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Brian wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:44 pm Maybe this is one instance when the Musical Excellence category would actually be useful. I understand the wish to recognize Paul Rodgers, but Bad Company's catalog looks to me like it falls a little short, and that of Free even more so. So maybe the thing to do is to recognize Rodgers for Musical Excellence. I do think there's a good chance Bad Company will be inducted though.

An indicator of how this ballot doesn't look as strong to me as past ballots is that I figure The White Stripes as the #4 artist on this ballot, while on the other ballot they appeared, they could possibly have been as low as #8, with Missy Elliott, A Tribe Called Quest, Joy Division/New Order, The Spinners, Iron Maiden, George Michael, and Kate Bush all arguably more worthy, though I'd probably give the Stripes a slight edge over Bush.

One might ask why I would put the Stripes ahead of Oasis. Oasis does beat the Stripes in popularity, but I think the Stripes deeper catalog is enough to make up for that. If one were to list the 6 greatest albums by either the Stripes or Oasis, I figure 2 would be by Oasis, and 4 would be by the Stripes. I don't think either has much influence, as both have something of a throwback sound, and most of the major Britpop artists had already released a record before Oasis released their first one. Ideally, both artists will be inducted this year.

Brian wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:19 pm Ice Cube is another one whose band was inducted and would be a deserving induction as a solo artist.

Elton-Cetera wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:58 pm 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees: Who might get inducted this year?
https://inbetweendrafts.com/2025-rock-a ... -nominees/

Ryan wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 10:10 pm

Elton-Cetera wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:58 pm 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees: Who might get inducted this year?
https://inbetweendrafts.com/2025-rock-a ... -nominees/

Hey, I wrote this.

ManPerson wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 7:09 am

Ryan wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 10:10 pm

Elton-Cetera wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:58 pm 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees: Who might get inducted this year?
https://inbetweendrafts.com/2025-rock-a ... -nominees/

Hey, I wrote this.

Really good article. One small nitpick is that Billy Idol has 1 #1 hit (Mony Mony) which you forgot to list.