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Three of my all time favorite Mp songs: "Year zero", "Mad sun" (fantastic in any version!) and "Hey, Jane". Other highlights: all three "Crucible" tracks, second half of "Sonata", "No evil", "Bonny Lee" (I've finally realised how good it is) and "The tower".
Low points: "Mockingbird", first half of "Sonata" and the "SpinHogHalle" ending the main set. That has nothing to do with how they were performed, it's just stuff I'm not a huge fan of
And I prefer no covers – I just want 100% Mp, haha!Over all rather great, even if not among the best Mp shows I've seen. Awesome playing, good communication etc. Reine is still my favorite bonus member (adds the right things and correct vibes for me) and Tomas continues to impress!
Unfortunately I'm no ThorEgil with the camera, so my pix from the show might not be very exciting, but here's a link anyway:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/grindove/albums/72157711427432547
Hei mefisto
Side note: I caught a crowdsurfer (the only one of the evening, or were there more of those?) with my face, slightly damaging my glasses and nose, but no big deal – I'm fine!
Took some vacation from work to attend the Berlin show next week (quite cheap flights from Stockholm). VERY excited!
Such a coincidence: Stockholm based brewery Macken will also release a Motorpsycho beer this month, although not connected to "our" band, but to the Swedish action rock scene of the 90s/00s.
Just witnessing them again was the highlight of this spring for me! Reine is my favorite bonus member. Good setlist where I attended (Copenhagen, May 15). Only two covers, compared to Hannover a week later where 5 out of the 15 songs were covers. I would have been disappointed. Mind you, I think they do them well, but I really want as many percent Motorpsycho as possible when I see them (preferably 100).
Usually – regardless which artist – I'm not a fan of the complete new (or any) album being performed live, but in this case it's brilliant! All three songs work remarkably well (read: I think they are great), plus there's still plenty of time for lots of old/older favorites/surprises during the shows
Absolutely worth the trip from Stockholm! Impressed, as always. Every song may not be among my favorites. For instance, I've never loved "Ãœberwagner" or "The alchemyst", but damn, they play so well and keep these interesting. Great! Lowpoint for me was "Feel" and first half of "Pacific". Highlights: "The other fool", "Ship of fools", second half of "Pacific", "577", "The tower" and all three songs from "The crucible". Woohoo! Highlights within the highlights: "Hell, part 7" inside "The tower" was brilliant, and Reine joining Snah for dual guitar leads in "Psychotzar" was just marvellous!
My friend, witnessing Mp for the first time, also liked the show very much, pointing out how much the musicians seemed to actually enjoy doing what they did.
There are a few songs I envy some of you for having ("PPPP", "Year 0", "The promise"), but there's no other complete setlist from this tour so far that I wish I had experienced instead of what I got (well, MAYBE Lausanne, with both "H-Mac" and "Mountain").
At the very moment I thought about getting something to drink, but didn't want to miss another minute of the show, a friendly man with hat handed me a beer. If you're here: thanks a lot! It was perfect! Hope I can do the same for you in the future.
A few unspectacular pix:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/grindove/albums/72157708746102291
@Punj: I suppose patience with Gösta Berlings Saga will pay off. I didn't realize how amazing they were until the third album came out, and only after that the first two started growing on me. A few tracks on each album are jawdroppingly good!
@Punj: We share the same highlight off "Sersophane". "Tog du med dig naturen?" from their first album is so beautiful that every time I listen to it I'm disappointed it's only 10 minutes, and not 45
@pfnuesel:
Then my next recommendation is "Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Uppsala" by Klotet. Must be my most listened to-album of the last six years. Released on cassette in 2013 and vinyl a year ago. I'd say progressive, but also quite to the point, keeping most songs around 4 (+/-1) minutes. Tons of energy, zero vocals and slightly original. Here:https://ljudkassett.bandcamp.com/album/hiroshima-nagasaki-uppsala
I agree with Tjaaaa in that Gösta Berlings Saga is an awesome band. Progressive and instrumental. It's only 13 years since their debut, so they actually still count as "new" for me :oops:
TRYING to stick to the rules, I found "debut is not more than three years old" way more narrow than I thought, so my suggestion is "Street worms" by Viagra Boys. The cheat being that I haven't heard it yet
Yes, I'm slow and missed out on both first two pressings of it (third one coming). But really, it SHOULD be awesome, because their two previous 12"s are, and "Sports" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjL7D33xpS4) is great
I've always thought that the "stiff"/"ungroovy"/"non-dynamic" drumming in "ASFE" was totally intentional and on purpose – probably the songwriter's or the producer's idea – as an effect. How many crashes do you even count in the song? It's just pumping bassdrum/ride and snare just about all the way through. Definitely "a thing", I'd say. I think Geb wouldn't manage to get THAT straight/stiff/machine-like feel to it, and I believe Kenneth wouldn't want to :lol:
Guessing? Me?! A lot!
@Great King Rat: Hehe, I've actually thought about this today, and I came up with almost 30 8O But I'll try to keep this short with respect to the thread's topic. So, here's a few albums I worship, on which I think every song is fantastic, in chronological order:
Scorpions' "Lonesome crow", Suicidal Tendencies' debut, The Sisters Of Mercy's "First and last and always", Terrorizer's "World downfall", Bad Religion's "Against the grain", Stina Nordenstam's "And she closed her eyes", Nifelheim's "Envoy of Lucifer" and Klotet's "Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Uppsala".
I'd still say that a few Motorpsycho albums might beat some of those.
I love "Ænima", despite that the flow of it is ruined a bit by "Useful idiot", "Die eier von Satan", "Cesaro summability" and "(-) ions". Without those four, every track had been amazing, and an even better album as a whole
Also, I agree with what a few of you already pointed out: nice posts from everyone and interesting reading in this thread
Worth the money for me! Especially good when they keep things soft and calm. I agree with marc concerning the rocking – I really could do without "Sinful, wind-borne", which is the one sounding closest to the original, and also where the vocals seem the weakest.
But some really nice interpretations. "Another ugly tune" works remarkably well.
@ Great King Rat
Good question! There actually are a few, but that doesn't automagically mean that those albums are better than "Tim's monster", "Blissard", "Trust us" or "Behind the sun".
