[kj] OT: Pirating of new U2 release

[nicholas fitzpatrick]

Must admit to having a soft spot for U2. Consistently never bad, even if not 
always good, such as Rattle and Hum.


>From: Rob <rob at westwoodassociates.co.uk>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
<gathering at misera.net>
>To: 'iPat' <pmdavies at gmail.com>,"'A list about all things 
Killing Joke (the band!)'" <gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: RE: [kj] OT: Pirating of new U2 release
>Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:19:11 -0000
>
>I wish U2 called it quits after BOY...............
>
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>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
>[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of iPat
>Sent: 09 November 2004 14:41
>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Pirating of new U2 release
>
>
>had to look up the discography on that one. Achtung Baby was 91, which
>was 10 years after i had stopped listening to them. The scene here was
>killing joke, pTv through to ToH/SoD. Bands like the redskins etc were
>not to be found on the middle class student jukeboxes and the nation
>was in conflict with Thatcherwith the miners strike breaking the back
>of poular uprising.
>
>while the likes of U2 with their music industry funding went to fill
>rock stadiums, there was a consious decision to go more to squat gigs
>or free raves in fields. Achtung Baby was missed thanks to Spiral
>Tribe (i have a youth remix somewhere), <<tune in turn on drop 
in>>
>the only use for the joshua tree was to burn it on the pyre so
>everyone could dance around it! ; ))
>
>im only kidding alex, we all have our own journies. Its not a 
competition.
>
>
>On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 08:54:54 -0500, Alexander Smith
><vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I think U2 stopped being "relevant" (whatever that 
means) after ACHTUNG
> > BABY (an at-the-time refreshing image overhaul they've still not
> > recovered from). Apart from the odd track here and there, it 
strikes me
> > that they've long since stopped making music that 
"mattered". That
> > said, I've always liked them despite their elephantine pretension
> > (although since when is humility a staple of great music? I ask 
you --
> > are Killing Joke humble? No, and nor should they be!) As the kids 
here
> > in the States say, U2 have "jumped the shark", and are 
now as old, out
> > of it and fuddy-duddy as Emerson Lake & Palmer were in 1977.
> >
> > REM, as far as I'm concerned, probably should have called it quits
> > after CHRONIC TOWN, but to continue since Billy Berry's departure 
earns
> > them a death warrant, I'd say. And Michael Stipe is nine-times as 
much
> > of a jackass as Bono can  be.
> >
> > Alex in NYC
> >
>
>--
>iPat
>live for today, live for tomorrow
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