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MOJO chose a Leonard Cohen photo for their article on the 2008 Rock Hall
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Black Voices
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The top inductees of 2008 -- singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and boy-toy-turned-pop-icon-with-a-fake-British-accent Madonna – represent the HOF at its quirkiest. For one thing, neither artist recorded what’s officially classified as “rock and roll.” Still, they’re both adventurous choices and worthy picks.
Poet and songwriter Cohen doesn’t sing so much as sigh his way through his songs. Cohen takes years (like five or more sometimes) to finish a single composition. “So Long, Marianne,” “Famous Blue Raincoat,” and “Chelsea Hotel No. 2” (in which he recounts the night he got head from Janis Joplin) are all classics. Recommended listening: Songs of Leonard Cohen, and The Essential Leonard Cohen.
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http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2007/12/post_6.html
Soul Tracks
http://www.soultracks.com/story-gamble_huff_RRHF
Black Voices
http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2007/1 ... l-of-fame/
From Australia
http://www.news.com.au/showbuzzgallery/ ... -4,00.html
Clevesecene.com
http://blogs.clevescene.com/cnotes/2007 ... k_hall.php
The top inductees of 2008 -- singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and boy-toy-turned-pop-icon-with-a-fake-British-accent Madonna – represent the HOF at its quirkiest. For one thing, neither artist recorded what’s officially classified as “rock and roll.” Still, they’re both adventurous choices and worthy picks.
Poet and songwriter Cohen doesn’t sing so much as sigh his way through his songs. Cohen takes years (like five or more sometimes) to finish a single composition. “So Long, Marianne,” “Famous Blue Raincoat,” and “Chelsea Hotel No. 2” (in which he recounts the night he got head from Janis Joplin) are all classics. Recommended listening: Songs of Leonard Cohen, and The Essential Leonard Cohen.
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/blog/200 ... melle.html
San Diego News
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brooding Canadian poet-cum-singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen
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Spinner
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VH1
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It’s hard to define rock and roll these days. Punk pissiness, hard-hitting blues, disco fever? It’s all got an attitude that suits the music’s essence. This year the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is all over the place with its inductees list – and that’s good. Pop’s agent provocateur Madonna, the punchy denim rocker John Mellencamp, the sophisticated poet Leonard Cohen; each will be on board at the Hall’s annual ceremony at New York’s Waldorf Astoria. This time around it’s scheduled for March 10, 2008. VH1 Classic will show the event live. Here’s the entire list.
Madonna
She’s been blowing minds ever since she wore underwear as outerwear, back in the early ’80s. The Material Girl is the ultimate changeling, moving from dance pop to trance pop, reinvigorating the art of spectacle along the way.
John Mellencamp
His began as a chart-topping tough guy, fighting authority and singing ditties about Jack and Diane. He became a dedicated man of the people, rocking political moves with Farm Aid and his recent Jena Six track.
Leonard Cohen
A soft-spoken lyricist who worked in Dylan’s shadow and created cinematic tracks about the anxiety of love, the Canadian bard has always worked the philosophical angle. His miniatures ask big questions.
The Dave Clark Five
They rode the coat tails of the Beatles, but give it up: the Brit-Pop wonders dropped a string of great, frenzied songs between ‘64 – ‘66. From “Can’t You See That She’s Mine” to “Catch Us If You Can,” they were a blast.
The Ventures
Car tunes, surf tunes, riff tunes – the instrumental combo cornered the market on cool, oddball ditties in the early ’60s with classics such as “Walk, Don’t Run,” “Telstar,” and “Apache.” Every garage band has played one of their tunes at least once.
Little Walter
A master of the blues harp, the rough and tumble band leader helped Muddy Waters build his fierce and sexy Chicago blues before breaking off on his own to cut an array of gnarled little gems such as “Juke” and “Off the Wall.”
Gamble & Huff
Writers and producers both, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff hooked up to concoct one of R&B most durable sounds: Philly Soul. They’re responsible for the perfection that is Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes‘ “Back Stabbers” and The O’Jays‘ “Love Train.”
The Ventures, The Dave Clark Five, Little Walter, Gamble & Huff, Leonard Cohen, John Mellencamp, Madonna
Official 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Press Release
http://www.rockhall.com/pressroom/2008- ... nouncement
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces its Inductees for 2008
December 13, 2007—New York—The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation today announced its inductees for 2008. The inductees will be honored at a ceremony on March 10, 2008, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
“The 2008 inductees are trailblazers – all unique and influential in their genres,” said Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation President and CEO Joel Peresman. “From poetry to pop, these five acts demonstrate the rich diversity of rock and roll itself. We are proud to honor these artists and celebrate their contribution to rock and roll’s place in our culture.”
The performer inductees are:
Leonard Cohen
The Dave Clark Five (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley, Denny Payton and Mike Smith)
Madonna
John Mellencamp
The Ventures (Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Gerry McGee, Mel Taylor, Don Wilson)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame also announced the induction of Little Walter in its sideman category, and the newly named “Ahmet Ertegun Award” (formerly the non-performer category) will be presented to legendary producers, Gamble & Huff.
The 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer inductees were chosen by the 600 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Artists are eligible for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty-five years after their first recording is released.
In addition to being honored at the March ceremony, each inducted artist is commemorated at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland Ohio, which serves as a monument to rock and roll’s impact on our culture. There, this year’s inductees will be honored – along with previous year’s inductees and hundreds of other artists – with exhibits, video and interactive presentations and programs that serve to tell the story of modern music. The Hall of Fame itself will include artifacts from this year’s inductees, a multi-media presentation with highlights from each artist’s career and their signatures permanently engraved in the glass walls of the Hall of Fame.
Presenters and performers at the induction will be announced at a later date. The induction ceremony will again air live on VH1 Classic on March 10, 2008.
More about the inductees:
With the 1966 release of In My Life by Judy Collins, containing Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” and “Dress Rehearsal Rag,” Cohen became a folk rock icon of the singer songwriter movement. Already an acclaimed poet and novelist in his native Canada, Cohen moved to New York in 1967 and released his classic album Songs of Leonard Cohen on Columbia Records. Its music launched Leonard Cohen into the highest and most influential echelon of songwriters. Cohen’s elegiac work is widely used in film and covered by artists from Jeff Buckley to Bono to Bob Dylan to R.E.M. As Kurt Cobain said, “Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld so I can sigh eternally.”
One of the most successful British Invasion bands of the Sixties, The Dave Clark Five topped the UK charts in 1965 with their iconic pop song “Glad All Over.” Thundering production set the DC5 apart. Their slick melodic sensibility masked their boom factor: The DC5 were the loudest group in the U.K. until the advent of The Who. Drummer, songwriter and manager Dave Clark provided a perfect foundation for Mike Smith’s soulful vocals. Reaching the Top Forty 17 times in just three years, with more appearances on the Ed Sullivan show than the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, the DC5 were an enormous pop phenomenon before disbanding in 1970. The Dave Clark Five have sold more than 50 million records worldwide to date.
Doors opened wide for Madonna Louise Ciccone in 1982, after five years as a singer and dancer on New York City’s competitive club circuit. She signed with Sire Records (her label for the next 14 years) where her idiosyncratic persona exploded onto turntables, dance floors and airwaves and captured the imagination of the first generation of MTV viewers. She went on to become the top female star of the 1980s with seven #1 hits, three #1 albums and seventeen top ten hits in that decade. In addition to molding her public image, Madonna is a meticulous studio craftsperson and completely uninhibited stage performer. From her first #1, 1984’s “Like A Virgin” (produced by Nile Rogers of Chic) to her most recent two year Confessions campaign, Madonna remains one of the most ferociously original artists in music today.
Over the course of his career, John Mellencamp has become a symbol of the hopes, struggles and passions of America’s heartland. As a songwriter, many of his efforts have transcended “hit” status (“Hurts So Good,” “Pink Houses,” “I Need A Lover”) and have entered the cultural vernacular. Mellencamp’s musical heart is in his ballads and rock numbers rooted in late 50s and early 60s rock and roll. His music describes the American experience; the hopes and fears of the common everyman. As co-founder of Farm Aid, Indiana’s favorite son gives voice to issues that might otherwise be ignored, from our disappearing farmlands to the role of race and class in America.
From Seattle, The Ventures defined instrumental guitar rock in the 1960s. Their hits bookended the decade, from 1960’s “Walk Don’t Run” to 1969’s “Hawaii Five-O.” Nokie Edwards’ twang-guitar and the crisp rhythm of Don Wilson, bassist Bob Bogle and drummer Mel Taylor gave every Ventures album their trademark bent note sound. Long admired by other bands like the Beatles (and especially George Harrison), Stephen Stills, Joe Walsh, Aerosmith, and others, the Ventures hit the Billboard chart nearly three dozen times in the 1960s. The transparent stereo mixes enabled guitarists to isolate and learn every riff, an idea that fueled 1965’s essential instruction LP Play Guitar With the Ventures. Founders of surf rock, the Ventures inspired a classic line of Mosrite guitars and have maintained a flourishing touring and recording career for decades, especially in Europe and Japan.
Little Walter (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968) Although Little Walter might not have been the first person to amplify the harmonica, his pioneering use of the microphone helped establish the modern blues harmonica. With a mike clasped to his harp, Little Walter created echoing, moaning, hornlike sounds that redefined the capabilities of the instrument. Walter Jacobs had fourteen top ten hits on the R&B charts in the 1950’s including two number #1 songs “Juke” and “My Babe.” Little Walter toured and recorded extensively with blues great Muddy Waters in the 1950’s. He also recorded with Jimmy Rogers, Memphis Minnie, Otis Rush and Bo Diddley. Little Walter’s influence was pervasive, especially in England where the next generation of harp players such as Mick Jagger listened to his records over and over.
Songwriters-producers and record label owners Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff made Philadelphia the soul capitol in the 1970’s. Gamble and Huff’s label Philadelphia International had a stable of artists that included the O’Jays, McFadden & Whitehead, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Lou Rawls and Dee Dee Sharp. Their records featured the duo’s trademark sound: lush string orchestrations, a powerful rhythm section and a disco beat. They also worked with Dusty Springfield, Wilson Pickett, and Jerry Butler among others. In 1990, Gamble and Huff won a Grammy for best R&B song, awarded for Simply Red’s cover of the Blue Notes’ 1972 hit “If You Don’t Know Me By Know.” And in 1999, they won the Grammy Trustees Award.
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It’s hard to define rock and roll these days. Punk pissiness, hard-hitting blues, disco fever? It’s all got an attitude that suits the music’s essence. This year the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is all over the place with its inductees list – and that’s good. Pop’s agent provocateur Madonna, the punchy denim rocker John Mellencamp, the sophisticated poet Leonard Cohen; each will be on board at the Hall’s annual ceremony at New York’s Waldorf Astoria. This time around it’s scheduled for March 10, 2008. VH1 Classic will show the event live. Here’s the entire list.
Madonna
She’s been blowing minds ever since she wore underwear as outerwear, back in the early ’80s. The Material Girl is the ultimate changeling, moving from dance pop to trance pop, reinvigorating the art of spectacle along the way.
John Mellencamp
His began as a chart-topping tough guy, fighting authority and singing ditties about Jack and Diane. He became a dedicated man of the people, rocking political moves with Farm Aid and his recent Jena Six track.
Leonard Cohen
A soft-spoken lyricist who worked in Dylan’s shadow and created cinematic tracks about the anxiety of love, the Canadian bard has always worked the philosophical angle. His miniatures ask big questions.
The Dave Clark Five
They rode the coat tails of the Beatles, but give it up: the Brit-Pop wonders dropped a string of great, frenzied songs between ‘64 – ‘66. From “Can’t You See That She’s Mine” to “Catch Us If You Can,” they were a blast.
The Ventures
Car tunes, surf tunes, riff tunes – the instrumental combo cornered the market on cool, oddball ditties in the early ’60s with classics such as “Walk, Don’t Run,” “Telstar,” and “Apache.” Every garage band has played one of their tunes at least once.
Little Walter
A master of the blues harp, the rough and tumble band leader helped Muddy Waters build his fierce and sexy Chicago blues before breaking off on his own to cut an array of gnarled little gems such as “Juke” and “Off the Wall.”
Gamble & Huff
Writers and producers both, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff hooked up to concoct one of R&B most durable sounds: Philly Soul. They’re responsible for the perfection that is Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes‘ “Back Stabbers” and The O’Jays‘ “Love Train.”
The Ventures, The Dave Clark Five, Little Walter, Gamble & Huff, Leonard Cohen, John Mellencamp, Madonna
Official 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Press Release
http://www.rockhall.com/pressroom/2008- ... nouncement
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces its Inductees for 2008
December 13, 2007—New York—The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation today announced its inductees for 2008. The inductees will be honored at a ceremony on March 10, 2008, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
“The 2008 inductees are trailblazers – all unique and influential in their genres,” said Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation President and CEO Joel Peresman. “From poetry to pop, these five acts demonstrate the rich diversity of rock and roll itself. We are proud to honor these artists and celebrate their contribution to rock and roll’s place in our culture.”
The performer inductees are:
Leonard Cohen
The Dave Clark Five (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson, Rick Huxley, Denny Payton and Mike Smith)
Madonna
John Mellencamp
The Ventures (Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Gerry McGee, Mel Taylor, Don Wilson)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame also announced the induction of Little Walter in its sideman category, and the newly named “Ahmet Ertegun Award” (formerly the non-performer category) will be presented to legendary producers, Gamble & Huff.
The 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer inductees were chosen by the 600 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Artists are eligible for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty-five years after their first recording is released.
In addition to being honored at the March ceremony, each inducted artist is commemorated at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland Ohio, which serves as a monument to rock and roll’s impact on our culture. There, this year’s inductees will be honored – along with previous year’s inductees and hundreds of other artists – with exhibits, video and interactive presentations and programs that serve to tell the story of modern music. The Hall of Fame itself will include artifacts from this year’s inductees, a multi-media presentation with highlights from each artist’s career and their signatures permanently engraved in the glass walls of the Hall of Fame.
Presenters and performers at the induction will be announced at a later date. The induction ceremony will again air live on VH1 Classic on March 10, 2008.
More about the inductees:
With the 1966 release of In My Life by Judy Collins, containing Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” and “Dress Rehearsal Rag,” Cohen became a folk rock icon of the singer songwriter movement. Already an acclaimed poet and novelist in his native Canada, Cohen moved to New York in 1967 and released his classic album Songs of Leonard Cohen on Columbia Records. Its music launched Leonard Cohen into the highest and most influential echelon of songwriters. Cohen’s elegiac work is widely used in film and covered by artists from Jeff Buckley to Bono to Bob Dylan to R.E.M. As Kurt Cobain said, “Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld so I can sigh eternally.”
One of the most successful British Invasion bands of the Sixties, The Dave Clark Five topped the UK charts in 1965 with their iconic pop song “Glad All Over.” Thundering production set the DC5 apart. Their slick melodic sensibility masked their boom factor: The DC5 were the loudest group in the U.K. until the advent of The Who. Drummer, songwriter and manager Dave Clark provided a perfect foundation for Mike Smith’s soulful vocals. Reaching the Top Forty 17 times in just three years, with more appearances on the Ed Sullivan show than the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, the DC5 were an enormous pop phenomenon before disbanding in 1970. The Dave Clark Five have sold more than 50 million records worldwide to date.
Doors opened wide for Madonna Louise Ciccone in 1982, after five years as a singer and dancer on New York City’s competitive club circuit. She signed with Sire Records (her label for the next 14 years) where her idiosyncratic persona exploded onto turntables, dance floors and airwaves and captured the imagination of the first generation of MTV viewers. She went on to become the top female star of the 1980s with seven #1 hits, three #1 albums and seventeen top ten hits in that decade. In addition to molding her public image, Madonna is a meticulous studio craftsperson and completely uninhibited stage performer. From her first #1, 1984’s “Like A Virgin” (produced by Nile Rogers of Chic) to her most recent two year Confessions campaign, Madonna remains one of the most ferociously original artists in music today.
Over the course of his career, John Mellencamp has become a symbol of the hopes, struggles and passions of America’s heartland. As a songwriter, many of his efforts have transcended “hit” status (“Hurts So Good,” “Pink Houses,” “I Need A Lover”) and have entered the cultural vernacular. Mellencamp’s musical heart is in his ballads and rock numbers rooted in late 50s and early 60s rock and roll. His music describes the American experience; the hopes and fears of the common everyman. As co-founder of Farm Aid, Indiana’s favorite son gives voice to issues that might otherwise be ignored, from our disappearing farmlands to the role of race and class in America.
From Seattle, The Ventures defined instrumental guitar rock in the 1960s. Their hits bookended the decade, from 1960’s “Walk Don’t Run” to 1969’s “Hawaii Five-O.” Nokie Edwards’ twang-guitar and the crisp rhythm of Don Wilson, bassist Bob Bogle and drummer Mel Taylor gave every Ventures album their trademark bent note sound. Long admired by other bands like the Beatles (and especially George Harrison), Stephen Stills, Joe Walsh, Aerosmith, and others, the Ventures hit the Billboard chart nearly three dozen times in the 1960s. The transparent stereo mixes enabled guitarists to isolate and learn every riff, an idea that fueled 1965’s essential instruction LP Play Guitar With the Ventures. Founders of surf rock, the Ventures inspired a classic line of Mosrite guitars and have maintained a flourishing touring and recording career for decades, especially in Europe and Japan.
Little Walter (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968) Although Little Walter might not have been the first person to amplify the harmonica, his pioneering use of the microphone helped establish the modern blues harmonica. With a mike clasped to his harp, Little Walter created echoing, moaning, hornlike sounds that redefined the capabilities of the instrument. Walter Jacobs had fourteen top ten hits on the R&B charts in the 1950’s including two number #1 songs “Juke” and “My Babe.” Little Walter toured and recorded extensively with blues great Muddy Waters in the 1950’s. He also recorded with Jimmy Rogers, Memphis Minnie, Otis Rush and Bo Diddley. Little Walter’s influence was pervasive, especially in England where the next generation of harp players such as Mick Jagger listened to his records over and over.
Songwriters-producers and record label owners Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff made Philadelphia the soul capitol in the 1970’s. Gamble and Huff’s label Philadelphia International had a stable of artists that included the O’Jays, McFadden & Whitehead, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Lou Rawls and Dee Dee Sharp. Their records featured the duo’s trademark sound: lush string orchestrations, a powerful rhythm section and a disco beat. They also worked with Dusty Springfield, Wilson Pickett, and Jerry Butler among others. In 1990, Gamble and Huff won a Grammy for best R&B song, awarded for Simply Red’s cover of the Blue Notes’ 1972 hit “If You Don’t Know Me By Know.” And in 1999, they won the Grammy Trustees Award.
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The black & white photos are very appropriate. The colour one looks like Leonard is doing a George Burns imitation. Not one of my favourites of him. I wish they'd choose another.
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70 days until the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!
Canadians in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
2008 Leonard Cohen
1998 Denny Doherty (The Mamas and the Papas)
1997 Joni Mitchell
1995 Neil Young
1994 The Band
There have only been 4 musicians who have been inducted in the same year into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame:
1986 - Chuck Berry
1997 - Joni Mitchell
1999 - Bruce Springsteen
2000 - James Taylor
Canadians in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
2008 Leonard Cohen
1998 Denny Doherty (The Mamas and the Papas)
1997 Joni Mitchell
1995 Neil Young
1994 The Band
There have only been 4 musicians who have been inducted in the same year into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame:
1986 - Chuck Berry
1997 - Joni Mitchell
1999 - Bruce Springsteen
2000 - James Taylor
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Roger Friedman's Latest Rock Hall Screed
01.02.08 08:34 PM | 2008 Ceremony | Permalink
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Fox News entertainment/gossip columnist, Roger Friedman has been one of the biggest thorns in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's side. Here is his recent take on the 2008 Inductees:
The Dave Clark Five finally made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Thursday morning, one year after their real induction was stolen from them. Other inductees are Madonna, Leonard Cohen, the Ventures and, at long last, John Mellencamp. The latter nominee has been pushed and pushed by Jann Wenner year after year. It’s probably best just to get it over with.
Passed over were ridiculous nominees such as Donna Summer and Afrika Bambaattaa.
Madonna, who has nothing to do with rock, got in, however. For VH-1, which produces the show for TV, she’s the only drawing card on that bill. I’m sure the channel is already making desperate calls to Justin Timberlake and Amy Winehouse to see if they can sing (or if they know) a Cohen song.
To offset the usual lack of R&B inductees (meaning no black people), the Hall is giving a special award to Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff of Philadelphia International Records for not paying royalties to their artists for many years. Check out rulings against them concerning the O’Jays (http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/ ... D1141P.pdf) and Billy Paul, all of whom have been reported previously. Maybe previous inductees the O’Jays will perform "For the Love of Money."
But Gamble & Huff have been coming to the dinner for years and paying for their tickets, so their time has come. Still not in, and never will be: Billy Preston, Chubby Checker, Hall & Oates, Chicago, The Moody Blues, Todd Rundgren, Mary Wells, a dozen or so DJs who made rock 'n' roll history, Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon, Bad Company and so on and so forth…
Gamble & Huff are being inducted this year as "Non-Performers," a category where the 600+ member Voting Committee has no say in the selection. It's unclear who chooses the recipients in the Early Influence, Non-Performer, Sideman, and Lifetime Achievement categories. If anyone has any information on this, let us know.
01.02.08 08:34 PM | 2008 Ceremony | Permalink
http://www.futurerockhall.com/blog.html ... try-id-120
Fox News entertainment/gossip columnist, Roger Friedman has been one of the biggest thorns in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's side. Here is his recent take on the 2008 Inductees:
The Dave Clark Five finally made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Thursday morning, one year after their real induction was stolen from them. Other inductees are Madonna, Leonard Cohen, the Ventures and, at long last, John Mellencamp. The latter nominee has been pushed and pushed by Jann Wenner year after year. It’s probably best just to get it over with.
Passed over were ridiculous nominees such as Donna Summer and Afrika Bambaattaa.
Madonna, who has nothing to do with rock, got in, however. For VH-1, which produces the show for TV, she’s the only drawing card on that bill. I’m sure the channel is already making desperate calls to Justin Timberlake and Amy Winehouse to see if they can sing (or if they know) a Cohen song.
To offset the usual lack of R&B inductees (meaning no black people), the Hall is giving a special award to Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff of Philadelphia International Records for not paying royalties to their artists for many years. Check out rulings against them concerning the O’Jays (http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/ ... D1141P.pdf) and Billy Paul, all of whom have been reported previously. Maybe previous inductees the O’Jays will perform "For the Love of Money."
But Gamble & Huff have been coming to the dinner for years and paying for their tickets, so their time has come. Still not in, and never will be: Billy Preston, Chubby Checker, Hall & Oates, Chicago, The Moody Blues, Todd Rundgren, Mary Wells, a dozen or so DJs who made rock 'n' roll history, Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon, Bad Company and so on and so forth…
Gamble & Huff are being inducted this year as "Non-Performers," a category where the 600+ member Voting Committee has no say in the selection. It's unclear who chooses the recipients in the Early Influence, Non-Performer, Sideman, and Lifetime Achievement categories. If anyone has any information on this, let us know.
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I made a big mistake! Sorry!
Tables on the ground in front of the stage are 10 seats per table. If you are going as a group of 10, each person has to pay $10,000.00, not $100,000.00. So it's $100,000.00 for 10 people. If you are going by yourself and you want a table in front of the stage, you still have to pay $10,000.00, but you will have to sit at a table with people you don't know, but at least you get to see all the famous people walk by you.
Tables on the ground in front of the stage are 10 seats per table. If you are going as a group of 10, each person has to pay $10,000.00, not $100,000.00. So it's $100,000.00 for 10 people. If you are going by yourself and you want a table in front of the stage, you still have to pay $10,000.00, but you will have to sit at a table with people you don't know, but at least you get to see all the famous people walk by you.
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Rock Hall Class of 2008 Reactions
01.14.08 08:51 PM | 2008 Ceremony | Permalink
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The current issue of Rolling Stone Magazine has the reaction from the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class about their induction:
Madonna: "I was fortunate to have inducted my idol, David Bowie, so to be included alongside him is an honor."
John Mellencamp: "I don't really need verification, but this certainly does do that. After thirty-three years, it's nice."
Leonard Cohen: No comment.
The Dave Clark Five [Dave Clark]: "It would have been nice to have gotten in around the time the Beatles did, but it's wonderful now."
The Ventures [Don Wilson]: "It's a long time coming. For years it's bothered me that we haven't gotten in. I hate the word 'posthumously.'"
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation hasn't yet announced who will be the presenters at this year's awards ceremony, and word probably won't come down until a week before the March 10th show. Will Bowie get to return the favor for Madonna? The Lovin' Spoonful for Mellencamp? The O'Jays for Gamble and Huff? Any predictions? Leave them in the comments.
I hope this doesn't mean he won't be attending!
Maybe he is just being professional about it!
01.14.08 08:51 PM | 2008 Ceremony | Permalink
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The current issue of Rolling Stone Magazine has the reaction from the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class about their induction:
Madonna: "I was fortunate to have inducted my idol, David Bowie, so to be included alongside him is an honor."
John Mellencamp: "I don't really need verification, but this certainly does do that. After thirty-three years, it's nice."
Leonard Cohen: No comment.
The Dave Clark Five [Dave Clark]: "It would have been nice to have gotten in around the time the Beatles did, but it's wonderful now."
The Ventures [Don Wilson]: "It's a long time coming. For years it's bothered me that we haven't gotten in. I hate the word 'posthumously.'"
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation hasn't yet announced who will be the presenters at this year's awards ceremony, and word probably won't come down until a week before the March 10th show. Will Bowie get to return the favor for Madonna? The Lovin' Spoonful for Mellencamp? The O'Jays for Gamble and Huff? Any predictions? Leave them in the comments.
Leonard Cohen: No comment.
I hope this doesn't mean he won't be attending!
Maybe he is just being professional about it!
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Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
MY FINAL INDUCTION SPEECHES PREDICTIONS:
Leonard Cohen: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Jennifer Warnes, Suzanne Vega, U2 or R.E.M.
The Ventures: The Beach Boys or Eric Clapton
The Dave Clark Five: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr
John Mellencamp: Bruce Springsteen or Jon Bon Jovi
Madonna: David Bowie
Little Walter: Mick Jagger
Gamble & Huff: The O'Jays
Leonard Cohen: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Jennifer Warnes, Suzanne Vega, U2 or R.E.M.
The Ventures: The Beach Boys or Eric Clapton
The Dave Clark Five: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr
John Mellencamp: Bruce Springsteen or Jon Bon Jovi
Madonna: David Bowie
Little Walter: Mick Jagger
Gamble & Huff: The O'Jays
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They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Hi Yankovic ~
Do you think the writers's strike will impact the R&R ceremonies the way it did [was it?] the Golden Globes very recently?
~ Lizzy
Do you think the writers's strike will impact the R&R ceremonies the way it did [was it?] the Golden Globes very recently?
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde
Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
It's already been discussed on futurerockhall.comlizzytysh wrote:Hi Yankovic ~
Do you think the writers's strike will impact the R&R ceremonies the way it did [was it?] the Golden Globes very recently?
~ Lizzy
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies are not effected and never will be since all the induction speeches are written by the artists who are giving the induction speeches. They walk out on stage with papers in their hands. Plus, the Rock Hall Ceremony is not like the Grammys or the Oscars. There is no Actor or Comedian who walks out on stage at the beginning of the ceremony to open up the show. There is no teleprompter to read anything off of. There are no nominees. Just inductees. If you know what I mean. Plus Jann Wenner, the founder and editor of Rolling Stone Magazine and Rock Hall voting member is the one who usually gives the openning speech, which he writes himself.
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Excellent news. The show will go on... thanks for your comprehensive response, Yankovic.
~ Lizzy
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde
Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Check out Page 10 of this week's Rolling Stone Magazine. Johnny Depp on the Cover. I will scan and post when I can.
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
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They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Re: 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Wow, I just thought of this: Leonard Cohen is being inducted into the Rock Hall twenty years after he uttered the lines
"They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom" on First We Take Manhatten, which was also my introduction to Leonard Cohen twenty years ago!
"They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom" on First We Take Manhatten, which was also my introduction to Leonard Cohen twenty years ago!
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom