Jarvis Cocker @ Galerie Chappe Day 4 Paris May 8th 2009

Day 4
Jarvis Cocker @ Galerie Chappe
May 8th 2009

Jarvis rocking & checking the sound for the Poetry

The first two songs played were : " I never said that I was deep" and " I told you that i love you " then the band jammed , played " hold still " , "leftovers " and " further complications " ( not in this order )

10 Min Break

Improvisation with part of the band ( the rest was out to lunch ) then Anthony Hadden - Guest came to read 4 poems including one with Jarvis on drums.
The last one (here on video) is sounding a bit like a Lou Reed song. Cool
The band played " Homewrecker ", "pilchard" , " Slush" and " Fucking song" all of them twice

another break

Jarvis & band played a 10 min version of " i don't want to loose you again".
Then it was time for people to bring their instrument and play:
1st one was a 10 year old kid playing guitar
2nd was a teenage girl on acoustic guitar and a kid on trumpet
3rd was a guitar player and sitar player
All of this with Jarvis playing Keyboard.

Jarvis left to go out only to come back 20 min later to announced that it was over for today in between we had a ridiculous Pete doherty inpersonator and his girlfriend on guitar without the band, and a couple of other guys who jammed with the band.

Guest on poetry and kid on guitar

Busy day , the place was packed , lots of jamming with people ( see pics ) but not as good as yesterday maybe because there were too many people and without the "yoga class" or the "Kids class" there was something missing. These classes were also great to relax outside.
People were not into it as much as the other days, talking while the band was playing, sad.
I guess that saturday will be very busy too

Young guests and the overcrowded galerie

A little bit of Poetry with Anthony Haden-Guest:

Jarvis Cocker @ Galerie Chappe Day 3 Paris May 7th 2009

Day 3
Jarvis Cocker @ Galerie Chappe
May 7th 2009

Once again I was a bit late , the band has already played " I don't want to loose you again" then ( in fact it's the song called " You're in my eyes(disco song)" they jammed ( a song called " je te suis, tu me suis").
Jarvis played a Velvet Underground cover " femme fatale" ( here on video ) then Jarvis and guest Glenn Max on guitar ( from Last Man Standing , he's also the programmer of the Southbank Center in london including the Royal Festival Hall 's Meltdown) jammed for 15 min à la Sonic Youth .
They played " You're in my eyes(disco song)".

Time for a break

Yoga class with an instructor, some practiced and most of the others went out to relax on the stairs of Montmartre enjoying the sunshine, Jarvis did an interview and photo session.

Then we had a belly dancer who gave a class to the music of the band feat. jarvis and Glenn.

Time for another break before Jarvis introduced guest Gonzales
They jammed for a while before playing " You're in my eyes " ? ," Angela " , Survivor 's " the eye of the tiger" as people were asking for more they played " Further Complications".
Once again a great day probably the best since the beginning of the residency.

We went out for a drink and on our way home there was a shooting with this French actor ( can't remember his name ).

Glenn Max & Yoga class

foreign tourists and Jarvis posing

Belly dancer class and ....voyeurs ;-)

Jarvis & guest Gonzales relaxing and rocking

Jarvis Cocker & Guests playing Velvet Underground 's " Femme fatale":


Jarvis Cocker & Gonzales playing Survivor 's " Eye of the Tiger":

Jarvis Cocker @ Galerie Chappe Day 2 Paris May 6th 2009

Day 2

Jarvis Cocker @ Galerie Chappe
May 6th 2009

The Beauty & the Beast

The Beast & the Beauty

Another day of great performance by Jarvis & Friends , I was there a little late today so i've missed a couple of hours of rehearsals ( playing new songs ) and the "Kids class" .Songs played : Angela , homewrecker, freres Jacques , I never said I was deep.

Pause

Then with kids Choregraphy ( see video here ) : further Complications & Homewrecker
Jarvis once again invited people to play with the band for a few instrumental songs
including some relaxation music.
The day ended with Jarvis playing a few more new songs Further Complications, I Never Said I Was Deep, Fuckingsong, Caucasian Blues( see video here ), Morning Dew ( not in this order ) until 6:00 PM.
Setlist of what Jarvis played from HERE ( scroll down for the second day ). An excellent site on Divine Comedy.

Groupies are getting younger and younger these days

Jarvis playing new song " Caucasian Blues":

Jarvis messing with the kids:

Jarvis Cocker @ Galerie Chappe Day 1 Paris May 5th 2009

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Day 1
Jarvis Cocker @ Galerie Chappe Paris
May 5th 2009

Jarvis trying to get a signal from outer space ( left)
jamming with ? ( right )

Nice afternoon again with Jarvis Cocker and his band
A bit of rehearsals to start with , then he played a song a few times( homewrecker ) to get it right and ask someone from the audience who had his guitar to play with the band , then they jammed for a few minutes.
Jarvis went to answer a few questions for the press outside and relaxed on the stairs of Montmartre.
At the same time his band was jamming with an artist ( ? ) on piano.

Jarvis relaxing in Montmartre

We had a Yoga class with a professional instructor to the music of Jarvis Cocker improvising for an hour.
Finally he played a few songs ( from new cd ? ).
All of this between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM
Another review with Pics from the day here
See what happened yesterday for the setting up and rehearsals HERE

Yoga class @ Galerie chappe

J.C. announcing this week's program

Jarvis playing for the Yoga class:

Jarvis playing a new song homewrecker :

Amazing Baby @ Baron Club Paris May 4th 2009

Amazing Baby @ Baron Paris
May 4th 2009

all Pics © Guino Patrice

Late night show as the band didn't start before midnight ( so technically we were the 5th ).
The Baron is a very high profile trendy club in Paris as it only holds 200 people max.
As the band is walking on stage it's getting a bit busy but most of the people will come after the band is long gone around 1 pm.
Of course the place is packed with beautiful girls.
It's weird to see such a band in such an unusual place considering the music they're playing : a mix of 60's psyche and stoner influenced by Black sabbath.
They only played 5-6 songs for no more than half an hour but people enjoyed it a lot , sooo cool to headbang on stoner music in a trendy club.
Really cool set but way too short.
It seems that the guitarist is a good friend with Lizzie Jagger, who was there to support them.
Had a quick chat with the singer after the show who told me they already played La Cigale with the Ting Tings ( Inrocks Fest ) and the Fleche d' Or.
Don't miss them next time.

Some guests : Rachid Taha ( with the hat )

Elizabeth Jagger ( daughter of Mick ) sitting on the right

Here's a video ( sorry the lightning is shit ):