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| From | "josh chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: UK R&R Hall of Fame |
| Date | Mon, 1 Nov 2004 10:40:41 -0500 |
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What is this continuing fascination people have with the Doors?
----- Original Message -----
From: <bob_hutton@standardlife.com>
> Dunno if any of you guys have caught this show on UK Channel 4 at all.
> Each week, they pick a decade (working in reverse from 90's to 50's) and
> document 10 acts which a "top panel" has decided will be the nominees who
> deserve entry to the Hall of Fame. The viewers have to vote (on a premium
> rate phone-line, natch) to choose which one of the 10 goes in.
>
> Last night was the turn of the 60's. So we had:
>
> James Brown
> Simon and Garfunkel
> Beach Boys
> Aretha Franklin
> Velvet Underground
> Bob Dylan
> Rolling Stones
> Kinks
> Supremes
> Jimi Hendrix
>
>
> What the F*&%?!? No Byrds? No Doors? No Who?
>
> Now I will concede that Aretha Franklin has a great voice (although I
> absolutely DETEST that gospel-style singing - over emotive, melodramatic
> clap-trap) but was she really all that popular or influential?
>
> Velvet Underground WERE influential, but were they actually any good? I
> always thought it a lot of it was style-over-content with them. (Similary
> Joy Division who were nominated as one of the 80's Acts a few weeks ago)
>
> Do Simon and Garfunkel really deserve to be in there with JB, The Stones,
> Beach Boys and Hendrix?
>
> Feel free to discuss .....
>
> B^)
>
> PS In case you are wondering why an obvious name is missing from the above
> list, 5 acts get automatically shoed in: The Beatles, U2, Elvis Presley,
> Bob Marley and Madonna - I'm sure the Beatles and Elvis are charmed to be
> in such exalted company!
>
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