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That sounds waaay too much like the words from a deluded fan who believes their idol can do no wrong; viewing everything through rose-tinted glasses and by no means being objective about the material they produce. Don't get me wrong, I love a lot of the stuff the KLF have done but after reading Mr D's autobiographyish book '45' I am a little more skeptical about why he did the things he did.

Then maybe *you* were the one with the rose-tinted glasses.

Oh boy, here we go. I knew I was going to get flamed for that one. ¬.¬

You think B&J did any of it for the fans, or to invoke ancient magical beings?

Err...

If you do want to follow the long and winding road that the KLF trod, then you should damn well walk it and not expect a shortcut.

The long and winding road of insanity? I respect the KLF for their madcap media-grabbing stuff but there is no way I believe they were totally convicted in their belief for the things they were doing. Drummond mentions in '45' how he had second thoughts about a lot of the things he did; such as getting Tammy Wynette to sing on 'Justified and Ancient', and plonking a dead cow on an electricity pylon in Thurrock (which, if you didn't know, he didn't do in the end; what a waste of a perfectly good cow, it wasn't even used in the end for his 'art'). Perhaps you're just a little bitter that I found the video (relatively) easily and thus was a little disappointed with what I saw because I didn't feel any particular attachment to it - You on the other hand spent years wondering about the film and when you finally saw it chose to find some kind of meaning to it to justify all that time wanting to see the thing! On the whole though, it was their damn money to do with what they want, and if they wanted to make a road movie then so be it. The film makes for a nice ambient kind of affair, and of course it's nice to see our two heroes riding around in our favourite police car :)

You want something instantly accessible that makes sense? Go buy a britney album.

That statement is so wrong, in so many ways, I won't even begin. ;)

You want something a bit more interesting from someone who's work you respect and admire, you might have to search long and hard, and then be left with more questions than answers. Welcome to the trance.

I respect and admire the KLF for the quality of their music, the way they made fun of the music industry, the guts to actually go through with deleting their back catalogue, burning a million quid, and all that. All I said was that I found the White Room movie a bit of a letdown and I get all this nonsense thrown at me! I dunno, people today.

Besides, i think Stuart was "seriously only joking"

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For me to have my own opinion as The White Room being a load of self-indulgent twaddle is perfectly valid.

Yup, fair enough. But maybe you saw it out of context, just downloading it and watching it.

Maybe I should've lit up a joint.

I bet you didn't even take any drugs.

Told ya. ;)

For B&J to make self-indulgent twaddle is perfectly valid too, why shouldn't they indulge themselves? The bits I like are the subliminal messages between the frames.

The what? Don't get me all paranoid like that :P *snip*

You're missing the point still. I nearly came in my pants the day I walked into a record store and saw 1987 on the wall, having searched for it for years. Now, I'd never claim it's great listening (I like it, but wouldn't expect most people I know to enjoy it) but the act of finding it was something special. Even if I'd hated it, it was something I'd searched for for YEARS.

Yeah, I can understand that... I'd love to get my hands on a copy of 1987 as well. Unfortunately I guess having a lot of the MP3s makes the *necessity* of owning it lower.

Now read this again and decide where i'm being serious ;)

Dude. There better *not* be any fscking subliminal messages. ;) Hawx

- Sufi saying