From: Bob Davis (earthjuice_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 2005-11-30 14:01:03
The induction process has now reached the point where personally all I can
do at this point is smile and be content in the knowlege that I personally
have nothing to do with it. After the Dells got in, I washed my hands of the
induction process. It's bogus and corrupt.
Rick James?
Chi-Lites?
Donna Summer?
Lara Nyro?
Kool and the Gang?
Tyrone Davis?
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels?
Commodores?
Little Anthony and the Imperials?
Spaniels
Five Royals?
Who cares?
After all, isn't it more important that we honor Sid Vicious??
The reality is that the induction committie can select whomever it wants to
for induction and base it on what appears to be an ever changing set of
criteria that makes no sense to me. Yes it is possible to construct a
rationale for each selection (even the Sex Pistols).
I could easily say that all selected belong, however the real question isn't
really about who belongs. The real question should be about who should go in
before whom.
For example, lets take the Sex Pistols.
They only recorded one album.
If they can be inducted, does that mean that anybody who has recorded one
album could be in there?
If they are in, shouldn't Chubby Checker have gone in before them?
I know that the people at VH 1, Rolling Stone, etc would say something
like...
"The Sex Pistols may have recorded only one album, but they were highly
influential..."
While that may be true, they weren't as influential as Chubby Checker, so
why not put Chubby in first?
Chubby influeced millions of people.
Hopefully the number of people influenced by Sid Vicious remains limited to
a small circle of people like Seymour Stein?
Hell, in my opinion Alvin and the Chipmunks were more "influential" than the
Sex Pistols.
So why not make the Sex Pistols wait until after Alvin and the Chipmunks,
Chubby Checker, the Archies, Big Bopper and others who actually had more
"influence" on American popular culture are in?
I realize that might not make Seymour Stein happy.
But it would be fair.
(but being "fair" is probably not on the agenda of the RRHOF Induction
Committie)
Ozzie Ozbourne has already said numerous times that he doesn't want to be
inducted into the RRHOF, because he thinks it's a sham.
(so why bother to induct Black Sabbath???)
Why not induct an artist who really wants to be in there instead?
Well having millions of Black Sabbath fans sitting in front of thier TV stes
wondering if their boy Ozzie will actually show up is probably a good thing
for the TV ratings.
Should Miles Davis be in there?
Of course he should be. Should have been there a long time ago.
His albums from 69-75 are fierce and actually take Rock n' Roll into a
differnt dimension.
Yet every time I look at this years list of inductee's it makes me want to
put the words "token colored inductee" in parentheses next to the name of
Miles Davis...
I could go on, but I won't. You see the reality is that they can put
whomever they want in there, for whatever reasons that they want to. It has
nothing to do with music or merit. And they aren't going to stop now.
Their induction process really stinks.
And it gets worse every year.
It's really a shame, because the RRHOF museum itself is such a great place
to visit and learn the true history of Rock n' Roll...
NP: "Vote For Miles"
--Miles Davis
----------------------------------------
Bob Davis
earthjuice_at_prodigy.net
----------------------------------------
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com"> SOUL-PATROL.COM WEBSITE
www.soul-patrol.com </a>
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter"> JOIN THE FREE BI-WEEKLY:
SOUL-PATROL
NEWSLETTER www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter </a>
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.net"> SOUL-PATROL.NET RADIO
www.soul-patrol.net </a>
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com/chat"> INTERACT & LISTEN: SOUL-PATROL
CHAT ROOM
www.soul-patrol.com/chat </a>
----------------------------------------