[kj] America/Hosannas is great

Leigh Newton angrytomhanks at yahoo.com
Thu May 18 23:26:42 EDT 2006


Goddammit.....

it is NOTHING like Madness. 

Everyone stop saying it is. 

The very thought of that......IS
MADNEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeigh


--- Jiri <unspeakable at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Thankfully (for me anyway), I'm really enjoying the
> mood of the new 
> album. It's a great set of jams echoing their roots
> -- no recipe for a 
> masterpiece but still great for my ears.
> 
> But it's funny, with Invocation, I oscillate widely
> between loving it 
> and needing it to go away -- it really depends on my
> mood at the time. 
> It is like Madness to me: beautiful ugliness that is
> sometimes glorious 
> and at other times too much for me to stomach.
> 
> pssyche23 wrote:
> 
> > at the end of the day Neil, Invocation seems to be
> a bit like Marmite 
> > ... you either love it or you hate it ... did
> anyone clarify why they 
> > really detest it ? just curious ...
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Perry" 
> > <neilfperry at btinternet.com>
> > To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the
> band!)" 
> > <gathering at misera.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 2:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: [kj] America/Hosannas is great
> >
> >
> > S'funny how it goes... I think Invocation is one
> of
> > the greatest KJ songs of all time.  To me it's a
> > natural progression, a line that goes from Reqiuem
> and
> > takes in Madness, Termite Mound, Pandemonium.
> > Definitely up there in my top ten anyway. And
> > strangely, the atmosphere around this album when I
> > listen to it reminds me of the first album. I feel
> > sorry for anyone not enjoying Hosannas! Sure the
> sound
> > could be better blah blah blah, if we're going to
> get
> > all Mojo reader about it, but it reminds me of why
> I
> > ever liked KJ in the first place. I think it is
> full
> > of passion and that ol' KJ voodoo in a way that
> 2003
> > wasn't.
> >
> >
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