[kj] tour off..the atmosphere's strange

[Jiri]

Oh come now, the new cd is not anywhere near that bad!

I won't begrudge them for not simply rerecording Fire Dances, esp. when 
their new material has a very nice groove to it. It's not a masterpiece 
but it thumps nonetheless. They were geniuses in their 20s--when they 
really found a muse--but that doesn't mean they shouldn't bother simply 
rocking to their hearts' content in their 40s! Or should they have 
simply killed themselves after their best works and become *that* sort 
of lowest common denominator rock cliche?

Killing Joke right now are what every tortured suicidal genius who "died 
too soon" never had to live to face: the fact that what you create 20 
years after you started does not duplicate (not that it should) nor 
measure up to (in many people's eyes) what you created when you first 
artistically wowed people in a previously unimagined way.

fluw wrote:

> *just as well, they should cancel the cd as a release, it won't 
> benefit their legacy or career to put it out and tour on this release. 
> the current kj endevours can only further to establish an audience of 
> the lowest denominator and complete a new foundation of mediocrity for 
> the band. they would be just as well served selling the rights for a 
> couple songs to mercedes/cadillac advertisement & ride out those funds 
> for a couple years.
>
> --the atmosphere is indeed strange and kj (geordie and jaz) are on the 
> cusp of becoming a superficial dogmatic trinket of themselves--
>  
> at this point what geordie and jaz need to do is rid themselves of the 
> agreeable yes men entourage - challenge the sycophant web presence and 
> call it a day with the excess consumed downward spiraling big bird. - 
> then find themselves some dynamic, intelligent and challenging mates 
> to reignite and inspire something more than the trite, indulgent and 
> regressive belligerence of the modern conservative hooligan.
>
> circling the bowl - how the mighty have fallen 
>  *
>
>
> JStrisino at aol.com wrote:
>
>>  I hope they don`t cancel the CD too!!!!
>>  
>> J
>
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