Joy Divisioin nominated for U.K Music Hall of Fame induction

Joy Division will be one of the 10 nominees from the 80's who will go up for a public vote to be inducted into the U.K Music Hall Of Fame . The show will be broadcast on Channel 4 at 9PM on Sunday night. Whoever has the most votes (votes can only be made by phone not on the internet) will automatically be inducted. (Bear in mind - Joy Division are up against R.E.M and other massive 80's bands and we all know what the British public are like when it comes to voting. Lets face it, almost as bad as America. JD needs all the support they can get!
Watch the show with that twat Theakston, get the number then vote!!

what about the 70s?

I'd vote for JD, but I live in the U.S. I hope they get in.

Well, REM have been around just as long...but I'll always go for JD any day. Hands down.

No NO yet as they havaen't been around long enough me thinks in their incarnation as NO. Once they've been around for 25 years officially (as NO) then they can be nominated me thinks.

JD only existed for 138 days out of 10 years, seems a strange nomination in their own right.

Sure its not New Order,

I saw the trailer for this and im sure i sure the cover of Blue Monday in the montage....

Originally posted by Al Jarvis Surely it's got to be a New Order Joy Division combo?

We'll hafta wait and see...and don't call me Shirly!!

Who fucking cares about induction into some bleedin' hall of fame? It's all just corporate recuperation.

And what would poor Barney do when they win? Read a pitiful thankyou speech from the autocue? Or maybe laugh his way through another shameful performance of Digital at the end of the night?

Originally posted by little boy lost Who fucking cares about induction into some bleedin' hall of fame? It's all just corporate recuperation.And what would poor Barney do when they win? Read a pitiful thankyou speech from the autocue? Or maybe laugh his way through another shameful performance of Digital at the end of the night?

The funniest thing you've written their is actually considering the prospect that they would actually win it!

Is there a way for them to opt out. I have heard about this and it really does sound like a load of sphericals.

C4 the new ITV.

Its easy, cheap to make TV which can fill a whole nights scheduling.

U2 are one of the 5 "founding members" of the Hall of Fame, as selected by the "steering group".

The Rolling Stones are not one of the other four. I guess that says it all...

we've just had mr paul morley, carrie grant (fame academy) and theakston on our show talking about the 80's nominations. clips of wham, duranx2, frankiegoestohollywood and prince were shown so that may be a clue to the competition. when asked who they would personally say was the artist of the 80's they said respectively : joydivision / new order ; annie lennox / the eurythmics and theakston curiously nominated nirvana as his band of the 80's. perhaps someone (not me) should explain to him that a decade can only last 10 years. unfortunately I think DD are a shoo-in a) they're british and successful abroad b) popshit irrelevance has turned into irony and nostalgia and more importantly c) they've reformed and will be able to attend being somewhat cynical about the television process I'm not entirely convinced by the concept of people power in these events. paul morley's always a nice chap though

I'd be surprised if New Order weren't in the 80s programme, either with Joy Division or on their own. How many decades are they looking at, out of interest?

JulieXx

50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's (which has had its show done)

The guy on Richard and Judy SPECIFICALLY said "Joy Divison - New Order" so I guess they are combined.

Isn't Tony Wilson on the voting board?

Anyhow, haven't some British bands been inducted into the US Hall Of Fame?

And, yeah, the music that's played in the trailer (which includes "Blue Monday") doesn't necessarily mean that the band will be nominated...

Load of old twaddle, if you ask me!

l8rs,

Nick ;)

Originally posted by James Thomas JD only existed for 138 days out of 10 years, seems a strange nomination in their own right.

Agreed. I do hope Al's right in that it's some sort of JD/NO combo. Oh, and WTF is Cian doing watching Richard and Judy?

Time to stuff the ballot boxes lads...

Originally posted by Marko > Originally posted by James Thomas> JD only existed for 138 days out of 10 years, seems a strange nomination in their own right.

Oh, and WTF is Cian doing watching Richard and Judy?

Was on the TV in the 'server room' (the room formerly known as my living room before the addition of some webservers). I couldn't find the remote, or my Palm (OmniRemote) so I left it on Richard and Judy.

Its all Bollocks

Originally posted by Digital Mike Binoche Its all Bollocks

Indeed. The Spice Girls will probably be inducted sooner or later, probably before NO.

The TV listings have said Joy Division, The Smiths and REM.

As for voting I have a major dilema, I am both a massive Joy Division and a massive Smiths fan.

I think they probably decided it was too much to feature both Joy Division and New Order. I would have thought Joy Division was more of a 1970's band though. In many ways I think New Order may have been a better feature. Joy Divison are probably more of the cult band though.

Either way I am looking foward to this TV programme and it has been a long time since I have said that.

I don't know whether The Cure is nominated... If so, they'll win because they have a wider fan base. And because, it's the Cure... :(

I also have a question: if they nominate 80s bands now, does it mean that the 70s are beyond already in that English Hall of Fame?

And I'm not really fond of the idea of putting JD into a museum-like spotlight. Let them be forever in the darkness :) Actually they ara always like that: honestly, how many people nowadays aware of them? And that's fine with me. That's the way I discovered them one day - out of nowhere, and none of my mates could say anything about them...

I think I used to be all hopped-up for the idea of JD in any sort of R'n'R Museum, but I can't say I'm 100 percent about it now. When you think about it, museums are places where art is admired from a distance. No matter how close you get to a painting, you can't really touch it or examine it in more detail. Same thing with artifacts: when it's behind a glass case, that means you can't touch it and get a feel for it.

I'm not saying museums should allow either of those things, but it seems to me that music is inherently unable to be captured and put in storage like that.

But in terms of recognition, it's great, because people are constantly discovering JD and NO. So it might be more of a boon than a blunder to have them in there.

Well that's weird because JD isn't an 80s band, late 70s more like. And in the advert there was a bit of Blue Monday playing in the background. Strange...

Oh and btw, Michael Jackson will win.