Radiohead Berlin Review

At last i found time to write down my impressions on the amazing Radiohead Berlin show! Unfortunately my poor english won’t help me to describe it as accurate as i would like!

To explain the whole background, i went to Berlin in order to watch the Radiohead live show of July 8! The gig day, due to a misunderstanding, i lost the S Station where i would take the train for Wuhlheide and had to walk till the previous S Station, so i had a 20 minutes delay. When the train reached Wuhlheide on 21.10, i realised that it was a Park in the middle of a .. forest? (i had no idea where Wuhlheide was). Of course i decided to attend the show, alone. The next step was that i succeeded to lose my way to the entry point, and i had to run in the forest in order to find it.. a 20 minutes blind run in a dark forest and over train rails (can anyone tell me if these rails are using electric current??) with the only guidance of the Radiohead music was one of the most strong experiances of my life!

So as you can understand.. i lost 30 minutes of the show, but the experiance was still unforgettable! Wuhlheide park was a great place for a Radiohead show. It was a kind of amphitheatre so i was able to enjoy the show though i m pretty short (1.70)! Wuhlheide was full (i believe that more than 20000 watched the show)! What can i say.. i have seen almost every video of the In Rainbows live tour but the Radiohead show, but standing opposite to Thom Yorke and watching him singing, dancing, laughing, joking makes you feel really unique!

The band’s sound was just as great as the studio albums, which was not a surprise of course! Radiohead played almost every song i would like to listen! Paranoid Android was a highlight, Jigsaw Falling into Place was another! I also understood why Radiohead play National Anthem and Idioteque in almost every live show! These are songs that should be performed live! They are so beat-y and strong!

My opinion of the band’s members was that they are much more than a … guitarist, or a vocalist or a drummer.. John plays synths, sound effects, percussion, guitar, thom plays piano, guitar, drums, Ed plays guitar, sings, colin plays drums, keyboards..Thom and Colin were always smiling and seemed so Real, John was in his own world, Ed was the poser of the band (but we still love him so much) and Phil was completely dedicated to his drums!

The weather was not bad.. of course it was raining every now and then but it was not a strong rain that could cause problems! My raincoat was just fine to face rain! The fans seemed completely satisfied and i can’t imagine a reason for not enjoying such a great show!

Unfortunately, my dear friends, you can’t speak greek, so i can’t express my feelings and impressions 100%.. anyway, what can i say.. just everything was in its right place

It is the second time