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They certainly do sound different from night to night, maybe more than before. Or maybe it's just so long since we had the full tour experience that we have forgotten…
Again a great, great set! 10 songs I didn't get in Malmö/Copenhagen, among them my absolute favourites Starhammer and Mountain. If only I had been there too… 8O
Now, who is going be the lucky ones to have Sun Ship, Step Inside, H-Mac and The Wheel? Hannover?
Copenhagen was INCREDIBLE!
Malmö and Copenhagen were like night and day. While Malmö was maybe a 4/10, Copenhagen was 9/10. A whole new setlist, only one repetition from the night before.
Seriously groovy Bonny Lee. Jammed out psychodelic set, and I got Noxed!
Superstooge played instead of Up/down because of problem with the tuning of Bent's guitar.
Snah and Tomas jammed around the chords and melody before Bent gave up, changed to bass, and suggested Superstooge because it's in the same tuning. Snah tore right into it, and what an eruption of a version!
Have a great tour all you lucky ones out there! Remember to report and record, thanks.
Yesterday was at times a bit rough around the edges, with moments of magic here and there. I can't shake the feeling that they were not up in gear yet, although the reports from Norway indicate otherwise. Last night they continued the trend of tour debuting 2-3 songs each night. We got STG, Feel and Hogwash.
STG saw the return of the original outro, which they used to jam on back in the 90's before the never-ending-bang-bang-ending took over in 2002. This return to former glory flowed seamlessly into a wonderful Lacuna, which took us to the quiet realm of outer space before flowing into Running With Scissors. Easily the highlight to me!
Honorable mentions: United Debased, Pacific Sonata and Cosmoctopus.
Cloudwalker turned out to be a fine addition to the set. I think they do something else to it in the instrumental part, although I will have to compare before I conclude. And Plan #1 was another fine addition. It's an undisputable classic.
@Punj: Hehe, I know it is a matter of English, but "victim" might be to stretch it. Then I guess I can also consider myself "lucky" for Fool's Gold planned, but not played, which I don't.
I had a look at the last song of the last 43 concerts I attended, back to and including 2009:
6 The Golden Core
6 The Tower
5 Gullible's Travails
5 Fool's Gold
4 Vortex Surfer
3 Here Be Monsters
2 Hogwash
2 Plan #1
1 Come On In
1 Nothing To Say
1 Into The Sun
1 Burn
1 Starhammer
1 Into The Mystic
1 Feel
1 Taifun
1 Lux Aeterna
1 no encore
In fact the 2009 tour had The Golden Core played 6 out of 7 times, 2010 tour had Gullible's Travails played 5 out of 6, 2016 Here Be Monsters 3/3, while Fool's Gold and Plan #1 have been spread over several tours. Turns out I have nothing to complain about.
Needless to say I am very psyched for Copenhagen tonight. I feel incredibly lucky having two concerts on this tour within an hour of travel's reach.
As long as we don't end up with Plan #1 and Fools Gold becoming the last song(s) of every concert again. Here is two thoughts: Open with them, or ditch them for new stuff. Especially glad to see Lacuna/Sunrise in these sets, but why bring back Cloudwalker on an almost regular basis? It's far from their best.
Great work Bernie, and happy to be able to contribute to the video archive. Unfortunately I don't remember who where so kind as to send me these VHS tapes. At one point the DVD took over, and all I did was putting the video tapes in a box and forgetting all about them. So if you are still part of the community, you who filmed it or provided the tape in the first place, please speak up and get your rightful credits!
The new albums are piling up! The Tower took me a couple of years to fully digest. The Crucible is probably peaking in these ears right about now, though the title track is still growing, and I just recently was able to pop the lid on TAIO. Haha, what a luxury "problem". I start to wonder what I can do to pay them back just a fraction of what they give me. One is for sure: This life would not have been the same without Motorpsycho. I feel so blessed.
I also met Torsten for the first time in 2001, I think, unless I met him already in Köln or Darmstadt in 2000.
I still remember that stay at his place in 2002. We warmed up to the gig listening to among other things the Kassel 1997 recording, which was news to these ears. I was amazed it existed, and in pretty decent quality too, which is rare for the 90's audience recordings. It's still to this day the best recording from the 1997 fall tour. I don't know/remember who he got it from, but Torsten was a well-connected collecter who unearthed many recordings back in the day and put them into circulation. I think it also was Torsten who told us about this guy he knew about in nearby city Darmstad who has recorded every MP concert there to DAT for his own private use only. Darmstadt is one of the magic MP cities, for those who are not aware, and it's a must to attend alongside the likes of Bremen, Bielefeld and Leipzig. I am still hoping for those recordings to be shared with The Family one beautiful day.
Later we went to the venue and got inside for the soundcheck. The band had had two off-days, of which the first had been spent traveling from the cancelled Bilbao gig to Mannheim, while the second had been spent partying. A night of heavy drinking on top of two weeks on the road had taken its toll. Bent was so hung over that he laid down on his back playing his bass during the whole soundcheck, complaining he was so sick that he might have to puke.
In the hours between soundcheck and doors Torsten took us for dinner at a local place. When we returned, Bent was back on his feet, and the band delivered one of their more jammed out mellow evenings, starting out with Torsten's favorite, On My Pillow. I still remember the broad, characteristic smile on his face when he turned to me in recognition.
That is how I will remember Torsten Walker. A good man.
Rest in peace.
@Mefisto: Here is something to ruin your week, too…
Out of the Woods / The Hollow Lands from Lausanne 2012.
You're welcome :lol:
Orgelfest Stavanger 2013. Although not the complete album, it has some of the central pieces.
What about making it available as a torrent through Motortrades? Then at least many of us hardcore fans who cannot get our hands on it can get to hear it.
I would not suggest this for an official release, but would it really be over the line in this particular case?
I think this way of doing things is utter bullshit. It kills the joy of collecting. And no, I don't see why you stateside fans shall have this ONE. It's not like the European releases are Europe only, is it? Why only stateside fans? Especially today when it's all over the internet in a split second. "Let's see your pics once this hits your turn table!". Hrmf.
