[kj] Killing Joke: Clash influenced?

[jerry bodkin]

 Other great Clash tracks aside from those listed by Jel 

 

 I forgot a few too, probably down to the vast amounts of Snakebite i had drunk last night.

 English Civil War, Magnificent 7, Sandanista, i could go on. ( Yes, i know i too often do)

 Changing direction on the Clash though, it's amazing how often on the radio/T.V. that the most oft played tunes are, I Fought The Law and Rock The Casbah, absolute pooh in my book, proper cack!

 

 Jel

 


To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 12:27:42 -0400
From: jpwhkj at aol.com
Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke: Clash influenced?

Have to say that I can see no link between KJ and the Clash (other than liking reggae, which - let's face it - was pretty common among punks in the late seventies).

Other great Clash tracks aside from those listed by Jel (and surely White Man in Hammersmith Palais is a London thing too?) include:

Police On My Back (now there's a KJ link...)
Lost in the Supermarket
Pressure Drop
Revolution Rock

Jamie


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From: jerry bodkin <jelbod at hotmail.co.uk>
To: gathering at misera.net
Sent: Sun, 24 May 2009 1:09
Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke: Clash influenced?





 

Straight To Hell is great in so many ways.  Also, Guns Of Brixton.  
Aye, also, Bank Robber, White Man In Hammersmith Palais, Stay Free, Safe European Home, Junco Partner, White Riot, Somebody Got Murdered, Career Oppurtunities, London Calling just fucking rules (it's a London thing!), Tommy Gun, Armageddon Time, so on, so on. 
 So different from the Joke. If you are determined to make them kin, yes ok Dub Style, Reggae influence, anger at the system. It's like religion, different paths to get to the same fucking God!
 
 There is no fucking Pidgeon Hole apart from those you make.
 
 Jelly good
  

Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 11:17:40 -0700
From: saulomar1 at yahoo.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke: Clash influenced?






Straight To Hell is great in so many ways.  Also, Guns Of Brixton. 

 
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From: bongo <humanhybrid666 at gmail.com>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:02:19 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] Killing Joke: Clash influenced?


the clash fuckin RULED, janie jones was one of the first real songs i ever fell in love with... 
i've listened to both bands (clash and kj) alot, for a long time, and cant say ive heard any similarities, but haven't had my ear in listening for any either... STRAIGHT TO HELL is one powerful fuckin song any way ya look at it, and there are many others.  i can see why some dont like the clash - but to deny them the honour they deserve is just wrong!  


On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Javier Garcia <jagargal at lycos.com> wrote:

Today i gave a listen to some Clash tunes here at work, and after listening a couple of times "The Magnificent Seven" it was evident to me that Jaz has some Joe Strummer influence in his singing. It's not the first time i think about this, but today after listening this song carefully I found some very familiar shoutings/screams, you know, the ones that go between the verses, some sort of "encouraging" choirs/screams by Joe Strummer. Those are pretty similar to the ones that you can find on songs by Killing Joke, let's say Pssyche (actually is it Pssyche or Psychee!?!?). 

What do you think? 

Nice weekend 

Javier 
(In a rainy and shakey Mexico city. 
Just experienced a 5.9 Richter earthquake a coupe of hours ago. 
No damages thankfully.) 
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