[kj] Genealogy of a riff
Jari Pakarinen
jari.t.pakarinen at gmail.com
Mon Nov 28 15:03:04 EST 2011
If you listen to Change you might notice the similarity :)
2011/11/28 B. Oliver Sheppard <b.oliver.sheppard at gmail.com>
> Hmm, well, if I pretend, and maybe smoke some weed, and put a cotton ball
> in one ear, I can vaguely hear a similarity between the War song and "The
> Wait," but it's extremely tenuous, and definitely not in the league of the
> Alien Sex Fiend, Siouxsie, et. al, "tributes" (*cough*) to "The Wait."
>
> I'm sure I could go back and find a Brahms composition that had a similar
> lick in it somewhere, with different instruments, but saying Killing Joke's
> "The Wait" is a rip off of that War song or "inspired by" - is really
> wishful thinking for a War fan. I guess the Hawkwind one is a closer
> possibility given Jaz and Geordie's predilection for weird 70s rock, but it
> still feels not very convincing. Now, if you'd found a Led Zeppelin song
> with that "Wait" riff, I'd be convinced...
>
> -0liver
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> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Peter Moltesen <sneakypete at uwclub.net>wrote:
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>> ……….or Hawkwind’s “Magnu”………..?****
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>> You mean the entry on how many bands have recycled War's "Me & Baby
>> Brother" riff, including Killing Joke...
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>> ;)
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQGPj1h1E5c
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>> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:31:48 -0600
>> From: b.oliver.sheppard at gmail.com
>> To: gathering at misera.net
>> Subject: [kj] Genealogy of a riff
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>> Here's a blog entry at my resuscitated Cultpunk blog/site. ****
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>> The entry's about the many bands that have recycled Killing Joke's "The
>> Wait" riff, with examples of all the ones I've been able to find.****
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>> http://www.cultpunk.org/?p=105****
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>> :)****
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>> -0liver****
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