[
YOU'RE THE ONE ] - Traenenpalast, Berlin, DE, Nov 02,
2002
[
BABY CAN I HOLD YOU ] - Traenenpalast, Berlin, DE, Nov
02, 2002
[
TALKIN'BOUT A REVOLUTION] - Traenenpalast, Berlin, DE,
Nov 02, 2002
[
GET UP STAND UP ] - Traenenpalast, Berlin, DE, Nov 02,
2002
[
INTERVIEW ] - Traenenpalast, Berlin, DE, Nov 02, 2002
[
CONCERT
REVIEW (by Stefan K, Germany)
]
"TRAENENPALAST",
PALACE OF TEARS
The
entrance time was 7:30 pm. My plan was to be about one
hour earlier at the "Traenenpalast". The English
translation would be "Palace of tears". In
the past, the Berlin Wall divided Berlin, the Palace
of tears was used by Eastern German borderguards. There
they used to check people who wanted to go to the western
part of Berlin. Because of people's tears after entering
the Western Part, this building was given this name
after the fall of the Berlin wall.
The
entrance time was 7:30 pm. I arrived there at 6:30 pm
and I really was the first one waiting in front of the
entrance. Imagine how happy I was… After a while
many more people arrived and were waiting in front of
the entrance but I was still the first one. It was quite
cold but it wasn't raining so it was OK to wait there.
Because of technical problems they opened the doors
at 8:30 pm (when the show was supposed to start).
Some people in the crowd yelled absurd things like
"We want to go in" or "Give us our
money back". I think that they should have been
happy to see Tracy in such an intimate atmosphere.
An
hour of waiting is OK for that, I think. But at 20:30
they let us in and I went straight to the stage. But
there were some chairs. I thought that those chairs
would have been for some "Very Important People"
but I sat on one of them ( best ones regarding the stage)
and I thought that nobody could send me away.
THE AUDIENCE
The audience could have
been divided in David fans (20%), Tracy fans (30%), friends
and family of the TV-Crew (25%) and some new-rich people
who definetly can´t feel anything while listening
to Tracy or David (25%).
DAVID
GRAY
After
having waited for a while, Ray Cokes introduced us to
David Gray.
He came on stage and started to play the piano. After
the first verse and first chorus his band also started
to play. They played songs from his latest album as
well as songs from "White Ladder". Among those
songs there was "Babylon" and "Sail away".
David
Gray, The Other Side
David Gray, Please Forgive
Me
WELCOMING
TRACY CHAPMAN
TRACY
CHAPMAN CONCERT SETLIST
After
David's show they started to rebuild the stage completely.
They started to build up Tracy's stage. The entire set
was built for two background singers, a guitar player,
a drummer, a percussion player, a bass player and a keyboard
player.
01.
Baby Can I Hold You
02. You´re The One
03. Mountains O things
04. Telling Stories
05. Another Sun
06. Give Me One Reason
07. Almost
08. Talkin Bout A Revolution 09.
I Am Yours (encore
1)
10. Get Up Stand Up (encore 2)
SONG
BY SONG
01.
Baby Can I Hold You
After having waited for an hour, Ray introduced Tracy
and she came on stage. Dressed in blue jeans and black
shirt, she said in a friendly and shy way "Good
evening" and she started to play the guitar and
sang "Sorry, Is all …" She sung the first
verse solo and the band started to play.
02.
You´re The One
After that
song, she said that they would play some old songs as
well as some new ones. Then the drummer sat on something
like a percussion box as well as the percussion player.
Tracy started sing singing "hmmm" and she
sung "Some say you´re crazy…".
"You´re The One" is a good song and
played live it sounded fantastic.
Tracy
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03.
Mountains O things
After "You're
The One", she said that the next one would be
an old one but that they would it play it in a different
version and that she hopes that we would like it.
They played "Mountains O' Things" like on
the "Telling Stories" bonus disc from the
limited edition. It was also sounding really good.
04.
Telling Stories
Tracy took an electric guitar and I supposed that she
would play "Telling Stories" now and that
was what she did. It sounded like on the last tour.
05.
Another Sun
Then she
sung "Another Sun". I think that there are
better songs on her new album ( I like "Broken"
very much) but it is also a wonderful moment to see
Tracy sing "Another Sun" as well singing
any other song.
06.
Give Me One Reason
She
started to play "Give Me One Reason". And
I have to say that I love that song. As a Clapton fan,
I remembered when they played the song together. I sung
the complete lyrics (maybe you can see it on TV;o))
). The solo her guitar player played was not as good
as Eric's one on the Special Christmas show but it was
OK.
07. Almost
After "Give
Me One Reason", she played another new song, "Almost".
08.
Talkin Bout A Revolution
And then she
took again her acoustic guitar and started playing and
I knew that it would be "Talkin' bout a Revolution"
or "Fast Car". It was "…Revolution"
and everyone in the crowd clapped in one's hands as
we did for "Give Me One Reason". I thought
the version was a little bit slower than on the album.
I sung again the complete lyrics.
09.
and 10. Encores
And she left
the stage and came back for the first encore which was
"I am yours" and than she said Good Bye again.
But the crowd was clapping, crying and yelling so they
came back for "Get up Stand up". It was again
a really exciting experience and then the show was over.
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EPILOGUE
It
was a little bit short but we were indemnified by beeing
so close to her, I was sitting 2 metres far from her,
It was fantastic.
Concert review by Stefan K. (Germany) 
