[kj] Roundhouse

[Paul Rangecroft]

This place has indeed been unsettlingly positive recently!

I can't deny I'd have enjoyed that set a lot more. If I could pick one
song to add I think it would be The Gathering.

On 11/18/18, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Heh well yes I agree, I realise I'm the kid let loose in the sweet shop
> complaining about
> feeling sick -  but variety is the spice of life and all that. I'm just
> trying to put a
> dampener on all the relentless positivity around here ;-)
>
> I will of course continue to go to KJ gigs until the end of time given the
> chance, but after Glasgow
> I was wondering if that's the last time I ever see them. If so, 38 years is
> a good run!
>
> And because we haven't done this for at least 3 months, here's what I would
> have liked them to play.
> (Or failing that another Duende style album)
>
> Take Take Take
> We Have Joy
> Chessboards
> Kali Yuga
> Wilful Days
> Song & Dance
> Darkness Before Dawn
> North of the Border
> Dominator
> Invocation
> Chop Chop
> Nervous System
> Europe
>
> And then LLB, Change and Pssyche.
> Not too much to ask is it?
>
> On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 at 14:50, Paul Rangecroft <paul.rangecroft at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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