Re: Patti's In (Finally)!

["Tom Hosier" <tomhosier>]

And how cool that REM are in the same year.

On 1/8/07, Jeff Riedle <stretch> wrote:
>
> I'm real happy for Patti and the Patti Smith Group. She deserves the
> recognition, and maybe this will give her more monetary benefits in the
> future.
>
> But...because of all the political crap surrounding the R'N'R Hall
> organization, maybe she shouldn't really care whether she's in or not.
> Us fans will ALWAYS care and continue to support her and give her
> recognition!
>
> just my opinion,
> Jeff "Stretch" Riedle
> (32 year fan and counting)
>
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Jucha, Gary wrote:
>
> >> From the NY Times on-line:
> >
> > Van Halen made a ''jump'' into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday
> > along with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, R.E.M., the Ronettes
> > and Patti Smith.
> >
> > A panel of 600 industry experts selected the five artists to be
> > inducted
> > at the annual ceremony, to be held March 12 in New York.
> >
> > Van Halen was the 1980s hard rock quartet led by guitarist Eddie Van
> > Halen, outrageous lead vocalist David Lee Roth, and later rocker Sammy
> > Hagar, that put out hits such as ''Jump'' and ''Dreams.''
> >
> > R.E.M. was the quintessential indie rock band until breaking through to
> > mass success in the early 1990s with songs like ''Losing My Religion.''
> >
> > Grandmaster Flash led the most innovative act in early hip-hop, and the
> > song ''The Message'' was like a letter from urban America.
> >
> > Punk rock poet Patti Smith and Phil Spector favorites the Ronettes
> > round
> > out the 2007 class.
> >
> > To be eligible, artists must have issued a first single or album at
> > least 25 years before nomination.
> >
> >
> >
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