Rendez-vous Houston (Full Video) - Jean Michel Jarre
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- April 5th 1986, at 8.15pm, Downtown Houston is aflame. A kilometer long wall of skyscrapers is illuminated by DCA projectors, fireworks and beamed images. Over one and a half million people witnessed for the very first time an entire city in concert.
... Jean Michel Jarre's commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Houston and Texas, and of the 25th anniversary of NASA, was one of the most spectacular concerts in the history of music.
... Rendez-vous Houston: A City In Concert gained an entry in the Guiness Book Of Records for having attracted the largest audience ever for an outdoor concert.
... The event is also dedicated to the memory of the astronauts who perished in the Challenger tragedy. One of them, Ron McNair, astronaut and saxophonist, should have interpreted "Ron's Piece" in space (a title specially composed for him - it was to have become the first musical piece played and recorded in space.)
Tracklist
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Oxygene 5
Souvenir of China
Equinoxe 4
Zoolook
Ethnicolor
Equinoxe 5
Laser Harp (Rendez-vous 3)
Equinoxe 7
Rendez-vous 2
Ron's Piece
Rendez-vous 4 - เพลง
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Hard to believe it was 37 years ago. Happy Anniversary “Rendezvous Houston”.
this concert never get old ..i whish back in the time to see for enjoy the most futuristic concert ever made !!!
I'm french and didn't imagine Jean Michel Jarre was so famous abroad. Well deserved!
One of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE MEMORIES WITH MY MOM! Idk how young I was but had to be younger then 10yrs old. I remember people sitting on the bridges and signs watching this. I was so amazed by it all. I'm in tears. My mom just sent this video to me! Such a very special time spent together. Thank you to you all for creating such a moment to remember! Mad love
Wish I knew what that one building was called?!? Still to this day It's my favorite. I always point it out! I can't thank you all enough
Omgoodness I just looked up the date when this happened. I was only 6yrs old I'm 41yrs old now I REMEMBER THIS!! Tears falling
Schön
How I began to like Jean-Michel Jarre's music was when The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation was showing Jean-Michel Jarre's Rendez-Vous Houston concert in the night in 1987, when I was 16 years old and had a weekend, when I watched the concert on TV ☺ From that moment I become his new fan ☺
I still get goosebumps watching this. Was mad futuristic at the time, like an alien coming to Earth and blowing us away.
God, the 80s were brilliant!
Discovered JMJ at school. I was 10 years old. Thanks to a great music teacher. Oxygene and Equinoxe at that time. Since, I became an absolute fan of JMJ. And that show (Lyon / Houston) is for sure the best ever show in the world. And what about te laser harp he created.
JMJ is not only a musician. He is also a magician ! THANK YOU !
Best concert ever and surely the best in Texas
The part where the saxophone player was was up on a scaffold on the skyscraper, playing a duet with Jean-Michel, the sax player was supposed to be Ron McNair, an astronaut on the Challenger (????) shuttle, was supposed to play his sax in orbit along with Jean-Michel. Sadly, we know what happened to Challenger and the crew. But it was supposed to be the very first orbital/ground-based duet in music history.
People of every race, skin colour, creed, social class, gender - all united in wonder and enjoyment, coming together to celebrate shared history and achievements and led by a French person.
👁 👁
👄 This is America at its greatest.
I was there in 1986. It was called "the second coming" - total immersion into experience. nothing else quite like it. gives my heart a rush in seeing it on this little youtube view . . . crank it up. turn up the speakers - go as big screen as you can . . . wow and still amazing. over a million people sitting in the grass, on freeways, yards, balconies, . . all over the place - in wonder. before internet!
I'd already seen masses of Top groups in Stadiums live but watching this on my TV left me Totally ;Gobsmacked = I was in Heaven. Oh how I'd have loved to Witness this live... MAGIC, MAGIC.....& still is !
We were on the freeway. I was 13. It was amazing
This was the enterprise of our Houston Mayor, Ms. Kathy Withmire ! She brought Michel Jarre to Texas to show that Houston was alive and could be "the Place"! She was the genius and the engine showing and pushing the world to see that Houston is "The Place To Be " for corporations and for anybody who wants to progress. These were hard times for Texas !!! Bravo, Kathy! You did just FINE!
I was there too!! Parts of it scared me because it was so loud.
@@bethany1014 I was in Scotland when I saw this, a child but even at that age was amazed at what he did. I'm 48 now. Probably of all the concerts this is the one. Just utterly brillant.
Un grand moment dans l'histoire
This was Houston's swan song....I was there and I was on a roof a mile away with some friends....but as soon as the show started we were off the roof and heading down Allen Parkway to be there....this was one fo the most dazzling events I have ever witnessed.....I still have the posters and handbills of the event.....
I have photos!
Can you photo them and post, would love to see
OMG...OMG....is this really you.....? Yes I have them in a trunk in Key West Florida......OMG....I am a Musician and your show of the sky line of Houston was more then dramatic......I will get the address of your company and forward these to you as show as I return to Key West.....OMG...is this really you....if you only knew how many people of note I have meant....but you are the first one on the net....OMG...Just in Key West from the first 2 weeks I meant Nick Carter and his brother Aaron and Cliff Robertson and Loretta Switt.....Peter Noon from Herman hermits....Kelly Magillis...from Top Gun....artist Wyland and Guy Harvey.....Jimmy Buffet....and the Fisher family that found 400 to 500 hundred million treasure...OMG....OMG and I got knock on my ass by Ali in the early 70's in the French Quarter in New Orleans.....plus Edgar Winter and his brother Johnny.....I could go on and on but OMG....this is another happening in my life.....These things just don't happen to people......I could go on and on but my life would be boring compared to yours....or maybe not.....I will get these items to you at a later date.....
I used to listen to the CD album (on repeat) of that concert during my military in 87 just to isolate myself from the crowd sometime, and bevore each long "march" exercice, to motivate me. These notes and the whole concert recordings are engraved in my memory forever, including the hilarious "kids get off my car". Merci Jean-Michel Jarre, the pinnacle of electronic music.
best show ever
Wow....1986! I was there. Can't believe that was 31 years ago!!!! It was AMAZING!
I was 19 years old in France and i was proud of JM Jarre . The Nasa was a dream for everybody, this concert was surreal, never seen this before,. a kind of modern opera.
All his concerts are fantastic . never seen one but all the people who I know 40 per cent have seen him live and they didn't want to leave they just wanted more .
If I had a time machine, this concert would be on the agenda, some 700 times. I recall watching this on television back in 1986, Australia. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.
Many years have passed since I first saw this concert what memories and will live forever the greatest of all time
Wow so many memories my dad loved this he taped it on vhs at the time i wondered what all the hype was about,years went bye and now i know why.there will never be another like him.thanks for posting
Ron's Piece is one of the most haunting New Age works in history, especially when you know the story behind it.
Yeah, but its not New Age music at all!
Remember seeing this on BBC Two when I was 13, great concert
The Best of Whistle Test 1986?
Watched it with my uncle back then
We had it on TV also I was 7
I saw it too on “The Old grey whistle test” on BBC2 as a 14 year old & was mesmerised, the music, the lasers, lights, fireworks & the laser harp, the lot. I’ve been a fan ever since & have seen the great man live in concert 3 time, treasured memories for me.
Jean Michel Jarre, your music is beautiful, a trip.
excellent....
Thought tangerine dream was good, but this music, like"the orb" is great,
Shane Hitchcock, Marlborough, New Zealand, ps, also into, pere ubu, throbbing gristle, physic tv, residents, renaldo and the loaf, snakefinger, front 242, clock dva, etc, brilliant !!
Watching this video now, on1-2-2021.... and it still gives me goosebumps realizing I was one of millions witnessing this LIVE in 1986 in Houston. I remember the Houston Fire Department freaking out mid-show when being caught by surprise that 40-60 story buildings had fireworks shooting off their roof tops...looking like giant candles!
Ya one of the buildings looks like it was on Fire too!
I worked downtown and from my office, watched the concert prep, setting up the fireworks on the roofs. Also got to see the limited dress rehearsal for the audio part of the concert the night before, in the middle of the night. Watched JMJ playing his laser harp from about 20 feet away.
Amazing , stunning, sublime,mind blowing. One of the most spectacular events / happenings ever to occur in Houston, Texas . Gives me chills and goose bumps just hearing the musique.. Salute Jean Michel Jarre et cie ....
Gran concierto, que conciertos hizo en esos tiempos!!.
Me encantan esos conciertos y la estetica con esos focos antiaéreos , fuegos artificiales y sobre todo esa musica!!!
Para mi es el JEFE.
Without a doubt the greatest, most influential musician that ever lived. A unique force sent from the future conveying a message that is both bleak and wondrous.
Such a daring remark in a universe that was home to giants like Bach and Beethoven. 🤔
@@eduardoguerraavila8329 you're an idiot
@@eduardoguerraavila8329 Jarre is legendary, and has inspired countless other musicians, much like Bach and Beethoven. Only difference between them is that Jarre used electronic music instead. All music he ever played he composed himself.
If you watch from 43:15 , you will understand why more than a million people in that humid night were simply ELECTRIFIED...! I was there and I am glad I did not miss that concert.
This was the enterprise of our Houston Mayor, Ms. Kathy Withmire ! She brought Michel Jarre to Texas to show that Houston was alive and could be "the Place"! She was the genius and the engine showing and pushing the world to see that Houston is "The Place To Be " for corporations and for anybody who wants to progress. These were hard times for Texas !!! Bravo, Kathy! You did just FINE!
Whitmire. She is now re-married & living in Hawaii
She was an A-OK Professional Lady ( and a CPA) and surely... the very best mayor Houston EVER HAD...!
Yes Kathy did it to cheer up the people of Houston which were so sad after the challenger disaster.
If you watch from 43:15 , you will understand why more than a million people in that humid night were simply ELECTRIFIED...! I was there and I am glad I did not miss that concert
To jeden z najlepszych koncertów Jarra .
43:11 already 30 years passed, and this still gives me the chills
Me too. I was at the lawn, wet and humid and I would not hesitate to do it again...! The show under the Houston fog became incredible. Nobody wanted to leave.... This was the enterprise of our Houston Mayor, Ms. Kathy Withmire ! She brought Michel Jarre to Texas to show that Houston was alive and could be "the Place"! She was the genius and the engine showing and pushing the world to see that Houston is "The Place To Be " for corporations and for anybody who wants to progress. These were hard times for Texas !!! Bravo, Kathy! You did just FINE!
@@badger4382 And is she now..? Living the sweet life in Ha'waii, she got out of Houston when the gettin was good. For the life of me, why that broken down southern hick town was the venue of a world-class concert event is one of the great mysteries of the universe, NYC, SF LA, Miami, London ect... were more worthy of such a show. Those hicks in Houston likely did not understand the point of the show.
@@cameraman655 lol since space and NASA themes were sprinkled throughout it's pretty obvious
An amazing moment in History! This is Jean's Best Live Show EVER!
Thanks for posting this, I recorded this on VHS in 1986 off the TV and it made me an instant Jarre convert for years. I remember it was summer, windows open, TV on, full blast on the music. Epic stuff. Watched it over and over. Thanks again for the awesome memories!
Jean-Michel Jarre: THE LEGEND!
Bravo to Mayor Whitmire, and especially to Jean-Michel Jarre for letting Houston shine. Thanks for this posting.
The sax was played by Kirk Whalum, in place of Ron McNair, who died in the Challenger Shuttle launch. There were a lot of people that connected with that song in Houston. I was standing along Buffalo Bayou, between Allen Pkwy and Memorial Dr. I will remember it for a lifetime. My first experience with JMJ was with the album Oxygène. Until that point, Tangerine Dream, and Synergy (Larry Fast), were my only exposure to Synth music. Jarre fan ever since that album. His father's music is great also.
I can't believe this is on here. I didn't know they had a recording of it at all. Thank you for sharing. I was there, 12 years old, just broke my foot out in that park but stayed around to watch the show. This was the celebration for the sesquicentennial age of Texas. And some of the music always stayed with me in my head, though I only heard it that one night, so it's interesting how it really sounded as opposed to how I remembered it. Fantastic night.
An absolutely amazing performance. It was what started my love affair with electronic music!
I was so happy to have been there.
I was there. It was awesome. Right down in front. Just amazing.
Jeffrey Snow Me too. First time at one of his shows. Learned a very valuable lesson. DON'T stand at the front as you will end up will terrible neck ache trying to take it all in! Should have gone at least half a mile back.
th Guru of all Electronic Music - he paved th way forward - freakin LEGEND
I was there when this happened,I was able to walk across I-610 as there was no moving traffic once the show started, everyone had a radio on as it was simulcast over at least 1 radio station and I had a chance to record it but was in to much a hurry to see it I forgot, but still a show beyond shows I had all his cassettes up to the time he showed up,
John Layer I went too!!
LoFi Freq did you walk across 610 at the stand still?
John Layer Every freeway was stopped. I10 was stopped. People traveling were SOL. I was down in front.
I was close to allen parkway area. full wide view.
I remember seeing this on the TV. I was only four years old. Not surprised it stuck in my memory...
Brave and visionary. The man and concert.
I watch this live and it was the most AMZAING (instrumental) show i have ever seen. Huston came alive that night
I was privileged to live in a time when I witnessed Comet Halley listening to Jean Michel Jarre, two rare phenomena.
My introduction to the music of Jean Michel Jarre with the amazing simulcast on radio and TV. Just mind-blowing, and I have been a fan ever since.
As a young frenchy and Jarre lover when I was a kid, I had bought the audio tape of the "Houston & Lyon Concerts".
On such a tape, the A side used to start with all these _TV News_ excerpts one can hear at the beginning of this video.
This occurred somewhere close to 1985. At this time, I couldn't understand one single word I was hearing. I was just able, here or there, to barely understand "Houston".
Almost twenty-five years after, I may now understand what is _actually_ said in all these TV excerpts, that had kept being such a mystery for me since these days... :)
Internet is wonderful.
Same here. I only now understood the lady shouting kids get off my car lol. It was recorded in the CD album as well but coun't give a clue about it. Now I understand :-)
Being there was one of the most memorable child hood memories. My future wife would also be there in the crowd. Thank you to all that made it possible.
to bring a whole city to standstill is obvious that you are outstanding amazing !
I WAS THERE AND IT WAS FABULOUS!
Lucky lucky, I bet it was staggeringly awesome
I was there on the I 45 overpass with my whole family. incredible.
Jean Michel Jarre is the "man" not only he performs so awesome he even a conductor in the performance...
Just too magic for words......breathtaking.. :-)
I was lucky enough to be in the audience right in front of the stage!
Must have been a night to remember!
@@jooei2810 It was a once in a lifetime experience...but what was also amazing is that they had a full dress rehearsal at 3:00am the night before. So I was at a new wave club called NUMBERS in Houston with a bunch of friends. Word got to us that Jean Michel Jarre invited us at the club to come and see the dress rehearsal...so we went....we even got to meet hime and had beer with him...so crazy....I'll never forget it.
@@MiamiTheatregGuy No way!
It is rare to meet your heroes, JMJ is my hero.
Seen him on Oxygene tour on stage, does not compare to your experience!
The Mozart of electronic music
My sentimens excaxtly. ❤
En 1986 ce spectacle a eu lieu à LYON(France) lorsque le pape Jean-Paul II était venu pour ses fidèles.
FORMIDABLE CONCERT !!!!
De très souvenirs de ses moments là!! :)))
Outdoor live music that will never be beaten.
Wow, So young back then, my friend Sally and I @ Studewood Park with a couple of friends...A night to remember...🎉💞💫🪅🎼🎹
Remember this the first time around....27 years ago...wow!!!! Was unbelievable then and still is now!!! Brilliant!!! (just feeling older now!!! )
Wow ! Seems like yesterday and it was almost 30 years ago, I was there, live, it was spectacular.
+Julio Molina - yes . . .
Love this guys ego and his music .
Thank you soooo much for posting this! I was one of the lucky people to attend this event though I was not close enough to see the musicians. As good as this video is, it was sooo much more amazing in person! 'd been telling my husband about this and it was only today that I searched to see if anyone had video after not finding it many years ago when I tried to find it on YT the last time. Such an awesome event worth seeing/hearing again and I didn't even have to fight traffic this time!
JJ Jarre was an electronic music pionneer ... he brought so much to this kind of music ... i remember with emotion this concert was so incredible and avant gardist for the 80's.
Dj Myst 22 Official Channel Actually he stil is a électronic musician and master of electronic music
It was so overwhelming and beautiful I'm so glad Houston had such a great event, and I was there❤
Watching this on tv and then seeing him live 3 times in the uk inspired me to creat what I do now. I use lasers a lot in my music as well as a small studio to creat my own music. Thank you jarre you are a legend.
Houston is blessed to have that iconic flat front facade to their skyline, makes it easy to use as a backdrop for anything. I was a Houstonian for 12 years and was lucky to live there when they did the Power of Houston Laser light show events (1997-1999) incorporating the skyline as well. Power of Houston has the best light show I have ever seen to date. This show has a story and depth that puts in a league of its own. Amazing.
So glad i found this film. I had it on VHS in 1986.....bought the Rendez-Vous album and played it to death. as we say here!!! Brought back some great memories and inspiration for me musically.
I watched this live from my father's business office on the roof he had keys to the building Brookhollow to around Magnum and dacoma I saw the whole show very well from there I had already had the album oxygen and rendezvous with had my Boombox up on the roof with me to listen to it simultaneously wow what a memory the fog was closing in on the last song spectacular I was in my late twenties later I went to the Willowbrook mall with my album and had Jean Michelle Jarre sign my album. I still like to tell people about it! That means I was watching it from Highway 610 Loop down to where it was fantastic!
I have to add more from the great distance that I was I couldn't see the people or Jean Michelle but I could see how well synchronized the larger show was the lasers the fireworks with the music it was absolutely superb. Watching it from the great distance was absolutely Superior and the projections on the building's I wish I could see shots that were taken from a great distance because it shows the Perfection of the show.
Excelente concierto, ron piece es interpretada genialmente
seen this many times, over the decades, just amazing! have always loved the Low-Fi look of the VHS tape... fits it good!
I was there for this event in Houston....it was truly amazing!!!!!
This was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. An awesome memory! I absolutely LOVE JMJ! So thankful to have been there in person.
Just over 32 years since this took place. I have my dad to thank for introducing me to the music of Jean Michel Jarre. It's a legacy I've carried on and on with to this day. I saw him live when he was at the NEC in Birmingham in 1997. He had a few technical issues that day but it didn't detract from the fact his music was awesome.
This album is one of my favourites and I'm forever listening to it on Spotify. Ron's Piece just gets the heart flowing. To think that would have been played in space while the Challenger had made it into orbit.
Wow... just wow!!
My father did The same thing to me. Introducing pure magic.
Yeah. I love it. I still have the original VHS and LP of this. Wish I could have been there. But I was in spirit. Cool.
Ive been an Electronic Musician since I was a little kid, still own 98% of all my old synthesizers too. I'd love to see Jean do something like this again, I would definitely be there!
There are a lot of concert footage other than this on you tube, lately he has done a lot of collaberations with other artists
This pretty much defines the Eighties for me, it was the first bit of music I bought as a little kid.
+Renzsu Like me!
I was there on an overpass for Allen Parkway. It was a great night!
Ojala algún día Jean michel Jarre venga a Chile y presente su maravilloso espectáculo en los hermosos paisajes de San Pedro de Atacama... saludos a todos los fans de JMJ.
I am rooting for you that this happens!
Super Angelic..... Still playing in 2019 Sick...………...
Escuche este album en casette, luego en cd y ahora veo el video y es genial pero su sonido es tan bueno que la parte visual se queda corta,se ve que fue un concierto historico
I was stationed in West Germany at that time, and got the CD sent to me. I actually found it, mind expanding. Trying to get behind the music. Understand it. Anyway it made you think.
I never get tired of watching this concert over and over again. Not only because of its symbolism, but also because of the breath of energy and encouragement it transmits to me every time I listen to Jean Michel Jarre's music, especially Rendez-Vous 4.
I wish I had been born to see it live.
Some people might need to read the recent MIchel Geiss interview. He explained why concerts like this one were mostly playback. In a nutshell:
This is a one off concert. It will not be repeated the following day. If something breaks you don't get a second chance.
The recent tours are live because, if there's a mistake, who cares, they can just try again tomorrow night or the night after. A one off concert on this scale is expected to be perfect, concerts as part of a tour less so.
I was there in '86 too! I wish someone would maybe clean up the cloud cover and enhance the focus on the projections on the buildings. this was the highlight of my concert life, the only reason i did not want to part with my video player - my video tape of this!
Vividly remembering watching this whilst listening to it on the radio :)
THANK YOU. My ex-brother-in-law taped over my VHS of this. RESPECT
Bought this vid on VHS in late 86 and it took 3 months for it to arrive in Royal Oak Michigan where I discovered it playing in the Metaphysical and gemstone store. It was over $30 & rare, as it was only available in Texas at the time.
Werden wir sowas noch mal Erleben
nobody was ready for this in houston!....
It has to be 25 years since I last watched this. Thanks for posting.
Jai retourné la k7 Houston/ Lyon quand jetais gamin. Et j'avais jamais pensé à voir les images.
Ah ah je comprend mieux certains passages comme la journaliste.
D'autres que je comprend moins comme son clavier circulaire entre ce qu'il fait et ce qu'on entend...
Woua c'est tellement fort de le visualiser 30 ans après. Toujours aussi puissant.
Quels chances d'avoir grandi entouré de légende et d'une si haute qualité musicales quelque soit le style.
200th comment! I thought the show was very spectacular!
The one and only
This was an unbelievable event. Yes, I was also there. At least on the 610 Loop, in a parking lot on the freeway. It was just the most incredible event I have ever attended. And, yes, that IS Charlotte Rampling in the video footage.
This is the greatest concert of all time Muhamed
this looks epic,even for 1986 wow
Φοβερη συναυλια
Οτι καλυτερο!!!!
Un concierto histórico!!! Maravillosas dos de las partes de Equinoxe en este disco.
merci de l'avoir remastérisée cette vidéo qui n'était pas si jeune ,par contre pas essayé en full HD depuis mon 22 pouces ,mais cela est déjà très correct.
(juste 1 prise à brancher ....qu'est la HDMI et le tour est joué ...)
merci beaucoup cher collègue surement un ex infographiste...