ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Yeah, I won't argue with the choices because popularity is part of pop music but the Go-Go's are the only ones I listen to. I may have heard Jay-Z's music sometime, but it didn't leave an impression if I did.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
well, i don't know but...my lips are sealed

 JrzyTmata wrote:
I think she was inducted with her former husband and songwriting partner Gerry Goffin sometime in the '90s - as a songwriter.  It is surprising that she hasn't been inducted as a recording artist/performer until now.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


I'm surprised Carol King wasn't already there as well.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Surprised by Tina as well, who is very sick and I'm guessing will not attend the ceremony.   Her recent documentary reminded me how she was everywhere for a while in 80's/90's.

 rgio wrote:

Surprised that Tina wasn't in already (solo) and Foo Fighters CANNOT be old enough to qualify, right? RIGHT?

This is the most solid class in a long time. I will fight anyone who says the Go-Go's don't belong. 

This year's class...

Jay-Z
Foo Fighters
Go-Go's 
Tina Turner
Carole King
Todd Rundgren

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 katzendogs wrote:
 
Last year Janet Jackson gets the nod over Todd, this year Whitney. What a shame, or is it Sham. Too bad for the fans.

 katzendogs wrote: 
This was the short list . 

 buddy wrote:
 

You forgot Todd Rundgren.

Congratulations to Depeche Mode, T-Rex, Nine Inch Nails, & the Doobie Brothers for their induction into the R&R HOF this year.

But I'm sorry....Whitney Houston & Notorious B.I.G are NOT rock & roll, anyway you slice it.

So, too bad so sad to...

Warren Zevon
Soundgarden
Brian Eno
Kate Bush
The Smiths
The B-52's
Richard Thompson
Gram Parsons
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Jethro Tull
New York Dolls
Ozzy Osbourne
King Crimson
Tears For Fears
Dave Matthew Band
Dick Dale
Eurythmics
Steppenwolf
The Guess Who
John Hiatt
Little Feat
John Mayall
Johnny Winter
etc etc etc