[kj] Pink Floyd and Two-Degrees of Killing Joke:

Paul Rangecroft paul.rangecroft at gmail.com
Tue Jul 22 11:00:42 EDT 2014


That was more the sort of post I was expecting, Dave.

Good to know KJ will be on the new Barrowlands Park walk of fame, at least:

http://glasgow.stv.tv/articles/283175-glasgow-barrowlands-park-opening-party-with-jim-lambie-music-mural/?fromstreampost=143557

On 7/22/14, gingoblin at easynet.co.uk <gingoblin at easynet.co.uk> wrote:
> Well for me, the BTATS gig I saw (Glasgow Barrowlands) was the worst until
> the Raven-replacement/band pissed debacle in Glasgow some two decades
> later. Half-full venue, performance that was just... weak, really. New
> songs, old songs, it just didn't have the power. Wasn't a fan of the album,
>
> which probably didn't help.
>
> On the other hand, the Extremities gig (next time I saw them) was
> incredible!
>
> Dave in Edinburgh
>
>
>
> At 13:52 22/07/2014 +0100, you wrote:
>>Well anyway it seems the verdict from those present was "red hot" with
>>the occasional outbreak of whiteheat, so I stand corrected. Would
>>REALLY love to have been there now. Shame Jaz went bananas the
>>following year.
>>
>>Ah, yes, CND - I remember them. 'Requiem' comes to life live. Do you
>>think they were 100% supporting the cause, or slightly taunting the
>>crowd? They seemed to enjoy winding-up non-KJ audiences back in the
>>early days.
>>
>>On 7/22/14, jpwhkj at aol.com <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:
>> > I doubt they only played album tracks.  The London gigs certainly
>> > featured
>> > some of the usual suspects - Requiem, The Wait, Wardance, Night Time,
>> > Kings
>> > and Queens, etc.
>> >
>> >
>> > The version of Requiem was amazing, really hard and fast.  One of my
>> > favourite live versions.
>> >
>> >
>> > Not long after, I was given a bootleg of KJ live at the CND rally in
>> > 1980.
>> > It features what became another of my favourite live versions of Requiem
>> > -
>> > but this one is punishingly slow.
>> >
>> >
>> > You can watch all 5 tracks of the CND rally here - very raw and
>> > powerful.
>> > Brutal guitar on Pssyche!
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBw3W3zh-ew


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