[kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

[Paul Wady]

Exactly my point.  Bastards.  I feel sick noticing the build up, the use of the imagery - hands in the air, band limbering up.  Then the smart arsed self-reflective I'm not perfect lyrics.  Fuck off.  Power chords all the way.  

One reason Killing Joke are good is because some songs they do are not as good as others.  Linkin Product will produce a shelf of dead certs, produced to perfection to work.  The Joke do their best & then get rotten in the pub I am sure.  
Do you all realize that is is smart types of our generation are cleverly manufacturing and manipulating this stuff?  We either see it for what it is, or make it what it is and do well!!!!  I wanna sell out and get rich!!!!


Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:40:17 -0700
From: saulomar1 at yahoo.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park





> .. this template now, standard issue soft american rock....

 
But notice how then they "man it up" by throwing in equally bland hiphop-ish beats to try to usurp that rogue/thug/black/"urban" mystique and feel,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyr5_5l-w3I#t=0m31s (aptly named "faint.")
 
To all lyrics enthusiasts out there,
  in EuropeanSuperState there's the line, "From the Baltic to the Straits of Gibraltar," which is similar to Pet Shop Boys' "From Lake Geneva to the Finland station" line from "West End Girls." 
So, is this type of geo-graphical/-political reference or device common, and does it mean anything more than just referring to Europe in general? It seems that in both the above lines there's a bit of an ominous or portending quality to it. 
 
 
 




From: Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com>
To: Gatherers Killing Joke Gatherers <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 12:03:38 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park



I just listened to Linkin Park for the first time.  There is this template now, standard issue soft american rock against the corporation system that produces stuff like that music?  Er...


I am sure they are all nice boys.  Well done Karen!  






From: karen.weil at sddt.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:50:38 -0700
Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park




HA! I won't buy one. ; ) 
 
k.w.
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: sade1 
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park




Anyone seen the track listings on that new Lnkn.Pk. album?

1.  Feeling Broke 2.  OMG. WtF?
3.  Medications
4.  Dire Glances
5.  Fright Time 
6.  Outside Of Hate (I exist)
7.  More Remedies, Hurt that Various Regressed Emos Shun
9.  Laugh? I Nearly Was One.. (cd cover)
10. Emo-cracy
 
bonus track
Linkin Park 2003 (early unfinished demo track)
 
 
 




From: Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 5:09:46 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park







Without a doubt. Their place is reserved in Hell.
 
Jim.

--- On Wed, 25/8/10, Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com> wrote:





They are a truly horrific concoction though.



----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Harper
Sent: 08/25/10 11:13 AM
To: A list about all things Killing Joke \(the band!\)
Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park






Linkin Park are quite obviously not a Killing Joke rip-off. I can't see much of the Joke in their bland nu-metal.
 
Jim.

--- On Wed, 25/8/10, Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com>
Subject: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park
To: "Gatherers Killing Joke Gatherers" <gathering at misera.net>
Date: Wednesday, 25 August, 2010, 10:50




How does it go?  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?  Now all them little Linkin Park consumers will find out on the global grapevine web, about Killing Joke.  Heavens Mummy!  Who are they?  Are there trees and animals in the Ladbroke Grove?  What kind of computer does this Geordie programme to get that sound?

Viral conquest.  The Joke are so significant they end up getting ripped off like this.  Like the Beatles, the Stones... 
  
  
  
Here is the real joke: 
  
What do you call a good Linkin Park album? 
  
== A Killing Joke rip off! 





  


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> From: wessidetempest at hotmail.com

> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:01:31 -0400

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Fuck You, Linkin Park

> 

> They call it an homage. ;). I'm still miffed they can draw that amount if people. I guess the state of popular music is worse than I thought. 

> 

> 

> 

> On Aug 24, 2010, at 7:48 PM, "Karen Weil" <karen.weil at sddt.com> wrote:

> 

> > Obviously, they're not at all influenced by KJ ...

> > (I wonder if they even know anything about the band.)

> > Good grief.

> > 

> > k.w.

> > Calif.

> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>

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

> > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:37 PM

> > Subject: [kj] Fuck You, Linkin Park

> > 

> > 

> >> 

> >> So, I'm doing my usual freelance writing for THE NEW YORKER this week and one of the upcoming shows I'm assigned to write about is Linkin Park's gig at the noxious Nokia theatre on Times Square. In doing my research, I learn that the band has a new album slated for release. Not exactly shocking. The title? A THOUSAND SUNS. Sound a bit familiar.

> >> 

> >> Oh, and the title of the first track on the album? "The Requiem."

> >> 

> >> 

> >> I'm not making this up.

> >> 

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