[kj] Boomtown Joke

[Damon Cook]

noted

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Carlos Fandango <stronkle at hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:

> Yeah, it was empire song, the show was repeated not too long ago and
> fucking Garth Crooks introduced the jokers!
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone
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> From: Antoni Adamiak <antoni at clara.net>
> Sent: ‎11/‎10/‎2017 1:29 PM
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
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> Cc: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [kj] Boomtown Joke
>
> could only have been Empire Song so no Jaz
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 10 Nov 2017, at 17:34, Paul <dubecho at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Looks like an old Top of the Pops set, but could have been one of many
> shows over the years, but if it was TOTPs it would have been 1982 (House of
> Fire charted #24). What KILLING JOKE single would they have been
> preforming?
>
> My favorite Rats tune is still Banana Republic
> <https://youtu.be/OfMwWLnpgGw> and it is still a pretty apt tune for this
> god forsaken island ...lol
>
> Don't forget to send me message nearer time and we def hook up for a
> coffee : )
>
> dub
>
> On 10 November 2017 at 16:57, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> For no readily apparent reason other than that I'm going to Ireland in
>> two weeks, I was perusing videos on YouTube by Irish bands like the Virgin
>> Prunes, the Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, etc. and came across a clip
>> of the Boomtown Rats performing their ersatz-reggae ditty "House on Fire"
>> on some music program circa 1982. Why is this notable? Well, at the very
>> beginning of the clip, as the camera pans the studio, you see a glimpse of
>> KILLING JOKE's fabled banner draped over an adjoining stage, suggesting
>> that the Boomtown Rats and Killing Joke shared billing on said show.
>>
>> One wonders if they fraternized jovially in the green room.
>>
>> See it here:
>>
>> https://youtu.be/m061lyZo4vU
>>
>> Cheers
>> - Alex in NYC
>>
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