DOLLY
Eurockéennes Festival - Belfort - 03-07-98
1 - Quand L'Herbe Nous Dévore
2 - Love And Money
3 - Les Mots
4 - Joe
5 - Garde Moi
6 - Je Ne Veux Pas Rester Sage
7 - Regis
8 - Around The Corner
9 - Partir Seule
10 - Fin D'Epoque
11 - Love And Money
MANU
Chapau d'Elles Festival - La Parenthèse - Baran Milé - 09-06-18
12 - Encore De Moi
Stéréolux - Nantes - 11-10-19
17 - L'Horizon
DVD Full Pro-shot + Audience shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 86 mns
Size : 3,99 Go
Menu & Chapters - Artwork includedAudio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 86 mns
Size : 3,99 Go
Odd. Odd how this place has become something like shelter through hard times. Back in the days, so was the cathartic editing of the IAMX Paris show I went to the week before the
Bataclan attack. It looks as if the feeling is recurring once more. Yet, with the crazy time-consuming telecommuting that currently grounds me way too much in front of
this screen, I'd just promised myself to do something, anything, else to take my mind off this mess. Well, ... I
guess the depressing ongoing cancellations of all the shows and festivals I initially planned to go to finally got the upper hand. A form of catch-up compensation ?
Similar to the one presently offered by festival websites revisiting their
golden past ? Probably. Everyone's trying to make up for it.
But again, knowing all this is
gonna make my nights shorter, which one to pick among all the projects I never find time to shape ? And why Dolly eventually ? Don't really know ... Maybe I got caught by the shows of their former singer I recently went to ? (those were the days !!) Or am I under the influence of a redeeming mission to restore the true recognition they should have deserved ? My shame for
never seeing them live too ? A mixed bag of all this I guess.Roaming the local club scene as soon as 1989. the band started playing under the name of Dolly Bird, then Dolly and Co. In 1995, they turned to a flat Dolly moniker and played extensively until 2005, when their career sadly came to an end with the tragic departure of their bass player, Mika. Manu, lead singer, couldn't really get over the passing before 2008 when she released her first solo album, "Rendez-Vous" with its beautiful and moving self-titled song in tribute to their gone beloved friend. Nikko, Dolly's lead guitar, was still there. He now plays with another too often underrated band, Eiffel.
Anyway, all my gratitude goes here to Kevin and Alexandra Chamberlin who shared online some rare footage of Kevin's dad and friends. Without them, little would have survived of Dolly's high-energy live heritage. What I've done here is just paying a humble tribute to a band I probably overlooked too much at the time. Other priorites, I guess. Other priorities, never you should have ! :-) I tried to brighten up the time-faded colours, to sharpen the edges here and there, ... Well, in times of high-resolution standards, it's far from being 4k but I hope this is a fair rekindled legacy of what Dolly could truly deliver on stage. The band had only released their first album at the time and the live rendering and the feedback from the audience are wow !!, already full of promises. Particularly regarding the day, the very hour, the set took place, when the "whole" country was glued to their TV set, watching our national football team struggling its way to the world cup semi-final. Manu is referring to it several times during the show. On the performance ground, Dolly 's music is some kind of stormy weather. Infuriated electric thunder followed by a sweet sunny spell. Swirled in the midst of the hurricane, Manu's delicate voice seems to be the only light you can hold on to. She brings that sweet touch that makes the whole stand out. Sweet grunge ? Grungy sweetness ? Pick your temper. More, there is also some kind of Cobain-like moves in her playing.
On a side note, I've just realised I'm releasing this Eurockéennes show dvd the very day the festival decides to cancel its 2020 edition. "These are dark times, there is no denying ..."
Cheers
Chac
