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As already written in the 'News',
when I thought to have lost all hope of coming back to Rome for the gig
above-mentioned, together with some friends instead I've managed to
arrange a whole day to spend in our capital (though I went to the gig all
alone...). Of course, I would've preferred spending there all the three
days for the long week-end of the 8th of December, but I've really nothing
to complain about.
After the whole afternoon and part of the evening spent going around in
the city, I venture about the streets of Rome, in search of the Coetus
Pub. It's very cold and I'm lookin' forward to reach destination. Thanx to
the very kind tram-drivers of the capital, I reach the pub safe and sound
around 22:30. After a few moments I see Paolo from Klimt 1918 and shortly
we enter the place: the pub is small, the stage too, but in the background
is playing "Altars of Madness" of Morbid Angel and I feel already well!
Then I also meet Alessandro, who tells me about the play-list of their
set. I'll meet Davide and Marco right before their performance.
Klimt 1918 are gonna play for second; it's a young act from Gaeta who
opens the night, such Child on a Rope that I had never heard
talkin' about before. However, I sit in front of the stage (but I hate
these places with tables and chairs/benches located right under the stage
which don't allow you to stand up during gigs!) and I listen to them with
interest, even if the kind of death/black proposed by the 5-piece (vox/bass,
two guitars, drums and keys) is still a lil' bit unripe.
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Tonite
My Sixth Shadow
are the headliners, therefore Klimt 1918 haven't so much time at
disposal for their set that foresees the same play-list of end June but
this time, further to "Stalingrad Theme", it'll also be excluded the
title-track "Undressed Momento". However, I have to say that this time I
feel more involved during their set, there is also people who know the
songs and even sing 'em... so they keep me company! Then the four are superb on
that small stage and for me it's still a huge emotion hearing them playing
live
once again. "That Girl" opens their show and the sound is fairly good; I'm
literally ravished by Marco's performance and Davide (very smart!) at bass.
This time Marco looks a bit more decided, especially in the vocals (though
he won't miss again to mistake some verses in a couple of songs, he, he,
he... ) and the bass lines by Davide, as on the album, are killer!
Nevertheless Alessandro at guitar and the upsetting Paolo at drums aren't
less than them.
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Follow the more free and easy "Pale Song" and "Parade of
Adolescence" (dedicated to me, since I came back to hear them playing once
again from Florence; practically the most divine song of the whole
album... what a honour!), the magisterial "We don't need no music", with a
sensational Marco singing the Italian verses, "Naif Watercolour", intense,
immense, extraordinary (and to the last I hope the band will play the
former version with the verses of the Beatles, but it's gone badly even
this time...), and "If only you could see me now". Unfortunately the end
of the gig is at hand and the band proposes the new song "They were wed by
the sea" (this title is really charming, isn't it?), which I well
remembered from the previous show at the Jungle Club and the last and
exciting cover "By this river" by Brian Eno. And people have appreciated
for real, have clapped hands, have sung... I say it again: it was such a
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Then it's turn of My
Sixth Shadow, which are in six on stage and seem to be a lil'
bit narrow... and it also seems like they wanna play all nite long:
they don't stop anymore, he, he! I knew them more than anything else
by name; I chanced to listen to them on some compilation, but there
was that voice which doesn't drive me so much mad. Even tonite the
opinion will more or less remain the same, but the goth'n'roll proposed
by the band is pleasing, even if the songs after all sound a lil'
bit the same. I should listen to them more carefully to better judge
their music.
The night isn't over yet and I remain on the place in company of the
guys from Klimt 1918, new and old friends... there is also Carmelo
from Novembre
(great! If only they could've played as well!). Obviously I
pinch again the playbill
of the gig...
In the end, musically's been a very nice
night: it was really worth coming back to hear Klimt 1918 playing!
P.S.: A huge thanx to Paolo for the lift to the Jungle Club!
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