Live report: July 25th, Paléo Festival Nyon Switzerland
Jul 25, 2019 17:21:34 GMT 1
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Post by steve on Jul 25, 2019 17:21:34 GMT 1
After Monday’s catwalk extravaganza in Bucharest, our legends head to Nyon to play their third Paléo Festival. & guess what? It’s all just fields.
While the Romans (yes them again) held the original settlement, the surrounding countryside was held by the Helvetii tribe who, as you should well know (because bloke down the pub does), are most notable for the creation of a popular typface often mistaken for Arial. But if you look closely at the terminal stokes, those in Helvetica are either horizontally or vertically cut, not to mention there’s a spur on the upper case G.
As the Romans gradually got bored & went back home, the locals could once again swim, fish & ride their jet skis on Lake Geneva, the shores upon which Nyon is situated. So much so did they enjoy being able to fish without being bothered by passing centurions asking to see their permits, the locals even decided to include a fish on their coat of arms.
Nyon is also HQ to Europe’s most corrupt sporting body regularly taking back handers from oligarchs who want major games in their home states so they can bump up the prices in the hotel chains they also own.
Unlike the rest of Switzerland Nyon isn’t known for producing expensive watches, army knives & obsessively boring holes into Emmental. It is a centre for international money laundering…. I mean broking.
It was difficult to find notable names from the town but, by far & away, the most famous daughter of Nyon is Orianne Cevey. Who? I hear you ask. None other than the ex-wife of former left handed Genesis tub thumper, turned mediocre actor & short-ersed murderer of Stairway To Heaven, Phil Collins.
So, enough of the history lessons & don’t worry, there won’t be a test .
En route to the show this evening are Millhaus , wilgy , laperouse & lolb & after they’ve gorged to bursting on fondue & gotten completely Swissed on the wonderfully named Chopfab. So let’s all hope they have a stellar evening.
So, what do we have on the pallette then? Blues, yellows, reds & a bit of what looks like teal because, why the heck not?
Setlist:
Plainsong
Pictures Of You
High
A Night Like This
Lovesong
Last Dance
Burn
Fascination Street
Never Enough
Push
Inbetween Days
Just Like Heaven
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
Play For Today
A Forest
Shake Dog Shake
Disintegration
Encore:
Lullaby
The Caterpillar
The Walk
Friday I'm In Love
Close To Me
Why Can't I Be You?
Boys Don't Cry
While the Romans (yes them again) held the original settlement, the surrounding countryside was held by the Helvetii tribe who, as you should well know (because bloke down the pub does), are most notable for the creation of a popular typface often mistaken for Arial. But if you look closely at the terminal stokes, those in Helvetica are either horizontally or vertically cut, not to mention there’s a spur on the upper case G.
As the Romans gradually got bored & went back home, the locals could once again swim, fish & ride their jet skis on Lake Geneva, the shores upon which Nyon is situated. So much so did they enjoy being able to fish without being bothered by passing centurions asking to see their permits, the locals even decided to include a fish on their coat of arms.
Nyon is also HQ to Europe’s most corrupt sporting body regularly taking back handers from oligarchs who want major games in their home states so they can bump up the prices in the hotel chains they also own.
Unlike the rest of Switzerland Nyon isn’t known for producing expensive watches, army knives & obsessively boring holes into Emmental. It is a centre for international money laundering…. I mean broking.
It was difficult to find notable names from the town but, by far & away, the most famous daughter of Nyon is Orianne Cevey. Who? I hear you ask. None other than the ex-wife of former left handed Genesis tub thumper, turned mediocre actor & short-ersed murderer of Stairway To Heaven, Phil Collins.
So, enough of the history lessons & don’t worry, there won’t be a test .
En route to the show this evening are Millhaus , wilgy , laperouse & lolb & after they’ve gorged to bursting on fondue & gotten completely Swissed on the wonderfully named Chopfab. So let’s all hope they have a stellar evening.
So, what do we have on the pallette then? Blues, yellows, reds & a bit of what looks like teal because, why the heck not?
Setlist:
Plainsong
Pictures Of You
High
A Night Like This
Lovesong
Last Dance
Burn
Fascination Street
Never Enough
Push
Inbetween Days
Just Like Heaven
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
Play For Today
A Forest
Shake Dog Shake
Disintegration
Encore:
Lullaby
The Caterpillar
The Walk
Friday I'm In Love
Close To Me
Why Can't I Be You?
Boys Don't Cry