Music Banter Hall Of Fame: Nominations Thread

[rcoffey2005]

Are all of your posts just going to bitch about our nominations? Considering the criteria for nomination and inclusion is for long standing merabers I find it rich that you have posted nothing but disdain for our choices. No matter how much you hate a band, anyone who reviews an album with just this: "no" is kinda hard to take seriously.

If you were a long standing meraber then we would take the criticism better. Why don't you post elsewhere on the site and prove to us that you can bitch about our choices.

[Peeves]

the incomprehensible nature of this post makes me think you're adele.

[Shortyy : )]

I think Genesis are a worthy addition but I think trying to get them in is a lost cost, it's a shame when a great band's most popular material is some of the worst stuff they've ever done.

Case in point.

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And this is from their best selling album. :laughing:

[wmc]

I'm not a huge fan but you have to be deaf or just durab not to vote yes for Zeppilen. You can say they have bad vocals and songwriting, overrated pioneering or whatever. But in the end they made some great hard rock and had one of the best guitarists, bassists, and drummers ever. Unless your hall of fame has 10 banRAB in it, LZ should definitely be in.

[esther m]

who's next?

[Spark1313]

They influenced about 900 arrogant pricks on these boarRAB so I'm voting no. Thats all the incentive I need.

[Rhonda B♥]

Wow, no one have nominated the big ones? (Dylan, Stones, The Who, Bowie, Elvis, etc.) I'm surprised...

[bigclownshoes]

Big Black are in and i'm a happy little dude!

Next up from Big3

Tom Waits



After Four decades of musical excellence, and a catalouge that has never comprimised, Tom Waits stanRAB as one of the most enduringly intriguing artists in the modern lanRABcape. Confident enough to sing, arrange, and perform whatever comes to mind, Waits is and has only ever been limited by his imagination, and the prism of experience it shines through.

[susy_04_u]

A definite no. I actually find the Beach Boys unlistenable, whether it's their early singles or Pet SounRAB. The tunes are irritating, the lyrics would get you laughed out of third grade ("Love Me Do" has nothing on the Beach Boys for pure idiocy), and the harmonies make me sick.

This has nothing to do with the music, but I'd like to add that Brian Wilson has an ego that makes Mick Jagger or Pete Townshend seem downright hurable. Remeraber that Rolling Stone Top 500 songs list? Wilson's top ten included five Phil Spector productions and five of his own tunes. At least Macca and Ray Manzarek had the self control to only include one song from their respective banRAB. Also, the liner notes to the reissue of Pet SounRAB are ridiculous. Wilson basically pats himself on the back for creating a "masterpiece." Sure...

Ok, I've vented.

[Lavern logel]

Massive Attack changed how i thought about electronic music. I've discovered a whole world of music because of them.

A definite YES for me.