Paleo Festival
Nyon, Switzerland - 24 July 2001
by Xavier Pfister - djkayle@hotmail.com

Zero Zero, I don't want a lover, Say what you want, Summer Son, Black Eyed Boy, In our lifetime, In demand, Halo, Inner smile and Suspicious Minds from Elvis and others.

- 22.15 -
The sun falls behind the mountains and PULP end their performance. My friends and I decide to eat and drink something inside the festival. I wonder about the room left in front of the scene.

- 22.45 -
After a break we walk to the big scene to try to find a convenient place. People are coming from everywhere. A good technic is to sit down and wait with patience, so do we.

- 23.05 -
Impossible to remain sitted. We stand up and see that there is a huge mass of people around the scene. We were located at the 5th or 6th rank which is a very good place. The lights go on, the crowd screams as hell as they can. A vibrating atmosphere is growing, now I'm ready and my blood is pumping.

- 23.15. -
As "Zero Zero" begins, the screaming triples. The colors are getting warm and the musicians arrive. During one second I can't believe what is happening. Yes, I'm in front of TEXAS. No time to breathe "I don't want a lover 2001" is the second title. Sharleen is in a good mood and after a few songs she really feels the crowd. Later on she takes 3 guys from the public and says that we can measure how good is a guy in bed by looking at the way he dances. The guys seem to be a bit confused and they start to dance on the sample of "De La Soul". Funny time. Right after the dance, Sharleen adds a comment about the mobile phone in the pocket of his dancer. What a rascal girl !

It's time for Sharleen to say a fake good bye, just to enter in her leather suit that makes all the boys go mad !!! "Inner Smile" is a big success and as she's dressed like Elvis the group plays "Suspicious Minds".

- 00.45 -
Well, it's time to say good bye to the band and to notice that the time has gone too quickly. Time to catch a mental picture of the feelings, the atmosphere and the gift that all the musicians has just given to us.

Thank you TEXAS. Thank you Sharleen.
Great memories will stay !

Xavier


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