I remember going in 2003. Awesome musicians. They had one drumming group on one side, and another group on the other. And it looked like hundreds per side were gathered around. And this is with the Eiffel lighting up the background at night. Awesome.
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Haven%26#39;t heard anything recently, but maybe i%26#39;m deaf?
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that%26#39;s nothing official, it%26#39;s usually young locals who bring their drums, etc. and have a jam session....so it%26#39;s not something you can count on for any particular day or time...
I%26#39;ve been to the Trocadero a zillion times and sometimes there are drummers, sometimes there aren%26#39;t...
Les
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Was there a couple days ago and they had closed off the fountain area of the Troc for work and there were no musicians but there were a lot of skateboarders and a few breakdancers.
Some guys sitting in front of the Pompideau center were doing Hotel California reggae-style with guitars and amps.Then there is the guy always on the Metro Concourse connection doing Vivaldi with his tuba and boombox.
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Back in August they did, really weird. There is the Eiffel Tower all lit up looking fantastic and loads of people are more interested in looking at a bunch of *~%%26amp;*#s trying to play the drums and annoying everyone else!
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Sorry Paris-fanatic, but some of us are able to dance, enjoy music and look at the pretty lights.
It may shock you to learn that most of those drummers and their audience actually live here, so they maybe, well, less bowled over by the scenery than you imagine. If we all adjusted our lives to accommodate the expectations of tourists, well, then we would not have much of a life left.
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Oh come on! The night I was there the drummers etc were hardly showing any skills. I do realise that the drummers live in Paris (and good luck to them if they can get money out of gullible tourists) but my comment was about people who seem more enthralled by frankly bad musicians and dancers than one of the great sights of the world. It’s in the same class has visiting Paris and only going to MacDonalds for food and drink.
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Well, I go there with my girls. I don%26#39;t recall them having a hat out and asking for money. Just a bunch of young locals getting a beat on.
And it is not like the ET is high culture, requiring minutes of intense concentration. Great architecture, but it how long does it take to appreciate from a far? The true beauty is in the sensous curves and arabesques of the iron work, best seen across the river at the foot of the tower.
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These guys were not having a hat out!!!!! The cats that I saw in August 2003 were, as phread put it, just having a good time and just wanted to play.
This was one of my highlights of my trip in %26#39;03! I didn%26#39;t look for this, either. I came off the metro and just bumped into it that night.
In Brooklyn, we have a similar situation, where drummers congregate in Prospect Park every Sunday afternoon, gathering a crowd of dancers and watchers. But it%26#39;s nothing compared to what I saw in Paris. Peace
PS: To paris-fanatic: It seems like you are not a music lover. Correct?
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einnod23 - very much a music lover (of all types from J S Bach to King Crimson to Burundi Drummers) but the guys I saw were c*** and clearly on the make. Anyway, music lover or not my main complaint it where it takes place and how anyone can be more interested in them than the Trocadaro and the Eiffel Tower!
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Paris-fanatic:
I didn%26#39;t ignore the Tour Eiffel. To have these great players AND with the backdrop of the Tower, glittering at night by the way, was pure AWESOME. To each his own, though! Peace.
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