[KJ] OT: Pirating of new U2 release -

[Leigh Newton]

Nope, i have to side with Alex on this one. Blood On
Your Hands stands up against any of the great KJ
tracks. Good call!!!!

Leigh

--- ade <ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk> wrote:

> Pretty much Alex.
> 
> I have to be in the minority that think Pop is good
> (& Passengers). The
> album after that has one or two tracks on it ('New
> York' mainly) & the
> new one is just as disappointing - one or two tracks
> yet again.
> 
> 'Blood on your hands' though.. IMO a bad example -
> sub-extremities &
> slightly token/contrived.
> 
> 
> ade666
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Smith [mailto:vassifer at earthlink.net]
> Sent: 11 November 2004 23:24
> To: ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk; A list about all
> things Killing Joke (the
> band!)
> Subject: RE: [KJ] OT: Pirating of new U2 release -
> 
> 
> 
>  I'd say a good nine-tenths of U2's fans (self
> included) continue to follow
> them based on their love for the band's
> *significantly older* material. I
> mean, there may have been a smattering of
> okay-to-decent tracks on their
> last couple of albums (even if you're a fan), but I
> can't imagine anyone
> hearing "Vertigo" for the fist time and thinking:
> "AT LAST, THE BAND I'VE
> BEEN SEARCHING FOR ALL MY LIFE!"
> 
> My point, once again, is that U2 stopped making
> their best music years ago.
> 
> By contrast, I consider "Blood on Your Hands" off
> the most recent Killing
> Joke to be among the best work they've ever done --
> translation: THEY'VE
> STILL GOT IT.
> 
> Alex in NYC
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ade <ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk>
> Sent: Nov 11, 2004 6:06 PM
> To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the
> band!)'"
> <gathering at misera.net>
> Subject: RE: [KJ] OT:  Pirating of new U2 release -
> 
> I could think of at least 10 other bands who deserve
> even half of what U2
> get.
> 
> The Chameleons. 'Strange Times' just never
> *happened* for them - it's my
> favourite, so inevitably I'm biased ;)
> 
> I was only wondering the other day, what *is* it
> that makes a band
> successful?? Mass appeal? Lowest Common Denominator
> music? But fashions
> change & there has to be a core following, so there
> must be some *real*
> appeal in there somewhere. Maybe.
> 
> 
> ade666
> 
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