[Powderworks] Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
GrnVillageGirl@aol.com
GrnVillageGirl@aol.com
Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:25:09 EST
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I can tell you how it works, because I'm a voter - put on the list of about
300 rock critic types by a former nominating member.
There are several dozen nominating members, among them Paul Shaffer, Lenny
Kaye (of Patti Smith and "Nuggets" fame), Steve Morse of the Boston Globe,
David Hinckley of the New York Daily News, Phil Spector and many music-biz
luminaries. The co-chairmen are Jon Landau (Springsteen's manager) and
Seymour Stein (Sire Records founder), but the real power - I gather - lies
with Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner. If he doesn't like you, you ain't
getting in, end of story.
The nominating members nominate - the nominees are winnowed down to the usual
number - and then are voted on.
But there's something screwy about the process, I can tell you firsthand. One
year, Iggy and the Stooges were nominated. Think they'd be a shoo-in, right?
Wrong. Not only didn't they get in on the first ballot, but they were
eliminated from voting the following year - weren't nominated at all. I wrote
it in ("Where's Iggy?!") and still nothing. It's been about three years now,
and that name hasn't come up for voting again.
A lot of it, as you can imagine, is a scam - certain nominating members have,
shall we say, financial interests in certain artists. Or their back
catalogues.
However, I do personally know at least a half-dozen of the nominating
members, so I plan on putting a bug in their ears about which Australian band
should be nominated very soon.
My two cents: they'll play "Dead Heart," "Beds" and "Power and the Passion,"
which after all is really kind of a signature song for them. But I wouldn't
be surprised if they only got two numbers, in which case it would be the
biggest hits.
All that matters is that they get the recognition they deserve, but I also
wouldn't be surprised if they pissed off enough label people during their
career that it never happens.
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LANG=3D"0">I can tell you how it works, because I'm a voter - put on the lis=
t of about 300 rock critic types by a former nominating member.<BR>
There are several dozen nominating members, among them Paul Shaffer, Lenny K=
aye (of Patti Smith and "Nuggets" fame), Steve Morse of the Boston Globe, Da=
vid Hinckley of the New York Daily News, Phil Spector and many music-biz lum=
inaries. The co-chairmen are Jon Landau (Springsteen's manager) and Seymour=20=
Stein (Sire Records founder), but the real power - I gather - lies with Roll=
ing Stone publisher Jann Wenner. If he doesn't like you, you ain't getting i=
n, end of story.<BR>
The nominating members nominate - the nominees are winnowed down to the usua=
l number - and then are voted on.<BR>
But there's something screwy about the process, I can tell you firsthand. On=
e year, Iggy and the Stooges were nominated. Think they'd be a shoo-in, righ=
t? Wrong. Not only didn't they get in on the first ballot, but they were eli=
minated from voting the following year - weren't nominated at all. I wrote i=
t in ("Where's Iggy?!") and still nothing. It's been about three years now,=20=
and that name hasn't come up for voting again.<BR>
A lot of it, as you can imagine, is a scam - certain nominating members have=
, shall we say, financial interests in certain artists. Or their back catalo=
gues.<BR>
However, I do personally know at least a half-dozen of the nominating member=
s, so I plan on putting a bug in their ears about which Australian band shou=
ld be nominated very soon.<BR>
My two cents: they'll play "Dead Heart," "Beds" and "Power and the Passion,"=
which after all is really kind of a signature song for them. But I wouldn't=
be surprised if they only got two numbers, in which case it would be the bi=
ggest hits.<BR>
All that matters is that they get the recognition they deserve, but I also w=
ouldn't be surprised if they pissed off enough label people during their car=
eer that it never happens.<BR>
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