[kj] OT: Oldclay

[Brendan]

Okay so they re-form with the original line up, tour and perform two new
tracks, they have a new album out next year and a DVD explaining the
Secrets of the Universe...and you're losing interest and listening to
Enrique.

Nurse, defribulator...CLEAR!!!


> Ha ha!

>

> I am in a similar boat Johnny B

> In depressing moments my missus slips on Enrique... (shudders)

> & I think she'd quite literally like to to that... (shudders#2)

>

> Coldplay?

> Well... I heard them years ago on a Fierce Panda sampler CD well

> before Yellow came out & I was very impressed.

> I think success on this scale blights people opinion of bands & also

> naturally alters the direction of bands like this.

> On the FP CD they were a pretty good indie band.

> Based on this I bought their 1st two albums & thought that bar the odd

> song they were generally pretty good, especially the 2nd album.

> I quite like Geoff Badgers guitar style - although far from unique,

> it's in a similar vein to a lot of guitarists I like.

> X&Y I lost interest though there are a couple of OK tracks & some

> pretty good guitar riffs in there.

> Working from home & depending on what I'm doing I quite like a lot of

> fairly non-aggressive stuff to work to (Blonde Redhead, Sigur Ross,

> Mew, Elbow, Electric Music AKA, Shadow Puppets, Red House Painters

> etc) - stuff I can let drift over me.

> I wonder if these were still a 'just below the radar indie band' with

> the production values & budgets associated therewith whether there

> would be a lot more interest here?

> I wonder whether Killing Joke (stop laughing) had similarly gone

> stellar (stop laughing) would most of us have lost interest?

> If I am honest, my interest in KJ has plummeted quite considerably of

> late.

> With recent efforts there's been far too much 'same ole same ole' and

> for me that 'spark' that made them 'the most exciting thing I had ever

> heard in my life' seems to have been long extinguished (probably in

> cheap wine)

> I hope it comes back but I doubt it will.

>

> There's been little talk of this supposed new album which makes me

> wonder whether that's really going to happen?

> Any news anyone?

> If it does I really hope they come up with something different - they

> are in a position to do something unique.

> if not it'll very probably be the final nail in the coffin for me.

>

>

>

>

> On 8 Dec 2008, at 06:18, bongo wrote:

>

>> well.........

>>

>> my other 'arf listens to it quite alot...  :::sigh:::

>> its not thaaaaaaaat baaad, i cringe more when she plays stevie

>> wonder or michael jackson...

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