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Well… I rather consider the “short songs” gigs a rather funny interlude (hopefully) – some singalong, some jumping, not the in-your-face-and-on-your-ears 15minutes plus drone with Bent’s bass on 13 (it was on 15 in Erfurt though – malfunktioning taurus pedal?=), but I do hope for the return of the majestic anthems.
Btw: received the horseradish today and found it surprisingly tasty. Didn’t expect too much after all those discriptions as a hotchpotch of misfits (or the concepts of all concepts, as it was called ironically) – and was duely very positively surprised. Liked “This is Your Captain” a lot, same with “Elysium”, all of side two is brilliant imho. And even the Skip Spence tune sounded quite seriously approached on the record – not the rather silly thing that came over during concerts (propably due to Ingvald’s grimacing). Syd and Skip and who else channelled very misfittingly ;-)
13th in Europe as far as I know. Plus a few days for delivery?
Was already expectant when (non-)receiving record post on tuesday, but it was only??? the three reprinted Roy Harper albums I ordered, personally processed for delivery by his old lady (sorry Tracy). Was equally happy, coz the stuff is really great, beautifully packed, fantastically remastered (and remixed?), comes on fat vinyl and can be ordered tax-free within the EU (but there’s VAT of course) directly from the great man himself in Ireland (via royharper.com).
Shameless advertising, I know – but for old Roy I’ll do almost anything. ahh – isn’t this the Roy Harper forum, by the way???@ suntripper: As you probably know, the Bearded Two only accept beardless drummers. A moustache might be o.k., though ;-)
Yep. The first “social media” influencer…
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Bent’s clearing words (see “missive from the mothership” thread) have convinced me to order “Neigh” right now, never mind the shipping costs, as it seems to be an exclusive/one-off vinyl release for an album planned origianlly as digially available only. I trust they will find ways to make future “regular” albums available in central Europe a little cheaper via local distribution and am already looking forward to the next aural adventure.
(And somebody must have viewed my “Un chien de Kubrick” clip I made available here a few years earlier ;-) )“Psychonauts aren’t s’posed to be dumb. Go listen to Coldplay or something).” Haha! Great! (Even if i might dig my own hole here…)
I’m torn between solidarity with the band and the rather heavy price – 26 € is tolerable for a special vinyl edition, but another 11 € for postage – just over the border from Netherlands? In the end I will definitively buy the thing, but probably only after a while if there’s a cheaper black vinyl edition – or at the next concert’s merch stall.
My first MP gig at daylight – and an exremely enjoyable one. Short in MP terms, but joyful, energetic – just a lot of fun this time. First time they managed to transport the “back to roots” vibe they started with “Yay” on tour.
While Bent obviously paid tribute tot he heat at the end of the gig (head getting redder and redder), Ingvald laughed his head off during “All my life”. And please – someone keep Bent far away from that bass pedal next time ;-)Bad Taste Alert: As I have just learned, there is a Peter Maffay (!!) concert just below Petersberg citadel in Erfurt on the 29th. Though more likely to coincide with the Kadavar gig, MP should better reserve their acoustic tracks for the beginning of their gig.
As for prime time: Let’s see, which acoustic rotten corpse wins the day loudnesswise ;-)Certainly the band magick is full on on the trilogy. If it is due to Tomas’ growing decision to leave that KoO has a little less of that it is really regrettable that he was leaving.
Excellent idea! Unfavourably I’m still in Erfurt on Sunday, otherwise I would have joined you for Valkenburg!
Have a good gig!Don’t judge Ingvald too early! He played a little cautious at the start of last year’s tour, but that’s only understandable, given that he had only a few days with the band to prepare after returning from another tour with Kanaan. But when I look at those recent Full Earth clips on youtube I’m very impressed and think he’s a full grown drummer in his own right and doesn’t have to fear comparisons with any other collegue.
With N.O.X. I’m not so certain – is it more electronics or real drumming in the climax piece? Probably both interchanging – but for me Tomas’ greatest moment on album is on the “Crucible” Title track, which he gives a Who-like start and drive throughout. And of course the latest RW live album…
