Should Lynyrd Skynyrd be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

[taterguy]

Feel free to bitch about other glaring ommissions

[outofbounds]

1. Yes

Like them or not they were great.

[Droopy]

2. Yes

I heard them recently on Rock Line. They were saying how this guy confronted them one time about "only playing the hits." He criticized them for not playing some of their lesser known work now days to which they responded, "Everything Lynyrd Skynyrd did was a hit."

[bedpanartist]

3. Yeah they are a mullet stereotype

but Ronnie Van Zandt was one of the greatest songwriters to ever walk.

[KG]

4. they should have been in the inaugural class.

nmmm, seems there are philistines amongst us. :grr:

[bridgit]

5. no...

[Droopy]

7. Are you going to say something to defend your treachery?!

Blasphemy I tell you.

[bridgit]

8. i don't care for them...

[Droopy]

9. Oh, ok. Carry on.

[bridgit]

13. i'd rather listen to Bill Monroe...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe why? what are *you* looking for here? i was in the music business and seen allot of mediocre stuff OMG!! don't you dare suggest that Skynard was mediocre perish the thought; the people in the band one thing, the personalities within the people in the band another (who can dislike a bunch of pot smoke'n, Southern Comfort swill'n dudes & their groupies bouncing round the south on tour buses :shrug:), the music itself? puh-lease, why no entries for Marshal Tucker? when The Allman Brothers were more correct in terms of musical history therefore i.e. southern rock simply does not boil down to merely Lynard Skynard imo & the opinion of others

Elvis's first B side was a Bill Monroe tune, and it has recently been touted by way of suggestion that he, Elvis, started rock & roll...

sometimes when you feel a powerful hankering for a drink of pure water, you may do better to put your lips beside the alluvial moon pool where some of the purest water is found

[Droopy]

16. Hyperbole, Brigit

I was just fooling around. I liked Skynyrd when I was 16. Then I discovered heavy metal and Skynyrd started to sound like a bunch of wimps to me. I still like "The Needle and the Spoon" but most of the time if a Skynyrd tune comes on the radio I turn the channel now. But the standards of the rock-n-roll hall of fame seems to be mostly about the success of the band rather than any real change or contribution they made to music. By those standards Skynyrd should be in.

[bridgit]

18. hy·per·bo·le, Droopy...

1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.
2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”

i had thought you were a writer Droopy, so i'm trying to cut you some slack here; but it is my firm opinion even if only mine, that my reply to your seemingly innocuous little suggestion (if of course you're looking for 'true' hyperbole then it shall be thus) is in fact not & by definition "hyperbole", as you've employed the asparagus here, but the truth as i've experienced it sent along with a bit of history ergo very-very near to opinion; you don't much care for the opinions of others? cool...

therefore Skynard is out

[taterguy]

19. Ya know I never expected a linguistic debate to break out in a Skynyrd thread

I guess stranger things have happened though

[bridgit]

21. oh i know, weeeee...

:bounce:

[Droopy]

29. I know what hyperbole means

and there is a clear example of it in my original response to your response to this thread. My post not yours. Of course I care about the opinions of others.

[bridgit]

32. whatever dude...

oh, forgot to add this guy :hi:

[WCGreen]

30. I agree....

They had just a few good songs and really just road those songs, along with the Southern Rock already perfected by The Brothers Allman and CCR, to fame and fortune...

[bridgit]

33. "already perfected by The Brothers Allman", they'it is, WC...

:hi:

[jobycom]

44. Allman Brothers? CCR?

The Allman Brothers didn't perfect Southern rock, and CCR was a California band. The genre of Southern rock that went through Molly Hatchet, 38 Special (both of whom were way overrated), and even Tom Petty came through Skynard, not the Allmans. The Allman Brothers were okay, but their music was too lifeless and flat. Skynard's music has a hymnal quality. Listen to any classic rock station in the South and hear who gets played more. The Allman Brothers, for all their "respect," bored most southerners, and the few southern rock aficionados I know who argued that they were a great band still would crank up Wet Willie CD or even Jimmy Buffet before the Allmans. There are exceptions, of course, but most people I know who listen to the Allman Brothers seem to treat them like medicine--they don't really want to take it, they just feel it's supposed to be good for them.

[Joe Fields]

49. The Allman Brothers wrote the book on southern rock music.

Ask Skynyrd. They'll tell you.

[hellbound-liberal]

6. I'm not bitching but I think you misspelled omissions. I do the same thing with "occassions"

And I'm a pretty good speler!

[Joe Fields]

10. without question. The Allman Brothers paved the way for bands like

Skynyrd, but the group did southern rock music proud. Their unique dual lead guitar sound was a rock music innovation. They are definitely in the upper echelon, and deserve a place in the hall of fame.:toast:

[JVS]

11. freebird

[taterguy]

12. What did Larry Bird get arrested for?

This is news to me

[WCGreen]

31. At closin' time at the local bar we would always, always get some

drunken jean wearin' urban cowboy yell out Free Bird, Man, Freeeee Birrrrd....

God I grew to hate that song....

[Jamastiene]

50. I share an experience similar to what you describe.

I used to play in a punk/metal band smack dab in a small town full of right wingers. We never heard the end of "Play some Skynyrd! FREEBIRD!!!!!!" Every single band we opened for played some Skynyrd song and the DJ's always played it several times a night while the bands were getting ready to perform. I grew to hate it as well.

[LeftyFingerPop]

14. A bad thing happened to me last night....

I was horribly drunk at the Opera, and I started yelling "FREE BIRD! FREE BIRD! FREE BIRD!. Needless to say, Security was not pleased.

[mitchum]

37. I always yell "Firebird" when I'm at the symphony...

the conductor flipped me off last week

[The_Wizard]

15. Yes, but...

KISS has to go first.

[taterguy]

24. Kiss should only get in if record sales are more important than talent

Wait a minute, you might have a point :)

[mitchum]

39. I despise Kiss, but they absolutely belong in the R&R Hall of Fame...

if that institution is indeed all about rock and roll as a populist form and its inductees being influences, Kiss certainly belongs there.

[taterguy]

17. Could someone explain why Bobby Keys isn't in as a sideman

I don't know what the criterion is but I can't imagine why he doesn't qualify. His sax added the raunch that turned Exile on Main Street into a masterpiece. He's the best part of Skynyrd's They Call me the Breeze and his work with Zevon is stunning

Color me perplexed

[mitchum]

38. My best friend recorded a session with Keys a few years ago...

and said that all he could think about the whole time was being 10 years old and riding in his mom's station wagon while "Brown Sugar" came out of the radio.

[treestar]

20. Of course

Freebird alone requires it. :rofl:

[Zomby Woof]

22. They were inducted last year

But the R&R Hall is an idiotic idea anyway.

[Alexander]

23. Not before Rush.

Rush has way more talent.

[bamacrat]

25. Talent maybe but less great songs.

Im not a huge Lynard Skynard fan which is almost blasphemous in Alabama but they had a lot more good songs and are more successful than Rush. IMHO

[taterguy]

26. Dude, Rush is from Canada

I defy you to name any Candadien that has any valid rock and roll credentials
Go ahead
I double dog dare you

[KG]

27. fred eaglesmith?

[taterguy]

34. A fine songwriter but has he ever shot a man in Reno?

If not, his rocking credentials are suspect

[pdx_prog]

46. Anne Murray?

:rofl:

[taterguy]

47. Ok, she's the exception that proves the rule

Bet you can't name another Canadian rocker though

[Courtesy Flush]

35. I can't stand Rush

The lead singer sounds like a chipmunk. I always get a mental picture of a Saturday morning cartoon band. It grates on my nerves every time I hear them. I never understood their popularity.

[jobycom]

43. Debatable that they have more talent, but even if in some objective sense they do

They still are musically dull, lyrically banal and pretentious, and cultural not nearly as influential.

[Dr. Strange]

54. That was my response!

When I saw the question, my first response was, "Not before Rush!"

So instead, I'll just say, "What Alexander said!"

[WritingIsMyReligion]

28. Definitely. Not my favorite group, but good for an excellent tramp.

:)

[John Kerry VonErich]

36. Skynard will make it, I think everyone knows that.

Kiss, on the other hand, if they make it to the HOF, a couple of board member has said they will resign and withdraw funding.

[Tyler Durden]

40. If I hear "Freebird" ONE MORE FUCKING TIME.......

I swear, I'm going to....

Well, let's not get into details.

I can't listen to Mozart on WKAR but THESE Yahoos hear "FREEBIRD" On WHTL ("Whittle" Country Music) and the whole office gets a treat.

No offense but when that plane crashed I wanted to thank the air traffic controllers, the manufacturer, and the maintenance crew personally.

[taterguy]

45. What could possibly be offensive about being glad that people died in a plane crash?

[ghostsofgiants]

48. The best posssible outcome of "Freebird"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMnLB_Y4nEY

[jobycom]

41. You should change your "no" option to "I know nothing."

That's the only alternative to a "yes" answer.

[Bake]

42. The whole idea of a rock "hall of fame" is so contradictory

It's an establishment, after all. Rock is supposed to be anti-establishment.

But if you're gonna have one, you gotta have Skynyrd in it. Freebird ALONE demands it.

Bake

[elshiva]

51. YES! PLEASE!

[enigmatic]

52. I don't think there should be a Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame, period

To me it kills the whole idea of what Rock N Roll was/is to begin with; a reaction against the staid musical climate of the late 40's/early 50's that it was spawned.

[johnnie]

53. Exactly

I live 10 minutes from there and I haven't been there yet. Although I'm sure that there are some cool things I would like to see there, the idea of a museum for "Rock and Roll" is silly.

[Taverner]

55. Yes, but they should have a "no confed flag" stipulation