[kj] FW: public image reform

[Stephen Robinson]

Are they really people who want to listen to (only) later PIL?

I'm sure in this crazy mixed up world they would be 1 person who  
preferred 10 to Metal box, but I can't see em filling halls with him.


> I do agree with the complaints about the ticket price, it is far too  

> steep.

>

> However I can see Lydon's motivation with the line-up. The Levene/ 

> Wobble line-up might be (almost) everyone's favourite incarnation of  

> the band, but Lydon is clearly proud of everything Public Image have  

> done. What's the point in staging a band reunion if the core members  

> can only play material off the first two albums, never mind the  

> other six? I can't imagine Wobble or Keith Levene being particularly  

> happy about wheeling out 'Seattle' or 'Don't Ask Me' every night.

>

> PiL have always been a schizophrenic band- as one reviewer of  

> Plastic Box said, there are people who want to hear PiL's early  

> material, and there are people who want to hear the later stuff, but  

> not to many who want both. But Lydon has always been happy to delve  

> into the whole PiL back catalogue, and I think he's probably made  

> the best choice here. Pity I'm not paying £45 to see it!

>

> Jim.

>

> --- On Thu, 10/9/09, Peter Moltesen <sneakypete at uwclub.net> wrote:

>

> From: Peter Moltesen <sneakypete at uwclub.net>

> Subject: Re: [kj] FW: public image reform

> To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'" <gathering at misera.net 

> >

> Date: Thursday, 10 September, 2009, 6:19 PM

>

> So Johnny boy is reforming Pil to celebrate Metal Box's 30th  

> anniversary

> with a line up featuring nobody else who actually played on that  

> album ?

>

> No Wobble

> No Keith Levine

>

> And he's charging £45 for the pleasure of his company..........?

>

> Ever get the feeling you've been cheated ?

>

> :o(

>

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