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Hurrah! IT arrived this morning, giving color to a grey and cold day! Now where did I put that plastic thingy for the record player to play singles? o, no need for that, gonna listen to it right now, and the neighbours will as well! :MPD:
I agree with Krist, and not only is the singing better (Snah's as well) but more versatile , for example, these days even the hardcore voices from their loud beginnings might turn up at the appropriate time, I noticed during Mountain (Amsterdam 2019)or at the climax of The Wheel (Den Haag 2019) while maybe after that they'll sing in harmony for another song! Bent's 'broken' vocals/smokers voice i.m.o. did not necessaraly provide the best way to render feeling in a 'soft' song, listen to that latest gem The Dowser, which is sung in a tender but clear vocal, surely bringing a tear to my eye when I listen to it. But all the while, throughout the years, it is always Bent and/or Snah we hear singing, warts and all, and that is like the watermark of authenticity of who they are and what they do, so I have to love it!
Mr.Victim, fantastic, for me one of the best tracks on COTF, in fact, skip Barley's Cornbread and play Mr. Victim twice is what I'd shout into the wishing well (or Ride The Tiger!)Gee Wizz, I sorta kinda quite a lot envy the lucky ones that got to these gigs, and I know I'm not the only one, and seeing Thor Egil's snapshots of the apparently extatic bandmembers is nice and it hurts at the same time. Only consolation is the wealth of past gigs on the motorpsychodelic clip pages. What a great opportunity to practice patience…(sigh)
Yay! Ordered a red vinyl copy too, along with a couple of albums I only owned on cd up until now (yes,what luxury!).As @Spokje said: nothing wrong with helping the band earning a couple o'bucks in these hard times and in the meanwhile filling up your own Xmas sock.
In the meantime, I'm curious about the "special guest" mentioned…could it be Larry Lux's nephew himself returning after all these years for this special one-off ?????
If you want this t-shirt better be fast, I ordered a large when there were only 3 left in stock (and 5 xl). They'll probably have more later. Great design this one, and it will be my 9th MP t-shirt.
@psychonaut; I'm not sure I understand your post the right way but it got me thinking, listening to, and analysing TAIO, these songs are full to the brim with references to their earlier works. It almost becomes a fun game to find them, both in lyrics and musically (maybe this could be a fun new thread to sum them up?).
And I like the idea of it, that they both made a sensational new and epic album, as well as sort of a 'best of Motorpsycho', including a vision of a possible future'.IF this was done on purpose during the composition of this collection of songs, if not this could be a bad sign that the composers' well is running dry and they start to repeat themselves. That was my sombre thought when I first heard The Same Old Rock.
But I only have to rewatch the gig with Ole Paus to realise MP has become evermore versatile over the years, so no worries. After N.O.X it wouldn't surprise me if they came up with a symphony orchestra piece, they have their skills proven to be on a level like that. Or whatever else that will surprise them to create and us to enjoy. As B.S. often states in interviews they don't really want to look back nor know what they'll do next, it's part of the creative process within MP apparently, and while for us listeners, psychonauts it's easy, with hindsight to distinguish ages within the MP repetoire and timeline, I believe within the music as a body of work there is in the end a common factor that seems loose from time and space, which is the intensity and creativity they convey through sound (and fury, haha). I believe, if TAIO was set up to, among other goals, work like a "this is Motorpsycho", it also proves their music IS like a universe in itself, one where time flows forwards, backwards and in circles, without limitation, without points of no return. :arrow:
Yes, the dowser is so pretty and warm and moving, and after that the shower of glorious guitar chords of Chrome. My God, I love Chrome. To me it's very latter day Helmet (the sound and buildup of the song). Just can't stop playing the album, the lp's downstairs, the cd when I'm upstairs. Oh, to experience these live some day…
oh, it will grow! Like a tentacled giant spacemonster it will. And, ladies (?) & gentlemen, I'm even beginning to love that same old rock dittie, within the context mind you! The greater panorama is unfolding, beautiful!
While playing the music I was looking at the foldout albumcover and to my surprise I'm realising there is the traditional depiction of the 4 evangelists of christianity in there: John (eagle), Matthew (human) Marc (lion) and Luke (bull). These symbols derive from the early days of christianity and visions of the prophets. Usually, in f.e. medieval paintings, in the middle you'll see the cross/Jesus. So the figure in the middle here pouring from the all into the one (my interpretation) and on a further painting inside, a vessel that is pouring out to many is probably…you guessed it, everybody sing cumbaya my lord (the MP heavy metal version or course!) Also notice in the centre/main cover painting the pouring figure is almost skeletal and there's a dab of red paint that to me certainly depicts blood or a wound.
Anyway, I'm thinking: Gulvag as an artist, paints in an experimental way, meanwhile often referring to tradition within painting, just like the band does within the medium of music. (end of lecture, 8O)
@Punj Lizard; thank you for all the effort you put into this thread so all psychonauts can feel proud and get even more psyched up about the 'new' music coming. You must be scanning the web every ten or so minutes! Wish I had the time to do that, but thanks to you I don't need to! cheers
and threefold cheers again mate!
Stickman und Frau twice sent me a copy of the Alabama Kids cd (drowsey driver) along with my order, that was a great discovery for me, the cd has been playing in my car for the 3rd year in a row now, and many a passenger shouted out "what's this great guitarband, are they English, American…" so I can tell them the Alabama Kids were Holland's best band ever, once!
Here & now, N.O.X. is playing, second lp, volume turned up, it's a dark & rainy day, I'm forgetting time and space and enjoy getting lost in this fantastisk vortex! :MPD:
@Knoot, my deepest gratitude! Will watch it tonight with my beloved girl, beamed onto the big screen!
