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About Primus, Citizen Patrol wrote:
  I am always surprised when I mention primus and/or Les Claypool and people are at a loss for who/what I am talking about. I grew up believing he is the Frank Zappa of my generation, however, my generation is too dumbed down by the media that the greatest musicians are too complex and innovative, and people would rather listen to the regurgitated crap. If Les or Primus does not get into the Hall of Fame, the Hall of Fame has no validity.
Sunday, 05.19.13 @ 00:23am
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About the 2013 Inductees, Enigmaticus wrote:
  Yes DarinRG, it is a great feeling. When the Hall Of Fame inductions were announced back in December, I had actually smiled.
Sunday, 05.19.13 @ 00:05am
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About Public Enemy, kbg wrote:
  Flavor Flav is in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Stevie Ray Vaughn is not. This has to be some kind of cruel joke.
Saturday, 05.18.13 @ 23:33pm
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About Avril Lavigne, june wrote:
  Unfortunately, as much as I want her to be a part of it, i vote no. When her first album came out, it looks like she would've been great for it, but when she grew up, so did her music. It went from rock eligible, to the same genre as paramore or cher Loyd.
Saturday, 05.18.13 @ 20:11pm
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About the 2013 Inductees, DarinRG wrote:
  My website has since been archived, but you now think of Rush as a "progressive rock" band, in small part, due to my efforts.

- Enigmaticus

Um, okay...

Congrats on seeing a couple of your favorites inducted this year, though. I don't doubt that it's a great feeling.
Saturday, 05.18.13 @ 19:58pm
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About the 2013 Inductees, Enigmaticus wrote:
  Well, tonight is the big night. I have been waiting for 13 years to see Heart and 15 years to see Rush inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Of course, unlike many Rush fans, I had actually created a website to support their induction at that time. My website has since been archived, but you now think of Rush as a "progressive rock" band, in small part, due to my efforts. Rather ironically, back in late 1980/early 1981- Rush, Heart, Donna Summer, and even Abba were amongst my favorite artists. It's a good thing to know that planting the seed after being contacted by the RRHOF induction supporters has finally come to fruition.
Saturday, 05.18.13 @ 16:35pm
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About Revisited Projected Rankings, Cheesecrop wrote:
  
Replacements:

1.Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right Mama (1946)
2. Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) (1937)
3. Bessie Smith - Downhearted Blues (1923)
4. Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out (1929)
5. Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues (1925)
6. Big Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go (1935)
7. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952)
8. Bill Haley & The Comets - Crazy Man, Crazy (1953)
9. Bill Monroe - Mule Skinner Blues (1940)
10. Bing Crosby - Brother Can You Spare A Dime (1932)
11. Bing Crosby - Swinging On A Star (1944)
12. Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1942)
13. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues (1927)
14. Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (1959)
15. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (1958)
16. Burl Ives - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (1949)
17. Charlie Christian - Solo Flight (1941)
18. Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon A Star (1940)
19. Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now (1958)
20. Count Basie - One O'Clock Jump (1937)
21. Dave Brubeck - Take Five (1959)
22. Dinah Washington - What A Difference A Day Made (1959)
23. Eddy Arnold - Texarkana Baby (1939)
24. Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose (1946)
25. Ella Fitzgerald - A Tisket, A Tasket (1938)
26. Elmore James - Dust My Broom (1951)
27. Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (1957)
28. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up (1957)
29. Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (1956)
30. Elvis Presley - Mystery Train (1955)
31. Ernest Tubb - Walking The Floor Over You (1941)
32. Ethel Waters - Am I Blue? (1929)
33. Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929)
34. Fats Waller - Honeysuckle Rose (1928)
35. Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1949)
36. Frank Sinatra - I Get A Kick Out Of You (1953)
37. Frank Sinatra - The House I Live In (1946)
38. Gene Autry - Back In The Saddle Again (1939)
39. Ginger Rogers - The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money) (1933)
40. Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin' (1951)
41. Hank Williams - I Saw The Light (1948)
42. Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (1949)
43. Hank Williams - Jambalaya (1952)
44. Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues (1950)
45. Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues (1949)
46. Hank Williams - Move It On Over (1947)
47. Harry McClintock - Big Rock Candy Mountain (1928)
48. James Baskett - Zip A Dee Doo Dah (1946)
49. Jimmie Davis - You Are My Sunshine (1940)
50. Jimmie Rodgers - T For Texas (Blue Yodel #1) (1927)
51. Joe Liggins - The Honeydripper (1945)
52. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen (1948)
53. Julia Lee - Snatch And Grab It (1947)
54. Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (1952)
55. Lavern Baker - Jim Dandy (1956)
56. Lead Belly - Goodnight Irene (1936)
56. Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time (1950)
57. Lena Horne - Stormy Weather (1949)
58. Little Anthony & The Imperials - Tears On My Pillow (1958)
60. Louis Armstrong - Heebie Jeebies (1926)
61. Louis Armstrong - West End Blues (1928)
62. Louis Jordan - Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens (1946)
63. Louis Jordan - Caldonia (1945)

Saturday, 05.18.13 @ 09:11am
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About N.W.A, Good Tastes wrote:
  Don't worry, there is definitely a 90% chance of NWA being inducted next year.......unless the voters pull off something dumb.
Saturday, 05.18.13 @ 09:00am
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About Evanescence, Jaime Preston wrote:
  Best band in the world!
Saturday, 05.18.13 @ 04:13am
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About Revisited Projected Rankings, John R.C wrote:
  My replacement nomination:

1. Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) (1937)
2. Bing Crosby - Brother Can You Spare A Dime (1932)
3. Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (1927)
4. Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Rave On! (1958)
5. Charlie Christian - Solo Flight (1941)
6. Chuck Berry - School Days (1957)
7. Elvis Presley - Mystery Train (1955)
8. Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin (1955)
9. Hank Williams - Jambalaya (1952)
10. Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals - Stardust (1927)
11. Irving Berlin - Puttin' On the Ritz (1930)
12. James Baskett - Zip A Dee Doo Dah (1946)
13. Joe Liggins - The Honeydripper (1945)
14. Johnny Cash - Give My Love To Rose (1956)
15. Lead Belly - The Midnight Special (1934)
16. Little Richard - Lucille (1957)
17. Robert Johnson - Hellhound on My Trail (1937)
18. The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower (1928)
19. The Weavers - On Top Of Old Smokey (1951)
Saturday, 05.18.13 @ 00:41am
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About Revisited Projected Rankings, Gassman wrote:
  Going heavy on pre-1954 songs considering we are low on them:

1. Al Jolson - Swanee (1919)
2. Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues (1925)
3. Big Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go (1935)
4. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952)
5. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues (1927)
6. Bobby Darin - Splish Splash (1957)
7. Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Everyday (1957)
8. Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon A Star (1940)
9. Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now (1958)
10. Dean Martin - That's Amore (1953)
11. Fats Waller - Honeysuckle Rose (1928)
12. James Baskett - Zip A Dee Doo Dah (1946)
13. Joe Liggins - The Honeydripper (1945)
14. Lead Belly - The Midnight Special (1934)
15. Marty Robbins - El Paso (1959)
16. Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz (1950)
17. The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace (1958)
18. The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower (1928)
19. The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9 (1959)
20. The Robins - Riot In Cell Block Number 9 (1954)
21. The Silhouettes - Get A Job (1957)
22. W.C. Handy - The Memphis Blues (1912)
23. Woody Guthrie & Lead Belly - We Shall Be Free (1944)
Saturday, 05.18.13 @ 00:03am
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About Revisited Projected Rankings, Darren wrote:
  My Replacement Nominations:

Al Jolson - Swanee (1919)
Big Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go (1935)
Bing Crosby - Brother Can You Spare A Dime (1932)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues (1927)
Cab Calloway - Minnie The Moocher (1931)
Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn (1959)
Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser (1958)
Elmore James - Dust My Broom (1951)
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train (1955)
Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929)
Gene Autry - Back In The Saddle Again (1939)
John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen (1948)
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (1952)
Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time (1950)
Little Richard - Lucille (1957)
Ma Rainey - See See Rider (1924)
Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O' Lee (1928)
Roy Acuff - Wabash Cannonball (1947)
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer (1902)
T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday (Tuesday is Just as Bad) (1947)
The Andrews Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1941)
The Carter Family - Keep On The Sunny Side (1928)
The Del Vikings - Come Go With Me (1956)
The Drifters - Money Honey (1953)
The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) (1955)
The Weavers - On Top Of Old Smokey (1951)
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 23:54pm
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About Revisited Projected Rankings, Darren wrote:
  Here are the current number of replacement nominees for each participant:

Darren - 26
Gassman - 23
Cheesecrop - 63
John R.C. - 19
Darrin A. - 21
jtrichey - 45
Lax30 - 0 (I didn't notice this before it was too late, but you nominated more than 100

songs. Your current total is 117. You won't be allowed to add replacement nominees

until you're back under 100.)

This total will be updated again after the conclusion of the tiebreaker.

If you need me to post a list of your current nominees, please let me know.

Here is the list of songs that are eligible for nomination for Round 2 (of 5) of the pre-1960 group in the Song Ranking Project, but haven't been qualified as of yet (please note that songs currently involved in a tiebreaker vote are listed here):

Al Jolson - Swanee (1919)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right Mama (1946)
Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) (1937)
Bessie Smith - Downhearted Blues (1923)
Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out (1929)
Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues (1925)
Big Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go (1935)
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952)
Bill Haley & The Comets - Crazy Man, Crazy (1953)
Bill Haley & The Saddlemen - Rock The Joint (1952)
Bill Monroe - Blue Moon of Kentucky (1946)
Bill Monroe - Mule Skinner Blues (1940)
Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child (1942)
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (1939)
Bing Crosby - Brother Can You Spare A Dime (1932)
Bing Crosby - Swinging On A Star (1944)
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1942)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues (1927)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (1927)
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (1959)
Bobby Darin - Splish Splash (1957)
Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin (1958)
Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock (1957)
Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (1958)
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Everyday (1957)
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Rave On! (1958)
Burl Ives - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (1949)
Cab Calloway - Minnie The Moocher (1931)
Charlie Christian - Solo Flight (1941)
Chuck Berry - School Days (1957)
Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen (1958)
Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon A Star (1940)
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now (1958)
Count Basie - One O'Clock Jump (1937)
Dale Hawkins - Susie Q (1956)
Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop (1957)
Dave Brubeck - Take Five (1959)
Dean Martin - That's Amore (1953)
Dinah Washington - What A Difference A Day Made (1959)
Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn (1959)
Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser (1958)
Duke Ellington - Take The A" Train" (1941)
Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else (1959)
Eddy Arnold - Texarkana Baby (1939)
Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose (1946)
Ella Fitzgerald - A Tisket, A Tasket (1938)
Elmore James - Dust My Broom (1951)
Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (1957)
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up (1957)
Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes (1956)
Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel (1956)
Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (1956)
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train (1955)
Ernest Tubb - Walking The Floor Over You (1941)
Ethel Waters - Am I Blue? (1929)
Fats Domino - I'm Walkin' (1957)
Fats Domino - The Fat Man (1950)
Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' (1929)
Fats Waller - Honeysuckle Rose (1928)
Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1949)
Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me (1958)
Frank Sinatra - I Get A Kick Out Of You (1953)
Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin (1955)
Frank Sinatra - The House I Live In (1946)
Gene Autry - Back In The Saddle Again (1939)
Gene Kelly - Singin' In The Rain (1952)
George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
Ginger Rogers - The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money) (1933)
Glenn Miller - Chattanooga Choo Choo (1941)
Glenn Miller - In The Mood (1939)
Hank Ballard And The Midnighters - Work With Me, Annie (1954)
Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin' (1951)
Hank Williams - I Saw The Light (1948)
Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (1949)
Hank Williams - Jambalaya (1952)
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues (1950)
Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues (1949)
Hank Williams - Move It On Over (1947)
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart (1953)
Harry McClintock - Big Rock Candy Mountain (1928)
Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals - Stardust (1927)
Irving Berlin - Puttin' On the Ritz (1930)
Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88 (1951)
James Baskett - Zip A Dee Doo Dah (1946)
James Brown & The Famous Flames - Please, Please, Please (1956)
Jimmie Davis - You Are My Sunshine (1940)
Jimmie Rodgers - T For Texas (Blue Yodel #1) (1927)
Joe Liggins - The Honeydripper (1945)
John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen (1948)
Johnny Cash - Give My Love To Rose (1956)
Judy Garland - Over the Rainbow (1939)
Julia Lee - Snatch And Grab It (1947)
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (1952)
Lavern Baker - Jim Dandy (1956)
Lead Belly - Goodnight Irene (1936)
Lead Belly - In The Pines (Where Did You Sleep Last Night?) (1944)
Lead Belly - The Midnight Special (1934)
Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time (1950)
Lena Horne - Stormy Weather (1949)
Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High The Moon (1951)
Little Anthony & The Imperials - Tears On My Pillow (1958)
Little Richard - Lucille (1957)
Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1952)
Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee (1959)
Louis Armstrong - Heebie Jeebies (1926)
Louis Armstrong - West End Blues (1928)
Louis Jordan - Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens (1946)
Louis Jordan - Caldonia (1945)
Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie (1949)
Louis Jordan - Let the Good Times Roll (1946)
Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry (1949)
Ma Rainey - See See Rider (1924)
Mahalia Jackson - Move On Up A Little Higher (1948)
Marty Robbins - El Paso (1959)
Miles Davis - So What (1959)
Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O' Lee (1928)
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man (1954)
Muddy Waters - I Just Want to Make Love to You (1954)
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy (1955)
Nat "King" Cole - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (1946)
Nat "King" Cole - Nature Boy (1948)
Nat "King" Cole - The Christmas Song (1946)
Nat "King" Cole - Unforgettable (1951)
Nat "King" Cole - When I Fall in Love (1957)
Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz (1950)
Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River (1936)
Peggy Lee - Fever (1958)
Ray Charles - I've Got A Woman (1954)
Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool (1958)
Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues (1937)
Robert Johnson - Hellhound on My Trail (1937)
Robert Johnson - Love In Vain (1937)
Roy Acuff - Wabash Cannonball (1947)
Roy Brown - Rockin' At Midnight (1947)
Ruth Brown - (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean (1953)
Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag (1916)
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer (1902)
Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call (1952)
T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday (Tuesday is Just as Bad) (1947)
The Andrews Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1941)
The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace (1958)
The Carter Family - Can The Circle Be Unbroken (By And By) (1935)
The Carter Family - Keep On The Sunny Side (1928)
The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower (1928)
The Champs - Tequila (1958)
The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman (1954)
The Chords - Sh-Boom (1954)
The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9 (1959)
The Del Vikings - Come Go With Me (1956)
The Drifters - Money Honey (1953)
The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie (1957)
The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Nite (1956)
The King Cole Trio - Straighten Up And Fly Right (1944)
The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1958)
The Moonglows - Sincerely (1954)
The Orioles - It's Too Soon To Know (1948)
The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) (1955)
The Robins - Riot In Cell Block Number 9 (1954)
The Silhouettes - Get A Job (1957)
The Weavers - If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) (1949)
The Weavers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (1950)
The Weavers - On Top Of Old Smokey (1951)
The Weavers - Wimoweh (1951)
W.C. Handy - The Memphis Blues (1912)
Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land (1944)
Woody Guthrie & Lead Belly - We Shall Be Free (1944)
Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin' Tonight (1948)

Anyone who wants to participate may do so at any time, even if they aren't currently caught up with their nominations or voting.

Nominations will end at 10 PM Central on Wednesday, May 22nd.
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 23:39pm
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About Revisited Projected Rankings, Darren wrote:
  Tiebreaker voting is now closed for Round 2 (of 5) of Qualification voting for the pre-60s group.

These 19 songs are the winners of the tiebreaker and have been qualified for the Top 100 Overall songs and the Top 100 songs for the pre-60s group:

Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (1956)
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps - Be Bop a Lula (1956)
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning (1956)
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Not Fade Away (1957)
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (1956)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (1950)
Fats Domino - Ain't That a Shame (1955)
Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love? (1957)
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (1955)
Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (1959)
The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (1957)
The Penguins - Earth Angel (1954)
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You (1959)
The Platters - The Great Pretender (1955)
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Train Kept A-Rollin' (1956)
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops (1958)
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody (1958)
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Oh Boy! (1957)
The Coasters - Charlie Brown (1959)

Here are the final tiebreaker results:

Little Richard - Long Tall Sally - 107
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps - Be Bop a Lula - 82
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning - 82
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Not Fade Away - 79
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill - 77
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone - 77
Fats Domino - Ain't That a Shame - 75
Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love? - 75
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues - 72
Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) - 65
The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love - 63
The Penguins - Earth Angel - 61
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You - 61
The Platters - The Great Pretender - 59
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Train Kept A-Rollin' - 59
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops - 57
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody - 56
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Oh Boy! - 52
The Coasters - Charlie Brown - 50
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The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie - 49
Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me - 43
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Everyday - 42
The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman - 30
Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee - 27

An updated list of songs eligible for nomination will be posted shortly.
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 23:10pm
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About The Album Project, GFW wrote:
  By the way, are we reranking all the albums at the end of the year?
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 18:08pm
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About The Album Project, GFW wrote:
  By the way, are we reranking all the albums at the end of the year?
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 17:50pm
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About Revisited Projected Rankings, Casper wrote:
  Alright, so we still haven't finished the rock rankings. I apologize for losing the ballots that were received (about half a dozen) as I forgot that the older comments are removed from this page as they happen.

Please submit your ballots for the recent inductees to the side categories. They have still yet to be ranked here.

Here is my ballot and the format you should all follow. Thanks in advance. Let's finish this damn thing!


Influences (Rock Era):


Karlheinz Stockhausen - #32 (ahead of Ravi Shankar)
Jacques Brel - #34 (#33 + Karlheinz Stockahusen, ahead of Crew Cuts)



Non-Performers (Producers/Engineers):

Glyn Johns - #26 (ahead of Ted Templeman)


Non-Performers (Industry):

Art Rupe - #36 (ahead of Casey Kasem)


Sidemen (Individuals):

Jack Nitzche - #51 (ahead of Rob Sabino)
Philip Paul - #55 (#54 + Jack Nitzche) (ahead of John McLaughlin)



Also, someone needs to contact the site administrator and get the rankings changed up above. I think it should be agreed upon not to have a new ranking start until two years after the new ones are implemented across the site. In other words, the next balloting wouldn't begging until mid-May 2015 if the new list is implemented soon. It really isn't that imperative to keep re-ranking the artists that often in my opinion.
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 17:35pm
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About The Immortals, GFW wrote:
  Naw Andrew man, you're actually cool.

happy birthdy, bro.
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 16:46pm
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About The Immortals, DarinRG wrote:
  Happy birthday, Andrew. Enjoy your day. And yes, I enjoy reading your posts.
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 14:20pm
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About The Immortals, Andrew wrote:
  I'm just hoping that you guys are still wanting to read the comments that I post on this site.
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 13:33pm
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About The Immortals, Andrew wrote:
  I don't intend on leaving this site anytime soon. I emjoy posting commets here and I love reading your guys' responds to those commets. The reason I asked about being dismissed was because I've always liked Zach and what he has to say.

BTW, today is my 21st birthday.
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 13:17pm
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About Revisited Projected Rankings, Gassman wrote:
  That works for me!
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 12:05pm
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About The Immortals, Cheesecrop wrote:
  Hey Everybody, after dismissing Zach, do you think that I should be dismissed as well?

Posted by Andrew on Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 21:45pm
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Nobody needs to be dismissed. If anything, that's the absolute worst way to go about it. In addition, why should you go? Unless you are pulling a Liam & William (two posters from yrs. ago who sounded frighteningly alike), there's no reason why you should be upset. Nobody should feel threatened.

Dez is right when he notes Zach's love of the 50's. Nothing wrong in that. It's good to have disparate voices - just not one's that attempt to completely drown out every other person on the site.

I think Zach desperately wants a place to talk about the 1950's & early 60's music. Two days ago a poster named Adrian brought up the idea of "what would happen if Elvis hadn't shown up?" At the time, I had been engaged in a long discussion w/Enigmaticus, BSLO, Darin RG, & Paul in KY, on Duran Duran/Rush, & prog rock in general. I honestly thought Zach might like the same thing, & tried to use Adrian's posting to launch a little "theoretical" scenario. I thought he might drop a few words on what would've happened by 1965/1970/1975, etc. I thought that this might be what he was looking for.

Dismissing someone would be terrible.

btw - Andrew - remember when I suggested Manfred Mann for the destruction of the Death Star? Save that for a second. In Return of the Jedi, we see the Death Star explode, followed by a shot from the planet Endor, of everyone looking up to see it in the sky. Using a 50's theme, have Jerry Lee's "Great Balls of Fire" kick off the Death Star, & then cut to "Blinded by the Light" when we get to Endor. It's a great double whammy, & a bit of canny mental editing, if I don't say so myself.

one can almost see my head filling to balloon-size... :)
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 05:51am
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About Revisited Projected Rankings, Darren wrote:
  Here's an idea for tiebreakers in this project going forward:

If there are 10 or fewer songs in the tiebreaker, we use the current tiebreaker method.

If there are more than 10 songs in the tiebreaker, we vote for the number of available songs.

I'm concerned that this method of nominating songs (especially if we only get 6 or 7 sets of nominations) could lead to massive tiebreakers involving 40 or more songs.

What do you guys think?
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 01:20am
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About Revisited Projected Rankings, Darren wrote:
  Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues - 24
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Everyday - 23
Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) - 22
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill - 21
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally - 20
The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love - 19
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You - 18
The Penguins - Earth Angel - 17
Fats Domino - Ain't That a Shame - 16
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Not Fade Away - 15
Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love? - 14
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody - 13
The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman - 12
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps - Be Bop a Lula - 11
The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie - 10
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Oh Boy! - 9
The Coasters - Charlie Brown - 8
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops - 7
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone - 6
Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me - 5
The Platters - The Great Pretender - 4
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning - 3
Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee - 2
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Train Kept A-Rollin' - 1
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 01:16am
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About Question Mark and the Mysterians, " mark me wrote:
  ? mark has been rockin since 1960.they
should be inducted just cause they made it as
rockin Hispanics. ? mark still puts on a good honest entertaing performance. their music
still sounds well being from the early 60's.
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 01:10am
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About The Immortals, Dezmond wrote:
  As we analyze the phenomenon that is Zach, here is my take. I like Zach the poster. In many ways, he comes across as quite intelligent and knowledgable, and I always applaud anyone carrying the torch for music of days gone by. Zach, of course, frustrates me as well in that he comes across as seeing things in very black and white terms, whereas the world is really shades of grey. He will make very smart comments about 50's-era music, but then try and overstate his points by foolishly dismissing The Beatles, or entire other eras.

Look, on a personal level, I would rather listen to The Kinks, The Who or even The Stones over The Beatles almost any day of the week. But as a music historian, I would be a fool to not be able to see and understand how The Beatles changed rock and roll music. In Zach's laudable crusades, he then untercuts his credibility in dismissing objective fact. It would be like in an argument to prove that Stravinsky has been overlooked, you call Mozart a hack.

All that being said, I hope Zach sticks around keeps fighting the good fight. This place is more fun with these disparate voices. And nothing Zach has said is as bad as Rick Vendl arguing the merits of Buckner & Garcia's 'Pac-Man Fever.' So let's get some perspective here.
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 00:18am
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About Kendrick Lamar, MusicMan wrote:
  Has potential. he is freshest rappers in the last few years
Friday, 05.17.13 @ 00:01am
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About Little Milton, Gypsy wrote:
  Little Milton, a 1988 Blues Hall of Fame Inductee and multi-award winning blues artist has been eligible to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame since 1987 (The 1988 Induction Ceremony); however, to date, he has never been nominated!! It is well past time to put in a bid for induction into the Rock Hall, wouldn't you say?
Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 22:58pm
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About The Album Project, Greg F wrote:
  To add to the list:

Marianne Faithfull- Broken English (1979)
Rickie Lee Jones- Pirates (1980)
Big Pun- Capital Punishment (1998)
Melanie- Photograph (1976) OR Stoneground Words (1972)
Little Feat- Dixie Chicken (1974)
Steely Dan- The Royal Scam (1976) OR Katy Lied (1975)
Boz Scaggs- Silk Degrees (1976)
Harry Nilsson- Ariel Ballot (1968)
The Monkees- Headquarter (1967)
Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 22:18pm
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About The Immortals, Andrew wrote:
  Hey Everybody, after dismissing Zach, do you think that I should be dismissed as well?
Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 21:45pm
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About The Song Project, Greg F wrote:
  Any Interest in these next month

Toni Braxton- Un-Break My Heart OR Breathe Again OR Another Sad Love Song
Tori Amos- Cornflake Girl OR Professional Widow
Fiona Apple- Fast as You Can OR Shadow Boxer
Janis Ian- At Seventeen OR Society's Child
Modest Mouse- Dashboard
The Waterboys- The Whole of the Moon
Joan Baez- Diamonds & Rust
Yes- You and I
Cher- Dark Lady
Robin Beck- Save Up All Your Tears
The Power Station- Some Like It Hot
Kenny Loggins- This is It
Boz Scaggs- Lowdown OR Miss Sun
Harry Nilsson- Without Her
Carole King- So Far Away
Carly Simon- That's the Way I've Heard It Should Be
Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 20:47pm
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About The Album Project, Greg F wrote:
  Any interest in these albums for next month

Tori Amos- Boys For Pele (1996)
Fiona Apple- When the Pawn... (1998)
Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Orbital- In Sides- (1996)
The Avalanches- Since I Left You (2000)
Kate Bush- Never For Ever (1980)
Usher- Confessions (2004)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Lick Off My Decals Baby (1970)
Emmylou Harris- Wrecking Ball (1995)
Chris Cornell- Euphoria Morning (1998)
Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 20:31pm
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About The Immortals, Everybody wrote:
  Dear Zach,

Your tantrums are akin to a toddler's. Also, you don't get to decide who posts when and in response to who or what.

Please go away. You add nothing of value.

You're dismissed.

Sincerely,

The Posters of FRL
Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 19:00pm
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About The Immortals, Zachary wrote:
  Coming from a snot-nosed punk who likes Carly Rae Jepsen.

When your tastes in music have matured beyond that shit, I'll consider having a discussion with you. Until then, piss off and don't reply to me.
Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 16:56pm
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About The Immortals, GFW wrote:
  lol zach cannot even into [img][/img] whatta scrub

look here's an example



it's kitty pryde being better than nearly everyone you like.
Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 15:15pm
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About The Song Project, John R.C. wrote:
  Tie Breaker Vote:

1. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
2. Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
3. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Be Bop A Lula
4. Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Train Kept A-Rollin'
5. Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Not Fade Away
6. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
7. The Platters - The Great Pretender
8. Bo Diddley - Why Do You Love?
9. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
10. Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me
11. Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
12. The Coasters - Charlie Brown
13. Barret Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
14. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
15. Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops
16. The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
17. The Flamingos - I Can Only Have Eyes For You
18. The Penguins - Earth Angel
19. Fats Domino - Ain't A Shame
20. Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Everyday
21. The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman
22. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
23. Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
24. Buddy Holly - Oh Boy!
Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 10:07am
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About The Immortals, Cheesecrop wrote:
  Of all people, I never expected you, Cheesecrop, to completely misinterpret what I was trying to say.

Whatever influence that the flavor of the month acts have is entirely negative and minimal. The average shelf life for a boy band is at least 2-3 years. New Kids on the Block were already ancient history by 1992-93, just as NSync and the Backstret Boys were yesterday's news in 2004. Sadly there will always some boy bands, but their impact will be temporary, rather than revolutionary.

Please point where I said that all modern music is worthless. I'll admit that I loathe most of it, but there are still acts out there producing quality music, just not in the mass quantities that there used to be back in the 1950s or 1930s. Just the fact that Billie Holiday is an influence on Gray, Keys, Winehouse, etc, is enough motivation for me to check them out. etc. etc.

GFW, I don't expect every member of my generation to have the same passion for older music that I do, but I'm certainly not alone. All I ask for is an acknowledgement of the pioneers and how their music has shaped the landscape, rather than foolishly dismissing them as "old people's music." I know quite a few people at my college who can hold their own when discussing Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Benny Goodman, Ray Charles, Muddy Waters, and others. If you don't know your past, then you won't be able to build the future.

Posted by Zach on Wednesday, 05.15.13 @ 18:34pm
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Zach, you've been yelling that modern music is worthless for the past six months! Nobody's kidding you when they tell you you're driving them crazy! You may have approached the site w/honorable intentions, but you've unwittingly turned yourself into a quasi-troll (if such a thing is possible).

If anything I did not take your words out of context. Those groups did have an impact, though perhaps one driven more by mercenary greed than anything else. I don't mind admitting it at this point, but when I was staggering around mosh pits in the mid-90's, I never thought I'd see a day when pre-packaged MTV pop acts would be on top again. Maybe it's naïve to admit it, but I'm past the point where admitting this does damage to someone's "reputation" (gasp!).

I was goofin' a bit w/the Billie Hoilday bit & I'm glad you caught that.

Beyond that, I can see where people would be worked up about you here. No one's ever come outright & said this, so I'll be the one to do so. When I read your posts, I get the weird impression that you are outraged that other people at diff. times came along & changed rock to suit there own needs. I get this feeling that you are thinking to yourself "how dare the Beatles & the Stones change rock w/out my permission! This must be stopped!" Thing is, it already happened.

It's the same thing w/your modern views. You note in passing on a prior post that you have thousands of recordings from 1900-1990. I cannot help but feel you have the same impression of post 1990 music. "How dare anyone create anything during my time on Earth, w/out me being able to affect it!" Zach, I'm going to tell you straight out - I'm one of the people who allegedly helped "ruin" music, in your little world.

And I loved doing it!

I didn't do it because I knew I'd run into you down the line. I did it cause I was moved by what I saw & heard at the moment. I love the 50's too, but no matter what you attempt to say or do, someone like Buddy Holly will never affect me the way that a Pearl Jam, or an STP, or a Soundgarden, ever will. It's the way everyone feels here. You yelled at a poster called classicrocker, who isn't here any longer. He felt the same way about the 60's as I feel about the 90's (& to some extent the 80's as well - always liked Tears For Fears/Missing Persons/Simple Minds, etc.). It's like your incensed that rock happened w/out you all these yrs. "No, No, No, make it stop! Make it do what I want it to do!"

It's the reason why the very slogan you keep pitching, about give me more past so I can enjoy the present, doesn't have any legs to stand on. Just now, you say you can build the future w/out knowing about the past. Yet in the very same breath, you are denying the world you want to change here! How on Earth are you going to affect some kind of "change" if you've cut yourself off from the past 23 yrs. of music, while claiming moral superiority over your own peers - who, btw, are creating the modern, active world, as we speak?

Look, what I have to say cannot be fully written out here. I'm taking up way too much space, so I'll cut off here. I think I've crystallized what a lot of folks feel here. Personally, I will always have respect for your love of the 50's. In addition, you'll still notice I did not descent into rudeness or meanness in terms of language.

Just stop, on occasion, & think about how you really sound when you're writing. Cool? :)
Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 07:03am
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About Revisited Projected Rankings, Cheesecrop wrote:
  Tie-Breaker:

Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Not Fade Away (1957) - 24
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning (1956) - 23
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (1956) - 22
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You (1959) - 21

Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Oh Boy! (1957) - 20
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops (1958) - 19
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio - Train Kept A-Rollin' (1956) - 18
Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love? (1957) - 17
The Penguins - Earth Angel (1954) - 16
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps - Be Bop a Lula (1956) - 15
The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (1957) - 14
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (1956) - 13
Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me (1958) - 12
Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (1959) - 11

Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Everyday (1957) - 10
Fats Domino - Ain't That a Shame (1955) - 9
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (1950) - 8
The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman (1954) - 7
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody (1958) - 6
The Coasters - Charlie Brown (1959) - 5
The Platters - The Great Pretender (1955) - 4
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (1955) - 3
Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee (1959) - 2
The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie (1957) - 1

Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 06:08am
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About The Immortals, Cheesecrop wrote:
  Nirvana's place on that list is not that hard to figure out. Rolling Stone has absolutely rammed them down their readers throats for years. Eventually readers react to this. On top of that, music has gone in a different direction. They are from when rock bands still roamed the earth and still got airplay.

Posted by astrodog on Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 01:21am
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Three things:

1. RS has rammed them down readers throats for yrs. - Point Taken. They Have done just that! :)

2. They'd have been there anyway. As I noted, it guarantees a response. Had they taken an act like Third Eye Blind, or Eve 6, or Semisonic, etc. & stuck them there, you wouldn't have had half the postings on the page I saw.

3. Rock bands still roam the Earth. They're just not getting any airplay. Doesn't mean they don't exist.
Thursday, 05.16.13 @ 05:57am
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