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During my journey by train towards Rome, the thought of
not being in Bologna the same day, for the gig of Opeth in occasion of the
festival "A Summer Day in Hell", fades away always more. Then, when the
three quarters of Klimt 1918 come to meet me at the exit of the subway,
the thought completely disappears and the emotion of finally hearing alive
the authors of the wonderful "Undressed Momento" becomes even stronger!
And so all together we set for the club; it's about 21:00 and in the
capital is still unbelievably hot. Meanwhile I speak a lil'
with the two Soellner bros (and later I meet even the bass-player Davide),
who both immediately look nice to me: Marco, the vocalist/guitarist,
seems more a shy-looking and reserved boy and it's fantastic when he asks
me to shot a picture to a lil' statue of the Venus that we casually find
by a side of the street (and that you also see some lines above), while
Paolo, the drummer, definitely looks like a more explosive guy!
I ask them if they'll also play some unforgettable songs from the Promo-Cd
2000 which made discover the band, but they say no and that will play all the songs
contained in the debut album instead, except the final "Stalingrad Theme"
(what a pity! Maybe the song with the wildest drums parts of the whole
record!), plus a new song and a cover, but I don't want to know anything
else otherwise, what surprise will be?
The wait for the Jungle to open its
doors, seems neverending (in the meantime I notice the playbill of the band's
performance which, obviously, when the night is over will be mine), not to
talk about that once entered the club, but passes very pleasantly between
a chat and another with these and new people. A step from us meanwhile,
fireworks burst and I think is a very effective scene: I see the thing a
bit like a sort of celebration to the performance of Klimt 1918 which is
gonna be held shortly after...
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It's (finally) my first time at Jungle; I
like a lot the surroundings of the place, there's plenty of movement,
many other clubs... a real stream of people! The club in itself isn't
particularly big, but is comfortable and furthermore isn't so warm as
outside. The stage is small and definitely quite low; I almost ask myself
how they'll be able to play there, but when Klimt 1918 takes place, I don't
care about that anymore and the gig I've been longing for so long finally begins!
Marco, at the centre of the stage, wearing a black tie on a purple shirt,
introduces the first song of the night, and namely the nostalgic "That
Girl", one of the most beautiful songs contained in the debut album. The
sound is good. Marco sometimes mistakes some verses, but the thing is
funny and it almost makes me tenderness; on the other hand, he's told
it himself before starting that is very worried. I'd like to sing almost
every single word with him, but at times I fear to bother him; even if I
can quite hear the difference between studio and live, it excites me much
the same hearing him alive so fragile and delicate and I listen to him
equally enraptured. And then, it's always one of the few times that ours
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The set slides very pleasantly; even live, bass lines are perfectly distinguishable as on the
record, Paolo proves himself to be an outstanding drummer, but are
especially guitar's parts of both Marco and Alessandro to literally conquer
me tonight and I'm delighted in hearing how some songs from the album have
been a lil' bit rearranged for the live set. Thus follow "Pale Song",
definitely more catchy, free and easy than the opening track, but
nevertheless dreamy, the solar "Parade of Adolescence" and the
superb "We don't need no music" with its beautiful Italian verses. Then
it's turn of the intense "Naif Watercolour" (even if I would've prefered
hearing it in the killer, but vanished, version reciting the words of a
song by the Beatles!), of the title-track "Undressed Momento" (dedicated
to me!), one of the most touching moments of the whole performance, and
again "If only you could see me now", last and desperate song performed
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In the end, follow the already announced new song,
by the momentary title of "They were wed by the sea", simply
sensational with its guitar riffing in clear style old U2 (which
reminded me much of "Parade of Adolescence"), hoping to be able to hear it
soon again, alive or less, and then the cover of Brian Eno, "By this river"
(thanx Alessandro for having reminded me the titles of these last two
songs, he, he!), with which ours say goodbye to the crowd after one short
hour of gig.
Maybe a gig too short, but involving the same for the
undersigned, obviously hoping to catch 'em live soon once again.
At the end of the night however, remains one only doubt: well then, but
should I pronounce it Klimt 'Nineteen Eighteen' as in English (yeah!) or
'Millenovecentodiciotto' (in Italian) or 'Diciannove-Diciotto' (again in
Italian) ?!? I go for the first I wrote...
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