[kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

[damon cook]

ORWELLIAN!

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com> wrote:


>  Exactly my point.  Bastards.  I feel sick noticing the build up, the use

> of the imagery - hands in the air, band limbering up.  Then the smart arsed

> self-reflective I'm not perfect lyrics.  Fuck off.  Power chords all the

> way.

>

> One reason Killing Joke are good is because some songs they do are not as

> good as others.  Linkin Product will produce a shelf of dead certs, produced

> to perfection to work.  The Joke do their best & then get rotten in the pub

> I am sure.

>

> Do you all realize that is is smart types of our generation are cleverly

> manufacturing and manipulating this stuff?  We either see it for what it is,

> or make it what it is and do well!!!!  I wanna sell out and get rich!!!!

>

> ------------------------------

> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:40:17 -0700

> From: saulomar1 at yahoo.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

>

> Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>

>  > .. this template now, standard issue soft american rock....

>

> But notice how then they "man it up" by throwing in equally bland

> hiphop-ish beats to try to usurp that rogue/thug/black/"urban" mystique and

> feel,

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyr5_5l-w3I#t=0m31s (aptly named "faint.")

>

> To all lyrics enthusiasts out there,

>   in EuropeanSuperState there's the line, *"From the Baltic to the Straits

> of Gibraltar,"* which is similar to Pet Shop Boys' "From Lake Geneva to

> the Finland station" line from "West End Girls."

> So, is this type of geo-graphical/-political reference or device common,

> and does it mean anything more than just referring to Europe in general?

> It seems that in both the above lines there's a bit of an ominous or

> portending quality to it.

>

>

>

>

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> *From:* Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com>

> *To:* Gatherers Killing Joke Gatherers <gathering at misera.net>

> *Sent:* Wed, August 25, 2010 12:03:38 PM

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>

> I just listened to Linkin Park for the first time.  There is this template

> now, standard issue soft american rock against the corporation system that

> produces stuff like that music?  Er...

>

> I am sure they are all nice boys.  Well done Karen!  [image: Princess]

>  *

> *

>

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> From: karen.weil at sddt.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:50:38 -0700

> Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>

> HA! I won't buy one. ; )

>

> k.w.

>

>

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

> *From:* sade1 <saulomar1 at yahoo.com>

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

> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:15 AM

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>

>  Anyone seen the track listings on that new Lnkn.Pk. album?

> 1.  Feeling Broke

> 2.  OMG. WtF?

> 3.  Medications

> 4.  Dire Glances

> 5.  Fright Time

> 6.  Outside Of Hate (I exist)

> 7.  More Remedies, Hurt that Various Regressed Emos Shun

> 9.  Laugh? I Nearly Was One.. (cd cover<http://exclaim.ca/images/up-emo.jpg>

> )

> 10. Emo-cracy

>

> bonus track

> Linkin Park 2003 (early unfinished demo track)

>

>

>

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>  *From:* Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>

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

> gathering at misera.net>

> *Sent:* Wed, August 25, 2010 5:09:46 AM

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>

>    Without a doubt. Their place is reserved in Hell.

>

> Jim.

>

> --- On *Wed, 25/8/10, Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com>* wrote:

>

>  They are a truly horrific concoction though.

>

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

> From: Jim Harper

> Sent: 08/25/10 11:13 AM

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

>

>    Linkin Park are quite obviously not a Killing Joke rip-off. I can't see

> much of the Joke in their bland nu-metal.

>

> Jim.

>

> --- On *Wed, 25/8/10, Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com>* wrote:

>

>

> From: Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com>

> Subject: [kj] Thank You, Linkin Park

> To: "Gatherers Killing Joke Gatherers" <gathering at misera.net>

> Date: Wednesday, 25 August, 2010, 10:50

>

>  How does it go?  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?  Now all

> them little Linkin Park consumers will find out on the global grapevine web,

> about Killing Joke.  Heavens Mummy!  Who are they?  Are there trees and

> animals in the Ladbroke Grove?  What kind of computer does this Geordie

> programme to get that sound?

>

> Viral conquest.  The Joke are so significant they end up getting ripped off

> like this.  Like the Beatles, the Stones...

>

>

>

> Here is the real joke:

>

> *What do you call a good Linkin Park album?*

> **

> *== A Killing Joke rip off!*

>

>

>

>

>

> > CC: gathering at misera.net

> > From: wessidetempest at hotmail.com

> > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:01:31 -0400

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Subject: Re: [kj] Fuck You, Linkin Park

> >

> > They call it an homage. ;). I'm still miffed they can draw that amount if

> people. I guess the state of popular music is worse than I thought.

> >

> >

> >

> > On Aug 24, 2010, at 7:48 PM, "Karen Weil" <karen.weil at sddt.com> wrote:

> >

> > > Obviously, they're not at all influenced by KJ ...

> > > (I wonder if they even know anything about the band.)

> > > Good grief.

> > >

> > > k.w.

> > > Calif.

> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Smith" <

> vassifer at earthlink.net>

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

> gathering at misera.net>

> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:37 PM

> > > Subject: [kj] Fuck You, Linkin Park

> > >

> > >

> > >>

> > >> So, I'm doing my usual freelance writing for THE NEW YORKER this week

> and one of the upcoming shows I'm assigned to write about is Linkin Park's

> gig at the noxious Nokia theatre on Times Square. In doing my research, I

> learn that the band has a new album slated for release. Not exactly

> shocking. The title? A THOUSAND SUNS. Sound a bit familiar.

> > >>

> > >> Oh, and the title of the first track on the album? "The Requiem."

> > >>

> > >>

> > >> I'm not making this up.

> > >>

> > >> Alex in NYC

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