Concert Reviews
Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK
May 6 and 7, 2004
People say I have a song for every word, well the first one that crossed my mind on the 6th of May was ..., "Heaven must be missing an angel!"
Expectations were high that night ..., BUT he lived up to all of them!!
The pretty scenery, where curtains and lights of every color in the rainbow changed into stars. The beauty of an empty stage, only him and his guitar ... well, it was a touch of blue...
David comes on stage singing "I can feel your heartbeat", then he sings "Hush". PF songs are still good to listen to ... "Echo Valley 26809" taking a cell phone from a fan. He talks a lot to us fans, asking questions like... "Did you get a good picture?" .., "Summerdays", lots of handshakes, he walks that stage ... having a good time! Always joking about his age ...! About the language...! The weather ... Next song, "I am a clown", "Sweet Little Angel", "I write the songs" talks about it being a hit all over the world except in America. And that it's now Barry's theme song. "Could it be forever?" and there comes the BUT ... he'll never understand he says ... ! "Daydreamer" and then "ITILY" being the last song of this first part. How times flies when you're having fun!!
The second part is even better, he starts with "Ain't no sunshine" then the band leaves and it's only David and his guitar on an empty stage. David said he wanted it to be like he was with his friends in his living room.
He talks about how he bought his first guitar, and how he became a singer. How he played some Beatles songs with John Lennon.
First one he plays for us is "No Reply" .. "You got to hide your love away" wants us to only sing "Hey", we love it. and I love it when he forgets his lyrics. "Blackbird" is next, "I'll meet you halfway", "Ricky's Tune" the way he wrote it! After that he asked us to be quiet while he plays ITILY, he told us he wanted to play this song in an acoustic way, very bluey ... and also that he wanted to pay respect to the writer of it. The first night some ill-mannered fans shouted out the chorus and he couldn't finish it.
The second night he could, it was such a wonderful version of ITILY, the best I ever heard! I adore him when he' playing his guitar, this time he made my dream come true.
"Common Thief", the band joins in again. "Rock me baby" some great old songs, we've been spoiled on these concerts!
"I woke up in love this morning", "Cherish", Then David announces the band. One by one the boys and girls do their little show! David says it's his last big tour. But he hopes it's not gonna be the last time to do shows in the U.K. ... Everything must come to an end! so he sings "The last Kiss" now we have tears in our eyes. It sounds so final!
As encore David sings "How can I be sure?"
The second night he does one more, being my favorite "Breaking up is hard to do".
We will always cherish these moments, these concerts and the way you brought them for us. Thanks David, for being who you are!
Greta
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