EPO
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Post by EPO on Oct 31, 2006 21:03:36 GMT -5
This class ranked:
1. Patti Smith
2. The Stooges
3. Grandmaster Flash
4. Van Halen
5. REM
6. The Ronettes
7. Chic
8. Joe Tex
9. Dave Clark Five
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cford
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Post by cford on Nov 1, 2006 10:05:52 GMT -5
This class ranked: 1. Patti Smith 2. The Stooges 3. Grandmaster Flash 4. Van Halen 5. REM 6. The Ronettes 7. Chic 8. Joe Tex 9. Dave Clark Five Dave Clark Five on the bottom? Outrageous! "Bits and Pieces", "Glad All Over", these guys were the Beatles with a saxophone player.. Those two bands "owned" the Ed Sullivan show back in the day...I figured they would have already been inducted.. CF |
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gage
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Post by gage on Nov 2, 2006 12:37:03 GMT -5
I've tried, but I've never understood the appeal of most Patti Smith music. She seems more like one of the last hippies to me rather than the first punks.
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Post by Kathy on Nov 2, 2006 13:29:07 GMT -5
I've tried, but I've never understood the appeal of most Patti Smith music. She seems more like one of the last hippies to me rather than the first punks. You and I seem to be in agreeance today  |
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Post by BoringEnormous on Nov 2, 2006 15:20:23 GMT -5
I've tried, but I've never understood the appeal of most Patti Smith music. She seems more like one of the last hippies to me rather than the first punks. Yeah, I just don't get what the big deal is...she's totally deified by critics, and I guess I can see her influence, but I've listened to Horses and it just seemed so...overwrought.... But then I don't get Bowie or Randy Newman either, so clearly I'm deficient somehow... |
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Smorgasberg
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It has to be the shoes, money!
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Post by Smorgasberg on Nov 2, 2006 15:46:10 GMT -5
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the actual hall istself, is a dismally depressing affair. I had seen Sun Records, Graceland, and the Rock and Soul Museum in Memphis, and enjoyed them all (also, the company of friends first met on this board).
Maybe it was just my mood, but the day I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it felt more funereal even, than standing by Elvis's grave.
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Post by FreeRider on Nov 2, 2006 16:00:57 GMT -5
I liked Smith's "Easter" but anything else she's done seemed unlistenable and rather bland to me. It would help if she had some songs that were memorable.
I like the concept of the RRHoF being used to honor the early pioneers but after that, it just seems to spark endless debate about something that can't be measured in the majority of instances.
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Post by scoOter on Nov 2, 2006 17:06:24 GMT -5
there is some temporary clash exhibit there, and i would like to see that, but i can't bring myself to really want to enter the rock hall. i maintain that the clash exhibit should be a touring, mobile affair that takes place in union halls, police stations, army barracks, and fire stations around the countries.
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Post by allshookup on Nov 2, 2006 17:32:27 GMT -5
i maintain that the clash exhibit should be a touring, mobile affair that takes place in union halls, police stations, army barracks, and fire stations around the countries. Or maybe as a nod to Strummer's busking days, on the sidewalks outside of those places... |
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MikeR
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All Hopped Up On Goofballs
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Post by MikeR on Nov 2, 2006 19:17:25 GMT -5
The Dave Clark Five kinda embody the spirit of rock & roll, for me. Yeah, they're not exactly virtuosos with their instruments. Big deal. To me, they're a bunch of guys who came up with some really cool songs and had a great time and let the rest of us share in the fun.
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Post by Tarzan on Nov 2, 2006 22:20:28 GMT -5
There should be no RnR Hall of Fame, in my opinion. But if there must be, then definitely the Dave Clark Five. I come and go with Patti Smith, kinda like I am with REM. I love her album "Easter," and the song "Dancin' Barefoot" off of Wave. Her version of Springsteen's "Because the Night" on Easter puts Springsteen's to shame, and his ain't bad.
Patti Smith opened for the Stones at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta in 1977 on their Some Girls tour. The venue held 4,000 or so, and the Stone billed themselves as the Cockroaches. Smith's entrance onstage was the greatest thing I've ever seen, so for that moment alone I'd stick her in the HOF. Her band came out one by one and began sorta playing quietly as she read from one of her poems, an American flag draped around her. The passage was the spoken word intro to "Rock ' Roll -' off Easter. As she ended the intro poem to start the song, she shouted its final words (I'm a little forgetful on lyrics here) "Spare the child and spoil the rod . . . I am not selling myself to God!" and the band kicked in loudly as Patti Smith whipped off the American flag to reveal a T-shirt with a giant photo of Brian Jones on the front. Oh jesus, was that ever cool. She then proceeded to blow the Stones away.
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EPO
Second Class Scout
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Post by EPO on Nov 2, 2006 23:50:17 GMT -5
I've tried, but I've never understood the appeal of most Patti Smith music. She seems more like one of the last hippies to me rather than the first punks. That's fair enough. Patti's appeal is all attitude. Either you love Patti or you don't like her at all. The Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame stinks anyways. With no real criteria we as fans have this stupid annual argument about "who belongs". Personally I like to think of who made a real difference in rock music, rather than who sold the most records. |
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Post by scoOter on Nov 3, 2006 9:05:41 GMT -5
i maintain that the clash exhibit should be a touring, mobile affair that takes place in union halls, police stations, army barracks, and fire stations around the countries. Or maybe as a nod to Strummer's busking days, on the sidewalks outside of those places... right! i wish strummer was still around... |
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