A joyful and excellent review !๐ธ
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| Photos credit: Francis Tsang (2) Screenshots of Roskilde festival 1999, edit by Laetitia |
Firstly, to get the sombrero's tossed in the air was ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ , ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐กโ๐๐ข๐ ๐ and ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, all of which set the mood and pace for the reminder of the show. Each song was greeted as if Real Madrid had just set scored a goal by the crowd, with their arms aloft clapping rhythmically to the music.
๐๐๐ข ๐ท๐๐'๐ก ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ followed, with all the confidence of a band who were playing their 300th gig, keeping up the pace as the Spanish crowd sung along. Next up was the song that was written to be played in stadiums, the anthem that is ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐, which seems to get better with every play. As the song drew to a close with ๐ต๐๐๐๐ teasing out the last few notes on his guitar, all hands in the stadium were raised with applause... quite something to watch !
Just when you thought the pace would drop, 36 ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ was launched upon the sweltering crowd and went down a storm. It is then that ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ decided to give the 18.000 strong crowd some respite from all the jumping around and play the album track ๐๐๐กโ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ข ๐ผ'๐ ๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐. Has it been dark at this point, I could have done a roaring trade in lighters. A brilliant performance of a song that emphasizes the versatility and passion that ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ possess. The watching ๐๐๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ and ๐ถ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฟ๐๐ฃ๐ (side stage) could not fail to be impressed by the haunting song with such great lyrical content.
๐ธ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ข ๐ธ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ was swifty followed by ๐ต๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ both enthusiastically recieved. The welcome return to the set for ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ก (rock version) was next, which has always been a favourite of mine. It is definitely a 'get the hairs on the back of your neck standing' song !
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐โ is next up, providing a signal for more 'chiquitas' to get up on their boyfriends backs and jump about. The band are playing so well a tighter unit of three musicians would be hard to find. ๐ต๐๐๐๐ dominates the centre stage whilst ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ uses every inch of his 6 ft 7" frame to great effect to the right of the stage and ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ quite simply is the best rock drummer on the planet ! The enchanting ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐โ๐ ๐น๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ provides another much needed respite as the heat kicks in, before the epic ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐๐ฆ.
The storming finale is complete with the rock anthem of 1999, ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. It feels like all 18.000 people are singing along - even the jumbo jets which are coming in to land a few miles beyond the stage cannot be heard as ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐' is that loud and rocking that everything else is quite simply blown away ! A fantastic show with a fantastic finale !๐
(๐๐ช๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ 4, ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ 1999)
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| Photo credit: Scarlet Page |
๐ ๐บ๐ฌ๐ป๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ป ๐
๐ตScared of Girls
๐ตBrick Shithouse
๐ตAllergic (to Thoughts of Mother Earth)
๐ตYou Don't Care About Us
๐ตBionic
๐ต36 Degrees
๐ตWithout You I'm Nothing
๐ตEvery You Every Me
๐ตBruise Pristine
๐ตTeenage Angst
๐ตLady of the Flowers
๐ตNancy Boy
๐ตPure Morning
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| Photo credit: Brian Rasic |
Unfortunately, there are no videos of this show online ! Which is a pity because the atmosphere seemed really electric ! So to compensate it, I'll share a video of ๐ธ๐ฃ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ข ๐ธ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ (Munich) which occured a week later the Gutierrez festival, June 26th, 1999.
๐ถ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฅhttps://bit.ly/3A9Nvqw๐ถ
But both pictures (left and right) were taken on the same day as the Gutierrez festival though.
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