photos
by ???
review by POLIDO
Hi to
all
i'm
back :-)))) and i'm real happy. I went to Paredes de Coura
festival last weekend and i can't tell you what a ride it
was. But i will only tell you about the great show dEUS
did last Friday. Well i can start by saying that i've never
seen the guys in such a good mood. They sounded very well,
all the songs have new arrangements. The sound was very good,
everything was loud and clear. Craig's voice was well balanced
with Tom's voice and Tim as well. When they appeared on stage
Tom said "Good evening our Portuguese friends. We have
good and bad news. The bad news is that the rest of the world
doesn't exist anymore. The good news is that Portugal does
exist. We're here, we are gonna stay here." and then
kicked off with Sister Dew, simple, beautiful. Then came Little
Arthmetics great as ever with a very psychedelic end. Sam
came with a blast. Tim was dancing crazy by now (a review
in a Portuguese newspaper said that Tim has some physical
resemblance with Blur's Graham Coxon :-))) ), Danny was being
a cool Rocket :-))) and Craig was playing very well, playing
all those crazy guitar solos in the right place and creating
new dimensions in the songs. Suds & Soda lift the crowd
powerful as ever. Klaas violin was everywhere. Fell off the
Floor, Man and it was dancing time for everybody :-))) Wild.
Then it came the first sad song of the night, according to
Tom, Magdalena. Very beautiful. Tom tried to show how to dance
Instant Street but he was a poor teacher :-))))) as for the
song fuckingtastic (why can't i get tired of this song??).
Let's See Who Goes Down First was presented by Tom as a song
about everytime we feel like we are going deeply crazy. Great
voice effect and a very intense song. Then Tom said that the
next song was about exactly the same thing and started to
play Roses. A very inspired moment. Hotellounge lifted me
off the ground what an amazing moment. 9 minutes of pure pleasure.
And the pleasure was coming from their faces too. They jumped
right to Put the Freaks Up Front, What a song,and what a version.
Very intense very freaky. The concert closed with The Magic
Hour it really was a magic moment and a perfect gig.
For
the encore, Klaas was the first to walk on stage, thanked
the audience and Turnpike was on the speakers. He started
to dance all around the stage. They did a medley with WCS
it was fantastic. During this song there were some funny moments.
All started with a fuck up by Klaas (because they used the
sampled bass line from the original version, Danny wasn't
playing) and everybody started to laugh. Then Klaas took his
shoes off and Craig grabbed it and offered it to the audience.
Then Tim and Craig started to play baseball with the other
shoe. Craig's guitar was the baton :-))). Danny was being
a rock star. Everybody was having a great time and the band
looked real close.In the end of the song Klaas asked for the
shoe back and he got it :-)))
Tom
asked if we had any requests, i asked for Serpentine but i
was too far away for them to ear :-))). Tom asked Danny to
play On Stage but it seams he refused. Maybe the rocket was
not in the mood to fly :-)))) They discussed about what song
to play and it came a very illuminated version of A Shocking
Lack Thereof. GREAT!! Tom improvised on the lyrics. When he's
supposed to sing "...but wait (wear your moonboots, cause
they suit you)" he started to sing "...but wait,
before you even choose to take the trip thing and die like
a Kennedy in the sky". Another magic moment. And to finish
the show i think they eard me and played Serpentine. Beautiful
as ever. In the end Tom sort of confirmed the stop the band
will be doing because he said goodbye like this "Bye
bye, see you in two years".
For
me this concert was even better than the Lisbon one in last
June. The band sounded far more creative on stage. There were
some changes on the setlist too, Dream Sequence and Everybody's
Weird were not played and a lot of songs changed place.
This
is all i can remember for now. Got to get some rest. I will
be putting some pictures of this show on my site. Some press
pictures and maybe other pictures, don't know yet :-)
Well,
bye for now
POLIDO
|
SETLIST
Sister
Dew
Little Arithmetics
Sam Peckinpah's Daughter
Suds & Soda
Fell Off The Floor, Man
Magdalena
Instant Street
Let's See Who Goes Down First
Roses
Hotellounge
Put The Freaks Up Front
The Magic Hour
-- -- --
Theme From Turnpike
W.C.S. (First Draft)
A Shocking Lack Thereof
Serpentine
|
