[kj] password

[Mister Black]

You tell them .





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Message Received: Aug 25 2007, 12:44 PM
From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" 
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [kj] password

Tell that to the punks in the black & white middle portion of the 
"Eighties" video.

-Oliver




Mister Black wrote:

> Killing Joke were never "cool" , Kool and the gang were "cool" , but 

> not Killing joke . Huggy bear was "cool" , NOT Jaz Coleman . Killing 

> joke were the antitheses of "cool" . If you wear Killing joke t-shirts 

> Oliver , in order to appear "cool" may I suggest that you try wearing 

> a vintage Starsky and Hutch one instead

>

>

>

>

> ========================================

> Message Received: Aug 24 2007, 01:00 PM

> From: "B. Oliver Sheppard"

> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"

> Cc:

> Subject: Re: [kj] ****SPAM**** Re: password

>

> Yep, "Eighties" projected so much of what was cool about KJ onto

> video

> form, almost definitively. I think it's by far their best vid,

> too. It

> definitely leaves a lasting impression, even nowadays. Other than

> that I

> generally prefer video of live performances from 1984 or before --

> much

> more than any other video. (Live performance vids from The Tube,

> or the

> live video of "Empire Song" at ... U4 I think it is? Thos are better

> than almost any video KJ have put out.)

>

> "Money Is Not Our God" is a great song, but damn the video to that

> has

> not aged well, either.

>

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> Alexander Smith wrote:

> >

> > For a start, it's not THEIR video -- rather it's a montage of

> images

> > pieced together by some enterprising fan. I'm not saying their

> actual

> > videos are grand, but at least make the distinction between what is

> > legit and what isn't.

> >

> > The video for "Democracy" is appalling, if memory serves.

> >

> > I still think the video for "Eighties" is fucking brilliant, though.

> >

> > Alex in NYC

> >

> >

>

>

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