Dance the Woodkid

Woodkid I have heard and seen, strictly speaking, so three days ago for the first time at this year's Melt Festival. There's me probably missed something. As I have just read, Woodkid is already an established star on many stages, for example in the world of marketing so important pop stars like Kate Perry. And now he realized with his own music.

I wonder about the enthusiasm that triggers this kind of music. On the other hand, who does not like, which is wasting usually hardly time to write about it.

The Golden Age is in my opinion Mainstream pure, immersed in the world of fantasy and computer games. The Golden Age - that I think about great art and literature, the 17th century in Spain and France. Woodkid thinks his own youth with the golden age. Does that sound a bit thick not applied? The penchant for exaggeration and pomposity missfält me ​​on this project. Why all this secrecy, why this Salafist beard why this meaningless pregnant tattoo, depending a symbolic key to the forearm. With keys can unlock something, as long as they fit into the lock. Here seems pretty much everything to fit, at least for the mainstream of the average festival visitor. I always thought Melt is underground and alternative. Is there such a thing at all? Melt dances the Woodkid and this enchantment into the hearts of his fans. He knows how to play with the crowd. In this he is quite Rockstar, even though it does not sound so.

Woodkid is neither Punk nor Rocker or hip-hop; he is from the external appearance zuzuorden no usual scene, but when he did not Normalo also goes by, then even more than fashion conscious high priest of a new, pop music passion play. Look, as I myself celebration; Do it the same way.
His clothing code is probably still an unknown quantity, but that will change quickly determined, because pop stars known set standards and create new dress code.
It seems as if he had his outfit adapted the pseudonym. Maybe he wears a beard, too, therefore, and my association with a religious brotherhood arises fortunately be false.

The trouble I give myself here my to express displeasure, but should ultimately also have something to do with the music. Woodkid is broad orchestral sound, which is an excellent accompaniment to video games and fantasy adventures. The Golden Age has soundtrack qualities, where rapid march rhythms and worn ballads alternate with one another.
However, an important requirement is that you also like this kind of soundtracks and movies. Bad is when more comes from the author's cinema. For me is like this hand-well-played sound of a very powerful cream pie. Too much of it leads to constipation.

The singer, so Woodkid himself, although doing very skillfully extremely cool and meaningful, but does not tear me away and also does not affect me, although emotion but should be in the foreground. You should just be moved by this Golden Age, that could include you yet.
Unfortunately I have not understood the concert very much from the texts. I would probably read it in order to allow me an opinion on its quality must. On the other hand I do not have every line of a song and understand can still be moved by it. Especially in the pop music there for some fine examples.

These days I have in a long time heard the Smiths, and I have to say, both the musical composition and the lyrics are for me after almost thirty years still fascinating, although yes, the songs of the Smiths more of the golden age of act the youth and have been written for this, not for old farts like me. But still they have lost for me nothing of their charm and quality.
Before I've also heard for the first time Woodkid, Melt-concert of Kettcar ran on television. Again, I would say, this musical reflections of everyday life touch me infinitely more than the self-importance of the Lord is the key, also known as Woodkid.

The music of Woodkid is of course not bad. The individual musicians play everything professionally with pinpoint accuracy, creating a mostly very bombastic, melodic orchestral sound. You have something just like it. That seems to be the case with many. Video games and fantasy literature have you know, even more popular than literature in the strict sense of the word.

A total of three points: a good for the brass section, a hard-working for the drum section and one for the, or the keyboard. Point deduction for the rather talentless singing and of course for the Salafist beard. Please, Woodkid, go to the barber.