I don't feel that a band like SY would be any more 'validated' by being inducted into the Hall of Fame...

But I could see it happening. They weren't/aren't a gigantic stadium rock band, but they do register somewhat in the world of pop culture.

I mean, they were on The Simpsons - albeit almost 20 years ago...

http://www.backstreets.com/btx/viewt...?f=3&t=1179951

In related news. Bruce Springsteen fans get their knickers in a twist over Kim's dig at Bruce.

Dunno if you can view the site without a login password...

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You can't. What did she say?

man,,,you must be a heavy Boss fan?

A quick search of Twitter reveals that she said "Bruce Springsteen SUCKS".

There are quite a few pissed off Boss fans on Twitter. I like Bruce, but I like Kim more, and I love things like this. LOL.

''Having endured the half-hour of speeches from The E Street Band at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, Gordon also took a moment to air out her feelings on that particular subject: “I just wanna say, Bruce Springsteen sucks!”
Chances are that Kurt — wherever he is now — was nodding and chuckling in agreement.''
http://nypost.com/2014/04/11/nirvana...g-in-brooklyn/

OK, so did ANYBODY capture the official webcast and post it somewhere? Eh? Huh? Hmmm...

Haha yes I am. ALMOST as much as Sonic Youth.

I'll post some images now.

http://www.backstreets.com/btx/viewt...?f=3&t=1179951


Just made an account for you to read it.

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Notice to Ron Instigator. There's some serious bashing about her looks.

As a side note, as much as I love Bruce I hate the majority of their fans. The worst kind of right wing people I've seen. Ironic really.

There was no official webcast. It will air on HBO, possibly incomplete, at the end of May.

DAMMIT! My mistake - since I didn't click on the ustream link, I misunderstood your intitial post and dead_battery's updates.

yeah, i clearly remember you calling out yr favorite Bruce albums awhile back. Darkness on the Edge of Town tour boots are amazing and i love the tight live at Hammersmith show from 75.

i can't deny Nebraska or Born in the USA either. it took me years to hear the Van Morrison rip on the first two albums. sounded familar but couldn't place it.

i clearly understand what Such is saying, so YOU people are looking TOO much into it. you guys are bringing up shit that happened in the nirvana 90's and early 2000's. besides the Juno soundtrack and the Starbucks shit i don't see them havin an affect on anything mainstream recently. also, not saying they're indie or obscure.... just some noisy alt rock that doesn't deserve to be in the cock n soul hall of fame untill 2035.

i don't even think they should be in there at all. just a side note of what the guitar should've been explored by as inventive musicians years ago with a nonrockist state of mind. it's all shit along with Steven Tylers dirty cum rags hanging off his mic. stinkin of his cocaine rotten pussy 70's slack jaw mouth.

Recall that Rolling Stone mag insiders largely influence induction. Then recall T and L got named something like #33 & #34 in one of their top-100-rock-guitarists-of-all-time issues a while ago; I forget the exact details. And Daydream Nation ranks pretty well with them too, don't remember exactly where or in what list. Obviously, such lists are bullshit and subject to change all the time based on journalistic/editorial whims, but I was surprised to see them rank so high. I could see SY being voted in at some point, but given band relations at this moment I hope it doesn't happen for a while. Give 'em a few more years to cool off. Would they accept or follow Johnny Rotten and Jerry Garcia's lead and blow off the whole thing?

I liked Kim's performance of Aneurysm with "Nirvana", brought some of that chaotic wild energy both were known for. Want to see more vids from the Saint Vitus bar show.

Sadly the Boss doesn't exactly suck, but he isn't exactly great, but I dare say Kim was trolling ;)

You have such a magical way with words, its like, what the english language was composed for.. Priceless.
Don't let the haterz hate, we love you foreverasskiss, ESPECIALLY those who complain about you,
they love you the most, they just refuse to admit it inside..

i wouldn't be surprised if sy were offered induction into the rock n roll hall of fame. i dont think this is far fetched at all, in fact i think its quite likely.

not interested in stacking reasons for or against this up in some pointless troll ego battle.

sy remixed la monte young, no wave, glenn branca and decades of experimental/underground influence into what was essentially a rock n roll package. they basically reterritorialized the experimental fringes of culture back into music that was (sometimes) platable for mainstream consumption. whatever you think about this, it definitely serves the agenda of rock n roll. a genre that is definitely dead but never seems to end, like everything else now.

a band that is less likely to enter the rnr hall of fame is melvins, which is a shame because IMO they were definitely the best live rock/metal band for many years.

i'd say that ISIS should be put in there one day, since ISIS definitely made some of the best rock music of all time, call it metalcore or post metal or whatever, its definitely up there in the pantheon.

now that im 25 i could give the first fuck about all this "underground" or "sellout" shit. shakespeares got to get paid son. it is in fact goddamn DECADENT for any of you spoilt teenagers to whine about artists making money any goddamn way they can, because homelessness, illness and poverty threatens ALL OF US except the ultra rich.

as if there was some "holy" space below the commercial radar in which pure, free, true self expression was being made and could like, give us its holy spirit or some shit. fuck that.

sway and hirsute are definitely right, and i could give a LOAD more reasons why sy are big enough to be considered.

it seems to me, that if you try and knock ANY avenue for artists to make money from today, then you are fundamentally against art. since we are just not in a position to pick and choose what opportunities we latch onto anymore.

if you care so much about some imaginary other who is gonna see your precious band, accessory to your pure soul, on some mainstream event like the rnr hall of fame, and thus somehow make your band uncool, then you're a bit stupid.

errr!?!?, ahhhh!!!, thanks man. just sayin mang i feel ya.

rnrhall of fame is nothing to rail against or stand behind (just a little) for the sake of yr knowledge of history. it's a put on. a money raiser. kids now or tommorrow don't care today. it pays taxes. the percentage of kids who sought SY out because of Kool Thiing being in guitar hero is none to 5. no one cars about yr fav band from the 90's/ 80's and i support that ignorance. why is this even important and why did i type that?