Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2016

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
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OK so its Rock and Roll Hall of Fame time again and since RUSH got in I really haven't paid much attention....and the fact that 3 chord Green Day got in before Deep Purple kind of pissed me off.

If anyone remembers when they had CD stores in mid 90s to sell CDs I never forgot seeing over 20 copies of Green Day's "Dookie" CD which obviously was overplayed and tired.

I didn't see Green Day starting punk only being a better Blink 182.

And for the record the "American Idiot" album is brilliant by Green Day and they are talented but Hall of Fame I don't think so.

the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since its inception has been kind of a joke with skeptical additions but STILL I wanted bands that deserved to get in years ago but sat until recently....KISS (2014). RUSH and HEART (2013)

and lets not forget Doobie Brothers, Thin Lizzy are still not in but Guns and Roses and Nirvana are....sorry as big an influence but from different decade.

Ok so this year is Deep Purple, NWA, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Yes, J.B.s, The Cars, Chaka Khan, Janet Jackson, Los Lobos, Steve Miller, Spinners, The Smiths and Nine Inch Nails with Chic appearing on the list for the 10th time.

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Ok off the top  SORRY CHIC you are not worthy regardless of Nile Rodgers....
same goes for Los Lobos....you deserve it but not this year.....

same for Chaka Khan even though this rocks.....


same goes for LOS LOBOS and Janet Jackson

Los Lobos are good but not worthy....yet.....and Janet you are not Michael but yes you can be in....not this year
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JBs - yes!!!

WHOLLY SHIT the J.B.s....

every hip hop artist needs to thank them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wn3GiaeVx8
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YES - yes you are in.....because you inspired COUNTLESS OTHERS....

John Frusciante (RHCP, others)
The Edge
Tyler Hawkins (Foo Fighters)
Steve Stevens (Billy Idol)
Pat Smear (Nirvana, others)
James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem)
Keith Levene (tje Clash, PiL)
The Flaming Lips'
Rush
Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
De La Soul
The Mars Volta
Tool
Les Claypool
Matthew Sweet/Susannah Hoffs
Bob Stinson (Replacements)
Tim De Laugher (Polyphonic Spree)
Todd Rundren
Mike Mills (REM)
Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam)
Genesis
Earth, Wind, & Fire  
Jeff Buckley
Joe Jackson
Styx
Ambrosia
Dream Theater

not the best sound but who cares.....its YES


and of course the Jeffersons....as Sherman Helmsley was a huge Yes fan


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So lets look at the Spinners - not yet if not never

maybe a few years but not now....not the influence like JBs or NWA

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NWA - YES!!!!! 

speaking of NWA....hip hop dies like disco in late 80s early 90s if it isn't for Public Enemy and NWA








and my favorite by them.....just so damn original...unlike the laziness of today












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Steve Miller - yes

OK for just this performance alone he gets in....WHAT A JAM!!!!!



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CHICAGO - YES

those album covers and the horns....simply amazing

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NIN (Nine Inch Nails) - not yet

YES but they won't get in now....but they took music to a whole new level 

I think, fundamentally, music is something inherently people love and need and relate to, and a lot of what's out right now feels like McDonalds. It's quick-fix. You kind of have a stomachache afterwards.

—Trent Reznor, Salt Lake Tribune interview (2005)

always ahead of the curve.....
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the Smiths - not yet but yes
sure since they influenced so many but not this year.....

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The Cars - YES.

....wasn't new wave without the Cars....yes many followed them

and this jam from Live Aid 1985




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CHEAP TRICK - not sure on the fence but yes eventually but no doubt THIS is what put them on the map....LIVE at Budokan and just look at these fools...have you ever seen weirder group?


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 Deep Purple - HELL to the fuck yes


Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "Unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-Seventies" They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

just watch and last 15 minutes are sick good


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to recap this is who needs to go in for 2016

NWA
The Cars
Deep Purple
Yes
Chicago
JBs


OK I am done....that is my take

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND 


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and TIGERS at home hosting South Carolina since its flooded

be nice Tiger fans....