KISS Bercy 2008 You wanted the best ...

ROCK N ROLL ALL NITE !!!
More tomorrow

Contact : irockinparis@yahoo.fr

KISS Bercy Rock City !!!

"Gene bloody Simmons"

KISS Paris Bercy More More and More !!!

KISS Bercy More pictures !!!

© Guino Patrice

I'll post some more later with review and setlist.

KISS I WANT MORE !!!

SWEET DREAMS

KISS PARIS BERCY 2008

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING !!!

Review tomorrow with more pictures ( much more ) .

Grand Finale

The Mabuses Video Black session Paris Jun 16th

Hi there,
Went to The Mabuses playing at France Inter for a Black Session.
www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/em/cestlenoir/

I didn't know that much about this band except that they've just released a 3rd album a few weeks ago more than 15 years after their second one.
Led by Kim Fahy, they're playing a weird pop-psychedelic music
If want a taste check their website ( you can listen to their entire album ):
www.themabuses.com

Very pleasant evening , 1 hour plus set.

JP Nataf from french band Les Innocents was playing piano and guitar
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=157970763

Here's the setlist :
01: I'm The Greatest
02: We Rested Our Feet
03: Dark Star
04: Havana
05: Byayaba
06: Seasider
07: Destination
08: Feast
09: Glass Eyed Pitter Patter
10: Mirth
11: Hog Of The Forsaken
12: She Went Wild


And a short video :


I couldn't go to Yael Naim this afternoon so no review
Tonight : KISS

Pete Doherty @Truskel Video

Hi there
Nothing happened these last few days so i though i could put on a video i've recorded @ Truskel that was the last song ( Can't stand me now ) he played that night , he was so pissed off by people talking as you can see:



i've just opened a youtube account , i'll post more videos shortly
check it :

http://fr.youtube.com/user/rockingparis

Monday is busy :

Elliott Murphy fnac montparnasse 5.30 pm
I'm just back : Elliott played all his new cd
Here's a picture from after the 50 min showcase

Joan as a policewoman : Nouveau Casino 9 pm
Yelle : trabendo sessions 8 pm
The Mabuses : black session France Inter 10 pm

Tomorrow :
Yael Naim Trabendo sessions 3pm
and KISS @ Bercy

McCartney & U2 @ Live8 2005 Rehearsals & Gig

Hi
Just a few pics from Patrice Guino 's archives for you :

" I get there around 10 30 am they already had started the rehearsals , they played Sergent Pepper 3-4 times and that was it.
Note : there is a Pink Floyd's backdrop.
Then it was time for U2 to rehearse on their own and finally Coldplay but we couldn't see them as we were asked to leave the premises as security wanted the pit clear before opening the doors a hour later.

We were lucky to be there the day before for the whole afternoon watching Macca & George Michael, Sting , Madonna ( who rehearsed her 3 songs set for more than 75 min in front of Pink Floyd's ( & family ) Nick Mason, David Gilmour and Richard Wright ). Believe me she's a real Professionnal.
And finally The Pink Floyd with Roger Waters at sunset , that was VERY emotional when they started performing the entire set they will play in front of more than 100 000 people in hyde Park and dozens of millions on TV the day after. We were just a handfull and that was THE FIRST TIME they were playing together for 25 years .
I will always remember these moments. "

© Patrice Guino Live8 Rehearsals july 2nd 2005

© Patrice Guino Live8 Rehearsals july 2nd 2005

© Patrice Guino Live8 Concert july 2nd 2005

Paul McCartney performed yesterday in front of 350 000 in Kiev.
the gig was simultaneously broadcast on giant screens in six other Ukrainian cities and on television, with an estimated 10 million people watching.

SETLIST :

'Drive My Car'
'Jet'
'All My Loving'
'Only Mama Knows'
'Flaming Pie'
'Got To Get You Into My Life'
'Let Me Roll It'
'C Moon'
'My Love'
'Let 'Em In'
'The Long And Winding Road'
'Dance Tonight'
'Blackbird'
'Calico Skies'
'I'll Follow The Sun'
'Mrs Vanderbilt'
'Eleanor Rigby'
'Something'
'Good Day Sunshine'
'Penny Lane'
'Band On The Run'
'Birthday'
'Back In The USSR'
'I Got A Feeling'
'Live And Let Die'
'Let It Be'
'Hey Jude'
'A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance'
'Lady Madonna'
'Get Back'
'I Saw Her Standing There'
'Yesterday'
'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'

Have a nice sunday.

New videos

I've just added a couple of videos from Radiohead and RATM

Enjoy

Football, Football and ...football with a little bit of Rock

Hi there
Been lazy those last 3 days didn't go to Manu Chao ( Jun 11th and 12th )
neither to Supergrass ( 12th ).

Tonight The Damned are playing the Gibus and Marron5 the Olympia
I'll crush once again on my sofa in front of the Tv to watch Football as france is playing vs Holland, they've been very good and beat the shit out of those macaronis. Should erect 'em a statue for this.

Well, as i want to update the site as often as possible i've asked my mate Patrice Guino to sent me some pictures from his archives so that you can rock your arse off .

He's a very good photographer as you could see:

Here are a few gems :Iggy & the Stooges , Paris Zénith May 08 th 2006
Little Richard , Paris Olympia Jun 06 th 2005

James Brown's last show in Paris , Juin 29 th 2006 @ Palais des Congres.

Enjoy !!!

Check Oliver's site too, lots of critics and pictures. In english, french and german ( updated very often ) :
http://monconcertmonblog.blogspot.com/

Offspring Paris Trabendo Jun 10th

Offspring at the tiny Trabendo ( 500 capacity ) , i wasn't there but one of my mate sent me the setlist :

Bad Habit
All I want
Come Out and Play
Beheaded
Gone Away
Hammerhead
Have you ever
Staring at the sun
Trust in You
Gotta get away
Want you bad
You're gonna go far, kid
Why don't you get a job
Pretty fly
What happened to you?
Americana
The kids aren't alright
-encore -
Session
Can't get my head around you
Self Esteem

They've played for 80 min.

Radiohead Paris Bercy Jun 10th 2008

Back to bercy for the second show
This time i could see Bat For Lashes : nice electro-rock music but not the best conditions to see them, everyone was talking over the music and they've played almost completely in the dark for the whole gig. Her voice remind me of Bjork but she's much more sexy
Good introduction to radiohead
Well, what can i say ?
Tonight was the same "shit " as yesterday: Some ( very )good parts and some (very) boring parts
Here's the setlist :
01. 15 Step
02. Bodysnatchers
03. All I Need
04. Airbag
05. Nude
06. Pyramid Song
07. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
08. The Gloaming
09. Dollars And Cents
10. Faust Arp
11. Videotape
12. Optimistic
13. Just
14. Reckoner
15. Everything In Its Right Place
16. Fake Plastic Trees
17. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Encore1 :
18. House of Cards
19. There there
20. Bangers’n Mash
21. The National Anthem
22. How To Disappear Completely
Encore2 :
23. Super Collider
24. You And Whose Army ?
25. Karma Police ( dedicated to "Bat for Lashes ” )
26. Idioteque

Radiohead Paris Bercy Jun 9th 2008

Hi there
So that's my first message on this Blog , let's see how things are working down here .

RADIOHEAD BERCY 9 jUIN 2008
Yesterday was the the first Radiohead concert at the 16500 capacity Bercy arena. they will be playing tonight as well. Bat For Lashes is supporting for both night .
Couldn't be in time for the support slot.
I gotta say i WAS very fond of them many years until they played some dumbass electronic music after OK Computer and i wasn't really convinced by their "free-download-pay-what-you-want" - iN rAINBOWS - album. But Radiohead has always been very good on stage.
Unfortunately tonight they played too many songs from their lasts albums to really get my attention; Don't get me wrong they were good especially with the old rocking gems; But they are way toooo electro for me.
So i had mixed feelings about yesterday's gig.

Setlist :
1) All I Need
2) There There
3) Lucky
4) Bangers’n Mash
5) 15 Step
6) Nude
7) Pyramid Song
8) Arpeggi
9) The Gloaming
10) My Iron Lung
11) Faust Arp
12) Videotape
13) Morning Bell
14) Where I End And You Begin
15) Reckoner
16) Everything In Its Right Place
17) Bodysnatchers
Rappel 1
18) Exit Music (For A Film)
19) Jigsaw Falling Into Place
20) House Of Cards
21) Paranoid Android
22) Street Spirit
Rappel 2
23) Like Spinning plates
24) You and whose Army ?
25) Idioteque

So they've played the whole of " In rainbows" including the bonus song.
Only 2 tracks from -The Bends- and 3 tracks from - OK Computer-

JOHN FOGERTY Grand Rex Paris June 8th 2008

Back to the beautiful Grand Rex after the Pete Doherty no-show.
This time no Eurostar 5 hours delay
John Fogerty is like Santa Claus : he's coming to town every year.
As always He's rockin' and Rollin' and if you wanna hear some solid rock' n Roll : He's Da Man

Setlist :
1,Born On The Bayou
2,Bad Moon Rising
3,Green River
4,Who'll Stop The Rain
5,Lookin' Out My Backdoor
6,Don't You Wish It Was True
7,Bootleg
8,Midnight Special
9,I Heard It Through The Grapevine
10,Comin' Down The Road
11,Jambalaya
12,Broken Down Cowboy
13,Keep On Chooglin'
14,Have You Ever Seen The Rain
15,Down On The Corner
16,Old Man Down The Road
17,Hey Tonight
18,Fortunate Son
19,Rockin' All Over The World
20,Proud Mary

As you could guess, lots of Creedence Cleawater Revival Songs
No surprises but no disappointments.
Tonight we were not lucky as john was sick we were treated with a small 20 songs set instead of the usual 27 songs set.

Patti Smith Fondation Cartier Paris June 7th 2008

Patti arriving at the Fondation Cartier just before the show ( here with a fan ) .

Walking down the streets of Paris with her son Jackson and Dee.

Live and Rockin'

"People Have the Power"

Patti Smith-vocals

Lenny Kaye-guitar

Jay Dee Daugherty-drums

Tony Shanahan-bass, keyboards

Jackson Smith-guitar

Second show for Patti smith à la Fondation Cartier, this time with her band for an acoustic performance in front of 300 people in the very same room as her exhibition ( still running 'till June 28 th ) .
It's a great privilege to see her ( them ) in such a small and prestigious place.
We were treated to a greatest hits set including a tribute to the late Bo Diddley who recently passed away.
She will be back here for another show in a couple of weeks ( shhhh it's a secret !!! )

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Cigale June 6th

The former Belle & sebastien beauty and the former Sceaming Trees and QOTSA dark howler are playing the Cigale to promote their recently released " sunday at devil dirt".
Back in Paris after their very convincing gig at the tiny trabendo on jan 30th 2007 .
The combination of Isobell Campbell 's tiny high voice and Mark Lanegan 's gravel tone is working once again perfectly.
Maybe some people will complain that theirs songs are way too slow or mid-tempo, not me.
Don't expect any pop music or heavy metal , just simple songs played in a simple way with lots of feelings.
A perfect match .
Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra would be proud.
My Isobel you're sooooo sexy !!!

Here's a small video , enjoy ...

Pete Doherty shambles @ Grand Rex Paris

Apres la première annulation du 23 avril suite à un emprisonnement Pete Doherty le leader des Babyshambles est censé revenir à Paris pour un concert en solo.
Ce soir la première partie est assurée par notre Pete national , l' ancien chanteur de Taxi girl : Daniel Darc .
A peine ai-je mis les pieds au Grand Rex ( vers 20h ) que la production semble nerveuse Pete est coincé dans l' Eurostar , daniel est prévu à 20h45 et Pete pas avant 21h30 .
Ca commence bien , les fantomes de son concert au bataclan ressurgissent.
Daniel entre sur scène vers 21 h , ce qui ne laisse présager rien de bon pour la suite, accompagné de son fidèle Alice Botté à la guitare .
On pourrait légitimement avoir un peu peur de retrouver Daniel tout seul sur une si grande scène dans une configuration solo acoustique mais il n' en est rien. Alice assure comme un grand et Daniel remplit bien l' espace multipliant les poses pour le bonheur des photographes présents. Un vrai charisme se dégage du personnage mème si son coté enfant apparait quelque fois , s' excusant presque d' etre là .
A noté les tres bonnes versions de " J' irai au Paradis " , qui ouvre le concert , et de " LUV" ce soir pas de " Chercher le garçon " mais peu importe .

Le contrat est rempli, les pisseuses ( cheres a Gainsbourg ) en ont pour leur argent, enfin pour le moment.

Setlist du Grand Rex

Apres une "petite" entracte le promoteur vient annoncer au micro que Pete ne sera pas sur scène avant 23h30, l' Eurostar etant tombé en panne .
So Coooool !!!
Enfin ça laisse le temps d' aller s' en griller une et de taper la discute ; personne n'est dupe , mème s'il s'avère que c'est totalement véridique , les plus folles rumeurs courent et lorsqu ' une ambulance passe devant le Rex toute sirène hurlante tout le monde se met à gueuler s' attendant à en voir surgir un Pete complètement hagard.
La triste réalité nous rattrape quand le concert est officiellement annulé vers 11h30 .
Les quelques chanceux encore dans la salle auront droit à une chanson joué par Pete au téléphone depuis sa prison Eurostaresque .
Une partie des décu(e)s rentre chez elle tandis que l' autre squatte devant la salle , ce soir il n' y aura pas de mouillage de petites culottes;

Fin du premier Acte.

Comme dans tout bon scénario qui se respecte il y a toujours un rebondissement de dernière minute: Vers minuit l' info circule que, des son arrivée sur le sol parisien , il se rendra directement dans un petit bar situé à un jet de pierres des grands boulevards afin d' y jouer. Mes informateurs étant suffisamment crédible , nous nous rendons illico au Truskel .
La petite rue Feydeau grouille d' animation , c'est bon signe , mais toujours pas de Pete .
A l' intérieur du bar c'est l' étuve ; ça s' excite, ça s' énerve . Il faut dire que le staff est complètement dépassé par les événements.
Le bar est archi-bondé , impossible de bouger et dire que Pete va devoir fendre la foule pour accéder à la scène préparée en toute hate . Ca rappel des souvenirs aux plus anciens et ce fameux concert d' Iggy Pop au Gibus.
Ca fait deux heures et demi q'on attend. Va t-il venir ?
Ce n'est que vers 2 h du mat' que les geoliers de la SNCF consentent à le liberer .

Fin du deuxième acte .

Il est 2h30 lorsque Pete se pointe mais le concert ce n'est pas pour tout de suite, petite halte au bar du truskel pour se désaltérer et oublier les 7h passées dans l' Eurostar .
Ce n'est que vers 3h15 du matin que Pete monte sur scène , accompagné de toute sa cour.
Devant c'est de la folie, il faut se battre pour sa vie coincé entre ceux qui poussent derrière et deux crétins qui se sont improvisés "personnel de sécurité" qui , au lieu de calmer les fans, les bourrent de coups de coudes afin d' éviter l' envahissement de la scène.
Comme toujours dans ces cas là , les plus faibles abandonnent gentiment encouragés par la
" sécu" : - si vous pouvez pas respirer , dégagez !!! -

A coté de moi les esprits s' échauffent , la baston générale n'est pas loin .
Putain , on se croirait coincé dans la fosse lors d' un festival de heavy metal en plein set de Sepultura.
Incroyable et complètement navrant.
au milieu de se champ de bataille on arrive à distinguer un reprise de Johnny Cash , ainsi que quelques titres des libertines et des Babyshambles.
L 'atmosphère n'est pas chauffée a blanc que dans le public , Pete arrète le concert une première fois apres avoir reçu de la bière et il est a deux doigts de se jeter sur le malotru.
Le bougre a du mal a se faire entendre , devant c'est Verdun et derrière les gens discutent .
Ca l' énerve passablement et apres avoir demandé un peu de calme sans vraiment l' obtenir : il se casse ... pour revenir quelques minutes plus tard .
Malheureusement il semble que Pete attire tout un tas de pseudo-branchouilles plus présents ce soir pour dire a leur potes qu'ils y étaient plutot que pour la musique .
Apres une seconde et vaine tentative de restaurer un semblant de silence au fond de la salle Pete quitte définitivement la scène 45 min après y ètre monté avec cette phrase pleine de bon sens :
< On one hand : Thank you ( pour ceux qui écoutent ), on the other hand : Fuck you ( pour les autres )>

Fin du troisieme acte .

quoi ? le concert ! c'était comment ? Ben, du Pete tout craché . entre le n' importe quoi et le
( presque ) sublime .

Setlist :
01: Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash Cover)
02: Arcady (Babyshambles)
03: Fuck Forever (Babyshambles)
04: Back From The Dead (Babyshambles)
05: Merry Go Round (Babyshambles)
06: The Boy Looked At Johnny (Libertines)
07: Death On The Stairs (Libertines)
08: What Katie Did (Libertines)
09: Albion (Babyshambles)
10: Smashing (Libertines)
11: Can't Stand Me Now (Libertines)

Presque 5 h du mat' et pas encore couché. j'suis claqué .
Alors que le soleil commence à se lever et que paris s' éveille quelques fans encore présents auront le plaisir de discuter quelques minutes avec Pete avant que celui ci ne rejoigne son hotel apres une journée pleine de rebondissements .