{"id":1771,"date":"2015-09-17T19:40:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T18:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jutze.com\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2015-09-17T19:41:22","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T18:41:22","slug":"help-a-beatles-tribute-live-in-schramberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/?p=1771","title":{"rendered":"Help! A Beatles Tribute live in Schramberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, July 4th, 2015, I finally got to see Help! A Beatles Tribute<\/a>. Two band members used to play with The Brandos<\/a>, which is why I became aware of this Beatles cover band in the first place. Still, I went to the concert primarily to hear Beatles songs – and, hopefully, to get an idea what a Beatles concert would sound in the year 2015 if John, Paul, George, and Ringo had magically travelled through time (and had even more magically solved their conflicts). So I drove to Schramberg in the middle of the Black Forest. It was a particularly hot summer day and the town seemed very sleepy. As the sun set, however, people flocked to the venue, a beautiful garden area. About 350 people had arrived when the four musicians appeared on stage.<\/p>\n

The music sounded terrific, mostly because the songs were and are amazing, but also because the band brought the tracks to life with fervent passion and dedication. This wasn’t about creating an exact copy of the original in terms of looks, chronology, or stage banter. Yet, the songs themselves were performed faithfully to the point where you could just close your eyes and pretend to witness the magical journey through time mentioned above. Here was a group of musicians with strong voices and even more impressive melodies. Song after song, hit after hit, classic after classic – it was a barrage of the very best that music has to offer. The first set was a blazing journey through 2-minute pop symphonies. The second set was more of the same with a few songs off the later albums. I just loved that Help! A Beatles Tribute focused on songs that work in a live setting.<\/p>\n

There was hardly any pause between songs. There were no solos, no pointless animation attempts, no tiresome history excursions. Only once in every set did the band encourage singing along (“Yellow Submarine” and “Hey Jude”). Plus, there was a conga-line (Polonaise in German) during “Ob-la-di Ob-la-da”. Naturally, people sang along during most of the songs, anyway. The song selection left nothing to be desired. A few lesser known songs spiced up the show – and similarly to the original, there were a few driving cover songs sounded oh so good. I don’t remember the exact setlist, but the list below should be rather complete. If you get the opportunity to see the band (tour dates can be found here<\/a>), go to their concert!<\/p>\n

\"Help!<\/p>\n

First Set:<\/em><\/p>\n

A Hard Day\u2019s Night
\nEight Days a Week
\nTicket to Ride
\nLove Me Do
\nI Should Have Known Better
\nPlease Please Me
\nIt Won\u2019t Be Long
\nRock and Roll Music
\nI Feel Fine
\nWe Can Work It Out
\nThe Night Before
\nFrom Me to You
\nPlease Mr. Postman
\nYellow Submarine
\nCan\u2019t Buy Me Love
\nI Want to Hold Your Hand
\nLong Tall Sally<\/p>\n

Second Set:<\/em><\/p>\n

Help!
\nDay Tripper
\nDrive My Car
\nPaperback Writer
\nLucy in the Sky With Diamonds
\nI Saw Her Standing There
\nGet Back
\nHere Comes the Sun
\nCome Together
\nRevolution
\nBack in the U.S.S.R.
\nOb-la-di Ob-la-da
\nI Wanna Be Your Man
\nShe Loves You
\nLet It Be
\nTwist And Shout
\nGet Back
\nDon\u2019t Let Me Down
\nWith a Little Help From My Friends
\nHey Jude<\/p>\n

Encores:<\/em><\/p>\n

The Ballad of John and Yoko
\nAll My Loving
\nYesterday
\nRoll Over Beethoven
\nSomething<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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