[kj] October File banner ad w/ pic of Jaz on it

[Christof hamille]

I don't think it sucks.  But it is easy to skip over

Chris



>From: "Brendan" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

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

><gathering at misera.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] October File banner ad w/ pic of Jaz on it

>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:17:02 +1200 (NZST)

>

> > On the other hand, boy does BTATS suck. :)

>

>NO IT DOESN'T!!!!! =)

>

>The first few times I played it was in the car on a really long road trip,

>with other people present, to be honest I was embarassed and skipped

>through most of the tracks, to the untrained ear they sounded a bit like

>Spandau Ballet trying to "tone down from the harder stuff" but once I gave

>it a few listens, (on the way back up country, this time on my own, late

>at night) courtesy of Chessboards and Goodbye to the Village...I loved it!

>Now I am a big fan of the whole album. Not sure if I'd call it one of my

>KJ favourites...but I definitely rate it.

>

> > Haha, I'm constantly amazed that Killing Joke has some of the most

> > critical fans I think I've ever seen on a mailing list.

> >

> > I'll regularly get berated, etc., for saying Hosannas is good; people

> > bitch about Jaz's behavior; Christof thinks most of the LP titles suck

> > (he's right about the cover of Nighttime though); etc. One guy on a

> > MySpace KJ forum really launched into a huge, shitty, spiteful tirade

> > against me for trying to say Hosannas was a good album. I tried to

> > remind him he was on a fan forum ("fan" is short for "fanatic") for

> > Killing Joke and that he shouldn't be surprised if someone on a KJ fan

> > forum says one of Killing Joke's albums is good. This enraged hi 

>further.

> >

> > On the other hand, boy does BTATS suck. :)

> >

> > -Oliver

> >

> >

> >

> > Christof hamille wrote:

> >> Really are any of Killing Jokes album titles good.........

> >>

> >> s/t - okay it's the first official record

> >>

> >> What's This For? - Uh I don't know. Maybe the best one out of them

> >> all. But still for the uninitiated it seems a bit...presumptuous,

> >> confusing, not sure. Something.

> >>

> >> Revelations - Good but kind of cheesy. "Look at us we will show you

> >> the light" kind of thing

> >>

> >> Fire Dances - It seems like they are assuming they are the (fire) gods

> >> of tribal, electronic whatever.

> >>

> >> Night Time - Same as above. And the cover stinks.

> >>

> >> Brighter than a Thousand Suns - Look above. We are

> >> sooooooooooooooooooo great.

> >>

> >> Outside the Gate - Same as the previous ones and the album stinks. And

> >> the cover is worse

> >>

> >> Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions - I like it but it

> >> would work better as a book title. It sucks having tot try to spill

> >> all of that out. So then you try to tell your friend which albums to

> >> buy and you have to fumble through all of that. Especially after

> >> you've had a few. But it is unique and it is not a song title. Some

> >> thought may have been put into it.

> >>

> >> Pandemonium - It'll work. Bit of a phone in. Let's pick a song title.

> >>

> >> Democracy - Same as above.

> >>

> >> s/t 2003 - Lazy. Pure laziness. I'd rather have a song title. And the

> >> argument that Peter Gabriel did it 3 times doesn't help. And the cover

> >> stinks.

> >>

> >> Hosannas from the Basement of Hell - Another long one that you have to

> >> slur out. And it's not good. I don't care what it means. It sounds

> >> silly. Are they a garage band? Maybe they are so "underground" deep

> >> and brooding. Either way pick something else. The cover would have

> >> been fine if Jaz didn't do the lettering with his crayons.

> >>

> >> When going to comps, etc

> >>

> >> Ha! - it's fine. Again are they laughing at you for buying it? Or

> >> maybe for not being there? Or maybe for not getting it.

> >>

> >> An Incomplete Collection - Phone in.

> >>

> >> Laugh? I Nearly Bought One - It's fine. Maybe poking fun at themselves.

> >>

> >> Wilful Days - Another phone in but it'll work.

> >>

> >> No Way Out But Forward Go - Look at Extremities. Say this three times

> >> fast. I would almost bet that Colsey came up with it. It's cool but

> >> damn.

> >>

> >> Unperverted Pantomime - I like it but again I would bet that Colsey

> >> came up with it.

> >>

> >> Chaos for Breakfast - look above

> >>

> >> 25th Gathering Let Us Prey Live - It is fine.

> >>

> >> At this point in the day work is slow and I'd rather mull over album

> >> titles than Amy Winehouse - who I've never even heard of until

> >> yesterday-

> >>

> >> Chris

> >>

> >>

> >>> From: "Phillipps Marc" <Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk>

> >>> Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the

> >>> band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

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

> >>> <gathering at misera.net>

> >>> Subject: Re: [kj] October File banner ad w/ pic of Jaz on it

> >>> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:09:49 +0100

> >>>

> >>> >CHEERS Oliver, stupid title for an album innit?

> >>>

> >>> See also Hosannas from the Basements of Hell (good album, crap title)

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> -----Original Message-----

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

> >>> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Rob Horan

> >>> Sent: 30 August 2007 13:04

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

> >>> Subject: Re: [kj] October File banner ad w/ pic of Jaz on it

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> CHEERS Oliver, stupid title for an album innit?

> >>>

> >>> -----Original Message-----

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

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

> >>> On Behalf Of B. Oliver Sheppard

> >>> Sent: 30 August 2007 12:56

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

> >>> Subject: [kj] October File banner ad w/ pic of Jaz on it

> >>>

> >>> At their MySpace page blog entry here:

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> 

>http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=11772626

> >>> &blogID=301428158

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> Still no songs posted with his vox, though.

> >>>

> >>> -Oliver

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