Cat Power solo @ Gaité Lyrique, Paris Oct 30 2014

Cat Power solo @ Gaité Lyrique, Paris Oct 30 2014

Chan Marshall en pleine crise d'angoisse, elle commence un titre , s'arrête, le reprend, nous raconte un truc en plein milieu, le reprend et s'arrête brusquement. S'excusant toutes les 30 secondes.
Après deux titres à la guitare elle décide que ça ne va pas et s'installe au piano pour presque tout le concert. Nous révèle qu'elle est enceinte et qu'elle commence à avoir des gros seins, qu'elle a arrêté de fumer.Heureusement elle se détend doucement au fur et à mesure du concert, rarement vu une personne avec les doigts aussi crispé jouer sur un piano. Elle discute avec le public , stop immédiatement un titre pour s'enquérir de la santé d'une personne qui s'est évanouie dans le public.
Un concert assez spécial et plein de rebondissements, mais ça passe, le public l'adore. On avait quand même un peu mal pour elle au début. Heureusement le concert se termine sur une note joyeuse: une comptine en Français qu’elle chantait à ses débuts. Ouf, on a eu peur.

Archives:

We Love Green Festival with CAT POWER @ Parc de Bagatelle, Paris May 31

CAT POWER @ Olympia, Paris July 17 2013

Cat Power @ Olympia 2008

CAT POWER @ Olympia, Paris July 17 2013

CAT POWER @ Olympia, Paris July 17 2013

Can't believe it's been 5 years since we last saw CAT POWER live in Paris and it was at the very same Olympia Hall on June 1st 2008. We couldn't go at her last show in Paris @ Salle Pleyel on July 3rd 2011 as The Doors were playing on the same night @ Bataclan.

This gig has been postponed as she cancelled her whole European Tour a few months ago. She was supposed to play two nights @ Olympia, it turned out that there is only one show in Paris and it's not sold-out.

I guess her last album "Sun" was not well received over here, never heard any songs on the radio, it wasn't the case for "The Greatest" and "Jukebox" which had lots of air-plays. Couldn't go to a movie either without hearing one of her songs.

The stage is minimalist with a huge screen in the back playing short movies. There are 3 girls in the band on guitars, drums & bass and Gregg Foreman on guitar and piano. Chan has now short bleach blond hair and doesn't seem to be at her best, she's constantly touching her nose and sometimes coughing (catch a cold?) and she has trouble walking ( twisted her ankle ?).

There was a time when she was having fun on stage or it was looking as if she was having fun, she was looking very fragile yesterday night on razor's edge.

She's the kind of girl you want to comfort and hold her tight in your arms.

There were some really good moments unfortunately we had to endure the whole new album "Sun" that I really don't like so I guess we were disappointed, too many of these new (boring) songs.

Hope to see her back soon alive & kicking but not with "Sun" songs.

 setlist & Merchandising

New Cat Power album "Sun" out on Sept 04 2012

New Cat Power album "Sun" out on Sept 04 2012

Track listing:
1. Cherokee (click to listen to this song)
2. Sun
3. Ruin
4. 3,6,9
5. Always On My Own
6. Real Life
7. Human Being
8. Manhattan
9. Silent Machine
10. Nothin But Time
11. Peace And Love

SUN is the first album of original material from Cat Power in over six years. Chan Marshall performed and produced SUN herself in various locations including a studio she built in Malibu.

There will be a Deluxe 2LP that comes on clear vinyl with an alternate gold foil cover and includes a clear vinyl 7" with 2 exclusive non-album tracks.

Here's a recent interview from The Stool Pigeon.

Another (video) interview from Les Inrocks