Candye Kane (Ohne Filter series)

 

Picture: C+     Sound: B-     Extras: C+     Concert: C-

 

 

It is always nice to hear something different, but sometimes you get disappointed.  We have covered many episodes of the German concert TV series Ohne Filter, but the April 2, 1997 segment with Candye Kane is the poorest to date.  The blues vocalist tries to be raw so much, that she gets into overkill pretty quickly.  The songs are:

 

1)     Sue’s Boogie

2)     Great Big Woman

3)     Love ‘em & Forgive ‘em

4)     Babylon Bogie

5)     I Said No!

6)     In Love With A Girl

7)     These Boots Are Made For Walkin’

8)     It Should Be Rainin’

9)     The Lord Was A Woman

10)  All You Can Eat…

11)  It Won’t Be Long

12)  unidentified ditty explicit about intercourse

 

It is fine for someone to be sexual, including people who are big, but Miss Kane goes overboard with her sexual single-entendres so early that The Village People and Eminem would quickly blush, while others might just vomit.  She has some vocal talent, but she just keeps talking about all the ways she wants to have sex and what a “dish” she is.  On track 10, I wondered what Peter Greenaway would have thought.  All I knew is I could not believe how redundant this was.  It was like some joke or that she was some secret XXX industry star disguised as a real artist.  You can skip this one, unless you are in the mood for degeneration.

 

The full frame 1.33 X 1 PAL video is in good shape for its age, while the PCM 2.0 stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 mixes are about even.  As usual, this disc includes a biography on the performer, plus the same engineer interview, web link, producer interview, and guide to many other Ohne Filter concerts on DVD.  Look for the better concerts elsewhere on this site.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo