Fame? Fame! Ranking 80s & 90s Stars for the Rock Hall

Dave and Milt open with shout-outs to a five-star review from the mysterious “BeanieGirl6” and an email from listener Jack (now in Houston) defending Edward Bear and sharing trivia about Roberta Flack’s inspiration. They then rank the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 17 nominees by “worthiness,” focusing on their top 10 while also predicting who will be inducted, using athlete analogies and ChatGPT-generated sandwich comps. Their top 10 includes Iron Maiden (#10, their biggest disagreement), Joy Division/New Order, Billy Idol, Pink, Oasis, Wu-Tang Clan, Black Crowes, INXS, Phil Collins (solo), and Mariah Carey. They briefly discuss the seven left out—Jeff Buckley, New Edition, Melissa Etheridge, Lauryn Hill, Shakira, Luther Vandross, and Sade—debating genre boundaries and noting snubs like the B-52s, Coldplay, and Devo.

Topics

00:52 Listener Reviews Mailbag

05:28 Rock Hall Premise

08:08 Take Us to the Iron Maiden

16:19 Old Band, New Order

22:59 Idle Thoughts on Billy 

29:51 ‘P!nk,’ We Exclaim!

36:35 Water, Water Everywhere, but an Oasis?

42:05 Wu-Tang: Not Your Grandparents’ Clan

47:18 Back in Black Crowes

51:22 Peak Value And Sandwich Talk

53:55 Hey Hall, What You Need is INXS

01:00:34 Phil Collins: I Don’t Care Anymore. Or do I?

01:06:03 Also Rans Quick Hits

01:06:21 Jeff Buckley? Hallelujah! New Edition? WTF?

01:09:52 Melissa And Lauryn’s Mild Adventure

01:14:18 Shakira Don’t Lie; Luther Doesn’t Play, All the Marquis Love Sade

01:22:39 Hello, Diva! Mariah Carey

01:29:15 Wrap Up And Snubs. And Cheese.