[kj] GEORDIE'S TRACKS AVAILABLE - let's be dicks

[fluw]

---Not to be a dick and say "this isn't killing joke, thus it sucks," 
but I think of my favorite Geordie moments -- Feast of Blaze, Song & 
Dance, Wilful Days, Slipstream, Chop Chop -- and one thing about them is 
the vocals rarely try to roll along mimicking the guitar melody and 
rhythm. Geordie provides this soundscape that Jaz's singing 
(superficially at least) almost has nothing to do with.---


t*his bothered me too, although i disagree that jaz doesn't do it. he 
does it  more often in later years, one of the reasons i like the newer 
kj material less. 

it is an unsaid rule in music performance (in my experience) to get out 
of each others way. 'never play on the same rhythmic emphasis or melody 
as another band member' for any more than a quick accent to deliver 
punch. unless of course you are in a horn section or some such.

this messy, 'stumbling on the backs of other parts' just confuses the 
richness and focus of the whole ensemble. when it is done to a great 
degree, it's what amateurs do frankly.

and with this being a geordie walker solo effort one might get the idea 
that a singer would want to listen to geordie's parts and feeeeel them, 
weave in harmony with them, or compliment them with counterpoint and 
musicality, not stomp on them like one mocks someone in an argument.

tw  
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Jiri wrote:

> So I'm listening again today, and one of the things that's really 

> disarming: Her vocals seem to follow Geordie's melody (particularly on 

> Rolluber), changing rhythm and note in lock-step with the guitar, and 

> I think that's a mistake. It neuters the sound. Maybe that's just pop, 

> I don't know.

>

> Not to be a dick and say "this isn't killing joke, thus it sucks," but 

> I think of my favorite Geordie moments -- Feast of Blaze, Song & 

> Dance, Wilful Days, Slipstream, Chop Chop -- and one thing about them 

> is the vocals rarely try to roll along mimicking the guitar melody and 

> rhythm. Geordie provides this soundscape that Jaz's singing 

> (superficially at least) almost has nothing to do with.

>

>

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