[kj] Democracy drumming

[god botherer]

Agree about the pandering - surely they regret it.

Si




>From: fluw <fluwdot at earthlink.net>

>*i agree about the drumming to some extent..also feel that democracy was 
>the last record where kj recorded material with less consciousness for an 
>audience - pandemonium and the last two sound pandering. what's worse is 
>the type of overcooked meatloaf chin mullet creature they pander too makes 
>them virtually unlistenable. the experience is like listening to a 
>politician, a sports commentator, or watching porno - uncreative, cheap, 
>cheezy and predictable.
>*
>god botherer wrote:
>>Just wanted to pay tribute to the drumming on Democracy, as I've never 
>>seen anything complimentary said about the drummer. He brings Savage 
>>Freedom alive, does exactly the right thing on Aeon, pounds away to great 
>>effect on Pilgrimage and Absent Friends and there are some lovely touches 
>>on tracks like Medicine Wheel.
>>
>>He wasn't to blame that there were a couple of turkeys on that album, and 
>>that it was hamstrung by the production.
>>
>>Now he's gone and forgotten and unappreciated. Seems a shame.
>>
>>For all the faults on that album, I still sense that the band were trying 
>>to make the music they wanted to make, without reference to the whims of 
>>the market, and with Jaz remembering to sing some of the time instead of 
>>just shouty vocals all the way through.
>>
>>Si
>>
>>


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