[kj] loose cannon

[Tim Bucknall]

total invasion really grooves live though



bluce ree wrote:

> mel, asteroid/blood/seeingred/implant are all great tracks no argument 
> there.
>  
> Total Invasion is an unbelievably lazy track.  It's the worst guitar 
> I've ever heard Geordie play and Jaz (whilst being the best thing on 
> the album) sounds crap on it.  Same with Dark Forces for that matter.
>  
> Death n Res is okay but in no way brilliant.  House/Cannon/Inferno are 
> all super-forgettable (in fact I literally cannot at this moment 
> recall how Inferno goes at all).
>  
> And the less said about YNGTM the better!
>  
> For me KJ2003 was the moment that I gave up on KJ ever being the band 
> they used to be.  The elegance of Geordie, the subtle dark bass of 
> Youth and the sheer 'Jazness' of Jaz were replaced by a fairly 
> straightforward rock/metal band.  It seemed as though everything about 
> it was designed to pander to a Kerrang audience but even that didnt 
> work mainly because the record label only put out two singles (one 
> being rubbish and having a terrible video, and the other being great 
> but having what would have been a good video except that QOTSA had 
> done it first and much better).
>  
>  
>
>
> */melinda grant <hollytree1961 at hotmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     bluce, r u mad? kj2003,was/is bloody brilliant,can u seriously say
>     that.....total invasion/blood on there hands/asteriod n death n
>     res show r
>     not masterpieceses?? lyrically/musically/politically,they stand
>     high above
>     anything the joke has done in yrs,i must disagree with u,kj2003 i
>     think will
>     be remembered
>     amongst the best stuff that they have done,there where 1 or 2 white
>     elephants in there,as there is on all albums,but out of 100- i
>     give it 85
>     percent--remember it was very up to date,they could of come up
>     with some
>     thing like b.t.h.s after all those yrs being absent,but they did
>     not thank
>     goodness --- the joke deserve credict where credict isdue... mel
>     ps no
>     disrespect to u blucy ok
>
>     >From: bluce ree
>     >Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
>     >
>     >To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
>     >
>     >Subject: Re: [kj] loose cannon
>     >Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:47:59 +0100 (BST)
>     >
>     >Loose Cannon is and has always been rubbish!
>     >
>     >KJ2003 will not, in the scheme of things, be remembered as one of
>     the best
>     >KJ albums.
>     >
>     >Jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:
>     >I just played the Loose Cannon DVD to my almost-16-year-old daughter.
>     >
>     >She reckons it's cool, (a) 'cos she likes the song (says the
>     guitar sounds
>     >familiar), and (b) 'cos the video is "trippy", and (c) 'cos she
>     likes the
>     >idea of "urban animal".
>     >
>     >Actually, I'm inclined to agree with her. I like the track itself
>     - it's
>     >not the best on the album (which for me is Seeing Red), but I'd
>     put in the
>     >better half rather than the worse. But, and I know you'll all
>     hate me for
>     >this, I quite like the dancer too.
>     >
>     >So go on, slay me.
>     >
>     >Jamie
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