You are a Hall of Fame Voter

squeeb
squeeb Posts: 426
edited March 2010 in The Clubhouse
Okay, Polk Forum, you have been entrusted with next year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vote. Who do you want to see enshrined in 2011? If you have an "other" vote, please let us know who it is. You have up to three (3) votes.

Have fun with it. That's why there are different genres, bands, styles, etc. so all of us can listen to what we like. I, for example, do not particularly care to listen to crap (the 'c' is silent) but others on here might prefer it. I like the 80's hair bands - which is kind of ironic considering my current follicle situation. :confused: Besides, they were the only ones we had to listen to in the 80's if we did not listen to Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince (all in the Hall).
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited March 2010
    None of the above...but if I had to pick one, I guess I'd go with Yes.

    If Kiss gets in, I'm shooting myself.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited March 2010
    I really can't say I'm a fan of any of those bands. However, I think Heart seems to have been the most influential in their own way. Granted... Barracuda tends to send me into a blind rage every time I hear it. Oh well, I'm pulling out of this race.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited March 2010
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    If Kiss gets in, I'm shooting myself.

    I guess you had to be there.:p
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited March 2010
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    I really can't say I'm a fan of any of those bands. However, I think Heart seems to have been the most influential in their own way. Granted... Barracuda tends to send me into a blind rage every time I hear it. Oh well, I'm pulling out of this race.

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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited March 2010
    That's precisely the point in the song where my teeth proceed to shatter one by one.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Talweh
    Talweh Posts: 149
    edited March 2010
    I didn't realize we could pick 3. I thought long and hard before choosing Chicago. I love Rush, and Yes, and Def Leppard- I kinda agree with CCurt on the Kiss thing- But Chicago was very prolific, and encompassed many different styles as they evolved with the times, and I always was a sucker for horn sections.
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited March 2010
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    None of the above...but if I had to pick one, I guess I'd go with Yes.

    None of the above?:eek::eek::eek:

    Curt, I'm putting you up for banishment from the RAS and you may get the ignore button on top of it.:p You are flippin' crazy if you feel none of those bands deserve to be in the HOF. I'd say almost all.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited March 2010
    I voted rush, yes, and chicago
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited March 2010
    KISS RUSH & HEART --- kiss was the first or second concert I saw, I do believe the year was 77 or 78 ---- jeez im old --- Heart I have seen back in the day about as many times as ted nugent ---- always was a good show --- those were the days LOL
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited March 2010
    Yes. No one else is close.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited March 2010
    Chicago and Yes....and then I was trying to decide on my third vote. The Doobie Bros. or Hall & Oates?

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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited March 2010
    Rush. Even though, at this point, I'd be insulted if I was them. Who the hell want's to be associated with ANY club that had Madonna in there:confused::mad:

    As far as Kiss, they might not make it into the RROH, but if someone ever puts up a MARKETING/ MERCHANDISING Hall of Fame, I'm sure they'll make it in on the very 1st ballot;)
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2010
    Chicago, Yes and The Doobies....the rest are posers....
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  • JimKellyfan
    JimKellyfan Posts: 696
    edited March 2010
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited March 2010
    Chicago, Heart, and the Doobies.

    As far as KISS goes...well, maybe I better not say. lol
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited March 2010
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    I voted rush, yes, and chicago

    I voted the same.

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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited March 2010
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    I voted the same.

    Yeah, me too. But I would also make Journey a close 4th. BTW, check out this vid of Rush on the Cobert Report. Love his Hall-of-Fame comment @ 4:52, but I find Cobert's humor annoying at times.


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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2010
    Heart, Journey, Def Leppard all deserve to be inducted...
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  • -justin-
    -justin- Posts: 891
    edited March 2010
    Hall & Oates, baby!

    ~J
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited March 2010
    I voted Rush and Yes. Would've chosen Chicago as my 3rd if I realised I could. Would also like to write-in Gentle Giant :)
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,211
    edited March 2010
    I voted RUSH but I agree it would be a slap in the face at this point..


    As for "Kiss" well they have more money then all of us put together. if you tell me they don't then you need to get off this fourm page and take a good long vacation..
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited March 2010
    I voted other, they all suck.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited March 2010
    Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Karen Carpenter.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,211
    edited March 2010
    Just when you thought KISS has done it all..

    http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=487398&gt1=28103
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  • lectronicjunkie
    lectronicjunkie Posts: 299
    edited March 2010
    And the Spirit of Radio says "vote for Rush".
    It's all in the detail.
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  • Huck344
    Huck344 Posts: 453
    edited March 2010
    Rush - One of the most musically intelligent bands of all time
    Kiss - Probably the best merchandising band of all time, plus, there has to be a place in the HOF for clowns.
    Journey - Perfected the rock power ballad!
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited March 2010
    They couldn't play so well but they always put on a show and I never felt like I didn't get my money's worth .......... so my vote goes to KISS!

    Rush - they were good at one time, but no award is going to make Geddy Lee pretty.
    Yes - they were all Rick Wakeman's boy toys, but at least they had nice hair.
    Chicago - very nice albums, very nice people, rock&roll ain't about being nice
    Heart - Led Zep wannabees who when that gig failed kept trying to sleep with the boys from KISS
    Journey - they had one good song "Of a Lifetime" then they should of went on another journey to new careers
    Def Leppord - if they weren't def then they might of been in tune
    The Doobie Brothers - had more going on than just music, must of been the original don't ask don't tell
    Hall and Oates - why?

    See folks, rationalization is your friend!
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  • jimsvm
    jimsvm Posts: 307
    edited March 2010
    Voting Rush, not only because they are Canadian. The old farts are still rockin.
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited March 2010
    Doobies, Heart & Chicago.

    All were just killer.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,691
    edited March 2010
    dkg999 wrote: »
    Journey - they had one good song "Of a Lifetime" then they should of went on another journey to new careers

    DK, gotta disagree with you on that one. Two of Journey's songs, "Don't Stop Believing" and "Wheel in the Sky" rank right up there with the top rock anthems of all time.

    ..... with either Steve Perry or Arnel Pineda.
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