2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class: Cher, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne, A Tribe Called Quest

Fifteen acts were nominated for this year’s Rock Hall and those who didn’t make the cut include Mariah Carey, Eric B. & Rakim, Sade, Jane’s Addiction, Lenny Kravitz, Oasis and Sinéad O’Connor, who died last year

Joe Cocker better be next year.

David Matthew’s Band had one hit song…..next year it will be Vanilla Ice, Clay Aiken, and Raquel Welch.

Sad that Sade didn’t make the cut. They definitely had their own sound.

Is Janet Jackson still trying to get in?

I knew Cher would get in after dissing them on Kelly Clarkson's show. She should've gotten in decades ago.

Assholes!

r6

Yes, she said they could go fuck themselves. She said she wouldn't accept it if it was offered.

Poor Dionne, 2nd to last.

Not keen on Cher, Foreigner, or DMB. Cher wasn't a songwriter or producer, she was a great performer in her day but much more of a TV and movie personality than a musical one. Not sure she warrants inclusion.

Foreigner epitomized bland MOR classic late 70s album rock. If they are inducted, then why not Styx, Kansas or REO Speedwagon? Oasis - although never highly popular here in the US - had far more cultural impact and import.

I can mostly get onboard with the rest. Peter Frampton is a lovely man, one of the nicest in the business, for that reason alone I'm ok with him (that and his time with Humble Pie).

Yay for Dionne!!!! Kennedy Center and now RRHOF!

Mary J. Blige before Lenny Kravitz?! That's interesting.

I know I’m entitled but who are these bozos!

Sinead O' Connor is worth 10 of everyone on that list.

Interestingly, Dionne Warwick gets in, but they'll never induct Barbra, even though both were Pop singers back in the 60s. I'd say Barbra has been far more influential in music than Warwick.

There should be a movie made about Big Mama Thorton.

Thornton

No Joe Cocker or Billy Idol - bummer

Very happy to hear that Cher made it.

Sonny & Cher should have been inducted decades ago.

Surprised they snubbed Mariah and picjed Mary Blige, But glad for Cher and Dionne.

No offense, but how are Cher and Dionne Warwick rocknroll? They are pop singers.

Mariah should not be in the hall of fame!

^JLo……or someone she paid to lip sync, I mean write this for her.

R21, Whitney and Madonna are in. Rock n Roll isn’t just mediocre white men.

There are too many vital rock acts (no Joe Cocker? WTF?) missing to induct Ozzy as a solo artist.

Who do we think will perform?

I can see Bruno Mars singing Get Down On It.

Apparently rock and roll means pop, funk, hip-hop and rock.

Also easy listening and jazz. They let all kinds of music in.

They should just rename it the Music Hall of Fame to avoid the confusion.

Taking bets on it R6. Will Chee actually refuse or just have someone else pick it up or will she give in and be there?

R21. Among other of Cher's albums, her 1989 'Heart of Stone' is rock, not pop.

Jeez, does that mean Sharon will try to make an American media comeback?

The Dave Matthews won is so brotastic.

At least Cher did rock.

[quote] Is Janet Jackson still trying to get in?

She’s already in.

They finally had to put Janet in because she got rejected too many times.

How many times was she rejected R36?

I think she finally got in on the fifth try.

Oh that's not too bad I suppose. Thanks for answering R38.

The problem is the nature of rock itself, it is a bastard genre and as the first teen genre, highly commercialised and image conscious.

The RARHOF let in jazz, soul, country and rhythm and blues artists from its first years. (How could they not? Who else would be left) So I honestly don’t see allowing pop and hip-hop artists in a big deal.

The real paradigm shift will be when synth based electronic artists are consistently inducted.

Do you think I can make it in next year?

If Sheryl Crow is in, Kim Carnes should be.

[quote] Interestingly, Dionne Warwick gets in, but they'll never induct Barbra, even though both were Pop singers back in the 60s. I'd say Barbra has been far more influential in music than Warwick.

Dionne recorded (then) contemporary songs by Bacharach/David. Barbra recorded Tin Pan Alley standards and showtunes. ONJ, Karen Carpenter, Dusty Springfield and Linda Ronstadt cited Dionne as an influence.

[quote] Is Janet Jackson still trying to get in?

Janet wad inducted the same year as Stevie Nicks...but you knew that.

I love Kool and the Gang.

Janet is in the Baja Fresh Hall of Fame

Fucking body bully.

[quote] If Sheryl Crow is in…

Think of all the great women rockers in the 90s leaps and bounds above her.

Music culture is extremely fucked up when it comes to women.

[quote]No offense, but how are Cher and Dionne Warwick rocknroll?

I know, right?