I just received the new issue of Spin . In it there is an article about this year's ceremony. The reporter that was there talked to Seymour Stein who is one of the people in charge . He was quoted as saying that Duran Duran will "certainly" be on the list of inductees when they are eligible. Of course he was listing several bands in the actual quote , but at least he said it in print.
> I just received the new issue of Spin . In it there is an article about > this year's ceremony. The reporter that was there talked to Seymour > Stein who is one of the people in charge . He was quoted as saying that > Duran Duran will "certainly" be on the list of inductees when they are > eligible. Of course he was listing several bands in the actual quote , > but at least he said it in print.
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It was just nice to see it being confirmed by somebody in charge of the Hall of Fame . We all know how stubborn the industry has been about giving Duran the credit they so richly deserve. Now all we need is to have the new album be a huge success. IMHO I think they should release a new single before the record comes out . So the general public can get interested in buying it when it finally does arrive in stores.
I know that Duran's name is already in their for songwriting. Hungry Like The Wolf is listed as one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll. Not too shabby.
Rob
"Natalie Hall" <natalie...@webtv.net> wrote in message
> It was just nice to see it being confirmed by somebody in charge of the > Hall of Fame . We all know how stubborn the industry has been about > giving Duran the credit they so richly deserve. Now all we need is to > have the new album be a huge success. IMHO I think they should > release a new single before the record comes out . So the general public > can get interested in buying it when it finally does arrive in stores.
They haven't gotten around to putting the Monkees in yet, they are arguably a group that changed the way we view rock groups and set the stage for MTV and groups like DD, plus they made 11 albums full of (mostly) great pop music. Just my 2 cents.
> They haven't gotten around to putting the Monkees in yet, they are arguably > a group that changed the way we view rock groups and set the stage for MTV > and groups like DD, plus they made 11 albums full of (mostly) great pop > music. Just my 2 cents.
> BW
While i will not argue the monkees place in pop culture lets not forget they were a tv show and were not a real band that wrote their own songs. i just saw davy jones on the teen idols abc special and he stated that in the interview.
>> They haven't gotten around to putting the Monkees in yet, they are arguably >> a group that changed the way we view rock groups and set the stage for MTV >> and groups like DD, plus they made 11 albums full of (mostly) great pop >> music. Just my 2 cents.
>> BW
> While i will not argue the monkees place in pop culture lets not >forget they were a tv show and were not a real band that wrote their >own songs. i just saw davy jones on the teen idols abc special and he >stated that in the interview.
Elvis and Frank Sinatra never wrote their own songs either.
And while I acknowledge that popularity is no indicator of taste (Ronan bloody Keating a case in point!), the Monkees at one point in their career outsold both the Beatles and the Stones *together*. They may have been the first manufactured boy band, but unlike today's boy bands, the Monkees could play instruments and play live without the need for backing singers while they danced around like muppets.
Besides, Mike Nesmith invented MTV... who gave Duran their big break in the US. For that alone we should be eternally grateful!
they were a tv show and were not a real band that wrote their own songs Oh my goodness.....lookout, you may have Nsync and Backstreet fans jump on you about this again! Evidently not writing your songs and such is just dandy, and real talent is a bonus if you get it. Hey, could any of the Monkees 'beatbox'?
risingforce73 wrote: > Billy + Julia Wiggins <wwigg...@earthlink.net> wrote in message <news:B9038115.F55F%wwiggins@earthlink.net>... > > They haven't gotten around to putting the Monkees in yet, they are arguably > > a group that changed the way we view rock groups and set the stage for MTV > > and groups like DD, plus they made 11 albums full of (mostly) great pop > > music. Just my 2 cents.
> > BW
> While i will not argue the monkees place in pop culture lets not > forget they were a tv show and were not a real band that wrote their > own songs. i just saw davy jones on the teen idols abc special and he > stated that in the interview.
> While i will not argue the monkees place in pop culture lets not >forget they were a tv show and were not a real band that wrote their >own songs. i just saw davy jones on the teen idols abc special and he >stated that in the interview.
Actually they did write some of their songs, maybe 40%. They also played their own insturments most of the time. They were more of a band than Backstreet Boys and N'Sync.
