From: greg.ipp@rose.com (greg ipp)
Subject: Re: jesus jones  1/ 2
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 03:48:23 GMT
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Date Entered: 12-15-92 22:45
Quoted from: halo@tamsun.tamu.edu (Dr. Strangelove)

> 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.
> 

  I listened to Liquidizer non-stop for about 4 months after I got it, 
and off and on since then and I'm still not sick of it (this is 2 & 
1/2 years later).  This album is truly standing the 'test of time', 
since most of the stuff can compete in cutting-edgeness with most of 
the Jesus Jones influenced music coming out now.  The raw sound, and 
intense layering of samples makes it more musically interesting, 
although less listenable than Doubt (which is obvious, since one was 
a semi-success, while the other was not.  The first time I heard Info 
Freako, in fact, was on some local TV station in-between two shows. 
Evidently the programing director has some good musical taste.  Other 
than that, I have only seen the video two or three times on MuchMusic, 
although they decidedly over-played the _Right Here, Right Now_, and 
_Do You Feel Real?_ videos).  I wish they had released the original 
verision of _Right Here, Right Now_ as a late b-side.  Or did they? 
(anybody know?).

> 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.
> 

Judging from the _Voodo Child_ cover, this is not the case (more on 
that in a bit).

> 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.
> 

Someone was telling me about a CD they had with a song called _Info 
Psycho_, or _Info Cycle_ (which, I don't know) on it.  Can't find that 
anywhere, and he said it was an excellent re-mix of _Info Freako_. 
Anybody got a complete list of Jesus Jones releases, including any 
singles and EPs?

> 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.
>

Jesus Jones seem to be a very social group.  They spoke at length with 
the people at MuchMusic and other radio/TV stations while on their 
Toronto tour date.

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That new release I was talking about is a cover of _Voodo Child_ by 
Jimi Hendrix, and is available on the Ruby Trax compilation which is 
ONLY (in Canada at least) available on import.  The price for the 3-CD 
set, is about $65Cdn, and is supposedly well worth the cost.  I had 
recorded the song while listening to the 'Thursday 30', and just 
located it on my tape.  This was the first time I had really listened 
to the song, and it is excellent.  One of their better releases 
(really).  It has a strong sampled beat, and lots of strange, ambient 
noises.  Slightly more airy than Liquidizer material -- comparable to 
_Stripped_.  ME's voice is warped and far-off, as in keeping up with 
the MBV scene.  It would be nice on ACiD, with some good lighting and 
sufficient volume.
  The only place you'll get it is on the Ruby Trax comp, (happy I 
taped this one...) so if you have the money, it would be worth it, 
since that song is supposed to be a good indication of musical 
level of the rest of the album.

BTW: Some Toronto bands which are really good, and have been heavily 
influenced by Jesus Jones stuff: Rail T.E.C., and Technicolour 

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