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

[fluw]

you are right jiri, always the sensible one.
one should always take with a grain of course on this forum - and maybe 
the record is not that bad, but saying the record "thumps" isn't saying 
much for kj.

in a blind test, if the last two records didn't have the name killing 
joke on them - they would only be able to stand up to base level local 
band low brow metal standards. everyone has their own inspiration and 
hears and feels different things from kj's music. but for most, to give 
it more than a few spins is mostly out of reverence for these musicians 
contributions, along with the obsession, curiosity, and hope for that 
fleeting morsel of full on kj-ness. this lends the patience necessary 
for a listener to hear the whole record all the way through. without 
this built in patience, geordie and jaz are dead in the water and that 
is why they won't risk the cutting edge. either that or they just don't 
have it in them to create at their higher standard. the most recent kj 
music is stepford'ish in it's boxed bland assembly and the efforts of 
jaz n geordie likened to becoming like politicians, risking only what is 
assured & simplistic.      

give the record a few months, you will find it in your 'crap to spin 
every other leap year pile' with the last four. if not, /intervention 
should be recommended/, *TIC*

Jiri wrote:

> 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 
>>  *
>
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