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[gothikmaus]

Last night, 7 or 8 years after seeing them live for the last time, I went to a Bluvertigo concert. I was a huge fan when I was in school (thanks S. for giving me their second CD as Christmas gift in 1997) and they're still one of my favourite bands. The concert was great, they're very good musicians and Morgan (the singer and bass player) is still as charismatic as ever, but something was missing. Maybe the short summer tour wasn't enough to get back the "band feeling" - they hadn't played together for a few years after all; maybe it was the location, a bit too big for them right now; maybe it was the technical problems Morgan seemed to have (not smoking a whole pack of cigarettes during one concert may also help your voice, dear). Or maybe it was just me: of course seeing them now it's different from seeing them 10 years ago, when I was 18 and they were at their highest point.

But their shows are always worth seeing, especially when they get half naked and start randomly hugging each other. (At one point Morgan went over to Andy and hugged him, and a girl standing behind me squealed: "They love each other!" XD)

There are rumours of a new album coming out next year. Hopefully that's true and by the time they go on tour again the "band feeling" will be back. But I know I'll go see them live no matter what, don't they say you'll always love the music you fall in love with when you're 17?

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[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

I don't remember where I heard that thing about "the music you love when you're 17", but I think it's referred to the music you listen to in your late teens/early twenties, because that's usually the music that influences you the most. It applies in my case: I still love Bluvertigo, Pulp, The Cure and, of course, Die Ärzte, even if I discovered them quite late (bah, living on the wrong side of the Alps!)

As for Bluvertigo, their concerts have always been impressive, they mix rock and electronic music and create a very peculiar sound. This time the electronic part was even stronger than in the past, maybe they were influenced by Megahertz (http://www.myspace.com/megahertzspace), their opening act, who also played with Bluvertigo's singer in his solo concerts. I saw one of his gigs last year and it was so unusual: just two people, a dozen keyboards (I'm not kidding, there were keyboards everywhere) and a theremin. They even played "Happy birthday to you" with the theremin, 'cos it was the singer's birthday. Aww. ^_^