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Great show and great crowd (even though not too many people, Bent remarked when he entered the stage that “this is the quietest crowd I have ever witnessed” or something to that effect. But once the show started, the crowd livened up!). A bit loud at times for my taste, the vocals drowning in the guitars.
About Oluf, he says that he noticed his stiff upper arms.
He does play with the left arm raised pretty high, but it’s not stiff, quite the contrary at least that is my impression. I might be wrong here, but I think that he plays with the snare tilted like you would do with a traditional grip (meaning that the snare is higher on the left side).
Yes! Then it’s probably Reine. Hard to tell from where I’m standing. (Røverstaden is not the best venue I’ve been at.
They played Spin, spin, spin into Hush. I was wondering about the rhythm/groove of Spin, spin, spin, but it all made sense when they started Hush
The performance and appearance when playing Hell really brought Deep Purple Live in Japan to mind. Especially with the seated audience.
I sat in the middle of row 2 in the balcony, and the sound was an improvement over Terminalen last Wednesday.The vocals were clearer, and some songs that didn't work at Terminalen came to life here. Especially Heartattack Mac which was just a mess at Terminalen. Intrepedid Explorer, however, didn't work for me here. The pedal bass from Bent is just too static and loud and drowns his guitar. I don't think they need that extra bass at all.
A bit disappointed that this show didn't differ from the previous shows. Had expected something special since they booked Konserthuset. But a great gig nevertheless. Well worth the trip.
Highlights for me:
Hell
Heartattack Mac
Ship of fools (which blew my mind)
Edit: typo
Yeah, I really missed the sonata. Maybe it's a bit too difficult? (the timings in the recording is even off sometimes)
EDIT: guess they need that fourth member for the sonata to work.
The set was 2,5 hrs, non stop. They seemed to change their mind about an encore, and came back on stage right after they went off and went on to play Feel.
The sound wasn't the best I've heard. Didn't see them the last time at Terminalen, so can't compare, but saw them at Rockefeller last year, and then the sound was much better, more defined. Here the guitars sometimes were drowned by the bass drones. It reminds me of the Rockefeller concerts around 2006-2008 where the sound was similar.
Bent asked if there were any people over 20 years in the audience, and went on to say that this next one is indeed 20 years old and started Heartattack Mac, which was very well received.
Intrepid Explorer was fantastic, and the the mid section of Un Chien was very psychedelic with a repetitive bass riff (all 16ths on the same note) the kept increasing in intensity and eventually speed. It was awesome to follow the dynamic between Bent and Tomas (with Bent being the obvious boss, which reminds me of the early concerts with Kenneth).
Talking about Kenneth. I really missed him last night, at least in the beginning of the show. I felt MP is lacking a dimension now that he is gone. But later in the show, Tomas really proved himself, and I think he too will put his mark on the music given enough time.
The new material is still pretty raw and I guess it will be a few more shows before they are really tight.
Overall great concert, a bit loud but shouldn't complain about that.
Looking forward to the gig on Saturday!
Where's the media in all this? Haven't found a single review yet (checked aftenposten, dagbladet, vg and nrk).
