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Conne Island is such a great and friendly place. Leipzig is a funky town and the people are nice. The room is cool, they serve cheap beer in 0.5l glass bottles and no-one minds if you light up some weed during the show
The audience tonight is psyched; towards the end they scream, whistle and persistently demand Zugaben. The "Unicorn" is a lot rougher today than the previous night in Bremen. The encores were rehearsed in the soundcheck and turned out to be a total jam-fest. First we get 14 minutes of "All Is Loneliness". They give Ståle room for a lenghthy organ-solo and back him up with funky jamming. The coda of "All Is Loneliness" is very tender and peculiar, a bit different too. And then they perform a sweet segue into "Cornucopia" and the jamming continues. All of a sudden, right in the middle of the jam, they slip into "Go To California" which is sped up and adapted to the "Cornucopia"-groove. The whole song is played, without the long solo section though. After "Go To California" Kenneth leads the way into a drum solo, Snah smiles at his tricks. After the drum solo they return to "Cornucopia" in a huge way! The whole "Cornucopia" package lasted ca. 13 minutes. The evening is topped off by a perfect "Burn" leaving us awestruck by another geat show! Wow!
This was the first and best show of my Motorpsycho tour that also included Leipzig and Berlin. A lot has been said about the Schlachthof and I would like to add that this venue really allows the audience to focus on the music; you won't get better sounds and sights at aanother 1.000 capacity venue. In turn this also influences the performances of course.
The wide and deep stage made it possible for the "Unicorn" backdrop to be seen in all its entirety which made quite a difference to other shows when only excerpts of it could be seen. Tonight the backdrop really was a part of the story. We could also see in detail the whole stage set-up. When we entered the club there was no background music, so everyone lowered their voices creating a very devotional atmosphere in the venue. Later on, shortly before the concert there was some very quiet free jazz.
Five minutes past eight the lights went out and the intro "Out Of The Woods" sends shivers down our spine. On this spring day in Bremen "The Unicorn" was performed to perfection! I was thoroughly floored by this piece of music and it all made sense. The "Unicorn" captures the essence of Motorpsycho. This suite employs all elements and all tricks Motorpsycho have mastered through the years. Hard rocking songs, beautiful ballads, space-outs and delicate psychedelic moments all woven together into the ultimate motorpsychodelic trip. The point of performing the "Unicorn" night after night is to nail this demanding piece of music.
The quiet moments of the "Unicorn" (like the Kraut-funk intro to "Through The Veils") really stood out today. The band played with great care, a lot of attention for every detail, patience and also passion. It was dynamic and deep. There is so much to digest and discover in this rock-opera. I loved every second of it and I cannot comprehend how someone who loves Motorpsycho can be bored or put off by it.
Another thing that really stood out were the vocals. They sang like angels sent from heaven, sweet harmonies, everyone of them nailed to perfection. The sound was also superb.
In fact I could have gone home after the "Unicorn" (and this show in general), because it leaves you satisfied, intrigued and fascinated. Seeing the "Unicorn" two more times on the other hand made sense too. There was not one moment during all three performances of the "Unicorn" when I found myself bored. I cherish every version I heard and I wouldn't mind seeing it more times.
And then of course the encores. They come out and jam their way into a very good version of "Arne H" (ca. 14 min) which vaguely employed the structure of the "RWIV" version. The first second encore of this tour brought us a good version of the "Hog" (12 min) that also featured the familiar "Halleluwah"-jam.
This was one of the best shows I have seen the band play in the last few years.
Anyone know if there will be day tickets for Zappanale? The website only offers festival tickets for 160€ so far. That is too expensive. If they offered day passes I would indeed consider catching the "Unicorn" another time
Review. (mentions Akane)
Thanks Be for the first really heartfelt laugh of the day! Your comments were priceless.
Your are right, "Hogwash" featured a deconstructed version "Halleluwah" and it was great. The "Unicorn" totally floored me. What a show! Hard to believe it can get better than that. See you in Leipzig tonight!
The tour continues tonight with the first concert of the German leg: Köln @ Stollwerk. A new venue for the band. During the last two shows we saw two tour debuts in the encores! Will we get another debut tonight or another great version of "Hogwash" because it worked so well the other night…? See you tomorrow in Bremen!
Short excerpt of "Gullible" but the sound is so terrible it is unbearable (why do people upload crappy clips like this in the first place)?
And another clip with better sound but shot from way in the back:
That clip is AMAZING! The setlist is the same as the previous show in Bergen 24.03. — a Motorpsycho premiere?
Edit: Kongsberg 17.03. and Haugesund 23.03. also featured the same setlist.
No wonder, it wasn't even sold out the last time (15.10.2011), not even with the added bonus of "SOS"-LP and it being an excklusive Dutch show…
The tour continues today in Eindhoven!!! Let's see what the "Unicorn" sounds like and what the encores will bring, now that the boys had some time to digest the first live experiences of "TDDU" and let it incubate for a bit
10.04.2012:
10 years ago on this day in 2002 Motorpsycho played the second show of the year — the band's third-busiest concert year to date spawning 64 shows in total — at Docks in Hamburg (GER). At this show the band debuted "Serpentine", "One More Daemon" and "Circles". They also played "Ãœberwagner" which was premiered at the tour opening concert in Copenhagen the night before (09.04.2002). All these songs would appear on "It's A Love Cult" later in the year. This short spring tour comprised 13 concerts in DK, GER, NL, BE, LUX, FR, ESP and CH but Hamburg was the only concert of the tour that featured all four new songs! The Hamburg show was also remarkable for following story: The intro loop of "Giftland" sampled from "Timothy's monster" was playing over the house-PA while the doors opened and the crowd entered the venue. The loop would keep playing for well over an hour all the way to the beginning of the show. When the band entered the stage they seamlessly tore into "Giftland" (a huge setlist surprise at that time!) which made for a great moment of tension-release. This particular version of "Giftland" proved to be the tour's best featuring the great intro and majestic jams.
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Setlist:
Giftland
Serpentine
The Other Fool
Custers Last Stand
Song For A Bro
Circles
For Free
Ãœberwagner or A Billion Bubbles in my Mind
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Blindfolded
The Skies Are Full Of … Wine?
's Numbness
Psychonaut
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Sideway Spiral III
The Slow Phaseout
Snafu
Walking On The Water
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Fool's Gold
