The Rush ROCK AND ROLL Hall of Fame Campaign

[Pryderi]

Why the fuck isn't RUSH in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?????!!!

http://www.petitiononline.com/xanstar/petition.html

To: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

We, the undersigned, as consumers and fans of rock music, wish to see Rush considered for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

We believe that Rush has earned a spot in the Hall of Fame for reasons including, but not limited to, the following:

--Rush has 22 consecutive gold records, and is fourth behind The Beatles, The Stones, and Kiss in all-time gold record acquisitions for a band. Fourteen of those albums have gone platinum.

--Rush has inspired such bands as Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Tragically Hip, Smashing Pumpkins, Primus, Queensryche, and many more.

--Rush's lineup has remained unchanged since their first major tour in 1974.

--Rush has consistently put out records that reflect their own artistic growth and change, without compromising the band's integrity for the sake of sales.

--Rush has a huge, worldwide fanbase.

--Rush has, with the exception of the Test for Echo "Evening with Rush" tour, always toured with opening acts in part to allow said acts the chance to play on "a fairly large tour" (as quoted by Alex Lifeson).

--Outside of Rush, each member has made his own contributions to the world of rock music, through production, outside musical efforts, guest appearances, and so forth.

--Rush consists entirely of men your children can look up to. No scandals, no embarrassing "National Enquirer" moments, nothing like that. Just really good music from generally decent human beings.

We believe that Rush has been sorely overlooked in the United States for far too long by the popular media and the critics. The Hall of Fame was founded to recognize outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of rock music. Inducting Rush will legitimize that claim by recognizing one band in particular that has contributed dramatically to the rock genre while continually preserving its integrity

Sincerely,

[madinmaryland]

1. He is in the Hall of Fame over at Fox News.

:puke:

[Dr. Strange]

2. Some interesting comments

7455. Mentor
I may be 16, but I know good rock when I hear it. Rush deserves more than any other band to be inducted.

14643. Greg Kozarik
If the Mamas and Papas are in, there is no way that Rush shouldn't be in there.

16984. chris
If Elvis Costello can make it, why can't Rush. The Stones made it, and they have NO talent. Get off your a**es and get Rush in you self indulgent tards

20451. CreekDog
I always joke about not liking Rush, but even I know they're fucking awesome!

23241. Paul Whiteside
"Ellooo Cleveland....'elllo??!?" Get a grip and induct this band!

28892. Lee Schaeffer
Without Rush, it's just the Rock & Roll Hall of Lame

[Pryderi]

3. 2009 inductee ceremony is going to be on April 4 in Cleveland. I say we go

protest outside the R&R HOF!

[TZ]

8. poster 20451 is very wise!

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

17. I do not like them in a house

I do not like them with a mouse

:spank:

[CreekDog]

14. Look at this one:

00001. Dr. Strange
I'm a big d****b***

:rofl:

[Dr. Strange]

32. I'm a big drainboom?

Them's fightin' words CreekDog!

I don't normally hit women, but in your case, I'll make an exception!

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Are they changing it to the Hall of Suck?

:evilgrin:

[AlCzervik]

5. hehe.

:fistbump:

[ghostsofgiants]

6. I know I shouldn't pick on Rush, but it's just so fun.

Plus, they suck.

[flvegan]

7. Who?

[TZ]

11. You don't know?

Geddy Lee is Dr. Strange's alter ego..shhhh...he doesn't want to be mobbed by fans here..:silly:

[BeachBaby]

48. Sheesh - just when I was starting to think you were cool.

:rofl: :*

[Pryderi]

9. RUSH fans: Please help put this on the "Greatest" page. TIA!

[jobycom]

41. Stop embarrassing DU, and what's Tia got to do with it?

[no name no slogan]

10. If Rash, er, "Rush" gets in before the Stooges I will PERSONALLY

cockpunch every member of that august voting board.

It's tragic that Ron Asheton won't be there for the Stooges induction this year. It would be doubly tragic if that festering boil on the ass of Canadian music makes it in in my lifetime.

This is the DU member formerly known as Geddy Lee's Jockstrap.

[Pryderi]

12. This is the DU member formerly known as Geddy Lee's Jockstrap.?

[mitchum]

26. The Stooges are still not being inducted this year...

as hard as that is to believe.
It's just criminal.

[ghostsofgiants]

67. Seriously? Wow.

Though honestly, I'm shocked the Velvets are already in there.

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. I don't think they should be in - given the shit that's already in there, they should stay out

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a fucking farce - most of their inductees didn't deserve it or earn it, and far too many bands and musicians who should have been in there from the beginning still aren't.

Fuck the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[Pryderi]

15. Maybe we need a RUSH museum...kinda like Pete Rose had...

[no name no slogan]

16. I won't have you dissing Madonna that way, young man.

You step off.

This is the DU member formerly known as Rick Astley.

[Pryderi]

18. If Madonna's in, then so should Donna Summer.

[no name no slogan]

19. Screw Donna Summer. Rick Astley could kick her ass

This is the DU member formerly known as Rick Astley.

[Pryderi]

20. Gloria Gaynor would kick all y'all's asses.

[no name no slogan]

21. No way. Sylvester could take them all, AND still have time

to cockpunch Chuck Norris.

This is the DU member formerly known as Disco Stu.

[Pryderi]

23. Oh yeah? Try to stop KC and the Sunshine band when they're armed with switchblades

[Amerigo Vespucci]

22. Oh, I'm sorry...I misunderstood when I clicked on this thread...

...I thought it was a campaign to keep them out of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I was thinking "Sign me UP!"

:hide:

:rofl:

[Fire Walk With Me]

24. --Rush's lineup has remained unchanged since their first major tour in 1974.

Was that the year they finally fired Liberace? Phwew. He didn't go quietly, that one.

Also, they fail to make mention that Neal Peart saved Meatwad's life with a drum solo.

(I do like me some Rush.)

[Dr. Strange]

28. I loved the album...

where they decapitated the starting lineup of the Red Wings.
And then Neil made a drum set out of the skulls. Oh, baby.

Good times, good times.

[Fire Walk With Me]

31. Sounds like medical advice, "Dr.".

Which you know is against the forum rules. Just sayin'.

[mitchum]

25. Because they neither rock nor roll?

[Pryderi]

29. Neither do PINK FLOYD OR THE GRATEFUL DEAD!

[Jetboy]

42. The Dead at least wandered into the genre

occasionally. "The Golden Road" is a fantastic rock-n-roll song.

[Swede]

27. Done.

They belong there.

[Jetboy]

30. KISS is 3rd in all-time gold record acquisitions!

Told y'all they were the next Beatles! I'm sure Rush will get in right after KISS.

Of course the place should be burned unless they induct the greatest rock-n-roll band of all time, the New York Dolls!

[muriel_volestrangler]

72. That could be the most appalling thing I've heard since Bush was in power

It must show the record-buying public has an average IQ of under 90.

[Pryderi]

33. Alphabetical list of inductees:

a

AC/DC
Paul Ackerman
Aerosmith
The Allman Brothers Band
The Animals
Louis Armstrong
Chet Atkins
b

LaVern Baker
Hank Ballard
The Band
Frank Barsalona
Dave Bartholomew
Ralph Bass
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Bee Gees
Benny Benjamin
Chuck Berry
Black Sabbath
Chris Blackwell
Hal Blaine
Bobby “Blue” Bland
Blondie
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Booker T. and the M.G.’s
David Bowie
Charles Brown
James Brown
Ruth Brown
Jackson Browne
Buffalo Springfield
Solomon Burke
James Burton
The Byrds
c

Johnny Cash
Ray Charles
Leonard Chess
Charlie Christian
Eric Clapton
Dick Clark
The Clash
The Coasters
Eddie Cochran
Leonard Cohen
Nat “King” Cole
Sam Cooke
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Floyd Cramer
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby Stills and Nash
King Curtis
d

Bobby Darin
The Dave Clark Five
Clive Davis
Miles Davis
The Dells
Bo Diddley
Dion
Willie Dixon
Fats Domino
Tom Donahue
The Doors
Steve Douglas
The Drifters
Bob Dylan
e

The Eagles
Earth, Wind & Fire
Duane Eddy
Nesuhi Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun
The Everly Brothers
f

Leo Fender
The Flamingos
Fleetwood Mac
The Four Seasons
The Four Tops
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
Aretha Franklin
Alan Freed
g

Milt Gabler
Marvin Gaye
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Bill Graham
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
The Grateful Dead
Al Green
Woody Guthrie
Buddy Guy
h

Bill Haley
John Hammond
George Harrison
Isaac Hayes
Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss
Billie Holiday
Holland, Dozier and Holland
Buddy Holly
John Lee Hooker
i

The Impressions
The Ink Spots
The Isley Brothers
j

Mahalia Jackson
Michael Jackson
The Jackson Five
James Jamerson
Etta James
Elmore James
Jefferson Airplane
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Billy Joel
Little Willie John
Elton John
Johnnie Johnson
Robert Johnson
Janis Joplin
Louis Jordan
k

Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
B. B. King
The Kinks
Gladys Knight and the Pips
l

Lead Belly
Led Zeppelin
Brenda Lee
John Lennon
Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Richard
Little Walter
Lovin’ Spoonful
Lynyrd Skynyrd
m

Madonna
The Mamas and the Papas
Bob Marley
Martha and the Vandellas
George Martin
Curtis Mayfield
Paul McCartney
Clyde McPhatter
John Mellencamp
Joni Mitchell
Bill Monroe
The Moonglows
Scotty Moore
Van Morrison
Jelly Roll Morton
n

Syd Nathan
Ricky Nelson
o

The O’Jays
Roy Orbison
The Orioles
Mo Ostin
Johnny Otis
p

Earl Palmer
Parliament-Funkadelic
Les Paul
Carl Perkins
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Sam Phillips
Wilson Pickett
Pink Floyd
Gene Pitney
The Platters
The Police
Doc Pomus
Elvis Presley
The Pretenders
Lloyd Price
Prince
Professor Longhair
q

Queen
r

Ma Rainey
Bonnie Raitt
Ramones
Otis Redding
Jimmy Reed
R.E.M.
Righteous Brothers
Smokey Robinson
Jimmie Rodgers
The Rolling Stones
The Ronettes
s

Sam and Dave
Santana
Pete Seeger
Bob Seger
Sex Pistols
Del Shannon
The Shirelles
Paul Simon
Simon and Garfunkel
Percy Sledge
Sly and the Family Stone
Bessie Smith
Patti Smith
The Soul Stirrers
Phil Spector
Dusty Springfield
Bruce Springsteen
The Staple Singers
Steely Dan
Seymour Stein
Rod Stewart
Jim Stewart
The Supremes
t

Talking Heads
James Taylor
The Temptations
Allen Toussaint
Traffic
Big Joe Turner
Ike and Tina Turner
u

U2
v

Ritchie Valens
Van Halen
The Velvet Underground
The Ventures
Gene Vincent
w

T-Bone Walker
Dinah Washington
Muddy Waters
Jann S. Wenner
Jerry Wexler
The Who
Hank Williams
Jackie Wilson
Howlin’ Wolf
Stevie Wonder
y

Jimmy Yancey
The Yardbirds
Neil Young
The (Young) Rascals
z

ZZ Top
Frank Zappa
http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/alphabetical-list/

[Dr. Strange]

34. A math question.

Does anyone know what 2²x3x5x521 is?

[TZ]

35. 31260

BABY hit me one more time.....yo Creek Puppy...:P
(see if he can figure this out)

[motely36]

37. I can't

x(

[TZ]

39. here's a hint...

this post is also relevant..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8439567&mesg_id=8439661

[Dr. Strange]

38. What is the sum of the 23rd, 18th, 7th, 5th, and 2nd Fibonacci numbers?

I.e. if F_n denotes the n^th Fibonacci number, what is
F₂₃ + F₁₈ + F₇ + F₅ + F₂?

[CreekDog]

51. Gone thermonuclear have you?

:nuke:

:spank:

[TZ]

52. figured it out have you?

"I want to have their babies"...:rofl: BTW..you should blame doc strange for that one..he just clued me in privately!

[CreekDog]

54. i didn't think you would do that

i did think you would laugh at it :eyes:

that's not what bothered me. it was going to that Rush petition site in the first place. :eyes:

but i'll go back once more. :evilgrin:

[Dr. Strange]

59. I'm predicting a high-scoring Super Bowl.

31 to 60

[CreekDog]

60. i'm predicting...

:evilgrin:

[Symarip]

36. "Rush has a huge, worldwide fanbase."

I work in a cubicle. Stop making me laugh so hard.

[jobycom]

40. They will be inducted alongside William Shatner and Barney

when they open the junior varsity wing, for those acts with horrid vocals, pedantic lyrics, unimaginative music, and huge fan bases who feel enlightened by Ayn Rand philosophical ramblings phrased in junior high level rhyming profundity.

[TZ]

44. Paging Dr. Strange! Stat! Code Blue!

We have a patient in critical musical condition...:P

[jobycom]

45. Oh, did I hit the patient too hard? Don't worry, Rush and music are polar opposites

so the patient will recover. :)

[TZ]

47. I'm beginning to sense a pattern here..

Jobycom hates Rush, loves the Cowboys. Madinmaryland hates Rush loves the Cowboys...hmm...Nice tin ear Tony Romo! :P

[BeachBaby]

50. The Cowpie religion

has an indoctrination all its own.

[jobycom]

64. So Cowboy fans have better taste in music? Rather, we have taste in music?

Face it, Rush is just Journey with worse lyrics and a better drummer.

[TZ]

65. I like Journey too!

So PFFFFFFFFT!!!!
:hi:

[jobycom]

66. LOL! I surrender!

:rofl:

[mitchum]

43. Maybe their good friend Howard Roark will design them their own building

[Bake]

46. Douchebag Hall of Fame, perhaps.

But NOT Rock ...

:rofl:

Bake

[BeachBaby]

49. Rush effin ROCKS.

Unprecedented drum talent. UNPRECEDENTED.

That. Is. All.

[flvegan]

55. Yes, the drums are well played.

The rest...not so much.

This is the DU member formerly known as Geddy Lee eats poop.

[BeachBaby]

57. Well, I kinda have a thing for drummers.

Muscular arms, sweat.....HUBBA.

[ghostsofgiants]

68. Peart's drumming is just as soulless as the rest.

"Ooooohh, look at me, I have a million-piece set and play in 129.2/34 time, I'M AMAZING!"

Fuck that.

[TZ]

74. My stepdad is a drummer

and he thinks Peart is the most amazing drummer he's ever heard..but of course he's probably soulless too...:P

[ghostsofgiants]

75. Peart is very technically skilled, there's no question...

But listening to him play bores me to tears, much like the rest of Rush, but it was hearing him try to imitate Buddy Rich at a tribute show that made me realize just how soulless his drumming really is. It's so sterile and lacking in personality.

[BeachBaby]

78. My ex-boyfriend is a drummer.

He is actually VERY good. And Peart is his idol.

I would hang out at the boyfriend's house and do my homework while he practiced - he would listen to Peart's drum solos, and then try it on his own, over and over and over....so I got to hear A LOT of Peart.

The boyfriend would be dripping in sweat in about 10 minutes from doing Peart solos - it was quite the workout for him. There are a lot of terms I could use to describe Peart's drumming, but "boring"? Um, no. :)

[av8rdave]

53. Signed!

About %$#@ing time someone got a petition going!

[CreekDog]

56. 2 recommends for this? I take it they are from Dr. Strange and Mrs. Hyde

:eyes:

[Dr. Strange]

58. Ooh, thanks for reminding me.

That makes 3.

[LynneSin]

69. already recommended it myself

:woohoo:

[TZ]

61. Oh make that four

Can I assume I'm Mrs. Hyde? :rofl:

[CreekDog]

62. I never said you weren't smart

but i dunno about the company you keep. :hide: :rofl:

[harmonicon]

63. the rock and roll hall of fame is a fucking joke

nothing is less rock and roll than a rock and roll hall of fame. So, who fucking cares? The Snowdog kicks Bytor's ass either way.

[MilesColtrane]

70. Because they actually wrote a song called "By-Tor and the Snow Dog"?

And, because Geddy Lee sounds like he's been huffing helium?

He is a bad ass on the bass though.

[Fire Walk With Me]

71. There is still time for one, and only one, lucky DUer to select the new user name

Sings Like Geddy.

[muriel_volestrangler]

73. Prog rock is anathema to the Hall of Fame

Note that King Crimson (or Robert Fripp), the Moody Blues, Yes, Genesis (or Peter Gabriel) and Emerson, Lake and Palmer aren't in there either. Queen and Pink Floyd skirted on the edge of prog rock, but managed to do enough out side it to be acceptable.

Dire Straits isn't there either. The band that launched the CD? Wow.

[distantearlywarning]

76. Signed, Kicked, & Heartily Recommended! n/t

[TZ]

77. hmmm

Your screenname seems somehow familiar and appropriate to this thread..
:thumbsup:

[distantearlywarning]

79. Indeed.

;-)