[kj] Pleasure/Pain , One Word..... Abba

ade ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk
Tue Dec 19 18:31:26 EST 2006


TG used to play ABBA after they finished - they had a clock that turned off
their feed to the PA after
60mins - the PA would then blare out various ABBA tunes whilst TG filed off
stage. Chris Carter was/is
a big ABBA fan...
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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On
Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON
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Subject: Re: [kj] Pleasure/Pain , One Word..... Abba


Once in the early 80s at my college radio station, an ultra-trendy
industrial dj did a special: half Throbbing Gristle, half ABBA. This is a
true story.




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From: "Janean Lancaster" <Janean.Lancaster at hopwood.ac.uk>
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Neil Perry <neilfperry at btinternet.com> wrote:

<<< Having dismissed Abba in my teens, I rediscovered
them when Swedish biker punk types Leather Nun did a storming
cover of Gimme Gimme Gimme. But I was bound to return to them -
the first single I ever bought was Waterloo, when I was eight or
nine.>>>



ABBA are great. Back in 1992/3 I listened to nothing but
industrial/hardcore stuff: Ministry, Neubauten, Rev Co, Big Black, Killdozer
etc etc. Me and my oh-so-cool friends all turned our noses up at pop. One
day I bought ABBA's Gimme Gimme Gimme for 10p from a second hand shop for a
laugh.



When I put it on it blew me away. I know that's such a cliche, but it
literally blew the cobwebs out of my head. I'd been snobbishly listening to
"hard" stuff for so long that this was a real breath of fresh air. It was
bouncy and super-melodic. I turned up the volume and couldn't stop playing
it.



(And Super Trouper was the first single I bought when I was nine.)



Cheers,

Janean




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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
On Behalf Of sade1
Sent: 19 December 2006 04:34
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Pleasure/Pain , One Word..... Abba



ABBA is (was) a great band. Even their bad stuff they did well, like
another band i know...

Neil Perry <neilfperry at btinternet.com> wrote:

Was it? Blimey. Having dismissed Abba in my teens, I rediscovered
them when Swedish biker punk types Leather Nun did a storming
cover of Gimme Gimme Gimme. But I was bound to return to them -
the first single I ever bought was Waterloo, when I was eight or nine.

Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

"Dancing Queen" is fucking dire, but "S.O.S" is great (and also the
source for the central riff from the `Pistols' "Pretty Vacant" --- FACT!)



Alex in NYC



-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Perry
Sent: Dec 11, 2006 3:01 PM
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
Subject: Re: [kj] Pleasure/Pain , One Word.............

I like Abba. SOS, Dancing Queen and
Knowing Me, Knowing You are perfect pop songs.

Robert Mallett <robert at jrcardwell.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

Corporate MOR shat


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From: "folk devil"
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Subject: Re: [kj] Pleasure/Pain , One Word.............


> Jaz likes ABBA. Not for dogs.





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