Astronomy Domine was a HUGE surprise! I actually had to check the news to see if Roger Waters or David Gilmour had died or something. Great cover. Hopefully it signals a return to a more psychedelic MP.
Otherwise the start of the concert was rather boring “Riding the Tiger” is cool, but not super great. Bent mentioned they were playing songs from CotF because of the newly released (great sounding) remaster.
So far the new songs do nothing for me. They’re just straight rockers – well played, but not exciting. Parts of “Gaia 2” are extremely similar to “Into the Sun”, which I find kinda weird. It guess it’s on purpose?
Around “Superstooge” the show started to get better. “Stalemate” was good, but nowhere near the majestic versions we’ve gotten in the past. Bent told a fun story about how, in 1998, someone in Greece contacted them about using Stalemate in an after shave commercial. They agreed. That song is still streamed a lot by greeks, Bent said. So when they played in Greece earlier this year they decided to brush the dust off that song. Hopefully they keep playing it and rediscover how powerful it can be.
“Lucifer” was fun, as expected. “Lady May” was very jazzy and jammy, but nothing super exciting happened. “Balthazaar” was good. “Gullible’s Travails” was really good. “Psychonaut” was great and Bent sang some lyrics of other songs (not sure which) in there. “Mountain” is never wrong. And then we got “Astronomy Domine”. HUGE surprise and really good! Snah did the lead vocals, with psychedelic imagery playing on the backdrop. Pretty much the highlight of the evening for me.
The encore was a “hit parade” – well executed, as expected. Nothing to dislike there.
Fun (?) fact: the show was actually not sold out. Usually their shows in Trondheim are.
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