[kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

[Brendan]

I thought you'd have seen it already Sade! :) You should check out all of
Flight of the Conchords series 1 & 2, best thing on telly in ages.

Oh and don't tell Jaz, cos Kiwis have no sense of humour apparently (and
poms don't have any folk songs...?!)


> You know that deep-down, from-the-chest ROFLOLz so strong it comes out

> like

> a horse-whinny?  Yeah, that. A self-deprecating spoof of an original song

> very

> much

>

> full of itself, it's real genius. It made my day.

>  

>  

>

> ________________________________

> From: Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

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

> <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 7:42:49 PM

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

>

> The only thing ominous about Pet Shop Boys is the feeling you have while

> you're listening to them that somewhere between entering the shop and

> coming out with a Pet Shop Boys CD, something went terribly, terribly

> wrong ;)

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RC0DdrHbGg

>

>

>>> .. 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!

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> 

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> CC: gathering at misera.net

>>>>>>> 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.

>>>>>>> >>

>>>>>>> >> Alex in NYC

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