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It isn't the American R&R Hall of Fame. It is the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame. Any band can be inducted. It just happens to be based in the
US. Yes, the Shadows have earned it. So many bands have but will never
be recognized. Writing great songs should get a person in but that is
rarely the case. The Rock and Roll HOF is a board made of people
playing politics. Whoever sales records and still moves a good amount
of records will make it in. Ultimately it doesn't matter. Good music
will live on despite being in a HOF for music. The HOF is just a
gigantic tourist trap.
A HOF for such a wide range of music is impossible to run and still
accomendate all of those who qualify and should be in.
If there were a Instrumental Surf Rock Hall of Fame then there would
be no questions on the bands who would be inducted.
--- In , bruce d <wizzbangg2003@y...> wrote:
> Onto the question of The Shadows vs The Ventures -
>
> Jacob - your preferences aside, how in the world would one possibly
expect to see an act that was never promoted, never played on US
Top-40 Radio, and never sold more than a handful of records in the
U.S. - be inducted into an American Rock Hall of Fame?
>
> Have The Shadows earned it? Jacob, help me out here, I can't
remember, when was The Shadows' last U.S. Tour? Or how many times and
engagaements did they ever play in the U.S.?
>
> Bruce D
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> jacobdobner <jacobdobner@y...> wrote:
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> Enither the Chantays or The Surfaris have been inducted into the Rock
> and Roll Hall of Fame. Good call. Both of those bands along with the
> Ventures are under 500 most important songs of all-time. But none of
> them are inducted.
>
> I prefer the Shadows of the Ventures any day. I think the Shadows
> should get in first. The Shadows wrote many more songs themselves. The
> Ventures sure did a lot of covers. Granted they wrote some great ones
> like Surf Rider. And whenever I look at a ventures albums I see a lot
> of Shadows covers.
>
> --- In , bruce d <wizzbangg2003@y...>
wrote:
> >
> > There's also a question of due-recognition and of the Hall of Fame
> being fair and accurate in such recognition. Many people have
> forgotten the name of the band, (The Chantays) who first recorded the
> song "Pipeline", but they got their induction into the R&R Hall of
> Fame, years ago, and were cited as having written and recorded one of
> the most influential Instrumental tunes of all time. Likewise the
> Surfaris, with "Wipe-Out".
> >
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