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[Homicidalheathen]

...fame. Beasties win I hope!

Madonna, Beastie Boys Nominated For Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

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Afrika Bambaataa, John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, more also being considered for induction.

By Kurt Orzeck

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Take a bow, Madonna, and ch-ch-check it out, Beastie Boys — you've been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In addition to Madge and the Beasties, hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, veteran rocker John Mellencamp, disco queen Donna Summer, jazz/funk band Chic, English-beat group the Dave Clark Five, surf instrumentalists the Ventures and moody singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen are also up for the high honor, it was announced Thursday (September 27).

While nine artists are being considered for inclusion into the Hall, five will be honored at the induction ceremony, to be held March 10 at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Around the same time this year, R.E.M., Van Halen and Grandmaster Flash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with Jay-Z, Eddie Vedder and others helping do the honors.

To be eligible for nomination this year, an artist must have issued their first single or LP no later than 1982.

It was that year, in fact, that Madonna signed a singles deal with Sire Records and put out her first tune, "Everybody," on April 24. Making a huge impact in the clubs as well as on MTV — which launched a year earlier — she became the top female performer of the '80s — and eventually, according to Guinness World Records, the most successful female artist of all time.

While Madge was revving up her career in 1982, so were the Beasties Boys — although at the time, they were a hardcore-punk band (previously named the Young Aborigines), not a hip-hop troupe. The NYC act issued its punk EP, Polly Wog Stew, that year — but then, with the help of producer Rick Rubin, the Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Internal Excellence made the transition into a rap unit. And the rest, they say, is history.

For years, the Beasties have been fighting for their right to party — now they, Madonna and others are fighting for a chance to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[jadnifer]

One question???

Doesnt Jay-Z sing rap music??

Why is he hosting or announcing the winners?

I dont think thats right

[Homicidalheathen]

I dunno......but I don't consider Madonna rock.......so they should call it the music hall of fame or something.....not the rock hall of fame

[jadnifer]

Very good observation...if they are going to put all kinds of music in there...they definitely need to change the name

[Der Nister]

According to the rock and roll hall of fame if my memory serves me correctly - didn't they nominate Aretha Franklin some years ago?

It's all a joke who they put in there and I just ignore the whole damn thing - they have no clue what rock music really is.

Btw - it's a really sad day when you hear one of your fave bands getting airplay on a classic rock station.

[sass_in_the_pants]

The other day I heard some song from U2's Joshua Tree on 94.7

And I ACTUALLY thought 'Huh, WCSX must have changed their format from classic rock to something else'

Um, nope.

It's just the music I like IS classic rock now.

[LuluVox]

LEONARD COHEN FOR THE WIN.

[Shade Everdark]

LEONARD COHEN FOR THE WIN.

How did I know you were going to say something like that?

[DJDeadbeat]

AFRIKA BAMBAATAA! He pratically invented electro and hip hop both.

[Wooleybooley]

the rock and roll hall of fame is located in Ohio.

... that says everything I need to know.

[LuluVox]

How did I know you were going to say something like that?

Because you're super-smart!

And I'm predictable! :D

[Joey Deadcat]

Now how about inducting The Dictators, the late great Hasil Adkins, The Sonics, The Stooges, MC5, and Screaming Lord Sutch?

[the eternal]

I don't know if they'll give Cohen a shot.

He's frickin amazing, but

Everybody knows

that the dice are loaded

Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed

Everybody knows that the war is over

Everybody knows the good guys lost

Everybody knows the fight was fixed

The Madonnas stay famous while the Cohens are nixed

Thats how it goes

Everybody knows

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I say give the Beastie Boys five more years.

No one gave a damn about them until they became rappers in 87.

[LuluVox]

Leonard Cohen was inducted. So was that dizzy ho Madonna.

[Msterbeau]

Leonard Cohen was inducted. So was that dizzy ho Madonna.

She's not a ditzy ho. She's a semi-smart one.

[LuluVox]

She's not a ditzy ho. She's a semi-smart one.

DIZZY HO.