QUESTION OF THE WEEK: WHO WOULD YOU HAVE NOMINATED FOR A KENNEDY CENTER HONOR AND WHY?

Although, Judas Priest is my favorite band, I would nominate John Sykes.

I could write, endless reasons why, he is deserving of the honor, being under appreciated, would be one of the biggest. Also, any excuse to post a picture of him 😉 .

Actors:

Gary Sinise (who also has a band, and for all of his work with Veterans and Vet causes), Philip Seymour Hoffman (posthumous honor), Michael Madsen (also posthumous honor).

15 Responses

    1. RPS,

      I do not believe, that nominees have to be, only American. British actor, Michael Crawford, is being honored this year.

  2. With criteria being Lifetime Achievement, Artist Excellence, Impact, etc….I’d select the band Aerosmith and actor Clint Eastwood as my nominees. IMO, Aerosmith should be in before KI$$.

  3. Considering that inductees have to have contributed significantly to American culture….for strictly music:

    The Rolling Stones – besides the Beatles, no other band has had a bigger influence in American pop music, post-1960.
    Burt Bacharach – an icon of the contemporary American Songbook, working with everyone from Perry Como to Elvis Costello to Dr. Dre. It’s ridiculous that they never gave him the honor.
    Aerosmith – they’ve had just as much impact – if not more – on American music as KISS.

    For acting: George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger – you can’t argue with the grosses of their films.

    1. Well, I really meant only the music acts.

      However, at my mistake of being too general, I will now add my acting choices to column, as well.

  4. I can’t stand Madsen, he’s so overrated…but Hoffman is great; The Master, and he’s really great in Before the Devil Knows Your Dead when his world is just crumbling around him and he’s so stoic about it…lol.

    1. That’s okay, it’s all personal taste. I have heard Madsen, be referred to, as the poor man’s Tom Sizemore (another great actor who died before his time). I happen to love Madsen, and thought he was great in both Kill Bill movies.

      I also used to love Kevin Spacey, however, his scandals kind of ruined him, for me. Speaking of Spacey, two other actors that I love Russell Crowe and Guy Pierce. L.A. Confidential is one of my all time favorite movies.

      But in general, I lost respect for Hollywood, a loooong time ago. Could care less about any of it. Although, I did see Maverick, and semi enjoyed it. Only because I love the Navy pilots, God bless them, they are AMAZING.

    2. Hoffman, though, he’s in a class by himself…playing that guy on heroin who trusted his dimwitted brother (Ethan Hawke) to heist their own parents; you get the subtlety of him resenting that his parents always favored his dimwitted brother, plus his brother is having an affair with his wife behind his back, and it took him so long to finally snap…lol..Hoffman just gets it, none of those other actors come close. I actually watched Before the Devil Knows Your Dead twice. Madsen, Sizemore, they might as well could be the same guy…lol…

    3. The only movie, I think I saw him in, was The Talented Mr. Ripley I immediately knew, no pun intended, he was very talented.

  5. The Kennedy Center Honors website sucks. Had a very hard time finding a list of all honorees past and present. Ended up having to go to Wikipedia. Now I’m pissed off for having to put so much effort into this. First thing I’m doing is taking someone out of the past honorees. And I’m talking about none other than that ass hat, over-rated, nut bag bruce not the boss springsteen.

    Now, unless I browsed too quickly, I did not see the likes of The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, The Beatles, Nirvana and Ozzy solo to name just a few. What a travesty! They all should be in ahead of Kiss and most definitely that below average loser springsteen. Thank you.

    1. Sorry for your frustration, RPS

      Apparently, the system is being reworked, over reported years of it languishing into almost bankruptcy.

      Also, I loathe Springsteen. He “sings” like someone grunting on the toilet, never got it. Overrated, is a nice term, when discussing him.

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