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In Reply to: What about Miles Davis getting in there? posted by nobody on March 20, 2007 at 07:05:22:
And, yes, I have Bitches Brew. I mean aren't there enough deserving rock performers that the hall shouldn't have to be stretching genre categorization beyond all credibility to admit Jazz musicians. I mean, they refuse to consider nominating a single progressive act, but because Miles borrowed rock instrumentation for his fusion recordings and played a some hippie festivals he's a rocker? I personally imagine he would have laughed at his induction.Hank Williams was admitted in a now moribund "early influences" category that was for pre-rock and roll performers. Of course, Country Music has had their own hall of fame for decades.
While I've made the argument before that rap and hip-hop are really something new under the sun (at least as new as can actually exist, when talking about something evolutionary, like music) and therefore don't really belong in an institution puroportedly devoted to celebrating the history of rock music, to not include them shines a light on how segregated rock has become over the past couple of decades. I don't assign sinister motivation to this, it's just an observable fact. Thus there is the political pressure of Jann's "need" to have a rap act in there.
In addition, without expanding the definition to include all post war youth oriented popular music, you run the risk of running out of suitible nominees, as rock just isn't performing that well in the market place, and hasn't had a major movement since grunge. I mean, what do you do when your style of popular music just isn't that popular anymore? If you're Miles Davis in the 50s you reinvent it as an elite intellectual music, but, somehow, that doesn't seem very rock and roll.
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- I have a bigger problem with Miles being in there than rap - DAT 12:33:45 03/20/07 (0)
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