mardi 31 mai 2011

Roger Waters "The Wall" 2nd Show @ Bercy, Paris May 31 2011

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Roger Waters 2nd show @ Paris Bercy, May 31 2011
1st Half

Of course, same show.
Guests in the audience including John Mc Enroe, Marianne Faithfull, Jean Michel Jarre & Sylvie Vartan.

John McEnroe (far right with green t-shirt)

2nd Half

It was really well worth seeing a second time as there are things I didn't notice on the first night.

The best place is not too close from the stage so that you can enjoy the projections on the wall and the quadrophonic sound.
Once again GREAT show.

After watching carefully with friends, Roger is not singing for many songs.
No Gilmour tonight on "Confortably Numb".


Say "Yeahhh"

Here are most of the musicians and backing vocalists

Goodnight Paris !

The opening song "In the Flesh" with pyro:


Cat's Eyes @ L'Album de la Semaine , Paris May 30 2011

Cat's Eyes @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris May 30 2011
setlist

New side-project for the singer in The Horrors with his girlfriend, very psyche and quiet music.
They seem to be perfectionists as they've played several songs twice.

dimanche 29 mai 2011

Roger Waters "The Wall" 1st show @ Bercy, Paris May 30 2011

Roger Waters @ Paris Bercy , May 30 2011
Firsy show & First Part:
Two happy blokes outside and two Not so happy blokes inside !

Roger Waters playing his masterpiece : The Wall.
This tour is VERY popular and second shows of third shows (even fourth) have been added in many cities across Europe including France, for once, with 4 shows in all.
One today and one tomorrow and two other shows on June 30 & July 1st.
All shows are sold-out.
Roger Waters scaring poor kids, who didn't ask for anything.


Hard to day something as there are so many things going on all along this 2 hour + show, split in two.
On "Another Brick Part 2" we have a dozen kids on stage.
The wall is being built slowly for the first part and finished for the end of it.
Lots of projections all the time with some inflatables like the school teacher & the mother + the Pig at some time during the gig.
Teacher leave the kids alone.

The sound is terrific and in quadrophonic, great lightning even though I would have prefer to have it more bright.
The band is way behind the stage so you can't really see them clearly specially as the wall is being built.

Great show : A MUST SEE !

"Do you wanna take a bath ?"

Intermission for 30 min

2nd Part of the show:

After a 30 min intermission, the show in itself is fantastic as the wall is completed, projections are looking terrific.
For the first couple of songs you can't see the band then they are playing in front of the wall.
Don't need to tell about the songs or the setlist as it's the album or the movie soundtrack as they added a few songs and bits now & then for it.

EIN, ZWEI, DREI !
Heil Roger.

SETLIST :
FIRST HALF: In the Flesh, The Thin Ice, Another Brick in the Wall Part 1, The Happiest Days of our Lives, Another Brick in the Wall Part 2, Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces, What Shall We Do Now, Young Lust, One of My Turns, Don't Leave Me Now, Another Brick in the Wall Part 3, The Last Few Bricks, Goodbye Cruel World
SECOND HALF:
Hey You, Is There Anybody Out There?, Nobody Home, Vera, Bring the Boys Back Home, Comfortably Numb, The Show Must Go On, In The Flesh, Run Like Hell, Waiting for the Worms, Stop, The Trial, Outside the Wall.

Archie Shepp is in da house.

The only reproach would be Roger's vocals: they are perfect and that's the problem, I guess that he's miming over a backing track for most of the gig.
Nevertheless it's a must see !
The Wall came tumbling down
Merchandising

Someone recorded the whole show in Arnhem Holland in April check his top quality videos
1st part, 2nd Part

Arctic Monkeys stream entire new album

Arctic Monkeys stream entire new album on official website
The album "Suck it and see" will be available next week.

Click on cover above to listen to it

samedi 28 mai 2011

Gil Scott-Heron 1949-2011 RIP

RIP
Il était considéré comme l'un des pères du rap : le musicien Gil Scott-Heron est décédé le vendredi 27 mai 2011 à l'âge de 62 ans. Selon son éditeur, le poète, romancier et musicien américain était tombé malade à son retour d'un voyage en Europe et était hospitalisé dans un hôpital de New York. Les causes exactes de son décès n'ont pas encore été rendues publiques.

The Sonics @ Cigale, Paris May 27 2011

The Sonics @ Cigale
Paris, May 27 2011

ALL PICTURES (C) Madame Mime

original setlist

From Madame "Motley Depeche" Mime:
"Ce soir c'était un peu les fashions'jeunots Rock'n roll friday meets les quadras de Born Bad.
En 1ere partie les Masonics.(click for video from the gig)
Les Sonics ne ressemblent plus à rien mais la musique roxe.
La set list n'est pas la bonne parce qu'ils ont fait bcp + de morceaux donc un 2eme rappel qui n'était pas prévu tant l'ambiance était chaude".

"Psycho":

video from "Have Love, Will Travel" @ Cigale.

vendredi 27 mai 2011

Julie Doiron @ Oliver Peel session, Paris May 28 2011

Julie Doiron @ Oliver Peel session
Paris, May 27 2011
Probably one of the last ever Oliver Peel session @ the appartment on Avenue Dusquene next to the Eiffel Tower & Invalides as Oliver & Cecile have to find another Home sweet Home before Decembre as they're evicted by their landlord.
Tonight only one artist: Miss Julie Doiron from Canada s she's the only one playing she played a longer set than usual @ Oliver's.
Voice and electric guitar for some cool folk-pop-rock songs , videos should follow shortly as someone from Le Cargo was video-recording the whole set.
Cool atmosphere on this friday night & always some tasty food and lots of wine/beer.

"Kids wanna ride"

No gigs for this week-end (we probably won't go to Thurston Moore @ Villette Sonique on saturday)

Monday ( May 30) will be mad with no more than 6 shows:
Roger Waters @ Bercy (sold-out) (we'll go to this one)
Al Di Meola @ Casino de Paris
Jay Jay Johanson @ Café de la Danse
Fleet Foxes @ Bataclan
Black Lips @ Social Club
Cat's Eyes @ L'Album de la Semaine
May 31:
Roger Waters @ Bercy (we'll go as well)
Jamiroquai @ Casino de Paris ( Private gig for a beer)
Then nothing until June 6:
System of a Down @ Bercy (sold-out)
June 07:
The Kooks @ Cigale (sold-out)
June 08:
System of a Down @ Bercy (sold-out)
June 10:
Duran Duran @ Grand Rex
Alice Cooper @ Montereau Festival ( 40 km outside Paris)