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| From | Mark London <mrl@psfc.mit.edu> |
| Subject | Re: UK R&R Hall of Fame |
| Date | Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:16:16 -0500 |
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What is this continuing fascination people have with top ten lists?
Why should we be limited to the number of fingers that we have?
Can't our brains comprehend lists that are longer?
>From: "josh chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com>
>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?
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