Post by secretchord on Sept 11, 2011 0:54:46 GMT
some memories of a guy who was at St Florent du Vieil, the last french show in 18th July 1995
................ On 18 July 1995 I was quite 20 years old and with some friends male and female we went to the performance of Jeff Buckley at Saint Florent le Vieil. For some strange reason I was there again in holidays in this little town a few weeks ago, I made a walk to the side of the "garden" of the place where the concert took place. The place has changed a lot, seems quite new and really smaller than the time I discovered it filled with plastic chairs. I recognized the window from which I saw Jeff's face watching the Alim Qasimov performance. And then I watched to the place, empty, noiseless, and I remembered the madness of the atmosphee 10 years ago, all these screamings, all these applause for the encore which didn't stop. The show began it was still daylight and a little later the night put the lights on our clapping hands, our faces filled with emotions, the night was filled of promises, it brought Jeff on the edge of the stage each time. It was like a moment which will never stop, an eternity moment.
A this point I felt strange and believed I was in a cemetery and I leaved the place quickly ... Does somebody have a pill for headache ?
was somebody else at this concert ? any infos, interviews of Jeff before or after the show
What was incredible is that I ordered my tickets 3 weeks before and there were still some tickets available. 60 french francs the ticket.
Alim Qasimov did the first part, alone, then he returned on stage in mid of the concert of Jeff for the "What Will You Say" you know from the Olympia CD. During the encores he came back again for sing with Jeff on a "The Way Young Lovers Do" of anthology, and this time it wasn't decided before. Damned, I will pay hardly for having this version ! a friend who had a taper had to come but at the last moment he couldn't, sadly, as nobody looked for.
I was lucky to be at this concert on 18 July 1995. Somebody wrote very well in Les Inrockuptibles magazine after his death about what people have felt that evening, even if I believe, speaking about the music itself, this show wasn't so good as Le Bataclan, but I have to admit that the whole atmosphere was specail, garden of the old little church of St Florent, very low stage, little aera very intimate with plastic chairs, rose wine and brioche cackes offered after the performance, important presence of people aged 60 and more ... kind of village distraction we believed a moment that we were at the wrong place ....
and then Qasimov did the first part, alone with his daf, with his flying fingers and his voice, his voice ... hypnotized us during the 45 minutes his set lasted.
Qasimov came back at the mid of Buckley's set, for "What Will You Say" which remains one of the great moments of the show ... but this was nothing compared to the last song "the way young lovers do", last song of the last encore. Jeff went, eyes closed, in an wonderful version and then, the organizers pushed Qasimov who came back, approached Jeff, half with admiration haft smiling seeing him completely drown into his music, Jeff didn't see that and with a rush Qasimov takes the place of Jeff on the mic. And the something incredible happened, I cannot describe it and of course I have no longer this music in my ears but I remember very well how these two voices get married marvellously during that completely improvised moment. Yes I could give very much to listen again to that great moment, if somebody has the record .....
about "Passage du Nord Ouest" 22 september 1994
Yes, it was a very beautiful performance, probably one of the best of Jeff I was. More moving, because more intimate than the Bataclan or l'Olympia for example.
And yes, the place (small) was over filled, people talked a lot about him and it ruled. Even if it was very late and the great heat: the fact that young women fall is real ...
Anyway this place is really missed in Paris today. I saw there a lot of exceptionnal concerts (Kevin Ayers or the enormous and missed Townes Van Zendt are the first names surfacing in my head) because you were so close to the artists.
Stan Cuesta, journalist (wrote a book in french called "Jeff Buckley".)
about Olympia 6th July**
I have some similar memories from the thursday night at l'Olympia when a young woman fall and was carried by other people outside, in their arms, completely unconsciencous arms and legs falling
all this happened during the "Eternal Life" and his devilish tromboscope, JB and band as screen in the back
hallucinating
................ On 18 July 1995 I was quite 20 years old and with some friends male and female we went to the performance of Jeff Buckley at Saint Florent le Vieil. For some strange reason I was there again in holidays in this little town a few weeks ago, I made a walk to the side of the "garden" of the place where the concert took place. The place has changed a lot, seems quite new and really smaller than the time I discovered it filled with plastic chairs. I recognized the window from which I saw Jeff's face watching the Alim Qasimov performance. And then I watched to the place, empty, noiseless, and I remembered the madness of the atmosphee 10 years ago, all these screamings, all these applause for the encore which didn't stop. The show began it was still daylight and a little later the night put the lights on our clapping hands, our faces filled with emotions, the night was filled of promises, it brought Jeff on the edge of the stage each time. It was like a moment which will never stop, an eternity moment.
A this point I felt strange and believed I was in a cemetery and I leaved the place quickly ... Does somebody have a pill for headache ?
was somebody else at this concert ? any infos, interviews of Jeff before or after the show
What was incredible is that I ordered my tickets 3 weeks before and there were still some tickets available. 60 french francs the ticket.
Alim Qasimov did the first part, alone, then he returned on stage in mid of the concert of Jeff for the "What Will You Say" you know from the Olympia CD. During the encores he came back again for sing with Jeff on a "The Way Young Lovers Do" of anthology, and this time it wasn't decided before. Damned, I will pay hardly for having this version ! a friend who had a taper had to come but at the last moment he couldn't, sadly, as nobody looked for.
I was lucky to be at this concert on 18 July 1995. Somebody wrote very well in Les Inrockuptibles magazine after his death about what people have felt that evening, even if I believe, speaking about the music itself, this show wasn't so good as Le Bataclan, but I have to admit that the whole atmosphere was specail, garden of the old little church of St Florent, very low stage, little aera very intimate with plastic chairs, rose wine and brioche cackes offered after the performance, important presence of people aged 60 and more ... kind of village distraction we believed a moment that we were at the wrong place ....
and then Qasimov did the first part, alone with his daf, with his flying fingers and his voice, his voice ... hypnotized us during the 45 minutes his set lasted.
Qasimov came back at the mid of Buckley's set, for "What Will You Say" which remains one of the great moments of the show ... but this was nothing compared to the last song "the way young lovers do", last song of the last encore. Jeff went, eyes closed, in an wonderful version and then, the organizers pushed Qasimov who came back, approached Jeff, half with admiration haft smiling seeing him completely drown into his music, Jeff didn't see that and with a rush Qasimov takes the place of Jeff on the mic. And the something incredible happened, I cannot describe it and of course I have no longer this music in my ears but I remember very well how these two voices get married marvellously during that completely improvised moment. Yes I could give very much to listen again to that great moment, if somebody has the record .....
about "Passage du Nord Ouest" 22 september 1994
Yes, it was a very beautiful performance, probably one of the best of Jeff I was. More moving, because more intimate than the Bataclan or l'Olympia for example.
And yes, the place (small) was over filled, people talked a lot about him and it ruled. Even if it was very late and the great heat: the fact that young women fall is real ...
Anyway this place is really missed in Paris today. I saw there a lot of exceptionnal concerts (Kevin Ayers or the enormous and missed Townes Van Zendt are the first names surfacing in my head) because you were so close to the artists.
Stan Cuesta, journalist (wrote a book in french called "Jeff Buckley".)
about Olympia 6th July**
I have some similar memories from the thursday night at l'Olympia when a young woman fall and was carried by other people outside, in their arms, completely unconsciencous arms and legs falling
all this happened during the "Eternal Life" and his devilish tromboscope, JB and band as screen in the back
hallucinating