WSMV-TV in Nashville has posted a listing of bands the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame forgot.
Here is the list, I assume in no particular order:
- Genesis
- Jethro Tull
- Chicago
- New York Dolls
- Stooges
- The Cars
- Grand Funk Railroad
- Styx
- Moody Blues
- Yes
- Rush
- Little Feat
- Procul Harum
- The Guess Who
- Emerson, Lake and Palmer
- MC5
- Electric Light Orchestra
- Heart
- Linda Ronstadt
- The Replacements
My thoughts:
1. What is the criteria for the Hall? Is it influence and talent? If so, Grand Funk Railroad? Really?
2. Is it just fame and success? If so, at least 2/3 of those bands should be in there.
3. Is it just me or do Yes and Rush seem to go together naturally? Almost as if whoever was making the list said, “Yes… OH, and RUSH.”
4. Of course, if #3 is true, then they’d have also said, “Styx… OH, and Boston… Kansas… Foreigner… Journey… Loverboy…” (None of whom are in the Hall.)
5. Grand Funk Railroad? Really?
6. Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against any of these bands, many of whom provide us with some great guilty pleasures. I’ve never gotten why Genesis is so big, but Shannon loves Chicago (especially the “17” era) and I still think “Too Much Time on My Hands” is funky, “No Sugar Tonight” rocks, and I have a soft spot for “Whiter Shade of Pale” even though I have no idea what skipping the light fandango looks like.
7. Grand… Oh, never mind.
So, sometime back in September you mention the Disciplines of a Godly Man. I still don’t see a book review posted since then, but a discussion of Grand Funk Railroad? Really?
Mike wrote on November 8th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Yep. Really.
James Kubecki wrote on November 8th, 2007 at 11:03 am
The original Grand Funk Railroad…YES REALLY, REALLY.
Suez wrote on November 9th, 2007 at 10:35 am
Grand Funk influenced tons of artists that are already in the HOF, so why aren’t t they in there themselves? Look it up. Do your home work on them. Locomotion and Bad Time are not the songs we “die hard” fans are talking about. Their version of Inside Looking Out, Paranoid and the classic Closer to Home is enough to have them in there. Personally the place is such a joke I’m glad them and the rest on that list are not in there.
yvonne wrote on November 9th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Grand Funk/Mark, Don & Mel YES!!!
southeastfunk wrote on November 9th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Grand Funk Railroad – kidding… are you sure you’re not just 19???? If you haven’t heard quintessential Mark Don and Mel – buddy – you haven’t heard ANYTHING. Go back – find the Red Album – sit down with headphones on – volume turned to max – and get ready for a party in your head. LONG LIVE GFR (MD&M will live in my heart for forever – as well as most of their fans)
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Mary wrote on November 9th, 2007 at 1:57 pm