HOF nominations for 2013

**The Flying Mouse** · 21 Jan 2013, 17:27

OK folks, your nominations have been collected.
If you sent 10 nominations I used 10 nominations. There’s been a bit of duplication (as you can see from the list of nominations) so we needed those extra names to make this a little more interesting.
I’ve been able to tailor my own noms a little (but not very much) to give us the nice round number of 50 names in the hat.

So, your nominees to be the first inductees to the mlukfc Legends Hall Of Fame are...................

AC/DC
(Melon)

Aerosmith
(SexyeyesJo, Boston Angel)

Anthrax
(Boston Angel)

Trace Atkins
(Wario)

Steve Barton
(Flying Mouse)

The Beatles
(Julie in The RVM, Chairboys)

Roy Bittan
(AndyK)

Black Sabbath
(Julie in RVM)

The Blues Brothers
(Flying Mouse)

Bon Jovi
(Melon, SexyeyesJo, Wario, Boston Angel)

Joe Cocker
(Flying Mouse)

Alice Cooper
(Melon, SexyeyesJo)

Neil Diamond
(Jenna G)

Ronnie James Dio
(Chairboys)

Bob Dylan
(Chairboys)

Fleetwood Mac
(Melon)

Florence And The Machine
(Melon)

Guns ‘N’ Roses
(SexyeyesJo, Boston Angel, Flying Mouse)

Jimi Hendrix
(Chairboys)

Billy Joel
(Wario)

Elton John
(Wario, Julie in RVM, Chairboys)

Tom Jones
(Melon)

BB King
(Chairboys)

John Lennon
(Melon)

Led Zeppelin
(Melon, Julie in RVM, Boston Angel, Chairboys)

Lynard Skynard
(Wario)

Phil Lynott
(AndyK)

Brian May
(Flying Mouse)

Imelda May
(Jenna G)

Motley Crue
(Boston Angel)

Roy Orbison
(Melon, SexyeyesJo, Flying Mouse)

Pink Floyd
(Julie In RVM, Chairboys, Boston Angel)

Elvis Presley
(Melon, Chairboys)

Queen
(Wario, Jenna G, Boston Angel)

The Rolling Stones
(Julie in RVM)

Todd Rundgren
(Boston Angel)

Rush
(Julie In RVM)

Santana
(Boston Angel)

Snow Patrol
(Jenna G)

Spice Girls
(Chairboys)

Bruce Springsteen
(Wario, AndyK, Julie In RVM)

Status Quo
(Jenna G)

Tenacious D
(Wario)

The Travelling Wilburys
(Flying Mouse)

Twisted Sister
(Wario)

Bonnie Tyler
(Flying Mouse)

Van Halen
(Julie In RVM)

Eddie Van Halen (as an individual)
(AndyK)

Whitesnake
(AndyK)

The Who
(Julie In RVM)

Paul Williams
(Wario)

I’ll start threads for each of our nominations so folks can make their for/against cases.
Those threads will be open for one week, and then i’ll ask folks next monday to start posting here who their top 20 are.

chairboys · 21 Jan 2013, 17:48

Just for the record, Led Zep were one of my nominations. Come on number cruncher!

**The Flying Mouse** · 21 Jan 2013, 17:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by chairboys

Just for the record, Led Zep were one of my nominations. Come on number cruncher!

Sorry bout that.

Good catch

chairboys · 21 Jan 2013, 17:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

Sorry bout that.

Good catch

I don't think I read the rules properly as I included an excluded nomination!
If it's not too late to rectify this may I add Ronnie James Dio to the list (not sure why I overlooked him initially?) Pretty please.

**The Flying Mouse** · 21 Jan 2013, 18:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by chairboys

I don't think I read the rules properly as I included an excluded nomination!
If it's not too late to rectify this may I add Ronnie James Dio to the list (not sure why I overlooked him initially?) Pretty please.

The rules say no.

Ronnie James Dio says yes.

Ronnie James Dio wins

I'll allow that as a last minute entry, taking the total to 51.

Paul Richardson · 21 Jan 2013, 23:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

Paul Williams
(Wario)

I knew it !

chairboys · 22 Jan 2013, 11:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

The rules say no.

Ronnie James Dio says yes.

Ronnie James Dio wins

I'll allow that as a last minute entry, taking the total to 51.

Thank you.

Wario · 22 Jan 2013, 15:29

Surprised billy Joel didn't get at least another nomination....

chairboys · 22 Jan 2013, 16:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wario

Surprised billy Joel didn't get at least another nomination....

He was certainly on my shortlist, but was pipped to the post by the Spice Girls.

**The Flying Mouse** · 22 Jan 2013, 19:21

BTW folks, has anyone got any opinions of how many noms should be inducted this first year?

I'm thinking either 20 or 25.
Thoughts please?

MarkS · 22 Jan 2013, 19:41

20, keep an even number

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chairboys · 22 Jan 2013, 19:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

BTW folks, has anyone got any opinions of how many noms should be inducted this first year?

I'm thinking either 20 or 25.
Thoughts please?

Not too many! Needs to be an elite club. Have you measured the square footage of the hall?
I'm thinking between 5 and 10. Nice and cosy.

**The Flying Mouse** · 22 Jan 2013, 20:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by chairboys

Not too many! Needs to be an elite club. Have you measured the square footage of the hall?
I'm thinking between 5 and 10. Nice and cosy.

I'm only thinking of such a high number as 20-25 for the first year to get our HOF established.
I think it also has the benefit of getting a few of the "has got to be in" nominations inducted so we can branch out with a little more variety in the future.

Next year we can reduce the ammount of inductees to the top 3-5 (or even start some categories if there's enough interest).

That's how I see this working, but i'm still happy to hear suggestions and go with the majority

chairboys · 22 Jan 2013, 20:13

I believe it should be tough to enlisted.
In fact, 3-5 is probably better.

duke knooby · 22 Jan 2013, 20:23

spice girls

**The Flying Mouse** · 22 Jan 2013, 20:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by duke knooby

spice girls

I don't pick em, I just post em.

Would you also believe that I received one nomination for myself?

You'd believe it if I told you I was nominated by the same person who nominated the Spice Girls

Julie in the rv mirror · 22 Jan 2013, 22:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

I'm only thinking of such a high number as 20-25 for the first year to get our HOF established.
I think it also has the benefit of getting a few of the "has got to be in" nominations inducted so we can branch out with a little more variety in the future.

I agree with this- I think the first class should be larger.

I also think that categories would be helpful, because I know there are some people I would vote for in one category but not another- just a suggestion.

melon · 22 Jan 2013, 23:57

25 for the first lot, and then no more than 5 each year after that

And just checking, this is just a general HOF right, not a "Rock" HOF?

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**The Flying Mouse** · 23 Jan 2013, 00:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by melon

And just checking, this is just a general HOF right, not a "Rock" HOF?

That's the way i've suggested it.
That's why i've called it the mlukfc Legends Hall Of Fame.

Meat is rock, so we're all bound to have a particular interest, but we have other musical tastes and I think they should be taken into consideration.

One artist i'm surprised not to receive any noms (I don't know why I didn't nominate him myself

) is Johnny Cash.
Legend.

duke knooby · 23 Jan 2013, 00:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

One artist i'm surprised not to receive any noms (I don't know why I didn't nominate him myself

) is Johnny Cash.
Legend.

a true legend!

**The Flying Mouse** · 23 Jan 2013, 00:40

Ok, so it looks like we've had a lot more interest since the nominations were posted, and the suggestion of categories is something that has come up several times.

Problem is, to get everything into categories could take quite a bit of reworking to make it work, and i'm too sure how to go about that right now without deleting everything and starting over

If anybody wants to suggest categories, i'll try and work what we have into those categories, and then we'll see where that takes us.

I've also received some othwer nominations, so if nobody has any objections i'll try and work those in.

Julie in the rv mirror · 23 Jan 2013, 01:02

I actually was going to suggest opening it up to more nominations, since there is more interest. The more, the merrier.

I think we can try to work in categories without starting over. If I understand correctly, these are the preliminary rounds, right? Maybe once the first round of eliminations has passed, the categories can come into play? I think that's one way to include more inductees, without it becoming too "crowded"- maybe around 3-5 in each category to start?

Some suggestions for categories (besides the general Hall)l :

Musician/sideman- those who haven't done solo work per say, but have contributed significantly or are standouts on their instrument.

Songwriter- Significant contribution as a songwriter, but not performer; those who are both standout writers and performers would not apply here.

Producer- Main significant individual contribution is as a producer, although may also be a songwriter and/or performer.

**The Flying Mouse** · 23 Jan 2013, 02:09

Right, i've been having a think about how this can be done better (since the increase in interest in this project).

The only way I can really make this work properly to what i've now got in mind is to start over :facepal:

On the plus side, we are going to have proper categories (which I know a few people would prefere), and if everyone who has shown intest continues to be involved, this should work out a lot better than what we're working with now

.

On the negative, i've got to delete over 50 threads and start the noination process all over again.

This time around I should be able to streamline it considerably, so hopefully it'll be for the best.

Apologies to those who took the time to get their nominations in and have posted on the active threads.
I hope you'll join us in the new improved version that I should be able to get up and running either tonight or tomorrow.

All the nomination threads will be deleted shortly. Again, my apologies.

On the subject of categories, there are quite a few people (John Lennon, Roy Orbison, etc etc) that could be either inducted as a song writter or as an artist.
The only way round that is to be able to nominate the same person in different categories.
Not perfect, but I think it'll work.

21 Jan 2013, 17:27	#1
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	HOF nominations for 2013 OK folks, your nominations have been collected. If you sent 10 nominations I used 10 nominations. There’s been a bit of duplication (as you can see from the list of nominations) so we needed those extra names to make this a little more interesting. I’ve been able to tailor my own noms a little (but not very much) to give us the nice round number of 50 names in the hat. So, your nominees to be the first inductees to the mlukfc Legends Hall Of Fame are................... AC/DC (Melon) Aerosmith (SexyeyesJo, Boston Angel) Anthrax (Boston Angel) Trace Atkins (Wario) Steve Barton (Flying Mouse) The Beatles (Julie in The RVM, Chairboys) Roy Bittan (AndyK) Black Sabbath (Julie in RVM) The Blues Brothers (Flying Mouse) Bon Jovi (Melon, SexyeyesJo, Wario, Boston Angel) Joe Cocker (Flying Mouse) Alice Cooper (Melon, SexyeyesJo) Neil Diamond (Jenna G) Ronnie James Dio (Chairboys) Bob Dylan (Chairboys) Fleetwood Mac (Melon) Florence And The Machine (Melon) Guns ‘N’ Roses (SexyeyesJo, Boston Angel, Flying Mouse) Jimi Hendrix (Chairboys) Billy Joel (Wario) Elton John (Wario, Julie in RVM, Chairboys) Tom Jones (Melon) BB King (Chairboys) John Lennon (Melon) Led Zeppelin (Melon, Julie in RVM, Boston Angel, Chairboys) Lynard Skynard (Wario) Phil Lynott (AndyK) Brian May (Flying Mouse) Imelda May (Jenna G) Motley Crue (Boston Angel) Roy Orbison (Melon, SexyeyesJo, Flying Mouse) Pink Floyd (Julie In RVM, Chairboys, Boston Angel) Elvis Presley (Melon, Chairboys) Queen (Wario, Jenna G, Boston Angel) The Rolling Stones (Julie in RVM) Todd Rundgren (Boston Angel) Rush (Julie In RVM) Santana (Boston Angel) Snow Patrol (Jenna G) Spice Girls (Chairboys) Bruce Springsteen (Wario, AndyK, Julie In RVM) Status Quo (Jenna G) Tenacious D (Wario) The Travelling Wilburys (Flying Mouse) Twisted Sister (Wario) Bonnie Tyler (Flying Mouse) Van Halen (Julie In RVM) Eddie Van Halen (as an individual) (AndyK) Whitesnake (AndyK) The Who (Julie In RVM) Paul Williams (Wario) I’ll start threads for each of our nominations so folks can make their for/against cases. Those threads will be open for one week, and then i’ll ask folks next monday to start posting here who their top 20 are. Last edited by The Flying Mouse; 21 Jan 2013 at 18:02.

22 Jan 2013, 23:57	#18
melon Long Distance Loafer Join Date: 17.07.2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 4,586	25 for the first lot, and then no more than 5 each year after that And just checking, this is just a general HOF right, not a "Rock" HOF? Sent from my HTC Incredible S using Forum Runner Last edited by melon; 23 Jan 2013 at 00:06.

21 Jan 2013, 17:48	#2
chairboys Mega Loafer Join Date: 17.09.2011 Posts: 1,811	Just for the record, Led Zep were one of my nominations. Come on number cruncher!

22 Jan 2013, 15:29	#8
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	Surprised billy Joel didn't get at least another nomination....

22 Jan 2013, 19:21	#10
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	BTW folks, has anyone got any opinions of how many noms should be inducted this first year? I'm thinking either 20 or 25. Thoughts please?

22 Jan 2013, 19:41	#11
MarkS Super Loafer Join Date: 20.03.2012 Posts: 312	20, keep an even number Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

22 Jan 2013, 20:13	#14
chairboys Mega Loafer Join Date: 17.09.2011 Posts: 1,811	I believe it should be tough to enlisted. In fact, 3-5 is probably better.

22 Jan 2013, 20:23	#15
duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,888	spice girls

23 Jan 2013, 00:40	#21
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Ok, so it looks like we've had a lot more interest since the nominations were posted, and the suggestion of categories is something that has come up several times. Problem is, to get everything into categories could take quite a bit of reworking to make it work, and i'm too sure how to go about that right now without deleting everything and starting over If anybody wants to suggest categories, i'll try and work what we have into those categories, and then we'll see where that takes us. I've also received some othwer nominations, so if nobody has any objections i'll try and work those in.

23 Jan 2013, 01:02	#22
Julie in the rv mirror Spirit in the Night Join Date: 23.07.2008 Location: On the edge of town (in the Darkness...) Posts: 1,559	I actually was going to suggest opening it up to more nominations, since there is more interest. The more, the merrier. I think we can try to work in categories without starting over. If I understand correctly, these are the preliminary rounds, right? Maybe once the first round of eliminations has passed, the categories can come into play? I think that's one way to include more inductees, without it becoming too "crowded"- maybe around 3-5 in each category to start? Some suggestions for categories (besides the general Hall)l : Musician/sideman- those who haven't done solo work per say, but have contributed significantly or are standouts on their instrument. Songwriter- Significant contribution as a songwriter, but not performer; those who are both standout writers and performers would not apply here. Producer- Main significant individual contribution is as a producer, although may also be a songwriter and/or performer.

23 Jan 2013, 02:09	#23
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Right, i've been having a think about how this can be done better (since the increase in interest in this project). The only way I can really make this work properly to what i've now got in mind is to start over :facepal: On the plus side, we are going to have proper categories (which I know a few people would prefere), and if everyone who has shown intest continues to be involved, this should work out a lot better than what we're working with now . On the negative, i've got to delete over 50 threads and start the noination process all over again. This time around I should be able to streamline it considerably, so hopefully it'll be for the best. Apologies to those who took the time to get their nominations in and have posted on the active threads. I hope you'll join us in the new improved version that I should be able to get up and running either tonight or tomorrow. All the nomination threads will be deleted shortly. Again, my apologies. On the subject of categories, there are quite a few people (John Lennon, Roy Orbison, etc etc) that could be either inducted as a song writter or as an artist. The only way round that is to be able to nominate the same person in different categories. Not perfect, but I think it'll work.