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By the way, the following is a famous Lovecraft quote, which could be one explanation – among others – of the recent disturbing political development in Germany's (and other European countries') society:
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
@v1: Any reason for why it could have been Kenneth? Or was that just a random guess? Yeah, and he wrote a lot of stuff which can be translated into 8O kinda music!
@kjellepelle: I know well-read people who don't give a sh** about supernatural horror stories. And considering what I know about Bent (through his lyrics and inteviews), he doesn't strike me as a fan of that kinda stuff.
Got it today, listened to it once, liked it straight away. Also think it's gonna grow, so it's gonna spin, spin, spin in the weeks to come.
I have to admit I'm pleasantly surprised. I definetly had been more excited about an upcoming MP albm in the past than I was this time. But it got me at first listen, yeah!
Thanks! Sounds very fascinating. Most certainly and sadly I won't be able to attend a play though.
Interesting to see, btw, that google's translator comes up with a fairly legible product these days.
Is there any more info? Could someone give us non-Norwegian-speakers a short summary of what this is all about? Like, what's the context of this? What kind of music – if known – will it be? And so on …?
Thanks in advance.
Btw, among a few old albums (f.ex. AADAP & Blizzard, both coloured vinyl) they were selling EN KONSERT FOR FOLK FLEST containing 2 LP, CD and DVD, apparently the thing is limited to 2000 hand-numbered pieces. I got no. 1723, so if they're selling them in order (no idea if that's likely or not), there a still a few left!
I don't remember Waiting game being played either, maybe they left it out…
@Spacebandit: I didn't mean to sound ungrateful earlier. I've seen so many brilliant MP-shows for which I'll be thankful forever. And I've written according reports on those shows. But I also can't ignore how I feel during and after a show. Also, I don't think I was complaining, it's not like I said, this and that was crap, please do it differently, I wrote I wouldn't mind hearing sth else, which is a different thing, I believe. In the '90s and 2000s they've really raised the bar in terms of variety, innovation and surprise, and that's probably what pushed my expectations up, too… Well, maybe first and foremost, it's a matter of taste.
@Be: I was up on the balcony, too, and it was indeed very hot, so I went out twice to catch some fresh air, which I normally don't do. However, one of the bouncers said, it was still ok, sometimes when it's really hot outside, it's apparently dripping from the ceiling.
@Tomcat: I guess you're right there. Now that you point it out, I remember Bent saying sth like It's only the three of us, we don't have keyboards or other stuff, so that's how it looks and sounds like tonight.
Just back from Hamburg. All in all, a good show. Last one I saw was in Bremen a year ago. Back then I was surprised by how tight and straightforward they played, I had never seen them like that. They've kept this tightness but there was a good deal of jamming again, starting with the end of Year Zero that saw a monstrous (though not too long) jam with Kenneth going berserk. Fantastic opener. The choice of songs following was ok but didn't completely thrill me. The more recent songs just don't touch me the way the ones from the '90s do. Also, I've attended MP shows that offered more new or rarely played stuff; Sail on seems (to me) the only song they ever play from BHBC in recent years, Serpendoom has been on board the last tour and You lied… well, it's a classic and I enjoyed it a lot again but I wouldn't mind at all hearing sth else from AADAP instead…
However, it was a good show with a great (though again: proven and tested) finish: All is loneliness ended the main part of the show with Bent and Snah conducting the audience singing the chorus over and over again (which I've also seen two years ago at Krach am Bach-Festival; a new tradition when AIL closes the set?). The crowd kept singing it during the short pause and were still on it when the guys re-entered the stage, that was quite cool. Bent took over again and brought it to a halt so they could perform VS. Which they did absolutely on spot, as always when I was there, I guess it's just one of the best songs ever to end a show with.
So, yeah, good show, quite enjoyable, very solid. But I've got a feeling that I know what to expect from MP-shows these days – and I've never thought THAT could ever happen!
While showing some classic tunes to my little daughter, I just stumbled upon the following, which I thought belongs here although it's lyrics and not music. In The Band's The Night they drove old Dixie down there's the line "You take what you need and you leave the rest" (just before the second chorus) which instantly made me think of The other other fool.
What do you think, reference (since Bent surely rates The Band's music, at least in parts) or coincidence (for the two songs are about completely different things and it might just be a common line)?
I was in that tent, too, (come on, Be, that doesn't mean we're too old; it really depends on how old you were back then!) and although that was a magical gig, I'm quite happy with a "solid" venue cause, as people said before, the sound tends to be better indoors plus Gruenspan probably doesn't have a strict (or too early) curfew which you get a lot when seeing a band outdoors, especially with neighbours around. Don't know if that's true for "Schanzenzelt" though.
@Be: You got sth wrong there, the final is on June 6th, thank God, I mean Snah
They've named their album after my daughter! Well, could be a coincidence
But it's a nice word with a cool meaning, and a nice name in German too!
