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| From | Richard Brown <rbrown1985@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: UK R&R Hall of Fame |
| Date | Mon, 1 Nov 2004 10:34:53 -0800 (PST) |
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I cannot believe that The Hollies get ignored....even
in the UK! They were number 2 only to The Beatles as a
singles act in the 1960's, and a great band to boot...
U2 and Madonna get an automatic entry, but not The
Rolling Stones? Please!!!
On the plus side...it's good to see The Kinks get
their props....
Rich B
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> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:31:22 +0000
> From: bob_hutton@standardlife.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: UK R&R Hall of Fame
> Message-ID:
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> 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:
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> James Brown
> Simon and Garfunkel
> Beach Boys
> Aretha Franklin
> Velvet Underground
> Bob Dylan
> Rolling Stones
> Kinks
> Supremes
> Jimi Hendrix
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> 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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