Vera, Groningen, Netherlands 24/12/98 Supported by Matthieu Ha by ANKE

Since the other guy kept his review so short, I feel I have to add something. It was my first Zita Swoon concert, (I accidently found myself buying this 'I paint pictures on a wedding dress' in october, because I liked the CD-cover and after five minutes listening I decided to buy that thing) but it was really great in Vera! I have no idea how long they usually play, I also can't recall all the songs, but I do know that after the official set of approximately one hour, they came back to play another fourty minutes, to come back another time to play an additional ten or fifteen minutes....And what I liked about the show, is that they enjoyed it so much themselves (or they're very good actors). Besides their own songs and the songs stated in the other review, I remember them playing a song of Jacques Brel, and a short set of Christmas songs (it was Christmas eve after all). And I remember a lot of people singing along with Stir it up, I'm on fire, Dreamdreamdream, and dancing on a sort of Polka music and a band that really enjoyed being there, making music, trying new things, trying new texts sometimes (if I'm correct, on Jintro and the great Luna, but I'm just a newbie) and really entertaining the audience. I left Vera quite inspired, with a lot of energy to do things I can really stand for. And I did by another CD the day after Christmas.