Concert Review: Göttingen, Germany - October 12, 2002
Andi:
Hi everybody... here´s a little review from Chris ´s Super-concert in Göttingen where I have been yesterday with my hubby and some friends in the very interesting LOK-HALLE...where in former times the trains have been repaired..so you can imagine how big this hall really is...if you remember the size of a whole train...(and me inside..) And...what a pity...though Chris knew the meaning of LOK-Halle, he didn´t sing for us Spanish train...that would have fit perfectly...:-( ============================= But...well...impossible to mention all the songs he sang with comments ....otherwise I would let the list burst...but..Chris has been a firework of good vibrations and positive spirit..so you can imagine that we had a PERFECT DAY .. which was part of the show this time (gorgous!)...slip-sliding into the Christmas song Silent night...well...looking at the nighttime streets of Göttingen..they had illuminated the trees already..so..it looked a bit like Christmas! But unfortunately..no Santa Claus..no gifts..so far...but Chris was the greatest gift anyway! Wrapped in a wonderful sinfonie of romantic ballades (Lady in red...yeah..he did it..this song is like a good old friend..to me) and powerful rock songs as the POWER of the GUN, Don´t pay the ferryman and he whispered the word REVOLUTION!!! ============ Our charming host welcomed us with the words: It´s good to be... well..and I thought it would follow: in Göttingen again...as usual , but NO! The words exactly were: It´s good to be in Göttingen for the first time!!!! Hey...did not know that! ====================== And he tried to talk a lot of GERMAN...funny really funny...Göttingen is well known for the fairytale of the Goose-girl named Liesel..(anyone know the right translation...my English is out of order sometimes...) and he wanted to show us, that he knew the "Gänseliesel.." which is the GERMAN title for her , so he started talking...about it , pronouncing it absolutely wrong , sounded like : "Gans-Gisela" and the result was a non-understanding speechless quiet in the audience....Then he grinned like the little devil in Spanish TRAIN and murmured....."Mmmh..there was sth wrong with it...wasn´t it ?" And after a short reflection..he found the right word...unbelievable..every night in another city...and he remembered in Göttingen the Gänseliesel..even some inhabitants don´t know by heart if they are asked about!!!!!! As for me...I have been a bit confused too..because I live about 80 km south of Göttingen .. and in fact my aunt has a neighbour called Gisela Gans, so ..if we talk about her, we say...this is 'Gans-Gisela' and .. I first wondered how Chris could know the neighbour of my aunt....:-)))) I can send you a picture of the GÄNSELIESEL in Göttingen, they have a statue at the top of a fountain... and we gonna have one in our town too....very 'FOTOGEN' this Girl! Unfortunately..my pics from the concert are only colourful..nothing else but colours...and Chris is a little white spot in the middle..not to recognise...we had HIGH -PRIZED - TICKETS but sitting in the middle of nowwhere...good overview...eye in eye with Chris the most time..but...too far away...and the FLASH was good for nothing at that distance...so I used the camera several times with NOFLASH-OPTION...just to get a glimpse of the light show and colours...you know...goodbye sharpness! BUT... if anyone wants to have some colours from the concert...I´d love to send them to you! ============================== ============ So...enough for today....you see..I`m not good in reviews..I´m drifting apart...beeing carried away from the main topic, beeing lost in side - arms ..never coming to an end! So..if you want to know more..you are really welcome to email me privately..to exchange our concert stories and experiences in detail!!! Maybe..I gonna write some more here in the list...if it´s not too boring for you...reading stories about Gans-Gisela!