Miles and Miles

Miles Davis was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame?


Isn't he a jazz guy? Is there a jazz hall of fame - I'm guessing they're (whoever they are) above self congratulatory awards shows. Seems funny that the Rock Hall would claim him as one of their own. It'd be like the Grammy's giving an award to Oprah.
"We just love her show!"

"Um...yeah...but she doesn't really do the music thing"

"oh..well, didn't she sing her theme song"

"sort of...we sort of cleaned it up...and it's not on an album or anything"

"that's good enough for us"

I guess the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame just wanted Miles because he's cool. They're like the people who keep a collection of jazz on their shelf so they can play it whenever other people are over - otherwise, they're living la vida loca. There's a reason that Britney Spears outsells Miles Davis 1,000 - 1. People want to like jazz...and want to hate pop. Jazz would be pop if anybody bought it...but then it wouldn't be cool to play at clubs where people smoke cigarettes (is that still legal) and wear goatees and black turtlenecks.

And how did the Sex Pistols get inducted? They released one more album in their career than I did. Remember how big Hanson's first album was? Hootie and the Blowfish? If they would have quit after one year...would they be inducted 40 years from now?

That's like putting the rookie of the year into the Hall of fame because you know the rest of his career would have been awesome if he hadn't quit.

What do I know? I still listen to Joe Cocker.