Jose Gonzalez at the Palau, 10th March 2009

[rebness]

My friend Vicky had a spare ticket going for Jose Gonzalez, so I joined her last night for a concert at the Palau de la Musica Catalana. This is an absolutely beautiful, ornate old building tucked away in the business district.

I'm not a huge fan of Gonzalez, though I do like a few of his songs and adore Heartbeats. The concert was good - he has a great voice live and had a good rapport with the audience. I was introduced to some really good new songs from his new album. He did a fantastic cover of Teardrop by Massive Attack, but I was waiting and waiting for Heartbeats and was amused when some girl in the audience shouted a request for it.

And it's just such a nice song, so beautifully delivered. It was the perfect song for that magnificient, dreamy hall. I found my thoughts drifting as I listened, lulled by the song, the ambience and the beauty around me into a really content, brief peace. The song and that magic time lasted all of a couple of minutes, but it was so worth it. Fantastic.

Comments

[keep-warm.livejournal.com]

Inferior to the original, to my mind, if you were to ask me. *sniffs*

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Snob! ;)

No, I do actually love The Knife's version a lot, but I still think this one is good. You want a terrible cover version? Listen to Ronan Keating murder Fairytale of New York.

[jaffacakequeen.livejournal.com]

i love that song, i thought the advert which used the music was very impressive.

I have his album some where, i need to play it again now. hidden gems indeed.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that advert was actually pleasant to watch.

I was introduced to some really great new tunes from him. I'll have to dow...er, buy the album.