If someone asks me, "what was the best live concert you've ever attended?", I'd have to go for D'Angelo
at the 2000 North Sea Jazz Festival (The Hague).
At that point I had seen quite some nu - soul performers and often these shows were fine but ... that's
all ... they were fine.
I guess, that also was my expectation when the MC announced D ... the lights went out and D'Angelo
and a 9 or 10 piece band (my memories lets me down here) climbed the stage.
I even think a lot of the 1000's of people present had somewhat the same feeling I did.
About five minutes later, something very different was going on. People were shouting, screaming,
wiggling and dancing to something that, even now, eight years later, I have difficulties with to describe.
Can a concert be perfect?  Yes, after that evening it could.
D'Angelo delivered a soul powercloud, a masterclass mixture of funk, hiphop and soul that lifted the
audience to orgasmic heights. ...

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