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Setlist:
Whip That Ghost
The Great Stash Robbery
The Gaia II Space Corps
Balthazaar
A Pacific Sonata
Lucifer (Bringer Of Light)
The Oracle
Lady May
The Alchemyst
Patterns
Psychotzar
Gullible’s Travails
The Tower
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Neotzar (The Second Coming)Notes:
– approx 2h 45mFrancesco
Highlights for me tonight were Balthazaar (Bent introduced it by saying something like “last time I talked to Ole (Paus ed.note), at the backstage of Rockefeller, he said he was ready to make a new album, three days later he was gone. Here’s a song to him.”), Pacific, Oracle, Alchemyst (must be the heaviest version I’ve heard), Patterns and Gullible.
Before The Tower Bent said he thought it was kind of a bummer to play/write a song that has ended up becoming true. And continued to say he might be a fortune teller, winked and called himself “Snåsakalljen”.
Agree with everything toresan said. Also want to add that the version of Lady May was really good. Still think the versions they played at Blitz in the original key with Järmyr can’t be beat, but with that Snah/Reine guitar interplay one can’t complain. Also agree that The Alchemyst was SPECTACULAR (best version I ever heard)
A bit disappointed they only played 3 tracks from the new album. Especially Stash and the title track which they just sorta rushed through in the beginning.
Also setlist kinda same-y. This is like the 3rd Oslo club concert in a row to repeat Ghost, Patterns and GT.
First ever MP concert for me on a Sunday, so that was a new experience
This was the 3rd gig in 3 days for me. Little hat trick with Hamar, Halden and Oslo.
Hamar and Halden were both a lot more poppy, with Starmelt/Hey Jane/No Evil/Sinful, Windborne.
Oslo last night was intense and jammy in comparison. Also seems like they have properly fallen back into kraut mode with Olaf. More Gebhardt than Kapstad, lets say.
@Blashyrkh: I wish I could tell you that I recorded the show, but, unfortunately, a few minutes before the start of the concert a guy from the security took my recorder. Hopefully, someone else had better luck and was able to record the show.
Francesco
Powerful gig!
Highlights for me was the Alchemyst, Lady may (never cared much for the studio version, but this was something else) and Gullible’s! Almost every song had a great jam.
My least favourite moment tho was Gaia II, which had some awful AI generated retro scifi visuals going on i the background. I’m honestly shocked they would even consider using something so cheap and distasteful! Goes against everything they’re about, I’d say.
And Olaf is a grooving and stable drummer, but on songs like The Tower I think he leaves a lot to be desired. I’m so used to those wild fills from the record
Does anyone have pics of the AI-generated background? If that is true I am kinda shocked. If theres one band I would expect to never touch AI its Motorpsycho. Disappointed is an unsterstatement.
Haha, I noticed the Gaia II visuals as well. First thought was “what prompt did they put in ChatGPT to generate these visuals?”
Mildly annoyed for about 5 seconds before I went back to enjoying the concert.Still think they haven’t quite nailed Neotzar live. Parts of it are still quite messy.
Does anyone know how much, if at all, MP themselves are involved in the visuals? If I have understood how they operate, those kind of things tend to be ousourced and whoever does it are given creative license? I seem to remember some interview where they said they were, eh, a bit surprised by Kim Hjortøy’s album cover choices and had no clue what it ‘meant’ but went with it anyhoo?
Completely with oherdemon’s reaction on this semi-controversy. I very quickly went back to enthusiastic nodding and totally enjoyed the gig. And there was a lot to enjoy. The sound was very good, a lot of excellent jamming and soloing throughout and has anyone mentioned the singing? Better than I have ever heard I think. I agree that Neotzar haven’t necessarily found it’s final form yet, but it made much more sense here compared to the original album version which has never clicked with me.
Hail to the uploader https://youtu.be/dEpHsaLD38o?si=TK2VeqvNgEcy3TsW
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