[kj] Roundhouse

[Neil Perry]

And here's the chemtrail intro to Turn To Red. I forgot about the reference
to
Richard Branson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqTQO6BwLJI



On 11 November 2015 at 10:40, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Had a great night out, good to see those I did see - Mr Tibbits and I
> parked out ourselves out back at the Monarch,
> got to say hi to Colesy, Frank Jenkinson of KJ Photo Book fame, in fact I
> think there was quite a class of 1979
> mini-gathering going on there at one point, and had an amusing walk from
> pub to venue in the company of
> Laughing Chris - Jamie sorry I didn't find you, pints next time... and
> Antoni at the end.
>
> So, full disclosure, Pylon doesn't do it for me. I don't like it. Probably
> haven't been left this cold by a
> KJ release since Democracy. I like four songs - Euphoria, New Jerusalem,
> Big Buzz and Delete - but none
> of them were played.
> Having said that, the energy level was immense - some of the new stuff
> works live in terms of sheer power,
> the band are fully fired up and I haven't seen them this committed for
> some years. Those of you waiting in the US,
> I think (hope) you are in for a treat.
> As for the sound... I've long since given up expecting a good sound at a
> KJ show, anything more is a bonus.
> I took a friend who's heard me going on about KJ for many years, this was
> her first gig, and for
> the first half she was looking at me with a 'what the fuck?' expression.
> We were up in the balcony
> and the sound was horrible, about 70% big booming drums and 30% thrashy
> mess, although Jaz's vocals
> were clear. Then with Requiem someone presumably remembered to press a
> button - everything cleared up,
> and the sound was great. After 36 years, I've given up wondering why they
> can't get their fecking live sound
> sorted.
> As for the oldies, it's just personal isn't it? I hate Eighties and never
> want to hear it again, but Wardance was
> a sight and sound to behold, likewise Change, LLB and Pandemonium. The
> performance of Pssyche was
> stunning (even though they managed to screw up the sound level for BP's
> last verse). I came away as usual
> believing that this is the greatest song ever written. It more than made
> up for having to sit through Asteroid.
>
> And my enjoyment of Turn To Red was in no way spoiled by Jaz banging on
> about bloody chemtrails in the intro ;-)
>
> N
>
> On 7 November 2015 at 17:47, jpwhkj--- via Gathering <gathering at misera.net
> > wrote:
>
>> So, the setlist:
>>
>> The Wait
>> Autonomous Zone
>> The Fall of Because
>> Eighties
>> Beautiful Dead
>> I Am the Virus
>> Exorcism
>> Change
>> Money Is Not Our God
>> Requiem
>> Dawn of The Hive
>> Panopticon
>> Wardance
>> Into The Unknown
>> Asteroid
>> Pssyche
>>
>> Encore:
>> Turn To Red
>> Madness
>> Love Like Blood
>> Pandemonium
>>
>> I was seated upstairs - front seat, great view, but still slightly sad
>> not to be getting sweaty and battered down the front.
>>
>> The track I was most looking forward to, based on recent setlists, was
>> Delete, so it was a bit galling that they dropped it... on the other hand,
>> several less-recent numbers were absolute stormers, so overall no
>> complaints!  Particularly good ones for me were:
>>
>> Fall of Because (the first KJ track that really grabbed me, all those
>> years ago)
>> Eighties
>> Beautiful Dead
>> I am the Virus
>> Change
>> Pssyche
>>
>> Contrary to expectations, I rather enjoyed Wardance and Pandemonium.  The
>> former certainly got a large section of the crowd going.
>>
>> The sound was a bit disappointing.  Too loud, I thought, and Geordie's
>> guitar didn't really come through in all its glory.  Especially
>> disappointing for LLB, which lives and dies on the guitar.
>>
>> Best thing was probably having such a great view of the whole band, all
>> the way back to Big Paul.  He was absolutely pounding those drums...
>> fearsome energy all the way through.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jamie
>>
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