John Cale
07/27/11
Frankfurter Hof , Mainz, Germany
1. Frozen Warnings
2. Chinese Envoy
3. Darling I Need You
4. Heartbreak Hotel
5. Style It Takes
6. Set Me Free
7. Things
8. Sold Motel
9. Whaddya Mean By That?
10. The Ballad Of Cable Hogue
11. Ship Of Fools
12. Dancing Undercover
13. Catastrofuk
14. Gun
15. Pablo Picasso
> encore:
16. Dirty Ass Rock'n'Roll Encore
Following is a rough and ready Google translation of a review that was posted
on the German website: regioactive.de
With a brief but passionate performance of Welsh songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
John Cale drove his fans at the Frankfurter Hof in
Mainz to rapturous applause.
Foto: Jan Wölfer Photo: Jan Wölfer
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regioactive.de © regioactive.de
The shaggy white hair and twinkling eyes tell it: John Cale, his radicalism
has preserved until the age of almost 70 years. How many icons of the 1960s,
he proves to be a person who creates it through his pure artistic vision,
to compete in the short-lived music business. So also in his appearance yesterday
in Mainz: Backed by his band, merely consisting of drummer Michael Jerome
and guitarist Dustin Boyer, he overwhelmed the audience at the Frankfurter
Hof well filled with a hard rock sound and direct. Aggressive, loud, sometimes
even cutting, played drums and guitar from the speakers, but the sound was
always controlled and thereby betrays not wild delusion, but resolute unwillingness
to compromise. Why the place of bassist Josh Schwartz has remained free,
however, remains unclear. But it is clear that Cale and his band made a virtue
of lack - we miss him enormously because of the powerful and dynamic band
sound at any rate has not.
Foto: Jan Wölfer Photo: Jan Wölfer
© regioactive.de © regioactive.de
Has already written the Issuing Warnings Frozen, a song that John Cale on
Nico's solo debut decades ago Chelsea Girl, signaled the disarming directness,
should be under the motto of the evening. Cale also staged Chinese Envoy straightforward
and Darling I Need You on the keyboards, although some routine creeps in these
performances. The flies perfectly with Heartbreak Hotel, which is played normally
bleak. After impressive as ever Style It Takes Cale goes to the acoustic guitar,
which essentially provides for the rhythm.
Foto: Jan Wölfer Photo: Jan Wölfer
© regioactive.de © regioactive.de
The biggest surprise of the evening may be the successful Neuarrangments of
Set Me Free and Dancing Undercover, both from the generally less appreciated
1996 album Walking On Locusts, prove to be small melodic pearls. The two new
songs Whaddya Mean By That? and Catastrofuk fit seamlessly into the music,
while wages Motel by Cales last album Black Acetate looks a bit pale. Especially
it is compared to the classics from the Iceland -phase from the mid-1970s,
whose songs are the focus of the concert. It turns out that th e Ballad of
Cable Hogue, Ship Of Fools and Dirty Ass Rock'n'Roll are also due to the precise
arrangements lost none of its impressiveness.The transition between the gun
and John Cale Pablo Picasso used for an extended jam, which reveals nothing
of the self-indulgence, which is frequently found at such moments.
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