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I always thought the hommage was to the song Jessica, from the “Brothers and Sisters” album, and the title was just referencing a different song of the band as a further “clue”. I don’t know the live version, though. Will check it out.
Being not an Olaf fan by any means, I was impressed by his creative and tasteful playing especially on August and Superstooge (there were some other good moments). For the first time I saw him really fit in the band and understood why they chose him. Though I still wonder why he plays most of the new(ish) stuff in such a straightforward style (see Lucifer).
Bent and Snah seemed in really fine form, much more so than when I saw them in Trezzo earlier this year. Makes you think about how big of a toll the extensive touring must take on their energy.It’s a really good record, not only a collection of pretty songs but also a really solid album in the way it flows together near perfectly (the exception being Go to California, which is a fun song in itself but to me feels a bit “off” in the context of the album, it doesn’t seem to share the same mood). It’s by far my favorite of the pop trilogy, and the only one I’ll listen to gladly without skips. Actually, if I were to compile a “best of” from LTCE and Love Cult, Phanerothyme would still be better. Those other two records have their moments (The Other Fool, Stained Glass, Serpentine) but they also have pretty significant lows.
I’d love to hear more from Phanerothyme live. I’ll never dislike Go to California but it’s sad that in 14 concerts that’s the only song from the record that I got to hear, and I’m still bummed that I missed For Free this year.Wow! I was wondering how this one could be so long given the setlist, that could be (part of) the answer. Hoping for a recording to surface!
So, do you guys think that those two dates in October (Sofia and Athens) are the prelude to another leg of the tour? Or just a couple of isolated shows?
Well for me it’s just the opposite, the more I hear them live the more I hate them haha. Yeah I know they play those often, but non *that* often, 3 and 5 times until now this year, only once together… I can tolerate one, not both (same thing happened in Trezzo in 2017, but at least then it was The Tower tour so I knew Sonata would be in there).
I really don’t understand why Upstairs is so much more “valued” than other songs from that period they never play anymore. After hearing it 4 times I’d love to get even The Slow Phaseout instead of it. :DYeah there were definitely many more people than the last couple times in Trezzo. I’m happy for them and I hope the fantastic new album has earned them some new fans, but this also probably means they’ll stick to the Live Club, which is my least favourite of all the venues they played in recent years in or near Milan (Bloom, Magnolia, Santeria). Obviously it’s also the biggest.
That was probably my un-trippiest MP concert ever. No epics at all, only a few jams. I mean, the old hits were fun (especially Sinful and Starmelt, Hey Jane felt strangely flat) but I wouldn’t want Motorpsycho to turn into a nostalgia act. The best moments for me were the songs from the amazing new album (especially Balthazaar), but it left me wishing for more.
But don’t mind me, I’m probably just displeased that I got, once again, to suffer through both the only two songs in their entire live catalog which I actively dislike.Wow, the new album is seriously great. I’m not a fan of the “best since…” trope, but I can’t remember being so excited with new MP offerings in a while, maybe a decade or so. (Which is of course not to say recent albums have been bad, but this really seems something else)
Agreed, my personal favorite from the “folk trilogy” is Heavy Horses, which has imho some of their most memorable melodies, but I think your description applies to all three of those albums (Woods-Horses-Stormwatch). I also really like their introduction to the 80’s, “A”: I feel it still has a sense of adventure in the way it mixes classic Tull sound with the keyboards of that era. It’s not Rush, but it’s not bad either. After that they weren’t really relevant anymore, but the same could be said for so many 70’s bands, and I’ll still pick Crest of a Knave over any “Pop Genesis” album.
Perhaps Bent is focusing too much on the only two real “bumps in the road” for 70’s Tull, War Child and Too Old To Rock’n’Roll. Also, his characterization seems to consider only Ian Anderson, who in his old age has indeed become a little insufferable. However, I saw the Martin Barre Band a few years ago and it was all fun and smiles (and solid r’n’r renditions of Tull classics, though sadly with no flute). I would describe Martin precisely as the “jolly old man” Bent wants them to be.Eh, come on, Tull didn’t end in ’73. Sure, they released some subpar stuff, but Minstrel and especially Heavy Horses are great.
A bit bummed that they’re “coming back” to Trezzo, since Santeria (where they played in the last tour) was in my opinion a much better choice for them. I mean, I’ll still go, obviously, but I’d prefer a more intimate venue.
I’m really glad I made it, fun hard-rocking setlist, for a show that lasted well beyond my expectations for a festival slot. I had expected 1h 40/45, ending at about 00.30, instead they went on until 1 am!
Their spacey/psychedelic side definitely took a step back for this one (I guess it will be the case for the whole of this festival run?), which is probably for the best also because I’m honestly not too sold on Olaf, he seemed to be doing all right in straightforward rock tunes but struggling a bit (imho) when jamming with the guys. Whip That Ghost wasn’t the best and I remember Kenneth shining on it. It’s probably that when you have seen phenomenal drummers like Kenneth and Tomas you expect a little bit more “flair” and creativity, and I also think Ingvald had much more chemistry with the boys. This however did not detract from a really good show, Bent & Snah were in great form, I think they both sang really well (probably more rested than when they do a long run of consecutive shows) and definitely captivated the audience. Which was indeed incredibly huge, the biggest I’ve ever seen at a MP concert, most likely many people never heard of them before and and I’m sure they were thoroughly impressed. Tbh I could have done without the moshpitting (even on Go to California, come on) but in the end I’m happy they got some new fans there.
Sinful was the highlight of the show for me, a song I love and didn’t expect at all. Having probably seen some of the kids in the front rows, Bent introduced it as “something from when your mother was young” :D :D
Quick Fix (“a song we never played before… I mean, we never played it live”) works quite well, I hope they’ll keep it and play from time to time in the future, Hyena and the closing covers were also really fun.
In case they’re reading this space, huge thanks and congratulations to the organizers of the festival, they deserve the success they had Saturday. We also took the chance of doing some sightseeing in beautiful Valtellina on Sunday (San Martino-Val di Mello), to us city dwellers it’s really something!
