[kj] OT: The Damned

[Alexander Smith]

6. "Street of Dreams"
7. "Liar"
8. "The History of the World Pt. 1"
9. "Melody Lee"
10. "Eloise" (sorry, I like it)


On Apr 24, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Alexander Smith wrote:


> Alex in NYC's top 5 Damned songs:

>

> 1. "See Her Tonight"

> 2. "Pretty Vacant/Wild Thing" (live) (b-side of the "Is It a Dream?"  

> 12")

> 3. "Neat Neat Neat"

> 4. "Anti-Pope"

> 5. "Alone Again Or" (Love cover)

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

>

>

> On Apr 24, 2010, at 2:51 PM, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:

>

>> Jamie's top 5 Damned songs:

>>

>> 1. Is It A Dream (Peel session version)

>> 2. History of the World part one

>> 3. The Limit Club

>> 4. Melody Lee

>> 5. Plan 9 Channel 7

>>

>>

>>

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

>> From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net 

>> >

>> Sent: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:10

>> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Damned

>>

>>

>> I haven't weighed in on this until now, but DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED  

>> and MACHINE GUN ETIQUETTE are both entirely unimpeachable. Did they  

>> make some patchy albums after that? Certainly, but those two are  

>> flawless in my book.

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>>

>>

>>

>> On Apr 24, 2010, at 9:50 AM, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:

>>

>>> Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of Damned Damned Damned, and bits  

>>> of MFP.  But are they great albums?  Personally, I don't think  

>>> so.  (And yes, I'm aware of period, etc etc.)

>>>

>>> Conversely, the breadth of songs and talent on display in MGE,  

>>> TBA, and Straweberries (and the Friday the 13th EP, and the many  

>>> singles, b-sides, etc) was a game-changer for punk.  And as  

>>> somebody else has just said, the first Lords album is an absolute  

>>> blinder as well (albeit nothing like as original as MGE etc).  So  

>>> for me the departure of James was fantastic news: the Damned were  

>>> a different - and much better - band without him, and I enjoyed  

>>> him more in the Lords than in the Damned.

>>>

>>> Jamie

>>>

>>>

>>>

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

>>> From: B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

>>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net 

>>> >

>>> Sent: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 2:49

>>> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Damned

>>>

>>> Jamie had the audacity to write:

>>>

>>> "The Damned were a fairly average early punk band for DDD and MFP,  

>>> and then James fucked off and did great things with the Lords, and  

>>> the Damned came into their own as one of the most original,  

>>> talented, and adventurous punk bands.  Now that's what I call win- 

>>> win."

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Me:

>>>

>>> Dude. (Yes, I am an American, so I can say that.)

>>>

>>> Bryan James or not, pretty much everything The Damned did until  

>>> 1982 is flawless. Flawless. This includes 1978's _Music for  

>>> Pleasure_, as far as I am concerned, as well as, yes, their near- 

>>> perfect, post-Bryan James masterpiece, _Machingeun Etiquette_,  

>>> probably their greatest overall LP. (I first heard MG on cassette  

>>> with the "Lemmy on bass" 'bonus tracks' put on, but they were  NOT  

>>> as listed bonus tracks, so that always made me think Lemmy had  

>>> been in The Damned briefly!)

>>>

>>> Whether Bryan James was in the mix or not, I think The Damned were  

>>> pretty much flawless up until _Strawberries_. Especially when you  

>>> consider the time period/musical historica context/sociological  

>>> blah blah blah, etc. :)

>>>

>>> -0liver

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