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somniloquacious
Depressed funk is pretty accurate, like a demented, detached, lo-fi funk. It's so bleak, wihout any of wryness you got with Anthrax, but that riff is so fucking bad ass.
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shrinkwrapped
@mottly you'd think so, but their new album isn't a patch on this. Nothing has been since. Also, this isn't the original Solid Gold recording.
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jimmystagger
Almost makes more sense with King singing it now in his later years than it did with him as a young man trying to sound old, as has been mentioned.
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ctd55
A clear change in (revolutionary) tactics: Rock is dead, long live depressed funk! The stark, tired mood from "Anthrax" reemerges here and casts a pall over the entire album. For all its alienation effects, Entertainment! still rocks. With the guitar up front and providing clear hooks, the music is abrasive and aggressive, but still quite catchy--its controlled assault giving voice to an eagerness for revolt. But the verve of that sound is inconsistent with what Go4 have taught us, namely that we're beetles on our backs, trapped in a world where individual agency comes to nothing in a struggle against history. So our energy is sapped and our aggression reined in: the tempo is more deliberate, King's singing is flatter and less melodic, and Gill's playing is more desultory and experimental. That last change is the crucial one: the guitar doesn't begin (quietly) riffing until the halfway point, because its revolutionary energy now lacks direction. Hope is dying out.
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