Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

JMJ: "Zat's ze world's one and only custom-made Two-Voice rack version! Eet's one of a kind, I keed you not, and eet was very complicated to make!"

FYI: That's two racked SEM-modules over there. It's not that uncommon and they were certainly not custom made for JMJ.
That's the point. Nor is ...

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JMJ: "Hello Evangelos! No, I haven't seen your precious CS80, and eet eez certainly nowhere near my stage!"

or

Reporter: "M. Jarre, there are certain sources that claim you knew of Francis Dreyfus' death two hours in advance!"
JMJ: "Who? Me ...

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Light guy: "Step outta that &#§%$!! scanner light, you <expletive>! Those marks on the stage are there for a <censored> reason!"

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JMJ: "Now pass me zee glass, I have ...

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In case it's still unclear, here's how to tell the versions from one another:

The easiest way to identify the earlier version is by the Eminent which is much more prominent in this version and plays along with the melody all over the piece. Also, the hi hat doesn't start before the main ...

Gm, Dm, Cm⁹, Gm

Jarre must be the only musician in the world who ever gave away the chords of his music that easily.

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JMJ: "Do I hear €1200 for zee Eiffel Tower? €1200? €1200? €1200, zee guy weez zee moustache and zee 10-gallon hat! Do I hear €1300?..."

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Charlotte: "You ...

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JMJ: "Heyyy, I hope you're enjoyeeng Destination Flirtlands, everybody! And we have a lot of love letters here on my Love Boat! We have messages for zee numbers 2, 3—hey, zat's me!—, 6, 8—I'm goeeng to find out who ...

Just finished Oxygène. Proceeding to Equinoxe now.

Well, La Défense might have had a similarly large audience as Oxygen In Moscow—had François Mitterrand built that skyscraper suburb on top of Montmartre. Then it would be possible to compare these shows. [Jarrism]I mean[/Jarrism], the MGU is the biggest building in Moscow, and whatever is built ...

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Dreyfus: "Guess what? I'll snag all In>Doors tour revenues from you! After all, you'll play my music!"
JMJ: "O RLY?"
Dreyfus: "YA RLY!"
JMJ: "NO WAI!"

Dreyfus: "How are you gentleman !! All your music are belong to me."
JMJ: "What you say ...

44. Jarre asks if there happen to be any synth players from the BlahBlahCafe among the audience because his band is on strike for more money.

45. Actually, backing band and stage crew have been replaced by the Kelly Family who also provide the stage and the sleeping accomodations.

46. There are at ...

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CS: "What are you doing down there, Jean Michel?"
JMJ: "I'm lookeeng for my AKS manual."
CS: "Uhm, since when do you need a manual for an AKS?!"

JMJ: "Where's Bunny, Claude?"
CS: "He said he was going to get more blue paint ...

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Music For Supermarket Clerks Tour 2008. Only one ticket sold.

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When JMJ said he wanted a Blue Meanie ARP 2600, he had something different than this in mind.

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I'm back from the show. The Hamburg concert had at least one witness from the BlahBlahCafe. It make me € 78 poorer, but richer by a unique experience.

Of course, I took some notes, so a concert report will follow.

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Picture from the 2007 Jean Michel Jarre Fan Convention. Someone must have misunderstood something.

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Jean Michel Jarre on one of his grandfather's mixing desk prototypes ...