[kj] Linkin Park - more suns

[Alexander Smith]

"Kiss licked doo doo off of old people diapers"

Ummm.... did we need to go there? I didn't hear anyone equating Kiss  
with Bo Diddley.

To each their own.


Alex in NYC




On Oct 10, 2010, at 4:27 AM, fluw wrote:


>

> I already had bo diddley on 45 that‘s the problem…he rocked and  

> rolled and hit like a fucking jack hammer, while kiss licked doo doo  

> off of old people diapers trying to do a waltz! As a youngster  

> exploring music i wanted current music that rocked and rolled and  

> they ( the library employees) gave me fucking poo for clowns with no  

> rhythm.

>

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

> ] On Behalf Of sade1

> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 5:26 PM

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

>

> Really! That's what I fuckin' thought.  He should've written a paper  

> on it then n' there!

>

> But, back to Fluw..

>

> I think that librarian steered you wrong - and in the process put  

> the halt on your liking any metal in future. Or maybe that's what  

> that librarian wanted all along???

> Now, I would've steered a 9 year old to some live Cheap Trick  

> (BDKN?), Queen or Led Zeppelin's "Song Remains The Same." Or Bo  

> Diddley, too.

>

>

>

> From: Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>

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

> >

> Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 11:13:04 PM

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

>

> That's some pretty complex thinking at 9 years old!

>

> Leigh

>

> --

>

> http://www.nightruiner.com

> http://www.tstat.org

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

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

>

>

> From: fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net>

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

> >

> Sent: Sat, October 9, 2010 12:26:54 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

>

> Same here, most metal music has always struck me as stilted &  

> lifeless…and having nothing to do with rock n roll.

>

> When first asking a librarian as a 9 year old kid in the 70’s if  

> they “had any rock n roll music I could check out”, they sent me  

> home with some KISS record. I got home put the vinyl on and wondered  

> why this “rock n roll” had no power, no groove, no movement. I took  

> the term literally I guess, you know like “the music would have this  

> sonic motion of rocking and rolling”. i remember thinking “ it  

> sounds like old people making something fake, like music for the  

> background of a movie that they didn’t like...it didn’t sound fun or  

> like the people making it where having fun, and best I remember,  

> that young interpretation of fun to mean ‘similar to the way a live  

> band sounds when everyone is improvising and in a moment with  

> themselves and an audience.

>

> To me Metal never had life, it always sounded like a cessation of  

> energy, sound without motion or any naturally motivated direction,  

> like a pond choked of algae…contaminated, stifling, it’s there but  

> meh.

>

> Killing joke #1 was interesting, very much so, I listened and liked  

> it. but all attempts by killing joke to play metalish since have  

> succeeded miserably in reminding me that I could care less for the  

> sonic contributions of those genres.

>

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

> ] On Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON

> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:31 PM

> To: gathering

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

>

> I'll have to admit, I never "got" metal, during any of it's  

> incarnations (70s, 80s hair, 90s death/dirt or whatever, 2000s d- 

> beat nu metal).

> I mean, the guitars sound great on this Judas track, but there's no  

> song here (except for one note), and the singer just sounds (and  

> looks) silly.

>

> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 17:26:54 -0700

> From: saulomar1 at yahoo.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

>

> One more BTATS ref.. (can't believe this one was overlooked in this  

> forum)

> "Faster than a lazer bullet

>   Louder than an atom bomb

>   Chromium plated boiling metal

>    Brighter than a thousand suns " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LTzLZ6VfAA#t 

> =1m55s

>           ~~ Painkiller; Judas Priest

>

>

> Anyone know if either band (kj,jp) claims the other as an influence?

>

> From: folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com>

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 9:49:00 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

>

> Yes, I made an Oppenheimer reference in an earlier post; I am sure  

> KJ don't hold license on the quote :)

> I am just curious if this is a cover or or not?

> There are also plenty of Requiems out there, from Mozart to Britten :)

>

> From: kjlist at live.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:45:14 -0500

> Subject: Re: [kj] Linkin Park - more suns

>

> KJ has an album called "BTATS;" they have an unreleased song called  

> "4 Stations of the Sun."

>

> "Brighter than a thousand suns" is a reference to a statement made  

> by Robert Oppenheimer after he observed one of the first nuclear  

> tests back in the 1940's. He also paraphrased the Bhagavad Gita at  

> the same time, stating, "I am become death, destroyer of worlds." So  

> there's that.

>

> Hey, if Sugar Ray can be inspired by KJ ("All around the world,  

> statues crumble for me..."), then I guess Linkin Park can be as  

> well, but I suspect this is just happenstance until someone proves  

> otherwise. Sometimes I think we tend to see our favorite band in the  

> same way we see shapes in the clouds...

>

>

> From: folk.devil at hotmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:43:47 -0700

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

>

> Is this a cover? It appears twice.

>

> http://www.discogs.com/Heldon-Only-Chaos-Is-Real/master/195632

>

> Heldon - Only Chaos Is Real

>

> Only Chaos Is Real

> 4:51

> X

> Les Racines Du Mal

> 5:02

> X

> Le Plan

> 8:42

> X

> Holly Dolly

> 7:55

>

> Brighter Than A Thousand Suns

> 6:05

> X

> Next Level

> 7:06

> X

> Mutant Monkey

> 5:42

> X

> Ubik

> 7:07

> X

> Last Level

> 7:20

> X

> Brighter Than A Thousand Suns

> 6:43

> X

> Only Chaos Is Real

> 5:12

> X

> Les Racines Du Mal

> 4:47

>

>

>

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