Neil Young News: Lisbon, Portugal - Optimus Alive! Festival, Passeio Marítimo de Algés Concert Reviews: 7/12/08

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Lisbon, Portugal - Optimus Alive! Festival, Passeio Marítimo de Algés Concert Reviews: 7/12/08

Oberhausen - 7/11/08
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Neil Young will be performing tonight at Optimus Alive! Festival, Passeio Marítimo de Algés, Lisbon, Portugal.

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16 Comments:

At 7/12/2008 10:04:00 PM, therethere said...: Fantastic NO HIDDEN PATH.
Fantastic CORTEZ THE KILLER
Fantastic WORDS

God Young, destroyed his guitar during Beatles cover A Day In The Life.
At 7/12/2008 10:20:00 PM, Zé Manel Taxista said...: What a great fucking show. Neil is the greatest guitar player I've ever seen live. Period.
And they played Cortez...
Perfect. What a night.

Greetings from Portugal.
At 7/12/2008 10:37:00 PM, Anonymous said...: SHITZ I wish i was there,the ticket was very expensive for my wallet...and he played Cortez,I can´t believ that i miss this concert.
At 7/13/2008 06:36:00 AM, Antonio said...: Fantastica CTK, arrolladora RITFW, de locura NHP, de pelicula Words...
At 7/13/2008 07:24:00 AM, LV22 said...: WHAT A GIG !!! LAST NIGHT IN LISBOA NEIL WAS M-A-G-N-I-C-E-N-T!!!
CORTEZ, THE NEEDLE, NEART OF GOLD, OLD MAN...AND IN THE END A SUPREME RENDITION OF THE BEATLES' A DAY IN THE LIFE DURING WHICH HE ALMOST DESTROYD HIS GUITAR... A GRAND FINALE FOR A GREAT NIGHT. THANK YOU !!! MR YOUNG AND FRIENDS FOR A WONDERFUL NIGHT !!! ALL THE BEST FROM LISBOA
At 7/13/2008 12:26:00 PM, Anonymous said...: He played "NEART Of Gold" ? NEART OF GOLD ??? Really ??! AWESOME !!!
:-)
(sorry, I couldn't resist !)
Cortez, wow, that's cool - wish he would have played it in Oberhausen as well...
At 7/13/2008 05:08:00 PM, Ralph Molina said...: And now its time for Crazy Horse at the Second leg of this tour
Its gone to be a fun august and then a Big Us Crazy horse Tour
See you in Helsinki Ny and Horse
At 7/13/2008 07:19:00 PM, Ben said...: Don't toy with me like that Mr. Molina :(
At 7/13/2008 07:33:00 PM, Anonymous said...: A magic night, that's the best i can say now
At 7/14/2008 05:50:00 AM, Andre Lab said...: I've seen him before with Booker T. and with Crazy Horse. No doubt that his songs sound different when played by each backing band, but are always great live versions. The man, himself goes from epic to sweet, and noisy.
Lisbon top moments (in my own opinion...): Cortez, Rockin' in a Free World, Heart of Gold & Words. Less songs than on previous shows, but when you a get an epic "Cortez..." played for so long... it doesn´t matter!

Setlist (I hope I didn't miss any...):

1 Love And Only Love
2 Powderfinger
3 Spirit Road
4 Cortez the Killer
5 Rockin' in a Free World
6 Oh, Lonesome Me
7 Mother Earth
8 The Needle And The Damage Done
9 Unknown Legend
10 Heart Of Gold
11 Old Man
12 Get Back To The Country
13 Words
14 No Hidden Path
15 A Day In The Life
At 7/14/2008 10:44:00 AM, Greg McGarvey said...: How long was Cortez?

Was this show broadcast on TV?
At 7/14/2008 01:27:00 PM, Anonymous said...: well the whole festival was broadcasted live on tv but Neil did not allow them to broadcast his show. Ben harper and donavon frankenreiter did, Neil did not...tell me why?
I was really hoping to follow the show since i could not be there...Mr disappointment!
At 7/14/2008 11:06:00 PM, Greg McGarvey said...: Bummer. Does anyone know if any of the shows on the next leg will be broadcast?

Also, does anyone know if there's a chance the Rock In Rio Madrid performance will be re-broadcast without commercials?
At 7/15/2008 04:03:00 AM, Anonymous said...: They probably wanted to broadcast the event in a compressed audio format, something many TV & radio stations do these days... and Neil opted against it. Not sure if it was the reason, but if that's why Neil said "no" I am fine with it... to hell with compressed audio !!!
At 8/03/2008 07:54:00 PM, Anonymous said...: gig in lisbon was just amazing. Cortez was played in europe for 1st time during summer tour. and No Hidden Path was like 20minutes at least. saw Neil first time 12 yrs ago, and this MAN still rocks, still the best. thx God, i witnessed magic
At 8/15/2008 02:46:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Grande espectáculo. Grande Artista, com a música no sangue, transbordante. O Neil que amo há 30 anos e que vou amar sempre....pois, a música é eterna e felizmente.....it's a long road.

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