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Great to read your stories! I discovered MP right after LTEC, so Phanerothyme was the first album I bought upon release. I still remember how I discovered it in the shelf on the day it came out.
Usually, an album grows on you, but in this case I also grew into the album. I really loved it right from the start, but I was also a bit pissed that I showed up too late for the AADAP/TU-party. Anyway, for a 17 year old it was a rather mature album, but because of that it didn’t wear off. The album’s qualities grew bigger and it is also my go-to album to this day.
Certainly also because it’s firmly tied to a great time in my life. The songs radiate a specific lightness and a bright optimistic look into the future of that time. The musical complexity of the later era often pushed that natural lightness aside.@ThorEgil Haha, yes. I remember that infamous photo of Snah wearing an Underberg ammo belt, but i never saw this much drinking live (or maybe I did’nt pay attention while listening)
@the conscience: of course, you can dance to any song if you really want to, but i think it’s harder than, let’s say, Go To California ;)
Beyond my little review of the Dresden show, one thing I want to get out: A big big thank you and a hug to Olaf! His playing and persona really brings out a lot of good things in the band. Seeing him being fully into it and all smiles, it really did’nt feel like this was his first proper tour with MP. 60+ songs in his head and he made it all look and sound so easy! He brilliantly managed to keep the steam train on the rails…..Hats off to him
It’s really interesting how different drummers reveal different aspects of the band and change the dynamics of the songs. Whereas Ingvald (all the best to him) added a great fragile playfulness to the sound, Olaf is more of a straight rock drummer and i really enjoyed that as well. No need for a worse/better-debate. Next time they can bring both guys and play 4h-sets
What a great night! Rather similar to Bremem, Beatpol (or back in the day Starclub) is rock-solid MP soil. In the club’s staircase hangs the (’95?) poster of the heroes we still have ….faded, yellow, brittle and old, but resilient as hell :)
15 minutes before the show, I thought: damn, this place looks sadly empty. However, the venue filled rapidly and judging from my attempts of getting a beer during the concert, it was sold out or at least close to it. Someone wrote about the audience before and I fully agree that the atmosphere and mood was splendid. My memory might be wrong, but I felt that the crowd was more enthusiastic than at recent shows and extraordinarily appreciative.
The way the set started was simply blissful perfection. After the gong-ladden (6-8 minute?) drone ambient intro, that unmistakable drum pattern cautiously sneaked in and you could really feel how the magic was instantly switched on and the room started to float when people recognized the first notes of PPP.
After that, quite a steam train departed. Lots of energy and really good sound (while getting a drink i noticed that the elevated spot at the bar had even better sound). If there were any issues in the mix, FOH handled them quite quickly.
Foot off the throttle with a great rendition of Entropy – nice to be remembered that it is a really good song. Patterns was really timid and intimate – i prefer the shoegazy electric version though tbh. After this smooth acoustic sideway spiral, GT definitely was a highlight! From previous setlists, I hoped to hear it and it was a blast!
Lucifer really unfolds with the physicality of the live situation. As many wrote before, the duelling guitars and how it relentlessly marches forward ist really amazing. It had the crowd all fired up and – my single minor complaint about the show – this would have been the perfect moment for a banger like sinful or kill some day. It would have blown the roof off Beatpol, as it probably did in Bremen and elsewhere. I admire that they (thankfully) deny themselves to become a nostalgia act, but a little fan service would have been really sweet.
After a rather jammy & instrumental set and the mid-tempo songs preceeding it, Neoztar was quite a tough cookie. A brilliant piece, perfectly delivered…..yet rather demanding and hard to dance to
Despite my personal dislike of the song, I must admit that The Tower works really well live.Nothing to say about “Fool’s Gold”. A classic concert closer. Not the big epic, but a wonderful goodbye!
see you next time!
P.S.: in the second half of the concert, between songs they had a lot of Schnaps from little bottles (Underberg?) I never took of note of that in the past haha
@devotional Thank you for the insight!
Did anyone ever hear the band commenting on their modus operandi regarding the setlist writing process? Now that the tour is coming to its final days, this question (which i occasionally always had) popped up again.
How do they choose and sequence what they’re gonna play? Playing time, obviously. But beyond that? Do they draw little bits of paper from a hat? :) Is there an idea behind it or is it just intuition? Or is it TOS after all, deciding on what guitars he has ready for the night? :)Being such a reliant and quick setlist provider, I thought Francesco might be a part of the roadcrew. A big thanks either way, but extra kudos if really a fan travelling.
Haha, round and round and round we go, always slightly faster…maybe it’s about a washing machine after all
