Today is one of the darker days for the human race...

[joeybee12]

...Madonna is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

:cry:

[MrCoffee]

1. Suck it, Rush!

[joeybee12]

2. Limbaugh or the band?

:shrug:

[DS1]

4. preferably both

[Dr. Strange]

3. Why do you have to pee in the pool?

[flvegan]

5. Bahahaha!

:thumbsup:

[unpossibles]

6. that's not pee.... nt

[Mugu]

25. We're supposed to believe that it's just lemon drops in you pocket? n/t

[madinmaryland]

7. So that would explain where LynneSin has been!!11!!

[TZ]

8. No I think she was at Union Station Saturday

We saw a waitress wearing what looked like her bra on the outside of her shirt and decided she was twenty years too late to be Madonna (well that and it wasn't quite pointy enough):D

[madinmaryland]

12. You've been listening to temeah way too much!!

[TZ]

13. I'll have you know..

That it was not *I* that made the pointy bra remark..However I was a pev long before I met temeah...:evilgrin:

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Ouch. She's not rock, she's not roll.

Judy Tenuda said it best. She's a mattress with a microphone.

[joeybee12]

11. As Bette Midler put it..."Touched for the very first time? The very first

time today!!"

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. I met an engineer who worked on her first records. Says she wouldn't have a career without

pitch correction hardware.

[joeybee12]

21. Oh yeah...people like her never would have made it before

that stuff was invented. she NEVER sings live.

[MonkeyFunk]

27. Yes she does

I've seen her three times - she sings live.

If it was prerecorded, it would be better. She has a passable voice - but that's not her attraction.

[joeybee12]

28. Even then she has pre-recorded music drowning her out...

...yeah, I will agree, though, that it's obviously not her voice that's the attraction.

[jmowreader]

42. Have you ever seen "that stuff"?

It's two inches high and bolts right into any effects rack. Very easy to take on the road.

[JackBeck]

10. I fully support the Hall of Fame's decision.

Congrats, Madonna.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

44. me too. she is fabulous!

[LynneSin]

14. And yet Rush, King Crimson,Yes and Moody Blues still aren't in

I find more tourist value to South of the Border than I do with the Rock&Roll hall of fame

[joeybee12]

15. Neither is Carole King...

...the whole thing is a sham.

[Magrittes Pipe]

16. Piffle.

The fucking Eagles are in, why not Madonna? She may not be rock 'n' roll, but neither are half the milquetoast arena-whores in the Hall.

The standard isn't set by the Beatles, the Who, the Stones, Elvis, the Velvets, Little Richard, et. al... it's set by the bottom-feeders of rock history; the minimum threshhold for induction seems to be a giant inflatable stage set and a guest appearance on "Miami Vice."

Madonna may not be the Who, but she's a damn sight better than Glenn Frye or the Grateful Dead.

So, good for her.

[LynneSin]

17. It's set by who can sell the most, not who can innovate the most

Sure, King Crimson isn't one of your run of the mill rock bands but they have influenced generations of rock musicians with their innovated guitar work and progressive musings.

Moody Blues sold amazing records filled with orchesterial fillings and original spoken poetry. "Days of Future Past" is a legend when it comes to Album.

Hell for the creative artwork on their albums, Yes should without a doubt be in there.

And Jethro Tull - name me one band that can rock harder with the FLUTE as their lead instrument. Madonna rolled around in her undergarments? Hell Ian Anderson was doing that decades ago with his tights & codpiece outfits.

[Magrittes Pipe]

18. Oh, those bands never influenced anybody but Dungeon Masters.

Jethro Tull failed their saving throw against being lame.

[dolo amber]

24. **FLUTE SOLO**

[joeybee12]

20. Singers should be able to sing...she never could....

...couldn't carry a tune if it were chained onto her.

[Ava]

22. what?

she's not rock and roll :shrug:

[joeybee12]

23. You could probably say that about the Supremes and Diana Ross...

...the hall makes no sense.

[MonkeyFunk]

26. Well-deserved

she had a huge impact on music and culture. She's one of the very few acts from the 80s that can still sell out arenas.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

39. I agree MonkeyFunk.

[mainegreen]

29. You mean Rock and Roll Hall of Economic Success?

:P

[Westegg]

30. "This ain't rock 'n' roll. This is genocide."-- Bowie.

[kwassa]

31. The Hall of Fame is about Fame, not about art. How famous was she?

I'm mean, what do you expect? It is a tourist attraction seeking maximum tourist dollars, so you induct the most POPULAR, not necessarily the best rock artists.

and it is tough dragging tourists to Cleveland.

I wouldn't call what she does rock at all, but that is true of many inductees.

[PRETZEL]

32. these guys finally made it,

they are the true legends of the sound of Philadelphia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamble_and_Huff

[Cruzan]

33. I've always enjoyed Madonna's music and admired how she's handled her stardom

Some of my favorite Madonna songs (scrolling an MP3 folder):

Live to Tell
Express Yourself
Beautiful Stranger

Sure, she hasn't always made the best choices, but compared to a psycho chick like Britney Spears, for whom I can't name a single tune I care about, Madonna seems exquisitely normal.

[joeybee12]

34. I think it was their kiss that put Britney over the edge! n/t

[joeybee12]

35. I'm kicking this in favor of some more Madonna Bashing!!!

:evilgrin:

[DarkTirade]

36. ...

[mitchum]

37. Bashing Madonna is like shooting aging fish in a barrel

[Tektonik]

38. Well deserved

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should be renamed as the American Music HoF

[ghostsofgiants]

40. That would make more sense.

And piss fewer people off, haha.

[terrya]

41. I have no problem with it.

[MissMillie]

43. me either

I think she's earned it.

(Mind you, there are others that I think have earned it too, and they're not in yet... but that shouldn't mean that Madonna doesn't make it.)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

45. me either, i think its a good decision