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buhuuuu, only one club show in Germany :o :o

BERLIN BERLIN WIR FAHREN NACH BERLIN :perfekt: :perfekt:

M´era Luna wir sind dabei!

Mehr als Mera wird bei mir wohl auch nicht gehen

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Originally posted by Vorbedacht
Just came back from the show in Dallas. Will post more tomorrow. For now all that can be suggested is to NOT MISS THIS TOUR!

Yes, you write the review- you are much better than I at these things!

And I agree- this tour really is not to be missed. The show was amazing. :perfekt:

Pretty accurate assessment, I'd say.

I was really surprised at how good the sound was. Shockingly good, in fact. The sound levels were consistent and there wasn't any feedback (that wasn't supposed to be there, that is. ). Everything sounded very clear.

House of Blues is a classy joint though, and it's *big*. New-ish. The stage was large, with a videoscreen behind it on which was played... well, all sorts of stuff really. Meshed very well with the light show. To the top left and right of the stage were screens on which you could see the onstage action. This was really nice, because although Vor and I managed to sneak and snake our way as close to the front as we could with each song (managed to end up with about four people between myself and the stage- nice!), I'm not very tall and ended up getting stuck behind a giant of a guy, heh...

And speaking of the audience, it wasn't as... hmm... fractious as I thought it would be. I was prepared to be jostled around a lot more than I was, save for a couple of times there during the encores. But the mood was lively and good and enthusiastic. There were soooo many people! All over the place. Packed. We actually missed the 2 opening bands driving around looking for parking, it was so packed. But I understand that wasn't such a bad thing. Missing the bands, I mean, not parking woes...
SP started shortly after we got there.

Ogre did a superb job of drooling fake blood on-- I mean,-- interacting with-- the audience. He spent the night covered in all sorts of unnamed goo, dressed in harnesses, wires, tubes, etc. Towards the end he had some kind of gun that, when I saw, I thought "Oooo, yeah, a flamethrower!" but no, that was just my wishful thinking. I think V told me it was supposed to spew fake blood but I think it ended up just being bursts of air.

As V mentioned, Ogre's vocals were amazing, and the music didn't overpower them. He spent a lot of time running back and forth from one side of the stage to the other, engaging everyone in the front rows. And the headdresses/masks he wore were elaborate and super cool. He did spend a considerable amount of time behind the fabric screen that was to the front left stage and spattered with (take a guess) fake blood. Looked great with the silhouettes he was projecting from behind it- especially the bird-head during Dig It. I kind of wish he *hadn't* been behind the screen so much, actually. It wasn't detracting by any means, just personal preference.

cEvin stumbled a couple of times and hit the wrong notes at the wrong times, but it wasn't anything that really stood out, and it didn't trip him or Justin up. So, good saves. They just kept on going like nothing had happened. Which is a good way to handle it, I think... obviously the audience takes its emotional cues from the performers, so if it's no big deal to them and they recoup quickly, it's no big deal to us either. I don't think many people even noticed it.

All in all, yes- this show was amazing. By all means, if you can see this tour, definitely do.

that sounds soooooo cool! Wish I could see them in the clubs here and not only at an open air in half daylight... *sigh*

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Originally posted by Black_Cat
that sounds soooooo cool! Wish I could see them in the clubs here and not only at an open air in half daylight... *sigh*

I've thought about that before and was speaking to a friend about it somewhat recently. I've never been to an open-air festival, except for a loooong time ago when Front 242 played Lollapalooza. Though I was thrilled to see Front, it felt very strange to be hearing this kind of music in broad daylight. 38C temperatures being it was summer in Texas didn't help either!


(Edit to keep this on topic: yeah, Skinny Puppy rocked last night! )

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Original von ilex011
(Edit to keep this on topic: yeah, Skinny Puppy rocked last night! )

Tell me more!!! :cool:

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Originally posted by Vorbedacht
http://litany.prongs.org > Live Tour > Mythmaker Tour > Spoilers Forum

Many details there.

Aaaand I just noticed that we were so into relating our visceral responses that we completely forgot about the other details, such as *setlist* and how long they played, etc... SP came on at 11pm/23:00, and we got out of there at 12:45/24:45. I don't remember the setlist order, I never do. Vor...?

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Originally posted by Vorbedacht
Also, the last beat of Hardset Head instantly led into Fascist Jock Itch.

That was *really* well-done.

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As if I needed further reason to jump around and clumsily fall over people… .

You were in good company! :cool: