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I don't go to Cleveland anyway so does that count?

I would like to add Journey to that list. I know that they loved/hated by many but you cannot discount their popularity in the late 70's/early 80's, their musical resurgence in pop culture(Sopranos,Glee) , the most downloaded song in history in Don't Stop Believin and the fact that they had two of music histories greatest in singer Steve Perry and guitarist Neal Schon.

The HOF is littered with one hit, no name musical entities that pale in comparison to Journey. I guess if Rolling Stone magazine doesn't find you cool then you likely don't get in.

exactly.

The problem with Rap music is it may be an art form, but not necessarily music. I don't believe oldies and classic music radio stations will be playing Rap music 40 years from now. When you sample music and use vinyl to produce a sound, where is the creativity? Where is the soul? It's basically spoken word rhymes with a groove as a backdrop. The beatnicks were doing that in Greenwich Village in the 1950s. Rap may be OK with the college kids in the dance clubs because it has a groove, but it will never have the effect that the music from Pink Floyd, Beatles, BB King, Staple Singers, or Beach Boys will ever have on the human ears. The BeeGees had a tremendous effect on Disco, yet they are not in the HOF. If we are inducting these artists for the cultural aspect, then let's open the floodgates. Many music historians credit Blondie with the first semblence of Rap with their song "Rapture". Even that song has a melody. Anyway, this is just my opinion. People may disagree. That's OK.