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....

Smile 2....You Can't Stop Rock And Roll

This blog is dedicated to good taste…..in music
Due to overwhelming response from all of 2 people….Dre and Mike C, I have added some more….and yes this is fucking incredibly awesome.  Put on your helmet and again add more if you want as I know I am missing some but too much is too much and too little just gets you started but doesn’t finish the job.  This is just right…to me at least.
This is the COOL album cover version of this SMILE edition.  FRAME EM if you got em.
And basically its all ROCK since they had all of the legendary covers……and notice the lyrics how deep on most of them….and as far as music…..and yes Journey, STYX and REO qualify.  The REO song is just a classic that never gets old.
…and it begins with one of my favorite rock songs ever…..and the intro the video with kids rocking captures the essence of 80s rock and dedication of metal fans even to this day…..CHEERS
SCORPIONS 
“My head explodes, my ears ring
I can’t remember just where I’ve been”

WHITE LION

“I’ve been drivin’ all night, my hand’s wet on the wheel
There’s a voice in my head, that drives my heel
It’s my baby callin’, says, ‘I need you here’
Ans it’s half past four, and I’m shifting gear”
WARRANT

“They didn’t see me and Tom in the trees.
Neither one believing what the other could see.
Tossed in the bodies, let ‘em sink on down.
To the bottom of the well where they’d never be found”



RAINBOW

“Your words like ice fall on the ground
Breaking the silence without a sound”



TRIUMPH

“I’m tired of playin foolish games
I’m tired of all your lies makin me insane
I don’t ask for much the truth will do just fine
Won’t you lay it on the line”
JOURNEY

“When the summer’s gone she’ll be there standing by the light
Once she’s been to where she’s gone to she should know wrong from right
Is she feeling
Are you feeling
You feeling that way too?
Or am I just
Am I just a fool”

AC/DC    ….there is Bon Scott AC/DC and there is the other guy
“It’s criminal
There ought to be a law
Criminal
There ought to be a whole lot more
You get nothing for nothing
Tell me who can you trust
We got what you want
And you got the lust”
FASTWAY 
“Nowhere To Run
Nowhere To Hide
What You Doin’ To Me
All This Jive”


APRIL WINE……and a killer jam for the last bit of the song

“Get my saddle and tie it on
Western wind who is fast and strong
Jump on back, he’s good and long
We’ll resist till we reach the dawn
Running seems like the best offense
Staying just don’t make any sense”




SKID ROW
“The vaseline gypsies and silicone souls
Dressed to the society
Hypocrite heartbeat and cheap alibis
Can´t get you by that monkey”


DIO
“If we’re evil or divine
we’re the last in line”



JUDAS PRIEST  ….I put the pic of the 45 on here because it rocked

“Making a curve or taking the strain
On the decline, or out on the wain
Oh everybody breaks down sooner or later”


VAN HALEN
“Goin’ outta my way, know my way around
The grass is never greener an’ there plenty around
All the other girls, they be put to shame
Over the edge and here I stay”



REO SPEEDWAGON …..Ok so I put two on here 

“Ridin’ the storm out, waitin’ for the thaw out
On a full moon night in the rocky mountain winter.
My wine bottle’s low, watching for the snow
I’ve been thinking lately of what I’m missing in the city.”




“You’re thinking up your white lies
You’re putting on your bedroom eyes
You say you’re coming home but you won’t say when
But I can feel it coming
If you leave tonight keep running
And you need never look back again”



DOOBIE BROTHERS ….One of my all time favorite jams…….listen to all of it….ENJOY
“Take this message to my brother
You will find him…everywhere
Wherever people live together
Tied in poverty’s despair
Are you…telling me the things you’re gonna do for me
I ain’t blind and I don’t like what I think I see”


LETS GO BONUS…..and yes I saw this tour in 82, 83 and 84…..ENJOY

….and as always…..YOU CAN’T STOP ROCK & ROLL…..


TWISTED SISTER
“Like a charging bull, It’s a juggernaut
With steam at full, never to be caught
Incarnate power, roaring from the sky
While others cower,  ROCK AIN’T GONNA DIE”



COMING SOON…..the sing along version and the alternative college rock versions….stay tuned…..
and no clue why this pic but its awesome on many levels…CHEERS