I’ve decided to start a new category on the blog. The idea is to display music videos which I fondly remember.
In the first of what I hope will be a regular series, I have chosen Killing Joke’s ‘Love Like Blood’.
There are several reasons why I’ve made this choice. First and foremost, it’s a cracking song with a a dark and intense promo to match. Fans of the band may also be aware that, on October 20th this year, former bassist Paul Raven died from heart failure. A sad loss since Killing Joke have always been recognised as an uncategorisable, uncompromising and hugely influential group.
‘Love Like Blood’ was the first record I ever heard by Killing Joke. I was 10 at the time when I first heard it on the radio and found it initially frightening but also thrilling at the same. This is a record where the verses sound just as vital as the chorus.
Despite being hugely impressed with this single, I didn’t really get into Killing Joke again until the early 1990s when I bought the ‘Laugh? I Nearly Bought One’ compilation and then I was introduced to several other cracking songs by them: ‘Empire Song’, ‘Eighties’ (which used a riff supposedly ripped off by Nirvana), ‘The Hum’, ‘Darkness Before Dawn’ etc.
‘Night Time’ (which features ‘Love Like Blood’) still remains my favourite album by them because I loved it when Jaz Coleman sang in a more conventional style. It’s probably their most commercial record but the balance between the natural heaviness of the band’s sound and the emotions pouring out make it the ideal choice for me.
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