As an old friend, you meet too seldom

What is so special about the new live album by Reinhard Mey? A detached critic, for the Mey no longer than any songwriter, although the measured in sales figures, most important in this country, could be stated: Meys new, seventeenth live album (always complete concert recordings as double albums, two of them in French) is basically just like all the previous well. Of course, the songs are different, but otherwise as usual.
A man enters only the decoration free stage with an acoustic guitar under his arm, gets behind the microphone and sings approximate two dozen songs. The first before the break (first CD), the second, one suspects it, then (second CD) and the monologues he asks of his audience, sometimes thoughtful, sometimes cheerful, always emotional and believable sincerely advised many times almost as long as the actual song following.

It would indeed be described as entirely correct and yet incorrect. Because Mey concerts are much more and can be measured not only on the parameters of a musical event, whether the concert itself or the resulting live albums.
It's every time, as would apply to a dear old friend, a close friend, which unfortunately sees only every few years due to the different ways of life. But when we meet, is already after seconds the old intimacy and connectedness back and you will experience a wonderful evening together, talking, drinking, laughing, listening, thinking, erspinnt new world Scaffolding and outraged by injustice, rumored new, remembers long-ago and confesses once more together the unwavering love of life, with everything after all is one of them.

Sure it is naturally at a concert one speaks to thousands of and somehow gives the impression of a conversation, heard on every Mey live album, experienced in each of his concerts. Peter Maffay once called it the imaginary dialogue with the audience. Maybe that is what the few musicians who last for decades successfully, to life companions, yes become imaginary friends, from all the Kurzeitsternchen that yes sometimes also bring about a pretty song here and there, is different.

With Reinhard Mey this bond with his audience is certainly amazingly intense even in the Preserve as a sound felt, well. Just by waiving any trappings So elaborate and with great attention to detail and often his studio albums also produced with many great guest musicians Mey, on stage is only he. He with "a few" friends, he finally meets again after three years.

So just not a live album by Reinhard Mey are alike, just as no long, good conversation with a friend as the other one is. Of course, as always, was sitting at a table with a couple of glasses of wine and at the end some crumbs and stains on the tablecloth, the candles had burned down and one was in the arms and arranged to meet again in three years at this table.
Seen from the outside it is every few years always the same scene, but not for those who sat with at the table.