19/10/2004

Music Hall Of Fame - the 1980s

Channel 4's UK Music Hall Of Fame, the series of 5 x 2 hour TV programmes broadcast on Sunday evenings, 2100-2300 BST, has reached the 1980s. The format is that a panel of music biz bigwigs has picked ten poprock musicians from each decade, from which viewers will choose one from each decade for entry into the inaugural Hall Of Fame.

The panel's nominations for the 1980s, broadcast on Sunday, were very different to Music for Grown-Ups' take on that decade's top poprockers:

Three C4 choices Music for Grown-Ups endorses without reservation:
 The Smiths
 Bruce Springsteen
 Joy Division

Four C4 choices who would be borderline Music for Grown-Ups choices:
 Public Enemy
 REM
 Beastie Boys
 Prince

Three C4 nominations we wouldn't endorse:
 Guns N Roses
 Michael Jackson
 George Michael

And four bands absent from the C4 list who are essential components of Music for Grown-Ups' top ten from the 1980s:
 Stone Roses
 Primal Scream
 Happy Mondays
 Waterboys

Gerry Smith

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