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

[ade]

Ooh, beautiful Ovation Breadwinner!!!! Want one!!
 
http://www.doremi.co.uk/breadwinner/

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of folk devil
Sent: 30 April 2008 20:58
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] [OT] 29/04 - Live WIRE ! Practices still makesPERFECT... Whata gig !!!


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?"

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> 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 !!!

> 

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> > What an evening.

> > What a sound

> > What a gig

> > What a bind..

> > WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

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> > W I R E !!!

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> > 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...

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> > 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

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> > Markec

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> > np Wire "The Peel Sessions Album".

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