[kj] Music is significant, but isnt moving

[Alex Smith]

I found meeting Peter West in London to be a very moving experience, in that I was almost instantly compelled to MOVE AWAY WITH ALL STEALTH. 

Kidding.

Alex in NYC


-----Original Message-----
>From: flight Bringer <flightbringer at hotmail.co.uk>
>Sent: Sep 27, 2006 2:12 PM
>To: gathering at misera.net
>Subject: Re: [kj] Music is significant, but isnt moving
>
>William:
>  You have moved the goal posts . I did nt say that it was "doesn't really 
>have any significance " , i said that music doesn't "move me" . There is a 
>big difference between something "moving you" and having "significance".
>  Seeing an innocent women getting stoned to death in Iran under Islamic 
>Sharia law is moving. Finding long lost family members is moving , not three 
>people  playing instruments and one talking /singing words that rhyme , that 
>isn't moving at all. Its significant, but it isn't moving.
>  Whilst meeting Alex at a Killing joke concert in London comes under the 
>category "insignificant"
>Where are you from, by-the -way?
>
>
>>From: William Lash <wjlash at yahoo.com>
>>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] RE: CULT
>>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:17:55 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>Wow, I really don't understand this comment!  In other words you listen to 
>>whatever and it all doesn't really have any significance for you?   That is 
>>fine, but I don't see it that way at all.
>>
>>flight Bringer <flightbringer at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:  "I want hear music 
>>that moves me"
>>
>>
>>Ultimately music is just noise , and I fail to see how noise can move in 
>>you
>>in a way that you suggest and in a way that you look for . Its pleasant to
>>listen to music as its better than silence .
>>People ask way too much of music. It's a noise , nothing more nothing
>>less .
>>
>>
>> >From: William Lash
>> >Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the
>> >band!)"
>> >To: Alex Smith ,"A list about all things Killing
>> >Joke (the band!)"
>> >Subject: Re: [kj] RE: CULT
>> >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:16:06 -0700 (PDT)
>> >
>> > OK, I've sat back and read all about the Cult and I'll admit I thought
>> >they were a great band, but I wouldn't even put them in the same league 
>>as
>> >KJ. Firstly, the Cult and KJ are completely different styles and even
>> >genres of music. The Cult is primarily a good Rock N Roll band, but there
>> >music never brings out the emotions that KJ music does. This is 
>>especially
>> >true with Hossanas. Comparing Electric to Hossanas is ludicrous. There is
>> >no comparison. There is nothing similar! They are actually almost
>> >opposites. Electric is a boring Rock N Roll record with a couple of
>> >catchy tunes with very sellable names like "Wild Flower" and "Lil Devil".
>> >Hossanas goes way deeper and paints a picture of the way the World is 
>>today
>> >like it or not. I frankly am sick of the catchy music that sells well. I
>> >want hear music that moves me. Yeah every so often it is nice to rock out
>> >and get pissed and not think about much and the Cult, especially, 
>>Electric
>> >work perfectly.
>> >
>> >
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