[kj] Guilty Pleasures
Alexander Smith
vassifer at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 15 13:07:48 EST 2007
The first Generation X album ("Ready Steady Go," "Kleenex," "100
Punks," "From the Heart," etc. ) is fucking GREAT, and still sounds
vital and energetic today.
Alex in NYC
On Jan 15, 2007, at 12:51 PM, GREG SLAWSON wrote:
> Never heard the album, Javier! I did actually see Billy on the tour
> promoting that album (I think--it was before 1985) and remember not
> being too impressed. He was humping the monitor speakers at one
> point...Have you heard the 1st Gen X album (the one with Ready
> Steady Go)--not bad!
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> Greg
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> From: "Javier Garcia" <jagargal at lycos.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] Guilty Pleasures
> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:09:21 -0500 (EST)
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> Well Greg, i don't know if i will have some respect back after you
> read this (and i know i'm playing a dangerous card here, with the
> risk of loose really ALL your respect): I wasn't refering to
> "Rebell Yell" the song, but the whole album (Rebell Yell isn't one
> of the best tracks of the album indeed) ;>)
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> Did i won some few respect points? ;)
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> Javier
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> Subject : Re: [kj] Guilty Pleasures
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> Date : Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:57:45 +1300
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> From : bongo <humanhybrid666 at gmail.com>
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> To : "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
> <gathering at misera.net>
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> LOL, and COLDPLAY?????????
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> lets take him out the back and rough him up a little...
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> On 1/13/07, GREG SLAWSON wrote:
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> > I think I've just lost all respect for Javy--I might have been
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> > let the 80s synth-crap go, but "Rebel Yell" is truly one of the
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> > of that period (especially considering that Gen X were a decent
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> > From: *"Javier Garcia" *
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> > Reply-To: *"A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"<
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> > gathering at misera.net>*
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> > Subject: *Re: [kj] Guilty Pleasures*
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> > Date: *Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:54:41 -0500 (EST)*
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> > Shit! I'm scared as many of the things you guys have listed as
> "guilty"
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> > were not guilty pleasures to me at all: Beastie Boys, U2, Big
> Country, early
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> > Duran Duran... to name a few.
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> > Billy Idol - 'Rebell Yell' (it's great, all of it!)
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> > Ratt (i was a kid when I was into heavy metal, but i still enjoy
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> > this guys from their first self-titled album to 'Invasion of your
> Privacy',
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> > pretty good musicians)
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> > Talk-Talk - 'It's my Life' (i really like this song a lot!)
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> > A-ha - 'Take On Me', 'Cry Wolf', 'Sun Always Shines on TV' (love
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> > of them, these are authentique guilty pleasures)
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> > Coldplay (all their albums, not too guilty though, theses guys
> are good)
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> > Audioslave (their 1st an their 3rd album - but do not feel very
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> > be honest:)
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> > Mecano (a spanish techno-pop 80's band i used to hate when
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> > *Date : *Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:07:48 -0800 (PST)
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> > *From : *Leigh Newton
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> > Men At Work's 'Land Down Under' never fails to put a smile on my
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