MASTERPIECE! It's 2020 and I'm 47 now. Killing Joke changed my life when I watched Love Like Blood video in a b&w TV when I was a 12-year old kid. I love this band from my heart. Touches me. Always! Love you guys!
Alex Stone had the privilege to shake jaz Coleman's hand in a Jersey shore concert in 1996 stone pony!since there inception I've listened KJ never disappoints!
I'm 52 and an 80's child. Killing Joke was a great band to listen to when partying. This is an awesome song that I can listen to over and over. Long live KJ!
There is something sinister, yet, calmly soothing about this track. I cannot get enough of it. Love that dark vibe to it. The chorus is freaking seductive. "And then the clouds break, A ray of sunlight, Gloria! As if a promise, Some strange kind of Euphoria!"
Overcast, the branches bare The autumn leaves have fallen I can hear the magpies laugh I can't shake this melancholy And then the cloud breaks A ray of sunlight - Gloria! As if a promise Some strange kind of euphoria Dark phantoms of the past Some things are best forgotten Like Orpheus, don't look back The best years are waiting for you And then the cloud breaks A ray of sunlight - Gloria! As if a promise. Some strange kind of euphoria And then the clouds break A ray of sunlight Gloria! As if a promise Some strange kind of euphoria And in the darkness A ray of sunlight Gloria! As if a promise Some strange kind of euphoria Euphoria Euphoria Euphoria
I think you are right. They try to change this world for about 40 years and there message is still clear. Never give up because your enemy isn't doing it either.
I saw them live in The Netherlands in the early 80's. Most intense and loud gig i ever attended. It was a rather small venue and the sound almost blew one out of the place. Jaz was hypnotic, the others stoïc and brutally driven. At times you would wish for Geordie to stop his chainsaw to scream. Years later they recorded Love Like Blood which was like a lullabye compared to most of their songs. I liked it a lot though. Some of my favourites : The Hum (from Revelations album) Pssyche (from live album "HA") It's amazing how they still have this energy and survived the decades and all the BS from todays music crap. I only recently heard Pylon which i like a lot. I'm almost 60 now and KJ will be on my speakers a lot again. Amazing band.
'Dark phantoms of the past, some things are best forgotten, like Orpheus don't look back, best years are waiting for you' has got to be one of the most powerful and optimistic verses ever. Always sends chills through me, almost like an act of magick in itself.
the band received the "Innovator Award" at the 2010 Classic Rock Roll of Honour; the award was presented to Killing Joke by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, who stated, "I go back a long way with Jaz Coleman and the band. I used to go and see the band, and it was a band that really impressed me because Geordie's guitar sound was just really, really strong. And they were really tribal, the band, and it was really intense. It was just really good to hear something like that during the 80s, which sort of caved in a bit with haircuts and synthesizers"
I've been listening to Killing Joke since the first time I heard "Love Like Blood" - I listened to it over and over. I fell in love. This song is beautiful. I'm still listening and I'm still in love. Greetings from the Czech republic.
Because they mean it; they've always channeled a vicious part of themselves through the music from the very beginning; Jaz is on a vid somewhere recent saying if not for KJ they (Jaz & Big Paul) would've become not even just criminals, but killers, murderers. I forget which word he used.
It thrills me to see a band so contentious, shunned, and all too often ignored continue to release killer music and devastating live performances over 40 years into their career.
Excellent and thoughtful comment ..given the chaos and politicaluncertainty of our age..we imagined it in the early 1980 's in Britain listening to this music .
Keep hammering them out. Your style of darkening melodies haunt me in all fantastic ways. You are the all time greatest alt rock act and still hardcore to the key.
Only a band like KJ could pull off something so beautiful, so meaningful, its just the sound of sonic perfection, there will never ever be another Killing Joke, feel lucky you lived in their era, this song changes the molecules in my body, atoms start to smash into each other, long live the Joke.
Check out a band called Ozric Tentacles. They are less dark and industrial sounding, but they share the trance meets rock approach with Killing Joke. "Pungent Effulgent" is the album to start with!
I did not expect this to be a Killing Joke day, but I'm so glad it did. It all started with "I Am the Virus" and then I listed to "Complications," as song a band I was in back in the early 80's covered. Fire Dances is my fave KJ album.
This is an incredible tune! I love 'stumbling' onto, as I call them, hidden gems like this. At 57 and being from Maine, just heard these guys for the first time in 2020! Man, have I missed out!
Almost sounds like it could have been on Brighter Than A Thousand Suns. Jaz has such a beautiful singing voice and I prefer this so much more than something like Loose Cannon or This World Hell,where his voice is more of a growl.
A much-overlooked album and never quite appreciated the way it should've been. It was a little late to capture that quintessential 80s sound, but such a good follow up to NightTime.
@@andrewphippsphillips1455agreed, brighter really is a fantastic release and Jaz vocals are stellar. Better than on outside the gate lol. And I really like that album by the way.
I COMPLETELY AGREE with the Imaginary Suitcase......."kicking butts since 1979 & NEVER giving in or NEVER giving up". This band is SOOOO UNDERATED & do NOT get the credit they dezerve in my book.......AWESOME BAND........"KILLING JOKE" !!!!!!!!!
Brilliant. I could feel the energy from the concert video and hearing it coming through my home cinema speakers made me want to jump into the audience.
Killing Joke aging like a fine wine! Been a fan since Requiem, love everything they've made. Funny thing, I was doing yardwork today and found myself humming "Turn to red"...fan forever LOL!!!
+Tom Stephen So "Pylon" is the name of the new album ? It's perfect to explain their sound to a newcomer... some eelectric tensions Heaven Nirvana sound would have been different without K.J.
Starry&Bohemian Yup, "Pylon" is the name of the new album, exactly. :) Their sound is too original to easy explaining, but if I try to do that, it could be.. industrial metal/rock with post-punk influences, maybe? Of course it's about "new" KJ, not this "Love Like Blood" era.
I get such a feeling of sorrow listening to this. Beautiful lyrics too. They fit the mood perfectly. Makes you feel like as sad as things may be, there's peace to be found in the most abysmal of darkness. A band that truly never seems to have diminished in quality. They seem to just get better, defying easy categorization too.
In the 80’s MTV never played you guys enough but I saw you once and that was all it took to make me fall in love with your music. Everything about this song is perfection.
Capolavoro assoluto, una di quelle canzoni che potrei ascoltare a ripetizione e cantare per ore, una empatia ed una sintonia emozionale e sensoriale assoluta. Poche canzoni mi suscitano tali emozioni, parliamo di pezzi come New Gold Dream dei Simple Minds o She Sells Sanctuary dei The Cult... per dire che siamo a livelli stratosferici !! Bravissimi KJ !!
Amazing band. I remember hearing 80's as a child and being completely blown away. Love Killing Joke!! Can't wait to see them open for Tool in a few weeks.
ive been a friend and fanboy of killing joke for 40+ years now and i love them as much now as i did in 80- fucking brilliant band and awesome people-- raven- rip my friend
I always come back here to remember my Dad who passed away in 2016. When this song along with the album came out, he asked me to download it for him and he loved this song in particular because it sounded like classic KJ to him.
Esse hits mesmo que eu não queira... ele já faz parte de uns dos mais ouvidos nos últimos dias de minha vida... simplesmente Killing Joke teve o poder de me fazer ouvir o rock novamente... que eles durem para sempre!!!
