[kj] OT: worst lyrics awards - into the forbidden zone

[folk devil]

Yeah, don't tread on the Ant, he's been having a hard time of it, lately.

He really should have carried on with the Ashman, Barbe and Warren line-up though :)








> From: vassifer at earthlink.net

> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:58:27 -0400

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: worst lyrics awards

>

> Really? I can't say I ever recall Idol dressing like a pirate, an

> Indian brave or a dandy highwayman.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

> On Oct 10, 2007, at 6:12 PM, Brendan wrote:

>

>> Not at all. Adam Ant was the first artist I was ever interested in

>> that I

>> remember. I mentioned that Billy Idol looked like part of his image

>> came

>> from AA...plagarism.

>>

>>

>>>

>>> Now you're cutting on Adam Ant?

>>>

>>> Alex in NYC

>>>

>>>

>>> On Oct 10, 2007, at 5:18 PM, Brendan wrote:

>>>

>>>> Idol is like a (bad) male madonna. I always thought those two

>>>> would be

>>>> perfect for each other. To me he was a cynical, corporate,

>>>> conglomeration

>>>> of plagarised traits, the Lydon sneer, Village People gay biker

>>>> gloves,

>>>> and the rest of his outfit looked like he'd taken a wrong turn

>>>> and got

>>>> trapped in Adam Ant's dressing room.

>>>>

>>>> I thought he was more believable when he did stuff like Eyes

>>>> Without A

>>>> Face, straight eighties pop with a standard vanilla guitar

>>>> solo...at least

>>>> it was more believable.

>>>>

>>>>> Heh! Made me laugh. Although I really don't like Pearl Jam AT ALL,

>>>>> "Bleach"

>>>>> & "In Utero" are great (my Albini fixation may be slightly

>>>>> relevant,

>>>>> however). Whitesnake? "Still Of The Night" is great (and I even

>>>>> bought a

>>>>> CD

>>>>> single of theirs to get hold of that song), but I really don't

>>>>> need to

>>>>> hear

>>>>> 1500 other versions of the same track. And Billy Idol is, was, and

>>>>> will

>>>>> always be an unmitigated tosser, despite Generation X and having

>>>>> therefore

>>>>> paid John McGeoch some cash. I remember getting thrown out of a

>>>>> nightclub

>>>>> for physically attacking the PA when "Mony Mony" came on.

>>>>>

>>>>> Darren

>>>>>

>>>>> -----Original Message-----

>>>>> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-

>>>>> bounces at misera.net]

>>>>> On

>>>>> Behalf Of Alexander Smith

>>>>> Sent: 10 October 2007 20:38

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

>>>>> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: worst lyrics awards

>>>>>

>>>>> Give me Billy Idol and Whitesnake over Pearl Jam and Nirvana

>>>>> *EVERY*

>>>>> day of the week.

>>>>>

>>>>> Alex in NYC

>>>>>

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