ELO, Joan Baez, Journey, Tupac, Yes, Pearl Jam & Nile Rodgers make R&RHOF Inductees List
https://www.rockhall.com/class-2017-inductionsYOUR OFFICIAL ROCK HALL CLASS OF 2017 ROSTER.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is proud to announce that 6 artists from the ballot are included in the Performer Category and 1 individual is recognized with an Award for Musical Excellence.
YOUR CLASS OF 2017 INDUCTEES ARE:
Performer Category:
• Joan Baez
• Electric Light Orchestra
• Journey
• Pearl Jam
• Tupac Shakur
• Yes
Award for Musical Excellence:
• Nile Rodgers
The 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, presented by Klipsch Audio, will take place on Friday, April 7, 2017 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the third time. Ticket on-sale dates will be announced in January. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Ceremony will again have its television premiere on HBO, and a radio broadcast on SiriusXM. Broadcast details will be announced in early 2017.
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That said, ELO never really got through to me ... tho I never listened through any of their albums. If you feel like posting a favorite here, I'd be interested to listen to it.
Where to begin? I would suggest either start with A New World Record ("Telephone Line", "Do Ya"
or the massive splendorfest that is Out of the Blue ("Turn to Stone", "Mr. Blue Sky" . These are the two albums they are most noted for.
4, remember parts of it 
Right after the intro, in particular, the transition sounds like "Carry that Weight," don't you think?
The thing I like most about the way he uses these influences is that after Rubber Soul and Revolver, it got pretty easy to "Spot the Beatle." Many of John's songs sounded like John's. many of Paul's sounded like Paul's. But when Lynne drops a "Lennonism," it's usually given a few layers of McCartney texture, and vice-versa.
Now is as good a time as any to share a Todd Rundgren anecdote. Rundgren also dipped his cup in the Beatles well more than a few times, but he was a little more heavy-handed about it.
He slammed either The Beatles or Lennon one time in the press...don't remember which...and Lennon sent him a reply that was along the lines of "Well, you certainly got some mileage out of what we did, didn't you>"
Rundgren later did an album with Utopia called "Deface The Music," the premise being that every song was written in a deliberately Beatle-esque manner. One song in particular targeted Lennon's more "curmudgeonly" tendencies:
Just wow about that.
I only had the Hello It's Me album, which impressed me because of his playing all the instruments. Talented guy, anyway.
He liked their Beatles-inspired sound.
A faithful cover, for the most part, except Slash turns up the guitars a little louder.
My favorite Eldorado song is "Laredo Tornado"..."What can you do, when your dreamworld is gone, and your friends and lovers too?" If there is a single lyric that illustrates just how clearly Lynne understands the Fab Four, it's that one.
That's the ELO sound I go for.
On the second album, "Roll Over Beethoven" got the airplay, but "Mama" was my favorite.
Very "Eleanor Rigby" in its lyrical stance.
She came up from the country with a smile for everyone
She left her blue horizon just to find another home
A lonely girl who'd traveled many days
A lonely heart that could not find the way
And she said, "Momma, it's a hard life now you're gone"
Momma, it's so hard to carry on
And I feel I'm a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
Momma, it's a sad and lonely life
A misty morning rider, she came wanderin' through the hills
A wanderin' soul appearin' over rainy window sills
A loser in her heart but in her face
A smile for everyone under God's grace
And she said, "Momma, it's a hard life now you're gone"
Momma, it's so hard to carry on
And I feel I'm a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
Momma, it's a sad and lonely life
And she said, "Momma, it's a hard life now you're gone"
Momma, it's so hard to carry on
And I feel I'm a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
Midnight maiden madness, what to search for in this place'
Gateway to the city, night sky shadows on her face
A lady lost in nowhere but her stare
Leaves the world, her life to start somewhere
And she said, "Momma, it's a hard life now you're gone"
Momma, it's so hard to carry on
And I feel I'm a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
Momma, it's a hard life now you're gone
Momma, it's so hard to carry on
And I feel I'm a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
...I'm ok with all of the class except Tupac. OK, he may have been talented, I won't argue the point, but he's a f*ckin' RAPPER, ferf*cksake! Not rock 'n' roll by any measure I know of.
WHERE da Fuck are the MOODY BLUES???!?!? 
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I would also have to throw Pearl Jam in there. Never could stand them either.
While I dislike Yes, I would acknowledge their importance to the genre of prog rock. And, their music is not all that hard to avoid.
But, with Journey and Pearl Jam being "mainstream" one gets assaulted with their music in places like stores and restaurants and so therefore my animosity is at a much higher level.
They induct hack bands like Journey and Pearl Jam, low-talent acts who should have never made it beyond Holiday Inn lounge gigs, but continuously overlook a genuine musical genius like Warren Zevon. Go figure.
(And yet again, let me mention that the foregoing is my own subjective opinion, and nobody is bound to agree with me. I'm saying all this for the benefit of those who can still see it; the person I had to put on Full Ignore over this silly matter won't get the benefit of my advanced thinking..... )
Clearly, they must do their inclusions more on albums sold than on innovation and influence.
irrelevent.
Kraftwerk? The guys who INVENTED synthesized pop music? Really?
And JOURNEY gets in?
For instance, "Separate Ways" is a decent power ballad (although kind of corny, and the video is pretty goofy):
But then "Faithfully" is, well,....
I'm a guitar player...I used to buy all of the guitar magazines around the time of Extreme's peak, and I remember endless tabs and lessons from Nuno.
ON EDIT: Same holds true for Paul Gilbert in Mr. Big...the guy is a guitar demon. But that one song...
He also played on Ozzy Osbourne's "Speak of the Devil" live album.
Gilbert was in Racer X prior to Mr. Big and was one of the original post-Eddie Van Halen "shredders." i recently went back and listened to Gilbert's work in Mr. Big, and other than that one track, he is in a league with EVH / Satriani / Vai. This is one of my favorite Mr. Big tracks, where Gilbert peels most of the paint off of the walls:
Other than Gilbert, the only other guitarist from that "school" of players that is still around in high profile is Vinnie Moore, who joined UFO after Michael Schenker left for the second time and has been there ever since. This clip also features Jason Bonham on drums, before he left to join Foreigner, and then left them to join 'The Circle" with Sammy Hagar:
I am also a major Dream Theater fan. As a Petrucci fan, you are probably very familiar with this, but for everyone else, Petrucci whips off an 8 minute guitar solo which then goes straight into "Pull Me Under" on the "Once In A Livetime" album. He was also pretty cool on the "G3 Live In Tokyo" album with Satriani and Vai.
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