[kj] (ot) Billy Idol.... hahahahahahahahahaha
Christof hamille
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Wed Mar 30 08:30:45 EST 2005
Correct me if I am wrong but it seemed liek Van HAlen was already headling
stadiums BEFORE 1984. Which means something at least as far as popularity.
Aerosmith...All I can say is they are a perfect example of a band that was
better on the sauce and drugs.
Chris
>From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
><gathering at misera.net>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] (ot) Billy Idol.... hahahahahahahahahaha
>Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:17:58 -0500
>
>
>According to BPF, Geordie is a massive Van Halen fan.....as well he should
>be.
>
>Alex in NYC
>
>
>On Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at 05:24 AM, peter.west410 wrote:
>
>>You made me do this Javier.I would just like to point out that I dont own
>>any Van Halen or Aerosmith records and do actually despise them.
>> I think we are talking about two different things.Im reffering to
>>album
>>sales worldwide and you are refferring to when YOU actually listened to
>>them.If thats the case,then:I ve never bought any of their albums ,So they
>>ve never sold any.
>>
>>
>> Van Halen Album Sales
>>
>> Album
>> Copies Sold * Peak Position Weeks on Chart
>> VanHalen
>> 10.3 Million 19 169
>> VanHalen II
>> 5.7 Million 6 47
>> Women and Children First
>> 4.3 Million 6 31
>> Fair Warning
>> 3.4 Million 5 23
>> Diver Down
>> 4 Million 3 65
>> 1984
>> 10 Million 2 77
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Javier Garcia" <jagargal at lycos.com>
>>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
>><gathering at misera.net>
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:04 AM
>>Subject: Re: [kj] (ot) Billy Idol.... hahahahahahahahahaha
>>
>>
>>So Aerosmith never broke??? I've always thought they splitted up for some
>>years in the 80's. Still, I think they turned bigger worldwide since the
>>second half of the eighties. At least in Latin America. The same with Van
>>Halen. Even when their first album may have sold more copies than any
>>other
>>(which i really doubt, at least worlwide), i have the reference of the
>>1984
>>album as their first big explosion. C'mon! Jump sounded more than any
>>other
>>VH song before. And as i see it, after the arrival of Sammy Haggar, VH
>>reached a wider audience.
>>
>>We may see things different as the Latin American music scenario and
>>market
>>is very different from yours in the UK and US. Maybe Brasil could be an
>>exception when i talk about Latin America's music market as they've been
>>selling a lot of records of very different kind of music for many years
>>ago.
>>They had festivals like Rock in Rio and Monsters of Rock -am I right
>>Diaz??-
>>when we in Mexico and most Latin-american countries could only achieve to
>>see Julio Iglesias live!!
>>
>>Javier
>>mex.city
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com>
>>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
>><gathering at misera.net>
>>Subject: Re: [kj] (ot) Billy Idol.... hahahahahahahahahaha
>>Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:59:53 +0100
>>
>>>
>>>"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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