Concert Review: Oberhausen, Germany - December 1, 2000
Katja Overbeck:
Oh Dennis, you are so right with your feeling. And yesterday was another day to see how Chris tries to get people under his satanic control:He has called us and many others to a demonstration of this diabolic art and of course we had to follow his call. We assembled in a big hall, some of his followers and some who were just curious to see him. When I took a look through the arena I thought that it would be hard work for our master to get new followers this evening. Many elderly people, looking very sceptical..... First we had some other music and some ice-scaters who had to get us in the right mood for Chris and when he arrived on the stage we, his followers, all yelled and clapped our hands. He was dressed in black (of course) and started with some nice, harmless songs to show that heīs serious. His fans sang along all the songs to show that weīve learned our lessons and that we were ready to follow him deep into the magic of his satanic music.Slowly but surely the people around started to smile and to clap their hands like we did. This showed us that our leader was on the right way again. Oh, I was sure that he would get these people under his control at the end! It was hard for us real fans to sit down and only clap our hands without dancing and showing our emotions through dancing. But our time hadnīt come.....we had to be patient.....
Suddenly Chris changed his style and now came the first song that showed his real intention:THE FERRYMAN!!! I wanted to jump and sing and dance, but my sister in spirit Suanne layed her hand on my knee and said: "No, Katja, itīs too early! Be patient! The people around arenīt ready yet!" And so I restrained my impatience. And then came the magic words from the stage: ARE YOU READY FOR DANCING??????? And this was the sign for us to get up and celebrate Chris as usual. And now I saw that he had done it again: He had most of the people under his control, all were dancing and clapping their hands and their eyes were shining in a magical way.We couldnīt get enough (as always)and everybody was yelling for more all the time!Much too fast the show ended and we had to leave.But I saw a lot of people with a strange light in their eyes that wasnīt there before the show.We,the brothers and sisters in spirit from the internet gang, met in an irish pub nearby to talk about this wonderful demonstration of Chrisīpower. A live singer was in this pub, singing along all kinds of songs, but suddenly we heard music that sounded familiar! He started to play THE FERRYMAN!! And we all sang along this gorgeous song again, feeling unbelievable great in this moment! And all the time there was this light in our eyes....
This morning, when my daughter Lisa got up, she came down and asked:" Hey, mummy, can we play this songagain? You know, the one that we sang in the pub???" You see, Dennis, the wheel is turning all the time, I fear Lisa is going to be a fan, too. And my son Simon asked me to translate the song for him and he was very impressed........
Oh, itīs time! I have to leave now!I have to go into the forest to find some rare herbs and a black cat....and maybe the feather of a crow...And the Cd player has stopped to play.Oh, Lisa was faster than me! Now it plays again and sheīs sitting in front of it.....Donīt pay the ferryman...donīt even fix a price.....