[kj] ESS

[Alexander Smith]

"I dig some Motorhead but they have NEVER come up with anything as  
EPIC and ANTHEMIC as Endgame..."

Oh deary dear, let's not go there. The amount of songs in Motorhead's  
vast catalog that eclipse "Endgame" -- a fine song though it is -- is  
as sprawling as the Sahara.

Alex in NYC


On Sep 17, 2010, at 12:09 PM, The Stranger wrote:


> I'm definitely in the loving Endgame camp.  It's one of my favorites  

> on the album at the moment.  Love the rhythm.  It's not a toe  

> tapper, it's a full on LEG STOMPER!!  Love the lyrics, love the  

> chorus, brilliant but simple chord changes.  The weird rhythmic one  

> note chugs towards the end when Jaz is screaming "ENDGAME" are  

> vital.  I also love the scratch down the strings of Geordie's guitar  

> as they swoop back into the verse!!  Builds the tension perfectly!   

> It scrapes down my spinal cord like the fingernails of a demented  

> school principal on the tabula rasa chalkboard of my soul...  HA!

>

> I dig some Motorhead but they have NEVER come up with anything as  

> EPIC and ANTHEMIC as Endgame...

>

> Adam

>

> From: pascal <pascal at ledooz.com>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net 

> >

> Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 10:30:11 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] ESS

>

> Sorry, saw ESS in the message title, that’s why

>

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

> ] On Behalf Of Neil Perry

> Sent: 17 September 2010 14:52

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] ESS

>

> Endgame, not ESS..

>

> On 17 September 2010 14:48, pascal <pascal at ledooz.com> wrote:

> Never heard any keyboards on ANY of Motorhead tracks? I even toured  

> with them back in 80’s, not a keyboard/synth in sight. C’ant see the  

> comparison myself, ESS is their LLB dance floor/radio friendly  

> number in my book

>

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

> ] On Behalf Of Alexander Smith

> Sent: 17 September 2010 13:03

>

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] ESS

>

>

>

> Neil's spot-on with the Motorhead comparison (see also huge swathes  

> of HOSANNAS and a fistful of tracks on 2003). I happen to love  

> Motorhead, but let's let Motorhead be Motorhead.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

> On Sep 17, 2010, at 5:48 AM, Neil Perry wrote:

>

> Jaz just sounds like Lemmy on Endgame. And that metal chugging is

> just the sort of thing you'll find on any Motorhead album from the  

> last decade.

>

> Firedances and Wilful Days... I wish!

>

> On 17 September 2010 11:27, Phillipps Marc <Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk 

> > wrote:

> Motorhead?

>

> I hear a lot of Firedances references and a large dollop of Wilful  

> Days but Motorhead?

>

>

>

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

> ] On Behalf Of Neil Perry

> Sent: 17 September 2010 08:16

>

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] ESS

>

>

> Because it is by far the worst song on the album, and the worst song  

> Killing Joke

> have turned out in a long time.

>

> I was playing it the other day and my girlfriend asked 'Is this  

> Motorhead?'

>

> And she's right... it does sound like Motorhead. And we already have

> a Motorhead. This sounds like bad Motorhead.

>

> n

>

> On 16 September 2010 01:10, Tabazan <tabazan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why oh why oh why haven't they released Endgame as a single?

>

> Every non KJ listener I have played it to loves it!

>

> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:17 PM, folk devil  

> <folk.devil at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Spinefarm...........

> Get ya shit together!

> Regards.

>

> > From: rob.moss at gmx.com

> > Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:08:14 +0100

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Subject: [kj] ESS

>

> >

> > soooooooo

> >

> > It's out Monday but all I have seen on preorder is a cd but  

> different press releases said a coloured vinyl 7 inch and a 12 inch  

> but no signs anywhere.

> >

> > Anyone??

> >

> > In excelsis didn't get much of a release and I'm wondering about  

> this one as well!!

> >

> > I don't want to moan, in fact I moaned at the moaners, but I don't  

> want to see this bomb. Friends I have played it to have been amazed  

> by it and it would be a right bastard if it went down like a fart in  

> a lift.

> >

> >

> >

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