[kj] BTATS tour

[Paul Rangecroft]

Well I wasn't there so I wouldn't know. My brother's friend was there
and he seemed to enjoy it, but that may just have been because he
wasn't old enough to get in the venue (Newcastle Mayfair) but Jaz got
him in anyway! NME slated the London gig, but you can't always believe
what you read in the papers.

I got the impression from the BBC recording that the non-BTATS tracks
were going down better than the new material. I do like the stuff
tagged on the end of NWOBFG, though.

Perhaps we could have a poll from amongst those who were there:

BTATS tour - "red hot" or "a bit flat"?

They seemed a bit tired at the end of ED&VRE tour didn't they? Still
bloody brilliant though.

It's all kicking off in Ukraine and Gaza. I'd rather world peace
prevailed, but at least the forthcoming gigs will be good. KJ always
become more relevant in these times.

On 7/21/14, adrianwason at btinternet.com <adrianwason at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I got the impression that the atmosphere was red hot on the btats tour,
> was a bit flat at the end of the extremities tour despite the music because
> they were going there separate ways again
> ----Original message----
> From : paul.rangecroft at gmail.com
> Date : 21/07/2014 - 19:22 (GMTDT)
> To : gathering at misera.net
> Subject : Re: [kj] Pink Floyd and Two-Degrees of Killing Joke:
>
> That's interesting. I got the impression from bootlegs and official
> live releases that the atmosphere was a bit flat, but maybe that just
> shows you how misleading they can be.
>
> On 7/20/14, jpwhkj at aol.com <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:
>> Funnily enough, I have very fond memories of the Brighter tour.  The
>> line-up
>> was extraordinarily tight, and although the studio releases were on the
>> path
>> that would soon lead to Outside The Gate, the live sound was the
>> aggressive
>> stomp that we know and love.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Rangecroft <paul.rangecroft at gmail.com>
>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
>> <gathering at misera.net>
>> Sent: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:59
>> Subject: Re: [kj] Pink Floyd and Two-Degrees of Killing Joke:
>>
>>
>> Indeed. Wish I'd been at the BTATS shows too, just to be able to say I
>> heard those songs live. You can get a bit of a sense for what the
>> original album would have sounded like with the YouTube clips, anyway.
>> Agree with Ade that Democracy demos would be interesting. Perhaps we
>> could start a Kickstarter campaign going to pay Youth the £150,000 or
>> so to undo the damage?
>>
>> 'Aeon' isn't a bad song but I'd be lying if I said I listened to it a
>> lot. Appropriately named as it seems to last an eternity. 'Absent
>> Friends' captures the sentiment well but I don't listen to KJ for that
>> particular sweet sorrow. Generally I listen to them because it's the
>> music that most articulately expresses the insanely fucked-up nature
>> of the world we live in, but sometimes just because they're damn good
>> tunes.
>>
>> On 7/19/14, jpwhkj at aol.com <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:
>>> Still.  Wish I'd been there!
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