Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Yes still not in

txcoastal1

Well we know how R&R evolved mainly the Blues...most of the debate is when these groups or individuals are inducted

Just look who was prior to SRV for example:
2011---Tom Waits
2012---Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, G-&-R
2013---Public Enemy, Rush
2015---SRV, Greenday


In my best Chris Carter interpretation "c'mon man"

dromunds

I guess Steve Miller's a whiner, he talks about the payola and nontransparency of the voting, which kind of hits the nail on the head.

mhardy6647

Conversely, it might even be persuasively argued that "Yes" had little to do with rock and roll --
To wit: not so much of their output:

* was in 4/4 time
* had a backbeat
* had lyrics extolling "mah baby" or about lemon juice oozing down someone's leg, etc.

and of course, those Yes chaps had a heck of a bad attitude:

A man conceived a moment's answer to the dream
Staying the flowers daily, sensing all the themes
As a foundation left to create the spiral aim
A movement regained and regarded both the same
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you

Whoo-whee, wouldn't wanna meet them BWA* in a dark alley somewhere in Mayfair, Oxford, or Cambridge...

(* blokes with attitude)

Just sayin', you know?

;- )

In all seriousness -- well, more seriousness -- I quite like "And You and I"... but the lyrics are pretty goofy.

dromunds

Virtually everyone I knew had Close To The Edge in their collection. Actually, most people I know also had Fragile and The Yes Album in their collection, and many later had Yessongs, among others. I doubt a single person would be persuased that Yes had little to do with rock and roll. Many people I know played Close To The Edge every day for at least a year, knew every lyric and note by heart, and again I don't know anyone who ever told me the lyrics were goofy. Influenced by psychedelics, undoubetdly, not much different in that regard than many other bands from that era. Cream's "White Room" comes to mind, take a look at those lyrics again. Even Hendrix's lyrics. Watch the documentary on Showtime right now about the Atlanta Pop Festival called Electric Church and tell me that Hendrix didn't play rock and roll. Rock and roll now has as many aspects as a diamond, but these guys invented their genres, acid rock, prog rock, etc. Even Bob Dylan's early lyrics such as "It's Alright Ma" could be considered goofy if viewed from a different perspective. I actually listened to NWA when they came out, but NWA's lyrics remind me of Eminem's "Steve Berman," where he's told Dre's albums sell because "he's rappin' about big screen TV's, blunts, .40's and b*$#^es." Rock and roll isn't necessarily about a bad attitude, its about living your art. Yes lived their art.

dromunds

Here's a photo from an old post of Yes and Peter Frampton filling up JFK about 1976.

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Gatecrasher

dromunds wrote: »

I guess Steve Miller's a whiner, he talks about the payola and nontransparency of the voting, which kind of hits the nail on the head.

Steve Miller is on the ballot this year as well as Yes. So it makes you wonder what he's whining about? Only 5-7 acts get in in each year.

There are also 13 other big name acts on the ballot this year.

After hearing the constant whining from people (the loudest from those who felt novelty bands like Kiss and Iron Maiden deserved to be in the Hall before anyone else), the Hall added fan votes to the mix in addition to the songwriters, producers, disc jockeys, record executives, journalists and other industry professionals who have had a major influence on the development of rock and roll.

In my opinion, I think Yes will make it this year. Steve Miller should too as well as Deep Purple, The Cars, and Cheap Trick.

I definitely think the top two candidates are Steve Miller & Yes.