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Forget the R&R HOF, who do you think will get a Kennedy Center Honor? Ok, namepeace gave me some advice on starting something like this so here goes nothing:
Now that Diane Ross and Brian Wilson are among the contemporary musicians getting a Kennedy Center Honor this year, what legendary artist you think should get one for the impact they had on the world? Anybody? We already have these following: Aretha Ray Stevie Smokey Chuck Berry Tina Turner James Brown ...who else? 
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You know my answers:
Michael Jackson Prince Is there a nationality requirement? If not, David Bowie as well if he has not already been inducted. | |
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I don't think there is...  | |
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Timmy84 said: I don't think there is...
there isn't. confession time: this the only thing i asked my boss for (about) after he got sworn into office...i asked about tickets and he said he doesn't get any.  Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said: Timmy84 said: I don't think there is...
there isn't. confession time: this the only thing i asked my boss for (about) after he got sworn into office...i asked about tickets and he said he doesn't get any.  Well dang... | |
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sosgemini said: Timmy84 said: I don't think there is...
there isn't. confession time: this the only thing i asked my boss for (about) after he got sworn into office...i asked about tickets and he said he doesn't get any. Who do you work for?  | |
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Timmy84 said: Ok, namepeace gave me some advice on starting something like this so here goes nothing:
Now that Diane Ross and Brian Wilson are among the contemporary musicians getting a Kennedy Center Honor this year, what legendary artist you think should get one for the impact they had on the world? Anybody? We already have these following: Aretha Ray Stevie Smokey Chuck Berry Little Richard Tina Turner ...who else? Hey, didn't James Brown get one? THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! | |
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Rodya24 said: sosgemini said: there isn't. confession time: this the only thing i asked my boss for (about) after he got sworn into office...i asked about tickets and he said he doesn't get any. Who do you work for? US Rep. I think the Kennedy Center Honors are the best executed television presentations...they are classy and really put perspective to our culture. They even make crap that I hate (hello there B'weave) look great. Space for sale... | |
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Najee said: Timmy84 said: Ok, namepeace gave me some advice on starting something like this so here goes nothing:
Now that Diane Ross and Brian Wilson are among the contemporary musicians getting a Kennedy Center Honor this year, what legendary artist you think should get one for the impact they had on the world? Anybody? We already have these following: Aretha Ray Stevie Smokey Chuck Berry Little Richard Tina Turner ...who else? Hey, didn't James Brown get one? He sure did! | |
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Timmy84 said: Ok, namepeace gave me some advice on starting something like this so here goes nothing:
Now that Diane Ross and Brian Wilson are among the contemporary musicians getting a Kennedy Center Honor this year, what legendary artist you think should get one for the impact they had on the world? Anybody? We already have these following: Aretha Ray Stevie Smokey Chuck Berry Little Richard Tina Turner James Brown ...who else?
[Edited 10/3/07 21:39pm] What is the significance of such an award? | |
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Graycap23 said: Timmy84 said: Ok, namepeace gave me some advice on starting something like this so here goes nothing:
Now that Diane Ross and Brian Wilson are among the contemporary musicians getting a Kennedy Center Honor this year, what legendary artist you think should get one for the impact they had on the world? Anybody? We already have these following: Aretha Ray Stevie Smokey Chuck Berry Little Richard Tina Turner James Brown ...who else?
[Edited 10/3/07 21:39pm] What is the significance of such an award? It means that you've made a historic, cultural and significant impact on the world through whatever be it music or the arts or theater or film work or what not. You have to be VERY valuable to American culture, I think. [Edited 10/3/07 21:47pm] | |
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Graycap23 said: Timmy84 said: Ok, namepeace gave me some advice on starting something like this so here goes nothing:
Now that Diane Ross and Brian Wilson are among the contemporary musicians getting a Kennedy Center Honor this year, what legendary artist you think should get one for the impact they had on the world? Anybody? We already have these following: Aretha Ray Stevie Smokey Chuck Berry Little Richard Tina Turner James Brown ...who else?
[Edited 10/3/07 21:39pm] What is the significance of such an award? The Kennedy Center Honors are held to be the highlight event in the cultural life of the United States. The idea was the brainchild of George Stevens, Jr. (who remains involved), and he and his partner, the late Nick Vanoff, put together the first event, launching it in 1978. Since then, the Awards have been presented annually in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center, where it follows an established pattern.
Early in the year a select number of well-known performers and past recipients of the awards suggest names of those who have not been honored before to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The names, five in all, must belong to people who, in the opinion of the Board, should be recognized for their contributions to the culture of the American people over a lifetime of excellence in music, dance, theater, opera, motion pictures or television. A selection is made, each one representative of a branch of the arts, and is announced by the committee around the middle of the year, and soon hundreds of much-sought-after invitations will be mailed out. And, because this is a fund-raising occasion, tickets are available to be purchased. At the beginning of December each year makes for a memorable weekend, and some of it gets to be seen by the public in the televised recording, usually aired just after Christmas. The last event was aired on 26 December 2006 by CBS. The 2007 honorees were announced on September 11, 2007. I believe its the highest arts honor in the States. Space for sale... | |
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List of recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors
* 1978 — Marian Anderson, Fred Astaire, George Balanchine, Richard Rodgers and Arthur Rubinstein * 1979 — Aaron Copland, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Fonda, Martha Graham and Tennessee Williams * 1980 — Leonard Bernstein, James Cagney, Agnes de Mille, Lynn Fontanne and Leontyne Price * 1981 — Count Basie, Cary Grant, Helen Hayes, Jerome Robbins and Rudolf Serkin * 1982 — George Abbott, Lillian Gish, Benny Goodman, Gene Kelly and Eugene Ormandy * 1983 — Katherine Dunham, Elia Kazan, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart and Virgil Thomson * 1984 — Lena Horne, Danny Kaye, Gian Carlo Menotti, Arthur Miller and Isaac Stern * 1985 — Merce Cunningham, Irene Dunne, Bob Hope, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe and Beverly Sills * 1986 — Lucille Ball, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Yehudi Menuhin, Antony Tudor and Ray Charles * 1987 — Perry Como, Bette Davis, Sammy Davis Jr, Nathan Milstein and Alwin Nikolais * 1988 — Alvin Ailey, George Burns, Myrna Loy, Alexander Schneider, Roger L. Stevens * 1989 — Harry Belafonte, Claudette Colbert, Alexandra Danilova, Mary Martin and William Schuman * 1990 — Dizzy Gillespie, Katharine Hepburn, Risë Stevens, Jule Styne, and Billy Wilder * 1991 — Roy Acuff, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Fayard Nicholas, Harold Nicholas, Gregory Peck, and Robert Shaw * 1992 — Lionel Hampton, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ginger Rogers, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Paul Taylor * 1993 — Johnny Carson, Arthur Mitchell, Sir Georg Solti, Stephen Sondheim, and Marion Williams * 1994 — Kirk Douglas, Aretha Franklin, Morton Gould, Harold Prince, and Pete Seeger * 1995 — Jacques d'Amboise, Marilyn Horne, B.B. King, Sidney Poitier, and Neil Simon * 1996 — Edward Albee, Benny Carter, Johnny Cash, Jack Lemmon, and Maria Tallchief * 1997 — Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Jessye Norman, and Edward Villella * 1998 — Bill Cosby, Fred Ebb & John Kander, Willie Nelson, André Previn, and Shirley Temple Black * 1999 — Victor Borge, Sean Connery, Judith Jamison, Jason Robards, and Stevie Wonder * 2000 — Mikhail Baryshnikov, Chuck Berry, Plácido Domingo, Clint Eastwood, and Angela Lansbury * 2001 — Julie Andrews, Van Cliburn, Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson, and Luciano Pavarotti * 2002 — James Earl Jones, James Levine, Chita Rivera, Paul Simon, and Elizabeth Taylor * 2003 — James Brown, Carol Burnett, Loretta Lynn, Mike Nichols, and Itzhak Perlman * 2004 — Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Elton John, Joan Sutherland, and John Williams * 2005 — Tony Bennett, Suzanne Farrell, Julie Harris, Robert Redford, and Tina Turner * 2006 — Zubin Mehta, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, Steven Spielberg, and Andrew Lloyd Webber * 2007 — Leon Fleisher, Steve Martin, Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese and Brian Wilson Space for sale... | |
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I checked to see who has received a Kennedy Center Honor. I predict these two men will receive one sooner or later:
HERBIE HANCOCK 
WYNTON MARSALIS 
And don't be surprised if this performer receives one posthumously: LUTHER VANDROSS  [Edited 10/3/07 21:52pm] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! | |
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sosgemini said: List of recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors
* 1978 — Marian Anderson, Fred Astaire, George Balanchine, Richard Rodgers and Arthur Rubinstein * 1979 — Aaron Copland, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Fonda, Martha Graham and Tennessee Williams * 1980 — Leonard Bernstein, James Cagney, Agnes de Mille, Lynn Fontanne and Leontyne Price * 1981 — Count Basie, Cary Grant, Helen Hayes, Jerome Robbins and Rudolf Serkin * 1982 — George Abbott, Lillian Gish, Benny Goodman, Gene Kelly and Eugene Ormandy * 1983 — Katherine Dunham, Elia Kazan, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart and Virgil Thomson * 1984 — Lena Horne, Danny Kaye, Gian Carlo Menotti, Arthur Miller and Isaac Stern * 1985 — Merce Cunningham, Irene Dunne, Bob Hope, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe and Beverly Sills * 1986 — Lucille Ball, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Yehudi Menuhin, Antony Tudor and Ray Charles * 1987 — Perry Como, Bette Davis, Sammy Davis Jr, Nathan Milstein and Alwin Nikolais * 1988 — Alvin Ailey, George Burns, Myrna Loy, Alexander Schneider, Roger L. Stevens * 1989 — Harry Belafonte, Claudette Colbert, Alexandra Danilova, Mary Martin and William Schuman * 1990 — Dizzy Gillespie, Katharine Hepburn, Risë Stevens, Jule Styne, and Billy Wilder * 1991 — Roy Acuff, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Fayard Nicholas, Harold Nicholas, Gregory Peck, and Robert Shaw * 1992 — Lionel Hampton, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ginger Rogers, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Paul Taylor * 1993 — Johnny Carson, Arthur Mitchell, Sir Georg Solti, Stephen Sondheim, and Marion Williams * 1994 — Kirk Douglas, Aretha Franklin, Morton Gould, Harold Prince, and Pete Seeger * 1995 — Jacques d'Amboise, Marilyn Horne, B.B. King, Sidney Poitier, and Neil Simon * 1996 — Edward Albee, Benny Carter, Johnny Cash, Jack Lemmon, and Maria Tallchief * 1997 — Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Jessye Norman, and Edward Villella * 1998 — Bill Cosby, Fred Ebb & John Kander, Willie Nelson, André Previn, and Shirley Temple Black * 1999 — Victor Borge, Sean Connery, Judith Jamison, Jason Robards, and Stevie Wonder * 2000 — Mikhail Baryshnikov, Chuck Berry, Plácido Domingo, Clint Eastwood, and Angela Lansbury * 2001 — Julie Andrews, Van Cliburn, Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson, and Luciano Pavarotti * 2002 — James Earl Jones, James Levine, Chita Rivera, Paul Simon, and Elizabeth Taylor * 2003 — James Brown, Carol Burnett, Loretta Lynn, Mike Nichols, and Itzhak Perlman * 2004 — Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Elton John, Joan Sutherland, and John Williams * 2005 — Tony Bennett, Suzanne Farrell, Julie Harris, Robert Redford, and Tina Turner * 2006 — Zubin Mehta, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, Steven Spielberg, and Andrew Lloyd Webber * 2007 — Leon Fleisher, Steve Martin, Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese and Brian Wilson Highlighting the black notables who got honored.  Scratch Little Richard's name, he ain't in there...yet, lol.[Edited 10/3/07 21:54pm] | |
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You have to be alive to receive the award. Makes the fact that Ossie & Ruby D got in together even more touching... Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said: You have to be alive to receive the award. Makes the fact that Ossie & Ruby D got in together even more touching...
Don't it?   | |
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sosgemini said: You have to be alive to receive the award. Makes the fact that Ossie & Ruby D got in together even more touching...
I went to The Kennedy Center's Web site to look at the criteria for nomination and this is what it says: "Honors recipients are recognized for their lifetime of contributions to American culture through the performing arts - whether in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures or television - each is selected by the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees. The primary criterion in the selection process is excellence. The Honors are not designated by art form or category of artistic achievement; nevertheless, the selection process, has achieved a balance between the artistic disciplines over the years." I've never seen anything about people being ineligible posthumously. If that is the case, there are several honorees who were fortunate to get their awards shortly before their deaths (Roy Acuff). But I didn't see anyone who was elected posthumously, either. [Edited 10/3/07 22:09pm] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! | |
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Yeah, if Marvin and Sam didn't get theirs, you know Luther doesn't stand a chance. | |
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Timmy84 said: Yeah, if Marvin and Sam didn't get theirs, you know Luther doesn't stand a chance.
Well, it's not like Luther Vandross had Marvin Gaye's baggage and Sam Cooke passed away way before the Kennedy Center Honors were conceived. But nevertheless, we'll assume for argument sake that there is a requirement the person has to be alive at the time of induction. I'm content naming Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis as future honorees. It's fair to say that they would be excellent choices. [Edited 10/3/07 22:25pm] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! | |
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Najee said: Timmy84 said: Yeah, if Marvin and Sam didn't get theirs, you know Luther doesn't stand a chance.
Well, it's not like Luther Vandross had Marvin Gaye's baggage and Sam Cooke passed away way before the Kennedy Center Honors were conceived. But nevertheless, we'll assume for argument sake that there is a requirement the person has to be alive at the time of induction. I'm content naming Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis as future honorees. It's fair to say that they would be excellent choices. [Edited 10/3/07 22:25pm] Exactly, focus on the ones living.  | |
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I also would like to nominate two more:
GEORGE BENSON: 
AL JARREAU: 
[Edited 10/3/07 22:41pm] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! | |
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Diahann Carroll hasn't got in yet? PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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Najee said: sosgemini said: You have to be alive to receive the award. Makes the fact that Ossie & Ruby D got in together even more touching...
I went to The Kennedy Center's Web site to look at the criteria for nomination and this is what it says: "Honors recipients are recognized for their lifetime of contributions to American culture through the performing arts - whether in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures or television - each is selected by the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees. The primary criterion in the selection process is excellence. The Honors are not designated by art form or category of artistic achievement; nevertheless, the selection process, has achieved a balance between the artistic disciplines over the years." I've never seen anything about people being ineligible posthumously. If that is the case, there are several honorees who were fortunate to get their awards shortly before their deaths (Roy Acuff). But I didn't see anyone who was elected posthumously, either. [Edited 10/3/07 22:09pm] http://query.nytimes.com/...A9659C8B63 Paul McCartney was one of the performers selected to receive the award last year but said he could not attend the presentation because of ''an inescapable personal obligation.'' The center said then that it would postpone his award until this year, but today it issued a one-sentence statement saying, ''Paul McCartney will not be receiving a Kennedy Center Honor.''
i guess the criteria isn't that you have to be alive but that you have to attend... Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06EFD61E3EF935A3575BC0A9659C8B63
Paul McCartney was one of the performers selected to receive the award last year but said he could not attend the presentation because of ''an inescapable personal obligation.'' The center said then that it would postpone his award until this year, but today it issued a one-sentence statement saying, "Paul McCartney will not be receiving a Kennedy Center Honor." i guess the criteria isn't that you have to be alive but that you have to attend... Yeah, but choosing not to attend is a little different from the Lord taking you home. From the way that release sounds, it suggests Paul McCartney will never receive a Kennedy Center honor because he snubbed them. [Edited 10/4/07 7:39am] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! | |
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Timmy84 said: Graycap23 said: What is the significance of such an award? It means that you've made a historic, cultural and significant impact on the world through whatever be it music or the arts or theater or film work or what not. You have to be VERY valuable to American culture, I think. [Edited 10/3/07 21:47pm] Thanks. | |
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Najee said: sosgemini said: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06EFD61E3EF935A3575BC0A9659C8B63
Paul McCartney was one of the performers selected to receive the award last year but said he could not attend the presentation because of ''an inescapable personal obligation.'' The center said then that it would postpone his award until this year, but today it issued a one-sentence statement saying, "Paul McCartney will not be receiving a Kennedy Center Honor." i guess the criteria isn't that you have to be alive but that you have to attend... Yeah, but choosing not to attend is a little different from the Lord taking you home. From the way that release sounds, it suggests Paul McCartney will never receive a Kennedy Center honor because he snubbed them. [Edited 10/4/07 7:39am] Yep, he snubbed them. | |
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Just another trumped up award with no real significance. | |
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Graycap23 said: Just another trumped up award with no real significance.
Damn, you got no love for any of the "special" and "main" awards, huh? I don't blame you. | |
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Timmy84 said: Graycap23 said: Just another trumped up award with no real significance.
Damn, you got no love for any of the "special" and "main" awards, huh? I don't blame you. Have u seen the cheesing on these shows? Seems a waste of time. | |
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