
"Harmless" Dave, who runs The Real Music Observer YouTube channel, made a video last night from an article he saw on the website BestClassicBands.com called Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame: 100 Crucial Omissions. Turns out there’s a Part 2 as well. I thought it would be an interesting exercise to go through both lists over the coming weeks and months and play a song from each of the artists listed. Here are the first five artists just to get us started, along with what Best Classical Bands has to say about them.
- The Association, "Along Comes Mary": Their ballads “Cherish” and “Never My Love” are among the most played songs in history. And “Along Comes Mary” is another classic.
- Bad Company, "Can’t Get Enough": Singer Paul Rodgers should also be in for the band Free, but we’ll settle for these crunching blues-rockers.
- Badfinger, "No Matter What": They have a tragic story but such great songs—and Beatle-approved, too.
- Blood Sweat & Tears, "And When I Die": Along with Chicago, they kick-started the horn-rock genre of the late ’60s and early ’70s.
- Blue Öyster Cult, "Godzilla": Hard-rock meets prog with lots of pre-punk attitude.
I’ll do the next ten on the list on Monday for Monday’s Music Moves Me. That’s Five For Friday, May 6, 2022.
I enjoyed all of these and am a bit surprised they are not in the museum…weird when Dolly Parton is in despite her saying she shouldn’t be there.
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There are a number of good bands and solo performers that deserve to be part of the Hall of Fame. Another ten coming your way tomorrow. Stay tuned.
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I always liked The Association. Great groups in your Five for Friday.
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I can’t see a case against any of these bands being in the RRHOF. There are plenty more coming, so stay tuned.
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Me neither and I look forward to more.
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For some reason, the cover picture and the sound of “The Association” reminded me of “The Beatles”
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I can see that… And they were all from the same era, so the sound is similar…
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