tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post2022769834173737624..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: From The Vaults - Killing Joke 'What's This For...!'AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79240427312296581252019-09-13T22:12:58.004+01:002019-09-13T22:12:58.004+01:00Comments under the moniker Unknown will no longer ...Comments under the moniker Unknown will no longer feature if not accompanied by a distinguisher. It is easily sorted. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-32665397803642985822019-06-05T20:16:58.786+01:002019-06-05T20:16:58.786+01:00That's a really cool tale about being in West ...That's a really cool tale about being in West Germany around that time. As someone who was 5 in 1991, it's hard for me to truly imagine just what Berlin was like around that time (especially nowadays when globalisation has turned everywhere into a giant shopping centre). I seem to recall Eno talking about how there would be billboards with posters that said "eat potatoes" aroundChristopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3818603098255352652019-06-03T02:49:36.942+01:002019-06-03T02:49:36.942+01:00'Empires & Dance' is the sound of 1980...'Empires & Dance' is the sound of 1980 (along with Killing Joke’s debut). I think it is a great example of the artist as a young man soaking up the world around him wherever he is and getting creative inspiration from history to create something completely new. Jim Kerr spoke at the time of its release of travelling through Europe on tour for the first time when promoting ‘Real To PaulJPMNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509217787466468416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-74232935387148558272019-06-02T21:54:23.858+01:002019-06-02T21:54:23.858+01:00PaulJPMN,
Good call on 'Sons and Fascination/...PaulJPMN,<br /><br />Good call on 'Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call' (although the previous year's 'Empires & Dance' is the definitive SM LP for me). Their last truly great records.<br /><br />'Electric Cafe' did emerge a little too late, but I love the harder sound as well as 'The Telephone Call' which is, to me, a better pop song than 'The Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37014409753135187032019-06-01T23:53:52.779+01:002019-06-01T23:53:52.779+01:00PS final word! Sons and Fascination/Sister Feeling...PS final word! Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call - Simple Minds double would be another to add to the 1981 list. Always loved the title ‘Solid Gold’ by GOF. Don’t know the album though.PaulJPMNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509217787466468416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-41766795352992953822019-06-01T23:50:25.219+01:002019-06-01T23:50:25.219+01:00Computer World is definitely lighter/poppier than ...Computer World is definitely lighter/poppier than other Kraftwerk albums. Radioactivity is one of the most influential albums of all time re what came after punk. Bowie asked them to be support on the Station To Station tour when he heard it in on release in 75. They rightly declined figuring Bowie’s fame would annihilate them at that stage. Electric Cafe came out 3 years too late and for the PaulJPMNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509217787466468416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79264130713274711642019-06-01T19:13:51.321+01:002019-06-01T19:13:51.321+01:00PaulJPMN,
would you believe that I'm not a fa...PaulJPMN,<br /><br />would you believe that I'm not a fan of 'Computer World'? There are some great songs on there, but it's never flowed for me in the way that 'Radioactivity' or 'Electric Cafe.' Same with 'Juju.' Aside from 'The Scream', the Banshees (to me) were always a singles band. Would make sense that they'd have been interested in Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-33885829407512605442019-05-31T18:31:35.941+01:002019-05-31T18:31:35.941+01:00Christopher - you have a truly great understanding...Christopher - you have a truly great understanding of the music scene. I always enjoy the knowledge you bring to the blog and it is an honour for TPQ to have you contributing so steadilyAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-64932808465540296292019-05-31T13:31:49.556+01:002019-05-31T13:31:49.556+01:00Another great album of 1981 was JuJu by Siouxsie a...Another great album of 1981 was JuJu by Siouxsie and the Banshees as well as Computer World by Kraftwerk. The last truly great albums by each of those bands. I think the line up change forced on the Banshees in late 79 had opened up their perspective and Geordie was on their initial wish list of desired guitarists (along with Bruce Gilbert of Wire) suggesting they were paying close attention to PaulJPMNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509217787466468416noreply@blogger.com