Posted on 12/15/2010 10:14:36 AM PST by JoeProBono
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland will induct Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Dr. John, and Darlene Love, according to the New York Times. Jac Holzman, who founded Elektra, and Art Rupe, who founded Specialty Records, will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award, which is given to music-industry executives. Pianist Leon Russell will receive the Award for Musical Excellence. The ceremony will be held in March
“He should be banned from the HoF for Turn On Your Heart Light and You Don’t Bring Me Flowers specifically.”
He ought to be flogged for “Forever in Blue Jeans.”
I’ve heard mixed reviews about The Union CD. Some of the tracks are supposedly very good and others not so much. I’m an Elton fan too (I know, I know, but I look the other way). I would be willing to give the CD a try. Russell has had chronic health problems and was in a wheelchair due to brain surgery for part of the tour. Probably all that hard living in the 60’s and 70’s has caught up with him!
Here’s a concert review http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/31/elton-john-electric-proms-leon-russell
IMO the best rock and roll movie ever done. Period. End of discussion.
The guy's got a book out; Apparently the mob controlled his entire career and ripped him off badly.
To the credit of both bands they played full sets and put their all into it.
Mr. Skin...we know where you've been.
Tommy James another example of the great music the State of Michigan cranked out in the 60s, and it just wasn’t Motown.
... or when Elvis got inducted into the Army... or when John met Yoko (and the Beatles broke up) ... or when disco started... or... or...
I guess the point you pick shows your age (at least in my case it does)!
Thanks for the info.
The only thing that hampered them from being better known was a disastrous second album, a "concept album" that featured almost no music and a lot of news clips interspersed with the "Beat Goes On." This was the brainchild of their producer, the legendary Shadow Morton, and he later admitted he screwed up the band. They made three more albums, one of which did very well, but the damage was done. But their symphonic rock easily predated groups like "Electric Light Orchestra," and individually three of the four members were at one time considered the best on their instrument in the business---Mark Stein, Tim Bogert, and Carmine Appice.
“Pasties And A G String,” “Small Change,” “The Piano Has Been Drinking” right off the top of my head.
But again - how does one define "Rock & Roll"? Dancability? Guitar riffs? Raw edginess? Suggestive lyrics? Listenability? He was one of the standard-bearers of sound in the mid-60s.
Hot August Night...you're right - sorta. But how many solo artists during the 60s were considered "Rockers"?
LMAO @ "cutting edge performance in the Jazz Singer." Ugggh...
When you've been kicking it hundreds of years before the Dawn of Man, you get a license to do whatever you want with impunity.
;-)
Keith's still Rock defined.
I remember the SCTV takeoff with Al Jarreau giving up his jazz singing career to become a cantor.
Yep. Saw the same infomercial. Pretty fascinating, eh? I think he said he was in Hawaii at the time - I'd call that "better things to do." Wow - timing is everything, ain't it? He'd probably be in the HoF based on Woodstock on his resume. Btw, he's got a book out chronicling his old days - I've been meaning to buy it.
BTW (and I'm guessing you're of similar age), I caught Alice Cooper at his peak back in '72, and maintain to this day it was the best live rock (emphasis on ROCK) performance I ever saw/heard...and I've seen most of the "biggies."
54 yo....Catching AC at his peak in '72 was a HUGE deal. That concert must have been amazing. Cooper's band were tremendous musicians. I believe the guitarists even toured with Lou Reed and composed that famous live intro of 'Sweet Jane'. Too bad Alice jettisoned the band once he felt they were irrelevant. saw him once - in 2005 in Atlantic City and took my son. Musically his band was tight and his pipes still there. The guillotine is now and forever part of his act.
I hope his band is part of this induction.
They ought to be (at least one member is deceased.)
Pretty much there, bro. And once overused synth sounds and electric drums infected and dominated the rock scene, it became the beginning of the end. That meant too many shortcuts and over-processing, over-produced crap designed for the masses.
I hoid Lebron James is a big fan of Manilow. ...which is about the nicest thing I can say about the guy (James).
LOL - are you sh*ttin' me??
Detroit should have got the site!
In a sense you may be right in that Rock was the dominant genre of music.
Everything after that is derivative... copies of copies. Many of the classic rock acts kind of went into hibernation as Disco took hold.
Rock's always been derivative. But at least innovation continued thereafter...until IMO 1986 or so.
Rock did go into hibernation and even hemorrhaged once Disco screwed up rock's evolution. A few years back, even Glitter hurt rock in about '73-'74. One could argue it was a gay conspiracy :-) After Glitter and Disco producers weren't so apt to promote only straight rock acts and the music itself.
Yeah....or even Philly.
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