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Post by LuLu on Dec 7, 2005 22:35:14 GMT 1
An Articel from a Hamburg paper:
Leider nur ein Schatten Die Fugees patzen in der Color Line Arena
VOLKER PESCHEL
Man hätte sich denken können, dass die drei egomanischen Fugees "not amused" sein würden. Denn der Ticketverkauf für ihre Reuniontour nach achtjähriger Trennung läuft mies. Klägliche 2500 Zuschauer verirrten sich Dienstagabend in die Color Line Arena. Dem eitlen Trio war das wohl zu wenig. Es erschien nicht zum Soundcheck, klang folglich schrecklich. Zu Beginn spielten die drei neue, müde Songs (im Januar erscheint ihr Album), rüttelten ihre Fans dann mit Hits auf. "Fu-Gee-La", "Killing Me Softly" oder "911", "Ghetto Supastar" und "Doo Wop".
Knapp zwei Stunden spielten sie. Wyclef Jean gab dabei den Spaßvogel, schlug Salti, rannte durch die Halle. Die große Lauryn Hill schien schlapp, Pras blieb blass. Die Fugees waren mal die Größten, an diesem Abend aber leider oft nur ein Schatten ihrer selbst.
(MOPO vom 08.12.2005 / SEITE 19)
I think it`s describe ist best!!!
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Post by dL on Dec 7, 2005 23:03:41 GMT 1
They're not done. It's too soon to judge. Besides it's only live performances. Anyone can have a bad performance right ? There's one golden rule, at least in the rap-biz: A rapper should live always be better than on record.
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Post by hellothere on Dec 7, 2005 23:05:46 GMT 1
An Articel from a Hamburg paper: Leider nur ein Schatten Die Fugees patzen in der Color Line Arena VOLKER PESCHEL Man hätte sich denken können, dass die drei egomanischen Fugees "not amused" sein würden. Denn der Ticketverkauf für ihre Reuniontour nach achtjähriger Trennung läuft mies. Klägliche 2500 Zuschauer verirrten sich Dienstagabend in die Color Line Arena. Dem eitlen Trio war das wohl zu wenig. Es erschien nicht zum Soundcheck, klang folglich schrecklich. Zu Beginn spielten die drei neue, müde Songs (im Januar erscheint ihr Album), rüttelten ihre Fans dann mit Hits auf. "Fu-Gee-La", "Killing Me Softly" oder "911", "Ghetto Supastar" und "Doo Wop". Knapp zwei Stunden spielten sie. Wyclef Jean gab dabei den Spaßvogel, schlug Salti, rannte durch die Halle. Die große Lauryn Hill schien schlapp, Pras blieb blass. Die Fugees waren mal die Größten, an diesem Abend aber leider oft nur ein Schatten ihrer selbst. (MOPO vom 08.12.2005 / SEITE 19) I think it`s describe ist best!!! Could someone translate this to english???
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Post by dL on Dec 7, 2005 23:17:35 GMT 1
Here's your translation:
Sadly, just a shadow
The Fugees disappoint at Color Line Arena
One could have expected that the three egomaniacs would not be amused. Ticket sales for the reunion tour after eight years of separation were bad. A mere 2.500 viewers made it to the Color Line Arena on tueday night. Obviously not enough for the vain trio. They didn't show up for the soundcheck, and sounded accordingly. Starting off with three new, but somewhat unmotivated songs (new album dropping in january), they managed to wake folks up later on with a choice of hits like Fu-Gee-La, Killing Me Softly, or 911, Ghetto Supastar, and Doo Wop.
They played for close to two hours. Wyclef Jean did the entertaining part, doing somersaults, and running across the stage. The great Lauryn Hill seemed nervelessly, Pras remained pallid. The Fugees used to be the greatest, but tonight only a shadow remained.
Like LuLu said - a perfect summary. I usually don't like Mopo too much, but this time, they were amazingly honest.
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Post by Big-D on Dec 7, 2005 23:23:16 GMT 1
Thanks for translation
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Post by hellothere on Dec 7, 2005 23:26:18 GMT 1
thanks!!!
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Post by dL on Dec 7, 2005 23:27:51 GMT 1
You're welcome.
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Post by hahahamburg girl on Dec 7, 2005 23:55:10 GMT 1
clefs the b est, f***the rest.pras seemed like an intern. ms hill, miss fur wearing diva just sucked.clef was the only guy who knew how to deal with the crowd.i just love him to death-his ride in the crowd was unbelievable!! plus, why should sony pay for good reviews? they dont even released the single yet...?
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Post by fugees-online on Dec 8, 2005 0:04:12 GMT 1
OK, here comes my review: I just returned home and read thorugh most of the reviews posted on several boards and I have to say I am really surprised. I showed up at the venue at around 6:15 and doors were just about to open. Only few people were standing in line (about 50 maybe) so I felt quite lucky. I managed to get to the front row which wasn’t really to difficult because there weren’t many people to begin with! Most people arrived between 7:30 and 8:00 pm – the concert was supposed to start at 8 pm. So I waited since 6:30 in the main hall and was enjoying the company of a friend who I hadn’t seen in quite a time- so time flew by for me. They played music from CD – some Bob Marley tunes and stuff… unfortunately they ran out of songs pretty quickly so they replayed the same songs over and over again which got quite annoying after a while- especially since they played that Riahanna tune about 6 times! I was about to go crazy!!! At around 7: 30 people already began to stand up… at 8:20 a guy showed up on stage apologizing for the delay. He said there have been some technical problems and they are trying to fix it to give us the best show possible. (However I didn’t see many people fixing anything – maybe backstage… WTF. It did sound like a fake-ass apology but fact is: we don’t know for sure!) He was booed off stage. At around 9 the DJ began playing some tracks – while people were giving him a hard time. I guess they thought this was just a sort of filler because the sound wasn’t fixed yet or the band wasn’t ready… anyway. I thought the DJ was quite good and at the end of the set people were pretty much cheering for him. You could really feel the excitement of the people at that point because everyone was feeling either it is gonna start now or its cancelt…But then there was this voice from the off saying: “Come on DJ LEON run that track…” and Wyclef came on stage beginning the show with “JUMP JUMP” – people went crazy! Then he told us the story of him getting busted by german police that someone else has already mentioned… and he said something about smoking marijuahana (like he did a couple of times during the show). Then he sang a speeded up version of “No, Woman, No Cry” which was pretty cool. After that PRAS entered the stage and they had this little conversation… Clef was like “Yo, I thought we go beef man…?!” And soon after that Lauryn Hill entered the stage…(I know you people want to know what she looked like – don’t even front): wearing high heel boots, a dark-purple sweat pants, that dark blue sailor shirt, a leather jacket partly covered by fur, lots of bling bling (LOTS!), and a big ass afro (NO WIG! And that’s for sure!) She sure looked like a diva but didn’t act like one! I don’t know where the people were standing who claimed she had the diva attitude – sure not in the first row. Because then they would have seen that she smiled a lot! She was constantly dancing and moving around and seemed to enjoy the show. To me she did not look like someone who was about to cancel the show. Many times she came to the front of the stage singing to the people in the front, smiling. She bend over to the people nodding her head back and forth – that huge afro was swinging like mad! Lauryn Hill was very hyped indeed. She did not stand still one second. Her raps were pure fire… her flow was sick. The whole show was hyped… maybe a bit too much. Most of the songs of the Score were rearnged and speeded up. They rapped verses over different samples and also reranged some hooks… Lauryn did the screaming-singing most of the time which obviously didn’t work with the acoustics… It was just too noisy. I would have wished for a few more quit moments during the show where she would just show her singing skills as well. Nevertheless her voice was strong. I remember at one point, right before Doo Wop she did a little acapella song (probably some old classic – some doo wop tune) and she was amazing! Wyclefs rapping was tight as well… Pras was a bit off. Most of the time he would just stand in the back while Clef and Lauryn did the show in the front… At one point he left the stage, came back few minutes later and looked mad stoned… did some crazy dancing and stuff. Nevertheless he did a great performance on Ghetto Supastar… Lauryns Background singers sang the hook on this one and did a great job… They were dancing like mad to that song. Lauryn and Wylcef made several references to HAMBURG… one time Lauryn was singing … “Hamburg, Hamburg...” as an intro to a song. She played LOST ONES, DOO WOP and EX-FACTOR – all three performed similar to the well-knowed recorded versions… same goes for the other solo songs 911 and PERFECT GENTLEMAN. During 911 Wyclef was singing with the background singers… they would go: “Sooo cold… so cold…” and Wyclef was making fun of it singing “Wie gehts… Wie geths?!” which is german for “Whats up” and the background singers repeated it obviously without a clue what it means. They had a funny look on their faces! OK, I will shorten this up now because the rest of the performance was similar to the other shows… I just want to give a short conclusion:
I can understand the frustration about the concert very well because the sound was just off! Aweful. But I also think it depends on where you stood. BUT: The performance of the three WAS NOT BAD AT ALL… I thought the show was very entertaining. I am not disappointed about the performance – only frustrated about the sound. PLUS: It is absolutely not true that Lauryn Hill had a diva attitude during the performance! As far as the rumor about her wanting to cancel is concerned: Cant say anyting about that because I havent heard anything about that until I came to the board.
Everything thats been said about the venue is true. There were only about 2000-3000 people. The floor was packed but the seats were 3/4 empty which was a BIG turnoff. I thought the vibe was ****ed up from the beginning... Tho, during the performance people WERE CRAZY indeed.
As far as the vibe within the Fugees is concerned: It changed - It changed a lot from back in the day. It is really hard to tell wheather or not they are still tight or if they are doing this just for the sake of the reunion. However, there was interaction between the members but you would also see members going on and off stage... Pras dissapeard for two songs... Lauryn as well. Maybe they didnt want to take away from the solo songs. I dont know.
All the frustration aside, pay some dues to the rapping skills presented at the show. What s more important else at a Hip Hop show than some nicely spitted verses!?
Just one more thing, yes, they did play a new tune… I guess it was a new song from the upcoming album – sure sounded nice. Though it was quite short because it was also used as an intro to another song…
OK, I might add more to this if somethings comes to my mind…
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Post by fugees-online on Dec 8, 2005 0:09:03 GMT 1
OK, I have to say, there IS NO EXCUSE for not doing the soundcheck! If this is true, a lot of the noisy sound is to a geat amount the fault of The Fugees. Thats not cool.
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Post by AnDee on Dec 8, 2005 10:19:17 GMT 1
I can´t believe the review of the "Frankfurter Rundschau" – have they seen a different concert? We came from Hannover to see the Fugees, I´ve spended a free day for this happening and even A LOT OF MONEY, but that was the worst Hiphop-Concert I´ve ever seen. Pras was not really on the stage and it seems, that he had to read his text from a monitor.
Where was the voice of Lauryn? The vocals in "Fu-gee-la" were like in a karaoke-show...! I missed some polite words to the audience, some regrets because they were 1 1/2 hours late. I missed the presentation of the band (even if they played like they tried together only once before the concert). I missed totally any motivation of the 3 MCs. Wyclef was the only one who seemd to realize the situation and the quality of the show.
Too many mikes, too many MCs... perhaps the Fugees now can take their own lyrics personal. The sound was bad, but – hey – they are proffessionals! And some weeks before I´ve been to the sow of "Fettes Brot" in a similar hall with the same number of people in the audience: and the sound was really phatt!
I am sad now, because the albums of the Fugees and Lauryn (especially "The Misseducation of") are nearly perfect and the best Hiphop- and Soul-Albums of the world. But how can I listen to them now? I alsways will be remindet to this concert.
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Post by AnDee on Dec 8, 2005 10:25:37 GMT 1
I think, if I pay a lot of money and go to a concert of proffessional artists, it´s correkt to expect a brilliand show. There was no motivation to feel!
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Post by fugees-online on Dec 8, 2005 10:27:56 GMT 1
I think this is a fair review by the HAMBURGER ABENDBLATT. It show the two sides of the concert... the goods and the bads:
Vor allem laut: Die Rückkehr der Fugees
Die Hamburger Polizei hat mich verhaftet. Ich war im Gefängnis, nur wegen ein bißchen Dope", versucht Wyclef Jean am Dienstag abend rappenderweise die knapp anderthalbstündige Verspätung der Fugees bei ihrem Auftritt in der Color-Line-Arena zu entschuldigen. Keine schlechte Story, doch die Wahrheit sieht wohl anders aus. Angeblich war Kollegin Lauryn Hill wegen des schwachen Kartenvorverkaufs so genervt, daß sie nur mit Mühe überredet werden konnte, das Hotel zu verlassen und sich nach Stellingen in Bewegung zu setzen. Überhaupt Lauryn Hill: 1998 nahm sie mit "The Miseducation Of . . ." das vielleicht beste, weil völlig abnutzungsresistente HipHop-Album aller Zeiten auf. Ein Jahr später lieferte sie im Stadtpark ein Konzert von solcher Intensität ab, daß heute noch schwärmt, wer damals dabeisein durfte. Und 2005? Da scheint die 30jährige zu bereuen, daß sie sich auf die Fugees-Reunion eingelassen hat - ohne neues Album (kommt erst im Januar), ohne den entsprechenden Vorab-Presserummel und deshalb ohne das früher selbstverständliche Fan-Interesse.
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Gerade mal 3500 sind gekommen, um die Fugees zu sehen. Mittzwanziger zumeist, keine HipHop-Kiddies mit Goldketten oder glänzenden Karl-Kani-Jacken. Und die müssen nicht nur lange auf ihre Helden warten, sondern auch einen Sound erdulden, der stark vermuten läßt, daß kein Soundcheck stattgefunden hat. Viel zu laut bollert es aus den Boxen, und vor allem der Gesang ist fast durchgehend übersteuert. Besonders fällt das bei Lauryn Hill auf. Im Pelzjäckchen und mit voluminösem Afro macht sie zwar optisch einiges her, doch stimmlich ist sie in einer Krise - oder erkältet. Jedenfalls ersetzt sie natürliches Volumen durch künstliche Kraftanstrengung, was vor allem bei ruhigeren Nummern wie "Killing Me Softly" oder "Lost Ones" auffällt. Kommunikation mit Wyclef Jean und Pras Michel, dem Dritten im Fugees-Bunde, oder gar dem Publikum gibt es kaum. Kein Zweifel: Hier ist eine nicht da, wo sie eigentlich sein will.
Daß das Konzert dennoch seine Momente hat, liegt zum einen an der Setlist, die keine Wünsche offenläßt. Ob "Ready Or Not", "Fu-Gee-La" oder "No Woman, No Cry", ob "Doo Wop (That Thing)" oder "Perfect Gentleman": Diese Nummern sind einfach nicht kaputtzubekommen. Und so rasten die 3500 immer wieder kollektiv aus, tanzen, klatschen mit und recken ihre Fotohandys für einen Erinnerungsschnappschuß in die Höhe. Außerdem gibt einer an diesem Abend wirklich alles. Wyclef Jean macht die Rampensau, läßt sich durchs Publikum tragen, initiiert Hände-in-die-Höhe-Spiele und schüttet sich zwecks Abkühlung auch schon mal eine Flasche Selter über den Kopf. That's Entertainment.
Nach zwei Stunden ist alles vorbei, und die Frage bleibt, wie es mit den Fugees nun weitergeht. Das neue Album muß schon mächtig einschlagen, um den durch schwache Kartenvorverkäufe und weitgehend negative Konzertkritiken entstandenen Frust wettzumachen. Sonst ist der Ofen wohl aus. Hat aber auch sein Gutes: Dann braucht Wyclef Jean sich zumindest keine Warum-wir-uns-verspätet-haben-Geschichten mehr auszudenken. hot
erschienen am 8. Dezember 2005
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Post by mischa1 on Dec 8, 2005 10:43:14 GMT 1
and beside the bad sound they bring the stage in the middle of the arena that our seat supposed to be BEHIND the stage an speakers!!!! i supposed to be in the front but they gave me other seats far away in the back...i was really frustrated and i wished i could turn back the time to The Fugees in Große Freiheit....damned this was hot!
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Post by dL on Dec 8, 2005 10:55:33 GMT 1
By the way: Wyclef used the same Marijuana-"Freestyle"-Intro in Cologne in 2001 ... He still was the most entertaining force on stage that night.
I haven't read anywhere here that Lauryn acted like a diva on stage ... She obviously still knows how to behave eye-to-eye with the fans.
If you have three microphones up on stage, the folks who use them should better be tight (on point, in tune, sounding like one person, call it what you want). The Fugees' raps were far from being tight. So, sorry, but no dues to be paid for "rapping skills" that weren't there. Wyclef alone does not really count when it says "Fugees" on the (45 Euro) ticket - and he's by far the best rapper musician out of the three.
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