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Columbia Fritz , Berlin (D) - April 25, 1999
REVIEW BY JESSICA BODE The
gig´s completely sold out. Tom´s talking to people at
the entrance almost until the very last moment, but at 20.45pm they
enter the stage. There`s a loud jubilation but dEUS play no attention.
no " hello" or anything...very quietly they start off..
>> my little dreamone, you´re o.k.?..<< and that´s
enough to make everybody shut up and catch breath. Tom seems really
seriously into it & doesn´t open his eyes for a single
time. It is clear from the beginning that this is not going to be
their wildest or ´funniest´ concert. After "little
A." tom briefly welcomes people and later he´s fooling
around, doing his typical butt-shake, while klaas is dancing along
,too and Craig & Danny talk a lot while they are playing. The
band seems to be good-mooded, but still very introverted. Someone
in the audience shouts " everybody´s weird" , they
all look at each other and tom says >> you know what you are..<<
and Sandra pardo´s voice is on " eveybody´s weird"..
they play a very good version of it. But within a second the mood
totally changes as Tom announces the song >>very appropriately
called..aah..magdalena..<< and then asks the "light guy"
to dim the light. It has a very sad feel to it. I don´t dare
move - a feeling that stays on during "sister dew" &
"roses". "Freaks" is great. Craig messes up
with his part a little - as he always does when it comes to singing
>> you placed your frown..<< and after that dEUS leave
but of course return for "turnpike". Klaas announces the
song as usual with his typical kind of dancing. Danny joins late
and in the end tom improvises a lot (great!) and dances crazily.
the song goes on for at least 10min, I guess. "magic hour"
is a first highlight for tonight ´cause it´s real magic
- especially at those moments: >> pushed it awayyyyyyyyy...<<
and when Craig sings >>hey maybe should we ask it could..<<
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pity
"let´s see.. " sounds so bad, but the microphone-problems
suck. Aferwards a little quiz is going on, tom saing: >> we
have a very old song for you now << and people go "hotellounge!"
. >>no, that´s not the one!<< . "jigsaw you!"
NO!<< , "via!" >>NO!<< (it´s Tommy
smilin´ for the first time tonight) and someone goes "serpentine!":
>YES!!<<everybody´s laughing and he: >>now
you´ve lost one million deutsch >>marks!<< after
"serpentine" they leave again but return ´cause
people of berlin wouldn´t stop screaming. Tom finally finds
back to his typical way of jiving around, telling that they have
a deal within the band: >>if danny fucks up with the next
song, he owes us 1000 deutsch marks!<< and >>he invites
everybody to eat some japanese food with them. The climax is yet
to come and it´s "one advice Space". In the finale
there are 3 voices and Tim almost messes it up ´cause his
voice is so quiet, you can´t hear him, but craig is great!
The music fades, there´s just a soft guitar & Craig´s
voice >> take us away <<..and then all of a sudden tom
starts off (>>holly came from miami..<<) Lou Reed´s
"walk on the wildside".when he goes on >> and the
coloured girls go: do do do do do..<< everybody´s clapping
and singing along. from now on there couldn´t be a moment
greater & closer between the band & audience. They play
"sam" & "Eisbär". now they seem to
have a real good time, laughing and dancing on tage. but it´s
already farewell, off they go..this night has been an example how
important the encore can be. to me it was the ´real´
concert ( and fot dEUS seemingly, too) tonight they´ve blown
everybody away! 
