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Well that's the beauty of our beloved band. You never know what you're gonna get next. Sure, they've made heaps of wonderful short pop/rock songs. But all the way back to the Demon Box era you could see their sense of adventure, trying new things (the introduction of Deathprod, the long drony songs like the wheel and TGC, the tussler album, acoustic ditties like thuesday morning and feel, popish songs like junior and now it's tome to skate). They've done it all. And all in the spirit of MP (you can't argue that they've kept their sound all the way through even though their music has changed).
And now, since the introduction of KK, they've added some prog elements into their music. Big deal! They still sound great, the energy is there aswell as their song craft. It's just the next level in a pretty impressive evolution, but at the same time with a signature sound. No other band sound like MP no matter what they do, and never will. And that's the bottom line if you ask me.
Becides….it's always been a big thing with Bent not to grow stale in a specific genre. Like mentioned in the recent dagbladet interview –
"- Det er farlig med rutiner i musikk. Det blir fort stivt og døvt. Jeg synes det er bra vi fortsatt kan være et alternativ etter tjue år i bransjen"
Roughly translated to "It's dangerous with routine within music. It can easily get stiff and "dumb". I think it's good that we can still be an alternative after 20 years in the business"
This is one of many statements bent has made about not becoming stale. They've always been adventurous and keen on trying new things. So their new found love for long and proggy songs isn't that strange. And so, with such an impressive effort like TDDU (imo), i say; Let them have their fun. Let them muck around with some fiddle and sax. Cus in the end, it's all good. If i were you, i'd stop dissing on the small things, and start seeing the album as a whole. Quite impressive if you ask me.
And who knows…..the next album could easily be a return to shorter songs.
Also, after such a hurdle race (to quote snah) like BH/BC was, it's not that hard to understand their need to stretch things out abit, and jam
nils1: Not exactly. MP has added one more loop to the riff (at the end before it starts again), but it's way to similar to be a coincidence.
Non serviam! – this is plagiarism!
No matter tho. The song itself is such a great one, so all is forgiven.
Just one thing mr. nelson; Why do you keep referring to MP as becoming a jazz band? Sure there are some references to jazz in their music here and there, but there are more then equal amounts of hard hitting rock, pop, avant-garde, prog etc aswell. Personally i think a little touch of jazz now and then only broadens the musical experience. But to say that it's become a jazz act is slightly silly if you ask me…
The melody line to the hollow lands/into the mystic is stuck well in my head… I keep repeating the phrase; "told me a cabin boy i'd be, sold me the slops, shipped me to sea
made a sailor out of me"
Great album! Just so great!!!
Quote:All that mp had of glory has vanished: no more beautiful pop ballads…no magnificent build up droning songs – like golden core and vortex surfer…no riffy jamming…Earlier the use of noise in the music had a function…now it´s just annoying spice to nonsense music…
Well. That proves it then. You're not a fan! Cus the new album is packed with exactly that! Beautiful ballads, Magnificent build up droning songs, riffy jamming, and functional noise. Plus the sound of a band that has evolved since 94-98 thank god.
So what do ppl think about the album?
I'm loving it ,more and more. At first i had some trouble with the stretch between "Oh, Proteus – A Prayer" – through Oh, Proteus – A Lament". But its growing on me, both musically and as being important for the whole story. Effective in terms of mirroring the dark and troubled mood of the narrator (which i wanna call the death defying unicorn – it fits perfectily when knowing the story), on this part of the journey.
To put it simply; It's freakin' great!! :MPD: (and ståle!)
Quote:Playing a live set in a strict running order every night is the weird thing for Motorpsycho to do. Hence probably THE one reason to actually do it this time. []True
As far as i know they've never made a true concept album either. Alot of new things happening now
And becides…the album is 80+ minutes (83:44 to be exact). Now tell me the last MP concert any of you have been to that lasted that short (except festival gigs that is). I bet they'll cram a good 30 minutes of old stuff into the setlists aswell. And like alex mentioned….the jams will be different every night.
I'm not worried. And the album is EPIC, and i for one would really like to hear the whole thing live from start to finish.
Happy sailing greener81. I've taken the journey a few times now, and it gets more and more exciting every time
:MPD:
