This song and album are amazing. I think the base really rocks and brings to mind Killing Joke's end of the world imagry. I also wish that Killing Joke stayed in New Wave mode like this rather than the heavy metal. The Apocalypic messages in their music are complimented nicely by this style. The synths and arrangements are just as good as the better New Wave bands of the time.
I can never get my head round Killing Joke. They are three very different brilliant bands. A great post punk band then a beautiful synth band and then a brutal industrial band. Seeing them two years ago playing songs from all these eras I realized how they fit into each other perfectly when played live.
This is not from the original album, nor was Exile (the two were on it as soon as it was on CD back in 1990 or whenever. The original vinyl order is the best 8 songs in a row ever to be written. Got it in December 1996,, thought it was nothing much, but within 3 months it was my favourite record, and still is really. Awesome.
They managed to master nearly every sub-genre within underground music. With some of the highest standards of any musical project, they persist as my favorite band of all time.
The wellspring of of our hopes and dreams can often be traced to our childhoods. Memories are not stagnant or fixed but they are not just disjointed impressions of fragmented thoughts discolored by the rosy lens of sentiment and nostalgia. They are a vital link and quite often they are a "place". Often they are all we have left. A tree, a garden, etc. can hold ghosts from the past, shades of a better time. When these "memorials" are sullied we can't help but ask "What is price of progress?"
I know where I live in the States farmland (along with our factories & mills) are being gutted so luxury condo-units, Mcmansions and chainstores can be built for young urban pros. We no longer have "neighbors" for the most part, just people who live next to us. We have the same 5 big-box stores every 15 miles. They sell the same crap. Creature comforts for our bedroom communities but there isn't a sense of community, a connection to the land. Indifference (for the most part) rules the day.
In this post-industrialized, postmodern society we've begun to lose our balance. We live in an omniconnected world where I can talk to you from across the globe in seconds. We can have this momentary connection, without ever looking each other in the eyes. But have we ever been so fragmented, so cutoff from each other? I don't know. There are people who have 1500 friends on myspace but they don't know their neighbors names let alone a soul they feel they can confide their deepest thoughts to.
I don't mean to over-simplify the situation or to say we have it bad in the west. I guess we have so many opportunities now. Opportunities that our parents and grandparents never dreamt of. But those opportunities can become nightmares if we allow them to. Every human endeavor has a shadow and we as a species have always been obsessed with our own destruction. There is always room for hope. And the roots of our hope can often be traced to an afternoon long-ago under the warmth of the sun.
Good read inddeed! Killing Joke are the the band I listen to every day and usually my first choice when I want to listen to something, this album and OTG got me hooked at the time and I still play both a lot, but my music taste has also kinda evolved in same directions as this remarkable band, when Exremeties came out I was more than ready for hard-hitting and heavy thunder, love Hosannas and the muffled, but huge sound on it.
That's what I've always loved about Killing Joke, they are impossible to pigeonhole. I don't know how many times I've played songs from KJs discography for people and had them remark, "That's the same band?" I'm always discovering something new with their music. Their songs, in a very real and accurate sense, have helped me to evolve as an individual. And I'll be forever grateful for that.
It is a powerful, emotional song! I think most of us who've reached a certain age have felt similar feelings of grief upon returning to a place we haven't seen in years and years.
Brighter than a Thousand Suns was one of the greatest albums ever made. The energetic and haunting sounds are truly one of a kind. 5 stars. Please share more quality recordings from this album. Thanks.
Thank you! I appreciate your kind words and agree with you totally about BTATS. "Thousand Suns" will, without a doubt, always remain one of my favorite albums. I still remember listening to it for the very first time. I would love to upload some more KJ songs and do have plans to but I have been very ill and having to work full-time. (The beauty of the free-market... nothing's free!) Take Care.
Nicely done! I enjoy this era of Killing Joke more and more with time. I could never love it more than the love I have for Extremities or Hosannas, but Night Time and Brighter than a Thousand Suns are amazing works of their time, and they touched on a sound I wish SOMEONE would unearth again.
This has to be my favorite from BTATS.. it is such a dark (bright?) luxurious wonder! I remember buying the import 12" of "Sanity" just to get this song.. it wasn't on the original vinyl album. Thanks Watchman.
This song and album are amazing. I think the base really rocks and brings to mind Killing Joke's end of the world imagry. I also wish that Killing Joke stayed in New Wave mode like this rather than the heavy metal. The Apocalypic messages in their music are complimented nicely by this style. The synths and arrangements are just as good as the better New Wave bands of the time.
destructingparabola 1 month ago
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mistomen 1 month ago
Great album...
kernott11 5 months ago
a truly wonderful track from an absolutely stunning album! there were times when it played nonstop on my hifi...
thanks for bringing back these good memories!! :*)****
0The0Web0 6 months ago
Good to read the very poignant words to this song after all these years having loved the music. Thank you.
nickfloodban 9 months ago
vous avez de la chance quand il sont passer a lyon ont etait a peine 500 du coup dégouté ils n on meme pas jouer y love like bood
Mrregfire 10 months ago
fantastic band, and it tells a story, Jaz is a songsmith
COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY 10 months ago
I can never get my head round Killing Joke. They are three very different brilliant bands. A great post punk band then a beautiful synth band and then a brutal industrial band. Seeing them two years ago playing songs from all these eras I realized how they fit into each other perfectly when played live.
jayellucaz 11 months ago
I forgot to add that this is, nevertheless, a great song :-)
quentinreed 1 year ago
This is not from the original album, nor was Exile (the two were on it as soon as it was on CD back in 1990 or whenever. The original vinyl order is the best 8 songs in a row ever to be written. Got it in December 1996,, thought it was nothing much, but within 3 months it was my favourite record, and still is really. Awesome.
quentinreed 1 year ago
THANK YOU - best song from BTATS - steller..glistening...
GBStuff 1 year ago
This is a gem, listen to these Brilliant lyrics
COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY 1 year ago
wonderful track...I always loved it and it keeps on giving me great sensations!
giovannimilan 1 year ago
They managed to master nearly every sub-genre within underground music. With some of the highest standards of any musical project, they persist as my favorite band of all time.
RoseCrossVato 1 year ago 3
So melancholic and great song. BTATS is fucking awesome
MystikG777 1 year ago
Their music and lyrics just keep making sense....
tomberr67 2 years ago
For me this is my favorite period of Killing Joke. BTATS is amazing. Wish Jaz would go back to singing like this.
THEONEMS1 2 years ago 7
One of the best songs ever,even though I still don't completely understand the lyrics.
Man,how I wish Jaz still sounded like this when we sings.
woodykinskileone 2 years ago
Absolutely love this song, and the whole BTATS album! Thanks for posting.
joydivisionlwtua 2 years ago 5
You're welcome.
Watchman2012 2 years ago
@joydivisionlwtua yea an absolute gem
COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY 1 year ago
Great writing watchman and a heart breaker song from KJ.
djgeel 2 years ago 2
Indeed... and thank you.
Watchman2012 2 years ago
yea, an epic track. Probably the best on the album. Superlative lyrics
Guevaristas 2 years ago
Man, this song really captures the feeling I felt when I returned to my birthplace after the latest trip to the place, four years since the move.
It's sick how places can change in no time. It's sick how people and social structures can change in no time.
It's the most scary thing I've ever experienced in my whole life, you feel alienated and you feel like you have nothing to return to anymore.
Denta92 2 years ago
The wellspring of of our hopes and dreams can often be traced to our childhoods. Memories are not stagnant or fixed but they are not just disjointed impressions of fragmented thoughts discolored by the rosy lens of sentiment and nostalgia. They are a vital link and quite often they are a "place". Often they are all we have left. A tree, a garden, etc. can hold ghosts from the past, shades of a better time. When these "memorials" are sullied we can't help but ask "What is price of progress?"
Watchman2012 2 years ago
I know where I live in the States farmland (along with our factories & mills) are being gutted so luxury condo-units, Mcmansions and chainstores can be built for young urban pros. We no longer have "neighbors" for the most part, just people who live next to us. We have the same 5 big-box stores every 15 miles. They sell the same crap. Creature comforts for our bedroom communities but there isn't a sense of community, a connection to the land. Indifference (for the most part) rules the day.
Watchman2012 2 years ago
In this post-industrialized, postmodern society we've begun to lose our balance. We live in an omniconnected world where I can talk to you from across the globe in seconds. We can have this momentary connection, without ever looking each other in the eyes. But have we ever been so fragmented, so cutoff from each other? I don't know. There are people who have 1500 friends on myspace but they don't know their neighbors names let alone a soul they feel they can confide their deepest thoughts to.
Watchman2012 2 years ago
I don't mean to over-simplify the situation or to say we have it bad in the west. I guess we have so many opportunities now. Opportunities that our parents and grandparents never dreamt of. But those opportunities can become nightmares if we allow them to. Every human endeavor has a shadow and we as a species have always been obsessed with our own destruction. There is always room for hope. And the roots of our hope can often be traced to an afternoon long-ago under the warmth of the sun.
Watchman2012 2 years ago
A very interesting and thoughtful read. I may have to take some time to let it sink in. But I say; that's brilliantly written. :)
Denta92 2 years ago
Good read inddeed! Killing Joke are the the band I listen to every day and usually my first choice when I want to listen to something, this album and OTG got me hooked at the time and I still play both a lot, but my music taste has also kinda evolved in same directions as this remarkable band, when Exremeties came out I was more than ready for hard-hitting and heavy thunder, love Hosannas and the muffled, but huge sound on it.
georgpetur 2 years ago
That's what I've always loved about Killing Joke, they are impossible to pigeonhole. I don't know how many times I've played songs from KJs discography for people and had them remark, "That's the same band?" I'm always discovering something new with their music. Their songs, in a very real and accurate sense, have helped me to evolve as an individual. And I'll be forever grateful for that.
Watchman2012 2 years ago 2
I totally agree, I think this wonderful album and maybe this is one of the best songs of KJ ... Congratulations for posting:) Thanks!
henryqqk21 2 years ago
You're very welcome. I am glad you enjoyed it!
Watchman2012 2 years ago
é emocinante... sou muito fã!!!!!
henryqqk21 2 years ago
It is a powerful, emotional song! I think most of us who've reached a certain age have felt similar feelings of grief upon returning to a place we haven't seen in years and years.
Watchman2012 2 years ago
Great song, great band, great voice!!!
adrianomozzo 2 years ago
Brighter than a Thousand Suns was one of the greatest albums ever made. The energetic and haunting sounds are truly one of a kind. 5 stars. Please share more quality recordings from this album. Thanks.
vdvsoldat 2 years ago
Thank you! I appreciate your kind words and agree with you totally about BTATS. "Thousand Suns" will, without a doubt, always remain one of my favorite albums. I still remember listening to it for the very first time. I would love to upload some more KJ songs and do have plans to but I have been very ill and having to work full-time. (The beauty of the free-market... nothing's free!) Take Care.
Watchman2012 2 years ago
Nicely done! I enjoy this era of Killing Joke more and more with time. I could never love it more than the love I have for Extremities or Hosannas, but Night Time and Brighter than a Thousand Suns are amazing works of their time, and they touched on a sound I wish SOMEONE would unearth again.
submoronicbomb 3 years ago
This has to be my favorite from BTATS.. it is such a dark (bright?) luxurious wonder! I remember buying the import 12" of "Sanity" just to get this song.. it wasn't on the original vinyl album. Thanks Watchman.
mecon01 3 years ago
You're welcome. This is one of those songs that makes me stop in my tracks whenever it is queued up.
Watchman2012 3 years ago
awesome song. Brings me back to when we first met. Great photos too. :)
wickedneva 3 years ago
thanks for the upload! it is a great track off of that album!
houmanDMD 3 years ago
My pleasure!
Watchman2012 3 years ago