Killing Joke - Sanity

[@TheQmurder]

Rest in peace 🕊️ Geordie Walker. Absolute legend, unique and incomparable.

[@HumbertoMendoza1898]

😢

[@gender-e.Sometimes]

Absolutamente único. Nadie suena como él.

[@robredheadmusician]

Brighter than a thousand suns is one of the best albums of all time in my opinion, its a timeless masterpiece from start to finish... and only the cool kids know about it.

[@emmanuelbenghi8798]

Verdade (true)...

[@hoppers6899]

Didn’t like it at all at the time. Thought they were cashing in. Think very differently now. Took the style of the day and made it darker and more atmospheric with some wonderful touches in it. Unmistakably KJ. Shame they don’t like playing it. Up their with their best.

[@wildechild5]

@@hoppers6899 good musicians move on and so should their fans. Their style has changed over the years and this doesn't fit in with their current sound. As much as I like this style better they probably got tired of performing it.

[@danielthommen8243]

Yep, "Brighter than a Thousand Suns" is for sure a timeless piece of work from lost times when everything was better, easier and less stressful... And only we, the cool kids, knew about it...

[@adamsmashups4839]

My first Killing Joke album and definitely my favorite.

[@permaveg]

Geordie passed over today the 26th November 2023. His amazing guitar sound will continue to resonate into the future.

[@nash3527]

RIP Georgie, he will be missed

[@permaveg]

@@nash3527 Geordie, not Georgie.

[@eduardorivera4343]

One of the most atmospheric songs of the 80's.....

[@Emulous79]

It is BEAUTIFUL!

[@midwayinn1043]

Along with mission UK wasteland and chameleons UK swamp thing

[@Shade571]

From one of the most atmospheric albums of the 80s

[@midwayinn1043]

@@Shade571 debatable Mission UK - God's own medicine Chameleons UK - Strange Times The Church - Heyday + Starfish

[@michaelsegrave1282]

Or ever.

[@dogonv]

That big dark guitar underneath the verses. Doom itself.

[@-absurditet-8010]

The 12' featured it alone, gave it the respect it deserved and it was glorious.

[@adam69ify]

And the dark bass line also

[@michaelsegrave1282]

They are so doomy. Good call. It's actually hard for me to listen to them too much, cuz its' so brooding.

[@davidhouston414]

@@adam69ify R.I.P. Paul Raven one of the best

[@adamsmashups4839]

Jaz' voice sounds so beautiful on this one.

[@nimhard]

RIP Geordie. Legends never die.

[@jamesstokes3361]

Read your comment just as Jaz sang "With the thoughts of loved ones in our hearts". What a hero, an absolute one-off.

[@mazzystarsmith5077]

Reincanation, ya🌟🪐

[@benashton9463]

RIP Geordie. One of his best IMO. Haven’t been able to stop listening to dude play since I first heard him.

[@southerner4566]

I think this was the best era for Killing Joke, Mid 80's

[@joedoe9996]

RIP Geordie, forever in our hearts!

[@theredmoonmacabre]

R.I.P. Geordie Walker. One of the greats of Guitar. Glorious work and guitar tone with Killing Joke.

[@andrewluchsinger]

This is just another reason why I miss the 80's. Damn we had some good music.

[@hypnotank]

that break at 2:15 is just incredible. I know KJ hardcores prefer to look down on this era, but this song is epic. The guitar is like a distortion of time against the rest of the beat, but menacing at the same time - the way it all bleeds together is just sublime.

[@Matsopoulos]

Couldn't Agree more

[@Matsopoulos]

Gives me chills

[@yoe91]

a distortion of time against the rest of the beat, what a great way of putting it.

[@gwenaelbourriaud6954]

killing joke is an underrated group

[@demo3456]

@@gwenaelbourriaud6954 I wouldn't say underrated they just never wanted that fame well maybe they did for like 3 years in the 80s but after love like blood they kinda said F that. Glad they stayed that band. Ever notice when bands get big they change and never really in a good way

[@donnaevans8898]

I think all eras of Killing Joke has a place one thing is for sure their message has always been solid, their music honest and Geordie is a freaking awesome guitarist ...

[@danielamaria-kay]

Sono d'accordo con te ma Geordie è partito per un viaggio senza ritorno😢🎸

[@PaulHunter-ih1ye]

R.I.P Kevin ' Geordie ' Walker for whom there could never have been the ' Killing Joke ' and I doubt there will never be again. ❤

[@PS1995-u8r]

This band has such a great sound.

[@michaelsegrave1282]

Check out Shriekback's "Oil and Gold".

[@bulltrunch]

I hated that they changed there first two sounds after Extremities Dirt Various Emotions. I loved the post punk industrial rock and the second new wave sound. I can’t say I love the 3rd sound. Never cared for Industrial Metal stuff. But that’s just me. I’m a sucker for 1980s music I guess.

[@markt5703]

majestic! wish they went back to this sound, each song was an atmospheric masterpiece in which the music was able to breathe

[@televiper11]

RIP, Geordie. KJ forever.

[@3rdPlaya0709]

One of the best guitarist ever. Unspeakable tragic loss

[@spitzeidiomas]

BTATS is a superb album from start to finish. Pure genius.

[@littleboeep]

Im 40 and remember this tape being in all my freinds cars! I grew up in Rochester Hills Mi and we were into ALL this misic...Echo, The Smiths, Aztec Camera, OLD REAL REM, Haircut 100, Jesus and the Mary Chain, New Order...you name it we had it. Prefab Sprout, the list goes on...

[@dieselboy808]

I guess you're 50 now

[@lextalonis839]

@Imix Muan No way. Haircut 100 were great.

[@lextalonis839]

@Imix Muan yeah, good taste! Joy Division gotta be one of the greatest groups ever. Along with The Fall. Though I do love Haircut 100, they kinda ripped off Orange Juice. (The Scottish crew who pretty much invented Indie Pop.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ7Tf4amr91lras

[@estebanvalle715]

The perfect type of friends

[@simonartley1645]

Ah..British bands and you have the cheek to offer us Donald Trump.. Utterly disgusting behaviour..no Sanity from anyone across the Atlantic ...learn some manners

[@benedettobruno1669]

Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Killing Joke and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.

[@benedettobruno1669]

@daniel seddon daniel seddon, yes, but there is a but. If just the European Union machine hadn't existed and each European country could have kept growing at its own pace and on its own path! Instead look at the big mess the European Union has made of old and beautiful Europe! The Killing Joke's "Europe" actually says it all: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naqcY4ymoNWhbKs "What have they done? What are they doing?"

[@benedettobruno1669]

@daniel seddon daniel seddon, spot on! The European Union Bureaucratic Machine doesn't represent the different peoples of Europe. How could it ever? There are so many differences among us! Great Britain has been a crucially important country for the rest of the European countries and the entire World for centuries and it's impossible to imagine our Planet without such a unique and very special country. Europe and the World do need a Britain which is strong and inspiring, as it has always been so far. The Brexit Process does look like a messy and impossible quagmire but I wish that once out of it all, the British People and Great Britain will have found a new fruitful future. From my heart I send you all the very best wishes.

[@luismaturano4774]

@Dan Seddon Not in music thoe 😂

[@JC-hu1wd]

Grazie. We love Sicilia. I hope we return again. I am from West Yorkshire ♥

[@johnnyboy-f6v]

What a great comment. Well said.

[@DamonCook-00]

Solitude breeds leadership. This song speaks so many volumes to me... RIP RAVEN + GEORDIE LONG LIVE KILLING JOKE!!??

[@marcodavid1061]

2:15 to 2:45 is a pure eargasm

[@sverkergrahn9475]

Magic. Here in original length. In later mixes it’s cut to half and Jaz’s words at the start is taken away. Hard to find a good motive.

[@d1654]

We'll remember distant times and places... RIP Geordie Walker.

[@_jacob_schwar_1802]

Criminally underrated album from the mighty KJ, pure dark and atmospheric melancholy... ‘Chessboards’ and ‘Twilight Of The Mortals’ are some other great tracks from BTATS!

[@frankiesaenz7265]

Rip Geordie walker. Godly guitar tone. Thanks for the tunes.

[@gender-e.Sometimes.]

Genius

[@darrenayles5905]

So influential and criminally underrated.....

[@berndhuebner3289]

The master on the guitar and the rest off course is great RIP Paul

[@RoseCrossVato]

Killing Joke is the greatest band of all time.

[@tomjr839]

I do not know why this was not a hit...the beat is relentless...

[@NicMG]

The evolution of this band is just exceptional!

[@vindsvalrpdx]

One of my favorite songs from Killing Joke.

[@markwillingham5343]

R.I.P. Geordie…you will forever be missed !

[@j.d.degard5068]

Their greatest amongst their superb material. So much emotion on this record; dark, beautiful and timeless. Very powerful.

[@michaelsegrave1282]

Brighter's arguably the best "dark rock" albums ever made. Nuthin' else like it, that's original.

[@paultidwell8799]

It's completely before my time and yet WOW.

[@amandaprill1508]

Geordie excellent guitarist

[@johnkeenan9495]

We'll miss you more than words can say Geordie

[@1groovygreg]

Underappreciated genius.

[@stacybigfoot4801]

KJ could record a new album with this sound and it would be the freshest release in years and years.

[@armandourso1526]

Hugs from Brazil 🎉

[@berliner0]

Freaking fantastic

[@dees4you]

I truely Am in love with their music

[@djcooki320]

I put this awesome on my playlist "Dark Kingdom"!

[@Star042181]

Im obsessed with this video, I recently hear killing joke for the first time, and now I have to say its one of the best bands Ive heard.... I only like 80s music, its a shame new bands dont make music like this

[@hervedumont6226]

2:16.....incredible

[@Kitt199]

😮🎉❤ esas epocas del 86 habran sido de la ptm uu

[@nmacog]

RIP Geordie - you were the greatest guitar play ever x

[@JazzCat601]

Great song - Miss the days when this was popular. Whatever happened to the 80s? It was this revolution in music and then it seems like by about 1989 it all fizzled. It was as though there was some shift in consciousness in the music industry about 1982 that lasted till 1988. Wish this type of music was still being produced. Oh well at least the old stuff is still available.

[@TheUtuber999]

Grunge happened.

[@evarosenstadt5893]

Exactly. Grunge killed alternative and postpunk music.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

There's surprising mount of goth/drkwavwe stuff going on in Eastern Europe.

[@aatamirikollinen]

The magic with these guys is powerful.

[@ObZen1134]

Totally underrated song and album

[@kellydelmoral2674]

This song takes me back to the 80’s, taking the train into the city (Chicago) with my best friend to go to the club.

[@Nightsong93]

NEO 🦇🎶🦇

[@raulbric]

I love this period.

[@thiagolennon7925]

One of the best songs.

[@DrGonzo123456789]

Damn I love me some Killing Joke, even their average songs...you can always rely on the rhythm section absolutely killing it.

[@wes5228]

This song makes you feel something magical. Amazing Musicianship-Talent that came together to make great music, I just keep listening to it over and over.

[@bulltrunch]

3:46-4:00 love that bridge. I sign of maybe there is hope. So let the sunrise 🥲 Ugh so good. I love this song 🎧

[@SacredLuzt777]

I'm impressed with this album Brighter than a thousand suns. It has an epic 80's psychedelic sound.

[@KFC1948]

Have you ever tried "Night Time", the predecessing album...?

[@SacredLuzt777]

@@KFC1948 , not really but I will. Thanks 4 the heads up.

[@PatrickGalbraith]

I still have the tape... played it a TON!

[@tramlad2]

Quality song from one of the greatest band's to come out of Britain, flawless, still love them after 30 years

[@freddiefries]

My favourite album too with different lyrics yes 😊

[@bennysizzle79]

Such an amazing track. 2020 and still powerful.

[@seanh3044]

This song almost makes me feel like im in a silent movie! This record is so good that some people shouldn't be allowed to hear it because if you have to have it explained to you. ur never gonna get it!!

[@Bobklijn]

Mystical and mesmerizing. Also beautiful art video, brooding and hallucinant. KJ is a force of nature and Jaz Coleman a multi gifted visionair. Period.

[@Iturra1979]

Una banda que EXPLORABA la música como pocos.

[@brooklyngamer2152]

Oh

[@kolyanikolay4447]

They are the best

[@tubme07]

Had this ..cassette tape and listened it constantly on college. Was in love with this song/album/band. Think I made a video to it for a film class

[@SaturnCrashing]

Wow, what a beautiful song,.... this is my kind of Killing Joke.

[@deirdrenance5581]

I love Killing Joke so much! This track is in my top 5 favorite KJ tracks! I will never get tired of it.

[@Mefiozaur]

For me this album is their best too - just because of the great compositions.

[@redaellidan]

Mamma mia la chitarra mi fa impazzire

[@edisonoside]

One of the most beautiful unheard song

[@Monochrome32]

Great song from an underrated album!

[@bababooey7576]

Hearing this song for the "first time" a few years ago made me realize I faintly recall this song from my childhood as a 10-11 year old. Love the atmosphere to this tune (and video).

[@yukinochaosjapan2021]

Conventional wisdom would have one believe that it is insane to resist this, the mightiest of empires, but what history really shows is that today's empire is tomorrow's ashes; that nothing lasts forever, and that to not resist is to acquiesce in your own oppression. The greatest form of sanity that anyone can exercise is to resist that force that is trying to repress, oppress, and fight down the human spirit. Mumia Abu-Jamal

[@thorstendenker594]

Just one of their masterpieces....

[@ericmiller3708]

My favorite Killing Joke song and one of my favorite songs, period.

[@РоманСвиридов-ф1ц]

Это прекрасно

[@amandaprill1508]

This song is excellent

[@JLG5866]

RIP geordie.. one more Star in the dark night

[@fernandocolexo1033]

Such a Nice song for this days

[@emilycruzado9172]

No entiendo por qué Killing Joke en este tiempo ya no es lo suficientemente conocida y apreciada

[@PauloBorges9]

a mídia não quer saber o que é bom , eles querem que as pessoas sejam ignorantes

[@desconectado7977]

Es una pena que no sea difundida a gran escala. Al menos si vinieron a Perú antes de la pandemia.

[@PauloBorges9]

o Mundo de hoje em dia Predomina o Mal Gosto Musical

[@OgreTheGreenGuy]

Me too, it's the Killing Joke's Sounds of Eigties with Raven, Geordie, Ferguson and Coleman

[@williamsterben]

OgreTheGreenGuy I like the fact that every album is so bloody different.

[@goofygothalien618]

Great profile picture

[@angelofarroni9598]

Liiike. Ciao 👍 53 anni ( luce) , Roma. Ho avidamente comprato questo Lp, a 19 anni. Non ho mai osato tentare 1/2 accordi, roba ruspante, atroce. Ora, desolato, a tavola,ecc . lo strumento Squier, sempre, a vista ampli , delay, chorus, ho il piacere di suonare, brani che + ++ tendenti ad infinito, terminologia di Astrofisica. Con affetto.

[@mnlhsqchjlk2470]

Excelente grupo... Gracias por venir a Perú!... Ahora si, a morir en paz

[@rebeljim5768]

Seeing killing joke live was the most spiritual experience ever. Wish they would play more from this album and night time though. Long live the raven king !

[@Nightmike1989]

Incredible awesome track from this fine band, definitely one of their finest, this from a truly awesome album.

[@fabri0267]

Incrível!!! Sublime e absolutamente inspirador. Killing Joke é de outro mundo. Rock no mais alto nível possivel.

[@douglasalexandre9310]

Concordo com vc. Conheci tardiamente a discografia do Killing Joke e realmente me impressionou. O som desses caras é viciante!

[@gessiman]

Pra mim é inexplicável o sentimento que essa música me traz. Eu fui contemporâneo na adolescência dessa época dark gótica nos anos 80 e até hoje é impactante e atemporal.

[@marcellocolosimo21]

Melhor disco da banda, essa música tocava direto na 89 FM em 1986

[@12-grid89]

One of the bands (this album especially) that inspired me as a musician my band and my solo music. Found out later they were adored by bigs like Metallica and Foo Fighters. This album, "Brighter than a Thousand Suns" I thought was different from their other stuff and was my favorite.

[@williamsterben]

This track is epic.

[@CrimsonThorns]

Love all the Killing Joke catalogue: but I keep coming back to this period of their evolution.

[@richarddavis8170]

What a shame most of the world will never hear this again...

[@markanthony2873]

Great great song....

[@simonediottavio5971]

really love the sound. .great european atmospheres. .

[@newforestpixie5297]

Simone Di Ottavio I’d known or owned all their work up to “ nightime “. On hearing they had new album I asked my sonic youth fan music guru if he’d heard the new KJ album “ yeah - it sounds like fucking AHA “ was his exact words. I wasn’t deterred cos actually liked “take on me “ & “ stay on these roads “ ( wouldn’t share that at the time ) and to this day consider “ adorations” and “ in Cythera “ to be as “ beautiful a ‘pop ‘ song as any bugger could write. Found Pylon bit ‘ samey ‘ - glad Morton’s’ voice has lasted as well as Jazs’ best wishes from wessexshire

[@simonediottavio5971]

@@newforestpixie5297 :) they changed their sound at that point..i know i love their first albums..whats this for was the first i ve ever heard..someone don't like this change but with the time you appreciate that great sounds and atmospheres that Geordie whit his guitar and the band create..thanks Man best wishes

[@metalvox]

R.I.P.....GEORDIE😞

[@mazzystarsmith5077]

R.I.P Geordie Walker😥the world lost a good guitarrist❣

[@kosfireandbushcraft]

true and very sad. he was very underrated.

[@mazzystarsmith5077]

@@kosfireandbushcraft I think, best one goes first😭

[@mazzystarsmith5077]

@@kosfireandbushcraft To young living us, my heard crying😢

[@amonwerner4346]

This stuff gives me goosebumps all the time. Divine material

[@pierrebarrauddelagerie]

C'est ce que je prefere avec Killing joke, cette façon de changer de style en gardant un caractère si fort

[@lush89]

Melodic and menacing at the same time, much like the classic lineup of The Stranglers. Every Killing Joke song could be the soundtrack to the Apocalypse.

[@aggviralbenbow834]

Well said Mateo! Totally right.