[kj] OT: The Damned now random thread

[Brian Whitehead]

Kevin Rowlnad provided one of the oddest festival moments I've ever seen at
Reading 99.
Came on in ladies underware and launched into a set of songs such as
Greatest Love Of All and the like. Very very odd.

Brian.

On 26 April 2010 09:47, Jari Pakarinen <jari.t.pakarinen at gmail.com> wrote:


> I'm so badly scarred by the Eileen song I can't stand the singers voice....

>

> 2010/4/26 <jpwhkj at aol.com>

>

>>  Laboratory experiments have conclusively proved that Come On Eileen

>> isn't actually the worst song ever - but listeners often believe that it is

>> because the band had previously been responsible for fantastic stuff like

>> Geno.

>>

>> Here's some of the research material:

>>

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__WJJgIXk6U

>>

>>

>>

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

>> From: Jari Pakarinen <jari.t.pakarinen at gmail.com>

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

>> gathering at misera.net>

>> Sent: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 7:50

>> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Damned now random thread

>>

>> Me too on the "Come on Eileen". It's the worst.

>>

>> 2010/4/26 Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>

>>

>>>   One of my most hated songs in the world is "Come On Eileen". Not only

>>> does it suck, it sucks for about 6 minutes. "I Will Survive" is another that

>>> I can't stand. I think that song should be completely banned for life. And I

>>> don't like one thing Bob Marley has ever sung into a microphone but

>>> "Jamming" in particular: Most boring song in the history of music? A

>>> contender for sure.

>>>

>>> Leigh

>>>

>>>

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>>> *From:* sade1 <saulomar1 at yahoo.com>

>>>

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

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>>>  *Sent:* Sun, April 25, 2010 10:27:09 PM

>>>

>>> *Subject:* Re: [kj] OT: The Damned now random thread

>>>

>>>  > I like "My Sharona" (and so does Killing Joke -- listen to "Tension"

>>> why don'tcha?)

>>>

>>> I hear the drum similarities, but the drums aside I'd still say it

>>> feels/sounds more

>>> like Bay City Rollers' Saturday Night

>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utt7i8ugnA8&feature=related

>>> Tension http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWyUByNNiLY

>>> My Sharona http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdnqEyToqg

>>> but then, i am biased towards the 1st two.

>>>

>>> While on Soft Cell, "It's a Mug's Game" is also very good, something to

>>> have ringing around your head as you're slumped in some doorway sobering up

>>> in the morning.

>>> One of THEE WORST songs ever, to my ears, is this horrid abuse of

>>> soundwaves by Dire Straits, Money for Nothing:

>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag

>>>

>>>

>>>

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

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

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>>> *Sent:* Sun, April 25, 2010 5:51:09 PM

>>> *Subject:* Re: [kj] OT: The Damned now random thread

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>  Every about "Footloose" was utter, utter, utter CRAP, ...... BUT...

>>>

>>>  I like "My Sharona" (and so does Killing Joke -- listen to "Tension"

>>> why don'tcha?)

>>>  I like Yes (and so does Killing Joke, although admittedly "Owner of

>>> Lonely Heart" wasn't their finest hour)

>>>

>>>  "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell is fucking brilliant, as is "She Blinded Me

>>> With Science" by Thomas Dobly (as is much of the rest of the album that

>>> spawned it).

>>>

>>>  Remember: Pop music is not the enemy. BAD pop music is the enemy.

>>>

>>>  Alex in NYC

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>  On Apr 25, 2010, at 8:26 PM, folk devil wrote:

>>>

>>>  I like My Sharona, Tainted Love AND She Blinded Me With Science.

>>>

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>>> From: gregslawson at msn.com

>>> To: gathering at misera.net

>>> Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:51:38 -0400

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

>>>

>>> For example, one of the worst songs ever, actually one of the worst

>>> pieces of music ever in any

>>> genre, actually one of the worst SOUNDS ever since humans evolved to be

>>> able to hear, is obviously "My Sharona" by the Knack. Runners up--Owner of a

>>> Lonely Heart by Yes,

>>> Tainted Love, She Blinded Me With Science, and of course the theme song

>>> to the movie Footloose. Boy, the 80s have left some scars in terms of bad

>>> music!!

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