[kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:

[Alexander Smith]

In 2010, does the chug even have any "commercial value"?  Honestly,  
did it ever?

Alex in NYC




On Jun 11, 2010, at 4:59 AM, nicholas fitzpatrick wrote:


> Maybe he's doing the chug here for commercial value and saving the  

> bell for more choice moments on the album. But I fear we'll be  

> disappointed.

>

> He hasn't rung the bell for over a decade, has he? (That's not meant  

> to sound like a euphemism for jerking off).

>

> Maybe there was an echo of the bell on 'Dirt...', but that was it.  

> I've been impressed with G's geetaring since then even though there  

> has been a lot of chugging going on.

>

>

>

>

>

> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:38:06 -0400

> From: vassifer at earthlink.net

> To: gathering at misera.net; gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:

>

>

> As much as I love a good chug (ooh..er...Missus), I have to agree  

> with Todd here.... BRING BACK THE TWANG (i.e. THE BELL!)

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

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

> From: fluw

> Sent: Jun 10, 2010 3:13 PM

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

> Subject: Re: [kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:

>

>

> Geordie is soooo much more than chug 1234 greg.

>

> He is a master of arpeggios from another world and making single  

> twangy notes hit like an anvil the size of Jupiter. For my money he  

> does this way better than the little tiny bees in the jar chug which  

> every pants shitting toddler can do.

>

> If Geordie’s legacy is too heavily weighted with memories of chug it  

> will be an abomination, and he would surely be forgotten in short  

> order.

>

>

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

> ] On Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON

> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:13 PM

> To: gathering

> Subject: Re: [kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:

>

> Wow, people are really down on poor old Geordie. Correct me if I 'm  

> wrong, but hasn't he pretty much been the master of heavy, dense,  

> 4/4 downstroke guitar for the past 30 years (with the exception of  

> some pop crap on BTATS and OTG)? I thought we liked that kind of  

> guitar sound...

>

> From: fluwdot at earthlink.net

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:23:33 -0500

> Subject: Re: [kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:

>

> The bad:

>

> What? Why can’t kj learn that less is more, space is more important  

> than yet another track of guitar buzz saturating and obscuring what  

> came before it. The guitar has no body, no power, no point of  

> existing. Why have Geordie play if what he creates sounds like a kid  

> who just learned IV chords at a guitar center on a POD.

>

> 1234 1234 downstrokes for a groove…fucking lazy rudimentary and not  

> interesting or inspiring…for robot dancers only.

>

> On the positive side:

>

> The voice sounds better then the past couple albums at least jaz  

> isn’t trying to sound like a old warty toad possessed by a B movie  

> villain.

>

> Youth doesn’t sound like he has in the mid 90’s

>

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

> ] On Behalf Of Rheinhold Squeegee

> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:40 AM

> To: Gathering Gathering

> Subject: [kj] "In Excelsis" on YouTube:

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq2EBh8OFV8

>

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