chowhall wrote:Rockwriter wrote:I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, because neither one has any realistic shot whatsoever; at least not while the Hall of Fame is run by the people currently running it. And really, Damn Yankees was a great band of a certain type, but come on people, let's get serious, it's not Hall of Fame material. It's a band with two records, for chrissakes. Successful, but nobody could argue that it's all that important, and it arguably wouldn't have had the success it did have without the past success of the guys involved.
I hope all is well.
Sterling
I don't disagree with anything you wrote, but the Hall has put quite a few acts in the Hall that are basically one hit wonders from the 60's. There are quite a few acts that didn't have one much less 2 albums that actually charted. I can live with the fact Styx will never be in the Hall except for some of the crap they have let in.
That's absolutely true, but if you look at the bands that are in there that aren't justified by real success, the reason they are there is because critics support them. That is not the case with Damn Yankees. Critics hate Styx, hate Night Ranger and hate Nugent, so DY has no shot. Plus the fact that it really is not that important a group, LOL. That's a band that I like but at the same time I can see clearly that it doesn't belong. Hell, as much as I like Styx I'm not sure Styx belongs in the Hall of Fame. There are a lot of bands that should go in way before, like Yes for instance. Styx is way down the list for me even though I obviously like the band a lot. When they put in Yes, Rush, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, KISS, ELP, Humble Pie, Alice Cooper, Linda Ronstadt . . . then we'll talk about Styx, LOL. Plus Wenner will have to die first. Until that happens, Feargal Sharkey has a better shot. Or Falco. Or Tiffany. Or Vanilla Ice.
Sterling
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:13 am
I still love that song. 
