[kj] Milan report

Matthew Tibbits matt_tibbits at hotmail.com
Sun Sep 21 07:30:35 EDT 2008



Excellent report. Thanks for that! That's cranked up the anticipation level a few notches!! We seem to share similar taste in songs, too. Tomorrow's World, SO36, Unspeakable, Butcher, Fall of Because are all faves of mine along with the more usual suspects. I love the slower, sinister ones just as much as the stompers. Glad your daughter loved it. I love seeing the look on the faces of friends/family watching KJ live for the first time!



> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:20:01 +0200> From: lucasignorelli at alice.it> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] Milan report> > TB ha scritto:> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YftaHMpQ4II> >> > It's horribly clipped due to the volume and I can't for the life of me > > figure out which song it is.> >> > It's a real shame the sound is so horrible, as SO36 was one of the > highlights of a fantastic night.> > Here's some random thought on the Milan show (first night, 19/9 )> > First the obvious question - yes, Big Paul makes all the difference of > the world. His style is simply so personal, his drumming so much "up > there" than you can't help feeling that his presence was sorely missed, > particularly on stage . Which for me is a big personal satisfaction, as > I've always felt KJ needed Paul, and no one else behind the drums (this > includes Dave Grohl). Big Paul is Big Paul, as much as - on a completely > different context - Dave Lombardo is Dave Lombardo.> > The boys look in excellent form, particularly Jaz, which is now back in > a lean & mean top notch shape, very focused, calm, but still with that > unmistakable thing floating behind the surface. He looks younger than > I've ever seen in ages. Geordie suffered some minor technical problem > in Milan (not his fault) that made the start of the show a bit rambling, > but once they were solved, he did the amazing guitar work you've come to > expect from him (I'm really spoiled when it comes to Geordie!). I > hand't seen Youth since that fateful Turin gig back in 1981, so I > can't make comparisons, but live he's simply great. I've already told > about Big Paul - by the way, he looks like he didn't age one single day > since the last time I saw him (1989!). Is there a pattern here?> > The gig was wonderful. The Rolling Stone club (the last time I saw KJ > there was 22 years ago!) was packed, very varied attendance in age, sex > and dressing code. I was there with wife and daughter, and we looked > like an average Italian family who had simply popped in by mistake - I > believe some people was REALLY puzzled seeing me wildly dance for the > entire duration of the gig!> > The song list - oh gawd, where do I start? The idea to play the fist > album and "What's This For" back to back in the order the songs were > recorded (with some minor variation) turned out to have been excellent. > The song form a natural progression that begs to be used live. Opening > grandeur with Requiem, wild (war) dancing with War Dance, two "disco > from hell" moment with Tomorrow's World (what a cool song!) and > Bloodsport, then Complications (with Jaz screaming "Pasta price has gone > up 30%!!!" - everybody laughed), then one of the highlight of the show, > SO36, great, great song (my daughter was all wide eyed at this point). I > noticed that "The Wait" was missing, but I just tought about the > encores, and it was "Primitive feelings, primitive ways" as you may have > guessed.> > The first part of the show has a distinctive happy feeling (albeit > distinctively malignant!) and make for a great warm up. Eighties was the > bridge between the first and the part. This was the moment when memories > of THAT Geneva show in november 1983 (the night they played Eighties > live for the first time - most amazing gig I've ever seen in my life) > came almost unexpected. And with that, memories of Raven (but this is > not the place to talk about this)> > I mentioned Geordie's problem with monitors - by this time he was > starting to get upset, which is always a good thing for his guitar > playing. So I shouldn't have been surprised when "The Fall of Because" > LITERALLY hit me like a ton of bricks right in my neck. My daughter > declares Fall was the greatest moment of the show - I still think the > entire show was the highest moment of the show, but I can see her point. > FoB is simply SCORCHING - deadly stuff, and the introduction to the most > intense sequence of songs world has ever heard. Tension was just > slightly less brutal, but it may have been just me, because at this > point my brain was just gone in a state of complete panic - the next > song, the next song... I've been waiting sooo long to hear it again...> > And the next song came - Unspeakable. When the > wwwwwooooooooooooooohhhhhh of the synth introduction started I wanted to > scream (well, I did scream, but no one heard me). I couldn't get my eyes > of Jaz - he really changes when singing this one. Actually, everyone > changes - it's just like that. When you'll hear it, you'll know why> > After that I was thinking - ok, the Butcher. But I didn't recognize the > intro of the next song, and - knowing that they have brand new stuff > ready - I thought it was a new song thrown in for good measure. But then > Jaz started "WHO TOLD YOU HOW WHO TOLD YOU HOW WHO TOLD YOU HOW". I had > simply forgot about that one! And it was a blast, I had never imagined > it would sound sooo cool live (and so different!). Memories after this > get a bit hazy - maybe it was the non stop dancing, maybe the aftershock > of Unspeakable, don't know. Madness was another highlight (great > singalong by the crowd), as Exit (complete with dog barking!) and Follow > The Leader, which in the years as become far, far harder stuff than what > was recorded in What's This For. And Butcher. Oh boy, Butcher. That's > another one that live goes a million times better.> > Encore time - The Wait (poor, clueless, pitiful Metallica, what DID they > were thinking?), Changes (more singalong), Are You Receiving, Psyche and > then, out of the blue.... Asteroid!!!! At this point even I had problems > keeping the pace, and if they could had "Folks Songs From The Spanish > Inquisition" instead I would have continued dancing nonetheless, so even > a song a bit "different" from the rest of the set was welcome and gave > me a big smile. The crowd was simply mad - they had been sucked into. > Great, great Killing Joke magic, they're the exclusive on that (Sex > Pistols in Turin last June was a great experience, but this is simply on > another level)> > The bottom line? Wonderful gig, the amazing band we've always loved in a > top form, great vibe, great fun, you must not miss it. I know that this > may sound the rants of an old time gatherer (one of the oldest, I'm > being told!) and yes, this is precisely what it is - I'm proud of my > total adoration of these guys and their music. Milan just confirmed all > I've thought about them. And it's no any nostalgia trip. KJ music at its > best works now, and is relevant now as it was 30 years ago - my daughter > is a confirmed techno/electro freak, but she loved every minute of it. > This almost eternal quality (wich is the trademark of all great > artistry) is the most treasured feeling I will take with me when I'll > rememeber this night in Milan.> _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

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