[kj] OT: bad music/good music

[Ana Madani]

The list of non-influences would have been shorter.  Three guesses:

April Lasagna - er, sorry, I mean Avril Lavigne

Shakira

Christina Aguilera

I can't even begin to believe it's Miley Cyrus.


On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> This is somewhat tenuously connected to our discussion. Okay, so over the

> weekend, I spotted a picture of one of a current teen pop sensation (no, not

> Lady Gaga) wearing a t-shirt with the VOID insignia on it (Void, for those

> of you who don't know, were a crucial D.C. hardcore band in the early 90s).

> I was deeply incredulous that a whistleheaded pop irritant like _____ dared

> sully Void's good name with her vileness. Upon sharing this revelation with

> a colleague this morning, he answered: "Dude, check out her MySpace page ...

> she likes good music." I find it imposible to believe that a child capable

> of making such awful pop would be fan of decent music, but check out her

> list of "influences" and see if you can guess who I'm talking about:

>

> MIA, Beck, Rolling Stones, Devo, Flock of Seagulls, kraftwork, Daniel

> Johnson, talking Heads, David Bowie, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Janet

> and Sir Michael Jackson, Avenue A, The Go! Team, Mika, Sonic Youth, Elton

> John, Willlie Nelson, Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Beastie Boys, Eagles of Death

> Metal, Black Keys, Black Eyed Peas, Daft Punk, Electric 6, Teenager, Tonite

> Only, Prince,Mirwais, Afrika Bambaata, Peaches, Rock&Roll, Richard X,

> Cornelius, ESG,6ths, ackron family, al green, andrew bird, anthrax, aphex

> twin, aphid ant constructions, arcade fire, archers of loaf, ataxia,

> badfinger, the bang up, beck, belle &; sebastian, ben lee, beulah, big star,

> black flag, the blow, boards of canada, bob dylan, brian eno, brian wilson,

> bright eyes, built to spill, butthole surfers, the cardigans, the

> carpenters, casiotone for the painfully alone, the clash, the clutters, daft

> punk, the damned, the dandy warhols, david bowie, the dead milkmen, devandra

> banhart, donovan, dresden dolls, the eels, elvis costello, eric's trip, the

> fall, the features, fischerspooner, frank black, frank sinatra, franz

> ferdinand, futurheads, gary glitter, generation x, ghostface killah, gogol

> bordello, gorillaz, guided by voices, her space holiday, how i became the

> bomb, human television, iggy pop, islands, jackson 5, jawbreaker, jenny

> lewis, jim o'rourke, joan jett, joe jack talcum, john frusciante, johnny

> thunders, the killers, kimya dawson, the kinks, kraftwerk, LCD soundsystem,

> le tigre, the lemonheads, leonard cohen, little ones, lou barlow, love, the

> lovely feathers, marshal crenshaw, matisyahu, matmos, miles davis, minor

> threat, modest mouse, mos def, mott the hoople, the mountain goats, moving

> units, my darling YOU!, neil diamond, neil young, neko case, neutral milk

> hotel, neva dinova, nico, of montreal, oh no! oh my!, optiganally yours,

> ornamental wigwam, otis redding, the pastels, peaches, pere ubu, peter bjorn

> and john, pink spiders, pixies, pj harvey, postal service, public enemy,

> pulp, queen, r.e.m., r.l. burnside, radiohead, the raincoats, rancid, the

> rapture, the rascals, ratatat, the ravonettes, regina spektor, replacements,

> roky erickson, rolling stones, ryan adams, screeching weasel, the shins, the

> small faces, the smiths, smoking popes, sparklehorse, spinto band,

> squarepusher, stellastarr*, stiff little fingers, the stranglers, the

> streets, the streets, the strokes, surfjan stevens, the sundays, sun ra, t

> rex, ted leo and the pharmacists, television, tilly and the wall, they might

> be giants, tom jones, tracy + the plastics, troubled hubble, tv on the

> radio, U2, the unicorns, the vaselines, the velvet underground, the

> ventures, verde, violent femmes, the walkmen, wilco, wire, X, yeah yeah

> yeahs, yo la tengo, the zebras, the zombies

>

> No, she doesn't cite Killing Joke. Mercifully.

>

>

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

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

> From: Alexander Smith

> Sent: Mar 15, 2010 6:59 AM

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover (bad

> moviemusic)

>

> With the exception of Yello (who I have no feelings for one way or the

> other), I own albums by all those artists.

> I draw the line a Bananarama, though.

> Alex in NYC

>

>

> On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:54 AM, Janean wrote:

>

> <<< Soft Cell, Thomas Dolby, Yello, Bee Gees, Yes,  and Duran Duran all in

> the crosshairs. Christ, you people have no joy in your lives.

>>>>

>

> Ha!  Nice one.  I love Bananarama’s Cruel Summer!  It’s on my iPod.  Along

> with a ton more 80s pap.  It’s fun.

>

> ________________________________

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On

> Behalf Of Leigh Newton

> Sent: 14 March 2010 18:36

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover (bad

> moviemusic)

>

> Soft Cell, Thomas Dolby, Yello, Bee Gees, Yes,  and Duran Duran all in the

> crosshairs. Christ, you people have no joy in your lives.

>

>

> http://www.nightruiner.com

> http://www.myspace.com/thesunthroughatelescope

> http://www.myspace.com/lauderdale

>

>

> ________________________________

>

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

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

> Sent: Sun, March 14, 2010 9:59:28 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover (bad movie

> music)

>

>

> I actually don't mind "Owner of a Lonely Heart," to be perfectly hones, but

> I'll forgive Yes a lot.

>

> And I'll stand by the first two Duran Duran albums. Sue me.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

> On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:32 PM, GREG SLAWSON wrote:

>

> Oh yeah, and what about Yes--"Owner of a Lonely Heart". Wow, that was some

> aweful stuff.

>

> ________________________________

>

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:30:46 -0500

> From: countessghoulita at aol.com

> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover (bad movie

> music)

>

>

> here comes the wife

>

>

> Limahl - Neverending Story:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3khTntOxX-k

>

> Duran Duran - View to a Kill (I know someone will hate me for mentioning it,

> sorry)

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsiBhQ60rJE

>

> Phil Collins - Two Hearts

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkuO-mQTrpw

>

> Axel F

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

>

> Berlin - Take My Breath Away

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEOem7U2LPE

>

> Yello - Oh Yeah

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg

>

> Bananarama - Cruel Summer

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPNhV1gF008

>

> Madonna - Into The Groove

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VisB2rJSqg

>

> The Woman in You - Bee Gees

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQtD6G

>

> The Goonies are good enough - Cindy Lauper

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQBQlFZyZ-c

>

> And I don't like Prince. My apologies to all the fans outta there...

>

>

>

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

> From: LONESTYLE at aol.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Sat, Mar 13, 2010 2:04 pm

> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover (bad movie

> music)

>

> Sammy Hagar is the worst rock musician I can't stand his singing and music.

> I wonder if his tequila is just as bad as his music? ;) Dirty Dancing and

> Footloose are God awful! I have never seen those movies and refuse to unless

> it is used in a confessional by Al Qaeda to get me to talk! HA! My wife has

> some good ones too of bad movie music.

>

> Cheers,

>

> ~LB

>

> In a message dated 3/13/2010 1:52:34 P.M. Pacific Standard

> Time, gregslawson at msn.com writes:

>

> Wow, that's some pretty awful stuff. Can that "Fast Times" melody from Sammy

> Hagar even qualify as a song? It's like a

> bad parody of a bad parody of a bad hard rock song.

> And don't forget the theme from the Patrick Swayze movie "Footloose"--on of

> the worst 2-note melodies ever.

> My vote for some of the most annoying 80s songs:

> She Blinded Me With Science

> Tainted Love

> THere are so many others...

>

> ________________________________

> From: LONESTYLE at aol.com

> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:39:09 -0500

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover (bad movie

> music)

>

>

> I love it! Scarface! HA!

>

> Here are some pretty bad movie ones too...

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8LJdngo2AU

>

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZ5R3C5bzs

>

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlN1oCctGok&feature=related

>

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNf9rEPoc8Q&feature=related

>

> And this goes with this...

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfv1dE3OjD8

>

> ~ LB

>

>

>

>

> In a message dated 3/13/2010 8:35:03 A.M. Pacific Standard

> Time, bq at soundgardener.co.nz writes:

>

> 80s movie montage music:

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL3lJfpenAc

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8g__x6ExM8

>

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On

> Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON

> Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 2:52 AM

> To: gathering

> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover

>

> Please, Alex. My Sharona is one of the worst rock songs ever written, and

> Tension is a pretty good one.

> (We should make a list of the worst songs ever--starting w/Styx, Foriegner,

> Journey, etc)

>

> ________________________________

> From: vassifer at earthlink.net

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:28:40 -0500

> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover

>

> "Compilcation" = One Way or Another

> "Tension" = My Sharona

>

> Any others?

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

> On Mar 12, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Rheinhold Squeegee wrote:

>

>

> Some Finnish band from c. 1990. I never realized how close this tune was to

> "One Way Or Another." I half-expected a mop-topped Jimmy Destri to be

> lurking in the background.

>

> Maybe Blondie should sue? ;)

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usVBlBo8gNU

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