TS: The Pretenders' "The Wait" vs. Killing Joke's "The Wait"

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Most of you all know how I feel on this issue....though the frantic blast of guitars and libidinous grunts from the first Pretenders' album is a great track as well. You decide.....

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 4 January 2003 07:03 (twenty-two years ago)

The Band - "The Weight"

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 4 January 2003 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)

White Lion - "wait"

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Saturday, 4 January 2003 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Alex, have you heard Metallica's cover of The Wait? Awesome.

But Killing Joke's original is even better. How the hell did they manage to sound like that?

― mei (mei), Saturday, 4 January 2003 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

With all due respect, I think the Metallica cover is botched (Lars just couldn't replicate Big Paul Ferguson's manic tribal fury, and settled with a bog-standard beat instead). But, big points to the boys for giving it a shot.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 4 January 2003 12:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Metallica?!?! AWESOME?!?!?! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

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SURELY YOU JEST!

― Jaz Coleman (vassifer), Saturday, 4 January 2003 12:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Metallica version is not as good as the KJ for sure.

However, it did get me interested in Killing Joke in the first place, so I've a lot to thank them for.

BW there should only be 12 'ha's in BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

― mei (mei), Saturday, 4 January 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)

lars ulrich is ALL ABOUT bog standard, foo'.

i'm waiting for hetfield to put out a double LP of spoken word a la "the courtald talks."

― your null fame (yournullfame), Saturday, 4 January 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

The Courtald Talks is the most insane CD I have ever heard. I hope Jazz isn't up in front of a sectioning commitee ant time soon.

― mei (mei), Sunday, 5 January 2003 10:29 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

This is the only reference I can find to the Courtald Talks on ILM. So, it's $4 at my local record store... is it even worth listening to? Or is it too bizarre for human consumption?

― stephen morris (stephen morris), Sunday, 23 May 2004 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

AMG had this to say about that:

This is a CD reissue of a bizarre 1989 double LP. Jaz Coleman delivers a monologue and is eventually backed by constant percussion and sporadic guitar. His talk on demonology and numerology suggests that only the present day magician (sometimes masquerading as musician, I infer) can hope to survive the imminent arrival of the "elder gods." This lecture would have gone over big if delivered to the esteemed staff of Miskatonic University. Is Coleman serious? I am now afraid to listen to my old Killing Joke records except from the protection of a thaumaturgic circle. --Thomas Schulte

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 23 May 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I read that, which sort of makes me want to drop $4 to hear it, but on the other hand I don't want my head to explode.

― stephen morris (stephen morris), Sunday, 23 May 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

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