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Edgy DC Nov 28 2005 10:32 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 28 2005 10:44 AM

...Miles Davis, Sex Pistols, and Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. Your new Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame class. Those last two are not being inducted as performers, but rather as founders of A&M records. Sabbath, of course, though they represent a lot of what the Sex Pistols were rebelling against. (If Johnny thanks anybody, it should be Ozzie.) Blondie, absofreakinlutely. Skynyrd, bygrydgyngly. Pistols, well overdue. Miles Davis is a jazz legend, but his contributions to rock 'n' roll (and his rock-'n'-roll-era contributitions to jazz for that matter) are mostly negative, from my chair. The Monkees disrespectin' continues.

cooby Nov 28 2005 10:33 AM

Monkees were on Colgems, I'd bet my house on it. Cat Stevens was an A&M staple

seawolf17 Nov 28 2005 10:37 AM

I can't wait until the next couple of years, when the debate starts over the hair bands.

cooby Nov 28 2005 10:39 AM

Never mind what I just said, I shouldn't try to post from work.

sharpie Nov 28 2005 10:52 AM

I don't have any argument with those getting in but I am still miffed (miffed, I tell you) by the dissing of Patti Smith. It used to be Patti and the Pistols were the 2 glaring omissions, now Patti is all by herself. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for hair band inductions.

MFS62 Nov 28 2005 10:54 AM

Anybody watch the televised inductions into the English Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? I just caught the beginning when the Eurythmics were inducted. Excellent choice. 'Bout time. Later

Edgy DC Nov 28 2005 10:57 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 28 2005 10:58 AM

Being the 25th anniversary of Horses, she should get the publicity boost her candidacy needs. Of course, it's also the 25th anniversary of Born to Run, so she may get eclipsed even on that score. I think both albums are being re-released with re-mastereing and new liner notes and jet fuel and an attached pencil sharpener and what have you.

ScarletKnight41 Nov 28 2005 10:57 AM

cooby is correct about the Monkees being on Colgems, fwiw.

sharpie Nov 28 2005 11:02 AM

It's actually the 30th anniversary of both Horses and Born to Run. I dunno what it'll take for Patti at this point. Eurythmics are eligible as of '06 as their first album was '81. I would guess they make it in the next couple of years.

Valadius Nov 28 2005 11:18 AM

The disrespecting of Leonard Cohen continues.

Edgy DC Nov 28 2005 11:24 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 28 2005 12:54 PM

]It's actually the 30th anniversary of both Horses and Born to Run. I dunno what it'll take for Patti at this point. Oops, yeah. I wouldn't call it disrespect that slows the Lenny Cohen candidacy, but rather the notion that what he does isn't really rock 'n' roll. It's related --- and possibly enough so for the balloters.

sharpie Nov 28 2005 11:30 AM

Val is right on Leonard Cohen. He has done rock 'n' roll (the ill-fated Phil Spector album) and certainly is covered by rock 'n' rollers. I hadn't noticed before that he wasn't in. Patti and Phil in '07.

cooby Nov 28 2005 11:57 AM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: cooby is correct about the Monkees being on Colgems, fwiw. That's why I was comfortable betting the house :) We watched a bit of the UK Awards too, through the Jimi Hendrix segment (why watch after that!!??). Slash does a pretty good job