Killing Joke - (1985) - Love Like Blood

[@CBGB_1977]

My friend, Martin played drums with them during this time. He also played with P.i.L., Ministry, NIN, and Pigface. He's a damn cool cat!

[@d3athr0ck3r]

You Know Martin Atkins?!

[@CBGB_1977]

My_Name_Is_Darc yes. I gladly call him a friend for about 5 or 6 years now.

[@laurenjohnston3390]

Hi fried;) Be sure to give Martin a huge thank-you from Canada. Killing Joke was a huge part of Vancouver's alternative army in the 80's and, for kids like myself, it meant everything. This is still one of the very best tracks ever recorded in the genre. Thank you, thank you.

[@michaelcolello2735]

Give him my regards.

[@cockatoomagnet583]

I saw Martin Atkins play drums with Flipper on songs like Sacrifice and Sex Bomb. That show was a ton of fun.

[@ANATHEMANIEL]

Killing Joke, one of the greatest rock bands in history, yet unfairly unrated.

[@foto21]

They pissed off the militarist overlords in America, and paid the price for it. They had some some graphics with pictures of priests and nazis hanging out together, meant as an anti-fascism graphic, but easily could be turned against the band by people who wanted to. The American media is garbage in what it annoints as important music history.

[@kemowasabi551]

Absolutely- so talented, maybe just that they came along in such a musically commercial decade?

[@toddfrendell6837]

Hello Anathemaniel from a decade beyond. I agree w/ R. Mclochness...always wondered if their band name was a Monty Python thing.

[@shawn6669]

"THE" greatest rock band in history. (fixed).

[@frankiesaenz7265]

geordie's guitar tone is to die for, cold,massive,clear,and sharp

[@rlarla6827]

Cold? But it's massive and resonant as hell

[@julesrandolph5687]

RIP, Geordie 😞

[@thelastperfectman4139]

@@rlarla6827cold like cold steel, an audio blade

[@gerdakaddatz6730]

So amazing how these guys enter the song, one by one - a guitar sharp as a razorblade, a drum like a machine gun, a bass like a tennis ball and a voice like an angelic herald of the end times.

[@silversurfer8212]

G. Keddatz. Them brits sure can make great music.

[@TheAnalPunisher]

You forgot the synths like a wet dream

[@Robobotic]

@@TheAnalPunisher gross analogy

[@zokijokic3778]

Yes amazing, magic

[@robbie4860]

@@Robobotic the haunting sound of the synths makes this song legendary

[@MrAlecksTv]

DAT BASS... holy fuck I love discovering older shit that sounds so good

[@mariasandraamador9109]

I just discovered this song not that long ago....LOVE IT!!!!!

[@KJgtabs]

All, drums, guitar, voice, synths, all sound timeless ..

[@17-.-]

just found it yesterday, can’t stop playing it

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

Motel Crue must have loved this song too.

[@MrClassicmetal]

@@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo He he he .... yeah, now that you mention it. I know what you did there... 😆

[@chewbaccalyn302]

Omg i never heard of this band before and i absolutely love them! How did i miss them i grew up in the 80s! Its never too late❤

[@soakedbearrd]

Yeah same here, my cousin put me on. I grew up in 80s and loved the music, but never heard of them.

[@Habeev07]

Word I just found out about them through the Metallica cover from Gargage days revisited! This band goes hard. A gnarly blend of pop rock/thrash. Ethereal in sound.

[@RonnieOwens-kv4oe]

No radio play ...🖤🖤🖤

[@VehabBalovski]

Me too brotha! I was in my own world

[@sonuvabix]

Near the end at 6:11 when all the instruments drop except for the drums and keyboards, absolute genius musical perfection few have ever been so fortunate to accomplish. Swirling, wonderful, and breathtaking.

[@ericgelders]

It is, the dark atmosphere is beautiful. And you can hear the bass drum add to the punchiness of that bass line

[@sara0862]

so powerful...., one of the most underrated bands in the 80s.

[@fredfairley7724]

that bass coming in… my god.

[@sharronrobinson1934]

35 years later & still give a me goosebumps.

[@silversurfer8212]

Still a as haunting as it was 30 some years ago. R. I. P. Paul Raven, fine bass player.

[@stephenjackson6415]

Respect

[@glitchxero4687]

This song epitomizes everything great about 80s music. The first time I ever listened to these guys, my first thought was, "I bet Trent Reznor loves this band." because I can hear their influence heavily, especially in his early music. I didn't get into them until my mid 20s, and I'm so glad I've found them. Killing Joke has become one of my favorite bands.

[@wolverine2244]

Glitch Xero I didn’t discover them until my 40s. Wish I had discovered them when I was younger. They are now my favorite band.

[@alpanezai7820]

fair play about the killing joke song, one of the best of all time, erm unbeatable, even. The 80s music, though I gotta say musically, was quite miserable, generally, like punk was a fading memory (NOT! most great punk bands were still on it, too many to mention one). One thing I will say about Joke was they were a huge 'part of it' and individually, and collectively, were responsible for taking it (punk) to another level. Therefore, among quite old punks we love our KJ, this is one of their all-time best, almost as good as Pssyche(1980 b-side) Mwuahh love all you Jokers...

[@realnamaenashi]

I know this song before i heard Nine inch nails. And i wonder where you hear this in his early music. Pretty hate machine? Broken? I like both btw, NIN and KJ.

[@markusantonio4866]

Weird Science the movie got me into them "Eighties"

[@markbell4345]

loved em ......still do on every lets party occation.

[@supra6t9]

wow im blown away. one of the best songs ive ever heard.

[@hank1972]

+supra6t9 Imagine how I felt in '85?

[@achilleskatsamas9097]

Maybe the same I felt back then

[@dennisinger8611]

this one and she sells sancuary....boom every time.

[@dennisinger8611]

ooow...mist the T in sanctuary....wot wver next

[@deerhunter2218]

King and Queens is better mate

[@elaineabernethy3813]

One of the best songs ever ! The arrangement of the song musically is perfect , the way the drums hook in with the bass line is pure genius! I remember recording this from the radio in the 80s + playing + rewinding the first 30 seconds until the tape snapped ! Absolutely blinding timeless piece of music.

[@ianeverett5461]

One of the best songs I've ever heard. How has this work of genius been hidden from me for all these years?

[@davidgreen7870]

Try .oo,ing fool .

[@reneharde3459]

because commercial music radio sux

[@t.b.2786]

Dieser Song ist meiner Meinung nach seiner Zeit um Jahrzehnte voraus, denn er könnte durchaus auch ein aktueller sein. Absolut gei... Sound! Danke auf alle Fälle, für das hochladen dieses Titels!

[@claudiamariebermudez6727]

I was an 80s child....I had this on vinyl.

[@nymike06]

Me too!

[@jonparis9444]

Me too Claudia. I know a Carlos Bermudez in Michigan. Any relation?

[@stephenruff157]

I still have this on 12" ;)

[@dennisinger8611]

wow...evan befor cd.....you looky girl

[@emolinaandroid6598]

Claudia Marie Bermudez i had Brighter than a thousand suns on tape cassette....

[@marcelsmit8789]

One of the best bass riffs ever !!

[@TheAnalPunisher]

Bass, beat, synths, voice, guitar tone...everything perfect

[@mark240862]

One of the greatest guitar riffs ever... Like a cross between Tony Iommi and the Edge. Sends a shiver down my spine in the best way possible.

[@NicoNico-79797]

Bass

[@allegrabyron4785]

What a gem. I was doing my military service in that year. What memories. Right now I want to cry 😢 and go back to the 80's

[@ralphsmith3529]

God I loved the 80s! So many brilliant bands!

[@813lynch]

1 of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard

[@andyj639]

Memories of blasting this out of my halls of residence 1985! there was still hope then.

[@doce7606]

Bought this when it came out. The huge reverbed guitar sound is so totally epic, the low grand piano and guitar in the breakdown mix awesomely, the chunky rhythm and thudding bass tone is perfect, the gated snare sound is definitive and the altered harmonies in the synth pads are mind-blowing. Killing Joke were the total dogs bollox at this time... Love it !

[@bucketlisttrance9095]

We must play our lives like soldiers in the field But life is short i'm running faster all the time Strength and beauty destined to decay So cut the rose in full bloom 'til the fearless come and the act is done A love like blood, a love like blood Everyday through all frustration and despair Love and hate fight with burning hearts 'til legends live and man is god again (and self-preservation rules the day no more) We must dream of promised lands and fields That never fade in season As we move towards no end we learn to die Red tears are shed on grey

[@StevJame]

I just love this song... I love a lot of music! Echo & The Bunnymen kicked ass too... love so much of their music!!

[@kevlonk]

I always heard it as "a love like flowers, a love like blood." Wow was I wrong.

[@celticwarrior1365]

@@kevlonk You're not alone. I used to think that the chorus was, "Till the big man turned, and he had to turn. A love like blood......! Hahaha!

[@stephenjackson4195]

Quality

[@Albrecht777]

Shades of Mishima and Nietzsche... .

[@shaunmcgrathphotography-eu226]

"Strength and beauty destined to decay so cut the rose in full bloom", Very trippy lyrics.

[@texantillidie24]

Heard this band for the first time a week ago and can’t get enough. I’m a classic rock fan so why haven’t I ever heard of them before?!

[@theylie7297]

Maybe because they're from the UK and the British post-punk and goth scenes weren't very popular in America. Strangely this band went into a more heavy metal direction in the 90's and fell off the map somehow. Very strange band... I like them.

[@dirkkoopmans6814]

They play this record very often on Dutch radio

[@chewbaccalyn302]

Ik me too! Just hearing for the first time now!! Love it!

[@MrEric0576]

I just recently learned about them too as having grown up in the southeast USA I never once heard them on the radio. Thank God for apps like iheart and Jango or I would have never discovered them. Great music!

[@ALLNAMESAREALLREADYT]

ending of this song is a pure masterpiece ...one by one lights are goin' down...

[@Sorefame83]

+John Stromboly THIS.

[@ev9814]

+John Stromboly, fight. your lights will come back on!!

[@ALLNAMESAREALLREADYT]

+Easyandy100 ?

[@ALLNAMESAREALLREADYT]

***** tnx I did'nt know that

[@nicovanham1564]

One of my favourite songs ever! 🚀

[@maurolopesmarziano]

perfect bass line , piece of art

[@celticwarrior1365]

The genius that was Raven!

[@praszu]

It comes from the basemeeeents of: heeeelllll

[@christiandiaz466]

Yes ever piece of art

[@あち-u2h]

mauro lopesmarziano i love this bass sound so much!! i feel so good ever!!!

[@EM-hq7hv]

Is it just me or does it seem like Paul got the least attention. In reviews nobody really mentions him and even music videos they only show him for a couple seconds. That sucks because he played a major part in the band. His bass lines are fucking bad ass. Maybe I'm just crazy, but its bullshit to go unnoticed. RIP Paul

[@davidgonzalez-herrera2980]

I swear dude it was only a year and a half ago that this song video only had like 300,000 views. I bet a lot of young people discovered this song.

[@backslash68]

the album that followed this is also very good (brighter than a thousand suns)

[@FuckSlowShit]

Youngsters realized their generation music sucks

[@ivanasalopek8505]

Recently discovered this song and now I'm obsessed!

[@wazzaruddin421]

All time classic. Blew me away when I first heard this over 30 years ago. Quality muso's, tight knit sound & still as good from those years ago. Great band Killing Joke.

[@rockyquatre1343]

Les années 80 ,,, c'était quand même les meilleurs années pour la musique au point de vue de la variété, et ce morceau ...que du plaisir. Merci à tous ces groupes de légende.

[@WhiteErFox]

I heard this on a radio in the local handy home shop and couldn't get it out of my head. Even when I went to sleep, just before I fell asleep it crept into my head again. So I had to look up the playlists of three radio stations online. (knew about what time it was played). That voice + melody... Glad I found it.

[@DerEchteBold]

Damn, I wish I had a local radio station that played things like this!

[@seangoat]

I heard this epic song on Planet Rock the other day . Great Radio Station 😊

[@brighteyes8474]

Great rock song. Brilliant singing, lyrics,bass,keyboards,guitars and drums. Perfect.

[@paulcrisp9861]

Rockin to this classic gem 💎 of a track in Feb twenty four, listening with headphones 🎧 preferably at high volume 👍😎👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@lucacaracciolo8156]

Done ✅️

[@paulcrisp9861]

@@lucacaracciolo8156 outstanding 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍😎👍

[@lucacaracciolo8156]

@@paulcrisp9861 absolutely, especially the bassline.

[@paulcrisp9861]

@@lucacaracciolo8156 try listening to rain in the summertime by THE ALARM you might like that one too !! ✌️😎✌️

[@lucacaracciolo8156]

@@paulcrisp9861 done last week 🙂

[@winterweasel1]

This song is AWESOME! I haven't heard it in 20 years and it still blows me away!

[@LittleBlue91]

I love his voice. So unusual and emotional. Truly addicted to this song!

[@Arrian1111]

His voice is dark and youthful all at once. A Paradox like the man himself.

[@acaunce8213]

What A Majestic Intro To An Unbelievably Awesome Classic Track From These Guys. Thank You.

[@sylviaullmann4238]

Diese Band,mit diesem Sound,stellen so manche Rockbands locker in den Schatten. Tolle Riffs,super Drums,sensationeller Sänger. Ich liebe diese Band.

[@djs909]

Fucking hell this song is good

[@themussau]

+djs909 too fucking right

[@traceyrobinson7641]

Thank you for taking me back to my youth...i still love this track just as much now..brilliant!

[@ChrisDoesTV]

First time i've checked out this band. Very impressed.

[@alejandrorodriguez-do7rj]

keep in mind this is very different from their first four records ( those sounds sort of Ministry but before them)

[@igloomcyurt3657]

Don't miss "The Great Cull" or "European Superstate" or my favortie "Fresh Fever From The Skies"

[@MegaErrorist]

They're honestly one of the best bands ever. I can pretty much put their entire back catalogue on and not get bored, and their new stuff is actually very good! Their best single's either "The Wait" or the original single version of "Wardance". This single's a bit of an oddity though.

[@krasteff]

Robert Memory, I wish you were in the record shops then rather than now praising the band on youtube. Its too late now, they never became the new Pink Floyd as one of the UK music newspapers called them when reviewing the 1985 LP. Absolutely related to poor sales.

[@jesussanchezlimon6202]

👍👍👍

[@Iday59]

Sacrément entraînant… Un rythme et une mélodie efficaces, tellement 80's. Depuis le temps que je le cherchais ! J'ai longtemps cru qu'il s'agissait des DURAN DURAN, tant les voix étaient ressemblantes. Ce titre était rudement bien conçu… Un vrai bijou.

[@foufure1]

the cure aussi

[@Bootstrap193]

i love this bassline

[@Dreamman71]

Fuckin' great song ! Real people, real instruments.

[@krisscurtis448]

Omg this brilliant song is almost 34 years!! I was young, 22 yrs. Love From Paris France 🗼 💕

[@InsideBilderberg]

It has aged very well.

[@morgellon9449]

Their 80's stuff is so evocative of a distinct 6th sense without a name I'm aware of. It's strongest in dreams, but certain locations and times have it. Something magnetic, channeled with their music. They are truly magical. Geordie Walker is the probably the most underrated guitarist of all time.

[@mishatomskovich7103]

Great guitarist. Same set up as Queen!

[@dawnbutcher4851]

One of the darkest most beautiful tracks ever....but only ever the long version not the short. Becomes a monster after the lyrics finish luckily this is the long version and it still rocks 35 years later .

[@guycooper5959]

Brilliant ! Captures the mood of the eighties!

[@ediblekorn]

This was the song to get me into killing joke. So good

[@MrDazydude]

love it. driven by its bassline and intrigueing lyrics, this piece inspired me throughout all my rockband years

[@DeadRedLipBombshellHutto]

1985 man i was just born of the month of June. Still a great song 💆💆💆💆💆💆😷😷😷😷😵😵😵😮😮😕😕😕😧😧😐😐😬😬😬🙈🙈😶😶😑😑😑😑

[@sandrodellisanti1139]

wow, first heard this wonderful Song in 1987, thank you so much dear Killing Joke, now i am 50, so many greetings from Brunswick in Germany:)

[@007cartav]

Wow...... I miss the 80s music

[@michaelsilla8626]

I'm livin in the 80's...still in 2019

[@suzannehornery1201]

Yep as I say u got a good song in the 80s it was great u got a bad 1 & it was truly awful

[@frankiecarter2341]

I was in the Navy over in the far east in the 80's This is the kind of music that kept me grounded to America

[@davidaskew1564]

Bought the 12" as soon as I heard this one FANTASTIC TRACK still is!!!

[@pinomiraglia8256]

This was the killing joke most famous song in italy, in the 80 years, for the italians follower of altrnative or indie music like punk rock, punk hardcore, new wave, gotic, heavy metal, a lot good songs in that years

[@foto21]

This actually made it into grocery stores and airports in Europe. In the USA, it was stuck permanently underground minus some alternative radio stations. Of course, college radio played it. I played this for people endlessly at the time. Many people dug it, mostly dudes. Chicks not as much, it depended. I'm not sure if the Love Like Blood video even aired much. The flag waving was seen as vaguely communist and MTV was NOT a progressive network in any way shape or form. They had a Sunday night program called 120 minutes which ran 'underground' music and this would have been shown there. The video for Eighties got the biggest rotation, but still not that much. Remember, Metallica, of all bands, got hardly any MTV rotation until Enter Sandman. College radio played this, not much else. There were ZERO alternative FM stations until grunge hit, and this predated grunge by 5 years. Drumming like a machine, but NOT a machine. Quite the difference. Jaz wrote some damn adult lyrics, he is undercredited on the lyrical side of the equation.

[@stephenjackson6415]

80s we’re living in there 80s … unbelievable tune … memories of this as a kid . The tube channel 4 live

[@williamj.6418]

This song is just one of many that prove the Singles collection is one of the best collections ever put out.

[@InsideBilderberg]

True that.

[@kevindunbar8675]

Real Band Music, Brilliant...

[@MickHurst65]

Seedy club nights of my youth brought back to life, floor full of dancing weirdo's.

[@redghettosun9785]

+Mick Hurst Hey I resemble that remark.

[@catcatvoon]

I was probably one of those weirdos

[@scottyfox6376]

Yeah I was shambling through the haze of cigarettes clutching my bourbon & coke amongst the swirling nightclub lights.🧟‍♂️

[@michaelcolello2735]

TAKE ME BACK I fucking miss the bat cave, lemme tell ya.

[@mohameddjelloulmazouz7870]

Bonne époque Bell chanson o moin des musiciens des vrais bravo

[@chelseaacidcasual2825]

Boys take a bow.....class tune from a class album.....you can die happy.

[@didiervidry7687]

C est la vérité !

[@birgitsieg1908]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Memories!!!!!!!!Love it

[@carlosdossantos6257]

Bela música, apesar de muito antiga ...e tão apaixonante !

[@henkdegroot5872]

Door dit nummer ben ik een aantal jaren geleden op deze band geattendeerd. Het was vaak op de Nederlandse radio te horen.....

[@linguatonica9782]

Don't miss comment: this is one of the few guys who knows what music is and can write about

[@michaeltooke3398]

still alive. still listening to '80s music

[@GILLESSAISSI]

master piece

[@pauladams4233]

Yes yes yes!

[@nyckireynolds5628]

They are opening for Tool in November. I've loved these guys since I was little. Fan since 1985.

[@InsideBilderberg]

Same year I got into them after hearing Night Time album in a party.

[@michelleleehoward2301]

Make sure noones messin around and noones throwin mud

[@tracywhipple4364]

Whhhaaaaaaat??? Would never have guessed. Did you see?

[@flipjupiter1]

This song is insanely good. Not sure how it did in 86', I was 7 years old. Nonetheless a fantastic song.

[@emptychannel2493]

Great memories. My Love (1928) and I (1965) have both fallen victim to dementia. :-). Thanks for this song. For me (1965). She's in to other music.

[@mickthemardy]

Great music, great times, great artists

[@christiandiaz466]

John Green yes great time never back into the modern world;(((((((

[@adinocc2042]

This is a great track that I'd forgotten about! So good! I love it!

[@garynorris8492]

The 12 inch extended version is just relentless on the eardrums!

[@christianpirotte5945]

super, super morceau ...et qui a déjà + de 35 ans, totalement indémodable. Un son exceptionnel et ennivrant !

[@ericlebrun1640]

amazing bassline by paul raven!!!!! RIP

[@riskromer9773]

this song kicks ass so much :O

[@TIG10109]

One of the best punk bands of the 80's along with dead Kennedys, very underrated!

[@haxio17]

@@andrepereira744 Well they do belong to Punk and Other Cultures

[@haxio17]

@@andrepereira744 I bet your weren't even there ha ha

[@henridelhaye7844]

Le générique de l’émission  Pop-Rock Station avec Francis Zegut, l'animateur de radio qui revient souvent sur les groupes qui mon marqué.

[@Chamindo7]

Loved this song when I was 18. Still love it and I have an 18 yr old son now who thinks I'm a cool dad. Love my kids, they are cool. Killing Joke, forever awesome.

[@atila8159]

Inmortal.....

[@fabriceviktorr.2191]

Absolutely gorgeous song

[@KLKehoe]

My youthful years are highlighted listening to this again.

[@ThreeBeingOne]

rock this at least once a week.

[@berniferrer8263]

Perfecto, maravilloso, insuperable, sideral!!!!!! 💞💞💞💞😍😍😍😍😍

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Great song. I listened to it Five times in a row. This was a bit of a hit on those “left of the dial” stations

[@carlosmansilla3880]

I listened this brilliant song un 1987. The bass and the drums exploted my brain . Today is the same young sensation when i listen.

[@RockPoet68]

Habe mir vor 37 (!!!) Jahren diese Single für 6,00 DM gekauft....Und liebe diesen geilen Rocksong immer noch!

[@russfrancis4220]

Los Angeles, 80"s, music, beach. WISH I WERE 19 AGAIN!!!

[@FMZ101]

Finally I found the band and song name!

[@Emulous79]

One of the most beautiful and rousing songs ever.

[@TheRichEDagger]

First time hearing this song, and I'm in love.

[@LividImp]

Check out their first album, a masterpiece. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2i6gXxqia98o9E

[@acidgout]

The Singles Collection 1979 - 2012 is out by april 2013!!! Thank you KJ!!!

[@JuarezsantossousaSousa]

Simply wonderful..

[@bjornkok29]

great one Rasalinga, way to rock!!!!, many thx!!!

[@johnnymunzel2425]

Still love it so much, keeps me young

[@Diankaveilla]

La fuerza y la belleza destinados a la decadencia. Corazones ardientes!

[@JacobBite]

Much better than the commercial version.

[@erikrudolph5769]

Pat Moon comercial version?

[@gitana8281]

It's one of my favourite songs of Killing Joke! ❤❤❤❤❤❤ On my playlist! I listen to this on my 4-hour walks. 😂❤