I was lucky to attend the last Lauryn Hill concert in Europe. I spend a great week in Prag and went to the concert at the end of it. I was mentally prepared for delay, attitude and raspy voice, especially after hearing the norway rumours and the fact, that Prague was the fith day in a row she performed.
The location was great. I was in the fith row or something and only like ten meters away from Ms Hill.
It was in a park and the crowd was really great. Even when the delay began, people stayed patient and dealt with it well.
After 45 Minutes the annoucement about her voice was made. Then the band enterd. The looked great and were dressed in a 20s Harlem Jazz Style. They played for about 10 Minutes until Lauryn Hill enterd the stage and sang the Heathen.
I think this was the tracklist
The Heathen
Lost Ones/Nappy Dreads
When it hurts so bad
Final Hour
Ex-Factor
To Zion
Iron Lion Zion
Trenchtown
Zimbabwe
The first time ever I saw your face
How many mics
Fugela
Zealots
Ready or not
Encore: Killing me softly
And besides that two or three new songs which were hardly unterstandable. I only picked things up lie "Thats what happened to me", "I didn't know", "I couldn't take the hatred" and so on.
Lose Myself wasn't performed. She sayed at the beginning, that she would do some old, some new and some bob marley. And the lyrics didn't sound like bob, they sounded like Lauryn, so I think she did one or two new songs which were nice.
The most beautiful part of the show was when she performed
The first time ever I saw your face. Someone from the crowed handed a bunch of flowers to the stage. The staff was already about to push the person away, but then Lauryn saw it and held the staff guy back, went to the front of the stage, picked up the bunch of flowers and sang with it.
At another point of the show someone threw one single flower on the stage but she didn't see it. After two minutes she picked it up really fast from the ground and danced around with it a bit.
She sang very good during the first time ever i saw your face. The rest was like usually, rather screaming and losing breath but still good anyway, especiallyn since it was the fith day in a row of performance. She really rocked the crowed when she did fugees stuff.
Her dancing was awesome. She really made you laugh sometimes. At the end of one song she trew her towel up and catched it again. Since it was outside, she didn't use to towel alot
At the end she came to the front of the stage and gave a few autographes. She was very nice, although she didn't talk alot.
Anyway, great show. I was very happy to be there.
yeah i agree, she was awasome, lauryn has somany energy,drive..ahhh..she is perfect..check this man..grom Prague
www.stream.cz/clanek/1332-mokre-kocicky-v-parku#player
