2020 Rock & Roll HOF nominees

[GNG]

That horse left the barn a long time ago. Madonna is in. Janet Jackson is in. I don't know where they draw the line... Celine Dion ? Mariah Carey ?

Is ABBA in?

 

[shopson67]

Actually they all played their own instruments. The Wrecking Crew was only involved in their first two recordings. Get your facts straight.

From Wiki:

The bulk of the band's material continued to be written by Dunhill Records staff (not only Sloan and Barri) and the LA studio-musicians who were part of what became known as the Wrecking Crew played the music on most, if not all, of their hits.[7] The Grass Roots also recorded songs written by the group's musicians, which appeared on their albums and the B-sides of many hit singles.

 

[GNG]

From Wiki:

Wiki: is inaccurate.

 

[shopson67]

Dave Matthews Band - Too soon
Soundgarden - yes
Nine Inch Nails - maybe down the road
Doobie Brothers - yes
Thin Lizzy - yes
Judas Priest - noise
Motorhead - noise
TRex - WTF? How about the one hit wonder HOF
Depeche Mode
Kraftwerk - Fuck no
MC5 - seriously?
Todd Rundgren - yes
Pat Benatar - yes
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - No
Whitney Houston - R&B HOF, not R&R HOF
Notorious BIG -

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Priest is way more accessible than Soundgarden.
If TRex are one hit wonders, then what is Todd Rundgren?
Depeche Mode has 8 studio albums that hit the top 10 in the US and 6 singles that hit the top 40 (Enjoy The Silence hit the top 10).

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Wiki: is inaccurate.

C'mon Man.

I've been a Grass Roots fan for along time..

The Wrecking Crew became the backbone on many hits for lots of bands & artists back in the day..(including them)
There's no shame in that whatsoever.

 

[shopson67]

Wiki: is inaccurate.

That quote is credited to a book about the the Wrecking Crew (The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman). Is he lying too?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

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Priest is way more accessible than Soundgarden.
If TRex are one hit wonders, then what is Todd Rundgren?
Depeche Mode has 8 studio albums that hit the top 10 in the US and 6 singles that hit the top 40 (Enjoy The Silence hit the top 10).

Todd Rundgren is being acknowledged for his work with the Nazz, Utopia, and also his solo stuff...as well as for all the production/engineering/mixing he's done for numerous other bands, groups & artists.

 

[shopson67]

Todd Rundgren is being acknowledged for his work with the Nazz, Utopia, and also his solo stuff...as well as for all the production/engineering/mixing he's done for numerous other bands, groups & artists.

Sure, but if we're talking hits? Hello, It's Me?

 

[GNG]

C'mon Man.

I've been a Grass Roots fan for along time..

The Wrecking Crew became the backbone on many hits for lots of bands & artists back in the day..(including them)
There's no shame in that whatsoever.

I already said that the Wrecking Crew worked on some of their recordings.

 

[GNG]

That quote is credited to a book about the the Wrecking Crew (The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman). Is he lying too?

Many groups used the Wrecking Crew on their recordings and not just The GrassRoots.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Sure, but if we're talking hits? Hello, It's Me?

More than just that...


Nazz - Wikipedia

Utopia (band) - Wikipedia

Todd Rundgren - Wikipedia

 

[Wazmankg]

They recorded some of the best stuff of the 70's.

This was 73/74. They were done by then. They were a pop band.. basically The Monkees without a TV show. But they had some good tunes.

But if were talking pop/rock bands from that era both The Guess Who and Three Dog Night are more deserving than The Grass Roots.

 

[Chewbaccer]

What is it with @Guns N Guitars and his love for glorified cover bands?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I already said that the Wrecking Crew worked on some of their recordings.

Good..then stop beating yourself up over it.

Can't please everyone every year.

They'll get in there one day.


FTR: getting in shouldn't be taken as some sort of validation for their contributions, who they are/were or what they did anyhow imho.
It's more or less become just a popularity contest lately..and it shouldn't really matter to their real fans one way or the other.

 

[GNG]

This was 73/74. They were done by then. They were a pop band.. basically The Monkees without a TV show. But they had some good tunes.

But if were talking pop/rock bands from that era both The Guess Who and Three Dog Night are more deserving than The Grass Roots.

I also like Three Dog Night and The Guess Who but to compare The GrassRoots to the Monkees is ridiculous.

 

[Wazmankg]

Is ABBA in?

Yes. But they were a hugely popular. I believe they're the best selling singing group of all time , as opposed to a band or solo artists, and they wrote all of their stuff. If any strictly singing groups deserve induction they have to be included. I can't stand them fwiw.

 

[GNG]

What is it with @Guns N Guitars and his love for glorified cover bands?

You don't even know what a cover band is you stupid, inbred, hillbilly.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Sure, but if we're talking hits? Hello, It's Me?

I heard that on the radio yesterday. What a horrible song.

 

[Wazmankg]

to compare The GrassRoots to the Monkees is ridiculous.

Probably not in the way you think. The Monkees were much more popular.

 

[Wazmankg]

I heard that on the radio yesterday. What a horrible song.

Well you think Dave Matthews is great so there's that.

j/k



Hello It's Me is one of those songs that takes me right back to when it was a hit.. what/who I was doing, etc. There are a few songs like that and they're not necessarily all songs that I like a lot.