Re: Frankfurt reports here please
Date: June 14, 2007 12:07
salar Wrote:
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> Hi,
> its 01.40 am now..I just came back to Cologne.
> Frankfurt was my first gig this
> summer,,,,well..what to say..I really got very
> Mixed Emotions tonight, because:
>
> 1. The stadium and the crowd...placing the stage
> on the sidetribune was a good idea..cause: The
> stadium seemed to be full at least...it looked
> pretty packed, the atmosphere was great...the fans
> were into it, especially during the second half
> and there were already no bad places cause
> evrybody had a much closer view to the stage...I
> guess approx 25.000 visitors...
>
> 2. I had block A2 row 1 seat 10..so this was front
> line , you could not get closer to the stage..but
> they left about 2 meters space between row 1 and
> the iron wall...everytime I wanted to go front, I
> was told to go back by the
> security...rubbish..after the Stones hit the stage
> on 08.50 pm evrybody was on his or or her
> feet...as if there were no seats at all..
> I could hardly see Charly from my place..I could
> not see Bernard,Lisa and Blondy at all, cause the
> stage was so high and I was on Keith side just
> opposite to the horn section.
>
> Now the show....so I had the so called best seats
> in the stadium...and I got the worst sound i ever
> wittnessed at a Stones gig...and I saw more than
> 30 or 40 Stones gigs so far...believe it or
> not....setlistwise tonights gig was one of my
> favorites..but what do you do if you are not able
> to recognice the songs..such as, Bitch, Monkey
> man, even Rambler was a mess soundwise...i could
> hardly hear the guitars..Micks voice could not be
> heard at all..the horns..forget it..it was a
> horrible mish mash...I dont know the english
> vocabulary..so I explain it in german:
> " Leute, der Sound war ein einziger Brei..eine
> katstrophe, eine Schande, ein Matsch aus
> dröhnenden Gitarrenchaos..Mick war fast überhaupt
> nicht zu erkennen..die drums shepperten mit
> Verzögerung....ich hätt echt heulen können"...I
> really wanted to cry...never thought it could get
> such a shitty lousy sound..
> The Stones themselfes were in good shape....Mick
> at his best...he talked a lot to the audience...he
> apologized for not playing last year and so on,
> Charly was cool...he had so much fun during band
> intro..Ronni was very concentrated..he IS
> sober...at least tonight he was....Keith, well
> Keith...on some songs he was on..on others he
> wasn`t..well this is Keith as we all know him,
> BUT: he was not the keith I saw last summer...what
> I mean ?..I am not sure, but he partly looked and
> behaved like he was kind of sedated( sediert in
> german)...
> as I will go to the next Stones gig in Paris on
> saturday I will watch him again carfully and than
> I will see if there is something or if it was just
> an off night like he has it from time to
> time...although I do not mean this
> musicalwise..his guitar playing seemed to be ok so
> far...well at least from what I heard from time to
> time.During Symphathy something was wrong with his
> guitar...he stopped the solo and went to Pierre
> the talked to each other, checked the guitar and
> so...
> during JJF & BS he was on fire again...I think.
> They playd about 1 hour 55 minutes and performed
> 19 songs.
>
> So all in all....it was , again, a high energetic
> Stones show...with Jagger setting the standard to
> higher levels....He alone, is worth the ticket
> price, The the band was on fire, the audience was
> hot, too....the sound was absoloutly aweful...it
> can`t get worse...and therefor I could not enjoy
> the show as I could , or better as I should.
> Keith was somehow strange...and now I am looking
> forward to Paris...where I will have normal FOS
> tix...and this is my experience from todays
> gig....being in the first ten rows is too
> close...the stage is too high...you can not see
> evrything whats going on stage....I mean the whole
> production ( stage, sound and performancewise has
> become so large, that, if you are really front
> row, the show is blowing away over your
> head....man kriegt irgendwie viel zu wenig mit da
> vorne...besser 10 meter weiter hinten stehen....so
> IMO the best place on a Stones gig is FOS about
> 10-15 meters from first row..just between main and
> bstage..this is the place to be..cause there you
> get both...perfect sound and perfect view.
>
> So Good night so far
> CUinParis
> Salar
Yes Salar, you're right in every word. But, I was row 20 which
is 18 meter from the stage. Sound was sucking anyway. But I don't
wanna write any further because I'm totally angry that they didn't
deliver what they asked for...
Was meinst du mit "sediziert"? Wie ich schon schrieb, sieht das wie
Schlaganfall aus. Ich hoffe ich täusche mich wirklich!