[kj] Tribal Freedom

[Jiri]

SO nicely put!

Neil Perry wrote:

> An old friend of mine who saw KJ with me in 1982 and who

> has hardly listened to them since thinks Hosannas is amazing

> (I made them listen to it). She knew instantly it was Killing Joke.

>

> (And you're thinking, so... what...)

>

> Thing is, I just don't get it; I don't understand why some

> gatherers think Hosannas is so bad. I'm listening to a

> career-spanning CD I made right now and the Hosannas

> tracks sit perfectly, mixed up with everything else. Nothing to make

> you think, Ooh, this must have been their shit period.

> Judas Goat? Stunning. Invocation, Majestic (which has a

> *very* Firedances-y section in it), Lightbringer, Walking With Gods -

> fantastic stuff. Dripping with the essence of Killing Joke.

> Implosion would have sat comfortably on Extremities. Like

> I say, I Just. Don't. Get. It. I hope for your sakes it isn't their last.

>

> N

>

>

>

> */Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>/* wrote:

>

>     Korn? Christina Aguliria? Have you been frozen in ice since 1999

>     or something? Hosannas is a horrible album by a once great band.

>     Every band starts to suck eventually. Unless they call it quits

>     first. It's hard to come to terms with the eventual suckitude but,

>     darnitall, it's the right thing to do.

>

>     ----- Original Message ----

>     From: B. Oliver Sheppard

>     To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

>     Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 10:29:03 PM

>     Subject: Re: [kj] Tribal Freedom

>

>

>     You mean to like Korn or like Christina Aguilera standards?

>

>     Hosannas was great. One of the Top 10 LPs of 2006, in any event.

>

>     -Oliver

>

>

>

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