[kj] the essence

[Christof hamille]

I like Dylan.  Seem him live this past year.  It was good.  I like Queen but 
there is no way in hell that I would support anything Paul Rogers.  I did 
the Firm once and that took 10 years off of my life.  And I think I was 11 
or 12 (for the first record).

Chris



>From: "Darren A. Peace" <dpeace at bigfoot.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] the essence

>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 23:05:56 +0100

>

>Heh. Yes, I'd rather listen to Queen than Dylan. Actually, I'd rather have

>chillis rubbed into my eyes than listen to Dylan. Saw the fucker live once,

>completely unintentionally I might add, and lost at least 10 years of my

>life.

>

>Have just listened to "Fight From The Inside", and although there's some

>interesting riffage, I suppose those bluesy runs are a little too much for

>me. Don't like more than about 6 Zep tracks either. And they're not all 

>ones

>Jaz massacred.

>

>However, I have to hold my hand up to liking King Crimson enormously (at 

>the

>very least, "Red" and "Thrak" should be owned by EVERYONE), so that

>immediately depth-charges any credibility I might have had.

>

>Darren

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On

>Behalf Of Alexander Smith

>Sent: 05 September 2007 22:50

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] the essence

>

>Well, I'm not going to get all red in the face attempting to defend

>Queen here. Much like their US counterparts in Kiss, I heard them

>before I ever layed ears on anything even remotely punk. Queen were

>DELIBERATE in their pomp-rock ridiculousness, but at least they

>didn't take themselves so dreadfully seriously (i.e. those gents in

>E.L.P, Yes, etc.) And, they made some absolutely fantastic music

>along the way. Sure, "Bicycle Race" is vaudevillian nonsense, but

>listen to "Sheer Heart Attack," "The Prophet's Song," "Fight From The

>Inside," "Stone Cold Crazy" -- they wrote some great stuff.

>

>No matter what, they're far better than Bob fucking Dylan.

>

>Alex in NYC

>

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