[kj] (OT) Here's A Band That Believes In Their New Album

[TB]

"Jim Harper" wrote:


>I think I would have walked away from such a gig severely disappointed, 
>especially with Hosannas. I would much rather see Killing Joke strike a 
>balance between their old material and the new, rather than the current 
>ignore-the-new-stuff attitude or Iron Maiden's ditch-the-old pose. For a 
>band with a lengthy and varied career, there's no real need to do either.

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I agree to a point, especially considering my mediocre opinion of Hosannas 
as well. However, I'd certainly give the band credit for standing by their 
new release and if it was a decent album such as the '03 release, I'd 
welcome hearing it in it's entirety, especially if I had no prior knowledge 
the band was playing the whole thing.

I do think a somewhat better balance could be achieved. A good example would 
be U2's playing 3/4ths of their "Achtung Baby" at the beginning of that 
tour's shows then satisfying fans by playing a good selection of their 
previous "hits" and finishing the concert with a couple more from the new 
album. Even though that album was a huge change from their previous music, 
the whole concept worked brilliantly. Of course, it helped that the album 
was among the best work they ever did.

>  Besides, I know a lot of Maiden fans who aren't terribly impressed with 
> the new album.

I'm not a hardcore Maiden fan although I have seen them live about 5 or 6 
times since '83 and am pretty familiar with their entire catalog. I have 
bought the new album and while I do think that it's good, it ain't great and 
some of the songs just unnecessarily drag on and on and sonically, have a 
sameness about them that don't mar earlier, far superior epics like "Rhyme 
of the Ancient Mariner."

T.B.