[kj] London gigs

[Tabazan]

Empire song was definitely played last night . . odd it isn't on the CD?

Pre Christmas Gathering?

Sounds good to me . . maybe we should invade The Junction again :)


Marc,


On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:30 PM, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:


> What a cracking pair of gigs!  Unfortunately circumstances meant that I

> barely made it to the pub on Friday, and not at all on Saturday, but

> nonetheless the Gathering was definitely out in force.

>

> Set lists:

>

> 3/10/08

> Requiem

> Wardance

> Tomorrow's World

> Bloodsport

> Complications

> SO 36

> Primitive

> Eighties

> Fall of Because

> Tension

> Unspeakable

> Who Told You How?

> Butcher

> Madness

> Exit

> Follow The Leader

> The Wait

> Pssyche

> Love Like Blood

> Change

> Are You Receiving?

>

> 4/10/08

> The Hum

> Change

> Pssyche

> Love Like Blood

> Eighties

> Whiteout

> Exorcism

> Labyrinth

> Black Moon

> Turn To Red

> Communion

> Money Is Not Our God

> Asteroid

> Timewave

> The Wait

> Pandemonium

>

> encore:

> Pandys

> Wardance

>

> (I could have sworn that they played Empire Song, but it's not on the cd.

> Anyone...?)

>

> Seeing the original line-up (plus Reza) was absolutely amazing.  All of

> them were on top form.  Geordie was - as usual - in another world, just him

> and his guitar, coaxing out that unique, unearthly noise.  Jaz was trimmed

> down and very focused. Big Paul was a powerhouse.  How KJ have missed his

> driving force!  Youth was in his element, very funky.  It hit me once again

> how much of a dance band Killing Joke are, even when the surface of a track

> is hard-edged punk / metal / whatever, underneath is this driving bass and

> drum.....

>

> I was reminded of the Transmission gig a while back, when I saw Big Paul

> and Youth together on the stage for the first time, and I was struck by the

> incredible link between them.  At the time, I thought that was the closest

> I'd come to seeing the original Killing Joke, but no...

>

> Top moments: a lot of tracks are aired regularly anyway, but I love Pssyche

> so much that I don't care!  It was amazing both nights - perhaps better on

> the second night?  But the highlights were definitely the rarer ones,

> primarily from WTF on the first night:  Who Told You How was a

> massive tribal stomp.  Butcher was stunning - one of my favourite KJ tracks

> anyway.  Follow The Leaders, Unspeakable, and Exit were also very powerful.

>

> Worst thing: the lighting. Don't know if it was deliberate, but it was

> pretty hard to actually *see* the band.  Has it been like that at other

> gigs?

>

> There was talk of pre-Christmas gathering.  Sounds like a good idea to

> me...

>

> Jamie

>

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