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Originally Posted by iamnotafraid
^ I really don't see anybody on that list of nominees that I would put in
except maybe Neil Diamond and Bon Jovi. As I said the nominees get
weaker and weaker every year.
Compare the last few years of inductees with these guys:
Elvis Presley
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
Bob Dylan
Roy Orbison
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
As great as Fleetwood Mac is, do they even compare to
those on this short list?
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Originally Posted by Nikolaj
YES!~ I think Fleetwood Mac are much more interesting musically than Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Roy Orbinson combined. I mean no offense, but most rock music pre-1964 just hasn't held up, to my ears.
I guess 'rock and roll' started in the 50's, but the best of the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s rock - when it was good- now seems timeless, while much of the 1950's rock seems 'quaint'- to me. I think many people could quickly name 2o great songs from the 1960s on, by decade. I'd have a hard time of thinking of 10 good songs from the 1950s, but that means nothing, of course!
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Indeed they do get weaker. Also, consider other influential greats that haven't been nominated, like The Moody Blues, The Mothers Of Invention, Jethro Tull, and Electric Light Orchestra, to name a few (in fairness, they're not strictly rock & roll bands, although that hasn't mattered in past inductions). The Hall Of Fame is a farce.
I'm with Nikolaj - looking at the first ~20 years of FM, they are up there, so far as I'm concerned.