[kj] OT: Oldclay

[bongo]

:::::::::SIGH:::::::::


my fkn mrs just bought us tickets (for the price of a small car) to
COLDPLAY!  argh!!!
brothers, in this time of dire need, please pray for my soul . . . . . . . .
.

just because i'm hurting - doesnt mean i'm hurt...





shit.










On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:44 PM, fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com> wrote:


> Ha ha!

>

> I am in a similar boat Johnny B

> In depressing moments my missus slips on Enrique... (shudders)

> & I think she'd quite literally like to to that... (shudders#2)

>

> Coldplay?

> Well... I heard them years ago on a Fierce Panda sampler CD well before

> Yellow came out & I was very impressed.

> I think success on this scale blights people opinion of bands & also

> naturally alters the direction of bands like this.

> On the FP CD they were a pretty good indie band.

> Based on this I bought their 1st two albums & thought that bar the odd song

> they were generally pretty good, especially the 2nd album.

> I quite like Geoff Badgers guitar style - although far from unique, it's in

> a similar vein to a lot of guitarists I like.

> X&Y I lost interest though there are a couple of OK tracks & some pretty

> good guitar riffs in there.

> Working from home & depending on what I'm doing I quite like a lot of

> fairly non-aggressive stuff to work to (Blonde Redhead, Sigur Ross, Mew,

> Elbow, Electric Music AKA, Shadow Puppets, Red House Painters etc) - stuff I

> can let drift over me.

> I wonder if these were still a 'just below the radar indie band' with the

> production values & budgets associated therewith whether there would be a

> lot more interest here?

> I wonder whether Killing Joke (stop laughing) had similarly gone stellar

> (stop laughing) would most of us have lost interest?

> If I am honest, my interest in KJ has plummeted quite considerably of late.

> With recent efforts there's been far too much 'same ole same ole' and for

> me that 'spark' that made them 'the most exciting thing I had ever heard in

> my life' seems to have been long extinguished (probably in cheap wine)

> I hope it comes back but I doubt it will.

>

> There's been little talk of this supposed new album which makes me wonder

> whether that's really going to happen?

> Any news anyone?

> If it does I really hope they come up with something different - they are

> in a position to do something unique.

> if not it'll very probably be the final nail in the coffin for me.

>

>

>

>

> On 8 Dec 2008, at 06:18, bongo wrote:

>

> well.........

>>

>> my other 'arf listens to it quite alot...  :::sigh:::

>> its not thaaaaaaaat baaad, i cringe more when she plays stevie wonder or

>> michael jackson...

>>

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