[kj] The Killing Joke-Kate Bush Connection

[Damon Cook]

cool!
thanks
DC

On Wed, May 2, 2018, 12:05 PM Were Wolf <werewolf68 at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> My ex-girlfriend who was a massive KB fan reckons all the KJ links were
> accurate.
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> "...surprisingly, Killing Joke don't hate all chart music, they just find
> most of it "insignificant" and "one dimensional". There are one or two
> exceptions though: Kate Bush (who happens to be a Killing Joke fan
> herself)..."
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> http://www.shanemarais.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/23-smash-hits-13-26-august-1986.jpg
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> *From:* Gathering <gathering-bounces at misera.net> on behalf of Alex Smith <
> vassifer at earthlink.net>
> *Sent:* 02 May 2018 07:47
> *To:* A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!); A list about all
> things Killing Joke (the band!)
> *Cc:* jpwhkj at aol.com
> *Subject:* [kj] The Killing Joke-Kate Bush Connection
>
> Jaz doesn't seem to mention it as much as he used to, but I've always been
> intrigued by the notion that Kate Bush was reportedly a massive Killing
> Joke fan. Witness the fact that Youth played on the HOUNDS OF LOVE album
> and some music-rag interview asking her when the last time she cried was,
> and her answer being when she'd heard that "Killing Joke broke up." I don't
> know if that legend's true, but I want to believe it.
>
> Apropos of nothing, I stumbled onto this clip of Kate lip-synching to
> "Running Up that Hill" on television, and was struck by the kind of KJ-vibe
> it has, not too different from the video of "Love Like Blood." Also, that
> isn't Youth on bass, is it?
>
> https://youtu.be/LSF53bp6aC8
>
> Enjoy.
> -Alex in NYC
>
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