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| From | Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@ameritech.net> |
| Subject | Re: New R & R HoFers |
| Date | Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:32:21 -0800 (PST) |
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame itself is meaningless.
Unlike a sports hall of fame, it's so hard to coming
up with precise standards to make such a project live
up to billing. Moreover, when you add the influence
of corporate money, etc., the R & R Hall of Fame falls
so short of really honoring the depth, breadth and
quality of rock.
So who actually makes the real Hall is a bogus topic I
suppose. However, the induction is somewhat
representative of mainstream thought on rock music --
at that level, who gets selected is interesting fodder
for discussion. So, when I posted this morning, my
point was really that while the Pretenders had made
great music, The Pretenders weren't that great of a
band. Just my opinion.
Mike Bennett
--- Michael vg <govango@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Sherman <boim@att.net> wrote:
>
> > Stewart wrote "We might as well all sit around and
> complain about what's on the walls
> > at our local Hard Rock Cafe, because that's
> roughly as important."
> >
> > Fans of the inductees will disagree.
>
> Perhaps, but for some it doesn't matter. Yes it was
> cool that Elvis was inducted, but
> even if he never made it in, his music would still
> mean the same to me. I lived
> thru the Taste of Honey fiasco.
> "Talking about the importance of the RnR HOF
> induction is kind
> of like is like dancing about architecture"
>
> michael vg
>
>
>
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