i was listening to a bootleg of the scorpions 2k6 show at wacken. seems it was a great show - especially they really nailed the encore! was dissapointed that they only made a bad job of one song (don't believe her) which unfortunately is my favourite scorpions track. but i think the other tracks make up for it (in trance - OMG!), and maybe i'll put the dvd on my birthday list when the time comes.
i often forget how blackmore-ish uli is at times.
one of the tracks - searching for the peace of mind - i thought was particularly great. and after this i listened to the whole of 'The Lonesome Crow' - wow, really great Krautrock production! :) It just screams it was produced by Conny Plank of course.
I always forget how much I like Krautrock, and especially the production of Conny "phil spector of krautrock" Plank. Krautrock really influenced alot of music styles, and I must say its influenced me quite alot directly as well as indirectly.
something about these wild times in 70s germany made such great anarchic music, and i'm really tuned into the sound. improvisation with guitars and electronics, experimention and treatments of the sound. something like this would be called over indulgent today, and rightly so! but in the context of this kind of music is works really well.
conny plank's productions from this period are instantly recognisable of course. somehow he generates so much space, but there is room for a great deal of sonic depth and experimentation. i'm sure he had more involvement than just production, perhaps even helping to write with some of the musicans he produced... or maybe he just had a really good dealer :lol: ;) anyway i say this because of the very sentimental and nostaligic feelings his rolling sort of 'sound' creates. progressive music i actually want to listen to!
i never had dreams to visit any sort of 'famous' studio (except maybe kling klang (kraftwerk) or earthbound (the prodigy)) before i listened to conny's stuff. i heard at a gig i played in berlin at the end of 2006 from a german tour manager, and big krautrock fan, that conny's studio was broken up earlier in 2006, which is somehow sad i think - espeically as i'd hoped to visit someday. that german tour manager was a really top guy, and i hope i run into him again actually.
my - what a random post that was! 8) here an example of what i mean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nTGTCSGj30
