[kj] RE: CULT

[Rob Horan]

Like a few others here, I'm not a fan of Electric...having said that,
the tracks they played from it on Friday were great live......so good
that I nearly bought it yesterday (nearly).

 

horbag

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
On Behalf Of Alex Smith
Sent: 25 September 2006 20:55
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!); A list about all
things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] RE: CULT

 

I love ELECTRIC -- as much as an about-face as it may have been. It was
*after* this album that it all went south (or at least until the
eponymous album with the goat on the cover -- that had some good stuff
on it). ELECTRIC had a sense of humor and was aware of its abject
ridiculousness. SONIC TEMPLE and CEREMONY, meanwhile, were just
fatuously bloated.

 

ELECTRIC is a great, dumb rock record, and I'll defend it forever.

And it's better than HOSANNASS.

 

Alex in NYC



	-----Original Message----- 
	From: MARK SAXTON 
	Sent: Sep 25, 2006 3:32 PM 
	To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
	Subject: Re: [kj] RE: CULT 
	
	The Cult broke my heart the day I heard Electric - they had true
originality in the early days - SDC to Dreamtime - love Love, but the
follow up floored me - absolutely awful pub rock/sub zeppelin/acdc
shite.
	
	Paula Cook <cook_paula at hotmail.com> wrote: 

	Really glad you had a good time, Jane, after being disappointed
in 
	Manchester. I too saw them at Brixton, Rob, I was upstairs (too
much of a 
	lightweight for moshpit, too short to stand at back! :-) ) and
had a 
	wonderful time - I was on my feet dancing from the first song -
feet still 
	hurt and ears still ringing now.
	
	Noticed there was a bit of a split in the crowd though - a lot
of people 
	were really into the "Firewoman" and later stuff, whereas there
were types 
	like me who were really into "Spiritwalker" and "Phoenix" -
suddenly I 
	remembered all the goth arm movements even though I haven't done
them for 
	over 20 years!! Mind you, they only played three songs I didn't
recognise - 
	and I went off them after "Electric" - so it was old hits all
the way. 
	Slightly disappointed they didn't play "Go West" or "Nirvana",
but not 
	complaining really. Ian Astbury still has a great voice and both
he and 
	Billy Duffy still look fab, they're both very trim and toned. I
reckon they 
	must work out A LOT - I wish Mr. Coleman would do the same! ;-)
	
	Regards,
	Paula
	Nuclear Girl
	
	>Message: 9
	>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:11:06 +0100
	>From: 
	>Subject: [kj] RE: CULT & Damned
	
	>I'm very pleased to report that the Cult were superb in Leeds
on Saturday 
	>too. It was like watching a different band to that on Wednesday
in 
	>Manchester, the sound was good, and they were playing like they
really 
	>meant it.... and were rewarded with an enthusiastic crowd, and
lively 
	>moshpit. Counting the bruises now... ow!!! I'm very pleased we
bothered to 
	>go, and now have memories of a good gig from them to look back
on.
	
	>Jane
	>
	>-----Original Message-----
	>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On 
	>Behalf Of Rob Horan
	>Sent: 23 September 2006 12:11
	>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
	>Subject: OT: CULT @ Brixton Academy
	>
	>
	>great show last night....astbury and duffy in effusive form,
almost in 
	>tears at the end humbly thanking a lively audience for 'being
with us since 
	>blah blah' (you Manc lot must have wound them up!!) - hour and
a half of 
	>Electric and Love....Page/Plant acoustic moment with an
acoustic Edie, no 
	>lighters from the crowd (but close)....am I the only BOC fan
here or are 
	>there many similarities between the two bands, albeit different
eras, 
	>motivations etc., even Phoenix is a Nosferatu
ripoff......Astbury really is 
	>a good front man, mildly Maradona but more Morrison 
	>definitely.......anyway, not a lot on the horizon gigwise
except Asia 
	>(original lineup) at SBE in December...sorry, that'll make
several of you 
	>lot puke.............
	>
	>horbag
	
	
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