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Abba co-founder Benny Andersson seems to feel the same way. "I didn't think this would happen," he told Rolling Stone back in December, after the 2010 nominees were announced. "We were a pop band, not a rock band...
Which brings us back to the problem of trying to define rock 'n' roll. Rock is the cooing on "Gimme Shelter", the dripping guitars on "Purple Haze", the riff that brings Pete Townshend's nimble strumming to new heights on "Pinball Wizard." It's Thom Yorke's nasal voice on "Paranoid Android" and the way Nirvana somehow managed to sound loud and muffled at the same time. But is it the saccharine harmonies of Abba's "Dancing Queen"? Pudgy dudes in Led Zeppelin T shirts would probably say no, but the 30 music historians, journalists and industry executives who make...
More Dash Than Cash Last summer, it looked like the sport might cease to exist altogether. Angry at Formula One's decision to impose a team-spending cap, Ferrari, the oldest team on the grid, threatened to lead the biggest marques in a rival series. The teams pulled back at the last minute, but demanded that Max Mosley, the president of the governing Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), stand down after 17 years. Mosley...
...Silverstone, the championship was a race between European cars mostly driven by European drivers and watched by European fans. The drivers took their lives in their hands every time they got behind the wheel. Many didn't make it. Jackie Stewart, three-time F1 world champion, used to look back at his house before leaving to drive at Germany's original Nürburgring in case he never saw it again. "The Nürburgring has 187 corners - it's like Afghanistan," says Stewart. (Read: "Formula One: Behind the Wheels...
UPDATE: Mar. 14, 2010, 4:18 p.m. FAS IT reports that all systems and services are back to normal...