
Cataloging everything you’ve doneâ€â€ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂI’m not interested in that. I’m interested in different ways of expressing myself. If I’m lucky, it will work."
John Cale
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Live reviews
Setlist
Over Her Head
Lament
Waiting For Blonde
Do Not Go Gentle
Verses
Endless Plain Of Fortune
Venus In Furs
Set Me Free
Things
Fear
Paris 1919
E Is Missing
Model Beirut Recital
Gun
Pablo Picasso
Heartbreak Hotel
Berlin 2003-07-04
Kesselhaus SKIF Festival, Berlin, Germany
Review by Killer83Z
I went to Berlin to see John at the SKIF Festival (Sergey Kuryokhin
International Festival). The first part was open air and it rained. There
were a lot of other russian bands, one or two were really cool, with tuba
and trombone and a free jazz feel. The website said that John would play
23.15 - 00.00, but fortunately, the programme there said he would play till
1.15.
We went inside, into the "Kesselhaus" and saw 2 other bands before 22:45 the
stage was being prepared for John. Cameras were strictly forbidden during
the gig and taken away by the security. Who was that nice guy that tuned the
guitars and gave John the different guitars during the gig? John waited till
23:30 and the crowd was already excited. The usual looks to the mixer guy
about the microphone were outnumbered by an angry, repeated pointing at the
keyboard during Lament. I thought he gave me an odd look when I sang Over
Her Head along. Maybe I shouldn't have listened to those bootleg recordings
that much. Quite strange that someone sings along to a new, unreleased song,
ain't it?
There were two old fashioned grandmas in the audience who would go totally
wild when Do Not Go Gentle was played. Those are old and loyal fans! I loved
to see Things performed live, and the last part, starting with Model Beirut
Recital, John played with a Gibson e-guitar and he totally rocked. The
second guitar player played really great during that. It lasted till ca.
1.00 and John returned said thanks to berlin and played one final encore
being Heartbreak Hotel with the entire band.
Being my first John cale show ever, it was an unforgettable night, although
I really missed a second encore solo John.