Shouldn't "Love is Like Oxygen" and "Little Willy" also be essential cuts?

If they're not in the Hall it's because their work has been poorly compiled. There's too much Andy Scott's Sweet crap out there, half the time when you buy Sweet albums you don't even know if you're getting the original versions. Plus, their "Best of Sweet", as impressive as it is, is missing some of their best cuts like:

Sweet F.A.
Rock and Roll Disgrace
Hellraiser

Posted by John on Friday, 10/25/2013 @ 12:44pm

Whoever voted no for Sweet and yes for Gary Glitter needs to have their head examined for the benefit of medical science.

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 09/8/2015 @ 11:44am

The fact that these guys aren't in the hall is a Rock N Roll Disgrace.

Posted by Max on Tuesday, 04/19/2016 @ 23:20pm

You know, what I'm going to bring up sounds like it doesn't have anything to do with The Sweet or the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. George Carlin once talked in a stand up act how a big part of the rich rich corporate class doesn't give a crap about anybody. Think about what you have to be to be in this Hall of Fame private committee to discuss and bring about stuff. Clearly it's money, right? You bet your behind it is! As the Sex Pistols said, it's a stain, and they are totally right! They say Rock N Roll Hall of Fame like it's ALL of rock. B.S. Where's T. Rex and The Sweet? How come so many obvious people were snubbed? How long did it take the Small Faces to get in? How did they miss Kiss? Deep Purple was snubbed for a long time! Parliament Funkadelic? Pretty bad and shameful. It is a corporate piece of garbage that doesn't represent rock n roll at all with things that are WAYYY overpriced, which means also they are probably losing money. They were meant to close anyways.

Also, to joker above, Gary Glitter is a pitiful disgraceful human being, but his music was incredible and most definitely changed music a lot with the whole glam rock scene.

But as Rick Nielsen once said in an interview I watched (before being nominated for the R&R H of Fame), he doesn't need any recognition because he's already well known and well known to many talented and older musicians he's admired. He got to work with Townshend and others. I personally think a blog of some kind needs to be put up where we can put the REAL legends, and everybody could look at it and write. Like an Official ROck Hall of Fame, BUT done by somebody who's fair, democratic, and knows what they're doing. :P

Some notes to add about Sweet. Look at the influence Queen as probably taken from them. You'd probably see. Def Leppard I'm sure were along with Motley Crue and Kiss. I'm sure many punk bands loved Sweet. I'm sure there's way more influence I do not recognize that could just come out from Andy Scott or somebody who really knows their stuff.

Again, shameful Hall of Fame.

Posted by Carlos on Saturday, 06/11/2016 @ 22:29pm

Steering clear of record company requests for Bubble Gum, They played hard Rock with hits through the Early 70's. The Sweet style led the way for Queen and Bowie with US top ten hits like "Little Willie", "Ballroom Blitz", "Fox on The Run", "Love is Like Oxygen". That’s more than most Inductees ever had. In Europe they did the same with "Wig Wam", "Blockbuster", "Teenage Rampage", and "Action (Everybody Wants’ a Piece of the Action)".

Posted by Fab Lite on Saturday, 07/9/2016 @ 23:25pm

Sweet had such an influence on all types of music especially rock it is a crime for them not to have even been considered. They belong in the hall more than some of the groups that are already in, but as with everything, it's always politics and who you know etc.

Posted by Carolie on Tuesday, 06/6/2017 @ 10:30am

This band has a ton of hits, they've influenced so many popular bands, many of those bands already Hall of Famers, one of the pavers of the way for the Hair Metal bands of the 80s as well as having many other songs using different genres and mastering them all. I believe that the fact that they are not in is actually a crime. These guys deserve induction. Don't believe me? Listen to their songs then you will. "Action", "Ballroom Blitz", "Fox on the Run", "Teenage Rampage", "Little Willy", "Block Buster", "Funk It Up (David's Song)", "California Nights", "The Six Teens", "Sweet F.A.", the list could go on forever. The point is, these guys deserve induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Posted by Nathan on Friday, 11/10/2017 @ 17:43pm

SWEET needs to be in the Hall of Fame for their talent and influence on other bands. They were doing the high vocal harmonies before Queen. They started out pop music, created Glam rock (with TREX)then got heavy with Metal and hard with Rock music. When they lost their lead singer they continued as a three man band sharing the lead vocals between Andy and Steve. They are still playing with Andy in Europe and Steve in America.

A new generation is being turned on to them by two movie soundtrack's including Fox on the Run and Ballroom Blitz. This band has stood the test of time and deserves some recognition.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame please add SWEET to next year's list.

Posted by Penny on Sunday, 06/3/2018 @ 16:42pm

I can't add much to this discussion, but I definitely wish Sweet would get the recognition they richly deserve. Four talented men who saw success on both sides of the Atlantic, their incredible songs are being discovered by new generations of listeners.

INDUCT NOW!

Posted by John Cady on Thursday, 02/21/2019 @ 21:15pm

Very underrated band, no doubts about that. Just check out Mick Tucker's drumming for a start, before you even get onto Steve Priests bass playing, Andy Scott's crunching guitars and Connolly's soaring vocals. The influences on Queen cannot be overstated, just that Queen managed not to get tarnished by their early work in the way Sweet did. It could have been so different but they had a habit of causing their own downfall (Brian Connolly getting kicked in meant they missed chance to support the Who at Charlton's football ground, not replacing Connolly with a lead singer when Ronnie James Dio had put himself up, the list goes on, sadly...).

Maybe one day they will get the recognition they truly deserve. Andy is apparently working on a new album with his current line up, so who knows if that will help?

R&RHoF, you want Sweet!!!

Posted by Andy (not Scott) on Wednesday, 05/22/2019 @ 12:35pm

Agree that Sweet is very underrated. Doubtful of their chances for Rock Hall induction, their earlier output being much more popular in the UK than in America.

As to influencing Queen, I think of Sweet as being contemporaries of Queen, rather than having a direct influence on them. Queen's early work, although you imply otherwise, in my opinion is some of their best work. I personally love Queen II and their third album, Sheer Heart Attack is arguably their best album, without a weak track on it.

Posted by Eric Tompkins on Wednesday, 05/22/2019 @ 16:17pm

Eric
Sorry, think you misinterpreted my meaning about Queen's early output. I agree it is some of their best work, the point was that Sweet unfortunately bear the label of not being "serious" rock musicians with many critics because of some of the early bubblegum and glam rock, despite the catchy combination of rock/pop on many of their B sides and album tracks, whereas Queen, a couple of years down the line, had the right image and sound straight out of the box.

Taking Sweet's output as a whole, including much of the material after their most successful period and when they were reduced to a three piece, they have consistently produced music of great quality and variety.

If you haven't yet, go check out all their output, not just the obvious.

Posted by Andy (not Scott) on Saturday, 06/1/2019 @ 03:45am

So I've been listening to the band sweet here lately and have discover they're not in the rock and roll Hall of fame I am blown away by their music Is good They've had light for 5 really good hits 30 years after some of their songs come out Like ballroom blitz which is an extremely big song And is loved By Younger generationI'm just saying I've seen bands with less credentials then the band sweet inducted into the Hall of fame so I can't figure out why these guys are in the Hall of fame there's only one member Left living It would be great for him to be inducted along with his band maybe this is something You should take a look at before you add punk bands that had no significant meaning in rock and roll or an RB band the had no significant meaning in Rock and roll if I'm able to vote then I got a vote for sweet a band that worked hard and didn't get what they deserved they should be in the rock and roll Hall of fame

Posted by Joey on Thursday, 09/12/2019 @ 12:52pm

Ballroom Blitz * Love Is Like Oxygen

Is it just me or does Love Is Like Oxygen sound like something Jeff Lynne and ELO could have written and performed?

Posted by Roy on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 12:39pm

The piano break in the middle of Love Is Like Oxygen sounds like Peter Gabriel Genesis.

Posted by joker on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 15:16pm

Does sound like Jeff could have wrote it, Roy!

Posted by Paul in KY on Tuesday, 11/12/2019 @ 15:42pm

I have been listening to Sweet since 1973 and have not stopped they are and will always be my favorite band they should be in the Rock and Roll hall of fame there never was and never will be a band like them they are LOST ANGELS

Posted by Sammy L Buschs on Thursday, 01/16/2020 @ 20:24pm

Just saw this too. So sad. It's a bit of a longshot to say that T. Rex's induction will clear the path for the Sweet, but it'll be interesting to watch.

Posted by Philip on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 22:27pm

As Andy Scott (the lone surviving original member) the remaining stated, "And then there was one!"

Rest in Peace Steve Priest, 1948-2020.

Posted by Joe on Thursday, 06/4/2020 @ 23:21pm

It's criminal that the Sweet aren't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by now! They displayed vocal and instrumental talents in spades. Their vocal harmonies and their use of vocal and instrumental appregios was among the musical aspects of what made the unique band they were. Any music historian can point out how the Sweet's music influenced that of the 1980s "big hair" and other hard rock bands. The Sweet definitely met the HOF criteria of having released their first record after at least 25 years. I'd definitely think they also met the other HOF criteria regarding their contributions to the development of rock and roll. Unfortunately with the recent passing of the original bassist Steve Priest(lead vocalist Brian Connolly and drummer Mick Tucker have also passed), I hope that in the least, Andy Scott will live to see the Sweet get what they much deserve--a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction!

Posted by Caryn Baruch on Monday, 06/29/2020 @ 11:01am

I think that Sweet could garner enough support, and do have the qualifying credentials to earn them at least a nomination. Plus they are a fan favorite, and many 80's or 90's bands would cite them as an influence. I would list them in my Top 25 of 1970's Rock acts that would be worthy of a nomination. But getting inducted is another story, as we currently still have that logjam of Classic Rock artists to compete with. However, it is possible they could slide by a few bands with the Glam Rock angle, as we've seen Roxy Music and T. Rex get that advantage more recently.. What do you guys think?..

Posted by Will N. on Monday, 06/29/2020 @ 14:27pm

They are the best❣❣❣

Posted by Manca Maselj on Sunday, 07/12/2020 @ 17:26pm

A true favorite of mine during the 70s, Sweet had everything going for them. Solid rock riffs, a charismatic and gifted lead singer, fun and colorful stage presence and a run of varied and high quality hit singles. OK they were never the most cutting edge band out there, but highly influential amongst the glam rock scene and were just had an overall great sound.

Posted by Steelydanfan on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 14:09pm

The Sweet are the most underrated Hard Rock melodic band.

Their greatest sin was bad management. These guys were so talented. What a story. While being paid to record pop songs, they recorded bad ass hard rock songs for the B-sides of 45 records. Some of these songs are amazing

Now, all of their secret library can be found on YouTube along with their amazing videos.

Brian Connolly wore a full suit gloved outfit 10 years before Michael Jackson did. Mick Tucker was an amazing drummer and inspired so many drummers. Andy Scott guitar sounded a lot like Brian May but without Brian's reverb which Andy didn't need to sound great.

No one even knows about some of their amazing work like:

Rock and Roll Disgrace
Teenage Rampage (never even heard it in America)
A.C. D.C. If you like rock and roll, this is one of the best R&R records ever

Their best known album was Desolation Boulevard but the 'Give Us a Wink' album has some hard rock songs that are just mind-blowing. White Mice and Yesterday's Rain.

These guys inspired many of the 80s heavy metal bands; so, I say INDUCT The SWEET!

Posted by Al on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 19:27pm

Al,
You are so correct on all of your points about Sweet, and it seems so strange now how they were marketed differently in America than the U.K., even the name. The U.S. dropped "The" from their name..
I agree on the heavy B-sides. "Burn On the Flame", "Restless", and "Medusa" are 3 great cuts that come to mind.
I grew up listening to the U.S. release of Desolation Boulevard, but I believe that everyone who is even a remote fan of Sweet should listen to the U.K. release of the "Sweet Fanny Adams" album. It is a solid Rocker from top to bottom, with no bad cuts.
And to get all of those super cool Sweet videos you mention.. subscribe to the Official Sweet Channel on YT..
I have also previously stated that they could be in the running for a nomination in the near future, but presently they are still competing against a lot of other excellent bands who are in similar situations..

Posted by Will N. on Friday, 12/4/2020 @ 23:52pm

Sweet defiantly has earned it on their own merit, and are often-= OFTEN mentioned as influences of members already inducted. Yes the Chin Chapman relationship created the bubblegum image but they really were hard rock and that was their influence,. I get annoyed at how gets inducted ie Whitney Houston ect.. that were great but not rock and roll and really did not influence the next generation. If Marc Bolin, who's music is not played on the radio anymore, made it-- the Sweet should be there. Do it before they are all gone!!

Posted by Robert on Tuesday, 03/23/2021 @ 23:40pm

Sweet not being in the Hall is proof that it's not about music, it's about who views an artist's image as"worthy". Laughable that this band hasn't been inducted yet. What a joke.

Posted by Lisa on Monday, 12/27/2021 @ 14:28pm

Sweet should be in the Rockhall. As simple as that!! Read all the comments above and those still coming!!
If you're not allowing them in you are a joke and not at all representative of Rock & Roll greats!!
Not begging…simply listen to them!! Their Rock legacy speaks for themselves!!
We want Sweet…we want Sweet…we want Sweet…

Posted by Doris Oldham on Monday, 01/31/2022 @ 06:00am

SWEET not even once NOMINATED for HoF??? I'm mad.

Posted by Ryan Watson on Friday, 03/11/2022 @ 22:22pm

One of the essential glam rock bands. Maybe they will get a look-in when credible candidates start to dry up, but I don't see it anytime soon. It doesn't stop me from loving their music though. They're more deserving than many of the artists already inducted.

Posted by StunningStocktaker on Tuesday, 07/5/2022 @ 15:53pm

Sweet had 4 different periods of music...but their sheer stellar musicianship carried them through all.
The strength of vocals, guitars, keyboards and of course the golden arm on drums, made everything they did soar.
I have never heard a song I didn't like, but some of their live early 70's concerts are totally of the chain.
I dont care for the hall of fame, they've inducted Duran Duran apparently.
Yet the glaring admission of Joe Cocker still stands as an example of how rigged the whole thing is.

Posted by Clair Connell on Wednesday, 07/6/2022 @ 03:01am

Sweet and other bands of that era like Slade had numerous number one hits in Europe and the rest of the world. They had been inducted for years if the RNRHOF was outside of the US.

Posted by W.Sibbing on Friday, 10/21/2022 @ 13:08pm