iván ferreiro live @ sala bikini, bcn (04/04/08)

"No os metáis con Bisbal. Soy absoluto fan de Bisbal. Cuidado..."

Setlist:

1. Toda la verdad
2. Mentiroso mentiroso
3. Tristeza
4. Fotogramas
5. Suerte
6. Canción húmeda
7. Secretos deseos
8. Jet lag
9. Mrs. P
10. La canción del no
11. Canciones para el tiempo y la distancia
12. Más de una vez
13. Ciudadano A
14. Rocco Sigfredi
15. El equilibrio es imposible (Los Piratas)
16. Musaka (Amaro Ferreiro)
17. S.p.n.b.

18. Meteoro y el señor conejo
19. Canción sin compasión
20. Réquiem
21. Estrella de la muerte

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22. Piensa en frío
23. NYC
24. Extrema pobreza
25. De ti un pandero
26. Mi fúria paranoica
27. Magia
28. La distorsión
29. Personalidad múltiple
30. Turnedo + first verse of "Diecinueve" (Maga)
31. Días azules
32. El viaje de Chihiro

No, I'm not Ben Gibbard nor this is some April Fool's joke, it's just the guy (along with his 5 member band, which included his brother Amaro) seriously played almost his entire discography (30 out of 33 songs including his last two albums in its entirety) yesterday night on a sold-out show at Sala Bikini, which, once again, proved to be Barcelona's best venue. A mammoth, two hour-long set (something you don't see much nowadays) of close-to-perfection sound, excellent music and a great atmosphere which didn't disappoint a single soul in the room. There was time for everything, including a couple of songs Iván played solo in his piano, a song sung by his brother Amaro and even a Piratas' song ("El equilibrio es imposible" was the unanimous choice over "Tiovivo" and "Inerte") which drove the audience crazy. Overall, a great night only tarmished by the fact that the venue was a bit too packed and that some people should never be allowed on events like this (didn't anyone tell them that you cannot pretend to move forward when there's no room at all or that you cannot smoke when it's forbidden to? Geez!). Anyway, props to Iván and his band, and for the ones that missed this one, do not worry. He's back on October 24th @ Sala Razzmatazz. It probably won't be as good or as exclusive as yesterday but hey, at least he will be back. Go get your tickets!!

* Iván Ferreiro performing "El equilibro es imposible" @ Sala Bikini (too bad some people confuse yelling with singing)