I really think Green Day is a bit overrated. You are right Soundgarden and Alice are overlooked and even STP...I think because they lack longevity (yes I know more than Nirvana) it hurts them somewhat
OT: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees for 2018
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I really think Green Day is a bit overrated. You are right Soundgarden and Alice are overlooked and even STP...I think because they lack longevity (yes I know more than Nirvana) it hurts them somewhat
Denny Laine sang Go Now and joined Wings in the 70's ....smart move
"Denny Laine the barber shaves another customer
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim......"
"In your Wildest Dreams" was a 1986 MTV song sung by Justin Hayward.
The 22 years in between I could care less about.
Scraping the bottom of the barrel now. Might as well nominate The Donnas or Hole. (Although the Donnas albums did rock. The studio albums like "Spend the Night" had some bad riffs going on (It's on the Rocks) but when you see tape of them live you can tell that there was no way in hell she played on the album.
actually you have to give them major credit for coming back 22 years later and scoring not only a hit but a hit on a video channel geared to those under 25 years old. You make think its muzak but its a very underrated pop song.
Def Leppard was a better version of Bon Jovi in the Pyromania/Hysteria era. Even though they pretty much stopped making hard rock after High 'N Dry, they were part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal along with Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and other bands. That movement eventually spawned Metallica.
I definitely don't think Green Day is overrated. They embodied the punk/garage band vibe in the early/mid 90's and while Dookie wasn't deep or complex, they matured as they grew up and produced one of the greatest rock albums of the generation (American Idiot). GD has been my favorite band for almost 20 years, their music grew and as I did. And they put on one hell of a show:
I think maybe my problem with them is how they were immediately vaulted in over some other long time bands
Sorry, one of my least favorite genres, but that's why they make chocolate and vanilla, as my mom would say...
That's an understatement. How can Mellencamp and Dire Straits not be in but a band like Nirvana is ? Nirvana's legend is based on one great album. It would be like putting Brady Anderson in the mlb hof because he had one great year.
You should lose music posting privileges just for this stupid post. Mellencamp was inducted in 2008, Dire Straits might actually get in this year (I wouldn't vote them in, but Knopler is still an amazing guitarist), and Nirvana had one of the 10 most influential albums ever and several other great albums.
Check out this wonderfully weird anti war song abou world war 1, but written in 1968 it was likely really about Vietnam.
How the hell did he not see this would ruin his career is beyond me. Holy Crap.
On the other hand, if he would have done it tongue-in-cheek, it would have been a masterpiece. Sadly, it was not.
I think he was just going with the flow of the time...trying to sell records..the song did quite well...#15 on the pop charts and #1 on the rock charts. Per wiki, Martha Quinn said at the time it was a fun video and no one was panning it at the time..lots of revisionist history. Squier cannot blame that for his demise on the charts. As we got into the mid 80s we were moving into a poppier less rock sounding period, groups like Styx, Boston, Jefferson Starship and REO Speedwagon were all changing their sounds
Take every artist named on this years list....and throw them out: none of them belong in the hall or for consideration , until Todd Rundgren is named, inducted / honored.
MO
PS To whoever talked about The Moody Blues...Their Album "Days of Future Past" with the London Symphony Orchestra (Knights in White Satin, Tuesday Afternoon) was groundbreaking.
Taking Martha Quinn as an "authority" on critical response is shaky at best. That video was horrible from day one - I remember first seeing it on MTV with some friends and we couldn't stop laughing. Was never a big fan of him or most hair metal (he's in that category for me), although he did have a few catchy tunes (hated The Stroke, though, his first big hit).
Even Bowie moved toward pop -but he pulled it off. Not everyone was cut out to be Michael Jackson though. To his credit Paul Kantner threw up all over pop music and left Starship in 1984.
I dont blame any artist from the 60s for going for the money...why not? It guaranteed the money and lets face it Grace Slick at 45 wasnt going to be writing rebellious songs anyhow...when you got old the angst sort of disappears, you might as well milk fame as much as you can because you can wind up broke
Im not saying it was a great video but there was hardly outrage panning it as worst...also lets remember its 1984, the far majority of videos were low quality not making sense...the song hit #1 on the rock charts and 15 on the pop charts despite such an awful video...Martha Quinn is an authority because she had a pulse on the music scene back then or are you disagreeing with it
That was a career killer indeed, but he is very talented and worthy. Apparently one of the most sampled songwriters for rap and hip hop. Def Leppard opened for Billy Sqier on the Pyromania tour.
Not to be picky Huey but,,,,,
"In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim"
That's one of the worst songs ever written and it was when it came out - no need for revisionist history. .
