[kj] OT: Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon (Time Zone) - WorldDestruction (1984)

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Yes, heavy. Contextually, for the time period (1984), those are heavy 
power chords. I mean it's not fucking Limp Bizkit or Cannibal Corpse or 
Discharge for fuck's sake, but it isn't Simply Red or Cocteau Twins or 
INXS  guitar-esque, either.


--Oliver


Christof hamille wrote:

> Heavy???  If you heard the guitar line without Lydon or knowing the context 

> of the song would you think PiL?  LIkely not (unless you want to be 

> difficult).  THhis far and away a better song than Walk this Way redux.  BUT 

> it sounds like Lydon is guest vocaling on it and there is no distinct 

> musical side that he would have normally been associated with (PiL, Sex 

> Pistols, whatever).

> Nothing wrong with that.

> What does Walk This Way get credit for...crossover.  Half Run DMC half 

> Aerosmith.  And good or bad it sounds like it.

> There is no way I am going to hear half John Lydon (in anything he's done) 

> and half Afrika Bambaataa (however you spell it)

>

> Chris

>

>

>   

>> From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

>> Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>> band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

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

>> <gathering at misera.net>

>> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon (Time Zone) 

>> -	WorldDestruction (1984)

>> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:02:12 -0600

>>

>> So the the heavy electric guitar powerchords in this song are also from

>> the Bambaataa side? Does he use those in e very song?

>>

>>

>> -Oliver

>>

>>

>> Christof hamille wrote:

>>     

>>> Walk This Way came out in 1986.  What people may argue with World

>>> Destruction was that it wasn't really a crossover.  John Lydon was 

>>>       

>> singing

>>     

>>> along with Bambattaa.  Where as the Aerosmith and Run DMC version that 

>>>       

>> was a

>>     

>>> real blend of rock and rap.  The only thing you MAY be able to associate 

>>>       

>> in

>>     

>>> World Destruction besides Lydons voice is the keyboards.

>>>

>>> Chris

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>       

>>>> From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

>>>> Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the

>>>> band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

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

>>>> <gathering at misera.net>

>>>> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon (Time Zone) -

>>>> WorldDestruction (1984)

>>>> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:39:36 -0500

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> I think the thing that gets my goat about "World Destruction" the

>>>> most is that it is CATEGORICALLY *NEVER* CITED whenever people talk

>>>> about rock/rap genre-blending, as folks tirelessly cite "Walk this

>>>> Way" by Run-DMC/Aerosmith (which "World Destruction" pre-dated, I

>>>> believe) as the first great crossover single.

>>>>

>>>> Alex in NYC

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> On Nov 30, 2006, at 1:44 AM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>         

>>>>> I'm ashamed to say I'd never seen this before the miracle of YouTube,

>>>>> and for the four minutes or so this video lasted, I actually had a

>>>>> modicum of respect for John Lydon.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon (Time Zone) - World Destruction (1984):

>>>>>

>>>>>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m3MXDS_wNg&eurl=

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> -Oliver

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