Willem
II, Den Bosch, Netherlands 16/03/96
Supported by Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung
by PAUL VAN GORP
Supported by Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung
by PAUL VAN GORP
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Willem
II, Den Bosch, Netherlands 16/03/96
Supported by Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung by PAUL VAN GORP
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Announcement transcribed from the Willem II bulletin Moondog Jr.
+ Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung Uit bewondering voor
diens werk met Tom Waits, Elvis Costello en The Lounge Lizards vraagt
dEUS bassist Stef Kamil Carlens Michael Blair of hij de plaat van Moondog
Jr., de band waarin hij zingt en gitaar speelt, wil produceren. Het antwoord
is positief en zo worden de liedjes, die door de vijf leden van Moondog
Jr. de laatste achttien maanden tussen de dEUS tours geschreven zijn,
aan de taperecorder toevertrouwd. Die Anarchistische
Abendunterhaltung Review After a Moondogless period of almost two months, this was the first opportunity for me to see the Antwerp guys again. Having heard the stories about the events after the shows in Eindhoven and Utrecht in January which I unfortunately missed, I was looking forward to see Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung (DAA) + Moondog perform on the roof or streets of Den Bosch. The evening started off at about 21.00h with a nice DAA-performance. Again, the use of amplifiers had a not so good influence on the fragile sounds. The clarinet was the greatest victim of the technology. Apart from the usual 'Dreislagstelsels' and 'Suds & soda', they did one new song ('Dreislagstelsel VIII' maybe?) and unfortunately Stef didn't show up to do the DAA-version of 'Jintro & the great luna'. I don't know why, but this performance didn't really impress me as much as it did in Eindhoven. At about 22.10h Moondog Jr. showed up. Curious detail: Tom did the entire show on his socks and Stef did the last part barefooted; I admit it was rather hot in the medium sized Willem II concert hall. During the first few songs, I noticed that the band was really concentrating on the music. There was no interaction at all with the audience. Because of this, I feared that this wouldn't be a very good Moondog show. After one hour, Stef was even talking about doing only one more song. But from then, something changed: the serious looks made place for laughter and much improvisation. This resulted in a fine closing part of the show, as you may notice from the setlist: Jo's wine song So, no really special songs during the first part of the show. But there were some small changes compared to earlier shows. 'Moondance', for example, saw an extra long rendition which lasted for almost ten minutes. The same goes for 'Waiting 'til you're gone'. During 'TV song' Benjamin didn't play the harmonium, but Tom accompanied Stef on guitar. 'Cachita' could be done much better if I compare it to the stunning rendition in Eindhoven. I think this was partially caused by the absence of the great (blue) lightshow, which evoked a thrilling atmosphere two months before. Then, after approximately one hour, the first new song was done. At the start, I thought it was Guilty, but although it resembled the Randy Newman song, it surely was an other one. I'm not sure, but I think this is a cover. The lyrics contain the line 'I can never hurt you' several times. 'Jacky' was a perfect fit in the energetic set. At this point, the people in the audience were clearly having a good time. When I turned around at one time, I was surprised by the amount of moving and swinging people. I don't remember having seen this much motion at former Moondog performances. Some lines of a Randy Newman song (according to Marijke) were added to the end of 'Jacky'. The next song was the second new one to me. I can't imagine this is a cover because of the typical Moondog style. Stef proclaimed the line 'Rub it in' many times with a frog-like voice, so this probably is the title. He seemed to really enjoy to sing this funny song. After this, my personal highlight followed in the shape of the Daniel Lanois cover 'The messenger' (with thanks to Henk). Stef announced beforehand that he was going to try a new one, and if it would go wrong, that really wouldn't matter. But none of this: this song surely fits Stef like a glove. The up-tempo songs 'Everyday I wear a greasy black feather on my hat' and 'Love 609' (in an extended version) closed off the powerful show. I was somewhat disappointed that the special 'Spike Smiths'-march by DAA + the Moondogs was ommited this time; we waited in vain for some minutes inside, and also outside no belgian musicians could be seen. Nevertheless, the last part of the concert made it a special night, which didn't seem to be case if you'd rely on the first hour. |
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