Killing Joke - Inside The Termite Mound

My attitude towards Killing Joke is quite ambivalent. On the one side I really like their great music, their sound - on the other side I´m sick of Jaz Coleman´s political radicalism.But Inside The Termite Mound creates a remarkable dark and sinister atmosphere of "endless construction", comparing some human efforts to the lethal and non-individual collective of a termite mound...However, dear Jaz, I´m not bitching about the Western civilization as you love to do. All pictures of human ´termite mounds´ shown are from biggest (and tallest) ´endless construction´ sites of the world - Dubai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Kaohsiung...

Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: keeroy

Length: 07:51
Rating: 4.659091
Views: 20020

Tags: Killing Joke Inside Termite Mound Extremities Postpunk indie industrial

Video Comments

fstop77(November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Simply brilliant. Cheers mate!

blome63(November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is Kafka meets "Der Spiegel", 20 years ago, when we were young.

cromlek(November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is an amazing album. Bloody brilliant. One of my favourites, ever.

beforethree(November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

each instrument is essential, each one brings his parts of darknesshuge song huge band

technosis(November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is one the most brilliant works I have ever heard.He switches the place of the humble termite with that of the modern human - as in the phrase "live to consume, live for momentary pleasure", and the earlier "it's their purpose to serve" (*the modern worker).He reminds us that despite technology we are all just "higher level" animals. We are not that different from the termite.

ErikJoeNoise02(November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I listen to the sound, the endless construction Inside the termite mound.

NRVERTAKEMEALIVE(November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

kj were my boys from 1980 onwards saw them on a regular basis up to 88. first. album is a ground breaker! whats this for! wow! those drums. Jaz still likes to question authourity, politics, religion, structure, etc. thank f~~k cos i havent got time. music to make you think...

horehound82(November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I know this from another life.tyvm

ScumgrindDegenerate(November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That's a well stated opinion. Its a pretty bizzare concept in any case.

djgeel(November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't see for my part Jaz Coleman like a person who manipulate others by his songs, he just reflect his vision and i can agree on a lot with him,after that, it's subjective on differents ways, it's depend on the persons.