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Sorry to be a downer here, but the analysis is, as have been mentioned, all been done in love and enthusiasm for the band. Where else to discuss such matters than on a fanforum? (and it is, of course more interesting to focus on the few negatives than marvel at the positives.. at least after witnessing 50+ gigs from our boys. And their high standard has been set by themselves, soo..)
I was at the Tromsø gig and had the exact impression as Shakti. I don`t feel like Olafs style is a great fit for the band and he was on deep water an more than one occasion. (Gullible was hard to watch/hear..).
It reminded me of seeing them with Jacco after Geb left. Servicable, but instead of following along into space, both he and Olaf mainly focused on keeping the beat through the sonic excursions.
It might have worked better if they had done what I thought they would: Yay!-ify the WHOLE set, and play shorter more accustic stuff from the new album and old songs in a mellower wrapping, but instead they tried to go back to how things were before Thomas left. And that didn’t work with Olaf, imo.
To end on a positive note: We live in interesting times, and seeing the band reinvent itself in real time is fascinating.
They must be the most reliably productive band in the world. It's starting to get silly (but I'm not complaining!)
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You sound like you’re sure about the Pratchett connection, @kjellepelle? Very cool, if that is the case. I’m a huge Pratchett fan myself, and it’s no surprise if Bent is a fan. They seem to share a kind of «outside looking in»-mentality towards society/the world, both with lots of passion, morality and humor.
That’s it, I’m wearing my «Unseen University» shirt to the Berlin gig next week!
Aaahh.. It was on the original LP release. 20 years as a fan, and I never knew that.. (Untrue fan-alert!)
Quote:Double negatives are hard :lol:Hvorfor ikke bare ikke ordlegge seg så kronglete når man ikke klarer å stokke sine egne ikke'er, ikke sant?
Or maybe they just don't have any faith in our old boys..
OK, so lets see if I understand this whole fundingbusiness correct:
If I don't back this thing within the next four days, I won't be able to get my hands on the books/cd's/bluray any other way (except 2. hand) afterwards?
Finally! It has been a mystery why I should have to stand for 3 hours just because I like rock-music, while fans of other types of music (classical/opera, even some jazzgigs – with their coffeetables!) get to rest their feet.
It's nice to see that the band finally takes the consequences of having middle aged, tired fans with worn out, old legs.
My dream sitlist for the evening:
Have spacesuit, will sit
Cloudsitter
Custer's last sit-down
Sittin' with J.
Vortex Sitter
Now it's time to sit
On my pillow
And the grand finale, 38 min. majestic version of:
The Golden Chair
I really shouldn't…. but:
It's quite entertaining watching you yelling at yourself in the mirror, @doglicksman.
"I just do not get this overly excitable fanboy-attitude towards this new guy."
I don't see "overly excitable fanboy-attitude" anywhere, but I guess you need it to be there to justify your anger, so why not make it up?
"So far, he hasn't proved anything besides not being too familiar or even remotely interested in the band."
Why should he have proved anything at all, so far? They haven't played a single show yet.
"But still: from what I can gather from that article in Adressa (?), the guy do not really seem to be that into it."
Way to interpret an article. But then again, I guess it's needed to justify your heroic stand against the mindless fanboys (who are also secretly cousins of Bent).
And so on, and so on..
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I bet everybody who cares about this band is a bit excited, a bit concerned, cautiously optimistic and terrified about the future. And I guess some people find rude rants of internet-bitching about who is the TRUEST fan/lamest fanboi and interpreting the commitment of musicians through newspaper-snippets (in a seriously flawed fashion), and generally behaving like a spoiled little snotshit who can't open his christmaspresents NOW, and thinks that is reason enough to yell at everybody around him, to be the best way to deal with the excitement, I'll give you that…
Others might have other ways of dealing with the situation. I'm not one to judge.
