[kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:

[fluw]

There has been some bell ringing here and there on the democracy cd and
"you'll never get to me" - but far too little. possibly the band nor Geordie
take what sets Geordie apart from common guitarists seriously - perhaps they
don't like it when Geordie plays that way? 

 

Maybe they are afraid that a record featuring too many bells, twang and howl
the size of Jupiter will represent the band as less than powerful and
germane with the angry cookie monster chug chug current of established heavy
music genres ?

 

Appealing to the lowest common denominator is a rather safe way of producing
one's art. That is smart careering    

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of nicholas fitzpatrick
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 3:59 AM
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:

 

Maybe he's doing the chug here for commercial value and saving the bell for
more choice moments on the album. But I fear we'll be disappointed. 

 

He hasn't rung the bell for over a decade, has he? (That's not meant to
sound like a euphemism for jerking off). 

 

Maybe there was an echo of the bell on 'Dirt...', but that was it. I've been
impressed with G's geetaring since then even though there has been a lot of
chugging going on.

 

 

 

 

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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:38:06 -0400
From: vassifer at earthlink.net
To: gathering at misera.net; gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:


As much as I love a good chug (ooh..er...Missus), I have to agree with Todd
here.... BRING BACK THE TWANG (i.e. THE BELL!)

Alex in NYC




-----Original Message----- 
From: fluw 
Sent: Jun 10, 2010 3:13 PM 
To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'" 
Subject: Re: [kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube: 

 

Geordie is soooo much more than chug 1234 greg.

 

He is a master of arpeggios from another world and making single twangy
notes hit like an anvil the size of Jupiter. For my money he does this way
better than the little tiny bees in the jar chug which every pants shitting
toddler can do.

 

If Geordie's legacy is too heavily weighted with memories of chug it will be
an abomination, and he would surely be forgotten in short order.    

 

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:13 PM
To: gathering
Subject: Re: [kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:

 

Wow, people are really down on poor old Geordie. Correct me if I 'm wrong,
but hasn't he pretty much been the master of heavy, dense, 4/4 downstroke
guitar for the past 30 years (with the exception of some pop crap on BTATS
and OTG)? I thought we liked that kind of guitar sound...
 

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From: fluwdot at earthlink.net
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:23:33 -0500
Subject: Re: [kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:

The bad:

 

What? Why can't kj learn that less is more, space is more important than yet
another track of guitar buzz saturating and obscuring what came before it.
The guitar has no body, no power, no point of existing. Why have Geordie
play if what he creates sounds like a kid who just learned IV chords at a
guitar center on a POD.

 

1234 1234 downstrokes for a groove.fucking lazy rudimentary and not
interesting or inspiring.for robot dancers only.

 

On the positive side:

 

The voice sounds better then the past couple albums at least jaz isn't
trying to sound like a old warty toad possessed by a B movie villain.

 

Youth doesn't sound like he has in the mid 90's

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Rheinhold Squeegee
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:40 AM
To: Gathering Gathering
Subject: [kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq2EBh8OFV8
 
For those who don't want to or can't download.
 
 

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