[kj] Poll: Worst song off OTG

[nicholas fitzpatrick]

'Stay one jump ahead', definitely the worst. Agree with the point about "dad rapping".
The album for me sounds like an attempt at a West End stage musical. Jaz even gets a bit Elton on the piano. And wasn't this the time when JC got friendly with Sarah Brightman? And when the Show Girls soundtrack was done? And the theme to that Cinderella thing that went on TV? Also, I think in the Cythera book he says he was being encouraged by Anne Dudley to "branch out" at around this time.
West End musical combined with kabalistacally driven time signature was always going to be a hard one to pull off.
I do not at all mind the existence of OTG in the annals of KJ. I just dread it being an introduction album for any newcomer to the Joke universe.
 


From: fatpotanga at gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:48:44 +0100
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] Poll: Worst song off OTG

at the risk of being buried up to my neck and stoned, I quite like most of OTG. Yes, it’s all a bit cheesy and naffly produced, but the actual musical structures and lyrics are great. It’s just not been very well done. It has dated horribly though.Unto the Ends I absolutely love, especially the lyrics and progressions are fantastic. It’s a shame it was never what it was intended to be; a Jaz Coleman solo album as a lot of the ideas are pretty solid. Like I said, it’s just been badly executed. I’d love to hear a lot of OTG reworked, but it’ll never happen.Still, without OTG, EDAVRE to where they are now would never have happened.
For me by far the worst track off it is on the CD version: Stay One Jump Ahead extended mix with Jaz’s embarrassing dad rapping.Quite possibly the worst Killing Joke song EVER produced.Ironically, the opening guitar riff is one of Geordies best.
For me Democracy is the most disappointing/least played.
On 23 Oct 2014, at 09:27, Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfI8vtuj9vM sounds like Sting and Peter Gabriel having a wank in a biscuit tin. 

 

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