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harryh

Kennedy Center Award Winners

Dec 26, 2006 22:01

So I'm sitting at home, and things are relatively boring in Greenville and we're watching this Kennedy Center awards thing on TV, and I've never heard about it before, but I guess they acknowledge the "culturally" significant every year. This year it's Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Spielberg, and Zubin Mehta (I didn't know ( Read more... )

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loic December 27 2006, 03:22:58 UTC

I'd say Madonna has got to be up for this at some point. She (like many of the past recipients) has continued to be successful way beyond the point where she probably should be. I can imagine her still touring in 20-30 year, though probably wearing more clothes (unless nanotech robots save us all).

In terms of the current crop (ie: emerged from the '90s or '00s) of music stars I'd say Billy Joe Armstrong seems to have the staying power and Gwen Stefani seems to have worked out how to restart her career in a new direction when she needs to.

I have no idea about hip hop. It feels to me like it hasn't settled down into the boring routine that rock and roll and pop have.

harryh December 27 2006, 03:25:03 UTC

Oh ya, duh. Madonna. I'm a moron.

I dunno about Stefani. It's hard for me to see her as much more than bubblegum.

loic December 27 2006, 03:34:35 UTC

Stefani is cold, calculating bubblegum. If she holds it together we'll look back in 40 years and think she created everything she's craftily ripping off. Of course, she might well screw it up or throw in the towel and retire with her bazillions of dollars.

alicetiara December 27 2006, 16:55:04 UTC

I agree. Plus, No Doubt has sold eleventy billion albums, so I can see them being honored as well.

I think you need to look squarely in the heart of Top 40 to see who'll be honored 30 years from now. Madonna is obvious. Look at multiple Grammy winners like Beyonce, Green Day, etc. I'd also go with people like Mary J. Blige who are totally looooved.

Pretty soon it'll be Billy Joel, Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Jett, the Pretenders, etc.

novajay927 December 27 2006, 05:02:39 UTC

I could see Bon Jovi being honored... by this point, he's managed to appeal to most of the masses at some point or another. Not Axl Rose... too much a relic of a specific period of time, and not acceptable enough to "middle America." Definitely agree that Bono and Thom Yorke are strong candidates.

How about Peter Gabriel? Carlos Santana? Faith Hill (not that I personally think she's so deserving)? Celine Dion (another one who wouldn't be a personal choice, but seems eligible)?

Maybe it's a longshot, but Sufjan Stevens was selected to perform at a major anniversary show at the Kennedy Center, so perhaps with a few more albums under his belt, whoever at the Kennedy Center picked him to perform may also pick him for an Honor?

Fun game... I really could keep on going...

euphorbia December 27 2006, 20:51:30 UTC

WTF??! there is always a dance honoree. who is it this year?