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Post by M. on May 16, 2011 9:39:13 GMT -5
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Post by flemmishfangent on May 16, 2011 13:36:47 GMT -5
I agree with Jane the concert was flat and sound quality was not good - some people sitting around me in Premier seating were not interested at all and at one point Regi and I were told to be quiet !!!!! The "gentleman" had to be told that Regi and I had travelled hundreds of miles to be there and paid a lot of money for those seats which well qualified us to enjoy ourselves !!!! think he was scared of Meg he was change in a pilar the whole evening only at peacetrain i saw some live in him and a bit movement think Rubylove had hypnotise him lol |
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Post by flemmishfangent on May 16, 2011 13:40:43 GMT -5
Anyway the concert was great and Berlin fantastic for five Majicat lady's who had laughed the whole time wait till you see the pics lucky you did not heard the conversation but they were funny you now laughing is healty
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Post by sabina on May 16, 2011 14:19:00 GMT -5
:)Hi all you homesters!! :DI have written a comment on Yusufs website about my experience at the concert..but I dont know if they will be published.it is a difficult thing to do..and to be honest it is difficult to find the words.  .I knew this would be an emotional thing...didnt realize how much tho...but after the first half I was wrung out....beautiful though it was it seemed to pass so quickly and even now bits of it are coming back and the memory of it is coming back in bits.......blimey!!  Christina took me for a pit stop at half time  ...she was great...told me to uncoss my arms and open out!!  The second half was also amazing but in a different way for me..so much energy from Yusuf and from the people around me..we were all standing and cheering and willing that 3rd encore..amazing wow Yusufs concerts should heve a health warning!!!  !)My beloved All kinds of Roses had a bit of a twist cos the young guy sitting in front of me turned and needed a cuddle so he was crying on my shoulder..  .shishshs..see what I mean?It was so amazing and the people I spoke to were lovely and on the same wavelength..it was so joyful and highly charged...pure adrenaline shared by so many people..Wow indeed.... Well I actually couldnt keep still at all from the first note to the last..the security men (scary guys where I was sitting!) and the thought of blocking someones view made me stay in my seat...there was no way of letting the feelings out...I reckon thats why I had a sobbing session in the first half ..that and the story of Stormy and Lisa..too close for comfort!!shishshs but later everyone was on their feet and the energy was bouncing to the rafters...WOW!! Things that I experienced at Yusufs concert and the days in Berlin before and afterwere truly special..some moments were so bizarre and surreal even  .but y'see I'm not really doing this properly..a crap review of the songs and all .sorry!! I met some Majicatters briefly at the hostel it was nice to put some faces to screen names..which I adored staying at it was so relaxed and young..lovely ..free of adult convention and stuffy adult conformity made me feel 18 again!!!!so me...(er not the 18 bit!)and there were big bunnies cropping the grass in the quad!! I do have to smile when I think of the downpour just before the concert when some of us were eating at a lovely Italian restaurant under the canopy outside...@helen was stoic to the end and was determined to sit and eat with decorum and ladylikeness!!lovely people........ By now you all know the set list...(set list,  I would have had no idea what that meant a few weeks ago!!) ;D and all the details you really want..my stuff is just my experience but some of you did ask that I write it anyway.....so hopefully I dont get Thwacked!!!!  Yusuf was so strong and in very fine fettle and I must admit there was one time when I could have been close to fainting(my chest felt as if I was having an attck some of the time at the beginning!!)it was actually when Yusuf said 'thank you 'when he got up from the piano after Maybe you're Right..I have always been pleased by litle things!! ;DLOVE his speaking voice and have always adored his deep voiced thank you!!!(that was a well kept secret till now!!) :Dlol Anyway best go and cook dinner...not in Berlin gallivanting round now!!! Yes indeed an unforgetable experience full of those moments...!!bounced into people and left some Yusuf peace (which he gets from God) behind on bouncing out!sweet... Thank you Christina and you guys for encouragement to do this...and I did whisper a hello from the homesters , @ilovemy cat, @sun , downunder72 ,.... peritura .............et al..... Regards to all going to Munich and I am in awe of you guys going to more than one concert on this tour...what are you on?ZZZZZooooNNNNkkkk!!!LOL |
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Post by peritura on May 16, 2011 14:28:14 GMT -5
Well, actually Sabina-what you are writing is what I really want to know about-the experience of it for you, that's what is interesting me. Yes of course, we all want to know about the setlist at first. But then it is the real experience that matters, nothing else. Thanks for reporting back. |
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Post by richina on May 16, 2011 18:08:58 GMT -5
I'm with you Peritura...that's the kind of stuff I like to hear too. Personal feelings, what went right, what went wrong, the people, and also how you were affected by the concert. I've only seen him once and I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one overwhelmed by the experience. Thanks for letting us in on your innermost musings Sabina....great report! Loved it!  |
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Post by ilovemycat on May 16, 2011 20:55:38 GMT -5
The quotation from another review " [his voice] no longer has this slightly moaning ,goatlike sound from before" !! What?? I always was partial is his slight moaning. Oops! As for sounding like a goat?? If that's what a goat sounds like, then, HONEY, I'm going to buy a HERD of goats to serenande me everyday! ;D Oh, I hear ya sister! These reviewers are sometimes clueless. |
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Post by ilovemycat on May 16, 2011 21:00:05 GMT -5
Sabina - must be tough coming back down to earth now! Sounds like your experience was a tad bit more than you bargained for! I had a feeling it was going to be a highly charged event for you - now I'm hoping I am going to be able to handle it myself!
If fellow concert goers were crying on your shoulders and cuddling with complete strangers I can just imagine the emotions ringing through that place. Unbelievable really... I wonder if Yusuf's family thinks we are crazy or if they understand it?
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Post by peritura on May 17, 2011 0:57:50 GMT -5
I should think they must be utterly bemused at times, but also very proud. Of course they will know all that is boring and annoying about him-it reminds me of what he said about the stardom thing: would all these people really like him if they knew him personally? A lot of our 'Fan-feelings' are in many ways more to do with ourselves than him, the feelings that he touches somehow in us. The goat-like thing-yes it made me laugh. But it is not an uncommon phrase in German parlance, though more often connected with female stereotypes. Maybe that's how we connect with him, sisters? |
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Post by peritura on May 17, 2011 1:00:20 GMT -5
The quotation from another review " [his voice] no longer has this slightly moaning ,goatlike sound from before" !! What?? I always was partial is his slight moaning. Oops! As for sounding like a goat?? If that's what a goat sounds like, then, HONEY, I'm going to buy a HERD of goats to serenande me everyday! I have noticed that all lot of these reviews use the same sentences, even paragraphs-they copy from each other. Quite lazy! ;D Oh, I hear ya sister! These reviewers are sometimes clueless. |
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Post by peritura on May 17, 2011 1:10:20 GMT -5
Mucked the quoting up again. Oh well...
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Post by helen on May 17, 2011 2:12:34 GMT -5
Yusuf did sound a little flat in Berlin  but as some of us say the sound in the arena was very poor, so this must of given Yusuf the hump. We all still enjoyed the concert and being truthful, we enjoy Yusuf, by him just being there. It was nice to see everyone again. |
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Post by sabina on May 17, 2011 2:21:39 GMT -5
hyacinth said Oh my that was too funny.. ...!!!!I really had a good laugh.....!!thank you..need it now back in the land of pure reality!!xx
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Post by sabina on May 17, 2011 2:33:49 GMT -5
:)TY Guys! @ richina , it is as we all know ,pretty difficult to let inner musings out ...never mind find the words for them..... so its nice to get a positive reaction....and whover said it is right ..the reaction is something within us coming from the inside ...as a response to Yusuf..he does not just suddenly pull out emotion..it is a developed thing....unless we are talking of physical stuff...but thats all eye of the beholder too.... and this beholders eye...when eventually dry enuff to look out and when srtugged out of the the mass of feeling....saw 'nice' ;)very nivce indeed................ |
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Post by sabina on May 17, 2011 2:37:27 GMT -5
:)I wrote this to Christina several hours after the concert;
Christina pieces of this experience keep floating down and becoming clear...........I remember now what Yusuf was singing when I lost it...it was Here comes my baby...it was the first time I heard it sang in Yusuf mature tones...in my mind it was playing in tandem along with the v.young tones of sweet Cat...it was such a moment that I am welling up now.....so I shall stop...all these feelings are bursting my chest....slowly slowly they will reveal themselves I will deal with them...and keep them stored in a happy precious place...
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Post by sabina on May 17, 2011 2:49:25 GMT -5
and that was because there was too much to take in I guess...quite nice that things that happenend over those days and around the concert! keep coming back in my mind...I remember now how In the Blackness of the Night was so so very very beautiful.....and nearly killed me ...!!!!!! scuse the sound on this but it is so ..........wow the lyrics and to actually see the man singinging this...I would have been more than happy if the whole concert was just Yusuf and his guitar.... @christine you will love this..soz it is not avid fom the concert tho I had been so apprehensive at going to the concert for one very personal reason......BUT I am so glad of this whole experience ...I left some stuff up in the rafters of the 02 (and TY for being there young Ahmed..by Yusufs VW and the smile).. And at the and in the airport on the way back I listened to the newer Yusuf songs that I love so much...and as I listened inside myself ,away from the bustle and overwhelming stuff bought on by some of the Cat music...I felt myself exhaling deeply..invuluntarily..it happened several times and so I noticed I could breathe more freely.....and so I know now ..not only that he is still the person that says things that I think only I am thinking....but that lots of stuff has gone up and dissipated into the Berlin air...and I leave it behind with the knowledge that now for me that amazing city and its memories will remain forever one of the most precious gems in my memory box.... and I am so looking forward to hearing Yusufs future albums..I anticipate that they will reflect wisely on things that I know I will be able to relate to and love...no pressure ....LOL xxx Anyway great fun to be had in Munich.....all the best to all.... aurarisma..stay clear of eclairs...conditioner...and for goodness sake DONT FORGET TO SAY STRASSE!!!!!!!!!!xxx
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Post by aurarisma on May 17, 2011 4:34:55 GMT -5
Guten Morgen xoxxoxoxo I finally found a computer here at hotel that moves to a beat! what can I say right now about Berlin concert is that it was amazing and magical .... there are so many feelings flowing thru my blood that when I get to Paris I will be able to paint them in words... aurarifically xoxoxox peace to you all and dont let these germans scare you If you want to sing out SING OUT!! If you want to stand up and applaud STAND UP AND APPLAUD.....I stood up and applauded so many times when it was beyond beyond stellar... we americans I suppose just do it ...I could never sit on a standing O when I feel it ... its the reward and takes yusuf further! well I just cant write more now its so pumping in my heart .. the perfection of the night and sound and visuals .... I dont want to go the left brain hemisphere and type it all out just yet, but I will say yusuf was on Cloud 9 on piano as was everyone else to see and hear this .... ..... he really slayed Maybe you're right ....wowwwww Foreigner Suite I had an elevation! it just was sooo flowing of ... feeelings feellllings.... that he was sharing and that parallel my life as well as alot of people that were in audience .. and he was such a tease with a bit of 'Bitterblue' hmph...... quite cute  Berlin had such good sound.... I know its hard to wrap more bass around his already deep rich voice...I love how the sound people were catching his low notes and wrapping them ... it was brilliant of them! ok more later.... so much more!! I wish that I would have brought my computer with me so I could journal the complete trip .. but I shall write it all down when I get to paris on blackberry xoxoox peace xoxoxoxox Munich get ready! |
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Post by M. on May 17, 2011 10:19:24 GMT -5
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Post by richina on May 17, 2011 10:40:21 GMT -5
Thanks for the articles Monika! I love how the first one mentions "a group with neon wrist and head bands"....weren't those Majicatters? I seem to remember Jane? saying she had them packed and ready to go.
Anyway, I loved the positive vibe of both reviews....but who'd of thought different?? :-)
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Post by sabina on May 17, 2011 12:48:19 GMT -5
:)Thanks @m
KULTUR musik says....that the corny story of Stormy and Lisa is the weakest part of the concert.....
I say..that the comnplex emotions aptly put in such an unadorned story SUPPORTED by the most expressive music ever is to my mind not weak at all.......Hmmm the reviewer was not sitting in and around row 14 then......corny!; to some perhaps but so Yusuf.;..weak! never......
TAGESSPIEGEL says.....however the selection of Cat Stevens T-shirts is much larger than that of Yusuf......
I say...of course and the reasons for that are pretty obvious to all....so what exactly was the point being made here?...hmmm I feel there is a good old discussion lurkin....but nows not the time..
Munich will be just starting...!! ;D
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Post by downunder72 on May 18, 2011 9:34:41 GMT -5
Thnankyou all for sharing your videos, photos, but most of all, your personal inner thoughts of your experience of a night to always remember and an experience that will never leave your heart. For everyone it is a different story. It isn't easy to quickly recall every detail, and recall your emotions of the evening. As each day passes, everything slowly starts flowing through your mind, one thought leads to another, sooner the missing pieces slowly come together, you're out of that cloud 9, evrything is much clearer. But sometimes, as Sabina puts it, when "back to the land of reality," I felt after attending a Cat/Yusuf concert, was it a dream?, was I actually part of that experience, it was like a flashing thought, come and gone so quickly, no time to hold onto it, ahhh, a bit longer, ahhh, if only it lasted just a little longer... but it did happen, and if we keep on dreaming, it will happen again, for those who were lucky, and for those who missed out..... it will happen again, in good time, and always God willing. Hoping that Yusuf would tour again was not a lost dream afterall. Thankyou all again for sharing for your lovely thoughts. Oh about the goats, I nearly forgot, living in a rural area in Greece goat herds a very common here. Believe me no comparison what so all. I bet this critic has never even heard a goat. ;D I can tell you hyacinth, the last thing you would ever want are goats serenading you everyday. And the smell, well I won't even go into that, it's even worse. ;D Not that I have anything against goats, I love goat cheese, but just hear and see for youself. ;D www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeP_AUAFXgY |
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Post by sabina on May 18, 2011 9:38:50 GMT -5
...and thank YOU for your lovely listening....
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Post by butterfly on May 18, 2011 12:10:41 GMT -5
Sorry for Off Topic, here you can see Yusuf at the East Side Gallery, where you can visit the remain of Berlin wall . The Berlin Wall East Side Gallery is a 1.3km-long section of the wall near the center of Berlin. Approximately 106 paintings by artists from all over the world cover this memorial for freedom and make it the largest open air gallery in the world. .jpg) |
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Post by Sir Lorry Load on May 18, 2011 13:19:48 GMT -5
@regi, this is one novel that no one should miss. No one tells a story better than Jane. ;D The Yusuf European Tour experience submitted by fans that were there. I think this is what Yusuf was asking for for. Yusuf is in the making of a documentary type video for after the tour. Written accounts, and videos from his fans. Besides Jane, we have many talented writers here at Majicat, Sabina, Christina, Martina, Barney, Doris, Sue..... and from behind the scenes, Sun, Rechina, Bud, and many more, that will serve Yusufs project very well, and make it a personal extra sepcial bonus.. We all love you for countless reasons, Vicki, and a couple of them are for your great class and modesty. You write beautifully, with talent and passion and kindness, unsurpassed. I thank you for your kind and thoughtful mention. -Bud |
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Post by helen on May 18, 2011 13:25:46 GMT -5
Hi bud Marg says hello from London
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Post by Sir Lorry Load on May 18, 2011 14:02:22 GMT -5
Hi bud Marg says hello from London Hello Margie... Hello Lady Helen! And Hello to beautiful London Town, too! I hope that you magnificent Majicatters (and two of our favorite people, all around) are enjoying a most wonderful visit. Cheers to you and yours, Margie and Lady Helen (and continued safe travels, Margie). Great to touch base with you... Take the best of care! -Bud |
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Post by sabina on May 18, 2011 15:09:43 GMT -5
Pane Boze! Please, if he sings "Maybe You're Right" again, someone record and post it. If not in Berlin, then at the next concert. Daj bogu dzienki.!!.........it was so lovely......... hyacinth..polka?x |
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Post by sabina on May 18, 2011 15:10:03 GMT -5
Pane Boze! Please, if he sings "Maybe You're Right" again, someone record and post it. If not in Berlin, then at the next concert. Daj bogu dzienki.!!.........it was so lovely......... hyacinth..polka?x |
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Post by aurarisma on May 18, 2011 17:12:08 GMT -5
Berlin was sooooo electric ....!!!! I HAD THE BEST SEAT IN THE HALLL HEHEHEHEEE jk not!! wow.... it was amazing ... to seee Alun smile so much and probably at me at times when i couldnt contain myself nor wanted to of yusufs stellar musical arrangements. If I could do it all over again .... I would have been a music conductor.. I just love hearing all the musical instruments .. streaming together and no one does it better creating them than the cat named yusuf!!!!
xo Peace xo
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Post by downunder72 on May 18, 2011 17:31:52 GMT -5
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.I knew this would be an emotional thing...didnt realize how much tho...but after the first half I was wrung out....beautiful though it was it seemed to pass so quickly and even now bits of it are coming back and the memory of it is coming back in bits.......blimey!! 
...she was great...told me to uncoss my arms and open out!! 
!)My beloved All kinds of Roses had a bit of a twist cos the young guy sitting in front of me turned and needed a cuddle so he was crying on my shoulder.. 
.shishshs..see what I mean?It was so amazing and the people I spoke to were lovely and on the same wavelength..it was so joyful and highly charged...pure adrenaline shared by so many people..Wow indeed....
.but y'see I'm not really doing this properly..a crap review of the songs and all .sorry!!
I would have had no idea what that meant a few weeks ago!!) ;D and all the details you really want..my stuff is just my experience but some of you did ask that I write it anyway.....so hopefully I dont get Thwacked!!!! 
