Ratatat @ Hollywood Palladium

04/04/09

Ratatat!! I missed you guys! This is my 4th time to see their show and they never betray my expectation. :) However, if I can complain, I have to admit that the regulation of Hollywood Palladium sucked after their renovation... like Henry Fonda... :(
We couldn't bring a camera, no pictures this time... :( , we were supposed to get a wrist band in order to see them closely or just being on the main floor (well, we were too late to get one..). So if anyone who has a plan to go to Hollywood Palladium to see a show, GET THERE EARLY! and get a wrist band. ;)

Anyway, back to Ratatat. This time, they played without the keyboard-the-poodle (look at my blog on July 14th, 2008) but they did good without him. They mixed songs evenly from both albums "Classiscs" and "LP3". That was great show. They were great on playing, and I felt so much energy however... not much talking. Maybe they said "Thank you!" for a few times and "Hold on sec. My guitar broke... I have to fix it...". I don't want the artist to talk on and on and on... but I want to hear a bit of them, you know? And if they don't arrange something much on their music just for the show, I feel like I should've stay home and just listen to my CD. :P
But the whole energy that I feel at the floor from artists and audiences... this is PRICELESS. ;)

I love their music.. their sound is so addictive, I want to listen to them more and more. I don't know what it is but I just can listen to their music over and over. Probably they use a lot of mid-tone.

This word "mid-tone" is a huge keyword for me based on music. No matter what kind of music that is, I just love "mid-tone". Sharp, flat... half up and half down.. Those tones are awesome, and make me... um.. emotional.. hehe.

Ratatatがまた来ましたよ〜〜！今度はHollywood Palladiumです。改築してから初めて行ったのですが、綺麗になってました。でも。。。ルールが多すぎて嫌！！カメラは持ち込めないし（なので今回は写真なし。。。iPhoneでこっそりと撮ってみたけどぶれて何んだか分かんない、、）、メインフロアーでステージに近く行きたかったらリストバンドを早く行ってゲットしないと行けないし。。。うちらはそんなの知らなかったから10時半ぐらいに行ってもちろんそのバンドなし！泣　だから1階のバルコニーから見るはめに。。。悲しかったー。遠いんだもん。なのでHollywood Palladiumに行く予定のある方は早めに行く事をお勧め致します〜。

ま〜ま〜、そんなこんなでもちゃんと楽しめたRatatatのショー。今回も良かった〜〜。今回は今まで一緒にやってきたプードル頭のキーボードプレイヤーは（7月14日のブログを見てね）いなくて、２人オンリーでがんばってた。でも「Classics」と「LP3」の両方のアルバムから均等に出す感じで熱演してました。他にもちらりと知らない曲が２曲ぐらい出て来てたんだけど、新曲か？？それとも昔のアルバムからで私が知らないとか。。。

でもRatatatはいつ聴いても、何回聴いても癖になる〜。リピートを何十回回しても全然飽きないし、その反対にもっと聴きたくなる！これはどうして？？多分それは、、、半音をめちゃくちゃたくさん出してるからではないでしょうか。半音フェチの私としてはもうよだれが出るほど、これでもかこれでもかっていうぐらい半音を出しまくってる！しかもシンセエレクトロの中にちょろっとクラシックロックとフレンチポップのエッセンスを入れてみました的な音楽だからもっといいんですね。きっと。あ〜もっと生で聴きたい〜〜！Hollywood Palladiumはちょっと大きいな。
The Troubadourみたいな小さなベニューでやってくれたら本当に最高なのにな〜〜。
また来てください、Ratatatサマ！

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Since I don't have any pics, I will post some of their music here. :)
写真ない代わりにお気に入りの音楽をここに入れておきます〜。

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