Pains of being pure at Heart @ C'est Lenoir Black session # 307 Paris nov 23rd 2009
Setlist & invitationssss
After leaving Canal+ where we saw Soulman Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears , we headed to Radio France next to the Eiffel Tower for a Black Session with New Yorkers : Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. We get there just 2 minutes before they went on stage infront of another selected audience of 250 people confortably seated in red sofas like in a movie theatre. The guys ( and the japanese looking girl on keyboards ) are quite young. They are playing a mix between English early 80's indie rock and soft american college radio rock. They have a few good songs including a couple of great ones ( which are sounding like the early Cure ). Unfortunately most of their repertoire is sounding the same and the last 20 min of the hour show were pretty boring.
Huge billboards in front of Radio France to promote Rickie Lee Jones' gig there.
The band will top the bill on the Friday night (June 25).
Festival organiser Michael Eavis told the event's official website, Glastonburyfestivals.co.uk: "I promised the best possible line-up for the show next year and the confirmation that U2 will play their first ever Glastonbury – and their first major festival gig since the early 1980s.
"We've been trying for years... And now we've finally made it happen. I'm sure they will pull out all the stops to make next year's Glastonbury the most memorable ever."
First album for Black Joe lewis & the Honeybears and first time in promo & in concert in Paris. Nice it's @ L' Album de la Semaine where the conditions are perfect, a selected audience of a 100 people. Black joe Lewis on guitar & vocals dead center, guitar player and bass player on the right , 3 brass on the left and as usual the drummer in the back. All dressed in costumes à laHives; Funny all the guys are white and are all wearing glasses apart from the sax guy who's black with no glasses on. The music is soulfull 60's style and Black Joe Lewis has the voice of a whyskey "rock 'n roller" drinker. He did drink some between songs but that seemed a bit rehearsed to look cool. Great groovy songs ( they've played 8 tonight ) with the exception of one lame one. Even if Black Joe Lewis has a great voice, he lacks charisma , he's not acting like the leader of the pack which he should.
Thanks to Mathilde , Oliver could get Troy Von Balthazar to play an Oliver Peel Session. The appartment is getting smaller and smaller each time or is it that it's more and more crowded one session after another ? Lots of new faces this time, couldn't fit anymore people in there. Troy played a 50 min set of his songs ( including two brand new ones to feature on his next album ) on acoustic guitar. SETLIST: ( from Oliver Peel ) check for more Pics HERE 01: Rainbow 02: Communicate 03: Heroic Little Sisters 04: Dots and Hearts 05: Dogs 06: Very Famous 07: Duncan 08: To A Girl With One Wing Gone 09: I Block The Sunlight Out 10: Wings 11: Valentine 12: Days Of Nothing
He told us it was the first time he was playing acoustic ever in front of an audience ( I've got my doubts about it ). Anyway the atmosphere was really laid back even though it was a bit hot, there was so many people but thanks to Cecile there were lots of cold beers, soft drinks and lots of pastries and cakes to go with. Once again there were people from all the world : China , Japan, USA and different parts of Europe. The world is converging on Oliver's living room.
Troy & d' Artagnan
Everyone is listening religiously, specially the girls
Troy seems to enjoy this early gig a lot ( 6:00 PM ). Nice to have a chat with new people ( I mean girls ;-) Many people left for the Cigale to see Grizzly Bear ( Feist was a surprise guest at the end ) so we could chill out a bit and relax in the only sofa in the room after all these emotions. Last but not least we ended the night way past midnight over a bowl of spaghetti.
Time for a drink & lonesome Jeanne meditating
Sold -out tonight @ Oliver's
Oh Yeah ! forget to tell that Chokebore ( Troy's first band ) will be back next year with a show in Paris France.
Sorry the light, the sound are complete shite I'll upload another one soon from another source. This is a new song by the way :
