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@Bron, ok my bad then, I know the Can version but I'd never heard it live from MP so I probably just missed it. Was it before Spin?
Unreal show. Of the 8 times I've seen them, this was the very best. The magic started right from the first notes of a great Year Zero and never stopped for a minute. 3 full hours of all killer, no filler. The epics were all magnificent, especially a monumental version of the Mountain featuring quite probably the most far-out jam I've witnessed for that tune (the extended psychedelic section of the Tower was crazy too). The small venue made for a very loud and rocky show (luckily I had my earplugs, and it was STILL loud) and the setlist seemed designed specifically for that, with all powerful versions of ASFE, Bonny Lee, Howgwash, Jig. The acoustics were surprisingly good, however, even during the mellower numbers: California, Feel and especially Mad Sun were all highlights. To top it off, an unbelievable version of Fool's Gold ended the night on a fantastically high note. Truly a show for the ages.
(I might be wrong, but I don't think there was a Halleluwah snippet during Hogwash, "just" Hog and a complete Spin Spin Spin woven into it).
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Well, picture me surprised, and quite happily so. 10 Italian dates in one year, just wow!
@ pfnuesel, I don't think they ever did Italy in two different periods of the same year, they certainly didn't in the last 10 years. With the 5 dates we just got, I'd say that's very unlikely. But of course I hope with all my heart that I'm wrong, it would be fantastic if they came back so soon.
Apparently there will be five (!) Italian dates next year, actually. Avellino (southern Italy, near Naples) may be a first?
28.05 TREZZO SULL’ADDA (MI), Live Music Club
29.05 BOLOGNA, Zona Roveri Music Factory
30.05 AVELLINO, Teatro Partenio
31.05 ROMA, Orion
01.06 GENOVA, Goa Boa Preview
Do you think that there are still some dates to add to the tour or is that it? It'd be strange for them to miss Italy entirely…
Definitely something from the 90s, personally I feel that the best introduction is A&D, their most diverse yet cohesive effort, where every side of the band at that point is brilliantly shown, fun rock tunes (You Lied), arguably their best ballad (PPP), psychedelic journeys (Un Chien) and crazy heaviness (Heartattack Mac). So I'd choose that for the metal fan at least, for the other one it depends on what you think her reaction to the heavier songs would be, if you think something like H-Mac would be too much then go with Blissard!
I would avoid: compilations (just 'cause I hate them haha); anything from the Kenneth era, now we're accustomed to it but it's all pretty far-out for a newbie, I once tried to introduce MP to a prog (metal) fan friend of mine with LLM and it didn't go too well; and Demon Box, as wonderful as it is, because it needs many many listens to be truly appreciated (or at least it did in my case).
Impressive work!
A couple of guesses: "Revolution" could be The Beatles' song, which is something I definitely could see MP playing at that point ("Revolution 9" was also an inspiration for the far-out section of "Have Spacesuit, Will Travel", according to Bent himself in the liner notes for the lyrics published on the site). "Rocket USA" is very likely to be a Suicide cover. "Something I Learned Today" is almost certainly the Husker Du song. Also, "Spin Spin Spin" is originally by Terry Callier, HP Lovecraft's version is a cover itself (though MP do follow HPL version's quite different lyrics, only the chorus is unchanged from Callier's). Hope this helps.
