Madonna, the Beastie Boys, John Mellencamp and Leonard Cohen. What do they have in common?

[Connonym]

all nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I'm scritchin' my head here because I'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around Leonard Cohen and Madonna being up for the same type of honor.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003648320

ETA: My bad! I just see that Fighting Irish posted the same thing a couple hours ago. Please ignore my self-absorbedness.

[meegbear]

1. I was gonna say they have oodles more money than me ...

but I guess yours is right too.

[LynneSin]

2. THIS IS A FUCKING JOKE - WHERE ARE KING CRIMSON, YES, RUSH AND/OR MOODY BLUES

:grr:

[Carrieyazel]

9. It started out decently, but now the RRHF is just lame

Why not just put Kansas or Loverboy in there?

[Initech]

3. Madonna????? Fuck no!!!!

Maybe the MTV hall of fame, but certainly not the RRHF.

[Carrieyazel]

4. Madonna is a lousy choice. So she was a big chart-topper. Her

music has been inconsistent at best. And she should be in the DANCE Hall of Fame.

[Carrieyazel]

5. Madonna, give me a break.

[Carrieyazel]

8. "Whos that Girl" great tune----not.

[MrScorpio]

6. Another reason why I'm glad that it never came to Detroit

No cojones!

[Deja Q]

7. Where are the Monkees? They started as a manufactured image, but fought to become their own entity.

They sure as hell deserve it more than Madonna and the Beastie Boys. :eyes: