[kj] KJ to play Night Time and Fire Dances live

[Nick Scott]

I would be interesting in knowing what (was too young to have followed KJ
from the start and only heard of them from Love Like Blood, when I was
barely a teenager) what peoples thoughts on the whole commercial sound of
KJ after following them from their beginnings.

The shift is so evident from listening chronologically through the singles
collection the shift after "Revelations" era Joke.


>From the first EP to feature Paul Raven "Birds Of A Feather" through the

"Fire Dances" era the shift towards that "dandy highway" Adams & The Ants
sound, onwards to more commercial new wave/alternative pop rock of  "Me &
You", "A New Day" and then the album "Night Time".

Looking at other post punk bands of the same era, notably PiL & Siouxsie &
The Banshees they all seem guilty of the shift mid 80s to a more commercial
sound.

As this was the fashion of the time was the whole shift in sound to the
then loyal KJ following just seen as progression alongside their other
peers or not?

Would be interested hearing the views of long standing KJ fans on the sound
shift, the Singles Collection really has me thinking more about it how
evident it all was.


On 5 May 2013 20:34, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:


> The gigs around the time of Brighter Than A Thousand Suns were absolute

> stormers.  Twilight of the Mortal was a great opener, played very hard and

> very fast, and obviously with less synth than the album.  Some of my

> favourite Joke gigs, in fact.

>

> Jamie

>

>

>  -----Original Message-----

> From: Nick Scott <npscott at blueyonder.co.uk>

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> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2013 17:22

> Subject: Re: [kj] KJ to play Night Time and Fire Dances live

>

>  Outside The Gate & Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, so I could have some

> breathing room down the front of their gig.

>

>

> On 5 May 2013 17:15, fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> As per my Southern namesake for the same reasons & yes, I *still* think

>> Obsession would be great live.

>>

>>  I know they won't play certain albums/songs, but I'd love it if they

>> re-worked some of them (eg some Democracy tracks with the loops re-added) &

>> play them how they'd like them to sound now.

>> If that make sense? I have horrendous hay fever & such itchy eyes I can

>> barely see to type but I know what I meant

>>

>>

>>  On 5 May 2013, at 15:38, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:

>>

>>  Outside the Gate and Democracy.

>>

>> Because I've never heard anything from either album live.

>>

>> Jamie

>>

>>

>>  -----Original Message-----

>> From: Were Wolf <werewolf68 at hotmail.co.uk>

>> To: The Gathering KJ <gathering at misera.net>

>> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2013 14:32

>> Subject: [kj] KJ to play Night Time and Fire Dances live

>>

>>  ...Not really! But it would be a great gig!

>>

>>  What 2 Killing Joke albums would you like to see them play live and in

>> their entirety?

>>

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