[kj] OT Re: Dead Kennedys in brouhaha of Tarantino film use of "TooDrunk to Fuc...

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Jello claims he wrote the lyrics to "Too Drunk to Fuck" when he was 18.

Jello may be an idealist, but there's nothing wrong with that. We need 
more of them. Ian MacKaye and the Dischord Records/Fugazi bunch are all 
idealists and have carved out a place for themselves just fine.

And I hate Quentin Tarantino, anyway. Glad the "Holiday in Cambodia" 
song was never used for Levi's; my stomach turned enough seeing the 
Buzzcocks shill for the political lobbying organization that is AARP.

-Oliver


Dave Axford wrote:

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>     Considering that "Too Drunk..." has a decidedly unflattering

>     portrayal of aggressive male behavior ,  the fact that this song

>     ends up in a rape scene of a movie doesn't seem to be too off base

>     to me.   Jello please chill the fuck out.

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>     Dunno about that Carl... There seems to be *a lot* of bad blood

>     between Jello and the band dating back to the whole obscenity

>     trial and then later with the lawsuit over the Levis Dockers/

>     'Holiday In Cambodia' issue. Jello is an idealist and the band

>     seem to be more pragmatic... As such the two will never see eye to

>     eye. If I'm not mistaken, "Too Drunk" was the only song written by

>     Ray. Therefore, he might feel he has a higher degree of ownership

>     to it.

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>     As far as Tarantino goes, I really enjoyed "Resevoir Dogs" and

>     "Pulp Fiction", but couldn't be bothered with anything he has done

>     since. And I can only imagine what a testosterone-fest "Grind

>     house" would have been with Robert Rodriguez and

>     Tarantino co-directing the same movie. 

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>         On a side note... Saw a recent dk's gig in Boston with the new

>     singer and thought it was pretty weird,  kind of like a karaoke

>     gig.   Don't know what Jello's problem is, as it would still be

>     cool to see him perform with the other guys.  As old as they are,

>     those guys can still make a serious racket.  East Bay Ray and

>     Klaus are both one in a million, and DH Peligro is no slouch

>     either.   Despite it being old school punk rock, the music still

>     seems to maintain much of its relevancy.  would love to see Jello

>     do Bleed for me just one more time.     - Carl P.

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