With eager anticipation, I have just tuned into tonight’s VH1 Rock and Roll Honors Presentation. I do not necessarily like all of the inductees, but I can clearly see their impact on Rock and Roll and must give credit to their talents within their specific genre. The head of the Hall of Fame association steps up to the podium to initiated the preceedings, to begin the celebration of accomplishment and to …. uh….. hmm ….. well, to apparently to demonstrate a complete lack of respect for tonight’s guests. These artists have spent a lifetime honing their craft, defining their talents and MEMORIZING the fruits of their labor. Instead of spending the hour or two to reciprocate the effort, the presenter pulls out a stack of papers (folded up I might add) and proceeds to read word for word his speech. Was it that hard to take a little bit of time to become comfortable with the speech, to comprehend the intent of the night, to breathe life into the delivery? If not, does it take a technology expert to put a prompter off screen so you at least look like you care?
Time to enjoy the rest of the show…. now that reading time is over ugh… apparently not, Ben Harper can learn sheet music for a living, but can’t remember the writing on 6 tiny pieces of paper.
ADDENDUM: Oh look, it’s little Billy Joel. I wonder what words of wisdom he has to part with today… “John Mellencamp asked me to come out and play FarmAid somewhere out in the midwest called Peoria ……. We get out there and look out into the crowd and see 100,000 children of the corn wearing John Deere hats.” First off Billy we in the midwest would like to congratulate you on getting to the awards show without becoming intoxicated and driving your car into the ditch (yes, we have newspapers and TVs out in the sticks). Secondly, you get six points for a touchdown, not 3 and thirdly… Peoria is the world headquarters of Caterpillar Inc and there are far more Cat hats here than Deere (who are up the road in Moline IL). You talked about the death of the music industry – I’ll have to personally apologize for my participation if by that you are implying the end of buying your albums. Marketing 101: Don’t put down the people who may have previously bought your albums for future investment may be scrutinized.
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