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@ bionaut – Yes, me too. I also knew of the play and the adaptations. And I visited Salem, MA in 1974, as a teenager on my first visit to the US.
@ JERO – I'm sorry to hear the Paradiso is not what it was. I had one of the oddest experiences of my life there. Anyway, I hope to catch one MP gig in the Netherlands next year. Having seen them at Alkmaar and Tilburg this year, a different city would be nice. Although I'm off to Amsterdam in about 12 hours, I can't make it to Nijmegen on Saturday. Enjoy the show!
@Spacebandit – If they play in Amsterdam, I'll probably see you there. I haven't been to the Paradiso since 1982! Would be great to MP there.
You can add my thanks to those of Tomcat and Johnny H, both of whose sentiments I echo. To all tapers, Spacebandit et al., thank you so much – some great recordings and some great shows – at least those that I've heard and judging by the reports. As Johnny H said, the evolution in the Tower tracks is evident thoughout. Surprisingly, as it's one of my least favourite tracks on the album, The Cuckoo has really come alive for me, I just love the outro and the way that's developed. And that's just for starters! Sixteen minutes of brilliant Dream Home at Bielefeld; a re-energised IE; and Ship of Fools taking a slightly different tack. I've also really been enjoying Trgiggerman from the recordings – seriously in your face driving energy. And to top it all the glorious Lux Aeterna. I'm ready for The Crucible.
I'll be in the middle of a month-long trip in the Indian Himalayas when it drops. I have a feeling The Crucible is going to make for some interesting background music. Cannot (but will have to) wait!
:MPD:
Some lyrics from the opening section – incomplete and with a little guesswork, of course, but the Erlangen recording is pretty clear so I'm confident of quite a lot of this:
We die alone
We're sentient then we're gone[?]
Numbers[?] […] on a great storm
It ends today
Take the pain away
There's nothing left for anyone to say
The end is great[?] an emptiness
That allows our grief to coalesce
And makes the sorrow harder to […]
In our lives we sweat and toil
Then shuffle off this mortal coil
And leave our rotten[?] flesh beneath the soil
When we go, we are released
Our disagreements all a piece [?]
We're memories just floating on a breeze
And hopefully [?] our souls are all at peace
And in the quiet section towards the end:
Eternal light
Clean and blue and bright
To guide our way, and help us through the night
It ends today
Take the pain away
There's nothing left for anyone to say
I guess the only thing we have to go on in terms of 'context of the album' is the Bob LeBad statement that came out a month or so bacck, which stated, among other things: "The band challenged their compositional skills and pushed the envelope the whole way, and even came up with engaged and fitting lyrical themes in the ancient greek tradition: war, death, politics and octopi."
@supernaut – Barleycorn also has connection to traditional English folk via Traffic.
I saw Musical Box a few years back, performing The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway at Hammersmith Odeon. It is a much-maligned truism of the state of prog in the UK that tribute bands such as this (and even smaller ones) can draw bigger crowds than current bands writing and performing their own music. A sad state of affairs.
You hit a very proud (as in projecting from a surface) nail on the head – Motorpsycho are indeed open to and draw on everything without making it sound dated, immitative or tired, while at the same time infusing it with pure motorpsychodelia. I admire that to … a lot
@otherdemon – Thanks
Be sure to wave at the cameras 
@otherdemon – do you know how this stream works? Do we just have to open the link and it will run? Or is there something more to do to get access?
