Live Report October 18th, Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin DE
Oct 18, 2022 16:11:28 GMT 1
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Post by steve on Oct 18, 2022 16:11:28 GMT 1
You have to feel quite sorry for Berlin.
Having been established in 1978, Berlin tried to make its mark on the world with some sensational tunes. The sensational City Lights, the title track from their sophomore album, & their own outstanding pizza song, a full five years before The Cure had even thought about it, all fell by the wayside. It wasn’t until 1986, when Tom Cruise was still less than 30 years younger than his love-interest co-stars that the Top Gun Song propelled them to international stardom and a trillion streaming & radio plays of the aforementioned tune because everyone thinks it’s the only record they ever made. As a result, they broke up, but did reform in 1997 to release five more albums for nobody to listen to as the Top Gun Song was the only one anybody knew about. There was even another nod to The Cure with 2005’s album being named 4Play.
In an effort to boost their standing & promote their incredible back catalogue, the German capital, then named Bear Land (according to the bloke down the pub who is always on point), adopted the name Berlin. Sadly this proved ineffective and the world still ives on convinced they only released one record…..But the city kept the name anyway because they liked it better than Bear Land which was off-putting to tourists.
But on a more serious note, they do have great trams that look (if you squint) a bit like baby ducks.
For this evening’s show maccatori , snoopy , wilco , wilgy , altendalton , cured , Thomas , curetheclown , ruegi , & jofigurehead will have all had generaous portions of currywurst & chips washed down with Berliner Kindl Weisse, although which colour is currently unknown.
And we wish them all a thoroughly good time this evening
Colours for tonight move away from the blue & yellow once more and see a return of red & white (with a dash of black bear) in case Why Can’t I Be You? returns to the set.
Soundcheck:
Mainset:
Alone
Pictures Of You
Closedown
A Night Like This
Lovesong
And Nothing Is Forever
Cold
Burn
Fascination Street
Push
Play For Today
Want
Shake Dog Shake
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
Prayers For Rain
Endsong
Encore 1:
Plainsong
Disintegration
The Figurehead
Primary
A Forest
Encore 2:
Lullaby
The Walk
Friday I'm In Love
Close To Me
Inbetween Days
Just Like Heaven
Boys Don't Cry
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Having been established in 1978, Berlin tried to make its mark on the world with some sensational tunes. The sensational City Lights, the title track from their sophomore album, & their own outstanding pizza song, a full five years before The Cure had even thought about it, all fell by the wayside. It wasn’t until 1986, when Tom Cruise was still less than 30 years younger than his love-interest co-stars that the Top Gun Song propelled them to international stardom and a trillion streaming & radio plays of the aforementioned tune because everyone thinks it’s the only record they ever made. As a result, they broke up, but did reform in 1997 to release five more albums for nobody to listen to as the Top Gun Song was the only one anybody knew about. There was even another nod to The Cure with 2005’s album being named 4Play.
In an effort to boost their standing & promote their incredible back catalogue, the German capital, then named Bear Land (according to the bloke down the pub who is always on point), adopted the name Berlin. Sadly this proved ineffective and the world still ives on convinced they only released one record…..But the city kept the name anyway because they liked it better than Bear Land which was off-putting to tourists.
But on a more serious note, they do have great trams that look (if you squint) a bit like baby ducks.
For this evening’s show maccatori , snoopy , wilco , wilgy , altendalton , cured , Thomas , curetheclown , ruegi , & jofigurehead will have all had generaous portions of currywurst & chips washed down with Berliner Kindl Weisse, although which colour is currently unknown.
And we wish them all a thoroughly good time this evening
Colours for tonight move away from the blue & yellow once more and see a return of red & white (with a dash of black bear) in case Why Can’t I Be You? returns to the set.
Soundcheck:
Mainset:
Alone
Pictures Of You
Closedown
A Night Like This
Lovesong
And Nothing Is Forever
Cold
Burn
Fascination Street
Push
Play For Today
Want
Shake Dog Shake
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
Prayers For Rain
Endsong
Encore 1:
Plainsong
Disintegration
The Figurehead
Primary
A Forest
Encore 2:
Lullaby
The Walk
Friday I'm In Love
Close To Me
Inbetween Days
Just Like Heaven
Boys Don't Cry
As usual. If you stumble across a stream, you should be able to embed it in your post using the </> button on the tool bar. If you can’t then just post the link so those of us who can’t be there can at least share in the experience with those that can