Rock and roll hall of fame

[jbaent]

"Bon Jovi and Moody Blues yet in activity; Dire Straits disbanded in 95. For a band that does not in activity, third is a excellent position"

Exactly.

This is partly my problem.  DS should have been inducted back then and not now.  If they wait much longer they will be inducted posthumously!  Another part of me thinks that I don't really care what other people think and why should they be in the same company as some of the junk that is there already.  Then there is the very likelihood that Mark himself will not like this.

I think I've read that they are elegible from 2003, I don't know why, and I don't know why if they were eligible from 2003, why they weren't until this year...

[Eddie Fox]

"Bon Jovi and Moody Blues yet in activity; Dire Straits disbanded in 95. For a band that does not in activity, third is a excellent position"

Exactly.

This is partly my problem.  DS should have been inducted back then and not now.  If they wait much longer they will be inducted posthumously!  Another part of me thinks that I don't really care what other people think and why should they be in the same company as some of the junk that is there already.  Then there is the very likelihood that Mark himself will not like this.

I think I've read that they are elegible from 2003, I don't know why, and I don't know why if they were eligible from 2003, why they weren't until this year...

Pretty simple, Dire Straits is ‘uncool’. It makes you look good saying Radiohead or Neil Young is cool but try mentioning Dire Straits in front of a smartass critic.

As a person who loves movies I’m experiencing that right now with this director called Taika Waititi, from New Zealand. His movies are pretty dumb and visually flat but he’s ‘cool’, critics love him. If you wanna be accepted just say ‘Taika is a genius’. Go figure.

[cannibals]

https://www.rockhall.com/class-2018-nominees
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2018 FAN VOTE WINNERS:

Bon Jovi
Moody Blues
Dire Straits
The Cars
Judas Priest

Thank you fans for showing your support and voting! Each of the Fan Vote winners will receive an extra vote in the Official Vote. We'll be announcing the official Class of 2018 Inductees on Wednesday, December 13 at 7 a.m. ET. Tune in with us and SiriusXM Volume (channel 106) and hear the news. Scroll down to see the Fan Vote results.

[knopflertom]

So Bon Jovi is the winner. Will the other Bands also be invited or will only one band be chosen?

[jbaent]

I think five of them are inducted when "the more than 900 experts" vote.

[zeta]

For those who still rooting for reunion (like myself)... there ex-members in a one facebook thread. Pretty interesting and sad at the same time.

[Eddie Fox]

I look at Terry saying no and I wonder if he thinks he would be consulted lol

Loved David’s answer. In fact he’s the only one there who’s got the right to say anything about it.

[Pottel]

I look at Terry saying no and I wonder if he thinks he would be consulted lol

Loved David’s answer. In fact he’s the only one there who’s got the right to say anything about it.

Lol

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[Lis]

Loved David’s answer. In fact he’s the only one there who’s got the right to say anything about it.

[dmg]

I look at Terry saying no and I wonder if he thinks he would be consulted lol

Loved David’s answer. In fact he’s the only one there who’s got the right to say anything about it.

Thinking about it, who would be consulted?  Mark and John and...well, that's it really.  The rest were either only there at the start or hired and fired.  It was always Mark's band.  David has ideas above his station - he simply wasn't/isn't good enough.

[Eddie Fox]

I look at Terry saying no and I wonder if he thinks he would be consulted lol

Loved David’s answer. In fact he’s the only one there who’s got the right to say anything about it.

Thinking about it, who would be consulted?  Mark and John and...well, that's it really.  The rest were either only there at the start or hired and fired.  It was always Mark's band.  David has ideas above his station - he simply wasn't/isn't good enough.

I agree with you. When I say David has the right to say something I don't mean he would or should be consulted. I just think that as an original member and being the guy who put the band together he's above Alan or any other musician who's ever been part of DS in some capacity - apart from Mark and John obviously. And his answer was pretty classy. David is a very intelligent individual. I don't agree with most of what he says on his fb page but still, very educated and fluent man.

[jbaent]

I can see the future...

I foresee DK and Alan playing Wild west end at the ceremony as all the rest decline to attend.

And people in Amit will peste about them until kingdom come.

Bets?

[quizzaciously]

I can see the future...

I foresee DK and Alan playing Wild west end at the ceremony as all the rest decline to attend.

And people in Amit will peste about them until kingdom come.

Bets?

I think in such a "great" atmosphere where everybody won't talk with anybody and people slamming each other in songs there'll be no performance at all and who's going to collect the award? I don't know. DS = MK so maybe he should collect it, but so many people thinks DS ≠ MK apparently... That we have what we have.

[rmarques821]

Call me crazy, but for some reason I can see David and Mark perform together again. But I don't think he would play with Alan at all.
So: Mark, John, Guy, David and Pick(?)

Nobody cares about Alan anyway. I've always liked David, he's a good musician and it seems like he has let his resentments with Mark go as time went by.

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[Eddie Fox]

I can see that happening too. And I hope Alan will be there to see it. That would be f*****g awesome