[kj] [OT] 29/04 - Live WIRE ! Practices still makes PERFECT... Whata gig !!!

[folk devil]

Speaking of Drill, have you seen this rather weird, wire moment?
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6eAOmz-Aag

> From: karen.weil at sddt.com> To: gathering at misera.net> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:31:33 -0700> Subject: Re: [kj] [OT] 29/04 - Live WIRE ! Practices still makes PERFECT... Whata gig !!!> > "Could it be a ... drill?"> > Love Wire; they are so incredible.> > k.w.> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MARKEC" <markec at telenet.be>> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" > <gathering at misera.net>> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:24 AM> Subject: [kj] [OT] 29/04 - Live WIRE ! Practices still makes PERFECT... > Whata gig !!!> > > > What an evening.> > What a sound> > What a gig> > What a bind..> > WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW> >> > W I R E !!!> >> > Wire are back. Well, since 2003's "Sent" they are.... Not that they were > > ever really "away". There was also inbetween DOME and WIR.. and so on > > but...> >> > For the first since quite some time WIRE are touring again !> > And I went to yesterdays gig in "TSTUK" in Leuven (Belgium). Oh boy!> > What an energy, what a show...> >> > Their adagio aka song "Practice Makes Perfect" surely counts ! They ar > > still on a high ! What a live performance.... Wire blows all them young > > would be bands of nowadays, trying to sound like, but not "having it" > > away. That's for sure.> >> > Colin Newman: "Hi, we're Wire". And what would follow was one and a half > > hour of Wire-gems. The Wire train was rolling and sounded great: > > Avant-Garde-Art-Punrock-greatness in overdrive !> > The mainset was mainly build on the to be released new album "Object 47", > > and those songs sound great, so I can't wait to get my hands on that new > > album (July) and also songs from 2003"s "Sent", containing one of the > > evenings absolute highlights: "COMET" !> >> > Further on the set, and mainly in the encores, the band returned 3 times, > > we got really old Wire-gems such as "1.2.X.U" ( and of cours yours truly > > singing along "I saw You in A mag Kissing A Man") but also "Three Girl > > Rhumba" (so that's where Elastica nicked their riffs !!!) and "Too late". > > And yes: "Reuters" !!> >> > But - and maybe not an obvious choice - also "The Boling Boy" from 1988's > > "A Bell is A Cup Untill it is Struck" was amongst those songs, and as far > > as I'm concerned, amongst the absolute highlights of the evening ! > > Although the songs was played much faster and rawer then on in it's > > album-version, it was recognised at the first note, and also appeared to > > be a great crowdpleaser...> >> >> > During the evening one of the fans kept on shouting "Mr. Suit!", whilst > > Newman kept on answering "We don't do requests"! And.. Well there was no > > need to, as the band's own choices for their setlist where pretty good. > > So why complain? Of course, I would have liked to hear more of "my" > > favourites, such as "I should have known better", "40 Versions", > > "Strange" and "The Art Of Stopping" but one can have it al, can one?> >> > This was a great evening. With WIRE sounding fresher and intense then > > ever......> > Wire anno 2008 is just bloody awesome.> >> > After a couple more gigs in Belgium and Holland they'll return to the UK > > to do series of shows there so....> > Check them out !!> >> >> > Greetz> >> > Markec> >> >> > np Wire "The Peel Sessions Album".> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > Gathering mailing list> > Gathering at misera.net> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> > > > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

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