Voyd
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Post by Voyd on Aug 19, 2015 10:26:48 GMT -5
Have somebody here also been at the concert in Ebensee last Saturday? Mark seemed to be havin a hard time
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Post by pin964 on Aug 19, 2015 11:37:36 GMT -5
Have somebody here also been at the concert in Ebensee last Saturday? Mark seemed to be havin a hard time What does it mean?
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Post by SheBangsTheTrums on Aug 19, 2015 12:21:34 GMT -5
Have somebody here also been at the concert in Ebensee last Saturday? Mark seemed to be havin a hard time What does it mean? Are we talking about his voice??
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Voyd
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Post by Voyd on Aug 20, 2015 6:29:19 GMT -5
No, he often forgot the text and started singing with a delay, so it didn't match the music. First I thought he's probably drunk or somethin, but when I talked to him afterwards he was completely normal (as far as I can give an opinion about that). He also didn't do an encore, I've seen him 5 times right now, but never in such a condition. He just seemed to be not feeling very well. (Please excuse my poor english.)
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Post by jho on Aug 25, 2015 19:27:15 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXdszhtMdekI also noticed that he was way off with his lyrics That's the first video of that song that I've seen. Was really looking forward to this, but he is kinda awful in that one. I mean there is always a little freedom to change the speed in live-renditions, but he seems too slow mostly (and wrong at times) Instrumental-wise it's a pretty damn cool song.
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Post by WeirdO on Aug 31, 2015 0:31:12 GMT -5
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Post by jho on Aug 31, 2015 3:27:08 GMT -5
Nice, some MLB pro-footage. Haven't seen (or looked for) from this tour. Nice to see the very new songs, Dry Iced and Atmosphere as a pro-shot
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Post by WeirdO on Sept 1, 2015 9:32:21 GMT -5
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Post by mimie on Sept 2, 2015 8:51:14 GMT -5
Cool interview thanks (but no photos of Tourcoing ^^)
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Post by WeirdO on Sept 2, 2015 9:32:57 GMT -5
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Post by mimie on Sept 2, 2015 11:17:24 GMT -5
Thanks ! I was not at that one but the Rock en Seine date was very cool (for a festival date, which means one hour). I took a photo of the rock art image for Mark with my old crappy phone, I think you can order the portfolio with all the posters somewhere on Rock en Seine site if you want to. Will do reviews for Mark in both French and English when I will have the time, and in French for the whole festival. I also have the setlist of the show. Attachments:
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Lucy
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Post by Lucy on Sept 2, 2015 13:17:47 GMT -5
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Post by silence on Sept 2, 2015 13:32:20 GMT -5
It even has gravelly in the URL! Right. Some sort of official scorecard might need to be in order...
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Lucy
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Post by Lucy on Sept 2, 2015 13:59:18 GMT -5
What if Mark's voice was whiskey poured onto gravel, lit with a cigarette and the fire burned down the neighborhood.
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Post by mimie on Sept 3, 2015 5:36:03 GMT -5
Photos of Rock en Seine here
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Post by raeni on Sept 3, 2015 13:48:51 GMT -5
Photos of Rock en Seine hereDon't think I've seen the white shirt before!
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Post by mimie on Sept 4, 2015 4:27:10 GMT -5
Photos of Rock en Seine hereDon't think I've seen the white shirt before! I was surprised by this outfit too, of course it's not very important what people wear on stage, but I think we can say Mark was all dressed up to the nines for Rock en Seine (am I saying it correctly ? I want to say that he was on his 31, that's what we're saying in French)
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Post by drstroganoff on Sept 4, 2015 19:11:43 GMT -5
Just got home from the Cardiff gig. Was really good. Finally got my hands on a copy of Dark Mark vinyl! (Plus Istanbul & Cleveland). Managed to get a photo, and he signed my LPs of Scraps & ITCOY.
I Am The Wolf was just incredible, a real highlight. As was Black Rose Way. Time to relax with a cup of tea now. :-)
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Post by ken on Sept 13, 2015 12:15:19 GMT -5
Is it just me, but I'm watching the Rock en Seine concert through the link above and Mark's voice does not sound in good shape at all? It's ok for Dylan to destroy his with relentless touring, but Mark's voice is his career; sounds like he needs a good rest!
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Post by desertsky on Sept 13, 2015 13:23:10 GMT -5
Yes, you are right...I hope that Mark return with great voice on next album and with Mike Johnson...ah..
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Post by yearofmondays on Sept 13, 2015 22:11:48 GMT -5
Yes, you are right...I hope that Mark return with great voice on next album and with Mike Johnson...ah.. That would be incredible. I do remember reading an interview around the time of Blues Funeral, where Mark said that doing another album with Mike would be fantastic. To be honest, with the release of Houston and Has God Seen My Shadow last year, it would't surprise me if it happened again.
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Post by desertsky on Sept 14, 2015 2:42:35 GMT -5
I was thinking that this is the reason why Mark released Houston demos now - collaboration with Mike Johnson again but who knows..
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Post by svennb on Sept 15, 2015 2:15:02 GMT -5
Is it just me, but I'm watching the Rock en Seine concert through the link above and Mark's voice does not sound in good shape at all? It's ok for Dylan to destroy his with relentless touring, but Mark's voice is his career; sounds like he needs a good rest! His voice doesn't sound good with Phantom Radio (and BF) songs imo. Mark's on his best when he doesn't need to sing high notes. I really really hope he's gonna play some older stuff in the future. Preferably acoustic sets.
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Post by mimie on Sept 15, 2015 7:40:41 GMT -5
Is it just me, but I'm watching the Rock en Seine concert through the link above and Mark's voice does not sound in good shape at all? It's ok for Dylan to destroy his with relentless touring, but Mark's voice is his career; sounds like he needs a good rest! I was at this gig, Mark's voice was not as perfect as it can be, but it was not shocking neither ; but I still need to rewatch the gig, the instruments were covering Mark a little where I was, so maybe my opinion will not be the same with the video.
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Post by mimie on Sept 18, 2015 5:39:02 GMT -5
Here is my English review, you can go to concertsrnrm.blogspot.fr to read a French one if you want to, it will be posted in a few days (that's not my blog) This is the second time today that I’m gonna see the Mark Lanegan Band at Rock en Seine, in the beautiful Parc de Saint-Cloud. Last time, in 2012, the band was playing by night, but today, they are programmed at 7:50 PM. Not ideal in my opinion… At least they have a slot of one hour, it could have been 45 minutes… It is still strange that a singer with such a career ends on one of the littlest stages, but it allows the concert to be more intimate, so I will not complain too much about that. As usual, the musicians (who don’t need to be presented anymore, see my review of the Alhambra in Paris in March, it was the same except for Duke Garwood who is here only when he has the opening slot) are doing the (long) soundcheck themselves. As it is very hot today in Paris, I don’t even have the courage to watch it in its entirety, preferring to be sit before the beginning of the gig (I’m here since the opening of the gates at 2 PM). But I heard Aldo doing the little bit of Death Trip to Tulsa, and these little seconds were enough to please me. Even if it was still daylight, Mark’s roadie asked for a change in the lights “No way ! No way ! Not in his eyes”, that was funny. I was at the first row, right in front of Mark’s mic, when the guys entered the stage at the agreed time (that’s the advantage of festivals). Mark was wearing his Sunday best (well, it was Sunday after all), sporting a nice white shirt. The sound was not perfect, the instruments were covering Mark a little, but nothing horrible. As the gig was filmed (you can go to the Culturebox site to watch it), I was saying to myself that despite of the tiredness of the week-end (three intense days of gigs!), I had to look as enthusiastic as possible. No problem about that, the gig wasn’t lacking of rock with pieces such as The Gravedigger’s Song, Gray Goes Black, Hit the City or Riot in my House. A setlist pretty similar (except it was obviously shorter) than the one of the Alhambra, Blues Funeral / Phantom Radio oriented. I didn’t mind, it is still the same tour and most of these songs are so awesome! The “surprise” (well, not really one in this Internet era, as it was already played before) came with the Joy Division cover of Atmosphere, which was welcomed warmly by a connoisseur public. There was another surprise, though, and it was one concerning the songs that were NOT played : I was pretty certain we were going to have Methamphetamine Blues, but no, no “Rollin’ children, keep on rollin’”, that was a little bummer, but Death Trip to Tulsa is so amazing for closing the set that I got over it ;-) Comparing to the last Rock en Seine, I must say that Mark was (keeping everything in proportion) more talkative. The talk in question was mostly consisting of “thank you very much”, but when you have just one hour to play, I think that’s enough. If Mark didn’t even take the time to introduce his musicians, I was really touched to see him do a sign of the head towards every one of them: it was saying way more than words in my opinion. Mark didn’t seem to be offended by the fact of playing by daylight, and if that’s definitely not my favorite configuration, I thought it was not as a nuisance as I expected it would be (it was my first time in eight gigs seeing Mark at the light of day). As I have no interest in the bands that were considered headliners on that Sunday evening (Alt-J and the Chemical Brothers), Mark was the last artist of the week-end for me and my personal headliner of the day, so I was a bit sad when he left the stage (as always, by the way) but Jeff Fielder came to take a photo of us, and a really nice security guard gave me a setlist, that comforted me. I was waiting for MLB to be the best gig of the week-end for me, and even without big surprises they didn’t disappoint (well, they were not as fun as The Offspring, but we can’t really compare, can we ? ). However, a singer during this week-end surpassed Mark for me, and we all know how difficult it is, so kudos to Mr Paul Banks of Interpol. Mark, you need to come back to Paris soon to defend your title ;-)
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