patrícia furtado

In a band’s history, second album gigs are usually the best. When a band has only one album, they can’t afford being picky, and just have to play everything they have. If they have a few more albums, they have to be too selective, and sometimes losing some really good songs, or risking very long concerts. However, two albums is just the right amount of material. All the hits get to be played, a good selection of the other songs is made, maybe a cover or new song manages to sneak in, and the gig will still have a pretty reasonable duration.

Unfortunately, tonight I was a bit too tired, hungry and thirsty to fully enjoy the Editors concert in Campo Pequeno, Lisbon. Still, I have to say it was quite the perfect gig. The venue is great, the sound was quite good, and the pace, line up and length were just right. Even lead singer Tom Smith, who tends to be over dramatic, was very well behaved. And, as always, very cute.

Saturday, 26th January 2008, Coliseu dos Recreios - Lisbon.

What a great night! The No Smoking Orchestra play music-to-make-you-happy, which the people who name these sort of things decided to call “Gypsy techno-rock”.

As expected, the show was as much a rock concert as it was a circus act, with a big ensemble of quirky characters, part musicians part jugglers and clowns, who mesmerise us with their theatrics while spellbinding us with their crazy tunes.

I’m still shouting “Pitbull… Terrier!”

Yesterday’s Interpol gig in Lisbon’s Coliseu dos Recreios was great. I was a tad too tired to join the crowd and jump like a teenager, which is how I always behave like in concerts, but we found a very nice sitting spot with a good view of the stage and enjoyed every minute of it.

I usually also fall in love with the lead singer - at least for a few hours - but although the über-cool Paul Banks looks great and has an amazing and strange dry voice, he seems too cold and mechanic to be human. And I’m not one to fall for aliens…