loved the ice storm btw : )
― snorgfaced germans (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 19 March 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Come over here, kid, learn something. You never know, you might have to explain why you don't like Alice Cooper to 20 guys someday.
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 19 March 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
did you ever listen to rush pete????
― snorgfaced germans (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 19 March 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Pete: :)!
― clemenza, Friday, 19 March 2010 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
You can't hurry Rush.
― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 20 March 2010 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Kraftwerk
― peepee, Saturday, 20 March 2010 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
hmmmm voted Heart here altho Moody Blues is pretty shocking as well
― sleeve, Saturday, 20 March 2010 04:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 21 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 22 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
PE fans really fulla shit if they really voted for "most shocking" here
― iggy figgy pudding pop (some dude), Monday, 22 March 2010 00:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I find it strange that 20 people would vote PE when it was already established that they're not eligible yet, so it's the least shocking exclusion by default.
Im pretty sure they will get in eventually.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 22 March 2010 00:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Just so I can endear myself to a whole new group of people, let me say that if it ever comes down to a choice between Alice Cooper or the Cure, give me Alice Cooper a thousand times over.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 March 2010 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Bill will be along to high five you shortly
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 22 March 2010 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Moody Blues 1
Hello me.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 22 March 2010 02:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I find it strange that 20 people would vote PE when it was already established that they're not eligible yet, so it's the least shocking exclusion by default.Im pretty sure they will get in eventually.― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 22 March 2010 00:44 (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 22 March 2010 00:44 (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
When I voted, I did not know that.
OK, switch to "the Zombies" then,.
― Mark G, Monday, 22 March 2010 09:41 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P19CZn6Cswk&feature=player_embedded#
― Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 23 March 2010 11:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe they thought it read "Most Shocklee" exclusion.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 23 March 2010 11:22 (fourteen years ago) link
who knew Chicago were so popular round here
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 12:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Bon Jovi 6KISS 6
Wait til Alex In NYC sees that.
xpost - popularity 'round here is a non-issue! I can take or leave Chicago, but I'm surprised that 120 million records sold wasn't enough to get 'em inducted. And presumably the other four voters felt the same.
― Half lies and gorilla dust (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I didnt vote for them, but I kind of like early Chicago.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 23 March 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i have only the faintest idea of what Chicago even sound like ... are the early records secretly good?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
The early records are a lot more interesting than their 80s ballads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soLIZ4W0rZw&feature=related
― ALLAH! *rolls on floor* (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
the 80s ballads are all I know. or rather, one 80s ballad -- "look away, baaaaaby, look away!" love that. that is Chicago, isn't it?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I remember them having a hit of some sorts with a ballad here in the UK in the early 80s because they had a song on Hits 3 or 4 or something. I cant remember what song it was. But I'd be surprised if they sold many records here.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
This was their big comeback single (lolling so hard at Rutger Hauer Peter Cetera here, plz let Alex in NYC see this)
actually everything about this video is hilarious and pretty much encapsulates the 80s
― ALLAH! *rolls on floor* (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Dubious distinction of Chicago being the first band I ever saw live. St Paul Civic Center 1983. I didn't even like them then-- think i was just excited about the idea of seeing a big rock show.
A comedian was the opener (what a grand tradition that was...)
― Deez Teatz (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
ahh dan, i think that's the song i was trying to remember the name of! Prob their only song that gets played on oldies radio here. Usually played before or after you win again by the bee gees.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
oh lol I had the chronology all backwards, this was actually the comeback single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh9cNYlmXEY
― ALLAH! *rolls on floor* (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't know that one at all. I expect it may have been a minor hit here and missed my 9 year old ears
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
UK #4 in 1982 according to Wikipedia
― ALLAH! *rolls on floor* (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
i was too busy listening to madness
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
speaking of minor hits, lol I had forgotten this song existed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyZ4w_OyZx4
― ALLAH! *rolls on floor* (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
P. Cetera lost a certain edge to his voice once he finally had that bowel movement...
― Deez Teatz (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, the Bauhaus t-shirt has been well documented and outraged over already.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
aw
― ALLAH! *rolls on floor* (HI DERE), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
― President Keyes, Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:22 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
actual lols
― what's pooping ahn (some dude), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Mea culpa. Halfway through the school year, I started playing music over the P.A. system during morning entry. Our staff has a typical age range of late-20s through to early-50s (I'm close to one end of that spectrum), so I'd mix things up, from the new Cypress Hill single to the Spice Girls to Andy Williams' "Can't Get Used to Losing You." (Loud guitars generally no, although I did play "Good Times Bad Times" one morning.) Anyway, yesterday I got to satisfy a lifelong dream: as the kids filed in, "School's Out" blared. So I'm here to say that Alice Cooper needs to go into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame immediately.
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 July 2010 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link
haha! what was the reaction from the kids?
― NI, Thursday, 1 July 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Oddly enough, all 500 of them started chanting "Hall-of-Fame! Hall-of-Fame!" in unison...I spotted at least a couple who obviously knew the song already, which was nice.
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 July 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2014/08/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_to_2.html
Get him out of there. You need the room for the Police and Rush and Britney Spears.
― clemenza, Sunday, 3 August 2014 02:53 (nine years ago) link
the rock and roll hall of fame
― write 500 words of song (sleepingbag), Sunday, 3 August 2014 04:50 (nine years ago) link
Pathetically pleased that all four of my inductions predicted upthread came to pass. (I also correctly predicted the top six Oscars in both '83 and '84)
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 3 August 2014 05:08 (nine years ago) link
lol alan freed
― jaymc, Sunday, 3 August 2014 06:12 (nine years ago) link
like he is definitely a huge part of the rock n roll hall of fame for anyone who cares more than an iota about the rock n roll hall of fame. but that group of people really isn't that big. and i say that as someone who cares more than iota!
― jaymc, Sunday, 3 August 2014 06:13 (nine years ago) link
I've always had a soft spot for Freed, based on American Hot Wax and on a couple of LPs I bought years ago, where he provides intros to a bunch of great doo-wop songs. (They were put out by Roulette, I think towards the end when he was having a hard time.)
http://www.shugarecords.com/images/products/thumb/1b4ce305-51bd-432f-9538-e57b314dbf17-0.jpg
He strikes me a really heroic figure, brought down by the IRS, but really because he played black artists at a time when no one would. I should read a biography, though--I'm sure the story isn't quite that simple.
― clemenza, Sunday, 3 August 2014 14:15 (nine years ago) link