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I find myself bored by the majority of the "Unicorn" but I would never doubt the magic of the live experience! I simply cannot comprehend how faithful and genuine pschonauts who have seen the band at least 3-5 dozen times — which applies to most of us around here — can say "I don't like the album, I think I won't go to see the show!". Isn't that way over the top? There was a streak of not-so-good releases in the mid-2000s but who ever cared? Live they always delivered. It's a bit more demanding to get all of the new album at every show but you still have to cut them some slack! I am sure the live performance of the "Unicorn" will provide us with valuable insights into the material which will make us appreciate the album more. I am not a big fan of "TDDU" but I will dearly hold on to my three concert tickets for Bremen, Leipzig and Berlin!
Hey, let's move the Trondheim I discussion to a new individual thread!
So was the "Unicorn" performed in order in its entirety, i.e. incl. all the interludes and stuff? Is it even possible to tell? And how long was the "Unicorn" part altogether?
How do we handle the setlist reporting for this tour? Do we just indicate that the "Unicorn"-suite was played or do we decipher the actual songs? Obviously one needs to be familiar with the album in great detail to tell…
14.03.2012:
Fifteen years ago on this day in 1997 Motorpsycho performed a concert at Rockefeller in Oslo (NOR). This concert which occurred halfway into the Norwegian leg of the "Angels and Daemons"-tour was broadcast on NRK, the Norwegian public radio. Very soon a recording of the radio broadcast became the most widely distributed and most widely spread unofficial live recording by the band. And rightly so because the performance that had been captured by NRK can be considered classic in every way. Beginning with a brilliant take on "S.T.G." feat. Deathprod on noise-gadgets (who also played a support set to open the evening) the concert also featured a spooky space rendition of "Un Chien d'Espace". Later in the set we find the combo "Nothing to Say -> Mountain" which was performed a lot during the 1996/97 tours but there is no recorded version that surpasses this one. The set is of course being topped off with an epic take of the "The Golden Core". If the band ever decided to dig into the archives and issue classic shows as "Roadworks"-series, "Rockefeller '97" would certainly be THE definite contender!
Listen:
14.03.1997 – Oslo, Rockefeller (NOR)
STG
Kill Some Day
Like Always
Heartattack Mac
Pills, Powders & Passionplays
Nerve Tattoo
Young Man Blues
Starmelt
Un Chien D'espace
Sideway Spiral II
Walking On The Water
Hogwash
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The One Who Went Away
Nothing To Say
Into The Sun
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The Golden Core
TDDU is record of the month in the monthly PDF zine "Guitars Galore" (German).
Now on YouTube:
Thanks for the article! I attended the gig which was just fantastic: Supersilent was, well, Supersilent and the light show was really exceptional, I am tempted to say even unsurpassed. I shot some crappy mobile phone videos:
Conne Island in Leipzig celebrates 20 years of existance this spring and a book is being published to commemorate the anniversary. Motorpsycho performances from Conne Island were featured on Roadwork I ("The other other fool") and Roadworks IV ("The bombproof roll and beyond"). The band will return to Conne Island on 19.04.2012!
