| re: Recognition for Jim | |
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Jacqueline 08:17 pm UTC 02/04/08 |
| In reply to: | re: Recognition for Jim - EJXD2 04:43 pm UTC 02/04/08 |
| The fact that Jim and Meat aren't in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame is crazy. There was a petition from a radio station a few years back but nothing came of it. I wouldn't mind trying something like that again. > I don't understand all the response that Jim has it made > and gets all the recognition he could want. > > If that were the case, then he'd be able to produce the > things he wanted to the way he wanted to. Judging by Dance > on Broadway and the fact that Jim had more of his musicals > done in the 70s than he has had since many hit records, > I'd say that's not necessarily the case. > > I was listening to All Songs Considered not long ago, and > they did a show on the top 100 living songwriters. Jim did > not make the cut (neither did Billy Joel). > > He at the very least deserves that kind of recognition. > It's how to get him there that I don't know, and this > thread hasn't helped despite Mark's good intentions. > > > There is a current thread about recognition, and I'm > > wondering what his fans here have done as far as getting > > Jim some of the recognition we think he deserves. I know > > that some members have gone as far as producing plays he's > > had a part in, which can only help bring his name to the > > masses. > > > > On the grand scheme, I've done comparitively little. I > > mention him to everyone I talk to about music, as we all > > likely do. When people come to my house and see my > > jukebox, I point out that the first 10 45's by 7 different > > artists are all written by him. > > > > The one thing I'm most proud re: recoginition is meeting > > him at Joe's Pub, turning around at the end of the show > > and starting a standing ovation aimed at him, but > > obviously these are all people who are almost as fanatical > > about Jim and his work as I am already, and is a > > recognition TO Jim, not introducing him to others. > > > > What about you? | |
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