A of the few advantages of the thirties, finally crossing the thirties, is to be offered gifts. Like a weekend in Paris with, starts the second and final concert PJ Harve y the Olympia. The perfect gift.
After a whirlwind start in Rennes, arriving in Paris no less speed, just in time to greet our guest and to turn our suitcase and we (me and Mrs., so) rushes into the Olympia, with eyes that shine. Bah yeah, Olympia, whatever. And PJ Harvey, at that. It is not every day an opportunity to see an artist on stage that goes with you since you're interested in music ...
The wait is not very long but people like myself let us win by the excitement. Clearly, the English will not have to convince the public it is strongly committed to its cause and the apparent unqualified (I'm actually quite surprised, it is far from the public sometimes a bit static and discrete rooms where I have my little habits, and Ubu Antipode top).
8:30 p.m. on the dot, lights out. PJ Harvey on stage, along with John Parish , Mick Harvey and Jean-Marc Butty. Exactly the same as backing band during the concert broadcast Arte on Live Web the previous week and on Let Shake England, his last album. The group is positioned at the far right of the stage, she is left PJ, illuminated by a single lawsuit, so shower light shower (thank you for the accuracy, Gwendal), which it deviates when not singing . Apart from this detail, the stage device is extremely simple. Amplifiers are placed on wooden chairs, Mick Harvey is sitting on a bench, also made of wood, which looks out of a church. Visually, it looks like more in a Hootenanny in a rock concert, especially when PJ takes his autoharp.
From the first pieces, all from England Let Shake, I go into the concert. Everything is of great subtlety, the band fades beautifully behind the voice of PJ. Some of his climbs, high in the treble, stick me chills incredible. I even messed with her rendition of The Devil , the song that opens the exciting White Chalk. PJ Harvey is a great singer, she has mastered all vocal registers, from the head voice very acute and crystalline up to the chest voice, deep and warm. Certainly, we are quite far from the iconic image of a rock singer, tense and electric. But PJ Harvey went on to something else, like it or not. Just listen White Chalk Let England and Shake to realize it.
90 minutes of music, punctuated by a few "thanks" and "thank you", nothing more. Again, we are in a very sober. Even if it sounds a bit corny, it's more the blueprint that the voltage rock'n'roll PJ Harvey seems to seek. And it suits me perfectly. Moreover, the entire setlist (very oriented to the new album), the song is the most electric the most fit-in, Meet ze Monsta , I like the least. I find it a bit overplayed, not necessarily in its place. After a recall of 10 minutes and a magical web and e Angelin Silence, the lights come back. It's over and although the public seems not to believe, PJ Harvey will not be back on stage.
I left for my blown away by the impressive presence of the singer. It occupies a space incredible. Although the musicians are not strangers, they had eyes only for her. Although a bit short, I will keep the memory of a great concert. According to the feedback heard at the exit or gleaned from the web, impressions seem mixed, a lot of people seem to regret the PJ Harvey first three albums, the singer in lipstick incendiary and highly erotic aura. Again, it has evolved towards a more folk, who can certainly disorienting, but nevertheless perfectly logical, coherent. And gave rise to a very beautiful album, which takes on a whole other dimension on stage (In the Dark Places and Hanging in the Wire are sublime) and, therefore, an excellent concert.
I do not know when I have the opportunity to find it on stage. I do not know what his music will be made then. But I already know that it will be with infinite pleasure that I will continue to monitor his work and almost flawless discography. And I also know that I can brag of having time for my thirtieth birthday, an incredible gift. Even though the idea of growing old does'm having no more than that, I tell myself that there still very good ways to spend those caps. PJ Harvey and his nearly 42 years is one.
For the full setlist of the concert, is where it happens !
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