WHERE THE FUCK
IS SCANDINAVIA?
Review by Lectro: Prodigy live in Copenhagen, Denmark on the 22nd of October 2004
I were at KB-Hallen were The Prodigy were to play at 18:30 pm. The doors were supposed to open at 7 pm but there was a bit delay. When the doors open not many had arrived... I dunno exactly how many were at the place but I would say about 500 or maybe even less. Though the lack of people the vibe was all good. Listening to people who were talking about the band that I love was a really good thing 'cause in my daily-life in Viborg, Denmark not many I know likes the band so therefore you must be able to imagine the blessing I felt of being surrounded by people who like me likes real music! Funny to listen to different conversations about Prodigy 'cause I really realised how much I know about the band when people didn't have their facts strait. Anyway another cool thing was that I felt so much at home and I could talk with the guys about the music... -So yeah the vibe was there but still people were needed when the doors opened at about 7:30 pm. Then me and my two mates went in and we got standing-places in the right at the front so that was really cool. I thought those standingplaces were awsum 'cause in the front of me there were two loud-speakers which were set up like the usual standing-place Prodigy always have close to the audience. The security told us to sit down untill the dj got on the stage - that was a little after 8 pm.
The music was good - old skool breakbeat - but the danish dj just had a really rediculous look. He just made me laugh really. He just didn't fit in with the music he played and when he went baserk and tried to dance like a maniac he looked like an idiot. When the dj had played for half an hour two of his mates joined him - a MC and a guy in a yellow t-shirt saying "Missekat" ("pussycat") who just drank 7UP and danced a little bit - he was a weird fuck too and it was just fucking hillarious. The MC were cool enough though but when these three persons had played for over an hour I were just praying for Prodigy. And then the dj announced that Prodigy had asked them to play some slower tunes because they wanted to get on the stage in 15 minutes and they thought it was a little too fast the music that the dj-played - probably compared to the music Prodigy were gonna start out with.
Then the dj and his mates finally fucked off and the Wake Up Call-Intro got played. Wow man that was fucking fresh! Wake Up! -That voice was really cool made and it just got my adrenaline pumping and I finally realised that The Prodigy were gonna be in front of me in a little while. Then Liam, Maxim, Keith, Tony and Jim went on the stage and the crowd went nuts - I should say that half an hour before Prodigy came on stage more people had shown up and now about 2000 or more were in KB-Hallen so the floor was filled up. Anyway... looking at this band in reality was just fucking unreal! It was amazing and when Keith Flint went out on the standing-place in front of me during Wake Up Call and pointed at me and looked me strait in the eyes I just really felt alive. And I really realised how much Prodigy likes to connect with the crowd. -Keef looked me in the eyes at least 3 times and Maxim 1 time and you know that was just amazing for me. It all were so overwhelming and fantastic - I was looking at my favorite band for the first time of my life - Fucking yeah! [Read the fullreview here]
