Do you think it's a coolness factor?  I mean, didn't Herman's Hermits outsell the Beatles in '65?  I guess any band with a wimpy stigma is off the list.  And I don't mean to be politically incorrect, but some of these inductees are quite deserving for the R&B/Soul HOF....not Rock.

Marty


---- audities@smoe.org wrote:
>
> Me too!
> 
> The "If your a bud of Ahmet Ertegun and sold millions for Time Warner" factor
> plays out here again. U2, Percy, Pretenders and Buddy Guy all recorded for
> Warners-Elektra-Atlantic at one time during thier careers.
> 
> The O'Jays are important, they started in the late 50's, had several R&B hits
> in the mid-late 60's for Imperial and Bell Records, toured endlessly on the
> "Chitlin Circuit" and later were the group that brought the "Philadelphia
> Sound" to national prominence in the early 70's.
> 
> But why did they pick Percy Sledge, who is just known for one monster hit and
> smaller R&B hits that are only known by a cult audience? 
> 
> And the Hollies, Ventures, Shadows, Jan & Dean, Monkees, Raiders and Turtles
> get ignored again.
> 
> Billy
> 
> 
> 
> At 07:44 AM 12/13/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> >Thus renewing my disgust that the Hollies are overlooked yet again.  I 
> >suppose they're less important to rock and roll than, say, the O'Jays?
> >
> >Marty
> >
> >
> >
> >Michael Bennett wrote:
> >
> >>The 2005 class --
> >>
> >>U2
> >>Percy Sledge 
> >>The O'Jays 
> >>The Pretenders
> >>Buddy Guy
> >>
> >>Seymour Stein will be inducted also.
> >>
> >>While acknowledging that the Hall of Fame is silly and
> >>not well put together...The Pretenders????  I love the
> >>debut album and some sundry other stuff, but they
> >>wouldn't even be on a list of nominees, if I were in
> >>charge.  Yet, I'm not surprised.
> >>
> >>Mike Bennett
> >>
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> >  
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