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Brian Damage · 12-15-2007, 12:15 PM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna, folk rock singer songwriter Leonard Cohen, rock hit John Mellencamp, pop group The Dave Clark Five and instrumental rockers The Ventures will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.

The five inductees, announced on Thursday and chosen by 600 music industry professionals, beat out disco queen Donna Summer, New York-based funk group Chic, rap pioneer Afrika Bambaataa and hip-hop group The Beastie Boys for the honor.

"The five inductees we're very proud of," Joel Peresman, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation president, said. "It really truly represents the wide spectrum of what rock and roll is all about."

Artists become eligible for the Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their first single or album and are represented at a permanent exhibition at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum in Cleveland, Ohio.

Sixties British band The Dave Clark Five -- Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley, Denis Payton and Mike Smith -- and Mellencamp have been nominated previously, but this was the first year Madonna was eligible to be honored.

Madonna, 49, made her debut in 1982 and her first album "Madonna" included hits such as "Holiday," "Borderline" and "Lucky Star" which helped her become one of the best-selling pop artists, with more then 200 million albums sold worldwide.

"(The voters) don't really look at album sales and ticket sales as being the defining category of why someone gets inducted, it's really their influence and their place in history," Peresman said.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation describes Canadian Leonard Cohen, also an acclaimed poet and novelist, as "folk rock icon of the singer songwriter movement" who is among the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters."

The Dave Clark Five topped the British charts in 1965 with "Glad All Over" and were described by the foundation as "an enormous pop phenomenon" before disbanding in 1970. The group has sold more than 50 million albums to date.

The Ventures -- Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Gerry McGee, Mel Taylor, Don Wilson -- from Seattle, hits include "Walk Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O" and the foundation credits the band with defining instrumental guitar rock in the 1960s.

The foundation dubbed Mellencamp "a symbol of the hopes, struggles and passions of America's heartland" with several songs like "Hurts So Good," "Pink Houses" and "I Need A Lover" that have "transcended hit status ... and entered the cultural vernacular."

Along with the five performer inductees, producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff will be inducted in the non-performer category and the late Little Walter in the so-called "sideman" category for his "pioneering use of the microphone (that) helped establish the modern blues harmonica."

The inductees with honored at a ceremony in New York on March 10.

MrCleveland · 12-15-2007, 03:41 PM

Tell me when Yes, Donovan, Chicago, Procol Harum, Slade, and The Moody Blues get nominated for the Rock Hall.

Ireneparalegal · 12-15-2007, 03:52 PM

Wow, as huge a Madonna fan as I am, I can honestly say that it is too early for this. She should be inducted someday, but not now. With so many others waiting in the wings to be inducted, I feel it is a slap in the face to those artists. As each year passes and we continue to see "high profile" artists being nominated and entered, it makes me wonder who are the ones responsible for the people being chosen.

I watched Madonna from the beginning and seen her flourish into the mega star that she is. Many criticized her early vocals as being Mickey Mouse on helium.

But she proved them wrong.

I applaud her achievements, but I think it is too early for this honor and I think they did it solely to get her to perform on the show since 15 years from now she probably won't be doing any performing.

Dean Winchester · 12-15-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Wow, as huge a Madonna fan as I am, I can honestly say that it is too early for this. She should be inducted someday, but not now. With so many others waiting in the wings to be inducted, I feel it is a slap in the face to those artists. As each year passes and we continue to see "high profile" artists being nominated and entered, it makes me wonder who are the ones responsible for the people being chosen.

I watched Madonna from the beginning and seen her flourish into the mega star that she is. Many criticized her early vocals as being Mickey Mouse on helium.

But she proved them wrong.

I applaud her achievements, but I think it is too early for this honor and I think they did it solely to get her to perform on the show since 15 years from now she probably won't be doing any performing.

the reason she got in now is because she just made eligibility this year. Every year the Hall people try to aim for at least one "superstar" inductee, like U2, Prince, Michael Jackson in recent years, they know Madonna will bring ratings so she got in early.

Personally, I think this will be one of the most controversial choices in the history of the Hall of Fame, especially since Madonna is not a "rock artist". However, it only seems like if you came out after 1970, that people mind if you didn't sound like Zeppelin. There are so many influencial soul, Motown, blues and pop artists from the 50's and 60's in the HOF and nobody minds their induction, but if you played pop music after the Nixon administation, people are quick to point out that you don't rock, lol.

With Madonna, while she is a polarizing figure to this day, people either worship her or loathe her, I do think that her place in rock history is there whichever side of the fence she's on. Granted, she's always played pop music, but the personality and balls have always screamed "rock and roll", which I think really helped her get in her first year out. Just like the greats before her, there will never be another Madonna, whether that's a good or bad thing is your opinion. She never just stood in the corner and sang catchy pop songs, she dared to say and do things unheard of before her, and I think that has a lot to do with why she is getting respect a lot of her peers won't.

vashti1999 · 12-19-2007, 12:00 PM

I, and a couple others called it :

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=141952

ABlairican Pie · 12-20-2007, 12:00 AM

Madonna inducted. Wow.

Now I hope and pray Rush NEVER get in and never express interest in being inducted. That would be a sure sign of the Apocalypse.

Zebra 3 · 12-20-2007, 12:09 AM

What he said...

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Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

Madonna inducted. Wow.

Now I hope and pray Rush NEVER get in and never express interest in being inducted. That would be a sure sign of the Apocalypse.

Mikado · 12-20-2007, 12:21 AM

Im ok with it.......as for RUSH, i HATE them, but, they are more rock than Madonna!

catlover79 · 12-20-2007, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

Madonna inducted. Wow.

Now I hope and pray Rush NEVER get in and never express interest in being inducted. That would be a sure sign of the Apocalypse.

Nighthawk76 · 12-20-2007, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

Madonna inducted. Wow.

Now I hope and pray Rush NEVER get in and never express interest in being inducted. That would be a sure sign of the Apocalypse.

True

Nighthawk76 · 12-20-2007, 12:30 AM

I wish Donna Summer had made it this year.

catlover79 · 12-20-2007, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Blair's Number #1 Fan

I wish Donna Summer had made it this year.

It would've been nice to see Donna get inducted. Besides the Bee Gees, she's probably the most famous singer from the disco movement!!

Dean Winchester · 12-20-2007, 12:38 AM

I think people do get a little too uptight over the term "rock". I notice people on another forum are acting like Madonna's the very first non-rock artist getting nominated. The number of r&b, country, blues, pop and other non-"rock" artists in the HOF is almost as high as actual "rockers" who are in the Hall.

I think for the most part, people don't mind r&b, country, pop, etc... if it predates the British Invasion, but if you were still making those types of music after the Nixon administration, you're unworthy of induction to a lot of people. It really shows when nobody cared when Percy Sledge, someone who owes 90% of his notoriety to one and only one song, got in the HOF without anyone caring, but the ideas of Michael Jackson and Madonna being in the Hall Of Fame, despite the fact that they were pop superstars and icons and wound up defining an entire generation, shows that double standard that if you did it in the 60's=okay, 70's-onward=not okay.

Mikado · 12-20-2007, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

It would've been nice to see Donna get inducted. Besides the Bee Gees, she's probably the most famous singer from the disco movement!!

Disco should NEVER be in the R&R hall of fame!!!! NEVER!!!

Nighthawk76 · 12-20-2007, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

It would've been nice to see Donna get inducted. Besides the Bee Gees, she's probably the most famous singer from the disco movement!!

She sure is.

12-15-2007, 12:15 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Madonna to be Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna, folk rock singer songwriter Leonard Cohen, rock hit John Mellencamp, pop group The Dave Clark Five and instrumental rockers The Ventures will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. The five inductees, announced on Thursday and chosen by 600 music industry professionals, beat out disco queen Donna Summer, New York-based funk group Chic, rap pioneer Afrika Bambaataa and hip-hop group The Beastie Boys for the honor. "The five inductees we're very proud of," Joel Peresman, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation president, said. "It really truly represents the wide spectrum of what rock and roll is all about." Artists become eligible for the Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their first single or album and are represented at a permanent exhibition at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum in Cleveland, Ohio. Sixties British band The Dave Clark Five -- Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley, Denis Payton and Mike Smith -- and Mellencamp have been nominated previously, but this was the first year Madonna was eligible to be honored. Madonna, 49, made her debut in 1982 and her first album "Madonna" included hits such as "Holiday," "Borderline" and "Lucky Star" which helped her become one of the best-selling pop artists, with more then 200 million albums sold worldwide. "(The voters) don't really look at album sales and ticket sales as being the defining category of why someone gets inducted, it's really their influence and their place in history," Peresman said. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation describes Canadian Leonard Cohen, also an acclaimed poet and novelist, as "folk rock icon of the singer songwriter movement" who is among the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters." The Dave Clark Five topped the British charts in 1965 with "Glad All Over" and were described by the foundation as "an enormous pop phenomenon" before disbanding in 1970. The group has sold more than 50 million albums to date. The Ventures -- Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Gerry McGee, Mel Taylor, Don Wilson -- from Seattle, hits include "Walk Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O" and the foundation credits the band with defining instrumental guitar rock in the 1960s. The foundation dubbed Mellencamp "a symbol of the hopes, struggles and passions of America's heartland" with several songs like "Hurts So Good," "Pink Houses" and "I Need A Lover" that have "transcended hit status ... and entered the cultural vernacular." Along with the five performer inductees, producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff will be inducted in the non-performer category and the late Little Walter in the so-called "sideman" category for his "pioneering use of the microphone (that) helped establish the modern blues harmonica." The inductees with honored at a ceremony in New York on March 10.
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Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	I think people do get a little too uptight over the term "rock". I notice people on another forum are acting like Madonna's the very first non-rock artist getting nominated. The number of r&b, country, blues, pop and other non-"rock" artists in the HOF is almost as high as actual "rockers" who are in the Hall. I think for the most part, people don't mind r&b, country, pop, etc... if it predates the British Invasion, but if you were still making those types of music after the Nixon administration, you're unworthy of induction to a lot of people. It really shows when nobody cared when Percy Sledge, someone who owes 90% of his notoriety to one and only one song, got in the HOF without anyone caring, but the ideas of Michael Jackson and Madonna being in the Hall Of Fame, despite the fact that they were pop superstars and icons and wound up defining an entire generation, shows that double standard that if you did it in the 60's=okay, 70's-onward=not okay.