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Post by rick on Jun 20, 2016 4:13:52 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Jun 20, 2016 8:26:36 GMT -5
You will notice, of course, that he doesn't mention Linda. Obviously, however, she should get the honor while she is still breathing.
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Post by moe on Jun 20, 2016 13:00:44 GMT -5
You will notice, of course, that he doesn't mention Linda. Obviously, however, she should get the honor while she is still breathing. With you 100% Her stature (not to take anything from the fine performers/artists mentioned) is equal to or exceeds anyone that was listed. And if asked even they would have to admit as such. |
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Post by markv on Jun 23, 2016 10:23:02 GMT -5
Linda not selected.
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Post by MokyWI on Jun 23, 2016 10:58:31 GMT -5
This would have been a great year for her to be considered for the Kennedy Center Honors. The Eagles were chosen for last year's award but will be honered this year. Seems this would have been a good year to honor Linda as well. I'm not to confident that this honor will be given to her now.
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Post by rick on Jun 23, 2016 16:10:00 GMT -5
Here is a story on those selected -- James Taylor, Al Pacino, Mavis Staples, The Eagles (who were to have received it last year but did not due to Glenn Frey being ill at the time), and an Argentine pianist named Martha Argerich. I think James Taylor has been a good friend to the Kennedy Center Honors through the years, performing when Yo-Yo Ma was inducted as well as when Carole King was an honoree. I know that American IS a melting pot but sometimes I think if it is only British subjects who can be named "Sir" or "Dame" by the Queen, why does our supposed national arts institution frequently name people like Paul McCartney or Elton John? I struggle with this because there are American artists who are passed over, and, sadly, die before they can be honored. Don't mean to sound nationalistic. Kennedy Center Honorees, 2016 |
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Post by erik on Jun 23, 2016 17:53:44 GMT -5
I guess we're busted this year when it comes to Linda. But again, I hope they do in 2017; and hopefully, Linda will still be around.
Re. Martha Argerich--she's not an unknown quality to classical music fans in America, as she has recorded since the mid-1960s. She even recorded a pair of very well-known piano concertos (the Schumann A Minor, and Chopin's Second) in the Kennedy Center itself in the late 1970s, with Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the house orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C.
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Post by rumba on Jun 24, 2016 1:15:22 GMT -5
This award is given to original, ground breaking artists. Much as I love Linda, I have difficulty seeing her characterized as that.
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Post by goldie on Jun 24, 2016 1:28:00 GMT -5
This award is given to original, ground breaking artists. Much as I love Linda, I have difficulty seeing her characterized as that. Most here would probably disagree with that. She pioneered and popularized (with others) a whole new genre of music (Country Rock), she singlehandedly resurrected and repopularized the Great American Songbook like never before, she singularly saved Mariachi Music (as declared by the queen of the Rancheras Lola Beltran of Mexico herself) while introducing it to the American public and kickstarting a cultural pride movement in the latino community and was involved in many major musical events like Trio and Paul Simon's Graceland to name a couple. Nevermind the countless awards and accolades from her peers. Lesser people have received Kennedy Center Honors.
To me trail blazer = ground-breaking:
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Post by the Scribe on Jun 24, 2016 3:23:17 GMT -5
Say what? Linda will be here then and long afterwards. She just has to pace herself like anyone with a major illness and do healthy things. I think cures are coming sooner than later and there are those out there in the alternative medicine field like:
Linda has become an expert in different genres. She can do the same in this medical genre.
KEEP THE FAITH BABY
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Post by simpledream on Jun 24, 2016 4:31:49 GMT -5
This award is given to original, ground breaking artists. Much as I love Linda, I have difficulty seeing her characterized as that. reviewing the list of honorees one could argue not many were 'ground breaking'. it's based on 'excellence' predicated on nominations from the public and KC, and objectively *cough* chosen by an advisory board. understandably we are disappointed because we all think she is deserving of this. |
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Post by kgreen on Jun 24, 2016 19:17:47 GMT -5
It's a weird honor, you have to be chosen, then you have to accept and be there. These are not usually done postumously. Some artists wait until there is a Democrat in office, if Hillary wins, Linda will be chosen. If a Republican wins, not gonna happen and I don't think Linda would accept from a Trump Administration. Look back at see winners and who was president.
Kev
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Post by rick on Jun 24, 2016 19:56:06 GMT -5
Kevin --
This is true to some extent. When George H. W. Bush was president, Stephen Sondheim refused to accept due to Bush 41's policies. When Bill Clinton was president, Sondheim then accepted the Kennedy Center Honor. (My Internet is down so I'm using my iPhone to respond here. It is limiting my capabilities to do research.)
Barbra Streisand, a very outspoken liberal who has been singing for Democratic presidents starting with JFK, was given her Kennedy Center Honor during George W. Bush's administration. She said she didn't pull a Sondheim and accepted it when first offered in the interest of bipartisanship. She was surprised that Dubya even congratulated her with a kiss given how vocal she was against his administration.
Am sure if one looked closely enough one might find some political similarities between honorees and presidents, but I think Sondheim was the only person to refuse it on political grounds. I believe Steven Spielberg, another well-known liberal, was honored during Dubya's years in office.
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Post by moon on Jun 24, 2016 22:54:22 GMT -5
I think LR is groundbreaking in that she used her most lovely voice to successfully record various genres of music and as all know she was the first female artist to play to the large rock audiences as a solo act. Not a small feat in her day. That had to be groundbreaking for female artists. Too many times she is defined by her remake hits in the 70's.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jun 25, 2016 7:51:11 GMT -5
Art should transcend politics. Music maybe can be a unifier vs divider. Probably in some occasions, the pres at the time does not know the political affiliations/philosophies of the artist and I think for art's sake it is better. In Babs and Linda's case, it is pretty well-known especially the former. eddiejinnj
PS: I could do the list why Linda is deserving but we all know she is!!!!!!!!
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Post by JayDF on Sept 5, 2017 19:37:18 GMT -5
Sorry if someone made this comment already, but a condition of receiving a Kennedy Center Honor is being present for the Ceremony. Somehow I feel Linda would not like to be there in person for such an event, even though I think she would be glad to get the honor.
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Post by Just My Opinion Here on Sept 5, 2017 21:01:42 GMT -5
Although Linda did not show up for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, supposedly due to health issues, she has appeared in person for numerous honors since then. She had said in advance that she would not appear for the Hall of Fame induction. I think perhaps one reason is that she has been treated like crap by that organization, possibly blackballed by Jann Wenner, Dave Marsh, and others, and there was no way in hell she was going to accept an honor twenty years too late. Obviously she should have been inducted the same year as the Eagles, if not before.
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Post by GUEST on Sept 5, 2017 21:32:06 GMT -5
Let's also be honest. Whether she went or not might depend on who is president as in the past the president has mostly attended. She attended events with Carter, Clinton and Obama. None others that I know of. Linda would have to be "really" well to attend anytime soon.
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