this is the thread where ILX probably makes snipey* comments and bitches* about the 2005 mojo honours awards nominations

1. Antony And The Johnsons
2. Ray LaMontagne
3. Rufus Wainwright
4. Arcade Fire
5. Willy Mason
6. The Magic Numbers

for the love of sweet crimony

er, i mean.. go! the Magic Numbers

1. The Mamas & Papas - Complete Anthology (Universal) 2. The Clash - London Calling 25th Anniversary Edition (Sony/BMG)
3. Jeff Buckley - Grace 10th Anniversary Edition (Sony/BMG)
4. The Kinks - Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Sanctuary)
5. Jack Nitzsche Story 1962 - 1979 - Hearing is Believing (Ace Records)
6. The Fall - The Complete Peel Sessions1978-2004 (Sanctuary)

Ah-HUP now! The biggest library yet! Ah-HUP now! The biggest library yet!

1. David Bowie
2. John Lydon
3. Siouxsie Sioux
4. Marc Bolan
5. The Ramones

Isn't it "Give stuff to the Ramones" year now?

the recipient of this award has enjoyed a spectacular career on a global scale.. John Lydon?

Does a band have to be rock to qualify? I don't know much about Mojo, it generally has someone I'm not very interested in on the front (Paul Weller, it seems, most of the time, when it isn't Jimi Hendrix) and so I've never explored further.

The Mamas and Papas were emphatically NOT rock. Thankfully.

No, I am just arguing against the assupmtion that Mojo readers only like "rock".

That applies only in a world where anything that isn't hip-hop, dance, electronica, R&B, funk, house nor disco is automatically classified as "rock". Which means, for instance, that all powerpop is "rock" (which it clearly isn't)

That applies only in a world where anything that isn't hip-hop, dance, electronica, R&B, funk, house nor disco is automatically classified as "rock". Which means, for instance, that all powerpop is "rock" (which it clearly isn't)"

*so* OTM here.

Rufus Wainwright may have released 4 LPs, but the Magic Numbers haven't even released a proper non-scumbag-collector-oriented single yet, so maybe this counterbalances.

rock, guitar pop, you get my point--no blues, Southern soul,hip-hop, dance, electronica,funk, house or disco.

I love the Kinks too, but the Mojo spectrum is just so narrow.

The extended R&B era iow. No, Mojo readers probably aren't very much into R&B, and in particular, they aren't much into funk and related genres.

There's still a lot to choose from though.

Mojo generally covers mostly anything from the past. I don't remember if they've done a disco edition yet, but I'd expect them to.

As for current stuff, they often give good reviews to even R&B/hip-hop-related stuff, but they did put Destiny's Child on the front page once, and they got so many letters from angry readers that they will probably never do anything like that again.