[kj] Roundhouse

Sun Nov 18 09:35:18 EST 2018

Of the classics from the first album era, Pssyche is likewise the one I would really miss.  And I hear what Paul is saying about how we would all have a slightly different choice for the ones to keep in the set BUT I would sacrifice all of my regular favourites just to hear a radically different set.  I suspect a lot of people would.
Regarding the sound last night.  I think the Roundhouse has very variable sound (i.e. depending on where you're standing / sitting, not which night it is) and that seemed to be my experience last night as I shifted around the venue.  Or maybe someone was just twiddling the knobs.
Asteroid - yeah, it's one of those tracks that feels like it has the right components for a crowd-pleaser, and I enjoyed it on the relevant tour way-back-when... but it's grown old fast (for me, anyway).  Definitely one to drop (but they won't).
That said, I'm not here to complain.  It was a great night, and I'm pleased to still be seeing the Joke more than 35 years since the first time.
Jamie

-----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: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 13:50
Subject: Re: [kj] Roundhouse

Never really got Asteroid. Maybe it's an audience participation thing.
I've radically adjusted my expectations re setlists given the last 20
years, so in that context I thought it was pretty good, but deep down
I know what could have been. They seemed to struggle for an opener
this tour but finally got it right with Unspeakable. Even on this list
there's quiet a diversity of opinion so in a way they're on a hiding
to nothing... they just shouldn't have written so many good songs!

On 11/18/18, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:
> :-) 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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