Saturday, March 26, 2016

Tim's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Week #3

Posted by Tim

Listed below are my choices for who gets BOOTED out of the RRHOF and who goes into my very own, TRRHOF for the years 1996 - 2000:



The REAL Rock and Roll Hall of Fame makes this WAY too easy for me!


OUT (of the RRHOF) - The Velvet Underground...GONE! BYE BYE! And don't let the door hit you in the back-side too hard! This is another one where I can't think of one well known song by the Velvet Underground; that is, until Dennis, my official TRRHOF "Consultant" brought it to my attention that they were known for the song, Sweet Jane. One song. Whoopee!


They had very little commercial success.
Their claim to fame is one of their album covers has a painting of banana by Andy Warhol.
They were very influential on Punk and Alternative rock. (Barf!)

In summary, one noteworthy song and a famous album cover! Would somebody call the RRHOF and ask WHO made this call???

IN (to the TRRHOF)
- War...IN! 


11 top 40 hits and 6 top 10 hits during the 70s era! Look at this list of great songs!

All Day Music
Slippin into Darkness
The World Is A Ghetto
The Cisco Kid
Me And Baby Brother
Why Can't We Be Friends
Low Rider
Summer
City Country City
AND if you count Spill The Wine with Eric Burden, you definitely have a lead pipe cinch Hall of Fame group!!!

War put out some outstanding music and come on, you have to admit...a MUCH more worthy group for Hall of Fame induction than the Velvet Underground, It isn't even arguable. Don't you agree? War has been proudly inducted into the TRRHOF!!!


Chime in below with your thoughts! DI can take some constructive criticism! 

Here's the link to help you double check the Hall of Fame inductees for yourself!

https://rockhall.com/inductees/byyear/

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Tim's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Week #2


Posted by Tim

Listed below are my choices for who gets KICKED OUT of the RRHOF and who gets duly inducted in the TRRHOF for the years 1991-1996:

This is an easy one!

OUT (of the RRHOF) - Frank Zappa...GONE!!! I can't think of one Zappa song that I like or that became a notable hit! He's more well known for naming his children Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva Muffin.

IN (to the TRRHOF)
- Three Dog Night...IN! 21  top 10 hits from 1969-76, 10 top 10 hits, 3 #1 hits (Mama Told Me Not to Come, Joy to the World, Black and White).  


How could anyone disagree with this? I'm putting Three Dog Night in my TRRHOF! No matter how much you might like Frank Zappa, you know I'm right about this!

Chime in below with your thoughts! I can take some constructive criticism! 

Here's the link to help you double check the Hall of Fame inductees for yourself!

https://rockhall.com/inductees/byyear/
  

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Tim's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Week #1

Can we trust the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
to this man?
"CoolVibe" Tim
Posted by Tim:
First things first, Thanks for listening to our CoolVibe program sponsored, of course by Vicksburg Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram. Please keep them in mind when you're in need of a vehicle! 

Welcome to the first installment of Tim's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (aka TRRHOF) my view of who should be in and who should be OUT! This idea has been on my mind for a long time! After many years of being outraged at some of the performers who have been inducted and equally outraged about some of the performers who have NOT been inducted, I have decided to take action!!!  ;-)  I am busy assembling my own Hall of Fame list of performers and I am going to boot several current inductees right out of the RRHOF who have absolutely no business being there! I have confidence in CoolVibe listeners and believe that many of you will agree with the performers I plan to bounce, including performers that I plan to add.

The real Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF) consists of several inductee categories including Performers, Early Influences, Lifetime Achievement as well as others. For our purposes in this exercise of fun and frolic,  I will only be addressing the Performer category. The 2016 inductee class marks the 31st year of inductees. 

Come Back Each Week
Each week, I will post five-year periods of inductees revealing who stays and who goes (from TRRHOF).  You'll see over the next several weeks that whenever I bounce a current inductee, I'll add one of my own inductees who have been completely neglected over the years and worthy of being enshrined in the RRHOF!

At the conclusion of my multi-week evaluations, the list of neglected performers will open up to all of you! Think of some suggested performers for induction into the TRRHOF! These should be performers who in your opinion, have been long overlooked and deserve to be in the real RRHOF! So put on your thinking cap and feel free at ANY time to comment below or make your suggestions for whom you think would be worthy inductees OR you can e-mail your suggested inductees if you wish, to me at: coolvibe101@gmail.com. Needless to say, I will, take them into consideration for our final list!

Always keep in mind, Tim's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is a way to have some good fun and spark some comments and conversation about our favorite subject: Rock & Roll and the TRRHOF! I hope you'll enjoy it all in good cheer and not take it too seriously! (Hint: I have a tremendous sense of humor, so work with me!) Case in point; Dennis is my official "Consultant"; Ha Ha!  Welcome to the conversation and fun! 

For your convenience and reference, here is the official RRHOF web page listing the inductees by year. Double check to make sure that any inductee you might suggest is not already enshrined  in the Cleveland museum:

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And now, my thoughts about the 1986 thru 1990 list of inductees:

The RRHOF inductees during these first five years are all good to go as I see it. I'll let them stay!!! See if you don't agree with me! Click on the link above and take a look for yourself. Is someone there unworthy? Let me know!