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Can anyone explain to me just what the point of the UK Music Hall Of Fame is (beyond the banal, like filling two hours of Channel 4's airtime)?
Given that there's already a Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame (which is actually quite interesting to visit) one would assume that the UK Music Hall Of Fame would concentrate on, well, music from the UK (the clue should really be in the title there). So obviously the first five artists automatically included as 'founding members' are The Beatles (pretty obviously), U2 (well, we're talking about people involved in the music industry so Irish independence may have passed them by), Madonna (well, she now lives in the UK), Bob Marley (well, Jamaica's in the Commonwealth and, again, why should the music industry notice that their holiday resort's in a separate country) and Elvis (who spent a grand total of 80 minutes in the UK in his entire life). So, what is the point? Aside from the Beatles (who'd probably make a similar list compiled in most countries) there's nothing specifically 'UK' about this list - it's not even as though they're non-British acts ignored in their homeland and championed here. It's just yet another list of 'bands/albums/songs the music press say you should like' type that seem to be in Q magazine and it's ilk every month and a chance for the usual talking heads to appear on yet another Channel 4 clip show telling us all about things we already know in mind-numbingly boring detail. Anyway, go see the London News Review who express the pointlessness of the whole thing just as well.
Given the number of 'Top 10/50/100' type shows we get inflicted on us in their desperate craving to fill schedules, how long will it be before Channel 4 spot another bandwagon and give us the 'Top 100 Blogs'? And if they do, please all resist the temptation to appear on it, OK?
Given that there's already a Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame (which is actually quite interesting to visit) one would assume that the UK Music Hall Of Fame would concentrate on, well, music from the UK (the clue should really be in the title there). So obviously the first five artists automatically included as 'founding members' are The Beatles (pretty obviously), U2 (well, we're talking about people involved in the music industry so Irish independence may have passed them by), Madonna (well, she now lives in the UK), Bob Marley (well, Jamaica's in the Commonwealth and, again, why should the music industry notice that their holiday resort's in a separate country) and Elvis (who spent a grand total of 80 minutes in the UK in his entire life). So, what is the point? Aside from the Beatles (who'd probably make a similar list compiled in most countries) there's nothing specifically 'UK' about this list - it's not even as though they're non-British acts ignored in their homeland and championed here. It's just yet another list of 'bands/albums/songs the music press say you should like' type that seem to be in Q magazine and it's ilk every month and a chance for the usual talking heads to appear on yet another Channel 4 clip show telling us all about things we already know in mind-numbingly boring detail. Anyway, go see the London News Review who express the pointlessness of the whole thing just as well.
Given the number of 'Top 10/50/100' type shows we get inflicted on us in their desperate craving to fill schedules, how long will it be before Channel 4 spot another bandwagon and give us the 'Top 100 Blogs'? And if they do, please all resist the temptation to appear on it, OK?
Nick got away with this at 1:50 AM
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The 90s one was appalling because they chose mostly mainstream rubbish - that which was popular rather than influential (except, perhaps, The Prodigy) If the rumblings about tonight's 80s one are to be believed, it will be infinitely more bearable. Well, as bearable as anything presented by that idiot Theakston can be.
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