[kj] Boomtown Joke

[Antoni Adamiak]

could only have been Empire Song so no Jaz 

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> On 10 Nov 2017, at 17:34, Paul <dubecho at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Looks like an old Top of the Pops set, but could have been one of many shows over the years, but if it was TOTPs it would have been 1982 (House of Fire charted #24). What KILLING JOKE single would they have been preforming?
> 
> My favorite Rats tune is still Banana Republic and it is still a pretty apt tune for this god forsaken island ...lol
> 
> Don't forget to send me message nearer time and we def hook up for a coffee : )
> 
> dub 
> 
>> On 10 November 2017 at 16:57, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> For no readily apparent reason other than that I'm going to Ireland in two weeks, I was perusing videos on YouTube by Irish bands like the Virgin Prunes, the Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, etc. and came across a clip of the Boomtown Rats performing their ersatz-reggae ditty "House on Fire" on some music program circa 1982. Why is this notable? Well, at the very beginning of the clip, as the camera pans the studio, you see a glimpse of KILLING JOKE's fabled banner draped over an adjoining stage, suggesting that the Boomtown Rats and Killing Joke shared billing on said show. 
>> 
>> One wonders if they fraternized jovially in the green room.
>> 
>> See it here:
>> 
>> https://youtu.be/m061lyZo4vU
>> 
>> Cheers
>> - Alex in NYC 
>> 
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