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Lenny Kravitz went my way

6/14/2012

I'm really starting to like Liseberg as a venue. The big stage worked very well for a artist like Lenny Kravitz, and now I am really looking forward to see Alice Cooper on the same stage later this summer.

I had no expectations other then to hearAre you gonna go my way this evening. After releasing a new album, Black and white America as late as last year, I thought he would mostly play songs from that album and maybee a handful of his earlier hits.

Boy was I wrong. I think Lenny played every hit he have had during his 20+ year career. And I was impressed with how many excellent song he have written since the debut with Let love rule back in 1989.

The hits just came blazing of the stage, delivered by a very tight and super competent band; Always on the run, Mr Cab driver, American woman, It ain't over 'til it's over, Fields of joy, Stand by my woman... to name a few.

There was a couple of songs from the new album, Rock star city light and the title track Black and white America that worked really well in the set.

And at the end we got a kick ass version of Are you gonna go my way and a spectacular encore with Let love rule with a pretty funky jam in the middle lasting a good 15+ minutes.

Lenny Kravitz live at Liseberg in Göteborg, Sweden.
2012-06-13

Video by MCruee 73

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Sator - Torn & worn but not feeling old at all

6/4/2012

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It was nostalgia that brought me to Liseberg (amusement park in Göteborg) to see Sator again. For me Sator is all about memories from the Hultsfredfestivalen in the early 90's. They always played that festival then, and I especially remember the concert from 1991 when they shared the stage with Thåström.

I had rather low expectations heading to Liseberg. The venue was at a small outdoor stage called Taubescenen where you have to be seated on wooden benches. Early evening with the sun still shining, cold winds and a sitting audience is not the ultimate conditions for rock'n'roll. But these conditions did'nt seeem to bother the band at all.

Sator entered the stage and owned it from the first distorted chord. They were very generous mostly playing their older and most popular songs. The music is really straight forward punk with pop meoldies in the same tradition as The Ramones. They don't make any secret of their influences and even played their Ramones-tribute Goodbye Joey.

They played a few of their new songs and one that stuck in my memory was When you lie down with dogs. My favorites are their early stuff and songs like Gammma gamma hey and Pigvalley beach was really nice to hear again. But also the songs from their most succesful album Headquake worked really well, like Rather drink then talk and Slug it out. The song I wanna go home got the best reactions from the audience.

Really loved the fact that the band still were really good on stage. It did'nt feel at all as nostalgia. This is still a band that love their music and seems to have a really good time together. Kent and Chips are excellent frontmen and basist Heikki Kiviaho is really doing his best to entartain this evening. Thanx for a really good show.

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Lenny Kravitz went my way

Sator - Torn & worn but not feeling old at all

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