Post by WeirdO on Sept 6, 2004 10:32:20 GMT -5
This is it. Mark Lanegan was playing a solo show for the first time in Paris, even in France. It has been 10 years that I was waiting for that event. The 'Nouveau Casino', a really nice venue for a rock show, was sold out and many people had to stay in front of the doors. I was supposed to interview Mark for the radio where I'm working, but maybe two minutes before I arrive to the hotel, a man from Beggars called me to tell that the interview was cancelled. Whatever, it's the music which counts.
As the supporting act was cancelled, the show started really early in the night, around 8.00pm. The 300 people who were there acclaimed Mark as he entered onstage. Except the fact that he's not very talkative between songs, (maybe a few "Thank you" and "see you next time", Mr Lanegan delivered a very strong performance, very charismatic. He was more into the show than I ever see him, even dancing sometimes. His voice was amazing as usual but it's not surprising anymore.
The band was helped by the perfect acoustic and sound engineering. Classical setlist for this tour, no surprises but real highlights: powerful renditions of Sideways in Reverse, Message to Mine, Driving Death Valley Blues, a wah wah version of Like Little Willie John sounding like a Screaming Trees song, and really touching versions of Sleep With Me or Ressurection Song. But to my opinion, Skeletal History was the best song played this evening. It sounded awesome and I'm starting to think that it's maybe his best song, at least when it's performed live.
So, the show was excellent, except that I think they should add Because of This to the setlist. Anyway, it was great to see Mark Lanegan in Paris. It was also great to see french fans, waiting for this show for years, really into Mark's music. To conclude, I just want to tell a word about the line up. The woman Shelly Brown is tattooed, and she did not sing out of tune! It's not PJ Harvey but she really fit well in the set! But the real star in this band is Brett Netson. I really liked his attitude during the all show. At the beginning of Fix, he started to have guitar problems. I don't know if he was high or something but it took him 3 minutes to realise that he was not playing. The roadie gave him another guitar and he played again, showing his finger to the sound engineer who was making fun of him. Brett was the last to leave the stage, trying to grab a fan on it, unsuccessfully but concluding a great show.
Thank you Mark, thanks to the band for this great night.
Setlist
Hit The City
Wedding Dress
Creeping Coastline Of Lines
No Esay Action
Miracle
One Hundred Days
Message To Mine
Sideways In Reverse
One Way Street
Come To Me
Ressurection Song
Driving Death Valley Blues
I'll Take Care Of You
Like Little Willie John
Skeletal History
Metamphetamine Blues
Encore
When Your Number Isn't Up
Pendulum
Sleep With Me
Fix + Jam
Ben
ps: I have recorded the gig. Sound is better than the show I taped last november in Brussels and which I uploaded to my website. I will do the same thing if the server give me back my space (it's close at this time) or start to do a trading thing with people who want it.
As the supporting act was cancelled, the show started really early in the night, around 8.00pm. The 300 people who were there acclaimed Mark as he entered onstage. Except the fact that he's not very talkative between songs, (maybe a few "Thank you" and "see you next time", Mr Lanegan delivered a very strong performance, very charismatic. He was more into the show than I ever see him, even dancing sometimes. His voice was amazing as usual but it's not surprising anymore.
The band was helped by the perfect acoustic and sound engineering. Classical setlist for this tour, no surprises but real highlights: powerful renditions of Sideways in Reverse, Message to Mine, Driving Death Valley Blues, a wah wah version of Like Little Willie John sounding like a Screaming Trees song, and really touching versions of Sleep With Me or Ressurection Song. But to my opinion, Skeletal History was the best song played this evening. It sounded awesome and I'm starting to think that it's maybe his best song, at least when it's performed live.
So, the show was excellent, except that I think they should add Because of This to the setlist. Anyway, it was great to see Mark Lanegan in Paris. It was also great to see french fans, waiting for this show for years, really into Mark's music. To conclude, I just want to tell a word about the line up. The woman Shelly Brown is tattooed, and she did not sing out of tune! It's not PJ Harvey but she really fit well in the set! But the real star in this band is Brett Netson. I really liked his attitude during the all show. At the beginning of Fix, he started to have guitar problems. I don't know if he was high or something but it took him 3 minutes to realise that he was not playing. The roadie gave him another guitar and he played again, showing his finger to the sound engineer who was making fun of him. Brett was the last to leave the stage, trying to grab a fan on it, unsuccessfully but concluding a great show.
Thank you Mark, thanks to the band for this great night.
Setlist
Hit The City
Wedding Dress
Creeping Coastline Of Lines
No Esay Action
Miracle
One Hundred Days
Message To Mine
Sideways In Reverse
One Way Street
Come To Me
Ressurection Song
Driving Death Valley Blues
I'll Take Care Of You
Like Little Willie John
Skeletal History
Metamphetamine Blues
Encore
When Your Number Isn't Up
Pendulum
Sleep With Me
Fix + Jam
Ben
ps: I have recorded the gig. Sound is better than the show I taped last november in Brussels and which I uploaded to my website. I will do the same thing if the server give me back my space (it's close at this time) or start to do a trading thing with people who want it.
