If he was still alive, what would John Lennon think of the war in Ukraine? It is not forbidden to ask the question to Sylvain Rougged, Alias Sly, the Rabeats leader. Behind this Sobriquet with Cunicole Consonance (Rabbit = “Rabbit” in English) operates a popular cover band, given to these groups that appropriate the repertoire of known artists – the Beatles in the present case. On stage, SLY sings the songs that Lennon sing, but also those interpreted McCartney. Formed twenty-three years ago in Amiens, The Rabeats resume their so-called “20” anniversary “tour, started in January 2020 and canceled twice due to COVID.
So inspires to this forced pacifist of John the entrance of the Russian troops in Kiev? “War Is Over If You Want It [” The War is over if you want it “]”, replies all of Go Sylvain blushing that night, in the Mach 36 lodges, the great Chateauroux hall, doing his Slogan that appeared at once in a song from Lennon, Happy Xmas (War Is Over), and in an advertising campaign that he launched in 1969 with Yoko Ono to protest against the Vietnam War. But here, in the Berry, The Rabeats will not play Happy Xmas (War Is Over), no more than Give Peace lucky or imagine, subsequent tubes to the separation of Beatles. It’s a little pity: a few hundred meters from an old NATO military base, the message would not have missed symbolic …
See on stage four picards in the wind Interpreting the biggest tubes of Fab Four Four, that said, an unusual experience. On the public side, first, where the average age exceeds 60 years old. Spectators and spectators have only one word to explain the reason for their coming: the “nostalgia”. “There was some joy of living at the Beatles, which embodied the triumphant youth of a time that was much more optimistic than now,” says Elisabeth and Philippe, 68 and 66, retired administration.
imitation potache
To the same or almost, the resumption of the hits of yesteryear has no doubt something reassuring, it is said from the first measures of Can’t Buy Me Love. Do the followers of the musical duplicate do not occupy the spans, like Bernadette, former social worker of 68 years? Present here even at Jean-Baptiste Guégan’s concert (Johnny Hallyday Vocal Sosie) Two years ago, she has already bought her tickets for the benefits that the Cover Bands of Queen and Abba will have already bought her tickets. The Beatles ? “I worked my English with them when I was young,” she did not forget.
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