25/10/2004

Music Hall Of Fame - the 1970s

Last night's UK Music Hall Of Fame, running on Channel 4, reached the 1970s. Ten nominations, with one act to be chosen by viewers as an inaugural inductee, was split neatly into five musicians for grown-ups and several we wouldn't endorse:

We'd endorse the nomination of:
 David Bowie
 Led Zeppelin
 The Clash
 Sex Pistols
 Abba

But we wouldn't include the other five in a Music for Grown-Ups 1970s poprock Hall Of Fame:
 Pink Floyd
 Elton John
 Stevie Wonder
 Queen
 Bee Gees

Gerry Smith

Comments on the 1990s/1980s nominations in earlier broadcasts in the C4 series:

UK Music Hall Of Fame - the 1980s

Channel 4's UK Music Hall Of Fame, the series of 5 x 2 hour programmes broadcast on Sunday evenings, 2100-2300 BST, reached the 1980s on Sunday. 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 Rose
 Primal Scream
 Happy Mondays
 Waterboys

Gerry Smith

UK Music Hall Of Fame

TV channel C4 is currently screening UK Music Hall Of Fame, a new series of 5 x 2 hour programmes broadcast on Sunday evenings, 2100-2300 BST. A panel of music biz bigwigs has picked ten poprock musicians from each decade, from which viewers will choose one for the inaugural Hall Of Fame.

The Nominations for the 1990s are:
 Oasis,
 Nirvana,
 Robbie Williams,
 Blur,
 Dr Dre,
 Spice Girls,
 Prodigy,
 Radiohead,
 Red Hot Chili Peppers,
 Missy Elliott.

They also chose five "Founder Members" -
 Elvis,
 Beatles,
 Madonna,
 Bob Marley and
 U2.

Hmm. Musicians for Grown-Ups in that lot? Not many:
 Bob Marley
 Nirvana,
 Dr Dre,
 Radiohead.

Elvis and the Beatles? Both on the borderline.

It's a rewarding series, though, with handy introductions to some unfamiliar acts.

Gerry Smith

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