Killing Joke — Eighties

Author: tracysigler | Posted: July 6th, 2006 | | Tags: , , , , , | 7 Comments »

Killing Joke -- Eighties

  • Artist: Killing Joke
  • Title: Eighties
  • Year: 1984
  • Format: Vinyl 12 in.
  • Rating (1-10): 10
  • Owner: Mary
  • Acquired: Tower Records in DC.
  • Keeper: Yes

This is the song folks, Killing Joke’s “Eighties” that Nirvana famously ripped off for their own hit “Come As You Are.” It’s pretty much note-for-note the same song, just a little slower and less intense when Nirvana does it. At this point Killing Joke was kinda weirding out, but this is one my favorite songs ever. There are also a couple remixes on this 12 inch single. They’re interesting enough, but I love the original just the way it is. Every time I hear it I want to start a band just so we can play a cover. Even the video is cool, in an eighties sort of way.

7 Comments on “Killing Joke — Eighties”

  1. 1 Keith said at 5:28 am on July 7th, 2006:

    Loved the 80s flashback. That said, do you ever worry that you might still be living in the 80s? I guess with the vinyl bias you’re bound to skew backwards, but it seems that 90% of the reviews are from the 80s. No disrespect intended, but it’s starting to seem like the boomers’ love affair with 60s music. I guess it’s a function of the vinyl format, but maybe you could branch out into CDs in the same way that you include handmade art and business x-rays. I know that you didn’t stop appreciating new music when the 80s ended. ;-)

  2. 2 Tracy Sigler said at 11:43 pm on July 7th, 2006:

    I suspect the fellow who made the previous comment was either drunk, or, based on the time he posted, suffering from severe sleep deprivation. It seems he has answered most of his own questions. Of course, the whole reason for this category of the blog is to go through the old stuff that hasn’t been played in a while, because we’re always getting _new_ stuff.

  3. 3 Keith said at 2:21 am on July 8th, 2006:

    Surprisingly, neither drunkeness nor sleep deprivation played a role in my comment. ;-) I *know* that you’re always getting new stuff. I just want to hear about some of it.

  4. 4 Chandni (14 years old) said at 7:33 am on July 19th, 2006:

    i LOVE this song. i first heard it when i watched weird science,
    i like movies from the 80’s, i personally think they are better than modern day movies.
    people have tried to cover this song, and it just doesnt work.

  5. 5 GSpot said at 2:20 am on August 5th, 2006:

    Practically perfect.

  6. 6 Stris said at 5:57 pm on May 3rd, 2012:

    As far as rip offs and this song…how about The Damned’s “Life Goes On”?….it’s the same guitar riff and a fantastic song written and sung by the good Captain!

  7. 7 Mike said at 6:03 pm on October 16th, 2013:

    The riffs are definitely similar, but the sequence of notes is not the same. I just hummed both over and over at different tempos.

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