After last year's moan about the UK Music Hall of Fame, and watching tonight's show on Channel 4, I've decided to make it a tradition. This year's whinge? Bon Jovi. Bon fuckin' Jovi?! As the kids on Bebo say, WTF?! Now, I know the show's corporate paymasters will want to kiss up to whatever big American acts are touring the UK while the awards are on (see also: the annual game of "spot the Brit" at The Brit Awards), but this is beyond a joke. God, at least James Brown, Brian Wilson and Prince merit their awards, and have been meaningful influences upon UK musicians. Bon Jovi, however, are an act who are meaningless in terms of influence upon UK music, an evolutionary dead-end of bad songwriting and worse haircuts.
Ah well. At least this year they've corrected their previous Led Zeppelin faux pas.