Just to give everyone a forewarning and to fend off any of the coming onslaught Keith Karr might have in mind... (that he keeps promising to deliver but hasn't shown anything for yet!)
I'm going to address some of the issues he thinks he might have with my post that I bashed him on his comment about Thursday's most recent DVD/CD release, Kill The House Lights.
Keith really thinks he has a few bones to pick with me in the graveyard that I buried him in! (As well as some other things.)
For some reason Keith is convinced that the first few songs may not be brand-spanking new demos from Thursday but is rather older stuff that Thursday had done... even despite this:
Do you see the line in that promo ad that says "3 brand new songs"?
Yes a lot of the stuff on the CD was older stuff that they threw on there that they thought some of their more devoted fans would be interested in... But The First 3 Songs Are BRAND-SPANKING NEW!
Ok, now that I've got that covered... it's time to blow up at least one of his missiles before he can even launch an attack...
I actually bought my copy of Kill The House Lights from Best Buy, which had 3 Bonus Exclusive Tracks on it...
- Cross Out The Eyes (Live At The Grove)
- Steps Acending (Live At The Grove)
- How Long Is The Night? (Live At The Grove)
When I initially got the CD and told Keith about it I said something like "the extra bonus songs aren't all that great"...
And Keith went off on me for saying that after I wrote up my very positive and optimistic review of Kill The House Lights... and then bashing him on his comment.... calling me stuff similar to a hypocrite and stuff, and unworthy of saying any of the things I did about him.
Well, let's dispose this myth and put it all out in the light!
It is probably still true that I don't think too highly of those extra bonus songs now any much more... and that is for one simple fact...
And that is because Geoff barely sings half of his lines... and I would rather listen to Geoff singing than relying on the crowd to sing the lines in what I'm listening too!
I really like the uniqueness of Geoff's voice and his style of singing, and that can't be matched or beaten by anyone else!
So when it comes down to it I would rather just listen to studio versions than those extra demos... and even more I would rather be at a Thursday concert than listen to any recording!!!
Also another thing I would like to point out that Keith recently told me regarding A City By The Light Divided is that it is wearing on him.
Yes, the more he listens to A City By The Light Divided the more he is liking the album!
And I think that is true anyway, though there were some more songs on there that appealed to me more than him... but it is an album that you have to listen to a little before you can enjoy the subtleness of it.
Though it still isn't by any means one of the stronger albums Thursday did.
One final thing...
A ways back Keith made a comment to me about "A Sketch For Time's Arrow" on the CD in Kill The House Lights. He said it was much an incomplete song and unwanted material like "This Song Is Brought To You By A Falling Bomb" on the album War All The Time... Which I have to flat-out disagree!
Though "This Song Is Brought To You By A Falling Bomb" isn't one of Thursday's strongest songs instrumentally... I think it has some of the most vivid imagery in it that makes it entirely a totally sweet song by itself!
I personally think the first few lines are the most striking:
Do you hear the jet plane yawning miles across the sky,
Hear the garbage truck back down the boulevard
Setting off the car alarms as it passes by?
Now, can't you just see and hear it? The lyrics just come to life in your mind!
... At least they do in mine, and I think that makes it a totally sweet song!
Which makes "This Song Is Brought To You By A Falling Bomb" on the album War All The Time, nowhere near comparable to "A Sketch For Time's Arrow" on the CD in Kill The House Lights, which I agree isn't anywhere near a decent or completed song in and of itself!
So now you are more prepared for Keith's supposed rebuttal to the attack I made on his comment, in which he promises to bash me quite a bit... but for which we have seen absolutely nothing from yet!!
Do your best Keith!
