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Katatonia & Klimt 1918 |
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16/12/2006 - Budapest (Hungary), Ady Mk |
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On my arrival in the Hungarian capital, a cold that here in Italy we haven't been feeling for 50 years by now, is waiting for me, together with a so worrying grey sky reminding me of the cover of the historical record "Faith" by The Cure: it's a pity that I haven't brought it with me during the travel! I take the taxi and in half-an-hour I reach the club, pretty like Circolo Degli Artisti (well known club in Rome for most of the metal gigs of the capital; Mery's note), if it wasn't for a rather big hall, where you can find the bar, merchandising and a lot of cigarettes smoke (other kinds of smoke were expressely forbidden on the back of the ticket for the show... who knows!). I try an immediate drunkenness, but I run into the very kind Davide from Klimt and right afterwards I meet even Paolo who brings my girlfriend and me in the backstage to know Katatonia: I avoid making any comment about this experience; for me the Swedish act is a reason of life. I started playing driven by the listening of "Brave murde day" and the nights spent in playing "Discourages ones" are an unsane habit by now. At 20:00 starts the performance of Klimt 1918, unfortunately penalized by a very rough organization, moveable drums and vocals boxes just like 'let's make a flying gig at Traffic' (that should be another club of Rome, if I'm not wrong; Mery's note) and by a short soundcheck,  to say the least. They start with
"Nightdriver"
"Nightdriver" (actually I've
been told that they opened their set with "They were wed by the sea"
both in Budapest and Belgrade; maybe our Dario was a lil' bit too
excited :); Mery's note)
not at its best but, I say it again, in
those conditions we couldn't pretend more. With the following
"Snow of '85" I enter the gig's vibe: that song is so
beautiful that I could hear it even from the bog of the club and I would've
been touched the same. The show goes on with
"Rachel" and the sound gets heavier: the band plays
according to the situation and the crowd is
 taking more part. Then it's
the turn of
"If only you could see me now" taken from
"Undressed Momento": if I have to be honest, is the
only song of Klimt that I don't like at all
(... Dario was definetely too excited: they never
played this song, but "That girl", he, he, he :D). Luckily I got better with
my fave song "Because
of you, tonight"… the voice is finally clean
and the song is a masterpiece, half way among The Cure, My Bloody
Valentine and U2. It's then the turn of "Parade of adolescence" and I start losing control of
myself which becomes a memory with the last
"Sleepwalk in Rome". In the
end, a great gig to which I would've at least added
"Pale song" & "Lomo".
High merit to the Roman band, for having given to those presents a huge
proof in difficult conditions: it almost looked like an underground
show.
 but it seemed to
me being a too much risky choice. It starts with
"Leaders" & "Soil's song", ravaging!!!!!! Then
it's the turn of
"Deliberation". Katatonia are an institution by now,
they try to get continually in touch with the audience who acclaim them, they
stop the song half done to hear the rumbling: the attitude is not the same which
made me fall in love with them, but it's good like this, they truly deserve
all this success. I welcome the announcement of Jonas about
"Deadhouse" in tears: my all times fave song that I've particularly liked during this live
set, because it's been performed much more cadenced, more similar to
the version contained in "Discouraged ones" than that from the dvd released a couple of
 years ago.
Will be the same for "Murder".
It goes on with the stupend "Tonight's
music" & "The future of speech", spaced by "Ghost of the sun"
and the useless "July", taken from the last record (what?!? ...
guess it's one of the best episodes taken from "The great cold distance"!; Mery's
note).
The curtain falls
(in all senses, considered we're inside a theatre!!!)
and rises again with the very expected encore of "My twin", "Evidence"
& "Murder", songs that are worth the travel from Rome by
themselves anyway. Let's forget about the dancers entered on "My twin"; I
hope I won't see anymore things like that. By the way, a beautiful show, even
if by now prebuilt and foreseeable from a band who's counted among those who
have changed music's history. A monument.
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