[kj] Wow. Just, wow.

[Nick Scott]

There is another one, don't think it really works well in this instance

Eighties Dude (Jessie J, Killing Joke)

http://hearthis.at/judd3rman/eighties-dude-jessie-j-killing-joke-mashup/


On 5 November 2013 23:26, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:


>

> It's an unrealistic goal, but I would love to never hear the term "mashup"

> ever again.

>

> Contemporary R'N'B (and most contemporary Hip Hop, for that matter) makes

> me want to eat my own vomit.

>

> Again -- these are just my opinions, not the law. Not yet, at least.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

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

> From: Nick Scott

> Sent: Nov 5, 2013 6:23 PM

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

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

>

> 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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