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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; Dire Straits Induction 2018
Topic Started: Friday, 6. October 2017, 07:48 (2,203 Views)
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Latest standings:

1. Bon Jovi 442,741
2. Moody Blues 359,110
3. Dire Straits 255,891
4. The Cars 224,796
5. Judas Priest 184,129
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Latest standings:

1. Bon Jovi 457,306
2. Moody Blues 376,249
3. Dire Straits 265,483
4. The Cars 233,322
5. Judas Priest 193,659
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Latest standings:

1. Bon Jovi 475,252
2. Moody Blues 392,776
3. Dire Straits 275,151
4. The Cars 242,432
5. Judas Priest 204,405

Voting closes next month, so keep voting :)
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Latest standings:

1. Bon Jovi 495,075
2. Moody Blues 406,995
3. Dire Straits 283,346
4. The Cars 249,765
5. Judas Priest 213,221
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Latest standings:

1. Bon Jovi 511,391
2. Moody Blues 419,665
3. Dire Straits 290,195
4. The Cars 255,959
5. Judas Priest 219,413

Bon Jovi have now past half a million. Dire Straits are close to 300,000 :)
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3Strats,Oct 22 2017
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I understand Bon Jovi having a big following but I find it difficult to imagine there are still enough "rabid" Moody Blues fans out there to be producing the number of votes thay have achieved - They must all be retired by now and spending all day making multiple votes from spurious email addresses "  :lol:  :wallbang:

Ha-ha! :P
I think you're giving the original fans of the Moody Blues a tad too much credit, 3Strats. Many of them are just not tech-savvy enough to create more than one email address. :huh:

They are good at social networking though - they know how to use a telephone - so they'll be telling all their friends to get on that Internet and vote.

That's how they're doing it! :winky:
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Latest standings:

1. Bon Jovi 536,263
2. Moody Blues 434,760
3. Dire Straits 299,203
4. The Cars 264,107
5. Judas Priest 226,915

I can't believe Bon Jovi still has so much impetus - probably more than the others, but at least Mark is closing in on that 300,000 number.
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Latest standings:

1. Bon Jovi 548,753
2. Moody Blues 444,143
3. Dire Straits 304,773
4. The Cars 269,307
5. Judas Priest 231,557

Dire Straits are passed 300,000 now :) Yes, Linda, the Bon Jovi fans are pushing hard.
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I'm posting this pretty late on my Wednesday night - I've been out of town, and off line. I noticed some potential changes which may over the next month effect the end result. Here are the standings of the top seven:

1. Bon Jovi 609,816
2. Moody Blues 491,394
3. Dire Straits 330,495
4. The Cars 263,752
5. Judas Priest 253,546
6. The Eurythmics 243,947
7. The Zombies 243,352

Although The Eurythmics have been falling behind Judas Priest, I thought it interesting that The Zombies are only 595 less than The E. I don't know if they will have enough momentum to make up the 10,000 they are behind Judas Priest, but I thought it was interesting anyway! Of course, it might be a last ditch effort on the part of The Z. :P
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As I noted yesterday, The Zombies took over from the Eurythmics. (i'm not a fan of either, but it seemed interesting that there was a mid-course correction.) I could wish the Dire Straits fans would jump back in as strong as they were in the beginning, though.

1. Bon Jovi 626,298
2. Moody Blues 505,874
3. Dire Straits 337,841
4. The Cars 300,221
5. Judas Priest 260,961
6. The Zombies 253,523
7. The Eurythmics 249,405

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As I mentioned before, it looks like some movement among the bottom two. All of a sudden, the Zombies are only about 4,500 votes below Judas Priest. There are only 3 more weeks of voting until December 5.

1. Bon Jovi 687,676
2. Moody Blues 553,281
3. Dire Straits 364,680
4. The Cars 325,292
5. Judas Priest 288,064
6. The Zombies 283,539

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yes, the zombies chasing after little judas priest
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Current standings:

1. Bon Jovi 804,725
2. Moody Blues 657,725
3. Dire Straits 426,889
4. The Cars 385,397
5. Judas Priest 357,254

I am still voting for DS every day, I hope we all are, I predict the top will will end this way, and only places 4&5 might change. There is about 2 weeks left to vote now.
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Current standings:

1. Bon Jovi 827,886
2. Moody Blues 676,892
3. Dire Straits 438,608
4. The Cars 396,162
5. Judas Priest 367,001

I wonder if Bon Jovi will hit 1,000,000 by the time the voting is done? It looks like they probably will with about 2 1/2 weeks of voting left.
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Current standings:

1. Bon Jovi 843,896
2. Moody Blues 693,693
3. Dire Straits 449,490
4. The Cars 406,285
5. Judas Priest 378,759

I think they will Linda,I think Dire Straits will get about 650,000
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Here is the latest.

1. Bon Jovi 925,518
2. Moody Blues 761,441
3. Dire Straits 497,316
4. The Cars 446,495
5. Judas Priest 420,199

I wonder what some of the other artists from past years have tallied? Any idea, anyone?
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I have no idea Linda, this is the first year I have really taken any notice of the vote.
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Well, December 5 is the last day to vote, and here are the latest totals:

1. Bon Jovi 1,021,575
2. Moody Blues 838,161
3. Dire Straits 548,903
4. The Cars 491.533
5. Judas Priest 475,029

I notice that Mark seems to have getting about 12,000 votes per day, whereas Bon Jovi gets about 20,000!
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1. Bon Jovi 1,054.373
2. Moody Blues 860,181
3. Dire Straits 563,341
4. The Cars 505,418
5. Judas Priest 488,277


Looks like Bon Jovi broke the 1,000,000 mark. 4 days left to vote.
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Well, on this next to last day to vote, here are the totals after I voted;

1. Bon Jovi 1,111,033
2. Moody Blues 906,419
3. Dire Straits 591,961
4. The Cars 531,973
5. Judas Priest 514,513

I hope this will all count toward influencing the HoF people to include Dire Straits for induction! I know the actual number of votes this all represents is only one, I believe. I hope those folks get the picture that we would like to see DS there, even if Mark has never really known how to properly receive an award! :P
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I hope it does persuade them too Linda, I really do think that Dire Straits have not had the recognition they deserve over the year, and that goes even more for Mark!! Why he has not got a Knighthood yet I will never know!! I know what you mean by that too Linda, he doesn't accept awards to well, he never seems to take praise that well either, which I quite like about him, there are many so called "stars" out there who should about being given awards when they don't really deserve it, they are mostly forgotten about in a few years, Mark will never be forgotten about.
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Today is the last day to vote.

1. Bon Jovi 1,129,547
2. Moody Blues 923,633
3. Dire Straits 601,006
4. The Cars 540,395
5. Judas Priest 524,537

If these are more or less the numbers at the end of voting, I think that is a great result for Dire Straits, I didn't expect them the win the vote as they have not been an active band for 22 years :shock: so I think they have done well.
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The vote has now closed. The official announcement for the class of 2018 will be on Wednesday 13th December 2017.
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Hi, James. I checked the actual numbers and here they are:

1. Bon Jovi 1,162,146
2. Moody Blues 947,795
3. Dire Straits 615,749
4. The Cars 552,733
5. Judas Priest 538,508

I guess that when I get up next Wednesday, I'll be able to find out who the inductees are, since the announcement will be made at something like 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time! Since I'm two hours behind that time zone they will be available by then.

It will be interesting! Hopefully, the rest of the HOF don't vote for some of those we haven't even talked about! :blink:
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Thanks for the final numbers Linda, I think it is impressive that DS got that amount of votes, I just hope they get the official induction seeing as 2018 is the 40th anniversary of the 1st Dire Straits album :rockon:
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It's official, Dire Straits have been inducted for the class of 2018 alongside Bon Jovi, The Cars, The Moody Blues, and Nina Simone. Sister Rosetta Tharpe will be given an Early Influence award.

Now, the question is, who will collect the award? I am sure Mark would be first choice, but surely they can't have just him, as it is a band.
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Congratulations DS! I'm very pleased.
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Me too Val, I think if there was any chance of a reunion of the original line-up this is it. I would be happy if they were just on the stage together, even if they didn't play.

I hear Bon Jovi are up for having original guitarist and song-writer Ritchie Sambora join them to play, so, there is hope yet. I know Jon Bon Jovi is a big fan of Mark too, so he might be able to persuade Mark to play :rockon:
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I also would like to congratulate Dire Straits. When I looked at the HOF site, they also have put together what they call a Mix Tape. It seems to include 15 songs from each of the inductees. You can listen to them there. For DS these are the ones they included:

1. Sultans Of Swing
2. Down To The Waterline
3. Lady Writer
4. Romeo And Juliet
5. Skateaway
6. Tunnel Of Love
7. Private Investigations
8. Telegraph Road
9. Going Home - Live Hammersmith Odeon, London/1983
10. So Far Away
11. Money For Nothing
12. Brothers In Arms
13. Walk Of Life
14. Your Latest Trick
15. Calling Elvis

This induction may not have a lot of meaning for Mark, but at least now we can tell our skeptical friends that the guys finally made it!

Now if they would only induct Mark for this:

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Award for Musical Excellence
This award honors performers, songwriters and producers who have changed the course of music history. These artists have dedicated their lives to creating influential, important music infused with originality, and have achieved a level of timeless distinction.


Now this one would have some meaning!!! :P
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