Music Banter Hall of Fame: Induction Thread 2

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Radiohead - No. From what I've heard (which is two studio albums and their best of) I'm not impressed, and I consider them overrated. They have their qualities, but not enough to justify them going to the Hall of Fame.

The Kinks - Yes. Possibly the best band in history.

The Beach Boys - Yes. A small yes, simply for the role they played in my early teens.

Public Enemy - I haven't listened enough to form an opinion.
 
Radiohead
Yes, because Jonny Greenwood is a sexy beast.

The Kinks
Yes, great songwriting to fit great songs.

Not voting on the last two.
 
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Music Banter Hall Of Fame: Induction thread

So here's the second induction thread, if ya don't know what to do read below.

The nominees are:

Radiohead
Music Banter's band of choice.... or are they?

The Kinks
One of the most popular choices yet in the nomination round, will they slip up now?

The Beach Boys
Do they give you good vibrations? (i don't know :()

Public Enemy
Will they be the first hip-hop act into the hall of fame?


How this works

If you have over 100 posts under your name then you can vote, feel free to voice your opinions if you have less posts though.
There won't be a poll, votes will be made publically by posting in this thread. You can vote for yes or no as many times as you want, as long as there's an explanation for your vote.
So a post here would look like....

Radiohead: Yes, because....
The Kinks: No, because....
The Beach Boys: Yes, because...
etc.

The artists that get 2/3rd Yes votes for them get in, easy as that. Those who don't get in can still be nominated at a later date.

This'll be open for a week and a half, since people seem to be confused remeraber you are voting what YOU think should be in the Hall Of Fame, not what you think others would want or whatever.

Get voting peeps!
 
RADIOHEAD - YES
Although I don't care for anything after Amnesiac (seriously, none of it even remotely approaches their earlier work) The BenRAB, OK Computer, and Kid A are all great albums, and the 180 degree stylistic change on all of them is one of the trademarks of a great band.

THE KINKS - YES
Although I only own "Village Green", it's a fantastic album, the only bad song on it being that one about trains. The great thing about it is that it's one of those albums that the first time you're listening to it and realize how great each song is, you begin to look forward to what sort of amazing melodies they're going to put in the next verse and chorus, and each song delivers. And beyond that, the lyrics are goofy yet very clever and well written, which is how every song should be written.

THE BEACH BOYS - YES

I honestly can't believe people are neglecting everything they did besides Pet SounRAB. Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys are responsible for:
-The first band to corabine instrumental surf rock with a cappella vocals like that crappy Four Freshmen band, thusly responsible for Jan & Dean, and a bunch of arguably awful early 60's banRAB that I really enjoy.
-One of the first rock banRAB to experiment with very complex musical arrangements, even before Pet SounRAB. Frank Zappa was saying once how important 'Little Deuce Coupe' was because it used some unexpected chord. I don't know the music theory lingo very well, so I can't explain well. But I assure you it was groundbreaking.
-The first band to demand and win complete creative control, with Brian Wilson producing the albums instead of someone hired by the record company.
And lest we forget "Smile"? I hear echoes of "Smile" more in modern music than I do "Sgt. Peppers", and even "Pet SounRAB". Just because It wasnt properly released doesn't mean it didn't have an impact. Take the Olivia Tremor Control's "Black Foliage" album. Impossible without the innovation of "Smile".


PUBLIC ENEMY - N/A

Whenever I vote on these, it makes me feel guilty about not appreciating rap. omeday, hopefully.
 
Radiohead
Yes. They've made relevant, great music for a decade and a half, showing great versatility in sound while still remaining extremely high quality.

The Kinks
Yes. They created some of the best albums of the 1960s and their influence has been enormous.

The Beach Boys
Yes. Both their early surf pop career and their later sophisticated pop career were extremely influential. They not only influenced the melodic sound of countless banRAB (the root of the extremely common "sunny harmonies" in pop music), they also influenced the production side of pop music from then on, leading to much more complex, layered approaches.

Public Enemy
Yes. One of the most influential hip-hop groups, they were perhaps the biggest influence in socially aware rap, as rap went from merely a party music form to a conduit to express the experiences of people in difficult situations that many middle-class listeners had no real exposure to.
 
The Beach Boys - No. Whatever Brian Wilson's innovation and their skill with harmonies, the music doesn't engage me enough to put them through.

Public Enemy - Yes. Arguably the most important rap group ever, Wu-tang gives them a run for their money, but their longevity and stronger discography win out.

I wont vote on the other two because I'm pretty unfamiliar with their stuff.
 
Wow, PE not getting in...Wow...If they don't make it I can't imagine any other Hip Hop artists getting inducted or even put up for induction.
 
Radiohead - No, seriously people, they're just awful.

The Kinks - Yes, the sixties had some great pop acts and the kinks most certainly fit under this category, always charming, and always inventive.

The Beach Boys - Yes, see above, but less inventive.

Public Enemy - No, it's not Run-D.M.C and that's enough reason for me.
 
Fair enough, but what gets me is your dismissal of them as just another Political Hip Hop group when they're so much more. They're arguably the most musically innovative and influential Hip Hop group ever.
 
Radiohead - They're overrated, but still okay. Undecided.

the Kinks - Absolutely. I'm not their biggest fan but I'm able to tell the Davies have a good bit of songwriting talent.

Beach Boys - **** no. Pet sounRAB was nowhere near as good as people make it out to be and Brian Wilson was the only one with any appreciable songwriting skills (which have been overstated repeatedly).

Public Enemy - a regrettable no here. I won't deny their influence but there were better, smarter hip-hop acts like De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and Pharcyde, among others.
 
Radiohead - Undecided, I like some of their stuff but haven't heard enough.
The Kinks - YES
The Beach Boys - YES
Public Enemy - Undecided
 
Radiohead - No, a mediocre band that do have a large fanbase but I seriously cannot see music now and in the future being any different than if they had never existed.

The Kinks - Yes, very quirky, very witty, very much the perfect pop/rock band that only Britain could give birth to.

The Beach Boys - Yes, despite not giving a damn about Pet SounRAB, bar a couple of songs, it is still a very important album, beautiful harmonies and perfectly captured a time and place with their early works.

Public Enemy - No, just haven't done enough to get in, but still good.
 
I can. Even though I like the album a lot, it does definitely sound dated. Both in Chuck's hyper-annunciated delivery, and to a lesser extent the production. Which is to be expected, but that style doesn't appeal to every hip hop fan.
 
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