3 bands who belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

[Jim Colyer]

1 ABBA - ABBA from Sweden sold 400 million records and had 9 number ones in the UK. They recorded 110 songs in English 1972-82. Dancing Queen, Take A Chance On Me & The Winner Takes It All are among their hits. All 4 members of ABBA have had successful solo careers: Agnetha Faltskog, Frida Lyngstad, Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus. Benny & Bjorn went into musical theatre with Chess & Kristina. Mamma Mia!, based on ABBA songs, is the biggest musical of the century and will be a movie in 2008.

2 THE GUESS WHO - This Canadian group should be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Their string of hits includes These Eyes, American Woman & No Time. The Guess Who proved to be a prolific album band. Lead singer Burton Cummings may have the best voice in rock. Guitarist Randy Bachman founded Bachman-Turner Overdrive and recorded the classic Takin' Care Of Business.

3 STEPPENWOLF - John Kay and Steppenwolf achieved immortality with their multi-generational anthem Born To Be Wild. They were one of the first heavy metal groups and went on to produce albums of social and political substance. Kay and his mother escaped from Germany after World War II, and his background has played a role in his songwriting.

[Jacaranda]

lol 2 and 3

[EightMilesHigh]

Too bad they all suck.

[Eliminator]

ABBA rule, faggot.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I'm gonna do the unthinkable here and agree with EMH.

[Jacaranda]

more like uncredible.

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

gay The Guess Who is from my city and i got a signed guitar from burton cummings but i dont care

u know who should be in it the mahavishnu orthcestra

[Seafroggys]

all 3 of them kickass. Especially Abba and Stephenwolf. Not too familiar with Guess Who except for the obvious hits (Share the Land, American Woman, etc.)

[Robert Crumb]

Steppenwolf!

[Sepstrup]

ABBA don't suck!

[Dave de Sylvia]

more like uncredible.

more like insatiable

[badtaste]

ABBA ftw.


I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain't it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
That's too bad
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa (i love this bit)
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world

A man like that is hard to find but I can't get him off my mind
Ain't it sad
And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me
That's too bad
So I must leave, I'll have to go
To Las Vegas or Monaco
And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world

It's a rich man's world

[Seafroggys]

^^^ My favorite ABBA song. Sheer brilliance.

[stevensonmat2]

I like Fernando

[SippyCup]

I agree with the ts, but I also think The rock band Heart should be there or very soon.

[Jacaranda]

Heart shouldn't get in the Hall o' Fame on account that they suck and are a bunch of pussys.

[SippyCup]

Heart shouldn't get in the Hall o' Fame on account that they suck and are a bunch of pussys.
Well, yeah there are two women in the band, but they far from suck, they have sold millions of records over a 30 year period and are still touring.

[mannybeinmanny]

1 ABBA - ABBA from Sweden sold 400 million records and had 9 number ones in the UK. They recorded 110 songs in English 1972-82. Dancing Queen, Take A Chance On Me & The Winner Takes It All are among their hits. All 4 members of ABBA have had successful solo careers: Agnetha Faltskog, Frida Lyngstad, Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus. Benny & Bjorn went into musical theatre with Chess & Kristina. Mamma Mia!, based on ABBA songs, is the biggest musical of the century and will be a movie in 2008.

2 THE GUESS WHO - This Canadian group should be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Their string of hits includes These Eyes, American Woman & No Time. The Guess Who proved to be a prolific album band. Lead singer Burton Cummings may have the best voice in rock. Guitarist Randy Bachman founded Bachman-Turner Overdrive and recorded the classic Takin' Care Of Business.

3 STEPPENWOLF - John Kay and Steppenwolf achieved immortality with their multi-generational anthem Born To Be Wild. They were one of the first heavy metal groups and went on to produce albums of social and political substance. Kay and his mother escaped from Germany after World War II, and his background has played a role in his songwriting.

oh, absolutely.

while we're at it, let's throw Styx, Hall and Oates, and Donovan in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame too.

[Seafroggys]

Heart shouldn't get in the Hall o' Fame on account that they suck and are a bunch of slightly confuzzled sea lions.

**** you, Heart kicks so much ***. I have witnessed spontaneous combustion from people listening to their music, that's how badass they are.

[KKS]

Chicks can get into the rock and roll hall of fame?

[Ollie The Drumming Legend]

No way are ABBA rock n roll...

[Jacaranda]

Well, yeah there are two women in the band, but they far from suck, they have sold millions of records over a 30 year period and are still touring.
so are the stones and they suck.
**** you, Heart kicks so much ***. I have witnessed spontaneous combustion from people listening to their music, that's how badass they are.
combusted because of pussy rock overload.

Chicks can get into the rock and roll hall of fame?
if blacks can i guess they can now. liberal hippies.
No way are ABBA rock n roll...
way more rock then the guess who pussys.

[CommieCanada]

off topic, but sweet avatar ^

i've seen that one haha

[clairvoyant]

The bands who are already eligible and not in, that should be in are...

The Cure (i have NO clue why they didn't get in)
King Crimson
Dire Straits

[Jacaranda]

the stooges. there are tons of bands who aren't in it but will eventually.

[YDload]

ABBA's not a rock and roll band.

i know that hasnt excluded bands in the past, but dammit something should

[Seafroggys]

so are the stones and they suck.


wait.....what?? Aren't you THE Rolling Stones fanboy?

[Jacaranda]

the who?

[Dyslexic Magician]

red hot chili peppers most DEFINATLEY need to get into the hall of fame for ****ing sure.

[Jacaranda]

lol because they are so new and innovative.

[clairvoyant]

lol because they are so new and innovative.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not solely based on innovation and influence. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were probably THE band of 1990s, never really following an exact trend, like U2 they always seemed to be on their own, but always making hit records.

[-1up!-]

Comparing any good band to U2, whatever the criteria, is insult and blasphemy.

Example.

Your friend just got dumped so he's feeling emo about it. And the most intelligent thing you come up with to cheer him up is saying "well at least you're not a crippled, autistic, blind and sexually molested child! Cheer up."

Comparing RHCP to U2 is like comparing a perfectly normal person to a crippled, autistic, blind and sexually molested child.

[Iscariot]

lmao abba

it's the rock and roll hall of fame not the gay talentless boring hall of fame

[Dave de Sylvia]

no pop-punk then

[clairvoyant]

Comparing any good band to U2, whatever the criteria, is insult and blasphemy.

Example.

Your friend just got dumped so he's feeling emo about it. And the most intelligent thing you come up with to cheer him up is saying "well at least you're not a crippled, autistic, blind and sexually molested child! Cheer up."

Comparing RHCP to U2 is like comparing a perfectly normal person to a crippled, autistic, blind and sexually molested child.

Think about it.

Both those bands never really fit into the trends, yet they were always successful. I'm not talking about whether you like them or not, or musical similarities, I'm talking relation to the current musical scene and their success.