Search - Renaud :: Tournee D'enfer

Good Songs, bad concert

12/17/2003

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I have been a hudge fan of Renaud since ever. I was one of those teens that only listen to him and nothing else for several years.
After a long desert crossing, he finally came back with "Boucan d'Enfer" that was an excellent album. The tone was darker than usual, and you could feel a different level of maturity of the artist.
This concert though, is bad. Just plain bad. Renaud really shows us how bad these last years have been for him. The singing is laborious, and often out of tune. He knows the lyrics, but they sound like the slur of an unmotivated 10 years old reciting boring poetry.
No interaction with the public with his usual and very personal tone. He was really out of it at that concert. I suspect he was drunk. It reminded me of some of the late concerts of Gainsbourg when he was showing up on stage completly wasted.I recommend the album strongly, but you can pass on this concert unless you are a die hard fan that need to have it."