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@ Punj Lizard: Thank you. My mistake.
@ Shakti: I kindly disagree about Lacuna Sunrise having a lame jam. It is on of the songs that differs the most from night to night. So far we have documented versions of everything from 10 to 16 minutes, and the jams and the whole structure of this piece varies greatly from night to night, depending on who takes the lead, and where it leads them.
Very intense version of Heartattack Mac. Overpowered in the loud parts, but the hauntingly beautiful ending is well worth the effort.
Seems they just don't play it every night for the time being. Instead A.S.F.E. seems to have moved in the opposite direction, from sporadic to regular.
Intrepid was last played four concerts ago in Frankfurt, four concerts before that, in Sint-Niklaas, and the day before in Amsterdam, while it was rested in Bremen and London. Before that it was a regular.
I agree that it worked very well in Larvik (judging by recording). Beautiful and far out, and almost 13 minutes long, while most versions have been around 11. Also in Copenhagen was it a highlight, with a great space-out.
Ironic that the song has not been part of what has been considered the most psychedelic concerts of the tour so far, like for instance Bremen, Brussels and Biel.
Bremen II! Setlist looks just as epic and psychedelic, even if half of the songs changed compared to Bremen. Very interesting to know that Kristoffer compiled it. Must be the first, or one of the first where The Tower was not played. Also Dream Home gets a rare rest, and Intrepid Explorer has been missing in several setlists lately.
Looking forward to the recording, Vortex 155
Now, can we get a concert with both Chien, Tower, Intrepid, Ship of Fools, Sonata, HBM, Taifun, Wheel, Golden Core and Vortex Surfer on this tour? Plus Lacuna and H-mac? That would be pretty trippy.
I agree it's a privilege, but I find several more examples in Dampsaba in both 94, especially 95, and also 96.
Haha! We will have to count one day…
Two nice videos from Loppen up on YouTube. Luckily not Hey Jane.
August
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BUdJwH7ko&t=1s
Upstairs-Downstairs, with audible horn
But I am probably not among "a lot of people" in this regard. I am not there to clap along to familiar stuff. My dream concert would be a combination of classic space-outs done in surprising new ways, surprising space-outs done inside classics, new songs, and unreleased songs. The more it deviates from the records, the better. The more obscure, the better. I wanna be challenged and amazed! Which I am by this tour, even if I only follow it through audience recordings.
I only saw Copenhagen, where we got Plan #1 as encore. I would have preferred HBM. Or Un Chien. I was longing for one last really far out space-out, even after Ship of Fools and Alchemyst concluding the main set. Plan #1, however classic and beautiful in its own right, left me on a bit of a flat note. While I agree that a Starhammer>Mountain kind of thing, or a Kill Devil Hills with a space-out inside could have done the trick, I don't think the availability on record is important, at least not in the way you describe it. I'd rather hear a rare song than something I have heard many times before, unless it is Un Chien. Fool's Gold was cool when they reintroduced it years ago. While also a beautiful song, and even performed as an epic, I think that one too leaves me a bit on a flat note these days, as opposed to for instance HBM.
