To my mind, Parliament/Funkadelic was as influential as the Velvet Underground, so that took care of two votes.
I gave my third vote to Janis Joplin. What’s not to love. She had a powerful voice, a screwed up personal life, partied hard, performed at Woodstock, her biggest hit wasn’t her best song, and she died of an overdose at 27. If you want iconic, Janis Joplin is the personification of rock and roll.
The Velvet Underground is influential and iconic but I hate them so they will never get my vote.
Oh, c’mon man - I voted for Joni Mitchell and I’m really not a big fan of hers at all 
. But she’s just way to influential not to - everybody from Dylan and Led Zeppelin to Björk and Taylor Swift.
Is it too late to petition that Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Velvet Underground be revised to Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young and The Velvet Underground & Nico?
I’m just going with the names the Hall used, so yes.
Hey folks, sorry I’m late, it’s been a busy weekend. Anyway, today we welcome to the pantheon The Velvet Underground, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and The Allman Brothers. This week’s ballot features the 1998 inductees plus six carryovers and write-in candidates Styx. Vote for no more than three.
Greetings rockers! This week we are proud to honor Fleetwood Mac and Santana. And for the first time, we have a tie for third place! Somewhere above I described an elaborate tiebreaking procedure, but now I’m just going to keep it simple.
SPECIAL RUNOFF BALLOT: VOTE FOR ONLY ONE
The winning candidate will be inducted, and the loser will return to the regular ballot next week. I myself will not vote in this runoff unless necessary to break a tie.
dammit Discourse
I missed the vote last week, which is probably a good thing because I would have voted for Parliament and Joni Mitchell, and I wouldn’t have voted for The Band or Eagles. So it would have been a four-way tie for 3rd.
And now for this week’s regular ballot, we have quite the star-studded list in the 1999 inductees, plus five carryovers from last week. Vote for no more than three.
I have to admit that I’m not a great fan of Paul McCartney as a solo, but damn, it’s Paul freakin’ McCartney whose songwriting continues to influence music.
But he is already in our Hall as a Beatle and many deserving artist deserve to go in before he double-dips.
Also, for myself, I think he did the least stuff I liked post Beatles.
George tops the list for me. Closely followed by John. Ringo gets points for all those years touring with his all Star Band. Great and affordable concerts. Paul, well he has Live and Let Die and a few other songs.
Looking at the most recent results, it looks like I could have just said “what @What_Exit said”.
I think it’s going to be tough for anyone to get elected to this Hall twice, though Buffalo Springfield are getting at least a little support, so Neil Young might have the best shot.
John is the only Beatle I’d consider voting for as a solo artist, and even then it would depend on who else was on the ballot.
OK, the runoff poll is not going well at all. I am going to need to actively campaign for the Band.
Submitted for your approval:
Argument for uniqueness: What other great band had the drummer doing lead vocals?
The Eagles?
Correction! We’ve already inducted Cream, and I imagine Clapton will attract considerable support when he comes up as a solo artist next week.
I don’t want to get into arguments about “great” (because I wouldn’t describe The Band that way), but other bands include Genesis post-Peter Gabriel, Monkees on their best songs, and the Eagles. David Grohl didn’t drum on tour with the Foo Fighters, but he was the drummer on their first two albums.
I’d guess Paul Simon will get in, and the Genesis/Peter Gabriel combo is possible.
D’oh!