[kj] Jaz still AWOL

[Rheinhold Squeegee]

I don't think the question ever was whether or not it was a good idea; only whether Jaz could profit from doing it. Pretty much every remotely successful band has been remade in reggae/dub, punk/ska and symphonic versions. They are all, for the most part, universally terrible but they continue to be produced because people continue to buy them.
 
De gustibus non est disputandum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVEeuLjzBkU
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HK3oE6fRD0
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqprhVmv3BI
 
 



Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:54:06 -0400
From: vassifer at earthlink.net
To: gathering at misera.net; gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] Jaz still AWOL






Yeah, sorry, no. 
Those other symphonic projects made a bit more sense. For most of those artists, there's enough complexity in the original pieces to warrant a symphonic make-over. 
But symphonic Nirvana? I mean -- where do the oboes fit in "Territorial Pissings"?
Also, in the wake of the whole "Eighties" debacle (and Jaz shooting his mouth off about it in the ensuing decades), it's a bit rich for him to be paying tribute to Cobain's music in any way, shape or form, .... regardless of the paycheck.
Like I said: I find it way more off-putting than the Metropolis thing or the Cult/Mission fuckoff.
Alex in NYC


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From: Rheinhold Squeegee 
Sent: Aug 16, 2012 9:48 AM 
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As far-fetched as Symphonic Nirvana might sound, Jaz has already completed symphonic nods to the Rolling Stones, Doors, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. The Pink Floyd and Led Zep discs each sold far more than any KJ album and Jaz certainly received more money for doing them. It's these types of projects for both Jaz and Youth that allow the ongoing loss-leader that is Killing Joke to endure.





> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:15:57 -0500

> From: mkolmar at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Jaz still AWOL

> 

> Not that I have anything against Nirvana, but I can't hear any musical

> justification for orchestral arrangements beyond maybe a couple of

> songs from In Utero. Sounds like a way to try to defuse the situation

> with humor, unsuccessfully. Whatever the real story is, good to know

> Jaz is alive and still able to swing his dick.

> 

> --Mark

> 

> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:11 PM, wrote:

> > i think this is the biggest load of bollocks ever to come from killing

> > joke(sorry jaz coleman-and there's history there!)

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