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…And the joke's on you…
Early BÖC are excellent. Shame they lost it to some degree due to – success? mainstream composing? overproduction? shifting weights within the band? Don't know -it is always hard to follow an excellent live album – and there are still great moments on the albums following "On You Knees". I think the Reaper killed them – greatest success and curse alike.
Motorpsycho never reach the dark, menacing quality of lyrics, vocals and music on the early BÖC albums – that mixture of fantasy, danger, violence, drug addiction, weirdness and latent fascism – not that they have to. On the other hand they are much more successful in inventing themselves again and again.
Just stumbled over another astounding soundalike:
Summer Soldier – 1st track right at the start. Do I hear some "Lux" tendencies here? A little cruciblish too… you have to ignore the verse and voice of "wailing" John Lees though.
@ Juergen: Thank you very much for sharing the show on DIME. Didn't expect too much from the setlist – but what an onslaught! Recorded directly in front of Bent's amp obviously – bass very prominent in the mix to say the least. I love that!
Btw. my favourite "Lux" of this tour – a little roughness really improves the odd prog anthem!
As I only attended the Wiesbaden show I can compare only from DIME recordings – there were a number of excellent and almost faultlessly recorded gigs – Copenhagen, Hamburg, Leuven and Avellino being the highlights for me. Thanks to all those tapers and distributors!
Wiesbaden hat a brilliant start and several highlights, but it was especially the combination of great venue, good atmosphere (minus the obligatory drunk psychotzar loudly sieg-heiling during the quiet start of Lux Aeterna…), spirited performance and witty band (Bent) comments that made it for me.
I even think of skipping the Cologne gig in autumn in order not to spoil the good memory – less is more! "What do you mean, less is more? More is more!" says Bent – so I'll probably reconsider the matter in the time between…
I must admit I've gotten used to receive all these wonderful shows a few days later on DIME. Can get you addicted – now there's all these Italian shows and no sign of a recording. So Sad says the Psychotzar…
In fact we should be grateful for such a good documentation of the tour in the northern and middle parts of Europe. With last tours it just took a little longer until some Italian recordings surfaced.
But reading about that Lacuna/SunWheel makes me crave for more!
@ ffbernieTrue mastery! Thanks once more from the heart!
Btw: I always think that way when I leave another excellent MP gig – and I'm still going…
antother issue: Met one of the guys at the Wiesbaden concert who filmed the Herzberg 2011 festival gig. Great footage (3 cams)- was allowed to see some years ago and instigated they might give it to you. Problem is only they signed a contract with MP management then not to give away the material without authorization.
Can you clear this with MP for them? Would be a shame to let the stuff rot somewhere in the cupboard…
Excellent gig – probably 8.5 out of 10 possible Motorpoints. Could have been 9 had not the sound turned to mud when they turned up the volume for "Crucible". Probably I was too close to stage P.A. once again – Bent's amp pointing almost directly at me. You know what you get…
I could have been warned when Bent introduced the double-neck guitars as true battleships: "Meet… Bismarck! And Tirpitz!"
Btw.: wasn't the Tirpitz sunk in Trondheim Fjord in WW2?
btw: Other Fool Reference was in fact Xhol Caravan this time – ha! didn't I tell you…
Even saw a guy with a huge "Xhol Xaravan" logo/sticker on the back of his jacket. Weird, but great!
I count 4 1/2 covers, if you count the …pilgrim in "Ãœber…" as half a song.
Of course you could also count "Eagle's Spin" as one track, but wtf…
Surely Motorpsychedelic Jukebox that night!
Tension is rising – also looking forward to tonight's gig. Some of my favourites were on the setlist in Hannover, so probably not tonight. But who knows – probably the first Chien instead? Or another fantastic You Lied – Hogwash – Black to Comm? Or something completeley different?
Sadly my time schedule is rather tight – arrive at Wiesbaden station around 19.30 – walk to Schlachthof 10 minutes, meet friend(s), search for good place front of stage left (my ears!!!).
Hopefully they start on time at 20.00 or shortly after – my train leaves at 23.38…
The other fool reference tonight – "Let's get some weed and listen to Xhol Caravan"?
(Krautrock band from Wiesbaden – recommended!)
Very esoteric – the deep mysteries of progmantics by the Order of the Motorpsychodelic Overservation
