From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #551 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Thursday, April 11 2013 Volume 15 : Number 551 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] BF at the Admiralspalast [Jocelyn Fiske ] Re: [AVALON] BF at the Admiralspalast [Evans Richard ] RE: [AVALON] BF at the Admiralspalast ["Colette Robertson" Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF at the Admiralspalast Thank you for that eloquent report Christian. It certainly is a setlist I wouldn't have put money on. Mightily relieved that I don't have to sit through Jealous Guy and Avalon in their original forms anymore and gob smacked at the prospect of singing along to It's My Party while Mr F laments the loss of 'his Johnny'. And although I'm no great fan of Chain Reaction, NYC or Crazy Love I will re-familiarise myself with them again after years of non-playing to see how I feel about them now. The inclusions of Another Time Another Place, TSOB, THSMLI and the solo workings of RM/RM and Casanova more than make up for it though. And I'm practically beside myself with the idea of Back to Black and Move On Up on the list. A real risk taking, who'dathunkit, not for the masses, weird as weirdy weird set if ever I saw one. To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this tour (still not really into TJA) and would have settled for the odd gem here or there, but now I can't wait for November. J - -----Original Message----- From: Christian H. SC6teman n To: avalon Sent: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 8:15 Subject: [AVALON] BF at the Admiralspalast Well, you already have seen the setlist if you have chosen to. I had the hance to catch the concert yesterday and I must say it was nothing short f amazing. Sad to see some people on formus going "Oh dear. Apart from nother Time looks poor." - to which I would reply, listen to a complete ig first, then judge. It was by no means a "mostly-jazz" concert... but ere are some details. The announcement of the gig's proceeding was undertaken by a radio oderator (of the ultra un-hip "Spreeradio") looking like a dolls' house ouncer, including bad jokes and apparently only basic knowledge of what as to follow - promising "Bryan Ferry himself singing all the Roxy Music its" in the later part of the evening. I prefer not to comment that. Then on you go for the BFO, effectively directed and by Colin Good. Several racks from TJA, after which BF strolled on stage to a rearranged version f LITD, followed by BFO with BF versions of The Only Face (brilliant!) and eason or Rhyme. During the latter, the "rock band" performers came on tage, and the first "rock set" selection was... The Same Old Blues! I was mazed right from the point it started with the clavinet sound. During the ock-oriented material, the BFO became a mixture of great brass band ection, second keyboards and second guitar, making clear that by no means as every song to be reworked into a jazz(-ish) format. BF's voice was high p in the mix, with all its subtleties, yet quite sonorous in its middle ange during the louder sections, very good. Actually, I had expected maybe one or two surprises in the setlist and then y and large a greatest hits / recent favourites selection, but BF clearly ook a risk here. Fortunately, the audience took quite positively to the azz Age versions after a few numbers, but Ferry did not aim to settle for rowd-pleasers, meaning that we got - for the most part - a selection of racks from the first three solo albums, TBSB and my old favourite, amouna. Standout versions of That's How Strong My Love Is, ATAP etc. everal times I found myself in disbelief, listening to tracks like Chain eaction or It's My Party in great arrangements, thinking: they are ctually playing this - when I thought I would never get to hear those racks performed (again). Even more surprises out of Bry's bag by the inclusion of Crazy Love, Amy inehouse's Back To Black (performed pognantly by BF, showing that he is ctually some form of great solipsist soul singer - were there such a ategory) and - as the final encore, Curtis Mayfield's Move On Up. The audience were up on their feet from LST onwards, clearly enjoying the esser-known or unexpected songs. So, yes, we did get some of the Roxy / erry hits - though mainly in BFO versions. The remainder was a surprising ocus on the Ferry solo back catalogue. An awesome gig - given you are a erry solo as well as a Roxy fan. I sincerely hope that he will retain many of the surprise numbers in the et for the UK leg of the tour. Frankly, at times I had wished for a moment o let the sheer excitement of having just heard such a rarely performed ong to sink in for a moment. But that way, it was positively overwhelming. Our man, turning 68 in half a year, still excels at what he is doing, and lthough like most fans, I would love to hear new original material being eleased soon, this concert confirmed the depth of his back catalogue. Christian __________________________________________________________________________ o unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:31:27 +0100 From: Evans Richard Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF at the Admiralspalast Could be the Colston Hall then Mark??? Sadly we'll never ever know about ATAP Richard On 9 Apr 2013, at 11:13, olivetreepl+mark wrote: > Like Richard, this set list is encouraging me to get a ticket! > > The chance of hearing 'Another Time' live is very exciting: one of my favourite BF tracks, I've always wondered what it would have been like as a Roxy track. > > Mactheaxe > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:00:26 +0100 From: Evans Richard Subject: Re: [AVALON] BF at the Admiralspalast The Set List may actually make me change my mind and get a ticket On 9 Apr 2013, at 10:29, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: > Thank you for that eloquent report Christian. It certainly is a setlist I > wouldn't have put money on. Mightily relieved that I don't have to sit through > Jealous Guy and Avalon in their original forms anymore and gob smacked at the > prospect of singing along to It's My Party while Mr F laments the loss of 'his > Johnny'. > > And although I'm no great fan of Chain Reaction, NYC or Crazy Love I will > re-familiarise myself with them again after years of non-playing to see how I > feel about them now. The inclusions of Another Time Another Place, TSOB, > THSMLI and the solo workings of RM/RM and Casanova more than make up for it > though. And I'm practically beside myself with the idea of Back to Black and > Move On Up on the list. A real risk taking, who'dathunkit, not for the masses, > weird as weirdy weird set if ever I saw one. > > To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this tour (still not really into > TJA) and would have settled for the odd gem here or there, but now I can't > wait for November. > > J > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian H. SC6teman > n > To: avalon > Sent: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 8:15 > Subject: [AVALON] BF at the Admiralspalast > > > > Well, you already have seen the setlist if you have chosen to. I had the > hance to catch the concert yesterday and I must say it was nothing short > f amazing. Sad to see some people on formus going "Oh dear. Apart from > nother Time looks poor." - to which I would reply, listen to a complete > ig first, then judge. It was by no means a "mostly-jazz" concert... but > ere are some details. > The announcement of the gig's proceeding was undertaken by a radio > oderator (of the ultra un-hip "Spreeradio") looking like a dolls' house > ouncer, including bad jokes and apparently only basic knowledge of what > as to follow - promising "Bryan Ferry himself singing all the Roxy Music > its" in the later part of the evening. I prefer not to comment that. > Then on you go for the BFO, effectively directed and by Colin Good. Several > racks from TJA, after which BF strolled on stage to a rearranged version > f LITD, followed by BFO with BF versions of The Only Face (brilliant!) and > eason or Rhyme. During the latter, the "rock band" performers came on > tage, and the first "rock set" selection was... The Same Old Blues! I was > mazed right from the point it started with the clavinet sound. During the > ock-oriented material, the BFO became a mixture of great brass band > ection, second keyboards and second guitar, making clear that by no means > as every song to be reworked into a jazz(-ish) format. BF's voice was high > p in the mix, with all its subtleties, yet quite sonorous in its middle > ange during the louder sections, very good. > Actually, I had expected maybe one or two surprises in the setlist and then > y and large a greatest hits / recent favourites selection, but BF clearly > ook a risk here. Fortunately, the audience took quite positively to the > azz Age versions after a few numbers, but Ferry did not aim to settle for > rowd-pleasers, meaning that we got - for the most part - a selection of > racks from the first three solo albums, TBSB and my old favourite, > amouna. Standout versions of That's How Strong My Love Is, ATAP etc. > everal times I found myself in disbelief, listening to tracks like Chain > eaction or It's My Party in great arrangements, thinking: they are > ctually playing this - when I thought I would never get to hear those > racks performed (again). > Even more surprises out of Bry's bag by the inclusion of Crazy Love, Amy > inehouse's Back To Black (performed pognantly by BF, showing that he is > ctually some form of great solipsist soul singer - were there such a > ategory) and - as the final encore, Curtis Mayfield's Move On Up. > The audience were up on their feet from LST onwards, clearly enjoying the > esser-known or unexpected songs. So, yes, we did get some of the Roxy / > erry hits - though mainly in BFO versions. The remainder was a surprising > ocus on the Ferry solo back catalogue. An awesome gig - given you are a > erry solo as well as a Roxy fan. > I sincerely hope that he will retain many of the surprise numbers in the > et for the UK leg of the tour. Frankly, at times I had wished for a moment > o let the sheer excitement of having just heard such a rarely performed > ong to sink in for a moment. But that way, it was positively overwhelming. > Our man, turning 68 in half a year, still excels at what he is doing, and > lthough like most fans, I would love to hear new original material being > eleased soon, this concert confirmed the depth of his back catalogue. > Christian > > __________________________________________________________________________ > o unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:17:28 +0100 From: "Colette Robertson" Subject: RE: [AVALON] BF at the Admiralspalast Thanks for the report Christian. Cheers, Colette - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Christian H. Svtemann Sent: 09 April 2013 08:14 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: [AVALON] BF at the Admiralspalast Well, you already have seen the setlist if you have chosen to. I had the chance to catch the concert yesterday and I must say it was nothing short of amazing. Sad to see some people on formus going "Oh dear. Apart from Another Time looks poor." - to which I would reply, listen to a complete gig first, then judge. It was by no means a "mostly-jazz" concert... but here are some details. The announcement of the gig's proceeding was undertaken by a radio moderator (of the ultra un-hip "Spreeradio") looking like a dolls' house bouncer, including bad jokes and apparently only basic knowledge of what was to follow - promising "Bryan Ferry himself singing all the Roxy Music hits" in the later part of the evening. I prefer not to comment that. Then on you go for the BFO, effectively directed and by Colin Good. Several tracks from TJA, after which BF strolled on stage to a rearranged version of LITD, followed by BFO with BF versions of The Only Face (brilliant!) and Reason or Rhyme. During the latter, the "rock band" performers came on stage, and the first "rock set" selection was... The Same Old Blues! I was amazed right from the point it started with the clavinet sound. During the rock-oriented material, the BFO became a mixture of great brass band section, second keyboards and second guitar, making clear that by no means was every song to be reworked into a jazz(-ish) format. BF's voice was high up in the mix, with all its subtleties, yet quite sonorous in its middle range during the louder sections, very good. Actually, I had expected maybe one or two surprises in the setlist and then by and large a greatest hits / recent favourites selection, but BF clearly took a risk here. Fortunately, the audience took quite positively to the Jazz Age versions after a few numbers, but Ferry did not aim to settle for crowd-pleasers, meaning that we got - for the most part - a selection of tracks from the first three solo albums, TBSB and my old favourite, Mamouna. Standout versions of That's How Strong My Love Is, ATAP etc. Several times I found myself in disbelief, listening to tracks like Chain Reaction or It's My Party in great arrangements, thinking: they are actually playing this - when I thought I would never get to hear those tracks performed (again). Even more surprises out of Bry's bag by the inclusion of Crazy Love, Amy Winehouse's Back To Black (performed pognantly by BF, showing that he is actually some form of great solipsist soul singer - were there such a category) and - as the final encore, Curtis Mayfield's Move On Up. The audience were up on their feet from LST onwards, clearly enjoying the lesser-known or unexpected songs. So, yes, we did get some of the Roxy / Ferry hits - though mainly in BFO versions. The remainder was a surprising focus on the Ferry solo back catalogue. An awesome gig - given you are a Ferry solo as well as a Roxy fan. I sincerely hope that he will retain many of the surprise numbers in the set for the UK leg of the tour. Frankly, at times I had wished for a moment to let the sheer excitement of having just heard such a rarely performed song to sink in for a moment. But that way, it was positively overwhelming. Our man, turning 68 in half a year, still excels at what he is doing, and although like most fans, I would love to hear new original material being released soon, this concert confirmed the depth of his back catalogue. Christian ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #551 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest