I think if you are "cool" in the Rolling Stone pantheon, you make it.  If
not, you don't. That's the zeitgeist.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:02 AM
Subject: Re: F.O.W. & The Miscreants


> I have always thought there were reasons why most Pop/Rock artists got in
the
> R&R HOF.
>
> 1) You or your group were the groundbreakers of a trend/style of rock
music.
>
> 2) You were "cool" with the late 60's hippie croud and Rolling Stone's
rock
> critics, in the past or now.
>
> 3) You had a LONG string of hit singles/albums for at least 5 years.
>
> 3) You wrote/arranged/played the majority of your music or had a
ledgendary
> producer-writer-label crew do your music.
>
> 4) You recorded for Atlantic/Warners/Elektra/Sire at one time (Atlantic's
> founder and president Ahmet Ertegun has been called "The Godfather of
> the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame") If you sold millions for the WEA mob its a
good
> chance youre gonna get in.
>
> 5) Your music was hated and wasnt cool with critcs in the past - but time
has
> now shown that your music has been hugely influential, and its now cool to
> accept you. (Zeppelin, AC/DC and ZZ Top, I remember a nasty review of
thier
> "Tejas" album in RS in 1977.).
>
> 6) If you were a strictly Top 40 artist that pandered to teenage girls and
> never attempted to break out of that mold with a "Pet Sounds" or "Genuine
> Imatation Life" - no way.
>
> Just my thoughts,
> Billy
>
>
> At 08:24 PM 3/22/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >In a message dated 3/21/04 11:13:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >wigout6@juno.com writes:
> >
> >
> >> BTW, when are The Monkees going to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
> >>
> >
> >Sadly (and unfairly), the probable answer is "Never."  Too much prejudice
> >against them for their prefabricated origin; if the RRHoF won't even take
> The
> >Hollies seriously, you can bet that The Monkees don't stand a chance.
> >CC!
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> >
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