danasgoodstuff Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 http://rockhall.com/inductees/ Los Lobos can play circles around the others, not that that's exactly the point in Rock 'n Roll, but still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Lobos would definitely get my vote. Could probably make an argument for all 15 of those artists, they've all made contributions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 I love Los Lobos. Seen then several times including, much to my surprise, once in Fredericton New Brunswick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) Until they induct Warren Zevon it's just a big joke to me. Edited October 12, 2015 by jlhoots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 I kinda feel that way about The Fleetwoods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Who's best? Who's best?I vote for Schnabel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 The winning lot will probably be a politically-correct subset of the nominees. Just determine your ideal proportions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 The fact that they have decided to blackball Jethro Tull, one of rock's classic bands, just makes them look like idiots. I guess they just don't like flute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 But how do they feel about cowbell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 1960 Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 The fact that Deep Purple and Yes aren't already in "The Hall" is a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 I kinda feel that way about The Fleetwoods.Maybe they could be jointly inducted with the Sonics - two very different reaction's to Tacoma's drizzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 I always thought that it was Little Richard who got the kids horny, but The Fleetwoods who best captured what they hoped it would be like once they actually got around to doing it.Ok, other than "Come Softly To Me", ehhhh...but that one record has -still has - more pure sexlove mojo than all cockrockers' lifetimes combines. It's a wave of continuous opening and closing in and out between male and female, come softly to me, hear what I'm saying, please hold me all through the night, and at the end, no words, just that sound...cosmically perfect tender lovesex.If nothing else, put the record in, not the group. But damn rock and roll, all the people that made babies with that record in their minds and all the babies that THOSE babies made have pretty much made your business possible, so...time to recognize, that's all I'm saying. Time to recognize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Well, if not Los Lobos, perhaps they can settle for the singular and just induct Lobo. "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo" -- what's not to love? And if not The Smiths, perhaps Huey "Piano" Smith. "Don't You Just Know It"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted October 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 I always thought that it was Little Richard who got the kids horny, but The Fleetwoods who best captured what they hoped it would be like once they actually got around to doing it.Ok, other than "Come Softly To Me", ehhhh...but that one record has -still has - more pure sexlove mojo than all cockrockers' lifetimes combines. It's a wave of continuous opening and closing in and out between male and female, come softly to me, hear what I'm saying, please hold me all through the night, and at the end, no words, just that sound...cosmically perfect tender lovesex.If nothing else, put the record in, not the group. But damn rock and roll, all the people that made babies with that record in their minds and all the babies that THOSE babies made have pretty much made your business possible, so...time to recognize, that's all I'm saying. Time to recognize.I've got a thought for you - the most radical thing about R n R vocal groups was that they made the backgrounds more important than the leads, "Dum Dum, dum ah do dum..." democracy in action, so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 The best background vocals in that era drove the thing like a sax section in the big band days..all the lead vocal had to do was ride that pad and fly! (hello The Ravens!). "In The Still Of The Night", sure, you got a song there, but is it really necessary? Perhaps not!What gets me about "Come Softly To Me" is the part where the women hit those sforzando notes, the only really "loud" thing on the record...it's like a sudden gasp that has to be quieted, because, you know, somebody might hear. SO real.Looking at these guys in photos and on the Bandstand video, I have no idea if they really knew what they were doing, much less the extent to which they were doing it, but they did it, for real. and if it really was as naive as that they had no idea, that makes it even more better. Just innocence, instinct and imaginatio. Think about that, Rock AND Roll Hall OF Fame, innocence, instinct and imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 The fact that Deep Purple and Yes aren't already in "The Hall" is a joke. Agreed.Add: King CrimsonJethro Tull Electric Light Orchestra (27 hit singles!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted October 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 ELO should only get in if they make it a combo Move/ELO induction. I have no particular argument with the others, no particular thing for them either. Nile Rogers should be in as a producer/session player but how much of an actual group were Chic (whatever that means)? Spinners, yes, long dues paid and excellence, even if some of it was Thom Bell & other supporting players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Chic was a core band long enough to matter. Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, and Tony Thompson. Solid, quite often innovative music under the sheen. The way they took that stuff apart and put it back together ws pertty serious, even though the top sounded like it was anything but. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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