[kj] New Van Halen Album

[Alex Smith]

Oh, I'll always stand by...er....THE WALL. It had such a massive impact on me as, well, a child (I was in grammar school --fittingly -- when it came out), and I completely immersed myself in it. It probably set the template for my later fandom of bands like Devo, Killing Joke and beyond. And as bloated a wedding cake as it inarguably is, it's still a great record (in my opinion). Is it pompous and ego-driven? Absolutely, but certainly no more so than, say,..... Outside the Gate.



Alex in NYC



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>From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar at gmail.com>

>Sent: Mar 23, 2012 1:51 PM

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

>Subject: Re: [kj] New Van Halen Album

>

>I know what you mean. I didn't bother with the later, live version of

>The Wall that Roger Waters did or any of the live retrospectives that

>David Gilmour's version of the band did. Maybe I'll try a cheap, used

>copy. The Wall box is unnecessarily expensive. It has the band's live

>album version, and unreleased demos. They put out boxes for Dark Side

>of the Moon and Wish You Were Here too. I got so many ROIOs of live

>shows, demos, and TV/radio from the Animals era and earlier that I

>figure this means the bill came due for those.

>

>I listed to The Wall again a few months ago, after a long time. I

>heard it so many times as a teen, and not very often since. From a

>current perspective, it was a surprising combination of 70's

>singer-songwriter, total camp, and death disco, plus the sprinkle of

>spoken bits and electronic noises that many of us would associate with

>the 1st and 2nd waves of so-called "industrial". If anyone's managed

>somehow not to have heard it up to now, you might be surprised.

>

>--Mark

>

>On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:19 AM, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>> Oh please --- not THE WALL again. I was a huge fan when it first came out (I

>> was in sixth grade at the time), but really -- how many times can they go

>> back to the fucking well? It's already been re-mastered, re-issued,

>> re-released ad nauseum. I even stupidly sprang for that entirely needless

>> live album of the wall, IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? (which I've listened to

>> maybe -- MAYBE -- twice). Roger Waters needs to get on with his fucking

>> life.

>>

>> Ale xin NYC

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