Dissect Your Idols: The Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2007

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Mar 122007
 

All week on Rock Town Hall we will be dissecting the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2007. By the end of the week, you won’t be able to resist trying to engage non-rock nerd coworkers in passionate discussions of the merits of The Ronettes’ selection or the gross oversight of the RnRHoF in bypassing a band like The Stooges or Roxy Music.

Along with daily posts on the inductees and Your Comments (remember to Register, if you haven’t done so yet), we hope to get some Hot Live Blogging Action going. Tonight, Monday, March 12, at 8:30 pm EST, VH1 Classic will be broadcasting the event live. If you’re near the tube and your computer, we encourage you log on and get in on the live blogging. On Saturday, March 17, and numerous times in the days that follow, the standard VH1 will rebroadcast the induction ceremonies. We’ll encourage continued Hot Live Blogging Action. It doesn’t matter that the show’s no longer live as long as you are.
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Opening Thoughts on 2007 Inductees to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame

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Mar 122007
 

Townsman BigSteve checks in with these opening thoughts on the 2007 inductees to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame. We encourage you to share your thoughts – profound and otherwise – on this year’s crop.

I actually agree with Phil Spector about The Ronettes. Sure “Baby I Love You” and “Be My Baby” are iconic, but how deep is their catalog? I guess I have a problem with people who are just singers being in the Hall of Fame. To me you have to write/produce/play to be a real artist. I feel the same way about the overempasis on actors in the movies. Producers or directors may sometimes need puppets (I probably don’t want to hear Phil Spector sing “Be My Baby”), but I think it’s better to keep the roles in perspective.

In general the class this year is pretty weak, which has been true for a while now. Rap is not rock and roll, so I don’t get Grandmaster Flash‘s induction. And Van Halen is barely music. I actually like Patti Smith, but come on seriously? I can go with REM, but them getting in the same year probably means Stipe will “induct” Smith (that always sounds so stupid). I remember when The Rascals got in thinking that they were really moving to the second tier now, and again I like The Rascals. But once you start letting journeymen like Aerosmith and Bob Seger in all bets are off. My guess is Rush will get in before The Stooges.

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Citizen Mom on Patti Smith

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Mar 112007
 

Townswoman Citizen Mom provides the following thoughts on Patti Smith, as previously published on Phawker.com.

She’s hardly the most famous performer to ever come out of Jersey — The Boss and The Chairman Of The Board still hold those titles — but without a doubt, Patti Smith, the High Poetess of Punk, remains the greatest communicator of the kind of nameless electric angst that drives Kids In Search Of Something to head north on the Jersey Turnpike and never look back. When Patti beat it out of Gloucester County, fleeing a factory job and a year short of her degree at then-Glassboro State Teacher’s College, she was armed with a book of Rimbaud poetry bought on a used-book table in Philly, not dreams of becoming a rock star. In interviews, she’s said she didn’t know what she was looking for back then, but she knew it wasn’t to be found in South Jersey. Some things never change.
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Understanding the Rock Town Hall Fantasy Rock Band League Draft

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Mar 112007
 


As we approach the 3:00 pm EST, Monday, March 12, deadline for entries in the Rock Town Fantasy Rock Band League draft, let’s review just how this draft will work.

The draft will consist of 5 rounds. Draft order will be determined according to how close each GM came to guessing Mr. Moderator’s predetermined number, which presently resides in a sealed envelope. The time and date for the draft will be scheduled for later this week.

After the entries and proposed configurations for bands are tabulated, a list of rock talent – dead and alive – that has declared for the draft will be released. This list will form the Talent Pool available for drafting through the 5 rounds.
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Stay Tuned, Rock Town Hall!

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Mar 092007
 

This coming week should be jam-packed with Rock Action! Here are just a few of the events we have planned. Beyond that, anything goes! For all we know it may be an All-Star Jam that takes us to the next level.

Monday kicks off a week-long examination of 2007’s Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame inductees and other HoF-related topics. This year’s inductees are Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, R.E.M., The Ronettes, Patti Smith (see video), and Van Halen. We know the whole thing’s a crock, but it’s still hard to resist caring, getting worked up over the self-aggrandizing nature of the event, and even getting a bit moved by a particular artist’s performance or induction/acceptance speech. Monday, March 12, the show will be broadcast live on VH1 Classics; it will then be broadcast endlessly on regular VH1 beginning Saturday, March 17. Expect hot, live blogging action Monday evening and thereafter!

Also by Monday, all entries will be in for the Rock Town Hall Fantasy Rock Band Leauge. Details about the draft procedures, the talent pool, and predraft predictions and analysis will begin publishing this weekend. Anticipation is building. There’s still time to reserve a band. See description and entry rules here!

That’s not all that’s to come, but we’re not telling any more than what we’re certain of happening. So there! Get ready, Rock Town Hall. If you’re new around here and have yet to jump into the fray, this is an ideal week to take the leap.

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