Sixto Rodriguez @ Cigale, show N°3, Paris June 05 2013

Sixto Rodriguez @ Cigale, show N°3, Paris June 05 2013

  SIXTO RODRIGUEZ : Résurrection à la Cigale.Hallelujah !!!

 

Hard to believe, after probably the worst shows I've been to this year 2013, that RODRIGUEZ will be alive & kicking tonight !

8:30 pm and Rodriguez is getting on stage. He has a voice, the band is playing better, the atmosphere is religious with real fans attending and not some of the posh bitches I saw at the Zénith for both shows.We even had a couple of youngsters getting on stage to sing with him and thank him. That was fun and harmless but not very respectful to a 70 year old man !

Ok he's still asking for wine between songs , but his valet was reluctant giving some to him so he had to be patient to have a glass... for the better.

His voice was a bit weak after a few songs but much better than yesterday.

Still lots of cover songs tonight: "La vie en rose","c'est si bon",  "I only have eyes for you", Carl Perkins' "Blue suede shoes", Bob Dylan's" Like a rolling stone"and a couple of ohers, some of his own songs are edited but we had a VERY GOOD SHOW. It was night & Day compare to the Zénith shows !

70 min show

Hallelujah !!!

 

anyone has the complete setlist ?


review for show N° 1 @ Zénith June 03 2012, Show N° 2 @ Zénith June 04 2013
 

Iron Maiden @ Paris Bercy , June 05 2013

Iron Maiden @ Paris Bercy , June 05 2013

 setlist :
Moonchild
Can I Play with Madness
The Prisoner
2 Minutes to Midnight
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
The Trooper
The Number of the Beast
Phantom of the Opera
Run to the Hills
Wasted Years
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
The Clairvoyant
Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Churchill's Speech/ Aces High
The Evil That Men Do
Running Free

Sixto Rodriguez @ Zénith , show n°2, Paris June 04 2013

Sixto Rodriguez  @ Zénith , show n°2, Paris June 04 2013

Another sold-out show for RODRIGUEZ @ the 6500 seats capacity Zénith in Paris.
Another sad show: the voice is weak, songs are under-rehearsed (in fact not at all I've been told), Rodriguez is editing songs, constantly asking for more wine between songs.
Sometimes I was wondering if I was not at a Peter Doherty show.
So sad.
Many people left before the end, and after talking to many people They all thought it was pathetic and that his family should leave him alone now that he's successful and has money.
Couldn't be more true.

 review for his show yesterday is here
Show N°3 @ Cigale June 05 2013 HERE

 60 min show

Sixto " Sugarman" Rodriguez @ Zénith 1st show, Paris June 03 2013

Contact: Irockinparis@yahoo.fr

Rodriguez + Jill is Lucky @ Zénith 1st show, Paris June 03 2013

Thanks to OLIVER PEEL I've discovered cult musician Rodriguez just after he played his first ever ( and sold-out) show in Paris @ Nouveau Casino on June 01 2009. Of course Oliver, the lucky Bastard, was at the gig. Oliver offered me both his records for my birthday a few months later and I've been listening to them constantly since. Fantastic records !!! Many People are comparing him to the best records of Bob Dylan, I guess they're right, but I've never been a hard-core B. Dylan fan.
Needless to tell you my expectations were high  as I've been waiting for this moment for 4 years and needless to tell you that the movie "Sugarman",  its success and its quality I've raised my expectations  higher.
All shows are sold-out: 2 Zénith and 1 Cigale.
The audience:  from Posh young girls (many)  to old hippies ( a few). Going to Rodriguez is the Hip place to be/go , just heard a girl waiting in line telling her friend on the phone " I'm going to Rodriguez , Isn't that cool !! But I don't know any of his songs" Nice way to start !!!

Down the front before Jill is lucky starts playing I can see a bit more of the audience around me: a whole posh/ultra catho family, feels like being at the local church party/bazaar. What the Fuck ?!?

Anyway, Rodriguez is escorted onto the stage by 3 people , I guess that now that he is a rock-star he can afford it.
Unfortunately he seems to be a bit lost on this huge stage and a bit nervous, his voice is very weak and we can barely hear his acoustic guitar.
From all the Live videos I've seen on Youtube where he was really playing, now things have changed he's "acting" a Rock-star on stage.
To get things worse, Songs are under-rehearsed, the band is trying to follow him but it's far from being tight. In fact there was no rehearsals.and when Rodriguez is losing the rhythm because the band is not playing the right thing he's editing the song.
Of course like at all his gigs he's not only playing his own songs but he's doing a few covers "dead end street"... including a short " La vie en Rose" for Paris.
This is just above average.
I guess I'm the only one feeling (very) disappointed as all my neighbors seem to enjoy themselves.
75 min show
I have my ticket for tomorrow I hope his voice will be back after a good night sleep.

setlist shortly

Next Rock concerts/shows in Paris for June 2013

Next Rock concerts/shows in Paris for June 2013

2013 has been one of the quietest year so far, from January to May it was really dead in Paris, Finally it's June, the weather is still crap but at least we have some decent rock concerts in Paris.

June 03:

Joe Satriani @ Grand Rex

Rodriguez 'sugarman' @ Zénith (sold-out)

Stone Roses + The Strypes @ Cigale
Melissa Laveaux @ Maroquinerie

June 04:

Rodriguez @ Zénith (sold-out)

The Strypes @ Album de la Semaine tv show
Stone Roses + Little Barrie @ Cigale

June 05 

Rodriguez @ Cigale (sold-out)

Iron Maiden @ Bercy (sold-out)

Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) @ Trabendo
My Bloody Valentine @ Bataclan
Murray Head @ Olympia
Sophie Hunger @ Trianon

June 06:

Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Bercy

Paul McCartney & Wings "Rockshow" movie projection @ Publicis Champs Elysées

June 08 & 09:

SONISPHERE @ Snowhall Park in Amneville with Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit, Slayer, Megadeth, Motorhead, Korn, Airbourne, Mastodon...

June 10:

The Killers @ Zénith

House Of Wolves , Emma Russack @ Oliver Peel session # 51, Paris June 02 2013

House Of Wolves , Emma Russack + Liz Greenfield @ Oliver Peel session # 51, Paris June 02 2013

Malvina Meinier, Liz Greenfield et Koschka & Heimprofi @ Oliver Peel session # 50, Paris, April 31 2013

Malvina Meinier, Liz Greenfield , Koschka & Heimprofi @ Oliver Peel session # 50, Paris, April 31 2013

The Breeders @ Trianon, Paris June 01 2013

 The Breeders @ Trianon, Paris June 01 2013

 SETLIST:

New Year
Cannonball
Invisible Man
No Aloha
Roi
Do You Love Me Now?
Flipside
I Just Wanna Get Along
Mad Lucas
Divine Hammer
S.O.S.
Hag
Saints
Drivin' on 9 (Ed's Redeeming Qualities )
Roi (Reprise)
Encore:
Shocker in Gloomtown (Guided by Voices )
Head To Toe
Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Beatles)
Safari
Oh!
Lime House
Encore 2:
Iris (Tour debut)
Don't Call Home

Phoenix @ L'Album de la Semaine- La Musicale Canal+ , Paris May 30 2013

Phoenix @ L'Album de la Semaine- La Musicale, Canal+ , Paris May 30 2013

Live TV show tonight to promote new album "Bankrupt"

In the middle of their Tour to Promote new album "Bankrupt" Phoenix is playing Canal+ TV show L'Album de la Semaine which is in fact now call "La Musicale". Good point as band are playing a longer set, instead of the 7-8 songs it is now 14-15 songs. Queens of the Stone Age played a couple of weeks ago.

Tonight it's French pop band from the posh Versailles city: PHOENIX. We've never really paid that much attention to that band, we've heard a couple of their songs on the radio but that pretty much about it.

Well, that's very pop, with a very trendy radio-friendly sound, they've found a "formula" and they're sticking to it.They have some very good songs and I'm sure it's very enjoyable attending one of their gig at a festival but in the end it all sounds a bit the same.

One of the best song tonight was the one they've played with just the singer and an acoustic guitar.
Not really the kind of stuff that we're listening to everyday but a good show.

setlist

Punk+ Sheila Rock exhibition @ Agnes B, Paris From May 30 2013...

Punk+ Sheila Rock exhibition @ Agnes B, Paris From May 30 2013...

Vernissage tonight