[kj] Roundhouse

[Paul Rangecroft]

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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