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February 26, 2025 at 16:40 in reply to: Bent on the new album, playing concerts, and the internet archive #43977
When did Bent last play in front of 1500? Must have been the summer festivals – regular MP shows muster around 500-600 at best. Cozy affairs though – I love it ;-)
That would bring in elements of Arthur Brown (around 2003) ;-)
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This reply was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by
Johnny_Heartfield.
As the comparisons grow more and more esoteric I’d like to throw in that the Neotzar introduction strikes some memories of early/middle Kate Bush for me. Wonder who’s next in the big Motorpsychedelic stew ;-)
@ Ratmaus: As always, my alledged cleverness is fuelled by at least 50% ignorance – couln’t relate to at least half of your proposals ;-)
@ Ratmaus: Ever listened to “Master of the Universe”?
After Lemmy gone – who but Bent on bass might deserve that title?@ otherdemon: Second almost every word – only would add Bed of Roses.
@ Punj_Lizard: Led Zeppelin III?
With so many tracks on the album I would like to hear live – adding to the already massive MP canon – it gets more and more imperative to visit several MP concerts in a row. The other solution – 4 hr plus concerts – doesn’t seem practicable for band or audience either. I guess they’re only recording so many good tracks each year to make multiple concert attendance unavoidable…
– musiknyheter review –
Hehe – somebody who missed out The Tower, The Crucible, All Is One and Ancient Astronauts cannot write a relevant MP review for me. Though I share some of this guys misgivings regarding the vocals, I’m fully opposed on his diatribe against rock clichés – I love the way MP play with these ;-)-
This reply was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by
Johnny_Heartfield.
I have prescribed myself a slow approach – no firsthand damnation or praise this time. Have only listened to the first pieces right now. First impressions: some NEU! leanings on Lucifer, especially SNAH’s solo appears to follow the more melodic tracks of Rothers later works. Nice track, only once again the vocals are not my cup of tea at first listen. Probably Bent could channel a younger self – or engage Jon Anderson right away?
Much fun on “Laird of Heimly” from the start – Motor”friends” for you! I love these takes on classic pieces – for me that is part of the postmodern brilliance of latter day Motorpsycho!
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This reply was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by
Johnny_Heartfield.
With the prices exploding all over Europe through the distribution channels I think MP should consider distributing via Stickman again. If Stickman are prepared to organise distribution – as they do for several other artists or single albums – the moral argument (only half the money for them) is not relevant any more imho. The present mode obviously only leads to immoral prices for fans – and discourages new customers.
Personally I rather wait for another few months and get the – hopefully black – vinyl then at the MP gig in my hometown.@ punknotyet: Thanks a lot for the review – sounds very promising. Honestly I find the latest Krautrock-pop songs a little bit underfuelled, lacking power and drive for my taste – so I’m looking forward to those solar drive anthems and dark epics announced. Probably the double album is the ideal publication format for Motorpsycho to fill in something for everyone and expressing their variety of musical ideas.
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This reply was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by
Johnny_Heartfield.
In Germany we had a much better offer with Stickman – moderate shipping costs, and even the double albums hardly ever touched the 30 € limit. Not necessarily just a question of vinyl cost inflation.
I respect MP’s decision to take business into their own hands – but it comes with a substantial rise in album prices, probably due to distribution issues.
At least the concert prices are still very reasonable. I’ll probably rather get one more MP show and instead wait to get the album there without distribution costs, even if waiting is quite hard for a diehard MP fan…Fuck! Get well soon, Ingvald! Be patient though – even if this means to cancel a MP tour.
Waiting for the tour to hopefully get a reasonably priced black copy? This is BAAD News. But still – better than nothing.
@ Rolf: Good point – the band has the final say in giving uploading o.k.
As the process is so slow, it is most important that we spread the uploading activity as broadly as possible. I’ll start uploading this weekend.Thanks for your uploads so far!
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