Faces have reformed with Matlock on bass and the Effin shite guy from Simply Red on vocals!
On Dec 8, 11:47 am, t bedford <[email protected]> wrote: > If the Small Faces and the Faces (both of whom were VERY popular on local > radio back in their day) aren't the same band because of musical style, > then why is rap in the Hall at all? It is most definitely NOT the same > musical style as rock music. I'm just sayin'. To me it seems a desperate > attempt to somehow remain current (even tho' the Hall's focus is by > definition on yesteryear), and makes no sense (altho' it makes dollars and > cents, I suppose). No hip-hop act belongs in....let them get their own Hall > of Fame. (Side note on the Small Faces/Faces, BTW, what did Glen Matlock > ever have to do with them?) > > I think I've already said here that I'm old enough to recall when Donovan > was Important (and his real crime is that he tied his career a little too > closely to that Flower Power crapola, and by the time it was over, he was > writing songs like Intergalactic Laxative, and had clearly run out of > ideas), I don't have a problem with him. But Don Kirshner!?! The man > responsible for more bad, manufactured music than almost anybody!?! > Archies, anybody? > > In my who cares cartegory, we also find Laura Nyro (who wrote a couple hits > for others, notably the Fifth Dimension...come to think of it, my parents > had one of their albums.....I hate them!!). And I never found out what a > Stone Soul Picnic was.... > > Freddie King, Glyn Johns & the Peppers all belong. I'm glad they passed > over War...without Eric Burdon, they'd never have been heard of on a > national level. > > Passing over Joan Jett was a mistake. She is rock'n'roll. Period. It's what > she does, and what she's done since she was 16 years old. And I'm simply an > interested observer, not necessarily a huge fan. > > Side note about Rufus with Chaka Khan......they evolved from the American > Breed (Bend Me, Shape Me) through of personnel changes. > > And of course, the Bitch-That-I-Pitch every year: Where are Jethro Tull, > the Yes, the Moody Blues & King Crimson (to name several huge bands that > have somehow been overlooked again and again...)
