Re: 2023-11-05. Boćarski dom, Zagreb HR
Posted: 06 Nov 2023, 17:45
Some great pics and a linked review here https://www.perun.hr/the-sisters-of-mer ... eyan-baric
The review is a hard One...omgPlanet Dave wrote: ↑06 Nov 2023, 17:45 Some great pics and a linked review here https://www.perun.hr/the-sisters-of-mer ... eyan-baric
....and at odds with most of the audience, if the various YT clips are anything to judge from. Sounds like they're having a wild time. Ah well, can't please all the people all the time.dtsom wrote: ↑06 Nov 2023, 18:40The review is a hard One...omgPlanet Dave wrote: ↑06 Nov 2023, 17:45 Some great pics and a linked review here https://www.perun.hr/the-sisters-of-mer ... eyan-baric
Can't read or translate the text, but the photos are great ... haven't seen such happiness in the band and in particular in Andrew's face for a long time, so the gig can't have been any bad ... mere pleasure... ... thank you for the link .... ...Planet Dave wrote: ↑06 Nov 2023, 17:45 Some great pics and a linked review here https://www.perun.hr/the-sisters-of-mer ... eyan-baric
... where? I hear "Sister Ben" in "I was wrong"Planet Dave wrote: ↑06 Nov 2023, 11:23Sister Kai, as Von gleefully announces let's hope that's a sign
LegendaryDust Witch wrote: ↑07 Nov 2023, 04:33 It was later on in the set - Sister Ben, Sister Kai, and the amazing (could be misremembering the adjective) Chris Catalyst.
I was there. Now, started reading the review, never finished reading it. Had a short talk with Ben about the reviews and to quote him “All I’ve seen was a crowd of smiling faces and people enjoying the gig.”Planet Dave wrote: ↑06 Nov 2023, 18:45....and at odds with most of the audience, if the various YT clips are anything to judge from. Sounds like they're having a wild time. Ah well, can't please all the people all the time.dtsom wrote: ↑06 Nov 2023, 18:40The review is a hard One...omgPlanet Dave wrote: ↑06 Nov 2023, 17:45 Some great pics and a linked review here https://www.perun.hr/the-sisters-of-mer ... eyan-baric
Not to mention his smile when he nails it, he almost looks surprised, what a guyDust Witch wrote: ↑07 Nov 2023, 11:59...seeing Kai's playing on "Here" get better and better as the tour goes on makes me very happy.
I thought the rambling about the drum/bass/keys machine and the lack of human players was a spanish thing, been reading reviews bitching about that since forever. The last one for the Bilbao gig. But looks like there's somebody in Croatia feeling the same way. Amazing.dtsom wrote: ↑06 Nov 2023, 18:40The review is a hard One...omgPlanet Dave wrote: ↑06 Nov 2023, 17:45 Some great pics and a linked review here https://www.perun.hr/the-sisters-of-mer ... eyan-baric
Nice. Is Croatian your native language ?dumbcat wrote: ↑07 Nov 2023, 13:53 I'm long past caring about Croatian reviewers' inane ramblings. Just a surface look at the vocabulary they use will tell you enough about their nonexistent writing skills they overcompensate for by being infuriatingly pretentious. The review isn't worth translating, as it's clearly written from a place of irrational dismissal of anything that doesn't fit the 1984 fantasy lala land image of the band, and keeps repeating all the same tired points, like all the reviewers who can't be bothered to view the band from a here and now POV. It's easier to resort to whiny emotional blackmail than to do proper research and turn the brain on.
I stand by my previous thoughts & feels - the mood was fantastic, the crowd was super emotional and responsive, Von looked grateful and happy. The press had 30 years to accept that Von had never been an impressive vocalist and that it was never his strength (or the band's strength) to begin with. The charisma is still here and burning, and what was most important to me, the band was PRESENT. There was connection there and some kind of love there, not sure what it was but it was special. I hope Von's health issues don't run deep and that he can recover if he gets enough rest. He and the band still have so much more to give.
English-speaker here, and I find it refreshing when people talk in other languages. I am embarrassed that my language is now the global lingua franca because of 150 years of imperialism and that everyone feels the need to use it. Google Translate is my friend, if I really want to know what you're saying it's not much of an effort.
I'm not a native English speaker, though it's the primary language of my household, and I agree with you.H. Blackrose wrote: ↑07 Nov 2023, 21:26English-speaker here, and I find it refreshing when people talk in other languages. I am embarrassed that my language is now the global lingua franca because of 150 years of imperialism and that everyone feels the need to use it. Google Translate is my friend, if I really want to know what you're saying it's not much of an effort.