Alan Wilder / Recoil , Never let me down again @ Depeche Mode Party Cologne

Alan played a good set @ Cologne's "Alter Wartesaal" on March 27th, 2010. It had some brilliant moments (besides this one). As you can see, even during this classic, the crowd was a quite lame. Great Job anyway. Thank you, Mr. Wilder for coming.

Video was made with a Samsung WB5550. For it's price (around 200 EUR), i think it's quite a good camera for making cheap HP-videos.

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[tumonni1040]

Tapping keys on a laptop of pre-programed DM music for an hour isn't "playing a set". Anyone in the audience could've perfomed this just as easily, myself included. I really hope this isn't what's become of Alan, he's far too talented of a musician to have to resort to this. Look how bored he looks! This is far from a "performance" for anyone with the musical background he has. I just hope the audience didn't fork out alot of money for this event, if you did, you got ripped off royaly.

[5UhrMorgens]

@tumonni1040 okay, i rather should have said he "performed a set". Of course there was not much "playing". I think this particular performance is not the best reference for what he does now, since it was one of the very first shows he did after a long time of stage abstinence. I admit that the whole thing wasn't that spectacular, but Alan knows this and changed a few elements of his performance right after. Anyway, this was intended to be a musical presentation, not a concert performance...

[5UhrMorgens]

@tumonni1040 and, to add this, no one got ripped off, since this was part of a monthly depeche mode party with an appropriate entrance fee. so i guess everyone saw this just as a very special bonus.

[bonzot]

he leaves depeche mode, only to end up playing their stuff :S

[5UhrMorgens]

@bonzot @bonzot That was just ONE Song in a complete set of Recoil material. And keep in mind, this song , especially this arrangement and mix is also very much HIS material, HIS work. By the way, Roger Waters plays whole concerts with Pink Floyd Songs. ;) Anyway, Alan should return to Depeche, and i guess he will.

[KALEI2DIGITAL]

Hehe some waving hands around there!

Thanks for the video!!!

[efkagore]

heh...what´s wrong with these people??! you should see the night in Bratislava...the roof was on fire... :D

[oblique2008]

@tumonni1040 alan always said it was not a "concert", that it was impossible to play these tracks in the true meaning of the sense, we bought tickets on the understanding it was about the music not a live music performance

[Kppot]

@5UhrMorgens Moreover, all arranged DM music - is HIS work. Except for tunes, written by Gore. Alan IS a sound of DW, or at least he was

[StrangeloveBong13]

oh que rudo?? jajajaj suena chido una aprte, peroa la larga es tedioso y aburrido, mas sin un vocal que seguir como Dave.

[tumonni1040]

I still think he could and should refine his Live performances to fit his Recoil material, Live drums and bass and a sick lighting engineer to go with the synth sections would blow the audiences minds, maybe even sections that allow for improvisinational jams that seemlessly wind in and out of the song structure taking you on a musical journey throughout the evening. Hell, I'm starting to think I should put something together like this, hmm... it would be pretty cool indeed.

[tumonni1040]

@5UhrMorgens All the same, I certainly hope he finds something an outlet for his talent. It just seems a bit weird that after all this time he hasn't been able to put something really cool together musically, I would think it would be easy for him given his talent and repitation. Maybe get together with a younger group of musicians, the same way Paul McCartney has or what Joe Strummer did before his passing. It added alot more energy to the music. Can you imagine how cool that would be?

[Dialectomx]

@5UhrMorgens WELL HE DIDN´T LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE MUSIC...