[kj] Current Fav K.J. song

Alexander Smith vassifer at earthlink.net
Tue Sep 16 07:17:34 EDT 2008



I love both "Exile" and "Goodbye to the Village".... and I quite like
"Victory" as well.

Alex in NYC


On Sep 15, 2008, at 11:23 PM, Brendan wrote:


> 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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