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by Bernd Schuknecht Lyrics from a construction kit Chris de Burgh performed a concert in the Tonhalle during his "Road To Freedom" tour. The audience cheered - about songs full of romantics. Occasionally even trivial thingt need longer to come to realization. So Chris de Burgh realized that the liberation from ballast can open the road to more personal freedom. The Irish pop bard whose biggest success was recently to be mentioned as the father of Rosanna, "Miss World 2003", presented the songs from "The Road To Freedom" in a solo manner. In the sold out Tonhalle the 55 year old tore a completely enthused fan community from their seats with a two and a half hour concert. Solo concerts are musical challenges that can be really thrilling. De Burgh had composed the songs of the new album for a solo performance straight away, but at least he could have given the lavishly arranged classics like "Don't Pay The Ferryman" and "Borderline" a totally new sound profile. But a single musician, either with guitar or at the piano, doesn't guarantee a new sound picture, nor the beseeched intimate athmosphere. The clapping audience made the rhythmical background to the mostly heavily played twelve string guitar and de Burgh's piano often produces the trivial music box sound of a synthetical 80s sound design. Quantitatively he saved on the accompanying musicians, but qualitatively the sufficiently known ballast of musical kitsch remains. "Snow Is Falling" sounds like a musical winter tale by Rosamunde Pilcher. It coldly serves an artificial romance full of unscrupulous clichees. It flogs nature imagery. So the night is constantly dark, as the forest, but there are many bright mornings, rain and tears fall and love isn't just red with the "Lady In Red". Lyrics from a construction kit. "Oh wie ist das schön" can be heard from the audience. The female fans love to touch their star - which is indeed possible, for once he takes a long walkabout all over the floor, and there is a tight crowd at the edge of the stage. The womanizer sings "High On Emotion" as a first encore. He couldn't have described the state of mind of his ecstatically applauding fans better. |
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