[kj] Wow. Just, wow.

[Nick Scott]

Further to this...KJ obviously do not see it being sacrilege themselves,
when I saw them in concert not sure if it was the Hosannas tour or Absolute
Dissent, after the band went off stage they blasted out the Aguilera LLB
mashup.


On 5 November 2013 23:14, Nick Scott <npscott at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:


> I wouldn't quite go that far into it, it's just a bit of harmless mashing

> up, a non-commercially released mashup between totally different genres.

>

> Whilst I (and I am sure many) KJ fans do not enjoy contemporary R&B,

> mashups work best when almost opposing genres come together...and it does

> work.

>

> Meanwhile.....

>

> Ellie Goulding has covered The Waterboys "How Long Will I Love You",

> anaesthetised it into the sort of shit you would hear in Rom Com dramas

> such as Love Actually, Bridget Jones Diary et al.

>

> Not only has she covered it, she is releasing it as a single, not only is

> it being released as a single, its being released as a charity single

> (Children In Need).

>

> This means it is destined to be a UK no.1 Single of which I am sure 80% of

> the charity buying public will deem it a "nice song" and will not even have

> a fucking clue it was not wrote by her.

>

> That to me is more damaging than a mashup of a KJ and a Cher Lloyd song.

>

>

> On 5 November 2013 22:42, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>

>>

>> It's stupid. It's merging Killing Joke with everything they serve as the

>> ANTIDOTE to. It's a celebration of vacuous idiocy.

>>

>> This is all my own opinion, of course.

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>>

>>

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

>> From: Rob Moss

>> Sent: Nov 5, 2013 5:22 PM

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

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Wow. Just, wow.

>>

>> It's brilliant! What's up with ya?

>>

>> On 5 Nov 2013, at 14:29, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>>

>>

>> Just finally watched this and....uhhhh.....well, those responsible should

>> be put to death.

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>>

>>

>> On Nov 4, 2013, at 12:44 PM, Rheinhold Squeegee wrote:

>>

>> http://vimeo.com/78506814

>>

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