who do you think should be inducted, that isn't already?

Had this discussion with someone else today

RUSH for sure
Moody Blues
Chicago
Joe Cocker
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Deep Purple
Heart
Steve Miller

SAMMY HAGAR

To name just a few.

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BTW....If you have not seen RUSH IN RIO DVD Concert I highly recommend it. It is a truly great live concert on DVD. Right up there with Pink Floyd PULSE and AC/DC Live in Donington! Three DVD concerts any Rock & Roll enthusiast should have.

L8R

Hey Timberfake.....

I'm trying to convince the wife into taking a trip with me this October to Cabo and try to get in on the B-Day bash ala Cabo Wabo and Sam I Am. Looking good so far! Got a place to stay and the airfare covered now just need the exact dates and am set! Gonna try and bring back some Cabo Tequila. Her only reservation is that October is right on the tail end of hurricane season down there. TEN13 That would be a safe bet would it not!

Rush, Jethro Tull, Status Quo, The Pretty Things, The Moody Blues, King Crimson, Little Feat, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Savoy Brown, Todd Rundgren ...

Why Todd???

Why Todd? Perhaps its because of his partipciation in the band Utopia and their 1983 groundbreaking music video "Hammer In My Heart".

According to the RRHF, the award is:

"to recognize the contributions of those who have had a significant impact on the evolution, development and perpetuation of rock and roll"

Todd's accomplishments are too numerous to list, considering they cover his endeavors as songwriter, performer, engineer, producer and multimedia developer. Here are a few. What he is not good at is kissing Jann Wenner's ass, which is what is required to get nominated to the RRHF in the first place.

Oh, and while I'm at it put Al Kooper on that list of missing.

HEy Darktemper, Can i Come?

Hmmmm....the wife or you.....hmmmmmm

NO

If I when powerball i'll take all of the PDXRadio regular's and DAN on my private learjet....okay?

Hey Timberfake

Just thought of a great idea.....Drive the Yugo and meet us there that way we can have some wheels while we are there...it's just and the end of Baja California Sur!

I've said it before and I will say it again - the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not legitimate in any way, shape, form or fashion in my eyes until Rush is inducted.

Anything else is gravy.

Is Rush only a "dude's band"? Granted, I know little more than what KGON plays, but I've just never been musically interested enough to dig deeper...

Is it like me and my beloved greatest-band-in-the-Universe Grateful Dead? Do they just "grab" you? Is Rush and Geddy Lee an aquired taste? Are there female Rush-heads (not groupies)?

Tell me more, guys.

Now tell me this Merkin, know please don't castrate me for saying this, BUT Grateful Dead's music is more of an acquired taste, Right?
Ive never understood that band. What makes the music so great?
I can see going to a show and getting all meesed up on those great drugs, Hell taking any sort of drug makes Michael Bolton sound talented.
ps- Darktemper- Bad news the Yugo is in the shop again. BUT it should be out by early March.
pps- Please don't bite too hard merkin.

Well that must bite! In the shop again? What happened? You ever consider an upgrade to a GEO or a KIA?

An acquired taste? Probably, Geddy Lee definitely yes.

Neil Peart does it for me. If I were to have a man-crush on one man in this world, want to have his children, Neil Peart is that man for me.

I've probably said WAY too much.

Yes, there are female Rush fans ... at least there used to be.
They used to call me on the request line back when Rush had all of two albums out, then three albums, then four ... you get the picture.

Check out Rush In Rio DVD ... you won't be disappointed. Musically as well as seeing the crowd demographics.

Now I will attempt to answer a more difficult question:

What makes the music of the Grateful Dead "so great?"

To answer in a short paragraph, you have to first examine the music scene during the time of their formation. The bands of those times were very creative and reaching far beyond what was pop music of those times. Their roots of folk and country mixed with the San Francisco blues rock explosion (Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, New Riders Of The Purple Sage) allowed them to take simple tunes and morph them into 10 minute jams exhibiting tremendous give and take among the instruments. This is what got them noticed. What got them such a huge fan base is playing live frequently all over the place. None of the individual players are virtuoso quality, but few bands can play the chorus and bridge and turn the coda into an 8 minute improv and all come back in just at the right time to finish. If you play an instrument you know what I'm talking about.

Drugs? It was the the sixties, dude. Pick up a history book. Ken Kesey & The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test", Gilbert Shelton and "The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" and so forth, Weed from Mexico was $8 bucks an ounce and even at conservative colleges and universities 1/2 the students partoked. There were often as many heads as beerhounds, often some tried to reach top rank in both arenas (without flunking out that's quite an accomplishment).


If you really want to understand them, check out 2 early albums. "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty."

Box Of Rain

"Look out of any window
any morning, any evening, any day
Maybe the sun is shining
birds are winging or
rain is falling from a heavy sky -
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
this is all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago
Walk out of any doorway
feel your way, feel your way
like the day before
Maybe you'll find direction
around some corner
where it's been waiting to meet you -
What do you want me to do,
to watch for you while you're sleeping?
Well please don't be surprised
when you find me dreaming too

Look into any eyes
you find by you, you can see
clear through to another day
I know it's been seen before
through other eyes on other days
while going home --
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
It's all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago

Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams
to another land
Maybe you're tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted
with words half spoken
and thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
to do for you to see you through
A box of rain will ease the pain
and love will see you through

Just a box of rain -
wind and water -
Believe it if you need it,
if you don't just pass it on
Sun and shower -
Wind and rain -
in and out the window
like a moth before a flame

It's just a box of rain
I don't know who put it there
Believe it if you need it
or leave it if you dare
But it's just a box of rain
or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long long time to be gone
and a short time to be there"

Robert Hunter - Phil Lesh