[kj] OT: bad music/good music

[Darren A. Peace]

Isn't that what the iPod was invented for?

Darren
Hungerford, UK

On 15 Mar 2010, at 14:15, Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:


> I've just spent two hours sat in a hospital clinic waiting room,  

> being subjected to hospital radio: Bon Jovi, ABC, Nickleback, Mr  

> Mister, Coldplay, Alanis Morrissette. The only decent song they  

> played was 'It's Only Rock 'n' Roll', which shone through the crap  

> like the voice of God. Think yourselves lucky!

>

> Jim.

>

> --- On Mon, 15/3/10, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> This is somewhat tenuously connected to our discussion. Okay, so  

> over the weekend, I spotted a picture of one of a current teen pop  

> sensation (no, not Lady Gaga) wearing a t-shirt with the VOID  

> insignia on it (Void, for those of you who don't know, were a  

> crucial D.C. hardcore band in the early 90s). I was deeply  

> incredulous that a whistleheaded pop irritant like _____ dared sully  

> Void's good name with her vileness. Upon sharing this revelation  

> with a colleague this morning, he answered: "Dude, check out her  

> MySpace page ... she likes good music." I find it imposible to  

> believe that a child capable of making such awful pop would be fan  

> of decent music, but check out her list of "influences" and see if  

> you can guess who I'm talking about:

> MIA, Beck, Rolling Stones, Devo, Flock of Seagulls, kraftwork,  

> Daniel Johnson, talking Heads, David Bowie, Donovan, Bob Dylan,  

> Janis Joplin, Janet and Sir Michael Jackson, Avenue A, The Go! Team,  

> Mika, Sonic Youth, Elton John, Willlie Nelson, Gwen Stefani,  

> Madonna, Beastie Boys, Eagles of Death Metal, Black Keys, Black Eyed  

> Peas, Daft Punk, Electric 6, Teenager, Tonite Only, Prince,Mirwais,  

> Afrika Bambaata, Peaches, Rock&Roll, Richard X, Cornelius, ESG,6ths,  

> ackron family, al green, andrew bird, anthrax, aphex twin, aphid ant  

> constructions, arcade fire, archers of loaf, ataxia, badfinger, the  

> bang up, beck, belle &; sebastian, ben lee, beulah, big star, black  

> flag, the blow, boards of canada, bob dylan, brian eno, brian  

> wilson, bright eyes, built to spill, butthole surfers, the  

> cardigans, the carpenters, casiotone for the painfully alone, the  

> clash, the clutters, daft punk, the damned, the dandy warhols, david  

> bowie, the dead milkmen, devandra banhart, donovan, dresden dolls,  

> the eels, elvis costello, eric's trip, the fall, the features,  

> fischerspooner, frank black, frank sinatra, franz ferdinand,  

> futurheads, gary glitter, generation x, ghostface killah, gogol  

> bordello, gorillaz, guided by voices, her space holiday, how i  

> became the bomb, human television, iggy pop, islands, jackson 5,  

> jawbreaker, jenny lewis, jim o'rourke, joan jett, joe jack talcum,  

> john frusciante, johnny thunders, the killers, kimya dawson, the  

> kinks, kraftwerk, LCD soundsystem, le tigre, the lemonheads, leonard  

> cohen, little ones, lou barlow, love, the lovely feathers, marshal  

> crenshaw, matisyahu, matmos, miles davis, minor threat, modest  

> mouse, mos def, mott the hoople, the mountain goats, moving units,  

> my darling YOU!, neil diamond, neil young, neko case, neutral milk  

> hotel, neva dinova, nico, of montreal, oh no! oh my!, optiganally  

> yours, ornamental wigwam, otis redding, the pastels, peaches, pere  

> ubu, peter bjorn and john, pink spiders, pixies, pj harvey, postal  

> service, public enemy, pulp, queen, r.e.m., r.l. burnside,  

> radiohead, the raincoats, rancid, the rapture, the rascals, ratatat,  

> the ravonettes, regina spektor, replacements, roky erickson, rolling  

> stones, ryan adams, screeching weasel, the shins, the small faces,  

> the smiths, smoking popes, sparklehorse, spinto band, squarepusher,  

> stellastarr*, stiff little fingers, the stranglers, the streets, the  

> streets, the strokes, surfjan stevens, the sundays, sun ra, t rex,  

> ted leo and the pharmacists, television, tilly and the wall, they  

> might be giants, tom jones, tracy + the plastics, troubled hubble,  

> tv on the radio, U2, the unicorns, the vaselines, the velvet  

> underground, the ventures, verde, violent femmes, the walkmen,  

> wilco, wire, X, yeah yeah yeahs, yo la tengo, the zebras, the zombies

> No, she doesn't cite Killing Joke. Mercifully.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

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

> From: Alexander Smith

> Sent: Mar 15, 2010 6:59 AM

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover  

> (bad moviemusic)

>

> With the exception of Yello (who I have no feelings for one way or  

> the other), I own albums by all those artists.

>

> I draw the line a Bananarama, though.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

> On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:54 AM, Janean wrote:

>

>> <<< Soft Cell, Thomas Dolby, Yello, Bee Gees, Yes,  and Duran Duran  

>> all in the crosshairs. Christ, you people have no joy in your lives.

>> >>>

>>

>> Ha!  Nice one.  I love Bananarama’s Cruel Summer!  It’s on my iPod 

>> .  Along with a ton more 80s pap.  It’s fun.

>>

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

>> bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Leigh Newton

>> Sent: 14 March 2010 18:36

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

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover  

>> (bad moviemusic)

>>

>> Soft Cell, Thomas Dolby, Yello, Bee Gees, Yes,  and Duran Duran all  

>> in the crosshairs. Christ, you people have no joy in your lives.

>>

>>

>>

>> http://www.nightruiner.com

>> http://www.myspace.com/thesunthroughatelescope

>> http://www.myspace.com/lauderdale

>>

>>

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

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

>> >

>> Sent: Sun, March 14, 2010 9:59:28 AM

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover  

>> (bad movie music)

>>

>>

>> I actually don't mind "Owner of a Lonely Heart," to be perfectly  

>> hones, but I'll forgive Yes a lot.

>>

>> And I'll stand by the first two Duran Duran albums. Sue me.

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>>

>>

>>

>> On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:32 PM, GREG SLAWSON wrote:

>>

>>

>> Oh yeah, and what about Yes--"Owner of a Lonely Heart". Wow, that  

>> was some aweful stuff.

>>

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:30:46 -0500

>> From: countessghoulita at aol.com

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover  

>> (bad movie music)

>>

>>

>> here comes the wife

>>

>>

>> Limahl - Neverending Story:

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3khTntOxX-k

>>

>> Duran Duran - View to a Kill (I know someone will hate me for  

>> mentioning it, sorry)

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsiBhQ60rJE

>>

>> Phil Collins - Two Hearts

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkuO-mQTrpw

>>

>> Axel F

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

>>

>> Berlin - Take My Breath Away

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEOem7U2LPE

>>

>> Yello - Oh Yeah

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg

>>

>> Bananarama - Cruel Summer

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPNhV1gF008

>>

>> Madonna - Into The Groove

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VisB2rJSqg

>>

>> The Woman in You - Bee Gees

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQtD6G

>>

>> The Goonies are good enough - Cindy Lauper

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQBQlFZyZ-c

>>

>> And I don't like Prince. My apologies to all the fans outta there...

>>

>>

>>

>>

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

>> From: LONESTYLE at aol.com

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Sent: Sat, Mar 13, 2010 2:04 pm

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover  

>> (bad movie music)

>>

>> Sammy Hagar is the worst rock musician I can't stand his singing  

>> and music.  I wonder if his tequila is just as bad as his music? ;)  

>> Dirty Dancing and Footloose are God awful! I have never seen those  

>> movies and refuse to unless it is used in a confessional by Al  

>> Qaeda to get me to talk! HA! My wife has some good ones too of bad  

>> movie music.

>>

>> Cheers,

>>

>> ~LB

>>

>> In a message dated 3/13/2010 1:52:34 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, gregslawson at msn.com 

>>  writes:

>> Wow, that's some pretty awful stuff. Can that "Fast Times" melody  

>> from Sammy Hagar even qualify as a song? It's like a

>> bad parody of a bad parody of a bad hard rock song.

>> And don't forget the theme from the Patrick Swayze movie  

>> "Footloose"--on of the worst 2-note melodies ever.

>> My vote for some of the most annoying 80s songs:

>> She Blinded Me With Science

>> Tainted Love

>> THere are so many others...

>>

>> From: LONESTYLE at aol.com

>> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:39:09 -0500

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover  

>> (bad movie music)

>>

>>

>> I love it! Scarface! HA!

>>

>> Here are some pretty bad movie ones too...

>>

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8LJdngo2AU

>>

>>

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZ5R3C5bzs

>>

>>

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlN1oCctGok&feature=related

>>

>>

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNf9rEPoc8Q&feature=related

>>

>> And this goes with this...

>>

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfv1dE3OjD8

>>

>> ~ LB

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> In a message dated 3/13/2010 8:35:03 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, bq at soundgardener.co.nz 

>>  writes:

>> 80s movie montage music:

>>

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL3lJfpenAc

>>

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8g__x6ExM8

>>

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

>> bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON

>> Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 2:52 AM

>> To: gathering

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover

>>

>> Please, Alex. My Sharona is one of the worst rock songs ever  

>> written, and Tension is a pretty good one.

>> (We should make a list of the worst songs ever--starting w/Styx,  

>> Foriegner, Journey, etc)

>>

>> From: vassifer at earthlink.net

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:28:40 -0500

>> Subject: Re: [kj] Something to lighten the mood: Another KJ cover

>>

>> "Compilcation" =  One Way or Another

>> "Tension" = My Sharona

>>

>> Any others?

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>>

>>

>> On Mar 12, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Rheinhold Squeegee wrote:

>>

>> Some Finnish band from c. 1990. I never realized how close this  

>> tune was to "One Way Or Another." I half-expected a mop-topped  

>> Jimmy Destri to be lurking in the background.

>>

>> Maybe Blondie should sue? ;)

>>

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