Vote for Rush for hall of fame

Rush is bad music played well. Nothing personal against them. They are certainly good musicians and Neil Peart seems to be a nice guy. But I cannot imagine how they think up that trash they write. I guess if you like Andrew Lloyd Webber, you'll like Rush. In fact, it's hard to believe they actually like their own music. I think they must sit around and figure out non-memorable melodies with gratuitous meter changes just to appear "progressive". If that were the case, I would respect them much more. Just some guys doing what they have to do to make it in music. No disrespect to anyone here who thinks they're great. It's just that when you grew up with Hendrix, Clapton, Sly, Joplin, The Who, Jefferson Airplane and others of that era, it's a bit hard to see Rush on the same stage. But so be it.

No, the operative word is "rock 'n' roll" and prog rock don't got no roll. Fortunately for Rush and others the phrase rock 'n' roll has historically encompassed everything from blues, pop, metal, rap, easy listening, a little bit of country and various dance genres.

For a good laugh check out the "Tom Sawyer" sequence in the movie "The Adventures of Power".

I wouldn't want a steady diet of Rush, but they are fine musicians, no doubt. Deserving of Hall of Fame, surely.

The girls from Heart most definitely. Ann has a fine voice delicate, powerful, and can be sexy too. Nancy, surely qualifies as a rock guitar goddess. I marvel at her acoustic stuff and wowed by her power riffs. Yes, they did go commercial for a while, but if you listen to Dreamboat Annie, Dog and Butterfly, and their live all acoustic album, The Road Home, one can get a true measure of their abilities. They have since leaving the commercial road gone back to their roots and have produced more great work. I always can enjoy a Heart song. Nice videos on MTV too when it still rocked.

I would not consider leaving or deleting the Wilson sisters or 2112 out of my collection. I still have great memories of seeing these two bands in their hey day. Big fan of Freddie King as well.

I try to keep an open mind about rap, but somehow have a hard time imagining today's rap fans singing fondly along with the stuff or telling their grand children about it. Can't imagine many "rap classics" being played at latter life dances or parties. It would be strange to see 70 and 80 somethings still enjoying ditties like" I did yo mom, I did yo dad, shot um with my gun cause I was bad", played at ear splitting volumes. Or worse yet watching 80 something rap artists performing their timeless ballads.
Oh, well, can't be too worse than hearing and seeing Mick Jagger belting out "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" one more time. Ug. Repulsive. Yet the stadium would fill . . . .
No accounting for taste and the worship of your era's rock and roll idols.

Freddie King is already in. It's Albert King who's been nominated this year.

I echo most of the sentiments in this thread. With an open mind I tried to give Rush a chance but their music is just plain mediocre at best. I can't understand their long-lived popularity. Individual musicianship is of high quality for sure, but their collective efforts are just weak. The only two records are truly enjoy are "Caress of Steel" and "2112." I can't stand the rest.