Iggy & the Stooges to cover Madonna at Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Old guy covers song by old woman: story at 10.

Lords of the New Church beat them to Like A Virgin.

Cue Comedians-style sidesplitting gags re. what they're going to cover her with &c.

oh I hope it's "Borderline"! or at least "Beautiful Stranger."

I can imagine both of those Stooged up pretty easily, actually.

"sidesplitting gags re. what they're going to cover her with"

That's probably Iggy's song intro . .

i'd listen to "justify my love" in a "we will fall" style.

for a minute anyway

this would have seemed fresh about 20 years ago...

kinda pathetic

can they retract your HOF induction if you botch the ceremony performance?

Mike Watt is a Stooge = no surprise here!

"can they retract your HOF induction if you botch the ceremony performance?"

I wish. Seriously, it would be the crowning moment of the Stooges career, if they could pull off another metallic KO and get thrown out of their own retirement ceremony.

I don't think they are being inducted.

'dress you up in my love'

'This Used To Be My Playground' ftw

Like A Virgin

Songs with the 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' chord progression

Madonna 'I Love New York'

-- dave q (listerine), Saturday, 16 September 2006 15:27 (1 year ago) Link

"Burning Up"

"impressive instant"

"Hung Up" would be nice.

"Live To Tell" would be funny.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/10/rock.hall.ap/index.html

Should Madonna be inducted to Rock and Roll Hall?

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Yet "if you think of rock 'n' roll, Madonna is not the first name that comes to mind," said Steve Morse, longtime Boston Globe music critic who was a member of the hall of fame's nominating committee for seven years.

He considers her selection, particularly in her first year of eligibility, an embarrassment.

Her music was never played on rock 'n' roll radio, he said. Some veteran rock artists like Deep Purple, the J. Geils Band, Steve Miller and Alice Cooper are still waiting for induction. Morse long and unsuccessfully argued on behalf of the late Gram Parsons.

What a fucking turd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Morse

Steve Morse (born July 28, 1954 in Hamilton, Ohio) is an American guitarist, best known as the guitarist for the Dixie Dregs and the current guitar player in Deep Purple.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Steve_Morse_2005.jpg

"I am a turd."

If ILX had started in 1970, there'd be people recalling that ol' sayinge..

"It Ain't Rock And Roll, Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"

The 5 that made it:

Madonna
Leonard Cohen
John Mellencamp
The Dave Clark Five
The Ventures

The nominees they snubbed:

Afrika Bambaataa
Beastie Boys
Chic
Donna Summer

It's close enough to rockism in my book.

It's probably time for the HOF to reconsider its name so that people won't get unduly twisted over pop, R&B, and hip-hop acts making it in.

And reconsider their roster of voters.

Did the Ventures really deserve to get in?

Wait, those Steve Morses aren't the same guy. Or did I miss the joke? Duh.

Jesus Christ...clicked on the thread, saw that ridiculously huge jpeg and just knew immediately it had to be JW weighing in.

Yeah, two different Steve Morses. Funny that the first neglected band he mentioned was Deep Purple, though.

His suggestions were pretty bad!

"He considers her selection, particularly in her first year of eligibility, an embarrassment."

So do I, but I consider the entire idea of a HOF an embarrassment.

Christgau, from his review of Licensed to Ill: "the great tradition of Elvis Presley, Esquerita, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Sex Pistols, and Madonna . . ."

"Burning Up" and "Ray of Light."

. . . were the covers.

once again, i bitch about how kraftwerk, joy division/new order, yes, run-dmc, and depeche mode aren't in this bitch.

i have no problems w/ madonna being in there, FWIW.

Yeah, if Madonna didn't go into the RRHOF, where would she go? There's no TOP40POPHOF ffs. To deny that Madonna has been one of the biggest names in popular music for the last 25 years is just brazen stupidity.

Word from the Stooges camp about why:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080310/ENT04/80310062/1039

Summary: "Why Not?"

.. presumably.

"Burning Up" and "Ray of Light."

Want to see/hear these.

"Legendary New Yorkers" according to the NME.

grief!

See, that's what a HOF is for, as a handy reference for the godamn NME to CHECK!

“The Stooges represent everything that’s against what she is,” Asheton told the Free Press from his New York hotel Monday afternoon before the show.

I agree with Ron here. I have no use for Madonna

Blow it up, plz.

omg! "ray of light" by ...the stooges.here we go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGhclW5CDTU

I still really wanna know if Mike Watt sang lead on "Burnin' Up," Ciccone Youth-style.

Madonna totally should be in the Hall.

Nope, it was Iggy singing lead. I kinda liked that they did Ray of Light, nu-Madonna, not just all classics.

It's close enough to rockism in my book.

Well, it is the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame.

But Madonna asking the Stooges to perform her songs in protest of their continued snubbing is most excellent as far as I'm concerned.

But is it like the football hall of fame where you continue to be eligible until you get the votes? or is it just one year?

I mean there's dudes like Paul Krause that take forever but they get there but they eventually do...Chic might be the Paul Krause of music.

Krause got in through the Old-Timers committee (I don't remember the official name). Madonna is like the Phil Rizzutto of the whole thing-no way she deserves to get any honor associated with ROCK.

The whole hall of fame thing is stupid.

the whole ceremony is fucking loooooooooooooooooooooong jesus i missed half the stooges cuz i got bored and switched over to MTV jams.

but their definition of "rock n' roll" is broad, it's already not just rock. there's old school doo wop and even some hip hop in now, probably some jazz dudes maybe? anyway, it's a popular music hall, she should be in.

also: JOAN JETT APPEARS TO NOT AGE AT ALL, THIS IS SLIGHTLY CREEPY

But Madonna asking the Stooges to perform her songs in protest of their continued snubbing is most excellent as far as I'm concerned.

^this^

"Burning Up" and "Ray of Light."

Then he closed by quoting some of "Like A Virgin."

Best part was after the set, the camera tracked them walking backstage and showed Iggy introducing Madonna to the band. She said to Steve Mackay, "I liked the horns." Mike Watt held his bass up in front of him like a soldier with a rifle standing at attention, then slowly bowed to her. So surreal, so classic.

You're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love.

Mike Watt held his bass up in front of him like a soldier with a rifle standing at attention, then slowly bowed to her. So surreal, so classic.

:) :) :) :) :) :)

He's a funny dude, that Mike Watt. :-)

I'm going to listen to the Whitey Album now :-)

I don't have it at work. :-(
I'll listen to "Fun House" :-)

Will the hip-hoppers who took steroids be kept out of the HOF?

topical humor, nice.

somewhere thurston moore burns with jealousy

Honestly didn't think this was the Stooges' finest moment, but I was glad to see them anyway, of course.

it was certainly finer than the moment that was the weirdness

My girlfriend and I happened to see this on TV (I didn't know about it), and it was the most hilariously awful thing I've ever seen in my life. I couldn't stop cracking up. Iggy is a disaster now, and the Stooges look like they should be playing inside their caskets. The best part was trying to see him do a 'hip' roll onto the stage from the floor like in the old days -- it turned out to be a three-step, 5-second process. Horribly embarrassing.

Note: I consider the Stooges to be my favorite band of all time.

Madonna is like the Phil Rizzutto of the whole thing-no way she deserves to get any honor associated with ROCK.

This is moronic. The case against Rizzuto is that he got in the HOF because he played on championship Yankees teams despite not putting up the same numbers as his teammates. But you can't argue that Madonna didn't put up the numbers (12 #1 hits, 36 top 10 hits) unless you're working with a really narrow definition of rock that excludes the music Madonna made altogether.

watching it again on youtube this was pretty fun...steve mckay really makes the songs for me....

I mean, people use the term "rock critic" all the time, but everyone knows that "rock" in that context really just means "popular music" (pretty much anything but jazz and classical). Do you really think the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame was founded on the premise of only celebrating musicians that used guitars? I always imagined that its parameters were defined based on musicians you'd typically see on MTV or in Rolling Stone.

^^^stating the obvious...but apparently the obvious needs to be stated in this thread

somewhere far away, with no blacks, no jews, and no gays

It was too long, but an endearing acceptance speech all the same.

"But you can't argue that Madonna didn't put up the numbers (12 #1 hits, 36 top 10 hits) unless you're working with a really narrow definition of rock that excludes the music Madonna made altogether."

I don't consider it rock. Shoot me. I don't think Rizzuto belongs in either.

I really have no dog in this fight, because I hate the RNR HOF and pretty much all it stands for, so I don't give a fuck who they let in. Any institution that honors a guy like Billy Joel is pretty much dead to me.

Challenging opinion

Thanks

Phil Rizzuto should get in for his contribution to Paradise by the Dashboard Light.

I got a kick out of him as an announcer, I'll give him that. The story is he did that take with Meatloaf straight, he had no idea about any sexual connotations. He thought it was really about baseball. He only found out the real meaning later.

And on that day America lost its innocence.

Madonna is not Rock, but Roll.

Any institution that honors a guy like Billy Joel is pretty much dead to me.

He deserved it. Even if only for Attila.

I was hoping Madonna's extended invitation to the Stooges was just her way of celebrating her Michigan roots. ("Legendary New Yorkers" indeed. That's why I never read any of those Irish magazines like the NME.)

lol at that Steve Morse being the guitar nerd superhero SM...also fuck the writer SM for suggesting J. geils band...worst band ever sorry!!!

also my version of the R&R HoF would have Madonna, the Stooges, Run DMC, Chic, the Beastie Boys and Donna Summer before it would have 90% of the crap that gets in every year...

I think the Stooges were trying to upstand Britney Spears's VMA performance by out-not-giving-a-fuck-ing her.

I just met Steve Mackay (sax player from Funhouse to the present) a few weeks ago. We jammed together on KFJC. Awesome guy.

Glad to see that Mike Watt is still obeying the "No Flea-ing out on stage, no triads" rule.