From The Rear View Mirror
http://radiorandy.blogspot.com/2007/12/ ... again.html
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (again)
How disheartening and typical:
Here are your entries into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the class of 2008.
John Mellencamp-Leonard Cohen-The Dave Clark Five-Madonna-The Ventures
1. John Mellencamp-I have no problem with this, although I believe there are better choices
2. Leonard Cohen-really, what east coast ellite snob picked this guy? He is nothing outside of New York
3. The Dave Clark five-they had five songs that made the top ten in the charts. five.
4. Madonna-then it's no longer the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, then is it?
5. The Ventures-two songs that made the top ten. two.
Meanwhile, on the outside looking in are The Moody Blues, The Doobie Brothers, Three Dog Night, Roxy Music and Chicago who wait for their chance. Meh.
Rolling Stone Magazine
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/i ... -and-more/
January 22, 2008, 2:34 PM
Leonard Cohen Plots Tour,
Winehouse Video Disappoints Universal,
Ludacris Blueprints Singapore Restaurant and More
1/22/08, 2:34 pm EST
First Portishead, now this: After fifteen years of touring inactivity, a post on Leonard Cohen’s message board announced that the seventy-one year old Canadian singer-songwriter would tour in 2008. Full dates and details will be unveiled in February. Cohen will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10th.
Following that video of Amy Winehouse smoking crack, Universal Music Group issued an official statement today voicing their disappointment and concern for the singer. Thus far, no one from the Winehouse camp has commented on the clip.
Guitarist Slash says Velvet Revolver are “jazzed” about heading back into the studio to record the follow-up to 2007’s Libertad. Slash also wants to continue work on his solo album, which will feature a number of unnamed guest vocalists.
Ludacris: Rapper, actor, restaurateur. Luda will co-partner the opening of the Straits Atlanta restaurant. The MC plans to open up another two Atlanta-area restaurants in the near future.
Fat Joe’s Danjahandz-produced version of Eddie Murphy’s Rick James-produced 1985 single “Party All the Time” has been removed from his upcoming album The Elephant in the Room. The song was initially viewed as a potential single, but then again, that didn’t work so well the first time around.
John Stewart, a member of 60’s folk group the Kingston Trio and, most notably, the songwriter behind the Monkees‘ hit “Daydream Believer,” died this past Saturday after suffering a brain aneurysm in San Diego. Stewart was sixty-eight.
[Photo: Getty]
Heckler Spray
http://www.hecklerspray.com/madonna-get ... 711413.php
Madonna Gets Into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame For Sure
December 13th, 2007 at 19:00 by Stuart Heritage
Although the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is really nothing more than a cruel procession of semi-forgotten acts looking back at a time when their hands didn't resemble gnarled vulture claws, it's still nice to be asked.
So Madonna must be feeling rather spiffy jazzed today, because the final line-up of bands to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame next year has just been announced and she's on it, along with Leonard Cohen, The Dave Clark Five, John Mellencamp and The Ventures. Come next March, all of these acts will have to trudge down to Cleveland where they'll all be frozen in carbonite like Han Solo and stored away in the bowels of a vast warehouse forever alongside the likes of Little Richard and The Doors, never to make another note of music again.
That's what we want you to tell Madonna if she asks, anyway. OK?
For what basically amounts to a lovely night out that lets a bunch of pensioners talk about the old days and watch Velvet Revolver perform a badly-judged medley of their hits, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame doesn't half have a convoluted entry process.
Next year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction isn't until March 10, but organisers were already faffing about it back in October, when they announced the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame shortlist - a group of acts that released their first single over 25 years ago, making them eligible for Hall Of Fame entry, which serves as a fairly decent excuse for the voting panel to shake their head and tut about how hip-hop isn't real music.
We're guessing that's the case because the shortlist for next year's Hall Of fame entry included both The Beastie Boys and Afrika Bambaataa, and they've both been passed over. The final list of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees for next year has just been released, and it's not an incredible list by any stretch of the imagination.
Going into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame next year are The Ventures (a surf guitar band who managed to release 52 albums in the 1960s alone), John Mellencamp (a man so dull he had to name himself after a sexually-aggressive older woman in the 1980s), Madonna (a sexually-aggressive woman from the 1980s), Leonard Cohen (the most miserable man alive) and The Dave Clark Five (composers of the official Crystal Palace anthem, so probably the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth most miserable men alive).
Sadly, since three of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees are solo acts, we might not get to see too much of the most traditional Hall Of Fame activity - the fractious inter-band sniping that tends to happen when bands who split up decades ago because they hated each other are forced to try and get along for one night, often with hilariously ill-willed results.
But it's thought that Madonna will try and make up for this by having a public brawl onstage with all of her old incarnations, like Cowgirl Madonna, Evita Madonna, Conical Bra Madonna and Completely Naked And Slightly Off-Putting Madonna. However, they don't stand a chance against the current Madonna. She's the only one with arms like a bouncer and giant scaly vulture claws, you see.
2. Leonard Cohen-really, what east coast ellite snob picked this guy? He is nothing outside of New York
Leonard Cohen (the most miserable man alive) and The Dave Clark Five (composers of the official Crystal Palace anthem, so probably the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth most miserable men alive).
The Rec Show
http://therecshow.com/2007/09/30/rock-n ... -nominees/
Leonard Cohen - This is the “smart rock critic” choice. The guy is a second rate poet/singer-songwriter/folk singer. He is in the same vain of Bob Dylan to me and his greatness baffles me. Going in? Shouldn’t even be fucking nominated.
POPWATCH
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007/12 ... e-roc.html
What is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thinking?!
Dec 13, 2007, 03:28 PM | by Simon Vozick-Levinson
Categories: Madonna, Music
So the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced this year's inductees today — and as usual, they've made some truly bizarre decisions. The lucky artists are Madonna, Leonard Cohen, John Mellencamp, the Dave Clark Five, and the Ventures. Now, Madonna and Leonard Cohen are basically no-brainers, as PopWatch's Gary Susman observed back in October: decades-long careers, unique and influential sounds, millions of loyal fans. No arguments there. Hey, I'll even get on board with the instrumental surf-rock noodlers of the Ventures, this year's biggest long-shot nominees. I might not be able to pick them out of a lineup or name a single member (unless "the guy with the wah-wah pedal" counts), but c'mon, you know you love to hum "Walk Don't Run."
But those last two inductees? I'm sorry. John Mellencamp and Dave Clark seem like totally nice guys, even more or less competent musicians. But they're not legends! At best, they're cut-rate knockoffs of two legit legends who are already in the Hall of Fame — Bruce Springsteen and the Beatles, respectively. I still remember a feature that ran on the cover of my local paper's arts section when I was about 10 years old, all about a very angry area man's crusade to convince the world that those no-good Lennon and McCartney had ripped off his idols, the Dave Clark Five. (No, my local paper was NOT The Onion.) Did that lunatic somehow get on to the R'n'R HoF committee? And as for Mellencougar, or whatever his name is, this guy doesn't belong anywhere but the Crass Shill Hall of Fame.
Meanwhile, the nominees who didn't make the final cut this year — Chic, Donna Summer, the Beastie Boys, and Afrika Bambaataa — were hugely influential, each and every one of them. But hey, disco and rap didn't play any important role in the last 25 years of popular music, right? Ugh. I guess I'm not exactly surprised, given the Hall's always strained relationship with music made after LBJ left office, but still, this is ridiculous. Isn't it?
Now, Madonna and Leonard Cohen are basically no-brainers, as PopWatch's Gary Susman observed back in October: decades-long careers, unique and influential sounds, millions of loyal fans. No arguments there.
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Leonard Cohen. No problems here, but his induction speech might be a bit dark and depressing.
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