Concert #42:2010.06.03, Royal Albert Hall, London, England

[Holger_MK]

I cannot agree with you ds1984. For me tuesday

[sweetsurrender]

marky, thanks for the pictures.  The new shirt is nice.  Like goldenheart, MK with a white button down shirt is to die for.  Anyway, I love the last pix on page 1. MK with les Paul sitting down. very nice shot.  All the shots are fantastic. 

MK is as much a human like you and me.  Even if he plays wrong notes sometimes, It doesn't bother me one bit.  Same setlist, I'm never bored by it.  I can listen to him over and over and every single night.  I'm there to absorb the magic, the moment of ever lasting memory that I cherish forever.  Nothing else matters to me.  Not even the same shirt.

[Localhero]

Hi,

I attend all RAH shows and although I think Elian in excess in his words, but yesterday performance did provide many many mistakes during soloing on many songs. But this part of the game, Mark could play it the easy way and note for note everynight but he doesn't. Everynight is challenging for him and sometimes he's not in. The good thing is I have good hopes that tonight will be better.

To date for me best RAH shows were monday followed by tuesday one.

That's it.
I will let Elian detail his feelings, but when there are many errors (MK is human, no problem) it's hard to understand people saying it was "perfect", "good", "excellent". MK is not god, fans should not be blind and should be able to simply say "it was not good".
I now hope that they will release the recording of that show so we can listen to it and make factual conclusions, not just feelings.

Maybe it was just a bad day for MK.

[Pottel]

Right after the gig I have got an sms from Elian, really bad news, I'm trying to translate his words.
Sorry if the words seem hard :

"A disaster! One of his worst performance, he has done a live butchery!! We are sad for him... Fingers crossed for tomorrow... And for the rest of the tour above all. We are going to drown our sorrow with some london beers!"

I was shocked reading this, but I trust Elian. He was more than happy after the excellent Dublin gig, and disappointed with the New York's one.
I trust him when he says such things, even if it's not what we like to read about MK 

Anyone else who was there can tell us more about this "bad" night ?

the 3rd of june was the least in a series of great shows, which would still make it an awesome show for any other performer.
i would most definetely not call it disastrous or anything alike.
french drama imho 

[Pottel]

my favorites were the last night and tuesdaz, and as mentioned above, the least of a great series of shows being the thursday

[Localhero]

the 3rd of june was the least in a series of great shows, which would still make it an awesome show for any other performer.
i would most definetely not call it disastrous or anything alike.
french drama imho 

What is the link between french and the subject of this thread ? Strange remark.

If you think that a lot of errors can lead to an "awesome show" then we can't discuss.
It's just a question of taste or a different level of quality/live experience expected.

It can be a "drama" if you are really disappointed or sad, because Elian was sincerely sad for MK.
I am sure MK was angry about himself. Elian also told me there was the finger of death and as a result MK turned himself - facing the musicians-  and showed his back for a minute.
Is that a good attitude and a respect of the audience that comes to see him ?

I won't comment more as I wasn't there, but I know Elian and he has good ears.
Have a good week-end.

[Slavi]

I'm so sorry to interrupt this 'expert's' discussion.  Thank you for making me some fun to read it. It's clear that everybody had a different mood ( hot beer or too much sun ). My mood was great during the last 3 concerts so I couldn't notice a very big difference between these concerts. And before you start to kill the little Slavi, would wish to tell you - you completely don't know how good my ears are, don't you? LOL 

The only one BIG difference I noticed was the hotter audience of the last concert. I'm not going to comment this "errors" issue  being a human creature myself and doing mistakes every day.

I was very happy ( and still am) to be at all these 3 concerts, to meet many of the fans and to enjoy the great experience "MK at RAH". 

About the set-list will quote MK when a chap said to him "Play everything!!!" and the result was "So, we didn't"...Hahahaha! I like this sence of humour so much!

I appreciate very much the fact MK wears the same cloths - it's clear message to me about what is important or not. 

@goldenheart - there was a good air-conditioning system at RAH. So next time I suggest if we have some tongs to break the wires and damage it, so our wish could come true... 

Oh...something more - I also appreciated very much the way the pre-sell tickets from MK's website were organized at the venue. To let the fans in the same door as the special guests made me feel some special.

[Pottel]

i just think elian exaggerated it, and if he would listen to a recording of it now, that, yes, he would still hear an error here and there, coz they were undoubtedly there, but the show was most definitely not disastrous, a bit standard maybe, but not bad.

[dmg]

He CAN listen to a recording now because it's up on Dime:

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=307229

and even the tracker!!

http://tracker.knopflertk.net/torrents-details.php?id=1984

[ds1984]

I cannot agree with you ds1984. For me tuesday

[superval99]

I have just listened to the whole of Thursday's concert and, yes, there were lots of mistakes and it wasn't as good as any of the concerts I attended, BUT, it is much better than I was led to believe and lots of songs were very good!        Everyone has an off-day and perhaps MK was tired, after the evening before, when all the families were present for an after-show reception.  Guy said as much on his forum, that entertaining for two hours after the show was very tiring.   I'm sure he will be his old self now the partying is over! 

[Slavi]

Yeah...maybe MK was tired, so that was the reason he was not at the after show party on Thursday.
I haven't been on that party but know it from a reliable source. 

[Jules]

I dont wanna listen to it, if people here recognize there were many mistakes, I

[poupystar]

I can accept that some shows are better than others, but "live butchery" sounds really excessive don't you think ? I don't think any of his concerts for the past 33 years has deserved such a word, so why start today ?

I agree it should be excessive, Elian is sometimes "hot" with his words 
His french original word was "massacre live", I think we understand his feelings.

I will try to know more from him today. That's also why I am curious to read different reviews.
Maybe MK has suffered a lot yesterday because of the injury and has made many errors ?

To conclude this NO POLEMIC, only one example :  Listen HFB and the last 40s solo guitar, 5 mistakes in 40s!!! I don't want to make a professor but if we take the timeline :
3m39s, 3m42s, 4m04s, 4m11, 4m17...
sorry about that but with these under-performances, we can't say it's a good show.
The 04.06 was a good concert not more, Anwterpen was a excellent concert (very Hot audience) and Mark was enjoyed.

[Pottel]

aaah, poupystar on notre forum, soyez le bienvenu!!
to bad we did not meet yesterday.