[kj] SBE - A Neutral Perspective.

[Phillipps Marc]

>This is my first posting to the gathering, so be easy on me ;)

Welcome . . 

We're not that frightening really (as long as you avoid the arse of Moss)

:o)

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> From:	David Schofield [SMTP:David.Schofield at wcigroup.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 02, 2005 1:39 PM
> To:	gathering at misera.net
> Subject:	[kj] SBE - A Neutral Perspective.
> 
> Hello all,
> 
>  
> 
> This is my first posting to the gathering, so be easy on me ;)
> 
>  
> 
> I must start by stating that I'm not a big KJ fan, but my wife is (hello
> Chris!) and as a result I have had a fair bit of exposure to the music.
> There are some songs I like, and I can appreciate the influence of KJ on
> bands that I do like. Also, there are some songs (and at least one album)
> that I don't like. I have seen them before a couple of times back in the
> mid 90s and enjoyed it, but couldn't make the 2003 gigs due to work.
> However, Mrs S persuaded me to stump up the readies for a weekend in
> London for the anniversary shows....
> 
>  
> 
> Thursday.
> 
> Started off with a couple of pints of murky cider in the Goldhawk tavern.
> We didn't talk to anyone in there, but we were stood near the bar looking
> to see if we recognized anyone from the various posted photos and trying
> to rembember faces to put names to when the photos of the evening appeared
> ;)
> 
>  
> 
> Left at 7:45ish and had a wander down to the Empire to gawp at Alex.
> Remember being vaguely disappointed that hes middle aged (last and only
> photo I saw of him was probably 20 years old!). After another couple of
> pints and deciding that dub is among the great under-rated musical genres,
> Alex went off and KJ appeared.
> 
>  
> 
> By this time I was really up for it, and for the first couple of songs I
> was dancing along with the best of them. But then it all went downhill. I
> don't know if its because we were stood less than 6 foot from the speaker
> stack to stage right, but the sound was atrocious. Apart from Asteroid and
> Requiem, I didn't recognize another song - mainly because every one
> sounded exactly the same. I have never heard the sound so bad at a gig
> before and I have never been so bored at a gig before.
> 
>  
> 
> Ended up having an argument with Mrs S when I stated that I really wasn't
> impressed with it ;(
> 
>  
> 
> This left me really not looking forward to Friday night, and if it had
> been in Leeds/Sheffield or somewhere else close to home, I wouldn't have
> gone. But the weekend was already paid for, and after a family day in
> London and meeting up with one of the wifes old friends (Susan) I was
> suitably cheered up ;)
> 
>  
> 
> Friday.
> 
> Started off again in the Goldhawk tavern; again we didn't talk to anyone
> and neither of my companions recognized anyone from back in the day, but I
> did recognize some people from the night before...
> 
>  
> 
> Wandered down to the Empire at 7:45ish again and found a space by the side
> of the bar to the left of the stage near the side steps. The view this
> night wasn't as good, but the sound was considerably better. I actually
> enjoyed tonight and thought it was a significantly better gig - even
> though the birthday cake was very cheesy (and seeing as the first song was
> written in 79, a little too late!).
> 
>  
> 
> In conclusion, Thursday night was more of a poor warm-up gig for the main
> event, but Friday was good. If I had just been to Thursday, I would not be
> going back to another KJ gig, but Friday just about pulled it back enough
> to contemplate doing the return drive down to Cheltenham (depending on
> when it is), and we'll probably be somewhere on the next tour.
> 
>  
> 
> Dave
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