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Rating: A journey.
It was a car journey this summer that brought me closer to Muse.
A band I had previously dismissed: too sophisticated music and a frontman whose attitude and vocal timbre were off-putting.
However, by listening to them more (thanks Bice!) I reassessed them, and what I thought were their weaknesses turned out to be (for me) their strengths.
"A journey"
With quotation marks to indicate they must have been high on something... who am I talking about? First of all, those in the bars at Paladozza: no beer at all???
I swear! You couldn't purchase alcohol anywhere in the building!
When asked, they responded: "We've changed management", "We don't have the necessary permits yet" blah blah blah
Speechless... the guys near me were definitely smarter: a bottle of coke, a bottle of rum, and off we gooooo!
What about this woman from the organization that Mr_Iko and I approached to ask for the tracklist?
- "What do you want?"
- "The tracklist!"
- "What's that?"
- (sighing) "The setlist!"
- (after thinking it over a bit) "I'm sorry, but we don't have it, I can't give it to you"
- "Please! even a photocopy! we need it for the review!"
- "But what setlist do you want?"
- "We want the list of songs they'll play to write a decent concert review!"
- (slapping her hand on her forehead) "Ahhh! now I get it!"
The little sketch and the hunt for the tracklist continued, but the woman who thought we wanted an actual ladder was truly unbeatable!
A journey...
The ellipsis because the concert was a real journey through lights and sounds.
I enjoyed it from the height of the mixer, peeking at the setlist the sound engineers had: when the time for "Bliss", "Time Is Running Out", and especially "Plug In Baby" came, I dove forward, pushing as hard as I could to get close to the front rows.
I know, such things aren't in the concert-goer's etiquette, but at that moment it felt right: the guys on stage had hyped us up just enough!
The idea of the lights turning on in time with Bellamy's piano playing was brilliant, and the screens that started to display images, sound spectrums, and their own images filmed by mini-cameras on the instruments and/or microphones midway through were impressive.
I don't know their song titles (except in rare cases), I experienced the concert more from an emotional side than a "journalistic" one, and I have to say I really enjoyed it: a perfect mix of slow and energetic songs and a great stage presence (Bellamy sliding sideways like Michael Jackson is a must-see!).
I found only one flaw: their attitude: professional but a bit cold.
As I said some time ago about Coldplay, they performed their songs (just under twenty) with commitment and passion, barely stopping, but also barely leaving any personal trace... they did their job well, for goodness' sake, but without peaks.
Nevertheless, I would recommend seeing them when they return to our parts: if you like them at least a little, you won't be disappointed!
Definitely 20 euros and a bit well spent! oops...uhm...no, huh? mmm...anyway...where were we? oh yes! THANK YOU Rivo! ;)
Other scattered comments:
The support band, Cave In.
They're four lads who perfectly fit today's band stereotype: cute frontman, drummer playing shirtless to show off his physique, guitarist with medium-long hair for the head-shake effect, bassist with heavily tattooed arms.
Nothing is missing, except the music: a plain and predictable power rock...
Moreover, they're quite pretentious: their cover of Led Zep's "Dazed & Confused" was pathetic...
The best thing was the singer using a toy gun (complete with flashing lights) to play the guitar!
Iko's audaciousness.
Guys, if you ever go to a concert and want to get in somewhere, go with him! In the end, we met again (he watched the concert from a more comfortable position) and he already had phone numbers from "iddontknowwho", he already had the tracklist, he had met just about everyone around there!
Hey Iko! By any chance do you also have a number of some "groupie"? ;)
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