Review Musique Plus Concert by Go To Sleep

This was my first RH live show, and I was pretty impressed. Thom played with Jonny as Colin was just watching them, and he seemed really deep into the music. It was semi-acoustic in my opinion. The setlist was really nice too.
1. I might be wrong : Thom's voice disapointed me at the beggining, because I wasn't used to it except on the albums. Great performance though, with Thom shaking his head and Jonny playing guitar/bass.
2. Sail to the moon : Incredible! Thom's voice was so cleared and powerful, just as beautiful or even better as on HTTT. Thom on the piano and Jonny playing guitar.
3. Go to sleep : Great performance, Thom with his acoustic and Jonny with his electric one. Nice acoustic version.
4. Punch Up At A Wedding : Really groovy song. Thom palying piano, I like he moves his hands. Jonny with his guit as usual.
5. No surprises : Big surprise for me!! It was the best real acoustic version of the show in my opinion. So peaceful with Thom playing lighty with his guit and Jonny on the piano (instead of a xylophone). I felt shivers in my back.
6. I Will : Thom was alone with his electric guit. It was a magic moment. I was used with HTTT version (that got kinda 3 voices at the same time). I sang it really high, it was so beautiful.
7. There There : The acoustic version is fun. Acoustic guitar at first, and Jonny's part at the end of the song. I was hoping for the "old" version with the powerful guit at the middle of the song, but they kept it quite as the final version.
8. Everything in its right place : I was surprised they played this song. Thom was on the piano along an "cheap was nice" electronic beat playing at the same time. This song was quite bouncing and entertaining. Fun song.
9. Karma police : Thom mentionned : "This song is dedicated to the G8" He played the song on acoustic guit with Jonny on the piano. The "I lost myself" part at the end was soo good, people applauded at this time.
10. Like spinning plates: This was the Encore song. Piano played piano and it just sounded as on IMBW Live Recordings. Gorgeous song.

There're many highlights to this show : Thom's voice was amazing, and in my opinion, it sounded sometimes even better than on albums. He's the best singer in my opinion. The sound quality wasn't perfect (the bass was pretty heavy, especially with IMBW) but very good though. Thom was always smiling and it was kinda new for me. I saw MPIE, and I really though they were so serious. But no, it really felt comfortable, made some jokes, had the sense of humor with the fans, really confident, almost snobbish. He wasn't snob, but he wasn't so shy as I thought the would be.

Now, the interview part. I can't remember everything because it was really long and the band talked about so many things. Claude Rajotte (a popular and very intelligent VJ at Musiqueplus) interviewed Thom about the album, how it sounded. I read many interviews before that show, so I think the 3/4 of the stuff has already been said. There were some questions from the public and another VJ, and the discussion turned out VERY POLITICAL. The usual question : Is HTTT really dedicated to GeorgeWBush election, and he answered : Yes in part. But he had this kind of sarcastic smile. He critized alot the American government, but not only USA, about all the gov. in the world, the corporations and etc. I know he already talked about these before, but I was kinda stuned. I found that funny because I though almost exactly the same thing as him, but Thom was more "apocalyptic". A question was asked : Do you think your son Noah will have the opportuny to change the world, to make humanity better? He answered : It will be too late.... He told that if we leave the problems to our children, we won't see the end of it. In his opinion, he have 20 years left. If we don't change anything, it will be too late. He also made comments on how governments needed cheap labor, and he tried actions to convince them, but he just realised that it was big shit, that they'll always need cheap labor ect. Another question : would you like to be presiden? He told : Yes for sure. Wouldn't I? He still had this semi-confident-sarcastic-funny smile. Claude Rajotte told that the nineties music had alot of crap, and how bands like U2, REM and Radiohead are able to continue making good music and progressing. Thom answered that the music industry needed some changes and that it will be soon the case in his opinion. He added : "The shit is done." with a small&weird funny voice. He also mentionned he was really lucky to be a good mate of Micheal Stipe and that this last saved him when he was going crazy in the Ok Computer time. A fan asked why was Thom afraid of cars. Thom laughed and told the wasn't anymore really afraid of cars even if he was in the past. He told hi neardeath car accident traumatised him, it was just stuck in his head, thinking he had survived ect. He then told that the Radiohead.tv site was a really cool idea, that they made something with the song 2+2=5 that was really amazing. That's pretty much it. Thom was really happy, we saw it in his face during the whole event.

After, Jonny and Colin have been interviewed. This conversation was more "technical" and they talked more about the music than with Thom. They discussed about the arrangements, that they hadn't so much music influences when they recored HTTT, Jonny answered some questions about Bodysong (nothing new). The Greenwood brothers felt less comfortable than Thom, but were very fluid and kind.

Finally, I loved this experience and I hope I learned you new things about the band