2024 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME NOMINEES ANNOUNCED!

*Mariah Carey

Oh dear…

Hooray for Sinead! 🇮🇪

Dave Matthews? LOL

Cool but at least 1/2 aren't rock and roll

r3 That's who you single out to LOL?

[quote]That's who you single out to LOL?

I know that they define "rock and roll" very loosely. It's pretty much just a list of popular artists whether they be rock, pop, R&B, or whatever. I just don't see how the Dave Matthews Band has had any kind of lasting influence or legacy to warrant being nominated.

That’s one mixed bag!

r6 I don't disagree with that, I just meant you didn't say the same about Mary J Blige, for example? Is she more of a lasting "rock and roller" than Dave Matthews? (admittedly, I can't remember the name of a Dave Matthews hit, nor one of Mary J Blige's)

Frampton is one of the nicest guys in the world, very humble and all about the music. He's been very sick. I hope he wins! And that Lou Gram is part of Foreigner's nomination, because HE made the band a STAH! And oh yeah hurrah CHEE!

Cher, Dave Matthews, and Lenny Kravitz don’t belong on this list

If Dolly can make it, Cher can

Sade? Rock?

She’ll need to turn back time to make it…

Cher absolutely belongs on the list. She released solo hit records even when she was still paired with Sonny in the '60's, and many more afterward. She should have been on the list a long, long time ago.

r10, Lenny is more rock than any other of the black artists mentioned.

Sinead O'Connor had one song that people remember. Sympathy nomination.

Cher has sang plenty of pop songs that have a rock feel. I Found Someone. If I Could Turn Back Time. Bang Bang. We All Sleep Alone. Just Like Jesse James.

I hope she gets in. Would be great for the gays.

Chee has the longest history of anyone on this list, and she’s more rock-and-roll than a number of them.

But hasn’t she publicly said she doesn’t give a fuck about it and won’t even show up?

This video is from almost sixty fucking years ago. Who else was wearing a flashy fur and hoop earrings while covering a classic amidst large farm animals - and is still a draw in 2024?

I’d love an Oasis snub just to watch their mouths spew their usual shit.

People who know music know Sinead is far more than one song.

“They can fuck themselves.”

Cher will be there, I bet.

It's about time for Foreigner.

After Dolly Parton was inducted (she tried to refuse it but they still gave it to her) anyone could be nominated . At this point it should be renamed Entertainment Hall of Fame. Cher will probably refuse it but they will award it to her anyway just like Dolly.

yes, I absolutely hate oasis.

The Monkees deserve it more than Mariah.

I don’t like Lenny Kravitz’s music much.

But man, if Sheryl Crow is in, it’s hard to make an argument against him.

Sade even has an album with “Rock” in the title. Ergo she is a rocker.

Even if it is a reference to a reggae sub-genre.

It contains one of her most underrated songs, Every Word.

Oh please. You have no leg to stand on whining about soul and R&B nominees when fucking MADONNA is there, not to mention Dolly Parton after her woeful rock album last year.

I was hoping Phil Collins would be nominated for his solo work. It would be a lovely fuck you to Jann Wenner.

The organization should be renamed the Rock & Pop Hall of Fame.

r29 Who was whining about that in particular?

Yawn

What happens to bands like New Order/Joy Division that almost made it a year ago? I still think it's crazy that The Cure and Depeche Mode are in there and New Order is not.

If you're gonna put people like Sheryl Crow in, then Cyndi Lauper should have been inducted a decade ago.

Will the Oasis induction be enough for a Gallagher brothers' reconciliation?

Also I kinda like Noel's bitchy attitude. He's also one of the few people in music industry who actually had the balls to trash Taylor Swift way before it became a trend.

35, Cyndis son is a gangster.

That didn't stop them from inducting Tupac.

R8, you don't know any Mary J songs?!!! She's a legend

Frampton is well liked in the industry and has worked with a lot of people.

Frampton

Kool and The Gang

Foreigner

A Tribe Called Quest

Ozzy Osbourne

Sinead O’Connor

Cher

Dave Matthews band won the fan vote the last time they were nominated so they may slip in.

Mary J Blige famously sang the theme to The Young and the Restless.

Frampton sold a lot of fucking records.

I love Kool and the Gang. There's so much more to them than "Celebration."

Pretty soon they will be nominating that great rock artist- Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute.

What, no RavenHeart?

🖕🏻

Ozzy should have been inducted a long time ago. Peter Frampton, and Cher as well.

I thought Cher said she didnt need this and wouldnt show up to accept?

I think she did say that R47. She's probably been frustrated all these years waiting and waiting.

Cher, so overrated in everything.

Good article about nominees.

Building to get an addition.

[quote] (admittedly, I can't remember the name of a Dave Matthews hit, nor one of Mary J Blige's)

Were you alive in the 90s?

It's horrible music that I would never seek out or listen to. Why would I bother to learn the names of their songs?

^^Mary J Blige is one of the greatest R&B singers of all time. Dave Matthews has a great catalog of songs. I guess Melissa Manchester is more your speed.

Or New Order, buy nice try.

Mary J. Blige definitely deserves to be inducted.

Sade and Sinead are the best options from that list

That expansion looks good. Kudos.

I've seen Dave Matthews live at Summerfest and can't name one song.

Quite interesting that Cher and Mariah are both first-time nominees. I think they will get in. Should've been there before Sheryl Crow.

[quote] ^^Mary J Blige is one of the greatest R&B singers of all time.

No she isn't. She's passable at best. There are dozens of singers who surpass her. And she influenced no one.

r61 she's the queen of hip hop soul, has a great catalog and yes she's been influential. Of course the 60 year old white queens of DL were never really her target audience.

[quote] she's the queen of hip hop soul

Then she's got a tiny kingdom.

r63 don't talk about shit you know nothing about.

mary j is great. really good songs.

Is Bey in yet? She deserves it more than Cher or MJ Blige or Mariah.

Whose stupid idea was it to build the Hall of Fame in Cleveland

Read and learn, R67.

Learn more.

Cher. Cher. Cher!!!

Long, long overdue.

I hope she accepts. She has said she wouldn't due to the years' long snub of her. I hope she changes her mind. Cher belongs in the Hall of Fame.

Did I ever actually once exist??

[quote] "Cher, so overrated in everything."

R49 = Glenn Close

Biggest snubs

I love Marian Carey!

[quote] [R63] don't talk about shit you know nothing about.

Don't stan someone who's the black Sheryl Crow.

Is Janet Jackson trying to get in again? Poor thing just doesn't have any luck.

Sade should be denied induction just for using Interstate as the typeface on her album cover at R28.

One of the worst '90s-era crimes against design.

That article at R73 mixes its reasons for the "snubs." The B52s and Barry White 100% deserve to already be there. I'm not a fan of the Pixies but I can also understand and support their inclusion, but most of the rest of those choices are ridiculous.

Labelle was pretty much a one hit wonder. If you want to induct Patti LaBelle, then I get that, but Labelle did nothing to warrant induction. Same with The Commodores. If you've already inducted Lionel Richie, you're covered. He was the Commodores. INXS were a band with a few sort of catchy hits that did nothing to further music and they basically lasted 8 years. Outkast is a ridiculous choice (and the writer is being a bit disingenuous saying that album went diamond. It was a double album and the RIAA has lways counted sales of double albums twice, for some inexplicable reason.) Outkast was a flash in the pan. Same with Smashing Pumpkins. Influential? No. Had a few hits for a few years? Yeah, so what.

What the hall needs to get back to is honoring artists who actually made a difference, or who were so popular for such a long time, that they became legendary or iconic, or had a talent that was so great, it's undeniable. I think on the basis of those criteria, you could pick up the hall, shake it out, and lose a lot of prior inductees. And should.

Sade should be in for reasons I'm not sure you could induct anyone else. Having a nearly 40 year career where you release an album when you feel like it, you do nearly zero press for it, and it's still a hit. Why? Because the music is good. THAT is longevity. And no one in this business has that the way she does. She's a recluse who still sells music. She would be my first vote this year.

Really r75? That makes no sense.

[quote] Really [R75]? That makes no sense.

Don't be so literal and it does.

Lenny Kravitz???????

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

The nomination of Kravitz really shows the death of the solo male rockstar.

And you still on Datalounge really shows the death of the minstrel show, Teacake.

R84, Hi there.

So do the “nominees” now have to debase themselves and campaign/beg for votes?

^ Only those who don’t have talent, dear.

Why are there so many? Shouldn’t they be a little more selective? Like 5 or so? Not every act that had a hit record in the last 30 years.

Many elders swore Jan egg Jackson would never make it.

Jan egg...

Paul Revere & The Raiders were a popular garage rock band that were very influential for their 1960s era. They had 15 top 40 hits, 4 gold albums and deserve to be in the RRHOF more than any of the nominees. Jann Wenner had set up arbitrary rules as to who can get nominated and who can't. He lumped them together with The Monkees because they appeared regularly on the TV show Where The Action Is, and their first album had session men instead of the band, even though they were very competent musicians and toured constantly.

[quote]Why are there so many? Shouldn’t they be a little more selective? Like 5 or so? Not every act that had a hit record in the last 30 years.

These are just the nominees from whom the inductees will be selected.

R90 I swear typo or I fat finger typed. That was not shade about her weight.

No r81. Mary J. Blige is in no way like that hack Sheryl Crow.

How Mary J. the black Sheryl Crow when she plays no instruments.

In that both of them had a decent run of hits, but their talents are not extraordinary, nor did they do anything to explode or expand music.

Fuck, you people are so literal.

Mary J Blige has a great catalog and has been influential, and to not call her talented is ridiculous. She made her mark in her era of music.

Of course, 60 year old white queens wouldn't understand.

No one called her untalented. And you've made the 60 yr old white queens joke five times and no one has laughed. Take the hint.

r98 you're not the boss of Datalounge. Prisspot control freak.

Mary J. Blige, Cher, Sade, Oasis A Tribe Called Quest and Eric B. And Rakim don’t have anything up on their websites/social media about the nominations. The rest of the nominees have all commented and put up links for voting.

Cher and Tribe will probably get voted in.

[quote] you're not the boss of Datalounge. Prisspot control freak.

You forgot to call me a 60 year old white queen. You're slipping. Tsk Tsk.

Get fucked r102 nobody likes a finger wagging scold. We're all sorry your father didn't love you enough.

And don't come back here until you hire a ghost writer, R103. Your material stinks.

How the hell has Frampton not been nominated sooner?! Gibson Guitar has created a guitar in honor of him.

[quote]R100 The rest of the nominees have all commented and put up links for voting.

OMG, is this like American Idol or something, where the PUBLIC votes?? How embarrassing.

r106 take a fucking nap

Next Year’s Nominees:

Ashlee Simpson

Clay Aiken

Don Johnson

Nelson

Adina Howard

LaToya Jackson

Russell Crowe

Rita Wilson

Oprah

THAT'S SO FUCKING FUNNY R108 YOU SHOULD BE A FUCKING COMEDIAN LIKE THE NEXT DON RICKLES OR SOME FUCKING BULLSHIT.

^Easy Sam Kinison. I’m sure you will be the first person inducted into the Comedians Who OD in the 1980-90s with Mental Health Issues Hall of Fame when it is built.

I still want to know if the public votes on who gets in. Has it always been that way? Because that’s kind of tacky and pathetic.

There's a whole Google waiting for you, lazyweb r111.

Mary J.

👍👍👍👍

The HoF is obviously racist. Judy Garland is the white Mary J. and yet she hasn’t been inducted. Momma stumbled repeatedly and tripped over her drunken feet so that Mary J and other black soul singers could run….

Brokencyde snubbed yet again...

NEW ORDER - 1980s FAGS

The only ones who are still left are on Datalounge. Nobody else give a shit.

New Order singlehandedly funded a major record label from the ashes of Joy Division and, as a result, much of the "Madchester" music scene through the mid-90's. Hugely influential and documented in the film 24 Hour Party People and much, much more.

I think that's wonderful r117

I agree with New Order they deserve to be inducted. I saw them live back when I was a young pup back in 1983 at the Paradise Garage in Soho NYC.

Also New Order’s elevation to the HoF will pave the way for electronic acts and BritPop.

For those of us who actually like rock music, it doesn't get better than Jane's Addiction. Not only is their music great, but Perry Farrell started Lollapalooza.

New Order? That 80s fag band? No way dude.

[quote] [R10], Lenny is more rock than any other of the black artists mentioned.

Lenny is more rock than any of the white artists mentioned. Foreigner?! Who's next? Air Supply?

[quote] I still think it's crazy that The Cure and Depeche Mode are in there and New Order is not.

Depeche Mode is legendary and iconic. One of the best live bands ever.

New Order and The Cure? Not so much.

Two voters explain their choices.

[quote]Voter 1: Foreigner is the epitome of “anonymous classic rock.” They’ve been touring over the past few years without any original members and it doesn’t seem that anyone minds. It’s a brand, not a band. The brand gets a boost by being in the Rock Hall. Hooray, I guess.

About Lenny Kravitz:

[quote]Voter 2: A hard no. Another member of the B-team. He’s a cool guy who has some cool songs. I don’t see the influence. He seems more of a symbol of rock rather than something really new. How can you put Lenny Kravitz and Kool & the Gang next to each other? It’s a joke.

R125 glad they’re ignoring Foreigner and Kravitz, but it’s weird that they’re so pro hip-hop and R&B but see neo-soul, funk and pop as antithetical to rock. (Yes! Funk!)

It’s a bit silly at this point.

They need to rebrand the stupid ROCK and ROLL part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and call it Popular Music Hall of Fame. Most of the inductees over the last 15-20 years are not rock and roll or are bottom of the barrel rock and roll adjacent.

Rock and Roll, as we knew it and as the HOF was established, is dead. Times change.