BERLIN REVIEW: Berliner Morgenpost
Filed Under () by broddybounce on Thursday, February 5, 2015
Posted at : Thursday, February 05, 2015
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by Julia Friese
Via Google Translate:
Since Freddie Mercury's death Queen is headless. Now let Adam Lambert serve as organ donation. The Berlin audience in the nearly sold out O2 World liked it.
A band because it behaves like the human body, has, at best, only a head. So it is ideal, because two of them break apart (Oasis) and if it does not have more, then she's dead (Nirvana). But then there's Queen. Royal stubborn, the band tries to put since 1991 on all Popgesetzte time. Headless she wanders across the stages around the world, only to frantically covers themselves and their second row members, drummer Roger Taylor and guitarist, Brian May, to make it to stardom even more to the pop-Prometheus , The missing head mends Queen again and again new.
Just the name of this Adam Lambert. That's is American and looks like the glam-rock version of the former Lagerfeld muse Baptiste Giabiconi. Yes, you can come up with Lambert Lagerfeld Diet Coke imagine the drink, both fingerless gloved in the shade on a Mediterranean terrace somewhere, but as soon as the Coke would ausgestrohhalmt [no translation available], Lagerfeld would be turned away. The conversation would not succeed, because at Lambert follows a abgegriffelte Popplattitüde [no translation available] to the next: "Hey Berlin" "Are you ready to rock and roll?" "Ich liebe dich." The bored, but not surprising. For Lambert is not a pop star, only one of the times won American Idol, a star performer that was sewn as organ donation in a band. He will replace Freddie Mercury? Minus and minus should arise Plus.
It's Wednesday evening, the hall, which is no longer called O2 World soon is full. Man wearing red velvet and glittering Q brooches on the lapel. Man reading newspaper, or peeking with binoculars towards the stage. It rumbles, it growls, it smokes - then the Popmonster is born. "One Vision" is the first song and the theme of the evening. "One Flesh, One Bone" Lambert sings lau of the stage, which is decorated with a capital "Q", and in this first act, because it stands for "Question Mark" - question mark.
Lambert takes maximum listless
Lambert is the youngest and weakest, but he does not fly, he moves in slow poses stop-motion. In "Fat Bottomed Girls", he runs her hand his golden microphone stand up and down, and has a maximum listless. From "Killer Queen" he makes on a lounge chair lying drag queen. When he "I want to break free" sings one believes him immediately. A little later he is gone.
Brian May is now sitting up front, alone on a stool, sings "Love of my Life" for Freddie, and everyone is singing along, and this is so cheesy and sweet that you feel the same there is the Coca-Cola Christmas jerk next angels and snowflakes flew through the hall. Freddie, appears in the belly of Q, - it is now available for Queen - then sings the last line and they melt in the audience ears like hot chocolate bars in the audience palate. Then follow solos. May and his guitar in the Seventies Shooting Star Geschwirre. Taylor and his drums in the drum-off against the young accompanying drummer - and what can I say, this is sex and power, and play. The audience has passed the binoculars, it now stretches his fists.
For this yesterday undertow escaped out a perfect finale. Lambert also fits now. He is now the golden boy in suit with gold crown. As Jesus after Easter he sings "We will rock you" and of course "We are the Champions". And while gold confetti explodes over all, you do not know what you want first: eat Mozart balls? Drink eggnog? With Glanzbildchen throw at it? Oh, "I want it all!" and "Now!" wants to call, because you now know in life is nothing like it was, but everything eventually comes back somehow. And that's damn comforting, so for the heart and the head.
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11 comments:
The "Q" stands for "Question Mark?" This guy shoulda stayed home. Guess he didn't notice the people around him having a good time.
Again, a lukewarm almost insulting review. Trying to save it on the last line. I think the Question Mark comment was toward the readers, and he was saying for him it was in question as to how he would see this concert. Germany has many shows, but I have also noticed of all the venues, Germany didn't do 100% sellouts like the other venues. What is disheartening is that the review might turn some away that otherwise might have gone the next couple gigs there. Shame on this reviewer. I did read on twitter during concert that a lot of people were seated the whole time (singing and clapping, though)until the last two songs. Just strange on so many levels.
I don't think the Germans like the British
I wondered why they booked so many concerts in Germany and only one in France and other countries.
???
the Americans and the British produce the best popular music in the world - maybe some people just don't like that fact
I think that this has nothing to do with American or British music. Different nations in Europe have different kind of natural. Germans or better to say Prussians (north and east Germany) are not so warm and easy as Bavarians (south Germany). So different place - different reaction. There are people travelling through the Europe for venues so each concert has special mix of audiance of different kind of people but the core is always from the place itself.
Oh and another thing - Germans are known for their luck of humour. Not every - of course!!!
Apparently this 'writer' has since re-worked her original review (according to another site) and the re-worked version is somewhat less negative (and not as lengthy).
Perhaps she re-read her work after the fact OR decided it was a bit silly...or both.
@JAK, I too wondered why they booked so many concerts in Germany instead of spreading the love around more. It's not as though it's a vast country in which to travel. Adam loves Germany so maybe that was the reason.
This review is somewhat amusing because of the translation. I wouldn't worry about it not being all that enthusiastic. There are MANY fabulous reviews.
My husband's family are of Prussian descent and they all have a well-developed sense of humor.
Did they leave a long time ago? My great grandfather came from Prussia and he was grim.
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