From: halo@tamsun.tamu.edu (Dr. Strangelove)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: jesus jones ?
Date: 15 Dec 1992 14:28:05 -0600
Organization: Texas A&M University
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In article <1992Dec15.154720.10579@rose.com> greg.ipp@rose.com (greg ipp) writes:
<  The latest thing I have heard by Jesus Jones is a re-make of a Jimi 
<Hendrix song, which is available on some compilation that recently 
<came out (sorry, can't be too specific here; wasn't paying much 
<attention when it was on the radio).  Anyway, as for their style -- 
<I'll be glad to see them return to something more along the lines of 
<"Liquidizer".  "Doubt" was just on the line between mainstream and 
<alternative, and to see them try duplicate this style once again would 
<be sad.  _Right Here, Right Now_, was not the type of thing I expected 
<out of this band (and neither did they, if you read the comment 
<written after it on their CD cover).  After thoroughly enjoying _Move 
<Mountains_, and _Info Freako_, I was somewhat dissappointed with their 
<'new direction'.
<
<rev.
<
<(The Jimi Hendrix cover was very liquizider-ish if you ask me).

I kinda agree with you.  I think that Liquidizer as a whole was a much better
album but I thought that some of the tracks from Doubt were better songs.  If I
had to choose between the two, Liquidizer would win hands down.  I've got
several of their b-sides from Doubt single releases and thought they were much
better than some of the tracks from Doubt (Move Me, Maryland, Caricature, Kill
Today).  Doubt was a little polished where Liquidizer was pretty raw (kinda
busy too).  Oh yeah, I think the story behind Right Here, Right Now was that it
originally started out as a b-side (it originally sounded kinda thrashy I
think, probably like Stripped).  The producer got them to polish it up.

Well when Mike said they were going minimal, I was afraid he meant dropping
some of the sampling that Barry D added to the songs.  I hope not.

I've got a compilation with Jesus Jones though it's not recent.  It includes
Damn Good at This and Caricature... they're both credited to Mike Edwards so I
guess this is not what you're talking about.  Guess I'll go looking now.

BTW, I met Barry D (Iain Baker) at our local import shop when Jesus Jones came
to play on campus.  He was intensely scanning the vinyl... probably looking for
more stuff to sample  Sadly enough, I was the only person in the whole place
that recognized him... even the guy behind the counter didn't know who he was.
I didn't want to bother him for an autograph (I deeply regret it now) but I
said hello to him and confirmed who I thought he was.  He's a lot shorter than
what I imagined.  Oh yeah, the rest of the band were spotted at the 7-Eleven
right down the street an hour later.

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