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Really great show last night. I'm totally shattered this morning and wondering how I'm going to survive tonight's onslaught. Hogwash and Victim of Rock were firsts for me and both were brilliant, especially Hogwash. I really enjoyed the Crucible material more tonight, esp. Psychotzar. I also connected with The Alchemyst more than I did in London or on other occasions. Highlight of the evening, though, was meeting dear JERO. Hopefully we'll meet again somewhere along the road.
@crosskip – Which one?
@JERO – Sounds like I can't miss you! Jai Shiva!
@JERO – Any chance of meeting tomorrow evening? It would be good to say hi.
UPDATE (20 May)
Here's what I believe is a full list of songs played on tour so far (plus play count) in 2019 (starting 17 Febrary at UFFA, Trondheim). Please feel free to point out any errors or omissions. The song count is 45.
1. 577 – 5
2. A Pacific Sonata – 8
3. August (Love cover)- 2
4. Bartok of the Universe – 4
5. Bedroom Eyes – 3
6. Black to Comm (MC5 cover)- 4
7. Blueberry Daydream – 2
8. Eagle's Son (The Pretty Things cover)- 1
9. Feel – 4
10. Fools Gold – 3
11. Go to California – 2
12. Greener – 3
13. Gullible's Travails – 2
14. Hell, Part 7 (Victim of Rock) – 7
15. Hogwash – 7
16. In Every Dream Home – 7
17. Into the Sun (Grand Funk Railroad cover ) – 1
18. Lacuna Sunrise – 1
19. Lux Aeterna – 12
20. Master Builder (On Riff) (Gong cover) – 3
21. Nature's Way (Spirit cover) – 3
22. Neverland – 3
23. Nothing to Say – 1
24. Pills, Powders and Passion Plays – 2
25. Psychotzar – 15
26. Ship of Fools – 8
27. Spin, Spin, Spin (Terry Callier cover) – 1
28. Stardust – 7
29. Starhammer – 1
30. Starmelt/Lovelight – 1
31. The Alchemyst – 8
32. The Crucible – 15
33. The Cuckoo – 5
34. The Other Fool – 13
35. The Pilgrim (Wishbone Ash cover played during Ãœberwagner) – 11
36. The Promise – 6
37. The Tower – 12
38. Triggerman – 4
39. Tristano – 1
40. Ãœberwagner – 12
41. Upstairs/Downstairs – 1
42. Walking on the Water [You Lied] – 5
43. Watersound – 2
44. With Trixene through the Mirror – 1
45. Year Zero – 2
@ThorEgil. Thanks for some clarification on the matter.
@supernaut – I guess so. I hadn't been planning on getting a copy in the first place as I'm not a collector and I don't have a turntable and don't plan on getting one. But I was interested in the package, and in particular the Motorpsycho book/mag. Once I've read that, I might even pass the whole thing on. But you're absolutely right, if they advertised certain things in the package, they should be included.
@sleepynaut – All good points. I would definitely travel up from London if they played in the Midlands – at The Robin, for example. Like you say, London is spoilt for choice.
In case any of you are wondering, I recorded the performance, but it may be a few days before it's ready to make available.
So I spoke with Bent, Snah and Tomas last night. My first interaction with Snah was brief and embarrassing. He was browsing records in the shop about an hour before the gig and on the second attempt I approached him, shook hands and then thanked him for everything. It was pathetic to watch, really. Grown man stumbles over words when meeting hero. A short while later I spoke to Bent outside the shop. This time, I first said thanks for everything … again …, then explained to him how I had said exactly the same thing to Snah because I didn't know what to say. Then said how much I enjoyed the gig night before and was looking forward to the acoustic set. After the gig I approached Snah again, after he smiled at me, and asked him a question that had been on my mind since juergen passed me a copy of past setlists and I noticed they'd played "You'd Better Believe It" at their first gig. Looking for confirmation of this being the Hawkwind song, as soon as I mentioned the title, Snah opened his throat and sang the title refrain "YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE IT!" then gave a smile and a little chuckle. He seemed pretty pleased. I certainly was.
Two friends had been in the pub when Bent and Reine came in. One of them approached Bent and had a good chat with him. My friend mentioned we'd been in Drammen for the gig they did with Elephant9 supporting. The first thing Bent said was, Elephant9 blew us off the stage that night. I can't say I really disgaree.
Finally, the two frineds and I all talked with Tomas after the gig. Intersting points:
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The new album is in process
The first three names he mentioned regarding his influences were Deep Purple and Ian Paice, Buddy Rich and Bill Bruford. He then listed names I hadn't heard of, including what I think were jazz drummers.
King Crimson's Red was a big eye-opener for him – really suddenly made him realise what was possible.
There's a definite generational gap between him and Bent and Snah which he mentioned very briefly in regard to influences as Bent and Snah don't know many of the bands he talks about – that was a funny moment.
I said it sounds to me almost like Triggerman was written for him. He said that, yes, it feels very natural to play that song. He loves it.
He has no plans to move on. One of my friends tried to make him promise to stay with the band for at least another five years
@JERO – I can't understand why the band isn't more loved in the UK. Every time I talk to somone online or at a gig it's the same story – "It's criminal that Motorpsycho aren't bigger here". Yes, it's lovely to be able to see them in intimate surroundings, but it's a double-edged sword, as you point out. Apparently there was some difficulty with the promoters (this is second-hand info from a friend who spoke to Bent at the acoustic gig), which meant the British stuff was all arranged late and I think a couple of other dates on the tour fell through during the booking process. The London gig was announced much later than the other tour dates and they performed on the same night as Gong, which I know a lot of the prog community fans had already booked for. And the record store gig was only announced last week. So all of that would have kept the numbers even lower than usual. The problem is, if there isn't enough people turning up to the gigs, why bother coming to the UK? That's the double-edge for the fans too because next time they may just decide it's not worth coming here.
Enjoy the Utrecht gig. See you at Vera on Tuesday!
