Everybody Dance Now!!

The 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees will no doubt tick off fans of "Rock and Roll" who feel the RRHOF isn't nominating "Rock" artists like they should. A look at the 9 names reveals only 1 true "Rock" name-John Mellencamp. So fans of Kiss, Rush, Alice Cooper, etc. will be ticked. And what about Metallica? Shouldn't they have been a first time nominee? If anything the 2008 ballot is where the Hall takes off their shoes and hits Studio 54. Madonna, Chic, Donna Summer and even Afrika Bambaataa are responsible for some of dance music's great floor jams. Despite my own misgiving's about who can't get nominated or inducted: Spinners, Randy Newman, Hall & Oates, Luther Vandross, this is still a diverse list. Like the 2007 ballot, it has 9 nominees. To me, this doesn't mean much. In 2007 the 9 nominee ballot had people thinking that whoever didn't get inducted would get on the 2008 ballot. Not the case. The Stooges and Joe Tex were nominated last year but aren't listed.

So, the bottom line is that the 9 names are indeed diverse-Ventures with Leonard Cohen meeting Donna Summer. The arguments will continue. Just like the RRHOF wants it.