Thanks for the link.President wrote:For those who speak Dutch... a review by the Belgian journal "De Morgen".
http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/1343/Recen ... ater.dhtml
Here is Googles translation:
Surprisingly many Canadians found Sunday towards AB. Some even had a trans-Atlantic flight on their national pride The Tragically Hip. The group led by Gordon Downie signed in Brussels as usual for an overwhelming triumph, though the first hour but they were sputtering at cruising speed.
The Canadian indie heroes tasks however clever of land with the unbreakable "New Orleans is Sinking" and the three-part "Suite Depression". A savvy move, for which songs made the strengths of The Tragically Hip directly exposed. With riffs that The Great White North by shaking each other, vocal harmonies that sound as sweet as maple syrup tastes and guitar 's that glowing shine like the aurora borealis, this band around the brightest sign that Canada over the last two decades could wish.
Not least because The Hip is equally well suited for standing on a concert infallible reputation. The name unfortunately they defended so well during the first half of the show - the set was because no apparent reason split into two. During the first part functions "is a First Love" and "Morning Moon" appeared to be slightly off from parent material, such as a mandatory "It 'sa Good Life If You Don" t Weaken or a witty "Poets". The unguided mania frontman Gordon Downie created distance. The singer shows now more physical similarities with a balding clerk, but he behaved during his best songs in a span satyr. In the worst case fell into clownish mannerisms, which he even the fantastic "Courage" to help threatened to turn a corner.
Succulent cherry on the cake
What a difference with the second part, which Downie knew his place, the group came more into the foreground and an acoustic 'Fiddler' s Green "uncontrollable sent chills down your spine." Gift Shop "was then carefully built up a fierce guitar song . Downie saw you now diabolical grin watching his comrades. In "Music @ Work" he bounced back from the drumriser to the monitors. Eventually he emerged into the hall to the fans to sing along, or what we could go.
The succulent bisronde was the icing on the cake. With a grandiose "Grace, Too", a song that ever ended disappointingly enough, led the six-piece band for the ultimate apotheosis. This was a man past highlights like "Springtime in Vienna", "Bobcaygeon" or "Ahead by a Century" are almost forgotten. "It 's Sunday, right? Let 's see if we can make it more like a Tuesday night, "chuckled Downie just for" Fireworks ". We can point to anything he'd make time and space as the proposed meaningless. (Gunter Van Assche)