John Cale in Tel Aviv

marknaveh · Post by **marknaveh** » 19 Jan 2006 21:55

Cale opened a new leg on his european tour last night with a great, intimate show in a small Tel Aviv club in front of a warm and appreciative crowd. (It was a no smoking gig - "by request of the artist" - and amazingly everyone repected it). One nice surprise -- not only did he play Venus In Furs, the show opener, he also gave us "an experiment - two songs in one": Femme Fatale crossed over with Rosegarden Funeral of Sores (really obscure -- I had to do a lyric check on the net to find it!). Fantastic band he has with him. Gun was unbelievable, the highlight of the show. The rest of the set list included Woman, Helen of Troy, Dancing Undercover, Turn the Lights On, Look Horizon, Magritte, Things, Dirty Ass Rock 'N' Roll, Buffalo Ballet, Ship of Fools, Guts, Hush, Outta the Bag, Perfect, Sold Motel, Leaving It. Encores were Gravel Drive, Pablo Picasso and Close Watch.

bleach · Post by **bleach** » 19 Jan 2006 22:16

Thats great news, i'm going to see him in Bristol UK nxt Friday looking forward to hearing Venus In Furs.

Changeling · Post by **Changeling** » 19 Jan 2006 23:42

was femme fatale in the background (computer) while he played rosegarden (like last tour , the gift was playing in the background when he did frozen warnings) or did he play one then the other? how did this work?

marknaveh · Post by **marknaveh** » 20 Jan 2006 05:14

It was all live -- he started with a verse and chorus of Femme, crossed over to a verse of Rosegarden, then repeated the process, finishing off with some more "Femme Fatales". He played keyboards throughout.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 20 Jan 2006 05:19

I can NEVER find any Cale work in Best Buy or in CD stores, which I find annoying because I'm really interested in hearing his solo work.

Changeling · Post by **Changeling** » 20 Jan 2006 05:42

marknaveh wrote:It was all live -- he started with a verse and chorus of Femme, crossed over to a verse of Rosegarden, then repeated the process, finishing off with some more "Femme Fatales". He played keyboards throughout.

got to hear this! I hope someone taped it

lurid_uk · Post by **lurid_uk** » 20 Jan 2006 09:36

thanks for the report - I'm seeing him next Saturday in Glasgow. Looks like a great show.

marknaveh · Post by **marknaveh** » 20 Jan 2006 16:15

There's a video of Woman from the second night in Tel Aviv here:
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3203424,00.html
Plus a review of the show if anyone reads Hebrew.

Pig Related · Post by **Pig Related** » 20 Jan 2006 23:54

I'm seeing him twice next month. He's bound to play Femme Fatale on one of those shows.

By the way, when did he perform The Gift/Frozen Warnings? How did that work exactly?

Changeling · Post by **Changeling** » 21 Jan 2006 00:27

He played fozen warnings on the hobosapiens tour.
He had alot of computer noise behind some songs during the show.
During Frozen Warnings he had the gift playing in the background.
it sounded like they were playing it right from white light / white heat
, not a live version.

Here is a show from that tour
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=69199