Paleo, Friday - and the weekend

Friday night it was time for The Darkness and Muse to entertain me. It was also the night where I hope to get drunk and enjoy all the food and festivities.

The Darkness were pretty much the same when I saw them in Zurich at the beginning of the year. The only difference is that this time they are playing a big crowd. Justin Hawkins was his usual self, mucking about with his voice and the crowd. His french is quite good actually, maybe even better than mine. It's just that he uses this weird accent intentionally which makes him sound like Pepe Le Pew. Funny to see him translate motherfucker literally.

Their heavy rock was quite good and Justin was definitely the showman. He was singing really high, playing guitar and doing solos, playing with the crowd, etc. He is also ugly. And it wasn't just me saying that, a lot of other people as well. Oh well, when you're making money playing music in a huge festival then being ugly might the last thing on your mind. Especially when you're role suits you're ugly looks.

That was between 19.00 and 20.15. A break of 3 and a half hours before Muse gave me and my friends the opportunity to eat and drink. Within 30 minutes we (as in 4 people) drank 2 bottles of rose. Then food. Then more food. Then more wine. Then drinking games. Then people getting lost going to the loo etc. Then Muse.

Muse was simply amazing. It is only three of them. Matt Bellamy on guitars, piano and vocals. Chris Wolstenholme on bass and backing vocals. And Dominic Howard banging the drums. Only three men but the sound that was coming out sounded as if they had a whole military marching band playing. Matt Bellamy is obviously the genius behind Muse. His singing, guitar playing and piano playing just makes your jaw drop. And both Chris and Dom have the talent to back him up.

Even though it was Matt (and Chris) doing the singing, it was Dom doing the interaction with the crowd. It wasn't much but it was much more than Matt and Chris said to the audience. Which was nothing. I guess for them, they don't feel the need to interact directly with the crowd. Don't know why, but there are poeple like that. I don't care as long as they play their balls out, which is what Muse was doing. They played all their best hits and finished of with Stockholm Syndrome. It was by far the best Paleo concert this year. Okay I only saw 5 concerts, but still...

After that the drinking and smoking continues and at 7 o'clock I woke up on the couch at a friend's place.

Saturday - Sunday: Vitznau, Luzern.

Football newsflash: Marc Overmars, 31, quits football because of a niggling knee injury.

"Our time is running out
Our time is running out
Can't push it undergroung
Can't stop it screaming out"