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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: New R & R HoFers |
| Date | Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:30:54 -0500 |
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At Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:17:41 Mike Bennett wrote:
>1. Read my original post on this -- I discounted the
>Hall of Fame in that -- as it truly reflects what is
>great in rock music.
>
>2. Sadly, yes, I think that the Rock and Roll Hall of
>Fame represents, to a degree, a mainstream take on
>what is great rock music. And the get a lot wrong.
>The Hollies and Ventures belong in the pantenon of
>rock greats as surely as Ron Santo belongs in the
>Baseball Hall Of Fame. I'm not saying it has a major
>impact. But anything that has the mainstream's stamp
>of approval is a reflection of mainstream thought.
>This induction makes headlines and gets shown on TV --
>it has some meaning, I suppose. By the same token,
>The Grammys and The Oscars don't really reflect the
>best music and films, but to some segments of the
>public they do.
As long as music fans of the last 50 years step through the doors at the R &
R HofF it WILL reflect badly on the music biz as somehow being a valid
representation. Those of us who've lived through it will know better, but
when parents are taking their kids there for the first time what they see
will become the gold standard. Unless they've got a savvy tour guide in
their parents pointing out the disparaging absence of acts like The Hollies
or The Ventures. Unfortunately, museums have a way of encapsulating
overviews of history rather than the whole history itself. And these are
taken as a representation of an entire story....sadly.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!!"
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPages
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