2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
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Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
I guess the Dave Clark Five don't have any fans in the music business.
This is the second time an actor will be giving the induction speech for a musical group.
The first was actor Robert Townsend in 2004 for The Dells.
This is the second time an actor will be giving the induction speech for a musical group.
The first was actor Robert Townsend in 2004 for The Dells.
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
The Dave Clark Five
Dave Clark
Lenny Davidson
Rick Huxley
Denis Payton (1943-2006); died of cancer
Mike Smith (1943-2008); in October of 2003 he was involved in an accident in his home in Spain that resulted in severe injury to his spinal cord, and he was permanently paralyzed from the waist down and in his right arm, and with very little movement in his left arm. Wheelchair bound.
Mike Smith, lead singer of the Dave Clark Five, passed away today.
http://www.fox12news.com/Global/story.asp?S=7941338
DAVE CLARK FIVE SINGER-SONGWRITER MIKE SMITH, R.I.P.
Mike Smith, the lead singer and keyboard player of The Dave Clark Five, one of the premier bands to emerge during the 1960's "British Invasion", died today from pneumonia at Stoke Mandeville Hospital outside of London. His devoted wife, Arlene, who is known as Charlie, was by his side. Smith was 64 years old.
Smith, who was due to be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame with his band mates on Monday, March 10th, was admitted to the hospital's Intensive Care Unit yesterday morning with a chest infection, a complication from a spinal cord injury he sustained in September, 2003 that left him a tetraplegic (paralyzed below the ribcage with limited use of his upper body). Smith had been in the hospital since the accident, and was just released in December 2007 when he moved into a specially-prepared home near the hospital with his wife.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23395584/
Mike Smith of Dave Clark 5 dies at 64
Singer died of pneumonia; band to be inducted into Rock Hall in 2 weeks
LOS ANGELES - Singer Mike Smith of The Dave Clark Five has died, less than two weeks before the band was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The band’s publicist says Smith died of pneumonia today outside London. Smith was 64.
The Dave Clark Five’s hits include “Glad All Over,” “Catch Us If You Can” and “Over and Over.”
Smith’s illness was a complication from a spinal cord injury he sustained in September 2003 that left him paralyzed below the ribs. Smith had been in the hospital since the accident and was just released this past December.
He had intended to attend The Dave Clark Five’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York on March 10th.
Dave Clark
Lenny Davidson
Rick Huxley
Denis Payton (1943-2006); died of cancer
Mike Smith (1943-2008); in October of 2003 he was involved in an accident in his home in Spain that resulted in severe injury to his spinal cord, and he was permanently paralyzed from the waist down and in his right arm, and with very little movement in his left arm. Wheelchair bound.
Mike Smith, lead singer of the Dave Clark Five, passed away today.
http://www.fox12news.com/Global/story.asp?S=7941338
DAVE CLARK FIVE SINGER-SONGWRITER MIKE SMITH, R.I.P.
Mike Smith, the lead singer and keyboard player of The Dave Clark Five, one of the premier bands to emerge during the 1960's "British Invasion", died today from pneumonia at Stoke Mandeville Hospital outside of London. His devoted wife, Arlene, who is known as Charlie, was by his side. Smith was 64 years old.
Smith, who was due to be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame with his band mates on Monday, March 10th, was admitted to the hospital's Intensive Care Unit yesterday morning with a chest infection, a complication from a spinal cord injury he sustained in September, 2003 that left him a tetraplegic (paralyzed below the ribcage with limited use of his upper body). Smith had been in the hospital since the accident, and was just released in December 2007 when he moved into a specially-prepared home near the hospital with his wife.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23395584/
Mike Smith of Dave Clark 5 dies at 64
Singer died of pneumonia; band to be inducted into Rock Hall in 2 weeks
LOS ANGELES - Singer Mike Smith of The Dave Clark Five has died, less than two weeks before the band was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The band’s publicist says Smith died of pneumonia today outside London. Smith was 64.
The Dave Clark Five’s hits include “Glad All Over,” “Catch Us If You Can” and “Over and Over.”
Smith’s illness was a complication from a spinal cord injury he sustained in September 2003 that left him paralyzed below the ribs. Smith had been in the hospital since the accident and was just released this past December.
He had intended to attend The Dave Clark Five’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York on March 10th.
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
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Tom Hanks is an actor?
That's big news on this side of the Atlantic.
Ta Ken
That's big news on this side of the Atlantic.
Ta Ken
Solitudine non é essere soli, é amare gli altri inutilmente - Mario Stefani
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After living for five years after his devastating accident, how horribly sad to hear about Mike Smith's untimely death today. I wonder if the three remaining will accept on his behalf, or if his wife will want to and be able to handle going there to accept it for him. He must have been looking so forward to meeting up with all those music people. Very sad.
His wife is beautiful and was very obviously devoted, and he looked as happy as anyone could hope to under his circumstances. I'm glad she was by his side.
~ Lizzy
His wife is beautiful and was very obviously devoted, and he looked as happy as anyone could hope to under his circumstances. I'm glad she was by his side.
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde
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Hi Yankovic ~
Reading backwards in the thread, thanks for the anecdote on Leonard, Nico, and Lou. Those are some pretty good odds you've given, too.
~ Lizzy
Reading backwards in the thread, thanks for the anecdote on Leonard, Nico, and Lou. Those are some pretty good odds you've given, too.
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde
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I hope you noticed they are from 1HeckofAGuy.com Not my anecdote.lizzytysh wrote:Hi Yankovic ~
Reading backwards in the thread, thanks for the anecdote on Leonard, Nico, and Lou. Those are some pretty good odds you've given, too.
~ Lizzy
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
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Hi Y ~
No, I didn't notice that they were from OneHeckOfAGuy, so thanks for clarifying that; that said, however, I knew they had been obtained from somewhere else, regardless. For one thing, I've read most of that account, elsewhere; maybe all of it; but there was a couple Nico things I had missed, forgotten, or never saw. It's enjoyable reading for everyone, no matter what.
~ Lizzy
No, I didn't notice that they were from OneHeckOfAGuy, so thanks for clarifying that; that said, however, I knew they had been obtained from somewhere else, regardless. For one thing, I've read most of that account, elsewhere; maybe all of it; but there was a couple Nico things I had missed, forgotten, or never saw. It's enjoyable reading for everyone, no matter what.
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde
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Hi Ken -
Greetings and thank you for your observation. Now you know two people from Wisconsin who are not actors (Joe W. & yours truly). In my younger years, I was almost as big a Dylan fan as you are.
all the best,
michael
Greetings and thank you for your observation. Now you know two people from Wisconsin who are not actors (Joe W. & yours truly). In my younger years, I was almost as big a Dylan fan as you are.
all the best,
michael
Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Mike Smith, the lead singer of 2008 Rock Hall inductees The Dave Clark Five died today at the age of 64. Here is the full press release:
Mike Smith, the lead singer and keyboard player of The Dave Clark Five, one of the premier bands to emerge during the 1960’s “British Invasion”, died today from pneumonia at Stoke Mandeville Hospital outside of London. His devoted wife, Arlene, who is known as Charlie, was by his side. Smith was 64 years old.
Smith, who was due to be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame with his band mates on Monday, March 10th, was admitted to the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit yesterday morning with a chest infection, a complication from a spinal cord injury he sustained in September, 2003 that left him a tetraplegic (paralyzed below the ribcage with limited use of his upper body). Smith had been in the hospital since the accident, and was just released in December 2007 when he moved into a specially-prepared home near the hospital with his wife. Prior to his hospitalization yesterday, arrangements were being made to transport Smith to New York so he could personally attend the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
After his accident, Smith found tremendous support from his peers including Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven Van Zandt, and Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, who helped defray his medical costs through donations and fundraisers. Long-time fan and “Late Show” bandleader, Paul Shaffer, helped organize a benefit concert in New York in August 2005, which featured many of Smith’s fellow “British Invasion” stars, including The Zombies and Peter & Gordon. A DVD of the benefit, Paul Shaffer and his British Invasion: A Tribute to Mike Smith will be released in March by VDI Entertainment.
According to Smith’s agent, Margo Lewis of TCI in New York, “These last five years were extremely difficult for Mike. I am incredibly saddened to lose him, his energy and his humor, but I am comforted by the fact that he had the chance to spend his final months and days at home with his loving wife, Charlie, whom he adored, instead of in the hospital, and that he was able to attend a recent concert in London by his good friend, Bruce Springsteen. He was extremely excited and honored to have been inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and I am glad that he will be remembered as a “Hall of Famer,” because he was in so many ways.”
Although the press release mentions Smith was preparing to go to the ceremony, it was unlikely he was going to be able to make it due to his declining health.
Ken Barnes from USA Today has a nice tribute to Smith and his work with the DC5.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2008 ... -five.html
Dave Clark Five singer/composer Mike Smith dies
This is a real heartbreaker. A week and a half before his band, the Dave Clark Five, was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the band's lead singer, keyboard player and chief co-writer, Mike Smith, died of pneumonia today at age 64. Smith had developed a chest infection that stemmed from the severe spinal cord injury he suffered in 2003, which left him paralyzed below the ribcage.
Until their nomination in 2006 and election this year, the Dave Clark Five was one of the most severely underrated bands of the mid-'60s British Invasion, lumped in because of their teen appeal and numerous pop hits with lightweights along the lines of Herman's Hermits and Gerry & The Pacemakers. But Smith's raspy R&B-styled growl, along with his versatile songwriting abilities in tandem with group leader/drummer Clark, created a body of work that stands up with tougher, bluesier bands such as the Rolling Stones and the Spencer Davis Group.
In terms of numbers, the DC5 eclipsed everyone but The Beatles in the early stages of the Invasion. The group placed an astonishing 13 albums on the charts from 1964-67, with 16 hit singles in the top 30 during that stretch. Total worldwide sales for the group are estimated at 100 million.
More important for history's sake, this was high-quality music. First hits Glad All Over and Bits and Pieces established a footstomping, rough-edged sound as powerful as anything you could hear in early 1964, and Do You Love Me was one of the rawest, strongest Motown covers in rock annals. Any Way You Want It took hard rock to new and more power-packed heights in late '64, and 1966's Try Too Hard perfectly married the band's primal style with subtler musical progression (and was a piano showcase for Smith). DC5 albums and B-sides contained all manner of fascinating, more experimental songs (Maze of Love, Inside and Out).
Mike Smith was at the center of all of it -- he sang and co-wrote nearly every song and his piano licks were a potent component in the DC5's unique musical engine, which de-emphasized guitar heroics (unlike most bands of the period) and leaned on drums, sax, keys and rhythm guitar to produce a sustained rocking roar whose closest relative may have been the guttural Northwest bands such as The Sonics and The Wailers.
In later years he recorded solo and with other partners, but it's the Dave Clark Five's music for which he'll be remembered -- and now properly honored with Rock Hall validation.
Mike Smith, the lead singer and keyboard player of The Dave Clark Five, one of the premier bands to emerge during the 1960’s “British Invasion”, died today from pneumonia at Stoke Mandeville Hospital outside of London. His devoted wife, Arlene, who is known as Charlie, was by his side. Smith was 64 years old.
Smith, who was due to be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame with his band mates on Monday, March 10th, was admitted to the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit yesterday morning with a chest infection, a complication from a spinal cord injury he sustained in September, 2003 that left him a tetraplegic (paralyzed below the ribcage with limited use of his upper body). Smith had been in the hospital since the accident, and was just released in December 2007 when he moved into a specially-prepared home near the hospital with his wife. Prior to his hospitalization yesterday, arrangements were being made to transport Smith to New York so he could personally attend the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
After his accident, Smith found tremendous support from his peers including Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven Van Zandt, and Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, who helped defray his medical costs through donations and fundraisers. Long-time fan and “Late Show” bandleader, Paul Shaffer, helped organize a benefit concert in New York in August 2005, which featured many of Smith’s fellow “British Invasion” stars, including The Zombies and Peter & Gordon. A DVD of the benefit, Paul Shaffer and his British Invasion: A Tribute to Mike Smith will be released in March by VDI Entertainment.
According to Smith’s agent, Margo Lewis of TCI in New York, “These last five years were extremely difficult for Mike. I am incredibly saddened to lose him, his energy and his humor, but I am comforted by the fact that he had the chance to spend his final months and days at home with his loving wife, Charlie, whom he adored, instead of in the hospital, and that he was able to attend a recent concert in London by his good friend, Bruce Springsteen. He was extremely excited and honored to have been inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and I am glad that he will be remembered as a “Hall of Famer,” because he was in so many ways.”
Although the press release mentions Smith was preparing to go to the ceremony, it was unlikely he was going to be able to make it due to his declining health.
Ken Barnes from USA Today has a nice tribute to Smith and his work with the DC5.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2008 ... -five.html
Dave Clark Five singer/composer Mike Smith dies
This is a real heartbreaker. A week and a half before his band, the Dave Clark Five, was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the band's lead singer, keyboard player and chief co-writer, Mike Smith, died of pneumonia today at age 64. Smith had developed a chest infection that stemmed from the severe spinal cord injury he suffered in 2003, which left him paralyzed below the ribcage.
Until their nomination in 2006 and election this year, the Dave Clark Five was one of the most severely underrated bands of the mid-'60s British Invasion, lumped in because of their teen appeal and numerous pop hits with lightweights along the lines of Herman's Hermits and Gerry & The Pacemakers. But Smith's raspy R&B-styled growl, along with his versatile songwriting abilities in tandem with group leader/drummer Clark, created a body of work that stands up with tougher, bluesier bands such as the Rolling Stones and the Spencer Davis Group.
In terms of numbers, the DC5 eclipsed everyone but The Beatles in the early stages of the Invasion. The group placed an astonishing 13 albums on the charts from 1964-67, with 16 hit singles in the top 30 during that stretch. Total worldwide sales for the group are estimated at 100 million.
More important for history's sake, this was high-quality music. First hits Glad All Over and Bits and Pieces established a footstomping, rough-edged sound as powerful as anything you could hear in early 1964, and Do You Love Me was one of the rawest, strongest Motown covers in rock annals. Any Way You Want It took hard rock to new and more power-packed heights in late '64, and 1966's Try Too Hard perfectly married the band's primal style with subtler musical progression (and was a piano showcase for Smith). DC5 albums and B-sides contained all manner of fascinating, more experimental songs (Maze of Love, Inside and Out).
Mike Smith was at the center of all of it -- he sang and co-wrote nearly every song and his piano licks were a potent component in the DC5's unique musical engine, which de-emphasized guitar heroics (unlike most bands of the period) and leaned on drums, sax, keys and rhythm guitar to produce a sustained rocking roar whose closest relative may have been the guttural Northwest bands such as The Sonics and The Wailers.
In later years he recorded solo and with other partners, but it's the Dave Clark Five's music for which he'll be remembered -- and now properly honored with Rock Hall validation.
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
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FINALLY, THE TV COMMERCIAL FOR THE 2008 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME!!!CHECK IT OUT! YOU CAN PAUSE IT WHEN YOU GET TO COHEN SO YOU CAN GET A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT PHOTO THEY CHOSE OF HIM. IT GOES BY REALLY QUICK!
http://www.spike.com/video/2947416?cmpn ... fsite=7103
They've got the lyrics for Suzanne, and the I'm Your Man title next to his picture.
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They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
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Madonna Flattered to be Among "Musical Dinosaurs"
02.29.08 07:28 AM | 2008 Ceremony | Permalink
http://www.futurerockhall.com/blog.html ... try-id-133
Madonna said yesterday she was hesitant about her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but she has now come around to the idea, even though she may not perform during the ceremony, as reported here first.
"I heard about it and I kind of felt ambivalent, like, 'What is that, the place they put musical dinosaurs?' " Madonna told reporters from around the globe yesterday, including Sun Media in a Canadian print exclusive. She has just started promoting her new hip-hop and R&B-drenched dance album, Hard Candy, due in stores April 29.
"I didn't really know what to think of it," she said, "but then lots of people explained to me that it's an acknowledgement of singers and songwriters who have made a contribution in the world of music for 25 years, and so eventually I came around to the idea that it was flattering."
And she's pleased that she will be inducted by one of her Hard Candy collaborators, Justin Timberlake, who co-wrote many of the songs and sings on the new album, including the Timbaland-produced first single, Four Minutes. Timberlake also appears in the video alongside her as two superheroes trying to save the world.
"It was Justin who offered and kind of surprised me, when we were shooting the video — he said he wanted to be the person to induct me, so to speak, so I said, 'Okay,' " said Madonna, who added how the rest of the induction evening will unfold is up in the air.
"It's supposed to be a surprise for me — somebody sings one of my songs," she said before adding, "Yikes! No, I'm just kidding. I don't know."
That last quote is confirmation that plans are underway to have someone else perform her music. We'll find out on March 10th when the Ceremony airs live on VH1 Classic and at BestBuy.com.
02.29.08 07:28 AM | 2008 Ceremony | Permalink
http://www.futurerockhall.com/blog.html ... try-id-133
Madonna said yesterday she was hesitant about her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but she has now come around to the idea, even though she may not perform during the ceremony, as reported here first.
"I heard about it and I kind of felt ambivalent, like, 'What is that, the place they put musical dinosaurs?' " Madonna told reporters from around the globe yesterday, including Sun Media in a Canadian print exclusive. She has just started promoting her new hip-hop and R&B-drenched dance album, Hard Candy, due in stores April 29.
"I didn't really know what to think of it," she said, "but then lots of people explained to me that it's an acknowledgement of singers and songwriters who have made a contribution in the world of music for 25 years, and so eventually I came around to the idea that it was flattering."
And she's pleased that she will be inducted by one of her Hard Candy collaborators, Justin Timberlake, who co-wrote many of the songs and sings on the new album, including the Timbaland-produced first single, Four Minutes. Timberlake also appears in the video alongside her as two superheroes trying to save the world.
"It was Justin who offered and kind of surprised me, when we were shooting the video — he said he wanted to be the person to induct me, so to speak, so I said, 'Okay,' " said Madonna, who added how the rest of the induction evening will unfold is up in the air.
"It's supposed to be a surprise for me — somebody sings one of my songs," she said before adding, "Yikes! No, I'm just kidding. I don't know."
That last quote is confirmation that plans are underway to have someone else perform her music. We'll find out on March 10th when the Ceremony airs live on VH1 Classic and at BestBuy.com.
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
The 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame page on BESTBUY.COM is now up!!
http://www.bestbuy.com/
http://www.bestbuy.com/halloffame
You will need to download the latest version of Windows Media Player to your computer if you don't already have it.
They have included the first paragraph of each of the inductees Rock Hall biography. Leonard Cohen's of course, is the one that ends with the part about giving Kurt Cobain a Leonard Cohen afterworld so he can sigh eternally.
Best Buy has also included their little take on the whole thing:
An original diva (Madonna), a Rock legend (Leonard Cohen), a heartland favorite son (John Mellencamp) and more--these legendary artists are set to be enshrined with other rock and roll luminaries.
Once again here's the page
http://www.bestbuy.com/halloffame
THE 2008 ROCK HALL TV COMMERCIAL
http://www.spike.com/video/2947416?cmpn ... fsite=7103
http://www.bestbuy.com/
http://www.bestbuy.com/halloffame
You will need to download the latest version of Windows Media Player to your computer if you don't already have it.
They have included the first paragraph of each of the inductees Rock Hall biography. Leonard Cohen's of course, is the one that ends with the part about giving Kurt Cobain a Leonard Cohen afterworld so he can sigh eternally.
Best Buy has also included their little take on the whole thing:
An original diva (Madonna), a Rock legend (Leonard Cohen), a heartland favorite son (John Mellencamp) and more--these legendary artists are set to be enshrined with other rock and roll luminaries.
Once again here's the page
http://www.bestbuy.com/halloffame
THE 2008 ROCK HALL TV COMMERCIAL
http://www.spike.com/video/2947416?cmpn ... fsite=7103
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They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Once the next issues of People, Newsweek, TIME, Rollingstone and Billboard Magazine and any other magazine are released I will scan all the 2008 Rock Hall ads they might have in them and I will post them on here.
The sweepstakes are over. Let us know if you won anything!
http://www.vh1.com/interact/sweepstakes ... fame_2008/
The sweepstakes are over. Let us know if you won anything!
http://www.vh1.com/interact/sweepstakes ... fame_2008/
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They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom