MOTORPSYCHO - ROMA, PALACISALFA 08.10.01
| Sound quality: | 6 |
| Source: | Core Sound Stealthy Cardiod mics -> Sony MZ-R900 -> cdr. My recording. |
| Complete: | Yes |
Recording comments: The acoustics in this big sports hall were terrible. The recording sounds distant and hollow, something that to a certain extent benefits the psychedelic mood of the show, but can be very annoying during the louder parts.
Performance comments: After the incredibly intense and rocking show in Athens, no one saw this one coming! 2 hours and 15 minutes of motorpsychodelia, and one of the coolest setlists of the tour. These two nights are so different that it is almost hard to believe that it is the same band playing.
Highlights: Pills, Powders & Passsionplays and Landslide are both featured in their longest versions ever, and are packed with beautiful and sublime jamming.
Even if it was already recorded (probably more than once), the experiments with Fade To Grey continues. This time the middle part taken from The 3rd is followed by a jam with Snah in the lead, while the song ends abruptly after the last bridge leaving out the last verse...Cool!
The second airing of As We Go Along sees the song performed to perfection. Lovely!
The opening jam of My Best Friend evolves into the Grateful Dead cover The Other One, while the middle jam floats into outer space, and is beautiful beyond words. This version fights the battle with the Barcelona 180402 perfomance for being the most mindblowing version ever. Runnerups: Darmstadt 111001 and Köln 141001.
Go To california has only guitarsolo, but it's a great one.
A 6 minute Into The Sun with a great organ solo is the last song before the encores.
Painting The Night Unreal wasn't performed too often during the Phanerothyme tour, and this version is very strong with sublime guitarwork from Snah building perfectly up to the climax.
A frigile, yet monumental Stalemate ends the most psychedelic and far out show since Utrecht 300598.