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BETTER LIVING THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008 MUSIC Grammy Hall of Fame impresses F-10 THE RECORD Beats out boring awards selections are safe, so-so sops to the industry and a feeble attempt to stay up to date. Vince Gill is a sentimental choice. Herbie Hancock (who I strongly suspect may win) is welcome (but also safe) jazz tokenism. And Amy Winehouse would get my vote. That's a remarkably poor field, further proof that the advances made in diversifying and de-stodgy-fying nominations in key categories in the late '90s are slowly being repealed.

I can go on like that all day. But let me note this, for it never gets the notice it merits: Every Year in, year out, I'm struck by what a worthy assortment has been assembled; I can't remember a batch that didn't somehow manage to touch on the artistically important, the culturally significant, the sensations of the day, the inar-guably great performances from throughout the last century. Honestly, at this point, with the increasingly exclusionary Rock Hall so stingy with its honors, the Grammy Hall of Fame is becoming a much better barometer of what popular music has had lasting impact and value. Take a gander at the 70-strong class of 2008, and if that intrigues you, the Wikipedia entry about it has the complete rundown of inductees. By BEN WENER THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER I'm typically the first person in a group of blowhards to resort to Grammy-bashing, very often because the choices voters and committee selecters sometimes make are inexplicably narrow-minded.

The current album of the year nominees, for instance. Kanye West and Foo Fighters COMMENTARY year the Grammys (or, more accurately, the Recording Academy) corrects its chronic myopia regarding current music by inducting dozens of classic and historic recordings into the Grammy Hall of Fame. They've been doing this since 73, initially as a means to recognize works that came before the Grammys started handing out trophies in 1959. More recently, it has taken on the same time marker as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame all hon-orees have to be at least 25 years old. I'm always fascinated to see the complete, eclectic list of inducted singles and albums.

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