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

[Brendan Quinn]

I wouldn't say Midnight Oil are the worst band in the world (Red Hot Chilli
Peppers, duh), but they are almost certainly the worst band to come out of
the Southern Hemisphere, and the second worst Christian band in the world,
after U2.

 

I searched Youtube with a fine-tooth comb to find anything worse from down
this way than the Oil, it can't actually be done, but I did come close:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofDCsRhT57o

 

;p 

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Karen Weil
Sent: Wednesday, 11 July 2012 11:25 a.m.
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] Jaz's Hilarious Rant on Hypocrite Rock Stars in Politics

 

Agreed.

 

K.W.

SoCal

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Alexander Smith
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:11 AM
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Jaz's Hilarious Rant on Hypocrite Rock Stars in Politics

 

 

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
<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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