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| From | Jake Beamer <weirdpop@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: audities-digest V2 #821 (12 msgs) |
| Date | Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:26:58 -0500 |
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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?
i definitely agree that the who should be in there.
> 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?
Whaa? soul and motown?
> 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)
Perhaps.
> Do Simon and Garfunkel really deserve to be in there with JB, The Stones,
> Beach Boys and Hendrix?
definitely. they had so many hits and influenced a ton of great folk
music, i think.
> 5 acts get automatically shoed in: The Beatles, U2, Elvis Presley,
> Bob Marley and Madonna
I see no problem with that, if only a cease-and-desist would've been
put out for U2 maybe at least 10/15 years ago. hah!
> What is this continuing fascination people have with the Doors?
Thank you for this. Jim Morrison was a drunk who wrote bad poetry:
Light my fire/ desire/ pyre --- come ON! god. how many times in that
song does he rhyme "fire" with "fire"? wow.
and the 3-day long organ solo? shoot me in the face.
humble opinions.
-Jake
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