[kj] OT: bad music/good music

[Brendan]

Anyone can quote their "friend with taste"'s or big brother's or manager's
collection, you can't really read anything into it. Look at the wannabes
wearing Ramones and Minor Threat and even Misfits t-shirts (I see quite a
few what I'd call Emos wearing Misfits t shirts, and there's an oxymoron).
Associating with bands can be about fashion and associating with something
popular. It IS inconceivable that someone with great taste would churn out
turd (although one the thing that gives me pause is 'Janet and Sir Michael
Jackson'...pardon? Oh and there's loads of other turd in that list, along
with the good stuff)

http://static.pyzam.com/img/funnypics/9/emocow.jpg


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The list of non-influences would have been shorter.  Three guesses:

April Lasagna - er, sorry, I mean Avril Lavigne

Shakira

Christina Aguilera

I can't even begin to believe it's Miley Cyrus.


On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 9:45 AM, 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

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> 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? ;)

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usVBlBo8gNU

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