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Titolo: Benicassim Part 1

FIB, Benicassim, August 4-8 2005: Part 1
With temperatures pretty much guaranteed in the high 30s, good cheap food 
and drink and a smattering of big name bands on a compact site the Festival 
Internacional de Benicàssim (FIB) is a must for those looking for a festival 
with more charm and more music than most domestic offerings.
Value for money is another thing FIB has over UK festivals. Three days of 
bands and DJs from 4.30 in the afternoon until 7am in the morning plus an 
opening night party with the likes of the Polyphonic Spree, The Tears, 
Underworld and The Posies and a closing night party on the beach. That's 
five days of music for less than £100.
As tradition dictates the Fibstart party is opened by DJ Aldo Lianres, one 
of the catalysts for the festival's inception 11 years ago. However, as his 
set starts at 8pm we miss it as we're out chilling on the beach. Arriving in 
time to catch the last half of the 'futuristic pop' (it says in the 
programme) of Barcelona band Dorian, the fourpiece's nod to the future 
appears to stretch as far as dressing all in red and mixing guitars and 
keyboards to make some mid-period Depeche Mode-with-guitars numbers. Nice 
enough but they're hardly gonna sell out the Nou Camp.
Next up though is a different matter. Deluxe is the vehicle for Xoel Lopez, 
bespectacled geek frontman who writes anthemic pop influenced as much by The 
Smiths as U2. Last time he played at FIB he covered 'There Is A Light That 
Never Goes Out', today he has clearly grown in popularity and ambition as he 
segues into an instrumental break of 'With Or Without You' which has the 
20,000 odd crowd singing along. With songs split evenly between Spanish and 
English and a frontman unafraid to strap on a Flying V and indulge in some 
synchronized pogoing this is just the sort of artist the UK currently lacks.
Power pop is something it's really easy to do in a mediocre way, though Ken 
Stringfellow and Jon Auer - the driving force behind The Posies - have often 
shown a knack for doing it well. Recent years have seen them playing with 
legendary power pop godhead Alex Chilton in the revamped Big Star the pair 
seem re-invigorated with their main band. Tonight's set is a bit hit and 
miss, goes on a little too long and ends bizarrely with Stringfellow 
stripping down to his underwear (it's hot, but it's not that hot) but when 
they hit their peak on the likes of 'Everybody Is A Fucking Liar', 'Dream 
All Day' and 'Grant Hart', they are sublime.
The Polyphonic Spree are in their element. Forget the generally 
underwhelming nature of their albums so far, this is an act who know how to 
have a good time on stage and lift the crowd up with them. Sporting new 
powder blue robes with a red zigzag that makes then look like they've taken 
up sponsorship from Mates condoms they run through their first Spanish gig 
exuding an infectious joie de vivre. 'Soldier Girl', 'Hold Me Now' and a 
rousing 'Light And Day' cut through the now dark night like a beacon and on 
this evidence they should probably have their own festival. An excellent 
start to proceedings?
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 start to proceedings?
Abbastanza deludenti, dopo un ovvio botto iniziale dovuto piů che altro 
alla presenza di tutta quella gente sul palco.
E' proprio lě il limite imho: molte cose si perdono e non vengono 
evidenziate -sia per motivi tecnici ma soprattutto per scelta stilistica
- e finiscono per sovrapporsi inutilmente.
Mi aspettavo un'eleganza diversa, alla fine mi hanno fatto rimpiangere i 
flaming lips.
L'articolo che riporti poi non menziona i Tears. Giustamente. Poche 
volte ho visto una band tanto scarsa quanto spocchiosa sul palco. Brett 
Anderson ha evidentemente finito quel (poco) che aveva da dire con gli 
Suede.
Il meglio della serata č stato senza dubbio Underworld, veramente grandi.


io non so come e dove si siano esibiti... pero' credo che molto dipenda dal
luogo e dalla situazione...
Lunedi' scorso gli ho visti per la terza volta in meno di tre anni e devo
dire che continuano a stupirmi per energia, trasporto (loro e del
pubblico)... e per la mancanza totale di noia...
forse dipende dal fatto che gli abbia sempre visti a Teatro? (chiedo..)..
conta il fatto che il pubblico conosce alla perfezione tutti i loro pezzi?
Chiedo ancora...
ciao
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 luogo e dalla situazione...
la situazione era idealissima. sul palco principale del festival, senza 
concerti in contemporanea su altri palchi, serata di apertura, orario 
perfetto per un concerto (23.00)
Per il pubblico, quest'anno la stragrande maggioranza degli stranieri 
erano inglesi (ahimè...), e in ogni casò benicassim si distingue per una 
partecipazione sempre caldissima ad ogni live set.