[kj] ESS: the best single in decades?

[Neil Perry]

I agree.
I have been playing it daily and it gives me goosebumps every time. I don't
know why.
But I like the return to more danceable tunes after the grunt and sludge of
recent albums - sometimes Geordie
works better with 'less is more'. And I love the fact that Jaz is singing
again. But mostly I like the fact they
can still come up with a musical leap like this, something I wasn't
expecting. The Killing Joke sound was
getting very predictable.
Thing is, when KJ have previously tried to write a pop hit, I've detested
those songs - Me Or You, A New Day etc -
but ESS is pure genius I think. Maybe they weren't trying to write a pop hit
this time? I don't think it is their
best single by a long shot - Follow the Leader, Empire Song, Eighties, LLB,
Millennium, etc etc - but
it is probably their best chance of having a hit in a very very long time.
I believe this could be HUGE in clubs, and consequently maybe radio, if of
course there is promotion and marketing
and all the rest. Which going by recent history, is a big IF.

N


On 31 August 2010 00:31, Javier Garcia <jagargal at lycos.com> wrote:


> Have listened European Superstate almost daily, this track grows prety fast

> on me. I think it´s really an awesome song. And beyond that I think Killing

> Joke may have the best single in many, many ages.

>

> It's Killing Joke at their best -ok not so much guitar, but still it has

> great ingredients- and is also very radio-friendly.

> Great they´re planing to release it a a single but they will have to

> pressure the record company in a serious way so they make a nice effort

> promoting this track; if they don´t do it they will be wasting a pretty good

> opportunity to put a song with good rotation on the radio, and who knows?

> maybe a hit.

>

> What do you guys think?

>

>

> Javier

> mexico.city

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