[kj] Hebden Bridge

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MINOG was great - an elongated intro by a grinning Youth holding that G for ages, clearly both milking & loving it.
I must say Youth seemed to be having a whale of a time- tbh, they all did, relaxed & having fun despite technical hitches.
My other fave ‘elongated intro’ was Youth repeatedly ‘ow ow owwwing’ at the start of Psssyche which, with each howl, failed to start to the point he started to take the piss with it.
Great comedy :)
The Beautiful Dead was good, but I STILL cringe at (& hate) that quick-step speeded up middle. I still maintain the flexi-disc version is better.
While really good to hear the older stuff, it was a shame not to hear much of the more recent albums. 
Personally, I was secretly hoping for In Cythera and LLB (and must confess to every time I’ve seen KJ I've always crossed my fingers for Adoration although I know that'll never happen.)
Still it was pounding & hypnotic and without doubt, one of the best, albeit strangest Joke gigs I’ve been to & great to finally see the original line up.
When you consider these guys are in their 50’s (as many of us are or are approaching) it was doubly superb.
I went with the singer of my band who’d never seen them before or indeed heard of them until I introduced him.
He was dumbstruck by the power of it & totally slack-jawed at Geordie. Couldn’t believe this monstrous sound out of one man gently tickling a guitar.
An evening to cherish!


On 9 Aug 2014, at 20:09, Paul Rangecroft <paul.rangecroft at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks. A few treats in there after the slightly predictable start.
> Would love to hear those Extremities tracks live again.
> 
> On 8/9/14, Carlos Fandango <stronkle at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>> http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/killing-joke/2014/trades-club-hebden-bridge-england-6bcef226.html
>> 
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>> Subject: Re: [kj] Hebden Bridge
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>> Glad you got to see them for the first time in a while, Jamie. Feel
>> like a bit of a tit missing them when Hebden Bridge is only 20 minutes
>> from me on the train, but I was originally going to see them in
>> Blackpool then for various reasons I couldn't make that and Hebden
>> Bridge had sold out! Ah, well, hopefully they will play Manchester
>> again soon.
>> 
>> Any surprises in the set list, those who went?
>> 
>> On 8/9/14, Jamie Hewson <fatpotanga at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ... What a great night. Tiny venue was like having Killing Joke play in
>>> your living room.
>>> A few technical hitches, the most noticeable being the lights packed up
>>> and
>>> Jazs mic occasionally cutting out. but otherwise superb. Predominantly
>>> older stuff played. Jaz looking fit and dare I say rather buff? Geordies
>>> tone quite possibly the best I've heard it live, although admittedly I've
>>> not seen them since 2005. didn't recognise the amps he was using - Rob?
>>> I couldn't really see but they weren't the Framus. Very nice
>>> looking unbranded things - cream tolex with black grilles.
>>> Nice to briefly see Lisa, Antoni, Mark, Mik & Jon at a distance. And see
>>> familiar faces milling around. Was also nice to go to a gig, look round
>>> the
>>> crowd and actually feel rather young for a change ;)
>>> Buzzing!
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