FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The Moody Blues have been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is about dang time. The nominations for the "class of 2018" induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were announced today (10/5). Heading the list: the Moody Blues. Looking at the list, it really seems they're scraping the bottom of the barrel to find a nomination list. There are only two acts -- Radiohead and Rage Against the Machine -- who are being nominated in their first year of eligibility. Meanwhile, you have acts that should have been inducted a long time ago -- starting with the Moody Blues (who have sold more albums than three of last year's inductees combined) -- getting nominated again. Sister Rosetta Tharpe? As a performer instead of an early influence?? My "fan votes" will be going to the Moody Blues, Depeche Mode (their second nomination, they were nominated last year in their first eligible year), Dire Straits (eligible since 2003, nominated for the first time), the J. Geils Band (who will most likely be inducted on the "sympathy vote" of guitarist/namesake John Geils' death earlier this year), and Link Wray (killer guitarist who also should have been in ages ago). The Moodies are nominated. I look for them to blow the roof off the fan votes. I really hope that, when the inductees are announced later this year, they won't be just singers in a rock and roll band, they'll be singers in a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rock and roll band. Complete Performer Nominee List: Bon Jovi Kate Bush The Cars Depeche Mode Dire Straits Eurythmics J. Geils Band Judas Priest LL Cool J MC5 Meters Moody Blues Radiohead Rage Against the Machine Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan Nina Simone Sister Rosetta Tharpe Link Wray Zombies Go Moody Blues!!