[kj] [OT] Spear Of Destiny

[Alexander Smith]

"Did you continue the series?"

Yes, I did. Click here and simply scroll down (there's a whole lot  
of'em .... and yes, a few KJ):

http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/the_pablum_playlist/

Artists include (in order):
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The Undertones
Woody Allen
Lou Reed
Jeff Buckley
The Surf Punks
Code of Honor (thanks to Oliver S.)
Kiss
David Bowie
The Cro-Mags
Tomahawk
Game Theory
Kraftwerk
Killing Joke
Joe Strummer
The Futureheads
Gene Loves Jezebel
The Pogues
The Modern Lovers
Lair of the Minotaur
Iron Maiden
Bauhaus
The Candy Snatchers
Cop Shoot Cop
Gutterball
Pussy Galore
Air
Cop Shoot Cop
7 Seconds
Bad Brains
Throwing Muses
PTP
Pink Floyd
Joe Jackson
Buzzcocks
Killing Joke
Husker Du
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Damned
Squeeze
Danielle Dax
Gang of Four
The Wedding Present
U2
Jerry Goldsmith
David Shire
The Randoms
Galaxie 500
Killing Joke
Clint Ruin & Lydia Lunch
The Lyres
Killing Joke
The Plasmatics
Arto Lindsay
King Crimson
Swans
Ananda Shankar
The MC5
Kiss
The Police
Daisy Chainsaw
Air Miami
The Clean
Surgery
Helmet
Pussy Galore
Sisters of Mercy
Black Sabbath
Tom Verlaine
Giorgio Moroder
Spear of Destiny



On Mar 6, 2009, at 8:43 PM, Darren A. Peace wrote:


> That’s a great piece of writing, Alex. It made me dig out the CD and  

> listen to the track again.

>

> Sadly, I still hear the same thing as I recalled. It’s a hodgepodge  

> of Bon Jovi’s “Wanted : Dead Or Alive” (to which the answer is  

> clearly “Dead, please”), horrible gated syn-drums and Pino Palladino- 

> esque farting fretless bass. I’m not sure I agree with your view  

> that ToH were more portentous than SoD either; the un Mick Jones  

> versions of things like “Nero” are sleek and menacing, whereas the  

> silly SoD tracks are overblown and daft.

>

> I absolutely get the connection with time & place to a song, though.  

> I have really unlikely associations with such varied fare as “Do You  

> Believe” by Gloria Mundi, “A Suicide” by dalek i love you, “Rubber  

> Revolution” by (Keith Hale’s) Blood Donor, the Jesus Lizard’s  

> “Glamorous”, Cop Shoot Cop’s “Ambulance Song”, the Birthday Party’s  

> (well, ok, the Boys Next Door’s) “Death By Drowning” & “Dive  

> Position” and “Learned It” by Girls vs Boys. Not to mention King  

> Crimson’s “Starless”.

>

> Did you continue the series?

>

> Darren

> Hungerford, UK

>

>

>

> From: Alexander Smith [mailto:vassifer at earthlink.net]

> Sent: 07 March 2009 01:10

> To: dpeace at suspiria.demon.co.uk

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] [OT] Spear Of Destiny

>

>

> I have to confess that I *love* "Never Take Me Alive".

>

> Here's my needlessly lengthy take on it:

>

> http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2006/05/never_take_me_a.html

>

> Alex in NYC

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