I will say that I ride hard for Ghost though. Catchy rock with a bit of glitz and heavy devil worship. Basically, the KISS of the new millenium.

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Not impressed with the latest class of HOF inductees, but as a person who has attended every induction ceremony since the first one at Public Hall, I'll do my best to get here too. It's a real celebration and a very cool event regardless.

At almost 48, most of the new music I listen too comes from my kids or some from the way to young girls I date.

Of what I have heard I actually love Twenty One Pilots, (you spell it out I guess, I was corrected by my son, lol)….yes they are a Ohio band, but I really love their sound, a bit hip hop in my opinion although they fall into the Emo category which I don't get.

Speaking of Emo, my daughter's favorite band is My Chemical Romance? Anyone else a fan, she is super excited that they have been flirting around with getting back together as they are starting to play random concerts.

 

[Lee]

I wish that I wasn't so picky because it means I don't enjoy a lot of music that other people enjoy. I just can't help it. I get bored too quickly by stuff that sounds repetitive to my ears. A lot of my favorite songs are ones that I didn't fully appreciate until I had been listening to them for years. The ones that get better the more you listen to them...that's the freaking gold.

What songs or groups?

 

[BMAN]

At almost 48, most of the new music I listen too comes from my kids or some from the way to young girls I date.

Of what I have heard I actually love Twenty One Pilots, (you spell it out I guess, I was corrected by my son, lol)….yes they are a Ohio band, but I really love their sound, a bit hip hop in my opinion although they fall into the Emo category which I don't get.

Speaking of Emo, my daughter's favorite band is My Chemical Romance? Anyone else a fan, she is super excited that they have been flirting around with getting back together as they are starting to play random concerts.

They had some good songs back in the early 2000s.

 

[The Oi]

Just had this show up in my news feed:

Suzi Quatro talks Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub: 'It's just plain stupid'

“If you're an organization that prides itself on doing the right thing by the right people, what more can be right than the fact that I was the first?"

www.yahoo.com

I found it unintentionally hilarious since I have never heard of Suzi Quatro or a single song she has performed.

I screened some of her music for you.

It isnt great.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

What songs or groups?

Mostly older progressive rock stuff that can be daunting on the first few listens. This is one of my absolutely favorite instrumental pieces now, but I didn't like it for the first 5 years I had the album. Then one long night I was driving from Va. to Cleveland, popped the CD in...and I finally got it. Definitely an acquired taste that some people won't ever acquire no matter how many time they hear it.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

I screened some of her music for you.

It isnt great.

Her music was ordinary, but she was pretty hot. Shouldn't get you into the HOF, though.

 

[The Oi]

Her music was ordinary, but she was pretty hot. Shouldn't get you into the HOF, though.

If being hot got you in the HOF, I’d have gotten in the HOF when I got a hotornot score of 9.7 in 2004.

 

[Scholar]

Just had this show up in my news feed:

Suzi Quatro talks Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub: 'It's just plain stupid'

“If you're an organization that prides itself on doing the right thing by the right people, what more can be right than the fact that I was the first?"

www.yahoo.com

I found it unintentionally hilarious since I have never heard of Suzi Quatro or a single song she has performed.

All you youngsters in here. Even "Old Man" Lee was just a baby when she started performing. Her significance is that she was one of the earliest solo female rock performers of that age. "48 Crash" was the song that I remember that she made. It debuted in '73 while I was in Junior High. Anyways, she also was a reoccurring character on "Happy Days." She played "Leather Tuscadero."

My greatest issue with the inductees is that quite a few of them are not in any ways rock and roll performers. Follow that with the fact that these non-rock choices were picked over people like Pat Benatar.

 

[JJ Smooth]

At almost 48, most of the new music I listen too comes from my kids or some from the way to young girls I date.

Of what I have heard I actually love Twenty One Pilots, (you spell it out I guess, I was corrected by my son, lol)….yes they are a Ohio band, but I really love their sound, a bit hip hop in my opinion although they fall into the Emo category which I don't get.

Speaking of Emo, my daughter's favorite band is My Chemical Romance? Anyone else a fan, she is super excited that they have been flirting around with getting back together as they are starting to play random concerts.

Saw My Chemical Romance way back in '07 with Linkin Park at Blossom. I was firmly against them because of their MTV exposure and opening the door for more annoying emo bands. BUT, their stage presence and set won me over. I'll also say to this day that "The Black Parade" album is a modern classic. I'll even go further and say I think it's better than the other modern pop punk rock opera, "American Idiot" by Green Day.

If MCR get back together, I would definitely recommend getting tickets for your daughter. I'm not ashamed because I'll also be investing in those same ones.

 

[N7RobBob]

Saw MCR and Rise Against at the wolstein center and there was too much production involved in black parade that made it seem like a gimmick. Overshadowed the actual music.

I liked it, but enjoy Rise Against more.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Just had this show up in my news feed:

Suzi Quatro talks Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub: 'It's just plain stupid'

“If you're an organization that prides itself on doing the right thing by the right people, what more can be right than the fact that I was the first?"

www.yahoo.com

I found it unintentionally hilarious since I have never heard of Suzi Quatro or a single song she has performed.

That drummer absolutely blows.

 

[Randolphkeys]

The dozen of us who care have a new crop. Who are your top five?

• JAY-Z
• Mary J. Blige
• Foo Fighters
• Dionne Warwick
• Iron Maiden
• The Go-Go’s
• Fela Kuti
• Kate Bush
• DEVO
• Chaka Khan
• Carole King
• LL Cool J
• New York Dolls
• Rage Against the Machine
• Todd Rundgren
• Tina Turner

 

[Benway]

Tina Turner's husband built the very first Rock 'n Roll song, PLUS she appeared on a few of Frank Zappa's albums. That's a lock for me.
Todd Rundgren's son was a solid minor-league shortstop. (Who hated "Bang the drum all day" as his walk-up song) Also, he RAISED Liv Tyler.
I met Bob Mothersbaugh Sr. a few times, so Devo certainly gets my vote. (Absolutely nice, sweet old man.)

Chaka Kahn should be in for a lot of reasons, but the heavy breathing and panting on "Tell me somethin' good" combined with her whoops of pleasure should erase all doubt.

Oddly, the only artist on this list I listen to at all is Fela Kuti, and that's because I saw Mos Def give him a shout-out on "Late Night" when he played "Quiet Dog". (Ripping performance!)