Werchter 2007

by koenvereeken on Jul.03, 2007, under Events, Fun

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I’ve captured a movie with my cellphone of some guys playing rugby on Werchter

It was great! I’ve been there for four days. Here are some groups I’ve heared:

Day 1

Bjork: not my style, but the performance was something special. A group of old fashion Chinese people were standing on the stage and playing rare instruments.
Muse: Yeah! Excellent mix of piano, guitar and drums..

Day 2

Joan as Police Woman: Never heard of her, but I was positively surprised. The mood of her music was soft and sweet, Norah-Jones stylish (in my opinion).
Kaiser Chiefs: Ruby Ruby Ruby.. and some other songs I liked the music but not the singer. Maybe he takes his group name too literal..
Bloc Party: What a successful combination: Negro singer and a white music style. His voice is something you’ve never heard before, maybe because I’ve never heard a black man singing pop (okay, except for Lionel Richie). This is the first group in this list I’m definitely buying a CD from.
Arctic Monkeys: Not my thing. First of all, they looked stoned on the stage and this wasn’t fit for the main stage. They’ve had one hit (which I like) and the rest is just some ordinal rock in my opinion. They also didn’t have a great performance, I even wouldn’t notice it if they were play backing.
Gabriel Rios: His last CD ‘Angelheads’ is something what he said to be ‘his own style without any external influence’. I like this style better then his older songs. This is also someone I’ll buy a CD from (or borrow it from my girlfriend, who bought that CD yesterday)

Day 3

Snow Patrol: Not really hard rock at all, but still great music. I know this group already before it had it first big hit, so I don’t have much to say, they did great.
Peter Gabriel: I know him from songs like ‘Salisbury Hill’ and ‘In your eyes’. He’s one of the milestones in music history so I really wanted to see him.
Keane: I kissed a boy, kissed a boy. I told him he was beautiful.. (or at least something like that ). I like his music, it’s something everyone could like and not get bored after hearing it twice.
The Chemical Brothers: I’ve expected more from them. They played their two big hits ‘Galvanize’ and ‘Hey Boy, Hey Girl’ in the first five minutes of their set and that was it, no more climaxes, just trying to climb the wall which they didn’t dare to jump off..

Day 4

The Kooks: Happy music. Don’t expect it to be sophisticated, but amusing
Interpol: Classic one, but they are great.
Incubus: Normally not my style, but their bis songs were great (‘Are you in’, …).
Metallica: Cool performance
Faithless: My top group for this day. I don’t know how they do it, but the quality of the sound was the best I’ve heard on this Werchter edition. Very pure. I’ve say him more then four times now, I think it’s time for a new CD