[kj] (ot) Billy Idol.... hahahahahahahahahaha
Tim Bucknall
tim.bucknall at btinternet.com
Wed Mar 30 03:45:35 EST 2005
true
the 96 shows were just too slick IMHO, but luckily the 2002/3 ones were
,more like the old days, for a start they didn't downtune like they did
at the 96 shows which i didn't think suited them
peter.west410 wrote:
>It may of been the best show that they ve ever played,But as they were
>notorious for playing badly first time around ,this isnt surprising.
> But the Pistols were bigger in 77 ,than when they had their reunion in
>96??.This is with-out a doubt.
> PW
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>From: "Tim Bucknall" <tim.bucknall at btinternet.com>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
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>Subject: Re: [kj] (ot) Billy Idol.... hahahahahahahahahaha
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>>and at the risk of Derisive laughter from the list
>>i got a bootleg of a pistols show from 2002 that (seriously!) is the
>>best show they ever played!
>>if i could transfer vinyl to cdr i'd share it about
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>>billy idol eeeeugh!
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>>Stephen Robinson wrote:
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>>>> Has anyone or any band ever came out of retirement and been as
>>>>successful as they were when they we first about?
>>>> I cant name one
>>>>
>>>> PW
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>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "bluce ree" <bluceree2003 at yahoo.co.uk>
>>>>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
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>>>>Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 7:12 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: [kj] (ot) Billy Idol.... hahahahahahahahahaha
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>>>>>You are the lock
>>>>>I am the key
>>>>>Climb up my lemon tree
>>>>>
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>>>>>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
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>>>>>On Sunday, March 27, 2005, at 08:57 AM, bluce ree wrote:
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>>>>>>.... chortle!
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>>>>>>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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