MOTORPSYCHO
Ebisu Guilty, Tokyo, Japan
December 08, 2003
Gig 5 out of 7 during the Japan tour of 2003
Source: Core Sound Stealthy Cardiod mics > Sony MZ-R900 md
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CD (77:39) 
01) Go To California (7:38) 
02) Starmelt/Lovelight (3:50) 
03) Dominoes (4:11) 
04) All Is Loneliness (7:00) 
05) Überwagner (8:42) 
06) Neverland (5:50) 
07) STG (10:33) 
08) Watersound (5:40) 
09) You Lied (4:29) 
10) Bonney Lee (4:27) 
11) The Wheel (15:17) 

Japan premier of All Is Loneliness, only performance of 
the tour.
World premier of Bonney Lee, only performance of the tour.
Japan premier of a standalone The Wheel, only standalone 
perfomance of the tour. Last time performed standalone in 
Milano 2000-04-08.


Recording comments: Complete. Recorded in sound center, in
the middle of the room, ca 5 meters from the stage. 
Well balanced mix, very good sound. 

There is an edit in The Wheel due to change of minidiscs.


Performance comments: Great gig with a couple of surprises.

Motorpsycho's first headlining show in Japan. Small club, 
ca 100-150 people. The two Japanese bands Kirihito and 
Mo'Some Tonebender supported Motorpsycho.

Highlights: Go To California catches yet another twist in 
this take, letting room for the reborn powertrio to rock 
the house down already during the first song.

Dominoes is, if not a highlight, at least a new song, and 
hopefully an embryonic one. A weird mix between Wings' 
"Live And Let Die" and your -by now- classic, stomping 
Love Cult kind of rocker in the vein of Neverland/Snafu. 

Next time I go to Japan, I will bring that famous needle, 
just to drop it at the end of All Is Loneliness. Tender 
version with Bent on a new acoustic guitar. Beautiful 
audience, they actually wait for a signal from the band 
before they start cheering!

Neverland is here the longer version with a great guitar 
workout.

STG is beautifully tailed again for the first time since 
the 1998 Trust Us tour. Another dream come true.

Bonney Lee is supposedly a cover, although I'm not sure 
who has got the original. All Music Guide suggests Hank 
C. Burnette, although his 1979 song is called Bonnie Lee. 
Motorpsycho's spelling is taken from their setlist. 
Anyway, the song is a groovy, fast rocker. Very cool, and 
very 1979ish. It's way out of everybody's voice range, but
great fun, nevertheless.

The first standalone The Wheel in years ends this rocking 
set in a most psychedelic and heavy way. 

Superstooge (disguised as Ju87) was on the setlist before 
The Wheel, but was dropped. No encores due to curfew. Both
Bedroom Eyes and Vortex Surfer were on the setlist as 
possible encores. The band were very pleased with their 
performance and with the audience. 
(As was I, I might add...)

e-mail: anders.hustveit@usit.uio.no 
web: http://folk.uio.no/ahustvei/


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