[kj] Poll: Worst song off OTG

[PHIL TOFIELD]

God damn I enjoyed hearing that again

And its still better than anything off the last 3 albums

On 23 October 2014 17:59, The Stranger via Gathering <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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> [image: image] <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3m0DLYXsY>
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> Killing Joke - Stay One Jump Ahead (extended mix)
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3m0DLYXsY>
> View on www.youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3m0DLYXsY>
> Preview by Yahoo
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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.
>
> 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>
> *To:* The Gathering ((the band!)) <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.
>
> 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> wrote:
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> 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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