this was ... 2007

end of the year, so time to make my own end-of-the-year-list, here my ten best live gigs of 07 ... thanks for joining and/or advising me !!

1 interpol - vorst nationaal (still amazed)
2 the veils - rotown (wish it wasn't)
3 zita swoon - paradiso (belgian best live in holland best hall)
4 werchter 07 - muse/bloc party/arno/goose (and psst, radiohead next year :)
5 flaming lips - cactusfestival (smile! you're on a flaming lips show)
6 arbouretum - worm/union pool (and missed at pp)
7 sonic youth - pukkelpop (all comin' from human imagination, day dreaming days in a daydream nation)
8 frames - boomtown (gentse feesten, starting sat before the 3rd sun of july)
9 editors & arcade fire - paard & heineken (bah) music hall (can not choose)
10 justice - pukkelpop (still wet)

curious what 2008 will bring ... keep you posted ...

zita swoon - paradiso - 101207

great party, paradiso exploding ... including champagne because the number of 500 000 visitors was passed this year ... last time i saw champagne here was in the small hall upstairs when gorki, the famous band from belgium played there ... now zita swoon, (once again) a great gig, with this time lots of old songs in a new sound, and stef singing, dancing enthusiastically and directing the other band members, to quote some people behind me at the ah counter in the station: "stef was weer goe in form", yes indeed ... after returning a second time he left us, after 2:20 hours with "happy happy happy love love love" ... favorites today slamming doors and the night, what a (double) piano intro ...

a song of 2 humans / me & josie on a saturday night / quand meme contant / i feel alive in the city / she = like meeting jesus / thinking about you all the time / people are like slamming doors / teacher / song for a dead singer / people can't stand the truth / je range / l'opaque paradis / could't she get drowned / everything is not the same / still half my friend / big black tv cat // jintro & the great luna / my bond - disco / stamina // moving through life as prey / the night / big city

editors - paard van troje - 291107

editors in the big hall of het paard, the lovely venue in the hague ... standing in line to pick up the tickets, i realized i kind off miss this city, the action, the seaside ... a special gig tonight, an extra show at the end of the current european tour, and maybe the last chance to see them in such a small setting ... the boxer rebellion openend, and they sounded quite ok ... then editors, rushing through lights (including a piano-jump) and bones, after which we got a how are you ... if you need an energy boost, an editors show will do fine ... only 2 records, and it all sounds great, and the more they play, the better they seems to get ... played personal favorite when anger shows, and you are fading was the perfect end note, leaving us the fading out ... they returned dressed up, base and drum were batman and robin, and covered orange crush of rem, which sounded really well (the guitar playing one of the vocal lines, and b&r on backing vocals) ... after a last song, we left satisfied, and with a great thirst ...

lights / bones / bullets / an end has a start / the weight of the world / blood / escape the nest / banging heads / all sparks / heads in bags / when anger shows / the racing rats / munich / you are fading // smokers / orange crush / fingers in the factories