[kj] Roundhouse

[Neil Perry]

:-) yeah I might have gone a bit far there. Just frustrated!

But it is a weird thing with the old songs and the classics - I think of
Pssyche as
KJ's 'Ace Of Spades', and would be disappointed if they didn't play it, but
I wouldn't
care if they dropped nearly every other oldie if it meant playing something
else we haven't
heard at all/for a while.
If I never hear 80s/Asteroid again it'll be too soon, plus a few others,
and especially for
this 40th anniversary it's a huge shame they couldn't be arsed to get out
of the old live rut
and rehearse some others from the extensive back catalogue that we never
hear.

On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 at 13:48, Paul Rangecroft <paul.rangecroft at gmail.com>
wrote:

> LOL maybe you're right. "The fucking Wait" though... ooof! I was with
> you up until then.
>
> On 11/18/18, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A friend who went to the gig last night who knows their stuff well enough
> > but is not
> > what you would call a KJ disciple told me that - and I quote his all caps
> > rant - the sound
> > was 'FUCKING ABYSMAL'.
> >
> > I sometimes wonder if all the adoration turns us deaf and blind? The last
> > time I saw KJ at
> > the Roundhouse I too thought the sound was generally shite, but then
> talked
> > to people after
> > who said it was the gig of the century etc etc. Anyway the sound in
> Glasgow
> > was pretty damn good
> > in KJ terms, which was a relief. I too was surprised by Loose Cannon, a
> > song I have not listened to
> > since it came out, but live it became something else entirely.
> >
> > Other highlights - I'm with you Jamie! Butcher, FTL, ESS, TD&RS. And them
> > managing to complete a
> > massive tour and remain alive.
> >
> > (Lowlights - fucking 80s, fucking Asteroid, The fucking Wait)
> >
> > On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 at 10:03, jpwhkj--- via Gathering
> > <gathering at misera.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> That was monstrous.
> >>
> >> Reading everyone's comments throughout the tour, I had high
> expectations.
> >> They were met.
> >>
> >> Unspeakable is a great track anyway - but what a fantastic opener.  The
> >> eerie keyboards, the hard-edged guitar, the lyrics steeped in the
> mystery
> >> of the early Joke - but underpinning it all, the driving dance-funk of
> >> Big
> >> Paul and Youth.  As they launched into it, I was watching Youth, and the
> >> rhythm seemed to flow into him, through him, out of him...
> >>
> >> Following that with European Super State was a great choice - another
> >> dance number, but from the other end of the Joke catalogue.
> >>
> >> Other highlights were FTL (another hard-edged dance number), the brutal
> >> and bleak Butcher (possibly the song that for me encapsulates Killing
> >> Joke), and Loose Cannon.  I don't think I've seen them play LC before,
> >> and
> >> it really worked - a terrace chant like so many Joke tracks from years
> >> gone
> >> by.  And Pssyche of course.
> >>
> >> In the encore, SO36 was full of its customary menace, and Pandemonium
> was
> >> a rousing, stomping finale.  Lovely to watch Big Paul and Jaz sharing a
> >> hug
> >> at the end, with Youth like a pixie taking photos.
> >>
> >> Afterwards, who I should bump into but - in order of appearance -
> Andreas
> >> Misera (long time!), followed by Antoni, Brian, and Mik.  Great to see
> >> y'all.
> >>
> >> Till next time.
> >>
> >> Jamie
> >>
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