jj325: Alice CooperThe Doobie Brothers sits at home and ABBA gets inducted.

FTFY. Oh, and here's something that'll bring joy to the children. You know they'll get Lady GaGa and Adam Lambert to replace the missing two singers of ABBA.

cretinbob: Big Country Sly Snoodles sits at home and ABBA gets inducted.

_{/Stuart Adams is dead anyway :(}

subby? Why would ABBA be lip synching?

I used to listen to Voulez-Vous
but it didn't do me any good at all.
And I once listened to Waterloo
But it didn't teach me nothing I recall.
And The Visitors you would have thought would hold some key
but it didn't and neither did the Ring Ring.
In The Greatest Hits I hoped to find some clue
I listened to it from nine till six
Heard both volumes through
But it didn't teach me nothing about life's mystery.
I just kept getting older, it got more difficult to see.
Till eventually me ears opened and I listened to Alice Cooper
And though I may be down right now at least I'm holier-than-thou

jj325: Alice Cooper Half of ABBA sits at home and ABBA gets inducted.

"Bjorn Ulvaeus can't go because of a family event and Agnetha Faltskog 'doesn't like to fly'."

(Insert any eligible band) sits at home and ABBA gets inducted.

Well I guess the winner does take it all.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has a pretty loose interpretation of rock and roll, don't they?

jj325: Alice Cooper Ken sits at home and ABBA gets inducted.

CarnySaur: "Bjorn Ulvaeus can't go because of a family event and Agnetha Faltskog 'doesn't like to fly'."

aka "They absolutely hate each other's guts"

One of the more ugly and bitter breakups in popular music history.

deathon2legs: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has a pretty loose interpretation of rock and roll, don't they?

Unless it's jazz (or maybe some form of electronic dance), it's all pop(ular) music. From country to metal ... 3 versus, a chorus and a bridge. The same shiat reheated, tricked up and window dressed in different ways.

InmanRoshi: deathon2legs: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has a pretty loose interpretation of rock and roll, don't they?

Unless it's jazz (or maybe some form of electronic dance), it's all pop(ular) music. From country to metal ... 3 versus, a chorus and a bridge. The same shiat reheated, tricked up and window dressed in different ways.

"3 verses, a chorus and a bridge." From country to metal.

I don't recall Black Sabbath (the song) having a chorus... and it was written in a 16-bar blues standard... like 90% of Metal as a whole... bridges? There's bridges? No. Generally those are either simple fills or doublets.

But, mainly, it's because blues standard = metal. 3 chords = folk. Where most of original rock comes from - punk included (with exceptions...).

Popular and Intermediary Musicologists (that's the proper term) have known for years that Metal's birth in the Second British Invasion was far more of a breakthrough than contemporary Rock n' Roll (which was white dudes ripping off black guys). When it started to evolve, by and large it did so in "pairs" that were refractions of the original method. see list:

Led Zeppelin / Black Sabbath (Traditional Heavy Metal)
Iron Maiden / Judas Priest (New Wave of British Heavy Metal, also called "The Third Invasion" back then.)
Bad Brains / Misfits (Hardcore - although there are DOZENS of examples, these two are the most polarizing - substituted, also, with "D.O.A. / Dr. Know".)
Metallica / Slayer (Thrash Metal)
Dream Theater / Manowar (Epic Metal - specifically in the tradition of the Epics.)
Celtic Frost / Hellhammer (Nascent Death Metal and Black Metal)
Death / Obituary (Modern Death Metal)
Cannibal Corpse / Suffocation (Grindcore Death Metal - aural gore porn.)
Emperor / Immortal (Modern Black Metal - NOTE: by this same process of thought, "Dimmu Borgir / Cradle of Filth" could be placed as "Symphonic Black Metal".)
Korn / Deftones ("Nu-Metal" - yeah, it counts. Sadly.)

Metal is the great blender of music: so long as it can fit in the 4/4 16-bar standard anything can be integrated with it. Although symphonic tendencies are the most prevalent example heard, punk plays an extremely large part of the modern sound. Numerous other posits can be made about the guitar influence versus the drum influence - but that would take forever to list and compare.

InmanRoshi 2010-03-13 11:05:38 AM
CarnySaur: "Bjorn Ulvaeus can't go because of a family event and Agnetha Faltskog 'doesn't like to fly'."

aka "They absolutely hate each other's guts"

One of the more ugly and bitter breakups in popular music history.

Yeah, but any idea why? From reading the articles about 'no reunionss' overr the years, it's obvious they hate each other but I've never seen an story that explains why they do.

douchebag/hater: Yeah, but any idea why? From reading the articles about 'no reunionss' overr the years, it's obvious they hate each other but I've never seen an story that explains why they do.

Four members. 2 girls, 2 guys. They partner up. 2 marriages and consequently 2 ugly divorces. Plus, the girls are catty and competitive with each other (they deny it now). Although, the 2 guys (who were actually the songwriters) are on good terms and collaborated on Momma Mia.

Abba isn't Rock and Roll anyways.

InmanRoshi: CarnySaur: "Bjorn Ulvaeus can't go because of a family event and Agnetha Faltskog 'doesn't like to fly'."

aka "They absolutely hate each other's guts"

One of the more ugly and bitter breakups in popular music history.

At the time they split up, they swore they just "drifted apart" or some other excuse that was safe as milk. Also, Agnetha had a very hard time with the pregnancy and birth of the couple's second child. Since Bjorn wanted more children, the marriage reached the point of no return.

After the split, Agnetha had a fling with Andy Gibb. Feel free to gag now.

Alice Cooper The Revolting Cocks sits at home and ABBA gets inducted.

In a world where ABBA, Mettallica, Neil Young, and Blondie are IN the "hall of fame" and Alice Cooper, Rush, and Tina Turner (who solo has sold probably 20X the records) (yes, 'Ike and Tina Turner', not just Tina (George Harrison is in solo and with the Beatles)....

meh...

Don't get me started on U2 being in there... (and REM).... aaargh

John Buck 41: ParadisePornoTheater: InmanRoshi: CarnySaur: "Bjorn Ulvaeus can't go because of a family event and Agnetha Faltskog 'doesn't like to fly'."

aka "They absolutely hate each other's guts"

One of the more ugly and bitter breakups in popular music history.

At the time they split up, they swore they just "drifted apart" or some other excuse that was safe as milk. Also, Agnetha had a very hard time with the pregnancy and birth of the couple's second child. Since Bjorn wanted more children, the marriage reached the point of no return.

After the split, Agnetha had a fling with Andy Gibb. Feel free to gag now.

Victoria Principal did him too. I'm now imagining being in the middle of an Agnetha/Victoria sandwich.

Sounds like fun, mister! ** grinning **

Yep, who could forget the Victoria thing? People on YouTube haven't.

loral: and Tina Turner (who solo has sold probably 20X the records) (yes, 'Ike and Tina Turner', not just Tina

Not even close, for a time, ABBA was the biggest selling group on the planet. ABBA only ranks behind the The Beatles, Elvis and Michael Jackson in record sales. They sold over 350 million records.

jj325: Alice Cooper The Monkees/a-ha/ELO sit at home and ABBA gets inducted.

WhyteRaven74: subby? Why would ABBA be lip synching?

Subby is old? Abba lip-synched Waterloo on SNL at the dawn of time.

I'm disappointed by ABBA not being together for this; however, what's a real tragedy? I read the link at the bottom of TFA and noted that Peter Gabriel probably wouldn't be there to perform with the rest of the group.

I also read on the BBC today that two of the remaining Hollies' members wouldn't be there either.

It's (and I know it's not a good comparison, but it's what I have at the moment) like winning NCAA tourney and the shooting guard and small forward step up to cut the net and take the trophy while the point guard and center are doing something else.

Oh well, I guess in the grand scheme maybe not such a big deal...

:: inserts her two coppers ::

Alice Cooper The Beatles sit at home and ABBA gets inducted.

Alice Cooper The Beatles Wings sit at home and ABBA gets inducted.

Is Yes in the hall of fame?

And I am disappointed that ABBA isn't reuniting. The excuses seem weak.