not mentioned in this thread: The Spinners and The Stylistics
― gospodin simmel, Saturday, 10 December 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
Seriously Link Wray not being already in the HOF is crazy.
― JacobSanders, Saturday, 10 December 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
HALL SO RONG
THAT'S LINK WRAY
...THAT'S LINK WRAY
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, 10 December 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
The Spinners were at least nominated; the Stylistics never even got that far.
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Saturday, 10 December 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
Moody Blues, anyone?
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― musicfanatic, Sunday, 11 December 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
I always get Laura Nyro confused with Rykodisc.
― rusty flathead screwdriver, Sunday, 11 December 2011 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
Also, Alan Alda or Aldo Nova.
― rusty flathead screwdriver, Sunday, 11 December 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
Alan Thicke or Robin Thicke
― Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 11 December 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 December 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― sean doily, Sunday, 11 December 2011 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Sunday, 11 December 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
Will Roxy Music ever get in? I know they're not as innovative and influential as the RHCP...(eye roll)
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 11 December 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
At this rate Duran Duran will get in before either Chic or Roxy.
― thewufs, Sunday, 11 December 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
Rob Sheffield is at Rolling Stone...
― clemenza, Monday, 12 December 2011 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Monday, 12 December 2011 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
there are analogies and there are just random names thrown around as if they have any concrete relationship to each othere
― Mr. Stevenson #2, Monday, 12 December 2011 03:46 (twelve years ago) link