# 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026 "2017-10-05T15:02:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/101 "2017-12-14T19:01:06Z")
I like The Cars, but don’t think they should be on the list. I’m surprised the Moody Blues aren’t already in. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/102 "2017-12-14T19:29:11Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > For me, “Odessey and Oracle” is one of my favorite albums of all time. For that album alone, I would put the Zombies in. (Heck, the first dance at our wedding was “This Will Be Our Year” from that album.) “This Will Be Our Year” has become a long standing joke between me and my husband. I first put it on a Playlist I made him in grad school, because he was struggling with the workload, we’d been through a string of bad luck, and I was convinced this would be our year. We would hold hands and listen to it and say, “This time. It’s going to be better this time.” Nope. I put the song on his playlist in 2009, and our first good year was 2016. The fact that 2016 was his first year out of grad school, is I’m sure, entirely coincidental. I’m not great at recognizing what makes a band influential, but I love the Cars. They seem unique to me. So I approve that one. And Radiohead. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/103 "2017-12-14T19:31:34Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I vote for Pat Benatar! > > :mad: +1 She’s long overdue. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/104 "2017-12-14T21:00:04Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > +1 > > She’s long overdue. Absolutely Pat Benatar ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/105 "2017-12-14T21:19:34Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > Absolutely Pat Benatar And husband/musical soulmate Neil Giraldo!!! ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/106 "2017-12-15T00:15:05Z")
To the people suggesting special exhibits for acts they think unworthy, that’s all the RRHOF is. There’s one floor with dimmed lights and plaques for the inducted acts, but the rest of the museum is literally just special exhibits of rock bands. When I was there in '96, they had a Blind Melon exhibit. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/107 "2017-12-15T01:03:10Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > To the people suggesting special exhibits for acts they think unworthy, that’s all the RRHOF is. There’s one floor with dimmed lights and plaques for the inducted acts, but the rest of the museum is literally just special exhibits of rock bands. When I was there in '96, they had a Blind Melon exhibit. The bottom floor is the permanent exhibit hall, and the last time I was there, the part closest to the exit was devoted to that year’s inductees. By the way, the place was apparently designed by Disney, and has sliding doors to shut off parts of the exhibit space to move the crowds through more quickly - so if you get to the end, go back towards the middle, and see the parts that they shut off to you. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/108 "2017-12-15T01:06:46Z")
I learn something new every time I go there. I absolutely love that place. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/109 "2017-12-15T01:29:55Z")
Found a great completion of Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s guitar solos. She really invented the rock guitar in the late 40s to early 50s. [Enjoy!](https://youtu.be/gELe5Rj_tXU) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/110 "2017-12-15T05:25:15Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Counterpoint: I never saw The Cars perform live, but I have several friends who did. All of them felt that it was among the worst concerts they’d ever attended – not because the music itself was bad, but because the band had no stage presence whatsoever. > > Different strokes and all that, I suppose. 🙂 I saw them twice. I’m wondering what someone is looking for in a Cars show. They had a visual presence that was unique, mainly because of ric. I’m watching a faces show right now on youtube. They’re playing their songs. No acrobatics. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/111 "2017-12-15T17:34:13Z")
That link by **Gaffa** absolutely confirms to me what is wrong with the R&RHOF. She should have been inducted 30 years ago. ABBA, phaaaaa! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026/112 "2017-12-15T21:44:47Z")
**gaffa** would probably campaign for Kate Bush tho I’d guess…[just a hunch] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees/798026.md?page=5)