Paris, Divan Du Monde, 29th November 2007, review by Alex
As we arrived at the Divan Du Monde I was really surprised, because
there was a very long queue in front of the location. Remember
- the last concert at this place was a little desaster: David
left the stage because of the huge sound problems. I was told that this
was the only time that David abort a show and left the stage. By
queuing I met Cédric and Magali – it was great to meet
fans in real life finally.
After passing the entrance we took some beers (thanks Magali for the
first one!) and wait that the show began. Before the support act The
Good Life began, a screen hid the stage on which some videoclips were
shown. In the meantime the location get crowded and finally The Good
Life started to play.
After the support the screen was rolled out again and some music
videoclips were shown. In one of them Woven Hand was featured –
it was from the last show at the Divan Du Monde. Then the light went
out and Woven Hand started the show. It was obviously that the sound
problems of the last show should not happen again: David was really
very concentrated and checked with some improvisations if everything is
alright and that there are no feedbacks or other noisy and disturbing
things. After the Intro of “Snake Bite” they began the
evening with “My Russia”. After that an explosive
“Tin Finger” was followed (David stood up for a few
seconds!) and when David get the bandoneon for “Harm’s
Way” people began to cheer and so the very first highlight was
played. With “Aeolian Harp (Under the World)” a quieter
song was on the setlist before Ordy rocked his drums with the fantastic
“The Speaking Hands”. The beauty “Whistling
Girl” was next and then “White Bird” (some vocal
improvisations, like “Horse Head Fiddle” and “To make
a Ring” from David before starting the song) captivated the
crowd. “Slota Prow”, also with some various improvisations
enriched, was more or less the intro to the amazing “Your
Russia”. At the end Peter and Pascal put away their instruments
BUT David and Ordy played on – so after a few seconds Peter and
Pascal looked at each other, fetched their instruments quickly and an
outstanding end of “My Russia” was born. This was the
finish of the first part. After that they came back for an perfect
encore-set: The powerful “Winter Shaker” rocked the Divan
Du Monde and then David fetched the bandoneon again: With the first
notes of “American Wheeze” the crowd went crazy! After
“Deerskin Doll” and “Dirty Blue” (some people
sang some lyrics) the show ended.
Between the songs David did always a little improvisation and sang some
new and well known lines – like “To make a Ring”, for
example. The sound was not that loud which was really okay, because the
people were amazing quiet during the songs and you could hear ANY word,
that David sang. The audience was really PERFECT. No speaking or
annoying noises between the whole concert – I wish, it could
always be like this!!!
The setlist:
Snake Bite
My Russia
Tin Finger
Harm's Way
Aeolian Harp (Under the World)
The Speaking Hands with some Improvisations
Whistling Girl
Improvisations (Horse Head Fiddle/To make a Ring)
White Bird
Slota Prow with some Improvisations
Your Russia
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Winter Shaker
American Wheeze
Deerskin Doll
Dirty Blue
Alex 2007
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