[kj] WOW JUS' WOW

[Brendan Quinn]

Talking about (sorry: talkin’ bout’) real old school Hip Hop, my text message ringtone is the opening bit from Eazy E’s ‘Real Motherfuckin’ Gs’ - COMPTON”

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_aFofXbC50 

 

To the old school Hip Hop cognoscenti that I mingle with (okay, like, this one guy), it’s a bit of a crack up…given that there’s nothing remotely Hip Hop about me.

 

Table 1: List of my non-Hip Hop attributes 

 

1                     Attempt at perfect punctuation in quoting Eazy E song,

2                     Use of the word ‘cognoscenti’

3                     Fist-pump when cognoscenti spelled perfectly without having to rely on Word’s spellcheck, followed by ”BOOM! Science bitches” and awkward attempt at Hip Hop gestures, 

4                     Bullet-pointed list of non-Hip Hop attributes.

 

PS: “Wow, just wow” is past its use-by (we had a meeting). 

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Alex Smith
Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2013 12:26 p.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!); A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Wow. Just, wow.

 

 

It's an unrealistic goal, but I would love to never hear the term "mashup" ever again.

 

Contemporary R'N'B (and most contemporary Hip Hop, for that matter) makes me want to eat my own vomit.

 

Again -- these are just my opinions, not the law. Not yet, at least.

 

Alex in NYC

 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Nick Scott 
Sent: Nov 5, 2013 6:23 PM 
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
Subject: Re: [kj] Wow. Just, wow. 

Further to this...KJ obviously do not see it being sacrilege themselves, when I saw them in concert not sure if it was the Hosannas tour or Absolute Dissent, after the band went off stage they blasted out the Aguilera LLB mashup.

 

On 5 November 2013 23:14, Nick Scott <npscott at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

I wouldn't quite go that far into it, it's just a bit of harmless mashing up, a non-commercially released mashup between totally different genres.

 

Whilst I (and I am sure many) KJ fans do not enjoy contemporary R&B, mashups work best when almost opposing genres come together...and it does work.

 

Meanwhile.....

 

Ellie Goulding has covered The Waterboys "How Long Will I Love You", anaesthetised it into the sort of shit you would hear in Rom Com dramas such as Love Actually, Bridget Jones Diary et al.

 

Not only has she covered it, she is releasing it as a single, not only is it being released as a single, its being released as a charity single (Children In Need).

 

This means it is destined to be a UK no.1 Single of which I am sure 80% of the charity buying public will deem it a "nice song" and will not even have a fucking clue it was not wrote by her.

 

That to me is more damaging than a mashup of a KJ and a Cher Lloyd song.

 

On 5 November 2013 22:42, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

 

It's stupid. It's merging Killing Joke with everything they serve as the ANTIDOTE to. It's a celebration of vacuous idiocy. 

 

This is all my own opinion, of course.

 

Alex in NYC

 

 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Rob Moss 
Sent: Nov 5, 2013 5:22 PM 
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
Subject: Re: [kj] Wow. Just, wow. 

It's brilliant! What's up with ya?


On 5 Nov 2013, at 14:29, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

 

Just finally watched this and....uhhhh.....well, those responsible should be put to death.

 

Alex in NYC

 

 

On Nov 4, 2013, at 12:44 PM, Rheinhold Squeegee wrote:





http://vimeo.com/78506814



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