talking about Jean Michel Jarre...

[Martin Naef]

Hi Peter

Peter Korsten wrote:
>> How was the audience reaction? In Glasgow, people were extremely 
>> enthusiastic even before he started, so there is obviously a sizeable 
>> number of people who do think he's god's gift... ;-)
> 
> I used to think that, too, to a certain extent at least, but that was 
> until the early 90s. After that, he started losing it in my opinion, and 
> even before that he relied too much on compilation albums and supposedly 
> 'live' (but oh so impressive) concerts.

I think a lot of the JMJ thing lies within the novelty but in an easily 
accessible form. When the novelty wore off, he made big and impressive 
shows. People like to be entertained, and he delivered. But it's hard to 
keep up the "new" thing, and big shows grow beards too. Now the current 
tour again is something different, even if it recycles the old music. 
None of those things ever relied on him being a virtuoso musician...

> What's left, though, are happy memories of the fantastic concert in 

What else can you ask for?

Bye
Martin

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