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I really enjoyed the gig, but certain elements of the concert were quite uninteresting, I must admit. The opener was cool and STG excellent as always. Sleepwalking I & II are not especially interesting, but just fills anyway. Lacuna/Sunrise is a beautiful song (on of their best in a long time I think) which worked OK live, but IMO the church organ is the instrument that takes this song all the way for me. Thus, I missed a dedicated keyboard player this evening. RWS is nice on the LP, but a little boring live. IMS was OK. Spin Spin Spin was better in the power version live than the album track. This was anyway the most uninteresting song of the HBM albumin my ears. Now the gig lifted a notch for me with Junior (fantastic), Diana (one of the highlight of the gig), Feedtime (fun!) and Superstooge (I'm very weak for all Trust Us tunes). Bent seemed to mess up the intro bass riff as he forgot to switch to a bass with the correct tuning. Upstairs/Downstairs was beautiful and another highlight for me. Cloudwalker was OK. Manmower, usually a favourite live, was a little bit disappointing for me, mostly because Bents bass rumble swallowed up the delicate mellotron sounds played by Snah. Again, a dedicated keyboard player would have med this so much better.Big Black Dog….hmmm….I like this tune, but lacks something to take it all the way. This didn't come live either. Quite boring. Would rather have heard The Wheel, K9 suite, LLM or something like that. Then the new Motorpsycho Echoes, i.e. the HBM tune. I must admit that I liked it a lot. I got really captivated! Listening to the LP now and I still find it very cool. Will possibly develop during the tour as there is quite some room for improvisation. I guess the whole setlist will change as usual. It usually changes for the better on the road in my experience. So conclusions:
Setlist: Could have been better, but there were some great moments. I would have appreciated fewer HBM tunes, more classics.
The sound: Quite OK, but as always (at least in Rockefeller), Bents bass rumble swallows a lot of Snah details. In my opinion, I'd liked to have Snah slightly louder or to hear them in a different venue, like Sentrum Scene. A keyboard player would have been very welcome!
Venue: I have never liked Rockefeller, especially when it is sold out.
One of my favourites for the time being is Beardfish. Check out their latest albums "The Void" and "Mammoth". Great stuff!!
Did you guyes notice that the base line in Hell pt7 is very similar to the base line of the Hallucifuge part of the LLM suite? Would make a perfect transition
Maybe we'll get a Hell (pt7)->Hallucifuge segue on the setlist this tour?
Exciting times for Psychonauts! I've listened through the album three times and love (most of) it! In contrast to many others, I don't find Cloudwalker that exciting. The structure of the song is cool, but the chorus is boring and ruins it a bit. Hopefully it'll grow on me. Ghost is neither a favourite (yet). I don't get the "emotional kick" from listening to it and find it a bit uninspiring. These two songs aside, the rest of the album is great, especially Kvæstor (wow!!!my favourite so far!) and Hell 4-6 (oh yeah!). On a plate I've listened to so many times before, so it has lost a bit of novelty (although a very cool rocker). The Promise is full of energy and classic MP style I'd say. Really like it! Snah does a great job with Entropy. Beautiful! Looking forward to the acoustic guitars coming on stage again. I like The Magic and The Wonder a lot. Reines guitar contribution is pure bliss. Looking forward to this one live! finally Hell pt7 is indeed chaotic, but very fun. Is it the nex "Kill Devil Hills" intens-o-rama live? Hopefully we'll know on Friday :STG:
Thanks Knoot! Such a great concert! Cool to see Snah playing overdiven acoustic guitar solo on "The Other Fool". Also, an interesting Snah solo in Whip that Ghost ("oriental scales") and a lot of space out in general. Funny when Bent forgets the lyrics in "Big Surprise"
I really love the period where BÃ¥rd played keys. Too bad Taifun was cut short.cheers
Gustav
And of course one of the riffs in "Mutiny" from TDDU. Exact same riff as what is played in the Yes-tune "Changes" from their "90125" album.
The Zappanale recording circulating is a recorded webcast by "rockradio". The quality isn't that bad, but quite a lot of "glitches" that makes it a bit annoying to listen to. Great concert and a great memory. The reason I'm asking about audience recording is that I saw a guy with great recording gear recording the whole gig.
Is the Bad Doberan recording the radio broadcast or an audience recording?
Anyone? Which recording do you have in Dropbox Be?