tracks , plugs and miles for more - Rock im Park 2006 - Part 1
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Back from THE festival in the southern hemisphere I'm trashed, rocked and buzzed from the music that hammered in my ears for 3 days. But lets not anticipate everything. This is the first part. Second will follow.
Friday, 2nd of June 2006 , 4:15 pm
After arriving at the central station of Nuremberg I was quite unsure where to go. But hey ! THERE ! Dozens of people with backpacks, food and broad smiles on their faces ! Rock im Park can't be far away ! So I followed (which isn't one of my favourite activities as some people might know ;) and arrived at the huuuge festival terrain. It seemed like a refugee camp. From everywhere people came, drunk and sober in a quite 50/50 proportion. *gg*
I wasn't happy about the fact that I had to carry ALL my stuff (which weighed something about 10 kilos [20 pounds for the guys without the metric system] ) to the festival and back. But at least I had the opportunity to sleep at my dear friend's Mike place. :) So : No camping in the freezing cold. At least something good.
After leaving my shtuff at one of the baggage service stations (Good idea. And 1,50 € is fair for one piece of baggage) I met Mike right before the
which is the stage where the "big" bands play. My watch said 5:15pm when I saw the bright shining logo of "Franz Ferdinand" at the center stage. 15 minutes later groovy chords halled through the park and the band appeared on stage with sun glasses. In the meanwhile I got to know Mikes sister Luzie and some of his working mates. Little "saying-hi-session", having snacks, spilling beer over jackets ;) and dancing to the wonderful "do you want to" after I felt the need to leave the guys to see "Anouk". I just love her voice and her music and was thankful for the opportunity to see her in Germany.
So I started to my way to the "club stage" which was a little tent with a capacity of 2.000 people. What I didn't know was the fact that the stages were farer away because of the world cup that will take place also in Nuremberg in a few days.
The end result was a 2 kilometers [1.24 miles] walk through the whole festival ground with aching feet and the slight feeling of panic because I was VERY late. And that's not good if you're familiar with the fact that some bands just play 30 minutes at a festival. :s
I started to hate football even more after asking my way through tent villages, broken beer bottles and kissing couples just to find out I was wrong again. So I called Oli, an old music fellow of mine who was also there to see Anouk and he led me to the club stage.
The good news : I was right on time ! :)
And there she was. Bombastic, strong, cheerful and funny. With a fantastic band in the back she rocked out and played many songs of the new album "hotel new york", but also "nobody's wife" which made hell break loose within the circa 200 viewers. Three thumbs up ! :D
But Oli and I weren't able to celebrate our enthusiasm, cause Placebo was next on the center stage. So, what does that mean ? YESH PEOPLE ! AAAALL the way back to the center stage! *sigh*
But hey : It's Placebo. So we almost ran the whole way when hearing the first notes of "post blue" from far away, one of my favourites of the new LP.
Many new songs but also classics like "every you, every me" and "20 years" were played and you could see Brian Molkos enthusiasm when the crowd started to sing along.
Stunning. Although I was more fascinated by the girl behind me who cried her eyes out. And I even don't know why but I couldn't help but stare at her. The music of Placebo and her sad blue eyes just fitted perfectly together. Strange.
Then, the highlight of the day (which made some people really jealous)
Back from THE festival in the southern hemisphere I'm trashed, rocked and buzzed from the music that hammered in my ears for 3 days. But lets not anticipate everything. This is the first part. Second will follow.
Friday, 2nd of June 2006 , 4:15 pm
After arriving at the central station of Nuremberg I was quite unsure where to go. But hey ! THERE ! Dozens of people with backpacks, food and broad smiles on their faces ! Rock im Park can't be far away ! So I followed (which isn't one of my favourite activities as some people might know ;) and arrived at the huuuge festival terrain. It seemed like a refugee camp. From everywhere people came, drunk and sober in a quite 50/50 proportion. *gg*
I wasn't happy about the fact that I had to carry ALL my stuff (which weighed something about 10 kilos [20 pounds for the guys without the metric system] ) to the festival and back. But at least I had the opportunity to sleep at my dear friend's Mike place. :) So : No camping in the freezing cold. At least something good.
After leaving my shtuff at one of the baggage service stations (Good idea. And 1,50 € is fair for one piece of baggage) I met Mike right before the
"center stage"
which is the stage where the "big" bands play. My watch said 5:15pm when I saw the bright shining logo of "Franz Ferdinand" at the center stage. 15 minutes later groovy chords halled through the park and the band appeared on stage with sun glasses. In the meanwhile I got to know Mikes sister Luzie and some of his working mates. Little "saying-hi-session", having snacks, spilling beer over jackets ;) and dancing to the wonderful "do you want to" after I felt the need to leave the guys to see "Anouk". I just love her voice and her music and was thankful for the opportunity to see her in Germany.
So I started to my way to the "club stage" which was a little tent with a capacity of 2.000 people. What I didn't know was the fact that the stages were farer away because of the world cup that will take place also in Nuremberg in a few days.
The end result was a 2 kilometers [1.24 miles] walk through the whole festival ground with aching feet and the slight feeling of panic because I was VERY late. And that's not good if you're familiar with the fact that some bands just play 30 minutes at a festival. :s
I started to hate football even more after asking my way through tent villages, broken beer bottles and kissing couples just to find out I was wrong again. So I called Oli, an old music fellow of mine who was also there to see Anouk and he led me to the club stage.
The good news : I was right on time ! :)
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And there she was. Bombastic, strong, cheerful and funny. With a fantastic band in the back she rocked out and played many songs of the new album "hotel new york", but also "nobody's wife" which made hell break loose within the circa 200 viewers. Three thumbs up ! :D
But Oli and I weren't able to celebrate our enthusiasm, cause Placebo was next on the center stage. So, what does that mean ? YESH PEOPLE ! AAAALL the way back to the center stage! *sigh*
But hey : It's Placebo. So we almost ran the whole way when hearing the first notes of "post blue" from far away, one of my favourites of the new LP.
Many new songs but also classics like "every you, every me" and "20 years" were played and you could see Brian Molkos enthusiasm when the crowd started to sing along.
Stunning. Although I was more fascinated by the girl behind me who cried her eyes out. And I even don't know why but I couldn't help but stare at her. The music of Placebo and her sad blue eyes just fitted perfectly together. Strange.
Then, the highlight of the day (which made some people really jealous)