the best last songs
Any show has to end at some point. And some bands have signature last songs. die ärzte used to play zu spät now it is Vorbei ist vorbei. I think I don't remember the last one. Beatsteaks used to end a show with Let Me In and it was fantastic every single time. The Divine Comedy ends shows with the spectacular Tonight We Fly. And recently the wonderful Kapa Tult ended their show with Ich bau ab a song about going on tour and being quite tired of it.
Those are all great songs, BUT there is one that almost stands over the rest in my eyes. When Maybeshewill played He films the clouds pt.2 in that dinky club I went to when I saw them for the first time my heart opened. It was a singular experience. Such a great song, made for being the last one of a gig.
I love how songs become more when I've heard them live. They become connected with memories and feelings. They grow leaps and bounds when I hear them played in a stinky club or in a big arena. Turnstile's Holiday will never feel as good as when I danced to it. And I only learned to love Under a clear blue sky by the Beatsteaks when I heard it live. Atomic Love by the same band will forever be connected with them playing the song to work lights in an arena, when so many people had already left and they came back out on stage.
The picture up top is from a Petrol Girls gig at Reeperbahn Festival 2018. It was a tiny room and it was packed to the brink. It was amazing. This is where I first heard Touch me again and this is where that song came alive for me. As I write this I remember more of these moments. Two women in front of me getting really into Fire Drills by Dessa during those most important lines and that feeling of frustration washing over and away from them. I mean heck, I got to shout along to The Hotelier and the Nite Ratz Club last year. A dream come true.