[kj] OT: The Damned

[Alexander Smith]

Alex in NYC's top 5 Damned songs:

1. "See Her Tonight"
2. "Pretty Vacant/Wild Thing" (live) (b-side of the "Is It a Dream?"  
12")
3. "Neat Neat Neat"
4. "Anti-Pope"
5. "Alone Again Or" (Love cover)

Alex in NYC





On Apr 24, 2010, at 2:51 PM, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:


> Jamie's top 5 Damned songs:

>

> 1. Is It A Dream (Peel session version)

> 2. History of the World part one

> 3. The Limit Club

> 4. Melody Lee

> 5. Plan 9 Channel 7

>

>

>

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

> From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net 

> >

> Sent: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:10

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Damned

>

>

> I haven't weighed in on this until now, but DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED and  

> MACHINE GUN ETIQUETTE are both entirely unimpeachable. Did they make  

> some patchy albums after that? Certainly, but those two are flawless  

> in my book.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

> On Apr 24, 2010, at 9:50 AM, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:

>

>> Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of Damned Damned Damned, and bits  

>> of MFP.  But are they great albums?  Personally, I don't think so.   

>> (And yes, I'm aware of period, etc etc.)

>>

>> Conversely, the breadth of songs and talent on display in MGE, TBA,  

>> and Straweberries (and the Friday the 13th EP, and the many  

>> singles, b-sides, etc) was a game-changer for punk.  And as  

>> somebody else has just said, the first Lords album is an absolute  

>> blinder as well (albeit nothing like as original as MGE etc).  So  

>> for me the departure of James was fantastic news: the Damned were a  

>> different - and much better - band without him, and I enjoyed him  

>> more in the Lords than in the Damned.

>>

>> Jamie

>>

>>

>>

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

>> From: B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net 

>> >

>> Sent: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 2:49

>> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Damned

>>

>> Jamie had the audacity to write:

>>

>> "The Damned were a fairly average early punk band for DDD and MFP,  

>> and then James fucked off and did great things with the Lords, and  

>> the Damned came into their own as one of the most original,  

>> talented, and adventurous punk bands.  Now that's what I call win- 

>> win."

>>

>>

>>

>> Me:

>>

>> Dude. (Yes, I am an American, so I can say that.)

>>

>> Bryan James or not, pretty much everything The Damned did until  

>> 1982 is flawless. Flawless. This includes 1978's _Music for  

>> Pleasure_, as far as I am concerned, as well as, yes, their near- 

>> perfect, post-Bryan James masterpiece, _Machingeun Etiquette_,  

>> probably their greatest overall LP. (I first heard MG on cassette  

>> with the "Lemmy on bass" 'bonus tracks' put on, but they were  NOT  

>> as listed bonus tracks, so that always made me think Lemmy had been  

>> in The Damned briefly!)

>>

>> Whether Bryan James was in the mix or not, I think The Damned were  

>> pretty much flawless up until _Strawberries_. Especially when you  

>> consider the time period/musical historica context/sociological  

>> blah blah blah, etc. :)

>>

>> -0liver

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