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Motorpsycho VHS Archive #1
1997-05-04 | Hannover (DE)
***.. | Superstooge
***.. | Sinful, Windborne
**… | Like Always
***** | S.T.G.
****. | Vortex Surfer
****. | Un Chien d’Espace
****. | Manmower
***** | Sideway Spiral II
****. | Dr. Hoffman’s Bicycle
***** | You Lied
***** | Heartattack Mac (inc. Rocket USA)
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***.. | Summertime Blues
****. | Starmelt/Lovelight
***** | Sterling Says
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**… | Flick Of The Switch
Thank you so so much, Bernie! What a fantastic way to kick off the VHS Archive! The spring-leg of the AADAP-tour is amazing, and to have a quality recording like this of a complete show is such a gift.
The start is solid, if not slightly tentative, but the quality of the recording makes it a superb watch/listen. Great camerawork, top notch editing, and the mix is so engaging! Surprisingly balanced, all the while being raw and exciting to boot. It has an analogue "melt"-quality to it. The guitars really sound like God. Just magical! Nice to see an embryonic "Superstooge", but the first highlight is a GREAT "S.T.G." with a lovely psych-outro. Also: That moment when Bent screams "Trust in me, I’ll change your destiny"…!! Wonderful to see people being exposed to a fairly finished VS for the very first time too, and a superb move to follow that with Un Chien. Love the mid-part. A great, swirling meditation. Free and open. It sounds sooo good! A BEAUTIFUL "Manmower" follows. Really powerful, and it has that spooky magic that gives it an extra edge. And then, YES, "Sideway Spiral II", which I love so much! This version really does it for me! Dat sound…!!! Mmmmm! Huge highlight, and Geb is awesome here! Now, "Dr. Hoffman’s Bicycle" is maybe not much of a song, but they hit it with so much force here, it reaches some great peaks. Love the melodic outro. But they still save an extra gear for the next, though. This "You Lied" is IT. THE version. One giant wave of energy, that while being great on its own, also totally ignites what follows, which is a MAJESTIC "Heartattack Mac". This is where things get truly psychotic, and they really reach the golden core here. The energy is through the roof. Fantastic vocals from Snah too, and Bent goes all the way into psychoverse during his Rocket USA-part.
They come back for a nice Who-take on "Summertime Blues" (complete with a windmill from Bent), and a beautiful "Starmelt/Lovelight", which has some guitar-drop-outs in the recording, but no big deal. Great Snah-vox! Then comes a real treat. "Sterling Says"! Fuck yes!! Wonderfully chaotic, and has a noise-out on par with "Heartattack Mac" to boot. Super cool "White Light/White Heat"-type climax! Sterling would be very pleased.
"Flick Of The Switch" is something of an anti-climatic ending, and is along with "Like Always" the only two middle-of-the-road-moments during this gig imho. But that doesn’t take away from the overall experience here. It’s like when McCartney said "Fuck off, it's the Beatles' White Album." – this a multi-cam club-show from May ’97 with soundboard audio! Blessalujah!
This was filmed early in May, and the tour just got crazier as it went along with many of their all-time best setlists imho (particularly May 22 – Rimini, May 24 – Mezzago, May 29 – Vera, and the best one of the tour: June 1 – Eindhoven), and on top of that they introduced "Swiss Cheese Mountain", which was originally a stoner-masterpiece on par with "On The Toad Again" and "Home Of The Brave". My dream is that there is a ’97 recording of that which will magically turn up on a Trust Us deluxe…
Anyways: Thanks again, and looking much forward to future archive shows!
Here's my 3 x LP Roadwork VI from the Crucible-tour:
Side A:
For Mad Men Only (ca. 6 mins)
Mantrick Muffin Stomp (ca. 9 mins)
Master Builder (ca. 7 mins)
Side B:
The Crucible (ca. 22 mins)
Side C:
Nature's Way (ca. 4 mins)
The Other Fool (ca. 6 mins)
Heartattack Mac (ca. 13 mins)
Side
Starhammer (ca. 19 mins)
Side E:
The Wheel (ca. 22 mins)
Side F:
Fools Gold (ca. 18 mins)
Thanks!
Great moment at 1:50:00-1:50:15 where Bent is desperately trying to get Snah's attention, even pointing his bass at him at one point, and having to go up to him to break the trance (Snah gives the "Yeah, I know, I know"-response), while Tomas is craning his neck trying to find out what's going on.
Quote:If someone were to tape this, I know there would be at least one listener.I too desperately hope somebody taped it. There are so few interviews with Bent talking about lyrics.
Glad you like it, Blashyrkh! Add away, and thanks for the great work on the database. I look forward to spending a lot of quality time over there.
Quote:DEMON BOX – 18-7-2015 –> 19-10-2015 – 4 – KK, HG, DPUnfortunately I've no documentation on these Demon Box concerts, so I dunno if there were more guests other then the aforementioned ones. As always, any contribution is welcome!
The line-up was the same for the festival and the Rockheim-shows (no other guests).
Thanks, @Phoots Flower! B2C is really the song Tomas seems to struggle the most with. He should give RWI a listen one of these days :lol:
Yes, great to hear from you, Michael! I for one know that you're not alone in your struggles with depression and/or anxiety. Please reach out if things get too bad again!
@Blashyrkh, from this thread where you sent him a FLAC-file: https://motorpsycho.fix.no/comeonin/forums/topic.php?id=10571&page=9. But yes, that was a while ago, so it was really a long shot from me.
This is very worrying. Is member @Blashyrkh here? He has Michael's e-mail address.
And dear Michael, please hang in there, give us a call or drop us a line if you're reading this <3
