[kj] Jaz's Hilarious Rant on Hypocrite Rock Stars in Politics

[Alexander Smith]

Regarding Midnight Oil, "Best of Both Worlds," "Read About It" and  
"The Power and the Passion" are all fucking excellent.

Alex in NYC


On Jul 10, 2012, at 3:18 AM, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:


> Geldof's public pronouncements have indeed been pretty tiresome;  

> I'll be surprised if anyone here defends him on that score.

>

> Tonic for the Troops is a reasonable album of its time, and I  

> thought the singles of that era (Mondays in particular) were pretty  

> good.  (Though you can tell that he was taking himself way too  

> seriously even then... like most vocalists, admittedly!)

>

> Midnight Oil.  My girlfriend at the time bought Diesel and Dust, and  

> it was ok.  Musically mainstream, of course, but ok.  At least it  

> was a lot better than most of her musical taste!  Sparked by that, I  

> bought their supposedly punkiest, supposedly seminal, supposedly non- 

> mainstream album, and was underwhelmed.

>

> As for their politics, I don't know enough to comment.  I guess they  

> (or at least Garrett) get some respect from me for taking politics  

> seriously enough to get into it full time, rather than the usual  

> rock star approach of adopting the current right-on cause for as  

> long as it's in the news, but mostly getting on with the serious  

> business of drugs and sex (with a bit of time for rock-n-roll).

>

> I think the idea that rock stars of any flavour (including Jaz) have  

> a special insight into politics / current affairs is laughable (up  

> there with the idea that celebs will make good actors / singers /  

> whatever).  Their opinions are no more (or less) valuable than yours  

> or mine, though *likely* to be less well-informed as they already  

> have a full-time passion that hopefully soaks up most of their brain- 

> time.  But people pay special attention to them just because they  

> like their music - true for a lot of Gatherers in regard to the  

> Joke, I'd guess.

>

> Jamie

>

>

>

>

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

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

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

> >

> Sent: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 5:09

> Subject: Re: [kj] Jaz's Hilarious Rant on Hypocrite Rock Stars in  

> Politics

>

> I was living in Australia at the time - guy's a tosser as far as I'm

> concerned. I had a similar Peter Garret rant to Jaz's at about the  

> same

> time. And I have always thought Midnight Oil suck shit as a  

> band...realise

> not everyone here agrees of course (ditto with U2).

>

> But I'm sure no one's got poor enough taste to stand up for the  

> Boomtown

> Shits.

>

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

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

> ] On

> Behalf Of TB

> Sent: Tuesday, 10 July 2012 3:34 p.m.

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] Jaz's Hilarious Rant on Hypocrite Rock Stars in  

> Politics

>

> Brendan Quinn wrote:

>

> Musically Killing Joke are totally beyond the reach of bands like U2  

> and the

> Shittown Rats.

>

> Geldof had the gall to come down to NZ a few years back and berate  

> us for

> not giving enough money to charity - the govt that is - when on an

> individual level we're some of the most generous people in the  

> world. As are

> Americans & British I might add.

>

> ++++++++++++++

>

> You'll love this:

>

> http://www.heraldsun.com.au/its-a-bit-rich-sir-bob/story-fna7dq6e-1111118042

> 401

>

> T.B.

>

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