[kj] Hammersmith highlights

[Neil Perry]

How was the sound? And does the general euphoria of the show compensate for
what
I think is a slightly disappointing set list (in terms of the same old songs
reappearing). Does
anyone hold out any chance of our fantasy set lists ever becoming reality or
do you think
large chunks of the back catalogue will never again see the light of day?
Just thinking aloud...
n


On 17 October 2010 14:17, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:


> Yep, fantastic night.

>

> We arrived very late - too late for the pub, unfortunately - but saw a fair

> spread of Gatherers inside.  The crowd was enthusiastic, and the band on

> fine form.  I spent the first few tracks and the occasional rest period

> later on just watching Geordie.  Incredible as ever.  That aside, it was

> into the pit for some honest sweaty fun!

>

> Musical highlights for me were:

>

> Absolute Dissent - this got chopped from the setlist at Bristol, and it's

> one of my faves off the album.  I was struck again by the similarity of the

> riff to Pssyche.

>

> European Super State - wonderful bouncy dance number.

>

> Requiem - judderingly powerful version, really wound up the crowd.

>

> Eighties - what a monster song this is!  Crunching, triumphant...

>

> Asteroid - my daughter loves this one, so watching her disappear into the

> pit reminded that actually I quite like it too!

>

> Change - great till the silly sirens kicked in.  But the start was

> awesomely hard and funky.

>

> Pssyche - everyone went crazy, as the song deserves.

>

> Much else was also of very high quality (Primitive, Tomorrow's World,

> Bloodsport, Complications, Love Like Blood, Fall of Because, The Wait).

> Definitely buying the CD set.

>

> Musical disappointments:

>

> Ghosts - probably the one I was looking forward to the most.  As Rob said

> to me at the time - it was just a bit flat.

>

> Kali Yuga & Singularity - because they didn't play them.  OK, I wasn't

> really expecting them to, but...

>

> When Jaz said he wanted to introduce his friends, I thought we were going

> to get the usual "this is so-and-so on guitar" (cheers), "this is so-and-so

> on bass" (cheers) etc etc.  You've all heard it somewhere.  But in fact, it

> was a deep, heartfelt, and very individual tribute to the rest of the Joke.

> It was odd that Raven didn't get a mention though.

>

> Cheers,

>

> Jamie

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com>

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>

>  But markedly no reference to Raven. 3 years this week!

>

>  Fabulous night. Great to see so many gatherers!

> Had a lovely time at the gay disco down the front with Jamie, Dirk and Paul

> Stronkle!

>

>

>

> On 17 Oct 2010, at 09:23, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:

>

>   One was definitely John Hinklenton (spelling according to Wiki).  Not

> sure about the other, but Youth's dad would make sense.

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

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>

>  I believe it was Youth’s father (Alan Glover) and John Hinkleton (the

> Judge Dread artist who spent time in the studio with KJ and later checked

> into Dignitas) ... but you are right that previously it has been dedicated

> to Ron and Ron ...

>

>  *From:* <gathering-bounces at misera.net>gathering-bounces at misera.net [<gathering-bounces at misera.net?>

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>

>  Great summary, thanks lots for it.

>

>  *> ..LLB next. It was dedicated to two people. Don't know who. *

>

>  I think the two persons Love Like Blood is dedicated to are Jaz's and

> Geordie's fathers, as in past. (both are deceased).

>

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> *Sent:* Sat, October 16, 2010 5:08:40 PM

> *Subject:* [kj] Hammersmith highlights

>

>

> It was a long gig. They must have played the entire first album, except

> SO36. From memory, other albums visited were: WTF (Madness, Fall of

> Because); Nighttime (80s, LLB); Pandemonium (Pandemonium); KJ 2003

> (Asteroid|); Absolute Dissent (AD, This World Hell, In Excelsis, European

> Super State... and others but I forget now). Also Change and Pssyche.

>

> It was reported on the Gathering recently that Geordie was seen to smile on

> stage. I can report that he was smiling tonight too, a hell of a lot. He

> must have some good stash at the moment. He did not smoke on stage (not that

> I saw) and I doubt he even had time to have one in the break. Nor was there

> a bottle of wine on the amp. It's like he's being professional, or

> something.

>

> They opened with Tomorrow's World. Youth's bass wasn't working at first.

> They then did LLB next. It was dedicated to two people. Don't know who. To

> my ear, Youth messed it up a bit in the instrumental break, or perhaps it

> was a mixing problem.

>

> If there was one song that really got the crowd up it was Requiem, which

> came about half way through. The rendition was momentous, the sound

> cavernous. Everyone in the crowd knew the lyrics. It was the best moment and

> I hope they never drop it from the set list. Requiem seemed to launch the

> final absolutely frenzied half of the gig. They just went

> mental. Unfortunately I was having a standing-at-the-back-watching-type gig

> as I was with a mate who isn't a fan. I wish in hindsight it had been an

> in-the-pit gig because the set list was superb. They've obviously totally

> scrapped the old predictable roster of Communiun, Frenzy etc - though War

> Dance featured prominently at about three or four songs in. And it was crap.

> Youth didn't even play that nice litte doink-doink-doink bit on the

> harmonics.

>

> I must say, Youth has really grown on me. He's cool.

>

> A Jaz moment: "Every concert I'm always asked about 2012. The truth is, I

> don't know. But I do know one thing..." Unforturnately, Gatherers, my

> hearing let me down here, so if anyone can fill in the gap. They then

> launched into Asteroid.

>

> Also: "We want a European superstate so we can put Blair, Rumsfeld and

> Cheney on trial."

>

> Another moment, just before the last song, Jaz gives the thank-yous: "I

> first want to thank this man here. Geordie. Geordie is the most tenacious...

> He's the only other member of Killing Joke that has been at every Killing

> Joke event since we started... I love him, he's a brother.... [Jaz then

> thanks the drum roadie, calling him, I think, the Stud Roadie, but I may

> have miss-heard; he then thanks the manager, saying he's the best they've

> ever had; he thanks the guitar roadie, saying he can remember him coming to

> KJ gigs with his school satchel]...Youth, Youth has brought so much honour

> and glory to the Killing Joke family; and finally Big Paul, without whom

> there would be no Killing Joke at all."

>

> All the above is open to correction and clarifications by others. It's a

> bit late. I'm home now eating peanut butter on toast and watching a Tony

> Curtis film.

>

>

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