[kj] Killing Joke and the U.S.

[sade1]

*check!* --  I believe that it's because K.J. are too real for American tastes .
*check!* -- Americans like posturing and posing and false gestures for a devious public .
*check!* -- Americans seem to want the bands of their choice to be like cartoon 
                   characters**.
                Americans seem to want fake emotion and tears on stage .
*check!* -- Americans want surreal characters in order to help them in their quest to escape 
                  reality.
  And K.J don't fit these requirements *check!* -- *check!* *check!**check!* *check!*
   
  ** tho' Jaz has long flirted with self-parody.
   
   
  

fluke fluke <fluke1 at live.co.uk> wrote:
      .hmmessage P  {  margin:0px;  padding:0px  }  body.hmmessage  {  FONT-SIZE: 10pt;  FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma  }    Why did K.J never really gain popularity in the U.S.?
I believe that it's because K.J. are too real for American tastes .
Americans like posturing and posing and false gestures for a devious public .
Americans seem to want the bands of their choice to be like cartoon characters .
Americans seem to want fake emotion and tears on stage .
Americans want surreal characters in order to help them in their quest to escape reality.
  And K.J don't fit these requirements 
 

  
---------------------------------
  She said what? About who? Shameful celebrity quotes on Search Star! _______________________________________________
Gathering mailing list
Gathering at misera.net
http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering



...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  
As the masters rot on walls
And the angels eat their grapes
I watched picasso 
visit the planet of the apes
       
---------------------------------
Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  Try it now.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://four.pairlist.net/pipermail/gathering/attachments/20080228/4d5c5fcb/attachment.htm>