[kj] Poll: Worst song off OTG

[Alexander Smith]

Wow, what a brazen Specials sample.

Alex in NYC


> On Oct 23, 2014, at 1:24 PM, Nick Scott <npscott at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
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> The rap on the song (not the Jaz rap, but the main rap) is actually Jaz Coleman's cousin Jonathan Chandra Pandy, aka JC-001, at one time the fastest rapper in the world...the Pandys most definitely are coming, check out his eyes looks like all the Pandys have the intense stare, and the unibrow!.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ9xilexGOs <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ9xilexGOs>
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> For trivia freaks, JC-001 also rapped on Curve's 1991 EP 'Blindfold' on the track 'Ten Little Girls'
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSwJYEKgkLM <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSwJYEKgkLM>   around 2:49
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> And for trivia geeks, his involvement with Curve probably came about due to him being signed alongside Curve to Dave Stewarts record label Anxious Records at that particular time.
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> On 23 October 2014 17:59, The Stranger via Gathering <gathering at misera.net <mailto:gathering at misera.net>> wrote:
> I have to agree with FP here.  The songwriting on OTG is really solid.  The atmospheres evoked are really eerie and otherworldly.  One thing I love is the weird vocal melodies with notes that are miles apart on the scale..  
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> Could the cheese knob have been turned down a few notches on some of the keyboards?  Yes.
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> Stay One Jump Ahead (extended mix) is definitely the worst.  Possibly even the worst thing that has ever happened.  In the world.  Ever.  
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> Killing Joke - Stay One Jump Ahead (extended mix) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3m0DLYXsY>
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> Killing Joke - Stay One Jump Ahead (extended mix)
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> View on www.youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3m0DLYXsY>	
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> That rap!  Like getting slapped in the face with a rotten fish.  Here's a sample of the rap relating to Geordie's guitar playing "the sound fer sound, resounding into yer brain, ya know, so you can never run away, he pumpin like a train!  Chifity chaff, but I'm a goin' down the track, because I do what I feel, because he never takes slack!!"  wtf?  Also, I just never need to hear the words "the posse in da house" on a Killing Joke record..  Ever.  
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> It reminds me of a time that I met Jaz outside of the NYC bar where gatherers were meeting before the show.  Jaz's young nephew was there filming and interviewing gatherers and the way he was speaking was as if he were a hardcore rapper straight outta Compton.  At one point Jaz turned to him and screamed "....WHY ARE YOU TALKING LIKE A BLACK PERSON?!?!?!?!"  hahahahahaaaa!!!
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> From: fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com <mailto:fatpotanga at gmail.com>>
> To: The Gathering ((the band!)) <gathering at misera.net <mailto:gathering at misera.net>> 
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 4:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [kj] Poll: Worst song off OTG
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> For me Democracy is the most disappointing/least played.
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> On 23 Oct 2014, at 09:27, Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz <mailto:bq at soundgardener.co.nz>> wrote:
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfI8vtuj9vM <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfI8vtuj9vM>
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>> sounds like Sting and Peter Gabriel having a wank in a biscuit tin. 
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