Stevie Wonder
Had read some reviews beforehand, heard good stuff about it from people who saw him in Rotterdam or London but it still took me a bit by surprise. Didn’t expect it to be so good. I know the man has got an endless reservoir of classics to compose his setlist out but there are so many traps to avoid. Minor quality backing, little motivation, incorporating too much cheese, making it an oldies revue, … . None of that though. Tight band, Stevie clearly had fun on stage and enjoyed every minute of it, little cheese (only “I Just Called” and “My Cherie Amour”) and although he played lots of classics he played some less evident ones too. He got the entire concert hall up dancing (it was a seated concert) more than a few times. Really glad I experienced this.
Really weird mix of people though. All nicely dressed 40+ Germans. Where were the youngsters ? I know it wasn’t a cheap concert but this is required for anyone who digs Soul music. Still, nice to see them all lose it to the music.
Let’s turn it on. Let’s turn turn turn turn turn it on!
Comment by _ — September 23, 2008 @ 11:27 am
Unfortunately in my area of the Concert Hall / Sportsarena the sound quality was quite poor. But it was a good concert indeed. Liked the part a lot, when Stevie was singing “Muss i denn”, “Oh Tannenbaum” and “Fly Robin Fly” with a Vocoder Voice.
Comment by eff — September 23, 2008 @ 6:12 pm
It was awesome! I was totally blown away. Should have known you would be there too
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Comment by Jurriaan Persyn — September 23, 2008 @ 6:38 pm
While “I just called” is an absolute stinker in cheese terms, “My cherie amour” is a delicacy to be savoured by connaisseurs. Epic song in my book. But my tastes in curd differ to those of many people. Leiber-Stoller, Bacharach I consider geniuses and Radiohead i find so tasteless it cannot even serve as elevator music on my cheese platter
Comment by Wicky — September 25, 2008 @ 9:12 pm