freak show

FREAK SHOW

FREAK SHOW
dEUS march 2000 bootleg
tom barman jules de borgher klaas janzoons danny mommens craig ward tim van haemel
live in paris, june 24th, 1999 01: instant street 02: the freaks up front 03: sister drew 04: little arithmetics 05: sam peckinpah baught 06: suds of soda 07: fell of the floor 08: magdalena 09: roses (=in fact the magic hour) 10: turn-pike live at ‘summer festival’, spain 1999 11: sister dew 12: suds of doda 13: magdalena 14: instant street
Now this is what I call an absolute pathetic excuse for a bootleg. It hasn’t got Rudy Trouvé on there somewhere- the only distant connection is he co-wrote Suds & soda and Fell off the floor, man. Still- I see it as my 'duty' to warn you about this turd. The best thing this bootleg has going for is the recording itself, which is technically speaking very good, actually. (Ignoring the fact that the first track isn’t complete, and there are several ‘fade in-fade out moments’ resulting in a very fragmentary feeling) Besides that, it is very clear this bootleg was made by people who had never heard of dEUS before. To begin with, half of the track names are spelled incorrectly. ‘Sam Peckinpah Baught’ in stead of ‘Sam Peckinpah’s daughter’ ànd ‘bought’ spelled incorrectly, this was seriously done by a bunch of amateurs. Another serious error is the tracklisting; it says the 9th track is ‘Roses’ while in fact it is ‘The Magic hour’. I know which one of the two I would have preferred! And on top of this, the four tracks from the Spain gig all are already on the first gig, while they easily could have chosen some other songs. Then, there’s the gigs itself of course. Ok, this is a subjective opinion, but I think they were very un-exiting, especially when compared to some of their older live gigs. And on top of all that, the company which made this bootleg apparently claims the copyrights as well- forbidding you to copy this already illegal bootleg any further. Ugh- no thanks. I’ll skip this time. Suds of Soda? Oh dear.

lionell
horrowitz