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I think the video and audio wasn't that bad at all. And your effort to make the video sure is much appreciated, that's for sure. When I looked at in in 720p, the picture was pretty good, despite the occasional shakiness.
But my question: Are there more audience singing on your video alàNothing To Say?
And I guess people would be VERY interested in seeing Close Your Eyes, for example…
The best thing would be to omit it entirely :lol: If they want to play a COTF song that they can jam their asses off on, Cornucopia is a better choice. That one's superior in every aspect I can think off…
Which guitar are you talking about? Do you mean the yellow & black one that he played on Pills and Close Yr Eyes? Cos that's the guitar that he had custom-made by the same guy who made Bent's reverse Thunderbird-basses (or Psychobird, as they're called
)I remember it sounding a bit fucked up on Pills, but not on Close Yr Eyes…
Can't say that I've seen the soundguy before. But he did seem like a fish out of water at times. And if there's one thing that a MP-concert definitely requires, it's good sound. I can understand if the soundguy needs 1 or 2 songs in the beginning to set the balance and levels straight (that's natural). But when it becomes long stretches of songs without any audible sound improvements….
And please stop playing Whole Lotta Diana! That song was average on COTF, and becomes almost unbearable live… Don't make a concert staple of it.
Ok, I'll stop the negative criticism rant now :lol:
More positive notes: If Leslie's Vest and Neanderthal are part of the stuff they'll record in May with that Trondheim-orchestra, then I'm VERY excited, to say the least.
I can definitely picture them with some orchestral arrangements and added stuff.
Like I said earlier, more similar to the autumn 2002 live version. But way heavier and… more sludgy. Started off with a long intro resembling the mid-jam of the old live-version, then the main riff/part and some more heavy & sinister jamming before returning to the main melody sorta.
Maybe uninspired was a harsh word to use. He did look into it. But I guess the shitty sound during the first hour contributed to that impression. His guitars and effects just blurred into one big mess during that first segment.
Note to self: Choose different place to stand and watch next time at Rockefeller :lol:
On a positive note: When Snah switched to playing keys (fender rhodes?) on the first part of the Mountain-jam, I got some serious Robert Fripp-vibes when I saw him on stage :lol:
I'll try a setlist:
Year Zero
New Song #1 (Leslie's Vest, according to kaizer's setlist-scan)
Whole Lotta Diana —>
StarWheelHammer —>
New Song #2 (Neanderthal, according to kaizer's setlist-scan)
Greener
Pillz, Powderz & Pazzionplayz
Close Your Eyes (drastic re-interpretation, somewhat similar to the autumn 2002 version, but way heavier)
Kill Devil Hills —>
Hallucifuge —>
The Alchemyst
Mountain —>
Nothing To Say
Gullible's Travails
Total duration: 2h 35 mins (from 22:00 to 00:35)
Mixed feelings about this gig. Playing was tight as fuck, setlist decent. But there was something missing. And Snah was imho uninspired, playing too much noisy non-descript stuff with effects. And the sound was awful where I stood (it improved later on though, somewhere in the more mellow parts of Pills). When the sound did improve, the setlist also got better. So the last half of the gig was pretty good.
StarWheelHammer was awesome, Greener and Pills too. And Close Your Eyes was for me the definitive highlight of the night with some downright incredible jamming.
And the Mountain/Nothing To Say combo obviously brought the house down.
Funny Bent comment before Mountain: "This song also did not win the Spellemann award" :lol:
(Spellemann award = Norwegian Grammy's which was held the same night. HMF nominated in best rock, and did not win)
But hey, everyone can have an average day at the office…
According to the other setlist posted in the spring tour thread, the missing song
was Hallucifuge from the LLM suite.
Thx for the setlist! But if I'm not mistaken, the new song with the "I can never go back" line is actually Leslie's Vest…
First time in 9 years that Close Your Eyes was played live, how was it?
Another summer festival confirmed:
Kongsberg Jazzfestival Saturday July 9th, and they're opening for legendary Primus!
04.03.2011 – Tønsberg, Total (NOR)
05.03.2011 – Oslo, Rockefeller (NOR)
10.03.2011 – Bergen, Landmark (NOR)
11.03.2011 – Bergen, Landmark (NOR)
12.03.2011 – Stord, Arena (NOR)
17.03.2011 – Trondheim, Byscenen (NOR)
18.03.2011 – Trondheim, Byscenen (NOR)
13.04.2011 – Bilbao, Azkena (ES)
14.04.2011 – Barcelona, Rocksound (ES)
15.04.2011 – Murcia, 12 & Medio (ES)
16.04.2011 – Madrid, El Sol (ES) .
25.06.2011 – Steinkjerfestivalen, Steinkjer (NOR)
09.07.2011 – Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Kongsberg (NOR)
14.07.2011 – Burg Herzberg Festival, Breitenbach (GER)
15.07.2011 – Sonnenrot Festival, Eching bei München (GER)
19./20.08.2011 – Parkenfestivalen, Bodø (NOR)
02./03.09.2011 – Verket Music Festival, Mo i Rana (NOR)
I agree with fillmore. While the Øya-concert just might've been the best damn MP-gig I've ever been to, I think it just wouldn't fit into the overall scheme of the Roadwork-series. It was more of a "one-time-had-to-be-there" kinda thingy…
So I'm instead hoping for a live-album with stuff like Arnie, Hogwash, Alchemyst, LLM and other long ass jams
Motorpsycho to play Parkbiografen in Skien sometime in the near future, date not decided yet
MP wants to play there, the owners want them to play there. The venue does need some renovation first, so it might not be until late this year (at the earliest)
MP played there in 2000-2002, but the venue got shut down in 2005 due to water damages…
