vendredi 19 octobre 2012

Suzanne Vega @ Casino d'Enghien les bains, Oct 19 2012

 Suzanne Vega @ Casino d'Enghien les bains, Oct 19 2012
 Yesterday was MUSE playing to 17000 screaming young fans @ Paris Bercy Arena with a loud sound, lasers and an huge upside down pyramid made of dozens of screens, tonight is the other side of the coin with singer-songwriter playing a cozy small theatre @ Casino d'Enghien les Bains, 10 km on the north of Paris, with just an acoustic guitar and the help of Gerry Leonard on electric guitar.
We wanted to get a drink at the bar before the show, as we bought our tickets at the local box office it provided a free entrance for the casino ( usually they are charging 15 euros just to get in, yes 15 euros to get the right to get rob at gambling machines) but couldn't as those bastards didn't like the way we were dressed up : Vans, designer tee shirt, jeans & leather jacket. Fuck'em they won't get our money.
 Anyway we were there to attend Suzanne Vega's concert, last time we saw her live was at the Théatre Marigny 2 years ago. She's now promoting the Volume 4 of her career spanning Close-Up cd. Made of reworked versions of her songs, mostly acoustic. Gerry Leonard (former David Bowie band) is still playing with her helping out on electric guitar and loops. Unlike Muse, Suzanne doesn't need lasers and screens all over the place to catch the attention of people, simply because she has great songs...and a great sens of humor. The only prop was a topper to look like Marlene Dietrich on some songs. 
No need to tell you that we enjoyed the show a lot, even though we would have like more songs from her "Beauty & Crime" cd.
Great night out.


jeudi 18 octobre 2012

MUSE @ Paris Bercy, Oct 18 2012

MUSE  @ Paris Bercy Oct 18 2012

Well well well, we saw them a few times a few years ago including one time at the Trabendo club in Paris in front of 600 people.
Now this band has become superstars , filling up stadiums.
Surprisingly they only play one show @ Paris Bercy, it was long sold-out and touts are making a fortune outside.
Muse has always made some efforts to get a great stage with lots of lightning, this time they do have a pyramid and screens EVERYWHERE, I mean literally EVERYWHERE.
Sound is neat and Bellamy seems to enjoy what he's doing unfortunately we don't.
Musically it's getting worse with each album, this band is turning into a Genesis of 2012 and we hate that prog shit.

If the stage wasn't that beautiful we would have get bored all the time, even when the songs suck there's something interesting to see so...
Glad they played the old stuff at the end
They were just above average !

SETLIST:
The 2nd Law: Unsustainable
Supremacy
Map of the Problematique
Supermassive Black Hole
Resistance
Panic Station
Animals
Monty Jam (Drum and Bass Jam)
Explorers
Falling Down (Piano version)
Host (First half)
Time Is Running Out
Liquid State
Madness
Follow Me
Undisclosed Desires
Plug In Baby
Stockholm Syndrome
Encore:
The 2nd Law: Isolated System
Uprising
Knights of Cydonia ( Harmonica intro)
Encore 2:
Starlight
Survival



Check our review of MUSE @ Stade de France in Paris on June 12 2010
Live in Paris Bercy on Nov 17 2009 with Pics backstage & video

Theatre du Chatelet on Set 8 2009 with GREAT Live Pics

Full Show Paris Bercy:






mercredi 17 octobre 2012

The Doors, Live at the Bowl, Première, Paris oct 17-18 2012

The Doors, Live at the Bowl, Première, Paris Oct 17-18 2012

Once again not a lot of people for this press screening, that's all right with us , we get more space to relax. I've bee told that yesterday's night screening was full.

it's simply amazing what they've done with this movie , the image & the sound are pristine as if it was recorded last week. Included for the first time are 3 bonus tracks from the original concert.
The dvd will get some bonus interviews and documentary on The Doors.
Can't wait...

To be out on cd & dvd on Oct 22


mardi 16 octobre 2012

The Rolling Stones' rehearsals in France, setlist Oct 16 2012

From my spy @ The Barn in France, here's the setlist for today's rehearsals Oct 16:
  1.  Champagne & Reefer
  2. Route 66
  3. It's only Rock'n'Roll
  4. Live with me
  5. When the whip comes down
  6. Champagne & Reefer (again)
  7. Doom & Gloom
  8. Miss You
  9. Midnight Rambler
  10. Jumping Jack Flash
  11. Just my Imagination
  12. Going to a gogo
  13. Waiting on a friend
  14. No expectations
  15. Street Fighting Man
  16. She's so cold
  17. Beast of Burden

From what I've been told the band is off to London for a week and won't be back in France before the 25.

See ya !

Oh by the way, it is Darryl Jones on bass and Chuck Leavell on keys, no other players have been seen at the rehearsals yet !

lundi 15 octobre 2012

BB Cunnigham Jr 1938-2012

B.B. Cunningham Jr., a member of the ’60s group the Hombres and bass player for the Jerry Lee Lewis’s band, was shot and killed in Memphis on Sunday morning (Oct. 14). Police say the 70-year-old was working as a security guard when he heard gun shots and went to investigate.