{"id":1699,"date":"2008-09-23T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-12-17T21:59:11","modified_gmt":"2008-12-17T21:59:11","slug":"2009-rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/2009-rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees-a\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Rock &#8216;n Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced: Let the Haughty Whining Begin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/Earth250x250.swf\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/Earth250x250.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <strong>Rock &#8216;n Roll Hall of Fame<\/strong> has announced its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockhall.com\/induction2009\" target=\"_blank\">nominees<\/a> for possible induction in 2009. A lucky 5 of the following will be elected by more than 500 voters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jeff Beck<\/li>\n<li>Chic<\/li>\n<li>Wanda Jackson<\/li>\n<li>Little Anthony and the Imperials<\/li>\n<li>Metallica<\/li>\n<li>Run-D.M.C.<\/li>\n<li>The Stooges<\/li>\n<li>War<\/li>\n<li>Bobby Womack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I <em>know<\/em> you&#8217;re excited!<\/p>\n<p>Those of you who&#8217;ve bitched about the exclusion of The Stooges, will you be happy if they&#8217;re finally inducted?<\/p>\n<p>Those of you who have felt that disco and other forms of dance music have been overlooked, is the induction of Chic your key hope for the Class of 2009?<\/p>\n<p>Fans of Jeff Beck, who&#8217;s already in the HoF as part of <strong>The Yardbirds<\/strong>, do you even scratch your head and say <em>Huh?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Will <strong>Metallica&#8217;s therapist<\/strong> be recognized as part of the band&#8217;s inevitable induction ceremony?<\/p>\n<p>I can tell you that Mr. Mod&#8217;s main concern and rooting interest is whether War, if elected for induction, will also recognize its <em>Eric Burdon and War<\/em> roots.<\/p>\n<p><em>Previously: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2008\/04\/04\/rock_town_hall_interviews_curator\">Rock Town Hall Interviews the Rock &#8216;n Roll Hall of Fame&#8217;s Curator.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rock &#8216;n Roll Hall of Fame has announced its nominees for possible induction in 2009. A lucky 5 of the following will be elected by more than 500 voters: Jeff Beck Chic Wanda Jackson Little Anthony and the Imperials Metallica Run-D.M.C. The Stooges War Bobby Womack I know you&#8217;re excited! Those of you who&#8217;ve <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/2009-rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees-a\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[110],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}