Re: The Ocean and Me Tour 2008
Posted: 22 Sep 2008, 20:42
Hi there !
Thanks for the nice reviews. I just came back a few hours ago from Bern where I attended to Sophie's second concert.
It was the first time I went to that venue. Actually, I "used" to go to Geneva or Vevey. The concert hall was like a theater (but with no seats and with a flat floor!)There was a gallery at the right of the stage but I don't know if the audience was allowed to go there, even though I saw some people standing there.
There were many people but I cannot say wether or not it was sold out. I had the luck to stand just in the front row.... I took my camera but as it was a big one the staff told me it was not permitted to take pictures unless you have an accreditation, too bad! But along the concert I saw many people with small camera taking pictures and (I guess) even filming....never mind, I knew that on the website of the bierhuebli, they would put pictures as they used to do it for the past concerts. So I just check a few minutes ago, and Bingo!!! I was right : just have a look on: http://www.bierhuebeli.ch/
The setlist:
I quite remember the songs but not really the order. After having read the setlist from Zurich, I can say it was pretty much the same setlist as the one in Bern.
Some comments about the concert:
Really nice version of "Going home". Same as in Zurich I guess: at the beginning only one guitar (Lars Halapi) and Sophie singing. Then little by little other instruments came in, at first in a very quiet way and then louder and louder!
The decoration was linked to sailing and to the sea : a fishing net was hanging, a very big lantern used in boats, some woodboxes, a barell (where Sophie put a glass of red wine, as usual ).
Sophie had a simple wooden low chair behind her and she sang a lot of songs sited. It seems to me that in the past she was more often standing, maybe I got this impression because the chair was higher then than now (it used to be a high chair like the one in bars).
The audience seemed at first a little shy : not so many applauses between songs, but then it was more enthusiastic.
Sophie did not talk a lot between songs as usual. She dedicated a song to Big Johny Jewel, the singer who made the supporting act. Actually, he also dedicated a song to her in his gig!
Sophie gave the audience the notebook she gave to the audience in Zurich. She said it was a way for her to get to know us! Many people wrote in it, and at the end I had a look on some messages : all were congratulations and really nice words for Sophie! No wonder actually !
The concert lasted between 80 and 100 minutes.
So, I will conclude even though there would be a lot more to say !
As a conclusion , I can say that it was a real good concert !!! Indeed, listening to Sophie on stage is always a great pleasure. Actually it is so much different from listening to the album. In the album, songs are usually very quiet but on stage they become more powerful.
Cheers,
Rubis
Thanks for the nice reviews. I just came back a few hours ago from Bern where I attended to Sophie's second concert.
It was the first time I went to that venue. Actually, I "used" to go to Geneva or Vevey. The concert hall was like a theater (but with no seats and with a flat floor!)There was a gallery at the right of the stage but I don't know if the audience was allowed to go there, even though I saw some people standing there.
There were many people but I cannot say wether or not it was sold out. I had the luck to stand just in the front row.... I took my camera but as it was a big one the staff told me it was not permitted to take pictures unless you have an accreditation, too bad! But along the concert I saw many people with small camera taking pictures and (I guess) even filming....never mind, I knew that on the website of the bierhuebli, they would put pictures as they used to do it for the past concerts. So I just check a few minutes ago, and Bingo!!! I was right : just have a look on: http://www.bierhuebeli.ch/
The setlist:
I quite remember the songs but not really the order. After having read the setlist from Zurich, I can say it was pretty much the same setlist as the one in Bern.
Some comments about the concert:
Really nice version of "Going home". Same as in Zurich I guess: at the beginning only one guitar (Lars Halapi) and Sophie singing. Then little by little other instruments came in, at first in a very quiet way and then louder and louder!
The decoration was linked to sailing and to the sea : a fishing net was hanging, a very big lantern used in boats, some woodboxes, a barell (where Sophie put a glass of red wine, as usual ).
Sophie had a simple wooden low chair behind her and she sang a lot of songs sited. It seems to me that in the past she was more often standing, maybe I got this impression because the chair was higher then than now (it used to be a high chair like the one in bars).
The audience seemed at first a little shy : not so many applauses between songs, but then it was more enthusiastic.
Sophie did not talk a lot between songs as usual. She dedicated a song to Big Johny Jewel, the singer who made the supporting act. Actually, he also dedicated a song to her in his gig!
Sophie gave the audience the notebook she gave to the audience in Zurich. She said it was a way for her to get to know us! Many people wrote in it, and at the end I had a look on some messages : all were congratulations and really nice words for Sophie! No wonder actually !
The concert lasted between 80 and 100 minutes.
So, I will conclude even though there would be a lot more to say !
As a conclusion , I can say that it was a real good concert !!! Indeed, listening to Sophie on stage is always a great pleasure. Actually it is so much different from listening to the album. In the album, songs are usually very quiet but on stage they become more powerful.
Cheers,
Rubis