I AM SPEECHLESS WITH RAGE (2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees)

I will no longer be sending my contributions...how can Heart not be in there. You just had an exibit devouted to the women of rock n roll yet still do not have arguably the most succesful (and talented) girl led band of all time in there. This is a travesty and and embarrasment. Not only did they have more then a few Top 10 hits but wrote all their own material...that's much more of an accomplishment then many of the women who are already in there.
Mike Trap | Wednesday, December 7: 9:31 a.m.

This blows!! Every year yawl induct some artist that ..although are noteworthy..do not fit the original profile for what the HOF is about.The Beastie Boys i can see,,,GNR..yeah..Laura Nyro? Does anyone remember her who wasnt a fan? What is the problem with NOT inducting THE MONKEES? They were the FIRST band to have a TV show...even if they were a product to begin with..they have had Many hit that continue to be played today...concerts sell out when they tour...come on...get off your high horse asses and give the people what THEY want for a change!!
russell joyner | Wednesday, December 7: 9:36 a.m.

Sad that the Hall of Shame continues to ignore a band that has had numerous consecutive gold & platinum records, and continues to sell out arenas. Guess the Hall of Shame is anti prog rock. Time to induct Rush!
Howard | Wednesday, December 7: 9:51 a.m.

Why does the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame keep passing on bands that should have been in the Hall of Fame a long time ago which are KISS, Rush & Deep Purple. Some of the acts that are in the Hall of Fame are more pop than Rock and Roll (ABBA is a BIG example). Get KISS in the Hall of Fame because they have been more of an influence on Rock and Roll than any that are being inducted next year. In fact, we would not have most bands today if it weren't for KISS. KISS is best and will always be.
George M. Shulock | Wednesday, December 7: 9:59 a.m.

Once again, Jethro Tull has been left out. Amazing. Reminds me of that the Baseball Hall of Fame did to Ron Santo. Are you going to wait for Ian Anderson to die?
David | Wednesday, December 7: 10:05 a.m.

Truly shocked that Link Wray isn't in. I assumed he'd been inducted years -- decades -- ago. That's as blatantly oversighty as it gets.

Yeah, and I thought for some reason that T. Rex was in, too.

Putting aside all the obvious problems with the HOF--pretending for a minute that all the inductees were well chosen--I always figured an American-voted HOF and a British-voted HOF wouldn't be identical. People who'd be in the latter but not the former might include T. Rex, Joy Division, the Jam, Nick Drake, etc. (The Jefferson Airplane would be a counter-example.)

not mentioned in this thread: The Spinners and The Stylistics

Seriously Link Wray not being already in the HOF is crazy.

HALL SO RONG

THAT'S LINK WRAY

THAT'S LINK WRAY

...THAT'S LINK WRAY

not mentioned in this thread: The Spinners and The Stylistics

The Spinners were at least nominated; the Stylistics never even got that far.

Moody Blues, anyone?

The Replacements, Motörhead, Roxy Music, Can, Big Star, Cheap Trick, Peter Gabriel, New Order, Joy Division, Gram Parsons, Kraftwerk, The Flaming Lips, Randy Newman, Heart, T. Rex, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Smiths

I'm amazed that the above got overlooked for Laura Nyro. If I hadn't read a biography of David Geffen, I would've never heard of Laura Nyro. I couldn't say the same for the rest.

I always get Laura Nyro confused with Rykodisc.

Also, Alan Alda or Aldo Nova.

Alan Thicke or Robin Thicke

Possibly with Christgau's reviews lodged in the back of my mind, I assumed for years that I wouldn't care for Laura Nyro. (As a singer--"Wedding Bell Blues" I've loved forever.) But I quite like Gonna Take a Miracle, which I finally got a few years ago; recently bought Nested at a radio-station sale, and that's good too. I think it's exaggeration to put her in the HOF, but I like those two albums much more than I ever thought I would.

Christmas and the Beads of Sweat is an alltime album for me, but it is hard to argue that Laura Nyro's importance exceeds that of Link Wray, Roxy Music, Deep Purple, etc. etc.

For decades she had to deal with the stigma of having been booed at Monterey Pop, despite the fact that she wasn't. No one knows where this myth started, but it stuck with her even years after her death.

Will Roxy Music ever get in? I know they're not as innovative and influential as the RHCP...(eye roll)

At this rate Duran Duran will get in before either Chic or Roxy.

Rob Sheffield is at Rolling Stone...

The Bee Gees got in before the Spinners, so yeah, it's a safe (and fucking depressing) assumption that Duran Duran will get in before Chic.

there are analogies and there are just random names thrown around as if they have any concrete relationship to each othere