Here Are My Seven Future Candidates for Rock Hall
In case you missed the news (or even if you didn't) the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced their newest inductees today.
Madonna, John Mellencamp, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen, The Dave Clark Five, bluesman Little Walter.
Not too early to think about future Rock Hall candidates. With the understanding that candidates must have issued their first recording a minimum of 25 years before they can be voted in, here are seven I would like to see given serious consideration:
Dick Dale. He, not the Beach Boys, invented surf music guitar.
Tom Waits. A poet, a seminal Bukowski-like figure, who influenced numerous rock musicians.
Neil Diamond. Wrote so many hits in so many styles. Confounded and crossed musical boundaries.
Chicago- Never rock crit darlings, but set the tone for horn bands. By the way they still rock, 40 years after their 1967 founding.
Alice Cooper: Pioneer of show-centered metal and related theatrics.
Moody Blues- For more than 40 years, they have been offering us thoughtful rock and beautiful melodies, often with a spiritual tinge.
And finally:
The Monkees. Yes, you read that right. With dignity, creativity and more talent than snobs give them credit for, they set the tone for so many teen idol groups who came after them. They weren't the first to start a tv star to live star movement- Ricky Nelson was first- but in terms of groups rather than individuals, they blazed the trail for generations of boy bands.
Who would you like to see get in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that hasn't been voted in yet?
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Hey, how about Three Dog Night? Yes, I know they didn't write, but neither did Elvis. Yes, I know they weren't as big (or as deified) as Elvis, but they did introduce an awful lot of good writers, such as Randy Newman, Nilsson, Elton John, and Laura Nyro, to the mainstream, and they had a bargeload of hits. Bring 'em up there, and make Cory and Danny sing with Chuck one more time. Jeez, if you're gonna induct the DAVE CLARK FIVE, whose main contribution seems to have been to provide the Beatles with a brief and illusory competition ...
And, yes, the Moody Blues (but Jann Wenner doesn't like prog rock) and Alice Cooper (who opened the door for theatrics in the rock and roll show).
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will be eligible in 2009.
Well why not? If the Dave Clark Five can get in, then apparently one need not be famous. (Quick: name two songs by the Dave Clark Five. I said two.....)
"Yardbird". His tune "Now's the Time" begat "The Hucklebuck" which begat and so on and so forth.
Badfinger. And yes- George Harrison.
Alice Cooper for sure. Judas Priest, Ministry, Dead Kennedys, Devo
I guess next year The Smiths would be eligible, although it would probably be best if it were Morrissey/The Smiths.
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What about Rush? Do inductees have to be American? This can be the only reason these three geniuses haven't been inducted yet.
My vote is for The Replacements, or at the very least Paul Westerberg.
They were alternative before there was a word for it, and their only radio home was the occasional college station. It probably didn't help that they weren't big on promoting themselves, and even seemed to go out of their way to sabotage the band and themselves. Just listen to the music, though. Powerful stuff.
They should be in the HOF because if you look at the influences of all the great alternative bands today, they will cite the Mats and will probably state one album in particular that "changed their life".
The old joke is that their 1984 release "Let It Be" sold just a few copies, but everyone that bought a copy started a band. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Billy Joe Armstrong of Green Day to name a couple off the top of my head.
Yes, The Monkees. If you wanted to play in a punk or post-punk band in the late 70s, you learned Stepping Stone. Isn't there an allusion to Stepping Stone's bridge in Elvis Costello's Lipstick Vogue?
Well, you ask, weren't The Monkees really just guys who sang over other musicians' tracks performing others' songs? Why, yes, just like the Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops.
I got to say, the whole concept behind the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame is so vague as to defy a rational understanding of who belongs and who doesn't. It ends up being a list of critical favorites from a self-selecting set of critics. The Four Seasons are in and Boyz to Men will not be, and you can't tell me that that has to do with any thing other than rock 'n roll boomer tastes and times. It certainly isn't because one was creating "art" while the other created "product."
If it were me, I'd put in any one who made one record that was memorable in a positive way. (Sorry, Terry Jacks.) And admission would be granted to the name artist and the producer, the musicians, and the writers. The Monkees are in my hall of fame.
Layne Staley and/or Alice in Chains. It's been 25 years, and there hasn't been any music produced since then.
Good list, Stereolab won't be eligible until 2016. Shoo-ins, of course. Don't know them? You should .
Who is eligible and should be in? The Silver Apples, without a doubt. They practically invented electronica, used synthesizers, sampling, etc., in the late 1960's. Lightyears ahead of their time, they profoundly influenced what would become the music of today...
The Monkees: "They blazed the trail for generations of boy bands". You consider that an endorsement?
Dick Dale:YES! Moody Blues:YES! The rest of your list comes up way short.
Is Jackson Browne in? He deserves a spot.
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