27. Oktober 2005, 17:49

...jumping in my back...ellbow in my face...jumping on my feet and toes...

On Tuesday I have been to the concert of "The White Stripes" here in Columbia Hall, Berlin.

When I bought the ticket few months ago I really was looking forward to that concert, but the excitement hasn't remained long, so I thought about to sell the ticket again, because the concert was sold out. But eventually I decided to go there, just to do again something and to go out again for a night. But I haven't expected something special - and I was right. Well, but the music is still very good , of course!

I am really wondering, if I have become to old for rock-concerts. Hopefully not! But there was so much, what I didn't like. First the many smokers and therefore bad air in the hall. Before the concerts started, I was busily blowing away the cigarette-smoke of all the other ones.

And when the concert began it was just horror, when the crowd began to jump and just to freak out. In my opinion, the music of The White Stripes are not so much appropriate for jumping and "pogo". Well, but many other ones weren't that opinion there, obviously. Well, and I cannot deny, that sometimes to jump and freak out can be real fun... The problem is only, you don't see anything of the concert. Well, most of the time, I had to defend myself against jumping fans. Well, but sometimes, I also jumped with them..."I jumped back!"

The group played actually all hits and it was just good. I just wished, the singer had more interact with the audience. So, it has just looked like a normal working day for the group. I just don't like, when the groups just enter the stage, play their gig and leave again. It's nothing special with it then, I hadn't to go to concert and pay for it - to listen to cd had been the same.

Finally, the concert has reminded me a bit to a concert of Iggy Pop, which I had been to several years ago, too, at the same location: much jumping, a lot of sweating, bad air, good music, short concert. It has been good to see them once - but once is enough.