After the protocol ceremony, held in a royal manner and elegant order, Zuco 103 take to the stage below. Drums: 45 gigatonnes, bass: 50, synth: 8, all these amount to 103. The black girl who drives the engine sends this train to our stomach at brutal volume. Everyone digests it, extracting the useful substances and taking them home. There are excellent vitamins in it, and a huge load of carbohydrates. A feast. You feel fine, and stare in amazement. Zuco 103 are at work, with all their secrets, and stunningly professional harmony. Drunk people can enjoy anything, I like it, too, as the wine offered at the reception “…of the Royal Netherlands Embassy, held on the occasion of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix” was excellent. I quoted the legend of the invitation card, which offered no indication of Zuco 103. It is fine like that, one world is that of the Queen, the other is ours. The freight train leaves the Budapest station at 180 km/h, and everyone wave their hands.

An interval of 20 minutes is needed as it takes as long to have the Marshall tube amp of Vive La Fête operational. In the meantime, we take a look at Zagar on the terrace above. He is not listed in the programme of the evening, playing at the free party held on the occasion of the ship`s 6th birthday, but if he were Dutch, he could have the best place. However, he is Hungarian, and we try to please the Dutch with him tonight.

Vive La Fête. A French clause that means nothing more that you celebrate. Although to celebrate is fine, the Belgian group`s music is much more than that. Those who have written at least a sentence will understand that the genius of the vocalist woman with that hair dyed white cannot be described. This word, genius, is already horrifying. Perfect may sound better, but it`s still not enough. Let`s stick to genius. The guitarist is a different story, he is the devil himself. The son of evil. Whether he is 16 or 36 we never get to know, as we cannot see his face, due to his chin-length black hair. However, we can see that he has the energy of a thousand naughty boys. Keith Richards with a Fender Telecaster. Devils are easy to spot. He is not evil, no way, but he is high above, flying somewhere in the stratosphere, and we call creatures so far away either god or devil, as he is not human. Humans live here on Earth. It is easy to confuse them, but if you have good eyes, you will see the difference. I could say if you have good ears you can hear the difference, but you must see Vive La Fête. The sound is perfect, that is the standard, no doubt, but to see how that sound is generated explains the weird question why the Dutch festival ends with such a Belgian star group. The Dutch know that the difference between Belgian and Dutch is like the difference between god and devil. It`s still unheard of here on the Danube bank, but the northwestern winds are soon to arrive.