CRITIQUE GROUPES OXEGEN06

Saturday 8 July 2006

 

13:00 - The Weepies:

Pets Sounds Stage en premier, bon petit groupe de rock

Pets Sounds Stage first, quite good rock band

 

13:25 - V Formation:

nouveau groupe, assez etonnee par leur performance

new band, quite surprised by their show

 

14:00 - The Spinto Band:

super groupe, a la hauteur des critiques,ils sautent partout sur scene, style particulier de jouer de la guitare

great band like critics said, they kept jumping on the stage, special way of playing guitar

 

14:25 - Republic Of Loose:

comme un melange de rock et r n'b, beaucoup de monde dans le public, tout le monde connaissait les paroles, un bon groupe irlandais

like a mix of rock and r n'b, a lot of persons in the audience, everybody knew the lyrics, a good irish band

 

16:20 - Regina Spektor:

je l'adore, style tres original, meme humour que Benabar

I like her a lot, very original style, same humour than Benabar (french singer)

 

17:30 - Bic Runga:

du talent mais ennuyeux

talented but boring

 

17:50 - Hard-fi:

je ne peux pas voir le chanteur qui fait semblant de se rebeller contre la societe, et en plus il chante faux

I can't stand the singer who only pretends to rebel against society, and moreover he doesn't sing well at all

 

19:05 - Arctic Monkeys:

bon groupe, bonnes paroles, bonnes melodies, le groupe anglais du moment (dommage que le son ait ete horrible a ce moment-la)

good band, good lyrics, good melodies, the British band of the moment (too bad the sound was crappy at that moment)

 

20:30 - The Strokes:

comme je l'ai dit dans une note precedente, le meilleur groupe du festival pour moi

as I said in a previous post, the best band of the festival according to me

 

22:10 - The Who:

vieux hits, show sensationnel, son parfait, l'hymne du festival:

old hits, sensational show, perfect sound, the anthem of the festival:

 

"Well, who are you
     Who are you, who who, who who
I really want to know
     Who are you, who who, who who
Tell me, who are you
     Who are you, who who, who who
'Cause I really want to know
     Who are you, who who, who who"

 

 

Sunday 9 July

 

 

13:45 - Maximo Park:

bonne energie sur scene, le batteur est super bon

good energy on stage, the drummer is really good

 

15:00 - Manu Chao:

15h de l'apres-midi+moins d'une heure pour jouer+fatigue+barriere de la langue= mauvais show

3pm+less than an hour to play+tired+language barrier= bad show

 

16:10 - Bell X1:

groupe irlandais, de bons tubes mais parfois ennuyeux

irish band, some good hits but sometimes boring

 

17:30 - Placebo:

Brian Molko de mauvaise humeur, 2 ou 3 merci, rien d'autre, heureusement bonne musique

Brian Molko in a bad mood, 2 or 3 thank you, nothing more, fortunately good music

19:00 - Kaiser Chiefs:

energie sur scene, hits et 5 nouveaux morceaux, un public en folie

energy on stage, hits and 5 new tunes, a completely crazy audience

 

20:30 - Franz Ferdinand:

changement depuis la premiere tournee, plus professionnel et plus a l'aise sur scene

change since their very first tour, more professional and comfortable on stage

 

21:45 - Sigur Ros:

etrange musique experimentale, cordes+cuivres+base rock

strange experimental music, classical+brass section+rock basis

 

22:20 - Humanzi:

mes petits preferes de Dublin, rock lourd

my favourites from Dublin, kinda heavy rock

 

21:45 - Rodrigo Y Gabriela:

deux guitares, deux artistes flamenco, un dialogue

two guitars, two flamenco artists, one dialogue

 

22:00 - Red Hot Chili Peppers:

trop lent, trop ennuyeux, trop californien

too slow, too boring, too californian