Where's The Bands And Artists F'ing Things Up?

[jam.fuse]

Absolutely chilling live rendition of 'We have joy' by the sublime Killing Joke.

I don't really know from ritual abuse, etc., but I feel I should say 'may contain triggers' as the singer is sporting rather horrifying looking face paint and gives me the distinct impression of channeling Satan himself.



Idle toying, worship the whore,
Forbidden was bidden,
Kiss turned to gnaw
Indolent minds, broken rules
The grey land is falling,
Laugh at the fools
We have Joy - We have Joy!
We was drunk, intoxicate
No time for doubt, no time, no late
I saw the laughing one - this was the West
He said take your spear and puncture the flesh
We have Joy! - We have Joy!
We was drunk, intoxicate
No time for doubt, no time, no late
Brandish the weapon, Sound out the din
We feeling red now - time to move in
We have Joy - We have Joy!

[Project Willow]

Just popping in long enough to reassure folk that the subject in this particular work of adolescent posturing isn't actually an adolescent.

Such confusion was nigh impossible, which you well know, so I'd thank you to stop being passive aggressive and explain.

In the meantime, I'll take a guess. Mods, can you put a trigger warning on the image, or better yet, just remove it?

Thanks.

[barracuda]

or better yet, just remove it?

Done.

Really? Hypothetically if I ever heard something like '... and now Jello Biafra for Exxon' I would have to label that as hypocrisy. Might make a good subject for a sketch comedy piece though. Grey area though I concede.

Considering the varied and nefarious activities associated with the parent companies of most record labels, I find it increasingly difficult to fault someone like Iggy for maximising his commercial potential and breadth of audience in just about any way possible at age 62. If you don't want to sell records, and aren't comfortable with the uses to which the profits of your records will proceed, don't make them at all. Besides, he's an icon, and what is to be done with icons? They must be broken.

[jam.fuse]

'...we'll be back in a moment... but first here's G.G. Allin for the CiA...'

Besides, he's an icon, and what is to be done with icons? They must be broken.

America – grinding mighty warriors into dust since 1492.

[MinM]

A couple of good old boyz speaking 9/11 truth to power.

Have you forgotten, how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten, when those towers fell
We had neighbors still inside goin through a livin hell
And you say we shouldn't worry bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

You took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it's too disturbin for you and me
It'll just breed anger is what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it everyday
Some say this country just out lookin' for a fight
Well after 9/11 man I'd have to say right.

[Joe Hillshoist]

I still feel a deep magic about the 80's.

*****

Myth, Memory & the Politics of Pop


I've been drifting on the sea of heartbreak
tryin' to get myself ashore
for so long - for so long

listenin' to the strangest stories
wondering where it all went wrong
for so long - for so long

*


and the secrets that we shared
the mountains that we moved
caught like a wildfire out of control
'til there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove

*


our life together - is so precious together
we have grown - we have grown



it's time to spread our wings and fly
don't let another day go by
my love
it'll be just like starting over

*


there's a Party goin' on right here
a celebration to last throughout the years
so bring your good times - and your laughter too
we gonna celebrate your party with you

*


don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
i'm trying not to lose my head
uh huh ha ha ha ha ha

it's like a jungle sometimes
it makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under

*


day after day it reappears
night after night my heartbeat
shows the fear
ghosts appear and fade away

*


stuck on you
i've got this feeling down deep in my soul
that I just can't lose
guess I'm on my way
needed a friend
and the way I feel now I guess I'll be with you 'til the end


*


don't make me feel any colder
time is like a clock in my heart

but you and me
we know we've got
nothing but time

*


as I watched it on TV somehow it really bothered me
drank in all the bars in town for an extended foreign policy
pick up the pieces

*


o' beautiful, for spacious skies
but now those skies are threatening
they're beating plowshares into swords
for this tired old man that we elected king

armchair warriors often fail
and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
the lawyers clean up small details
since daddy had to lie

*


ain't got no place to lay your head,
somebody came and took your bed
don't worry - be happy

the landlord say your rent is late,
he may have to litigate
don't worry - be happy

*


maybe together we can get somewhere
any place is better
startin' from zero got nothin' to lose
maybe we'll make somethin'
me myself I've got nothin' to prove

*


sample a look back - you look and find
nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
don't worry - be happy
was a # 1 jam
damn if I say it you can slap me right here


*****

There was a record that came out in the 80s that I haven't heard for over 20 years. It was a great little pop song from a South Australian band called The Everys and it just opened up with some great lines:

Well I finally met an American who said he voted Reagan in
He said he won't do it again
If the world lasts that long.

The only place the record is - the South Australian State Library. Its not online anywhere, and if I ever heard it again no doubt it'd lose its magic.

[Joe Hillshoist]

[Joe Hillshoist]

Been playing killing joke to the soon to be born baby.

[Laodicean]

Last night in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin.

[fruhmenschen]

Watermelon Slim is my main man........

sample
#1 truck holler
# 7 I'm a cynical old bastard
#17 ????????

http://www.amazon.com/Up-Close-Personal ... B0002IQCZ2

[2012 Countdown]

Guy From Green Day Kicked Off Southwest Because Of Saggy Pants
By Meg Marco on September 3, 2011 1:15 PM


(Photo: Luisdaniel reyna)

Add "saggy pants" to list of reasons you, or your favorite celebrity, can get kicked off Southwest Airlines. Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong objected to being told to pull up his pants by a flight attendant, and, according to an eyewitness who happens to be a producer for ABC 7 in San Francisco, the dispute resulted in both Mr. Armstrong and his companion being asked to leave the aircraft.

Shortly after, Mr. Armstrong tweeted:

“
Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! What the fuck? No joke!
”
From KGO:
“
"Basically, all the passengers were already seated, we were ready to go, they had already told us to start to turn our cellphones off," she said.
[The producer] said that Armstrong was approached by a flight attendant and told to pull his pants up. Armstrong initially dismissed the request, asking, "Don't you have better things to do then worry about that?" When the flight attendant repeated the request and threatened to have Armstrong removed from the plane, Armstrong relied "I'm just trying to get to my f**king seat."

”
Southwest has apologized and promised to reach out to Mr. Armstrong for more details.

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http://consumerist.com/2011/09/guy-from ... pants.html

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But in all seriousness, Green Day is doing their part, imo.

[wordspeak2]

But in all seriousness, Green Day is doing their part, imo.[/quote]

Wait, are you kidding? What's Green Day's part?

And what's up with Eddie Vedder? I know he's liberal- has he done much of anything politically?

[Laodicean]

And what's up with Eddie Vedder? I know he's liberal- has he done much of anything politically?

More than most americans, to be sure.

[Laodicean]

How Rockers Helped Free the West Memphis Three

Inside the key role played by musicians from Eddie Vedder to Natalie Maines

On a recent friday night in Memphis, 75 people gathered on a hotel rooftop overlooking the Mississippi River for a party hosted by Eddie Ved­der. As the guests of honor – Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin, who had just been released after spending 18 years in prison – arrived, they were mobbed by friends and supporters for hugs and photos. Vedder gathered the crowd for a champagne toast – and then, joined by the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines, grabbed a guitar and sang Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World."

It was the end of a nearly two-decade nightmare for the West Memphis Three – Echols, Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. – who as teens were convicted of killing three eight-year-old Cub Scouts, whose bodies were found in an Arkansas creek in 1993. Misskelley, diagnosed as mentally disabled, confessed to the murders during a questionable 12-hour interrogation, and the trials regularly disregarded evidence in the teens' favor. Instead, prosecutors focused on their outcast reputations and dark tastes: They listened to Metallica rec­ords, read Stephen King books and Echols dabbled in Wicca – evidence, the state claimed, that the teens killed the children in a satanic-cult ritual. All three were convicted of murder. Echols, the alleged ringleader, was sent to death row.

The convictions outraged Metallica, who lent their music to the 1996 HBO documentary Paradise Lost, which made a powerful case for the teens' innocence. "It was the least we could do," says Lars Ulrich. "They were outsiders who didn't fit into what that community wanted. I could definitely identify with them. We all could."

The case resonated with the music community, from Patti Smith and Henry Rollins to Tom Waits and Ozzy Osbourne. "The state used our personal preferences for music to destroy us," Baldwin tells Rolling Stone, days after he was released. "I find it telling that, in the end, some of those very same artists helped us gain our freedom."

Rollins began organizing benefit shows and, in 2002, released an album featuring Iggy Pop and Lemmy Kilmister. "The trial reeked to high heaven," Rollins says. "I'd find myself up at 3:30 a.m. thinking about Damien. He could have been me. I had those rec­ords. I was sullen as a teenager." By 2005, Rollins had raised $100,000, funding key DNA tests to help the defense.

Another twist came in 2007, after Maines posted a blog entry claiming that DNA consistent with Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of the victims, was found at the crime scene. Hobbs sued for defamation, protesting his innocence. During his deposition, he stated that he never saw the children the day they were murdered. But three eyewitnesses came forward, claiming he was with the victims shortly before they disappeared. "When [Maines] got that deposition, it was a huge advantage for our case," says Lonnie Soury, an adviser to the defense team. "It gave us a lot of revealing information."

More attention came in 2010, when Maines and Vedder headlined a benefit in Little Rock that included supporters Smith and Johnny Depp. "They've studied the case," Echols' lawyer, Stephen Braga, says of ­Vedder and Maines. "I had meetings with Eddie to try to figure out how best to move the case forward." Adds Rollins, "He contributed some pretty heavy amounts to this thing."

After a hearing was set to determine whether there should be a new trial, the state abruptly agreed to release the West Memphis Three through an obscure legality, an Alford plea, in which the trio would plead guilty while maintaining their innocence – and give up the right to sue the state. "The state gave them no compensation," says Ulrich. "So I think it falls upon our responsibility to help with that side of it."

Now in their midthirties, all three are eager to finally begin their adult lives. Echols is pondering his next move while on vacation with his wife, Lorri Davis (an advocate for their case he met in prison); Misskelley is preparing to marry his high school sweetheart; and Baldwin is looking at college catalogs. "It feels like I've been reborn," he says. "The future is wide open."

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... e-20110901

[2012 Countdown]

But in all seriousness, Green Day is doing their part, imo.

Wait, are you kidding? What's Green Day's part?

Not 'cool' or 'edgy' enough? Okay. Don't 'risk' much? Fine.
But coming out with this in 2005 during the height of Bush was pretty nice. They've done other things too, but you've made up your mind it seems. heck you've determined the who's who and what counts even though you admittedly don't have any idea who does what. ("What did Vedder do?") Good for you, sir. Maybe its just not your style of music. Thats okay too. No accounting for tastes.


Green Day - American Idiot Lyrics