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- From: robo@oregon.uoregon.edu (O'Neill, Rob)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
- Subject: Re: I'm Waiting for the Band
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:27:43 GMT
- Organization: University of Oregon
- Lines: 31
- Message-ID: <robo.34@oregon.uoregon.edu>
- References: <93021.185025MNS103@psuvm.psu.edu> <15271@ncrcan.Canada.NCR.CA> <1993Jan28.085342.22445@prl.philips.nl>
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- In article <1993Jan28.085342.22445@prl.philips.nl> maes@prl.philips.nl (Maurice Maes) writes:
-
- >In article <15271@ncrcan.Canada.NCR.CA> scsykes@ncrcan.Canada.NCR.CA (scsykes) writes:
- >>MNS103@psuvm.psu.edu wrote:
- >>: I find it astonishing how the Velvet Underground were not inducted into the
- >>: Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame this year -- after having been nominated twice!
- >>: Although every act voted in thus far is certainly deserving, the VU is
- >>: undoubtedly one of the most important bands in rock history, one that did not
- >>: have any precedent. As a fan of Dylan, I look for authenticity and
- >>: intelligence in rock 'n roll, and also vision. The Velvets had all three,
- >>: which unfortunately cannot be said of the Hall of Fame committee. Rock critics
- >>: write how it took the music world ten years to catch up with the VU. I sure
- >>: hope history doesn't repeat itself.
-
- >Which reminds me, is there anyone out there who has VU or Lou Reed live tapes
- >to trade? They are so very much harder to find than Dylan tapes :-(
-
- >Still 20 days to wait...
-
- >maurice
-
- >--
- > +---------------------+
- > | Maurice Maes |
- > | maes@prl.philips.nl |
- > +---------------------+
-
-
- >I would be willing to trade tapes of a Lou Reed show from his recent "Magic
- and Loss" tour (from Italy), and an old live VU tape, for a tape of the
- Dylan/Neil Young 1988 bootleg I've been hearing about on the group...
-