[kj] (ot) Billy Idol.... hahahahahahahahahaha
peter.west410
peter.west410 at ntlworld.com
Tue Mar 29 18:07:18 EST 2005
And Van Halens biggest selling album was their first one ,selling over 10
000 000.
NEXT
PW
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From: "peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
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Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] (ot) Billy Idol.... hahahahahahahahahaha
> "I dare to say without a doubt that "the kings of return and success" are
> Aerosmith, they returned to became a huge, huge act."
>
> Inncorrect Javi.
> If you see their discography below,You will see that Aerosmith never
> went away.They have been amazingly consistant with their releases ,And the
> most popular ones were from 1975 & 1980.The Early years.
>
> PW
> Albums
> a.. Aerosmith (1973) #21 US, US Sales: 2,000,000
> b.. Get Your Wings (1974) #74 US, US Sales: 3,000,000
> c.. Toys in the Attic (1975) #11 US, US Sales: 8,000,000
> d.. Rocks (1976) #3 US, US Sales: 4,000,000
> e.. Draw the Line (1977) #11 US, US Sales: 2,000,000
> f.. Live Bootleg (1978) #13 US, US Sales: 1,000,000
> g.. Night in the Ruts (1979) #14 US, US Sales: 1,000,000
> h.. Greatest Hits (1980) #53 US, US Sales: 10,000,000
> i.. Rock in a Hard Place (1982) #32 US, US Sales: 500,000
> j.. Done with Mirrors (1985) #36 US, US Sales: 500,000
> k.. Classics Vol. 1 (Purple cover) (1986) #84 US, US Sales: 1,000,000
> l.. Classics Vol. 2 (Red cover) (1987), US Sales: 500,000
> m.. Permanent Vacation (1987) #11 US, #37 UK, US Sales: 5,000,000
> n.. Gems (1988) #133 US, US Sales: 500,000
> o.. Pump (1989) #5 US, #3 UK, US Sales: 7,000,000
> p.. Pandora's Box (1991) #45 US, US Sales: 1,000,000
> q.. Get a Grip (1993) #1 US, #2 UK, US Sales: 7,000,000
> r.. Box of Fire (1994), US Sales: 500,000
> s.. Big Ones (1994) #6 US, #7 UK, US Sales: 4,000,000
> t.. Nine Lives (1997) #1 US, #4 UK, US Sales: 2,000,000
> u.. A Little South of Sanity (1998) #12 US, #36 UK, US Sales: 1,000,000
> v.. Just Push Play (2001) #2 US, #7 UK, US Sales: 1,000,000
> w.. Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology (2001) #191 US, #32 UK, US
Sales:
> 500,000
> x.. O, Yeah! The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits (2002) #4 US, #6 UK, US Sales:
> 1,000,000
> y.. Honkin' on Bobo (2004) #5 US, #28 UK, US Sales: 600,000
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Javier Garcia" <jagargal at lycos.com>
> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
> <gathering at misera.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [kj] (ot) Billy Idol.... hahahahahahahahahaha
>
>
> Well, I must let my dark side to show up and say I used to like Billy Idol
> first couple of albums. IMHO Rebell Yell is a pretty nice 80's album (I
even
> have it on CD!!!).
>
> Regarding the topic about reformed bands:
> I dare to say without a doubt that "the kings of return and success" are
> Aerosmith, they returned to became a huge, huge act.
> Van Halen could count too, although I guess they never split after the
> departure of David Lee Roth, when Sammy Haggar came up, they turned bigger
> than they were before.
>
> My two pesos
>
> Javier
> MexCity
>
>
>
> > Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > "Now, I barely remember much of his earlier works but I'm pretty sure
> > he used to try and sound american like most UK rock acts did. Well now
> > he's putting on the mockney, coupled with the fact that he really
> > cannot sing."
> >
> > Well, for a start, Billy was in GENERATION X, who I thought were pretty
> > damn great, so go easy there, hater!
> >
> > Secondly, like Robert Plant before him, Billy Idol cannot sing ANY
> > MORE, but he certainly once could.
> >
> > Alex in NYC
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, March 27, 2005, at 08:57 AM, bluce ree wrote:
> >
> > > .... chortle!
> > >
> > > I saw his new video last night.... oh my god.... I dont think
> > > I'll ever recover. It is without a doubt the funniest, most
> > > awful thing I've ever seen. The video is the usual 80s on-stage
> > > heavy rock thing, but with a terrible, terrible Billy singing to
> > > a woman in the crowd thing going on (like that Springsteen video
> > > with Courtney Cox in it).
> > >
> > > Now, I barely remember much of his earlier works but I'm pretty
> > > sure he used to try and sound american like most UK rock acts
> > > did. Well now he's putting on the mockney, coupled with the fact
> > > that he really cannot sing. He struggles throughout the song
> > > which features some of the worst lyrics imaginable.
> > >
> > > You are the lock
> > > I am the key
> > > Climb up my lemon tree
> > > I mean for fuck's sake... how bad is that? Oh... not bad enough?
> > > Okay... try....
> > >
> > > Pretty baby in the back of my car
> > > Look now, you've gone too far
> > > Have a slice of my lemon pie
> > > One more will get you high
> > > the video ends with two more laughably awful things. Firstly the
> > > camera pans out to reveal about thousands of people in the
> > > audience when clearly there were about 50 max and then right at
> > > the end the woman in the crowd passes out and when she recovers
> > > Billy is there and he says....
> > >
> > > 'are you alright, love'... it sort of all sounded like The Cult
> > > at their very worst, but even more shit!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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