[kj] Entertainment?

antoni at clara.net antoni at clara.net
Mon Jan 24 14:26:59 EST 2005


Many thanks to both Graeme & Brian for their informative GO4 reviews ... now 
back at work today & I had a "cheeseburger" at lunch ... just getting in the 
spirit !

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graeme Rowland" <crackedmachine at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 3:54 PM
Subject: [kj] Entertainment?


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> Nice to see Gatherer Jane Shadforth at the Manchester
> Gang of Four gig last night. It was a great gig by
> another old post-punk group (like Killing Joke & Wire)
> rediscovering what they did best. Most of the set was
> unsurprisingly from the first two albums, although
> there was one song I didn't recognise.
>
> Is this entertainment? Jon King waving as he sings
> about "Damage Goods" - "I'm kissing you goodbye!" But
> it wasn't goodbye, and Gang of Four were always above
> mere entertainment. They were soon back to report on
> the worst thing in 1954, singing "I Found That Essence
> Rare," the song that should've been their big hit in
> an alternative reality where Little England was taken
> over by commie squatters of anti-bourgeouis
> egalitarian consciousness.
>
> King's dancing is camp and hilarious. They might've
> made a few trivial mistakes, bassist Dave Allen even
> prematurely curtailing "Damaged Goods" during the
> intro. "He made four mistakes and he wants to
> apologise," guitarist Andy Gill humourously lambasted.
> "That's nothing! Andy made sixteen!" retorted Dave,
> and I wondered if Andy's antics on "He'd Send in the
> Army" were intentional or if he had lost the plot. His
> ponderous guitar plucking sounded like a brain damaged
> smart bomb victim trying to recall a lost national
> anthem, whilst Jon smashed a bar onto a board.
> Songs I remember GO4 playing -
>
> What We All Want
> Not Great Men
> Natural's Not In It
> Return the gift
> Paralysed
> Ether
> He'd Send in the Army
> Anthrax
> At Home He's a Tourist
> To Hell With Poverty
>
> We Live As We Dream Alone
> Damage Goods
>
> I Found That Essence Rare
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