[kj] Roundhouse

Sun Nov 18 11:51:06 EST 2018

I like the idea of them playing one album in its entirety, then *Pssyche*
etc.
The album could possibly be their newest studio album, but if from the back
catalogue, I'd like to see *Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell *or *In Dub*
(all of it) ...lol

Might as well dream here as in bed : )

On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 at 16:39, jpwhkj--- via Gathering <gathering at misera.net>
wrote:

> Yes... let's see.  Basically stuff I haven't seen live (or at least, not
> recently), but really like:
>
> Nuclear Boy (I can dream)
> Land of Milk & Honey
> Take Take Take
> Birds of a Feather
> Feast of Blaze
> Wilful Days
> Me Or You
> New Day
> All Play Rebel
> New Culture
> Blue Feather
> Slipstream
> The Fanatic (ok, I heard it in 89, but...)
> Aeon
> Our Last Goodbye
> Kaliyuga
> Big Buzz
> Snakedance
>
> Quite a long set, so the encore is just Wardance.  Jaz comes on stage and
> says "We are going to do a-"
>
> - but by then I'm out at the merch stall buying the CD.
>
> I'd settle for Neil's list though.  Anything other than the usual stuff.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com>
> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net
> >
> Sent: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 16:13
> Subject: Re: [kj] Roundhouse
>
> 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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