{"id":796,"date":"2011-07-08T23:13:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T21:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=796"},"modified":"2011-08-22T17:05:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T15:05:43","slug":"everybody-wants-to-go-to-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=796","title":{"rendered":"Everybody wants to go to Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh, Napoleon \/ The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – FZW Club, Dotmund; July 7th 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hearing Oh, Napoleon play \u2018Chicago\u2019 my favorite song on their debut album, made me very happy, especially because I had not even expected to be at this concert.
\nActually I was supposed to see them a week earlier, but misinformation had lead to me missing their CD release gig. I emailed them about it and they invited me to this gig. They were not headlining, but I\u2019m not complaining. I was very happy to be on the guestlist and I surely hadn\u2019t expected that.<\/p>\n

About 40 people showed up to see them \u2013 easy front row. They were just as good as I remembered from the Martin and James gigs in May. I loved the songs, especially the aforementioned \u2018Chicago\u2019 and the wonderful \u201827\u2019 that I had almost forgotten about. They were playing as a quintet this time – different from the acoustic trio, but just as good. It gave the songs more power and a bit more drive. They work together well as a band, nobody trying to steal the spotlight from the others, everyone having space to play. I sure enjoyed the drums and bass being there \u2013 it fit.<\/p>\n

I had a photopass and was only allowed to take pics through the first three songs \u2013 I shot so many I missed much of the music. I still managed to sing along a little bit though. \ud83d\ude42 Katrin is very observant. She saw me right away and smiled at me. It was nice being recognized.<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t try to make their concerts a great big show, they just play and they do it well. The Maximilian and Maximilian are the creative core of the band, writing all the songs, but they don\u2019t get much of the spotlight. Yet they are really a band, playing together, sharing the stage. They come across quiet and unobtrusive \u2013 very nice. The music is well arranged, everything fits. Katrins voice carries it all, but it\u2019s with the music, not \u201con top of it\u201d. I sure hope I\u2019ll get to see them as headliners once. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll follow them everywhere, but they make music I’d like to hear more of.<\/p>\n

Setlist:
\n<\/span>Save Me
\nChicago
\nI Don\u2019t Mind
\nFalling Away
\n27
\nTo Have \/ To Lose
\nGood Times
\n901<\/p>\n

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart were better than I had expected. My impressions from MySpace weren\u2019t all that great so I had thought I might leave early. Yet I found them very listenable. Nice music and they were much into it too. I only saw the first three songs from the front, but listened to the rest from the back and found it enjoyable. Not a band I need to see again though.<\/p>\n

Setlist:<\/span>
\nThis Love Is Fucking Right
\nHeart In Your Heartbreak
\nThe Body
\nHeaven’s Gonna Happen Now
\nStay Alive
\nMy Terrible friend
\nCome Saturday
\nYoung Adult Friction
\nToo Tough
\nEverything with you
\nThe Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
\nEncores
\n<\/em>Contender
\nSay No To Love
\nStrange<\/p>\n

Had a nice chat with Katrin afterwards \u00a0and had her tell me about the Krefeld gig \u2013 looks like I missed something there. She also said touring with Martin and James was their most enjoyable tour ever <3
\nThey\u2019ll play Berlin in September. Maybe I\u2019ll go there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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