[kj] A Lesson in ....?

[Graeme Rowland]

Inferno is great to sing along to, especially when you
don't know the words.

The vocals on Total Invasion are great too!

How's that for cutting criticism?


--- bluce ree <bluceree2003 at yahoo.co.uk> 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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