ok, maybe i'm shouting. i might be a little deaf from tonight. but you know what? worth it.
funny story. i knew about this show for months, had it marked on my calendar, had it in my phone calendar, etc. well guess who didn't look at either of those things today? i'm an idiot. something i saw on facebook sparked my memory and i was like "OH SHIT" because it was 7:30 and the show started at 8:30. luckily there was an opening band, so by the time i got my shit together and drove there and found parking, i was a little late but didn't miss any of killing joke's set. another funny story: i walked up to the box office to buy a ticket and some guy was talking to the dude in the window and wouldn't get out of my way, so i'm standing there like, hello, i'm trying to buy something from you and some other dude walks up behind me and says "need a ticket?" "uh...yeah?" "here you go." he just handed me his extra and kept walking. i caught up to him and said "are you sure?" and he said "yeah, my buddy couldn't make it and i don't want it to go to waste. have fun!"
sometimes, i have really awesome luck, and tonight was one of those times. so if you're the dude that gave me my ticket: YOU ARE AWESOME. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
so fucking KILLING JOKE dudes. they opened with "requiem" and i was like "ah!" and i was so happy. and they did "war dance" which is the quintessential first killing joke song i ever heard so fuck yeah, thanks for that, even though you're all probably sick of playing it! and also "eighties." you know the song that sounds like nirvana ripped it off. uhh so yeah i guess i don't really know other song titles because i don't always pay attention to things but they did a bunch of songs i recognized and even if i didn't know any of them i would have had fun anyway. i would urge anyone reading this to go see them next time. or if you can, catch one of the dates on this tour. it's going into may sometime. if i could go see them again, i would. i would bring ear plugs next time, but i'd still do it.
i think maybe my favorite thing about tonight (besides getting in for free and seeing my friend and her boyfriend there, which was a nice surprise!) is that jaz coleman's voice has not changed at all. he still sounds like a total badass. he also looks like a total badass. i definitely have an old man crush. well, he's only fifty-something, that's not really THAT old, right? uh, so anyway, if you ever listen to a killing joke record, just know that the voice you hear on those songs? that's exactly what you get live. and i love him as a front man. he does these marching dance move things and lots of arm jabbing where he punches the air
right.
on.
the.
beat.
and the crazy faces. i fucking love the crazy faces.
also, if i'm not mistaken, which i very well could be, everyone i saw tonight was in the original lineup of the band. that's a rare thing for a lot of the bands that i go to see, whether because of members of the band dying or quitting.
so - in conclusion - all i want to listen to right now is this band and i wish jaz could be here singing and making crazy faces for me every time i do listen to them.
also - i took some terrible pictures so i'm not posting them. i just recently found my camera and started using it again and i forget what the right settings are for taking pictures at shows... so to validate my old man crush look at this picture:
right? ok i'm done now. except to tell you that there are already videos posted on youtube from the show. just search for "killing joke union transfer" and you'll see. good shit. i'm really done now.
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