OK, here's my view of the concert:
Scooter in Moscow 26.09.2008
There has not been a full–fledged Scooter concert in Moscow since October of 2000, and that was the reason why all the Scooter fans (the old and the new ones) really wanted to see the show. Who knows when we will see the Scooter guys performing live again! The 26th of October. This day will remain in our memory for a long time.
After standing in a queue, surrounded by other people who were as eager to enter the Space club as I was, I finally got in. The club was not very crowded; there were about 2000 people there. The club was quite large. Most of the people crowded around the scene, so the dance floor was only half full. Those who preferred drinking alcohol to dancing, and had VIP tickets, went upstairs and sat by the tables. There was some DJ on the stage, playing mostly jumpstyle. Looking up, I saw Sheffield Jumpers, who were jumping to the sound of the music. It was nice seeing them long before the Scooter performance started. After having a snack in the bar, I returned to the dance floor. When the DJ finished his performance, some unknown band appeared on the stage. The audience received them quite coldly. People wanted Scooter, and they wanted them now. When the heat up was finally over, and the musicians left the scene, the lights went off.
Than I heard the sounds which were so familiar to each and every Scooter fan – the sounds of the intro (the one, that the guys use to play during their latest concerts, 10 Seconds Before Sunrise by Tiesto). Those mystical sounds made the crowd go into ecstasy. And then H.P. Baxxter, Michael Simon and Rick Jordan burst into the stage. That was when the real madness begun! The guys on the dance floor started jumping and shouting. Lots of people knew Scooter lyrics by heart and sang it together with H.P. Let me remind you once again: it has been eight years since the last Scooter concert in Moscow! Many of the band's fans have grown up: those, who were kids eight years ago, became young men and women; some of them got married and brought their families with them.
Scooter performed lots of tracks, but, much to our disappointment, there were only a few old tracks of them, and the whole show lasted a bit more than an hour. I sincerely expected it to last at least two hours. I cannot name all the tracks, performed in the concert, but I am sure that Jumping All Over The World, And No Matches, Jigga Jigga, Jump That Rock (old non-single version), I'm Raving, Jumpstyle Medley, I'm Lonely, One (Always Hardcore), Maria (I Like It Loud), Aiii Shot The DJ, Roll Babe Baby Roll, Call Me Manana, Nessaja, Fuck The Millenium, Weekend, How Much Is The Fish and Hyper Hyper. were among them. When the guys were playing I'm Raving, there was something incredible going around. People were smiling, and some of them had tears in their eyes. Why did it take you so long to visit us again, Scooter? We were waiting for you so much! By the way, it was fun to look at Rick and Michael's faces, when the crowd started singing Maria (I Like It Loud) refrain out loud. The guys were looking at each other, smiling meaningfully. It looked like Rick was about to say something like: "You know, Michael, I don't really know why everyone always asks us to perform Maria". Surely, the guys could not leave our request unanswered and played Maria (I Like It Loud).
The concert was just great. The people were dancing with their hands up, or shouting, smiling, jumping, and holding each other. But, anyway, the performance was way too short.
One hour is just not enough after the eight–year long break! But maybe such shortness could be a sign that Scooter will return to Moscow soon? Let's believe in that!
Unfortunately, due to artificial lights and smoke, almost all the photos that a wonderful girl known as Kassi and I made with my camera, came out bad. Anyway, I sorted out 18 photos with an acceptable quality and, although even those photos cannot be called good ones, I hope that you will enjoy them and a couple of short videos I made with the same camera. I hope that it will help you to imagine what the show was like.
Photos and videos you will find on my site!
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