[kj] I JIHAD YOUR NEW ALBUM

[The Exorcist]

Can't you just wash the shit of off the tomato? *blink blink*

At 02:59 AM 12/21/2008, Brendan Quinn wrote:

>I’m a Killing Joke fan, along with PIL, Queen, 

>Beck, Radiohead, Led Zep, Pink Floyd

changing directions is fine.

>

>But if I’m on a hike and the trail leader takes 

>a detour into the LAKE OF SHIT I’m not following.

>

>“Brendan come back and stop swearing, it’s just 

>a change of direction

right and left is all 

>relative

if you were a shit feeder you’d really 

>like it, it’s all perspective, decomposers are a critical part of the ecosy

..”

>

>Yeah, I’m not a shit feeder, I haven’t devoted 

>as much of my life to music as I have, spent 

>hours working crap jobs with idiots to earn 

>money to buy records and go to gigs, collected 

>back catalogs, spent thousands to convert my 

>entire collection to CD when the format changed, 

>bought crap compilations from people on the 

>other side of the world just to get a single 

>track (a mediocre cover of an average song just 

>for completeness), read thousands of interviews, 

>tried to expand my tastes by listening to 

>average crap, fallen asleep after listening to 

>stuff for hours and hours, put up with all the 

>shit mainstream music I’ve had to endure in 

>clubs, bars, other’s people’s houses, lifts, 

>malls, supermarkets, made mix tapes for 

>girlfriends, tied as much of my life as I have 

>into the music I was listening to at the time, NOT to have an opinion.

>

>An opinion other than “OH I LIKE PRETTY MUCH 

>ANYTHING

EXCEPT DEATH METAL, HAHA”

>

>Fuck that PC bullshit argument, just ‘cos 

>everyone spouts it, and just ‘cos on the face of 

>it it looks conciliatory and all-inclusive, 

>doesn’t actually mean it has any merit. You CAN compare across categories:

>

>“A sub-par apple is always better than a tomato 

>covered in shit, no matter how much you don’t 

>like apples and do like tomatoes.”

>

>The only defence to the above is if you are 

>allergic to apples (in which case, in the 

>analogical sense to my argument, you’re tone 

>deaf or music makes you physically ill) or you 

>actually like shit

which seems to be where the world is heading music wise.

>

>PS: Welcome to the list J

>

>PPS: This sums up how I feel, in Chris’s own words:

>

><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C43zd1jM1NU>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C43zd1jM1NU

>

>(The monotonous, semi-dead riff is intentional

you kinda get it or you don’t)

>

>

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>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Stephen Lawrence

>Sent: Sunday, 21 December 2008 13:51

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: Re: [kj] I JIHAD YOUR NEW ALBUM

>

>why oh why do people get so upset when an artist 

>changes direction get over it enjoy the back 

>catalogue and let it be artists are no different 

>to vou or i and i'm sure if we reached that 

>level of success we'd be turned to the darkside

>

> > From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:33:11 +1100

> > Subject: Re: [kj] I JIHAD YOUR NEW ALBUM

> >

> > There is no fucking CD that'll come close to the return velocity, accuracy,

> > and bad intentions if it's ever distributed my way. And I'll be quoting

> > lines that were cut from The Exorcist for being too foul.

> >

> > Anyone who can defend that album can defend 

> me against Satan at the doors of

> > hell against video and swab evidence of me in my early teens.

> >

> > I mean, was he thinking: "I'll blow those fucking Rage Against the Machine

> > cunts off the fucking charts, and Axl too"

> >

> > Every single note Kim Thayil hasn't played since April 1997 sounds SO much

> > better than this.

> >

> > At this rate he's gonna end up in Vegas performing with Rent-A-Frampton at

> > 3am Tuesday nights:

> >

> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqBj77GOiak&feature=channel

> >

> > Here's my only real idea for WHY: he cut ties with most of his friends from

> > the past when he moved to Paris with his new wife, is quite possibly still

> > trying to show them all, all the old friends, 

> the ex wife (acrimonious split

> > involving kids), Soundgarden, Audioslave, that he's doing better than ever,

> > he's still the man. Like, duh. A silver disc up on the wall means success?!

> >

> > Chris's solo stuff ALWAYS rocked (until last 

> year), there was never any need

> > to prove it. Temple of the Dog is basically a Chris Cornell solo album,

> > there are only 2 non-Cornell tracks on it.

> >

> > This is from back in '91, him on guitar too:

> >

> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXS-CLnwNok

> >

> > No point left to prove after that.

> >

> >

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

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

> > Behalf Of TB

> > Sent: Sunday, 21 December 2008 03:34

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

> > Subject: Re: [kj] I JIHAD YOUR NEW ALBUM

> >

> > "Brendan Quinn" wrote:

> >

> > > OH NO OH NO OH NO OH NO OH NO OH NO:

> > >

> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU2Mj4sW6dk

> >

> > I saw this coming the moment I heard Cornell was working with

> > Timbaland(sp?). It's so funny how some people defend his new album because

> > he's "changing" and "evolving" as an artist. Well yeah, but who'da thought

> > a human could evolve into a spineless turd?

> >

> > It's kinda like when David Lee Roth started doing cheesy Beach Boys and

> > Louis Prima medleys and became a Vegas Lounge singer. At least Roth carried

> >

> > a bit of his attitude and humor with him when he made that regrettable

> > switch - Cornell sounds like he completely 

> submerged his identity to become

> > the King of supermarket shopping music.

> >

> > T.B.

> >

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