Apr 26 2008 @ Elysée Montmartre Paris, FR

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First the disappointments:

- The stupid Parisian organization which didn't allow cameras in and only let the bands to play until 23.00 as a result I have no pictures/videos to upload here and the guys could only play one hour

- John McKnight didn't play as he was admitted in the hospital the day before for high blood

It's been a while since i've seen Fishbone play in front of a packed 1300 capacity house and by the third of their set, they managed to win over the 60% of the audience there for suicidal grooves/ infectious tendencies. (while basically, at the end of the IG set a good third of the audience was much less interested)  The show was great but did not reach the crazy intensity of Perpignan. Eve...

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Great concert, good vibration and public in a delirium for an unfortunately too short set. Dre holmes and dre gibson has slam into the crowd but it is especially angelo who obviously took as much as pleasure than the public, he move and he jump over the surrounding in the public. Deeply the dvd!!!

What else can I add ? Thumbs up to François who succeeded bringing Infectious and Fishbone on a big parisian venue. Yeah,short set indeed but the memories of that show are now stucked in my mind as a really enjoyable moment. The opening with "unyielding conditioning" was a good choice and reminded me the version they played at the Nouveau Casino two years ago... From past to present to future... and back to Past again ! (Soldiers always loves to tell stories from the past, right ?- Think about it- Especially Fishbone soldiers who all communicate with the "Were you at that show?" veteran kinda question) Beautiful toasting of Dre during "suffering"..  Touching moment when Angelo sang "Sunless saturday" with the huge parisian crowd responding (soldiers never cry but they can be moved sometimes). Hearing "Bonin in the boneyard" at the Elysee Montmartre after 17 years I hear the OG line-up playing it in the same venue felt like a miracle (Soldiers are sometimes mystical if not faithfull) Angriest version ever of "Let them Hoes fight"... The peak of intensity of the show being reached during "Give it up" and then....BAM!

The curtain fell bringing us back to the reality of Music business and contracts. I hope that Ter a Terre will give us  the occasion to celebrate more fishbone music in the future...and who knows contribute one day maybe to an original line-up reunion show or no,no,no wait..  how about a big celebration of the three major line-ups that gave Fishbone its name ? That would be such an event. Fans are thankful but await more from Ter a Terre than just a one hour show at Elysee Montmartre...

Talking about fans, I was glad to meet some of you (Everlastbe and JeanPhilippe and two other belgians who I didn't know the name) A teacher i hadn't met for over 10 years was there too !! I felt like a fishbone virgin when compared to other fans such as Nijumu (who I've met outside the show). That guy amazed me...there sure was Fishbone blood circulating through his veins the day he was born!!

See ya all in August !

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Great show in Paris but really short !!! It's also too bad that McNutt wasn't on stage ; hope to see him soon and that everything is now OK for him.

Great set mixing old songs and new songs with a lot of energy. But why do they have to stop so early ? Stupid !! It's cool to have 3 bands at the same show but if it's to let them play only one hour it doesn't mean a thing...

Infectious...

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bon deja, marre des concerts a paris, les horraires sont n'importe quoi. finir un concert a 23H, pourquoi faire? les derniers metros sont a 2h du mat

bref, manque de bol, avec un imprevu (mais merci au portier de m'avoir fait rentrer malgres que c'était complet) j'arrive a la moitié du show de fishbone. vert

et direct, je remarque qu'ils sont pas nombreux. tous en form...

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Good show... as always, but way too short !

I caught Angelo when he got off stage and told him : "Great show but... only 1 hour ?!"... his answer was "yeah man, we're not headlines..."

The shortest Fishbone show ever ! Not even a callback...

Fishbone was much more efficient than Infectious, the crowd was waving / jumping... "Bonin' in the boneyard"...

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