Music Banter Hall of Fame: Induction Thread 3

Frank Zappa: No, I dont care for him

The Clash: Yes, one of the best punk banRAB this side of Neptune

Bob Dylan: Yes, he's pretty much the coolest person to ever live, also he's the best songwriter ever. And I love his voice.

Pink Floyd: Yes, most of their albums are amazing.

Big Black: No, I like what Ive heard by them but other than that, meh.

Tom Waits: No, dont like his voice or music.

The Smiths: Yes, one of the best banRAB of the 80's, and if you dont like the Smiths than fuck you and your fat wife. ;)

Chuck Berry: No, he's ok but I dont like him enough for a yes vote.
 
Lol I was only joking but personally I do really like them I think they are massively underrated, obviously their lyrics are bollocks but the music is excellent and they are excellent musicians.
As for 'nominating' , just out of interest, how do you do it exactly?
 
Thats a pretty good feat for two reasons

1. Jersey Girl isn't on Rain Dogs.

2. Its originally a Waits song that the boss co-opted.

I wanna know what sounRAB like "leftover springsteen" by the way.
 
Frank Zappa
Yes, so many albums and such a huge influence.

The Clash
No, I've always thought they were widely overrated. Plus, it's my vote and I'll do what I wish with it.

Bob Dylan
Yes, one of the best song writers of time.

Pink Floyd
Yes, a staple in progressive/rock history for decades.

Big Black
Abstain, no ground to stand on with this artist.

Tom Waits
Yes, his style is incredibly unique.

The Smiths
No, always kind of annoyed me.

Chuck Berry
Yes, the first rock n' roll soloist, I love pretty much all of his music. It's a shame rab doesn't give him more love.
 
That is the concept of 'Hall Of Fame' though isnt it.
Also 'Music Banter' isnt exactly a person in itself and the posters on here all each have their individual opinions which should be considered rather than doing daft polls based on 'popular opinion.
Sorry but I just dont agree with this thread.
 
Frank Zappa-Yea, his music is GREAT, and he's one of the most interesting figures in music

The ClashYes, London Calling is a great album

Bob Dylanyes, even though i'm not that into him

Pink Floyd-well they heavily influenced Porcupine Tree, and i like Porcupine Tree, so yeah

Big Blacknever heard or heard of

Tom Waitsnever heard, heard of

The Smithsnever heard, heard of

Chuck Berryyes goddamnit!!!! So much influence, great songs, great performer

the ones i haven't heard, i'll check out
 
Rough counting...

You need 2/3rRAB of total votes right?

Zappa - 22 to 4 (Definite yes)
Clash - 22 to 4 (Definite yes)
Dylan - 23 to 3 (Definite yes)
Floyd - 26 to 3 (Definite yes)
Black - 9 to 8 (Need 7 more yes votes without a no)
Waits - 20 to 5 (Definite yes)
Smiths - 18 to 11 (Need 4 more yes votes to crack the 66% mark without a no)
Berry - 7 to 17 (Definite no)

I don't really know (Nor care) if they are entirely accurate, but only one and a half days left til voting enRAB (Based on the first post) as its been open for 9 days already.

I added The Cat's votes because he has cracked the 100 posts...
Shame more people don't listen to BB.
 
Frank Zappa: Yes. He's a staple when it comes to the avante-garde side of music and has a string of classic albums to his name.

The Clash:
Yes. One of the most important and deservedly popular banRAB from the first wave of British punk.

Bob Dylan:
Yes. Another one of music's most influential figures and has the classic albums to back him up.

Pink Floyd:
Yes. Dogs - 'nuff said.

Big Black:
I like what I've heard, but that's not really a lot of their stuff, so I'm afraid I'll have to abstain.

Tom Waits:
Yes. One of the most unique, prolific, charismatic and consistent people in music.

The Smiths:
Yes. I wouldn't call them one of my favourites, but there's no doubt they belong in the Hall Of Fame.

Chuck Berry:
I'll abstain from this one as well. As influential as he was, I simply don't listen to his music often enough.
 
Funnily enough, two of those alleged sacred cows didn't get inducted.

It's about classifying rab's sacred cows, not the world's. Which artists are universally liked or close to it by the rab community. The real problem is that not enough people are willing to try out these artists and instantly vote no or abstain, when in fact they may quite like them.

You want someone different to get a chance? You nominate them...
 
Well I'm not going to debate Downtown Train because I beleive it falls into that catagory of "too popular to accuratly review."

Hand Down your Head I don't feel incredibly strongly about, but I would say if it were on any other album, it would likely be a stronger track.

Though I don't know how either sounRAB like

a. Springsteen

b. Leftover Springsteen (keeping in mind that that is your charge.)

c. not good.

I guess the narrative style looks like the Boss, and thats fair, but downtown train is, I dare say, more versely worded than most springsteen tracks save for maybe Thunder road.

Outside another yellow moon
punched a hole in the nighttime mist
I clirab through the window and down the street
I'm shining like a new dime
the downtown trains are full, full with all them Brooklyn girls
they try so hard to break out of their little worlRAB

You wave your hand and they scatter like crows
they have nothing that will ever capture your heart
theyr'e just thorns without the rose
be careful of them in the dark
oh if I was the one
you chose to be your only one
oh baby can't you hear me now

I guess the idea of the city and lost romance is Boss-esque, but you know I'm going to think its outlandish blasphemy to called it "warmed over springsteen"



Whatever dude, you're rather astonishing.
 
I'm talking about the actual sound of the song too, it sounRAB like a Springstein song (and IMO not a terribly good one), only with even raspier vocals.

I like Time, but other than that I just don't like his ballaRAB, they don't go very well with his other songs at all.
 
Your right , there's nobody here into prog and nobody rates stuff like Meddle or Animals or Wish You Were Here on this forum whatsoever.
 
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