sonnetpete said:
It must have been one of the few concerts where the live music could be heard all over a country!!
I did record it and watched it later (thanks to Pete!!). I have to agree with Pete, though - despite being a real fan from what I call the "original era" (starting with "Oxygene" and more or less ending with "Revolutions" - the latter not included!).
I thought the show was ok, but a mere shadow of his shows from many years ago (his Houston and China concerts, for example). I think he has somehow lost some element of grandeur or real spectacle. Certain things like the laser harp still stand out big time, but then again they already did 25 years ago, and there does not seem to be anything really new to create the real "wow" factor.
The flying camera-copter (or whatever it's called) was fun for two seconds (a fine piece of engineering, but nothing to do with JMJ, really...), but turned a little silly when JMJ started pretending to be talking to it asking it to leave him alone. JMJ's English is still astonishingly bad, though, which is really surprising considering he used to be married to Charlotte Rampling, and had to work with many English-speaking engineers in his career... Of course, if you consider that his concerts are always free, I suppose there's no need to complain about anything, but despite the fact that JMJ has always been very enthusiastic and energetic on stage, it's a bit sad to think that on a couple of occasions, watching him, I could not help thinking about Ross from
Friends playing the keyboard, for those of you who are familiar with the series.
Oh well, it was nice to watch for a little while, and to have in the background for the rest of the concert while browsing a magazine. However, I don't know whether it's because Euronews broadcasts in mono or whether it's because it was a live concert with no mixing or equalizing, but the sound quality was really baaaad, which is really unacceptable when you consider that half of JMJ's performances rely on the quality of his instruments' sounds (not necessarily the quality of the music, but the texture of the sounds themselves).
But that's just me. Perhaps there are some megafans out there who would beg to differ?!...
