20yrs+RHOF

[tuigirl]

Catinthedark put up this question on the Stevie forum and it sounds like a great discussion topic, so hope you don't mind me using it Cat..Here goes

"..today's artists are flashes in the pan. I've often wondered... who's going to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 20 years from now?"

..any thoughts?

[GypsyNomad]

Originally Posted by tuigirl

Catinthedark put up this question on the Stevie forum and it sounds like a great discussion topic, so hope you don't mind me using it Cat..Here goes

"..today's artists are flashes in the pan. I've often wondered... who's going to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 20 years from now?"

..any thoughts?

I dunno.... Gwen Stefani maybe? i don't really care for her music (her early stuff is better... can't stand some of her new songs), but i think she'll be around for a long time. I think Green Day is another possibility....

[LiquidBlue5000]

Kelly Clarkson

[Miss Vicky]

Matchbox 20

[tommer]

Originally Posted by LiquidBlue5000

Kelly Clarkson

Originally Posted by GypsyNomad

I dunno.... Gwen Stefani maybe?

whet stevie meant when she said that, was that in order to have a long lasting musical career, one needs to know how to write well, instead of relying on their sexual appeal. so, in that context, i've the slight feeling those two won't qualify.

[catinthedark]

Originally Posted by tuigirl

Catinthedark put up this question on the Stevie forum and it sounds like a great discussion topic, so hope you don't mind me using it Cat..Here goes

"..today's artists are flashes in the pan. I've often wondered... who's going to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 20 years from now?"

..any thoughts?

Don't mind at all, Tuigirl! It is something I've thought about... I believe the RRHOF just may have to fold in the coming decades. There just won't be artists who qualify unless there's a major shift in the way the industry works right now. I think the 80s is the last decade that saw the birth of true artists (singer/songwriters) - and I don't mean actual birth, I mean when they're careers began. I guess videos are sort of to blame? I suppose one could make an argument for an Eminem, but truly, does he deserve a place in the Rock and Roll HOF? Unless music returns to being about music and lyrics and talent, I'm afraid there will be no lasting artists. It will be an industry only of flashes in the pan, flavours of the week. Boring, uninspiring, and shallow.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

Don't mind at all, Tuigirl! It is something I've thought about... I believe the RRHOF just may have to fold in the coming decades. There just won't be artists who qualify unless there's a major shift in the way the industry works right now. I think the 80s is the last decade that saw the birth of true artists (singer/songwriters) - and I don't mean actual birth, I mean when they're careers began. I guess videos are sort of to blame? I suppose one could make an argument for an Eminem, but truly, does he deserve a place in the Rock and Roll HOF? Unless music returns to being about music and lyrics and talent, I'm afraid there will be no lasting artists. It will be an industry only of flashes in the pan, flavours of the week. Boring, uninspiring, and shallow.

I think people and groups like Sheryl Crow, Garbage, Franz Ferdinand, and Dave Matthews will have lasting careers like artists from back in the day. They won't continue to sell millions of albums as their careers progress, but I think they'll take the place of the artists now considered "classic" and "veteran" artists. Kelly Clarkson and her American Idol ilk won't last for long, the nature of their output guarantees as much. Hootchie Spears already has a waning career, as does Aguilera, Lopez, and all of those old boy bands. All is not lost in terms of good artists and music.

[DavidMn]

I would love to see the Stereophonics and The Sundays make it, although the lack of material may hert the SUndays

[WELSH WITCH]

I hate to say it but I think la Spears has a pretty good chance.

I hope Keane will make it or Coldplay.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by WELSH WITCH

I hate to say it but I think la Spears has a pretty good chance.

I hope Keane will make it or Coldplay.

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WELSH WITCH]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No what?????

Spears or the rest I mentioned.

[golddustdragon]

No Britney Spears but Coldplay, maybe.

[golden braid]

It will probably be less than 20 years but I think Nirvana and Pearl Jam will be inducted since they were so influencial in the 90's and now. I also think Sheryl Crow will be inducted.

[Serrart]

I'm not sure about Coldplay they're are a pretty good band, but seemed on the verge of a nervous breakdown already. For Franz Ferdinand I'm not so sure yet, it can be said in the next five years, IMO, as for Scissor Sisters.
I agree on Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow, Garbage, and I think also, among some others:
Stereophonics
Beck
Billy Corgan (with or without Smashing Pumpkins)
Pearl Jam
Bjork
Lauryn Hill
Ben Harper
Alanis Morissette
White Stripes
Sarah McLachlan

About Gwen Stefani, probably if she can reinvents herself in the next years (she has the talent to do it, IMO). For Spears... hope she would discover the joy to devote herself completely to family life.

Romy

[xdreamsunwindx]

Oh, you KNOW Nirvana will make it in. I mean, come on. People can't seem to figure out that Cobain's been dead for 11 years, so it's obvious.

Garbage should get in there, but the RnRHoF people do not know what they're doing, so yeah. No Doubt should make it, because Tragic Kingdom is one of the essential records of the 1990s. You can't deny her strength on all of the No Doubt albums up until Rock Steady.

Other contenders...

- Nine Inch Nails
- Alanis Morissette
- Beck
- Pearl Jam
- The White Stripes
- SMASHING PUMPKINS!
- Hole
- Jeff Buckley (if they have any idea about music)
- Black Crowes
- Sonic Youth (please, please, pleeeaaase)