In a message dated 3/25/04 5:08:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, wigout6@juno.com 
writes:


> CC was also correct with his comment about the prefab origins being 
> unforgivable, which is a shame as I could provide at least 50 reasons why they 
> belong just as much as an act like ZZ Top...
> 

I think you understand this already, but I want to make my position clear to 
anyone else reading:  I most certainly think that The Monkees should be 
inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.  No question in my mind.  However, I 
also think that they will never get in, precisely because the group's 
artificial origins have prejudiced too many tastemakers against them.  Doesn't matter 
that The Monkees transcended their origins, were enormously influential and 
left behind a stack o' great records; the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame will never 
take them seriously.
CC!  
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