[kj] Current Fav K.J. song

[Brendan]

I have been known to listen to Goodbye to the Village for up to an hour on
repeat, on a sunny afternoon :)


> Heh! Wasn't trying to make a pariah out of you; I accept you're not alone

> in

> your view, although I don't remember reading that anyone else prefers OTG

> to

> Hosannas.

>

> Actually, as a result of your post, I've been mowing the lawn with

> Hosannas

> at My Bloody Valentine volumes on my iPod, and it's fucking great! Works

> best at earsplitting volume, imo, and for those who object to the song

> lengths, there's always that 5-track promo of edited versions. The

> bassines,

> which are too buried at lower volumes, are great too, and I like Ben's

> drumming. I think, though, that the full track lengths help the drone

> aspect

> of the album - quite why the infrequent second chord in Invocation is so

> exciting, I don't know.

>

> My least favourite album proper is Democracy. Geordie and acoustic

> guitars?

> That's fundamentally wrong. Apart from Aeon (which is superb), I don't

> really like any track on the album, and Prozac People is Jaz's worst

> lyric.

> And he's written some stinkers. Can't listen to "Goodbye To The Village"

> because of that awful line about rabbit hutches (although otherwise it's a

> good song; maybe it's just the way he sings those two words).

>

> I *like* Outside The Gate in large part. Crappy syn-drums and all. The

> title

> track is genuinely exciting to me, even the coda (I'll pretend Geordie's

> not

> playing an acoustic guitar there, so as not to destroy my thesis).

>

> And the more I listen to it, the more I rate the new Metallica. Expunge

> the

> aural diarrhoea that is St Anger and give this one a try. Really. I think

> you'll be surprised.

>

> Judas Goat.

>

> Darren

> Hungerford, UK

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> On

> Behalf Of Alex Smith

> Sent: 15 September 2008 16:17

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!); 'A list about all

> things Killing Joke (the band!)'

> Subject: Re: [kj] Current Fav K.J. song

>

>

> "While I have a lot of time or Alex and his opinions"

>

> Ummm...it's not just *MY* opinion. Leigh (among others) agrees with me.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

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