Kayak December 13, 2013 - De Pul, Uden (NL)
In 2012 the Dutch band Kayak celebrated their fortieth anniversary with a concert tour in the Netherlands called
Journey Through Time. I witnessed one of these shows at De Pul in Uden (see
review). During these concerts Kayak played many songs from their back
catalogue, songs that were hardly performed in recent years. This anniversary
tour was rather successful and therefore Kayak decided to arrange another club
tour in the autumn of 2013. It started where last year's tour successfully
ended only this time with a renewed set list that once again contained an
overview of the band's huge output from 1973 until now. Compared to the line-up
of last year's tour a minor change took place. Due to the fact that drummer Hans Eijkenaar wasn't able to play
Just like during the previous tour Kayak played two sets and some encores, but this time they didn't play the songs in chronological order. At the beginning of the gig vocalist Edward Reekers called the set list 'a time machine that doesn't work properly', which means that the songs were played in random order. So they started with Back To The Front from their fourth album The Last Encore (1976) and ended up with the final encore Ruthless Queen from their sixth album Phantom Of The Night (1979). Kayak performed an awesome show, although the sound engineers couldn't get the sound right during
I won't mention all performed tracks, but I'll pick out some highlights. I greatly enjoyed the fantastic guitar solos of Joost Vergoossen during songs as Spetters, Frozen Flame and They Get To Know Me, the fabulous keyboard parts of Ton Scherpenzeel during Merlin and Reason For It All, the amazing vocal performances of the two lead singers Cindy Oudshoorn and Edward Reekers during Nobody Wins, When Hearts Grow Cold and Act Of Despair. The host of the evening mostly was second guitarist Rob Vunderink. Wearing some rather weird sun glasses he told the audience some facts - sometimes with humorous remarks − about the history of the band related to historical world
Sure, a number of songs that were performed last year could be enjoyed again during this year's Journey Through Time tour. Most fans still like to hear the classic Kayak tunes and hits like Chance For A Lifetime, Starlight Dancer, Ruthless Queen and Merlin. However, I would have liked it if they once again had given a short preview of their upcoming rock opera because the short part of Cleopatra- The Crown Of Isis which they performed in 2012 sounded superb! Anyway, with or without that song Kayak and their fans may look back at a well-performed concert. It was as always very entertaining thanks to the excellent musicianship and the pleasant interaction of the lead singers with the audience. Henri Strik (edited by Peter Willemsen) |
Setlist Kayak: Set 1:Back To The Front Anne Daphne Phantom Of The Night Pagan's Paradise Act Of Despair Merlin Niniane (Lady Of The Lake) They Get To Know Me Hunter And Prey Spetters Set 2: Reason For It All Where Do We Go From Here? Demon In Her Eyes Selfmade Castle Frozen Flame When Hearts Grow Cold Coming Up For Air Nobody Wins Before The Angels Fell Chance For A Lifetime Starlight Dancer Encores: Alienation Ruthless Queen |
Pictures
Kayak by Arthur Haggenburg Click on the picture to enlarge. |
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Line up Kayak: (left to right)Sjoerd Rutten: drums Joost Vergoossen: guitars Cindy Oudshoorn: lead and backing vocals, percussion Edward Reekers: lead and backing vocals, additional keyboards, percussion Jan van Olffen: bass guitars Ton Scherpenzeel: keyboards, backing vocals Rob Vunderink: guitars, lead and backing vocals |
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