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

[Paul Rangecroft]

Yeah, he was a fascist prick back then. His views have definitely
matured over the years.

Thanks for the quotes.

On 7/22/14, Were Wolf <werewolf68 at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> According to the New Musical Express (20/8/1983) Jaz said he was "opposed to
> the CND", and that KJ had "war every day" when they played. NME also claimed
> he said "Democracy for me is the epitome of confusion". Perhaps he changed
> his views by the time of the Democracy album?
> I marched with one million others in London against the Iraq war, but the
> "Wardance" was destined to go ahead anyway. Perhaps Jaz and Youth were right
> at the CND Rally when they said that CND's efforts were "quite futile", and
> "bombs are going to be dropped anyway. So what's the point? Just have a
> laugh."
>
>> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:52:56 +0100
>> From: paul.rangecroft at gmail.com
>> To: gathering at misera.net
>> Subject: Re: [kj] Pink Floyd and Two-Degrees of Killing Joke:
>>
>> 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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