[Heeplist] UH São Paulo review

Igor Shveitser zlenko_iv at mail.ru
Wed May 28 09:48:27 EDT 2014 

 Hello again, Tapio,
Only one of the gigs I attended was a festival one,l 1-hour and a bit long, the rest was regular 90-100 minutes sets, ending with Land Of Hope And Glory :))) But you might be right regarding the end of tour thing. Still, trust me, I am not making the stuff up, only report what I witnessed personally. And to be honest, I more than like what they are as a modern band and feel fooled to some extent when Bernie sings Lady In Black or July Morning because that always sounds coverish to me. Of course I understand many Heepsters feel the other way round (and they would've gladly got rid of the "nails" and "wheels" in favour of more Easy Livings:)) but I can't help feeling that everything must be original, genuine. The only singer apart from Byron or Hensley that sounds authentic to me even when singing Heep's classics is Mr.Lawton - but that is simply because almost all he touches with his voice turns to gold for me. And I miss Lee's beat quite a bit. I understand, it is a delicate subject to discuss, but I prefer being honest and critical than brown-nosing. This band is great overall but sometimes I feel there's something missing, and that something is freshness.
Cheers, Igor


Wed, 28 May 2014 16:21:26 +0300 от Tapio Minkkinen <tapio at uriah-heep.fi>:
>Hi Igor
>
>Have the shows you've seen been normal shows with the full set list? 
>If so then I find it hard to believe as I haven't seen this happening 
>that they would change the sets depending on the country. If they are 
>playing at a festival and only ca. 1 hour playing time as often is the 
>case then naturally the new songs might get dropped in favour of the 
>old songs. Perhaps you have just been lucky to see them at a point 
>where there have been less new songs in the set than usual. Usually 
>when the tour starts there are more new songs in the set and as the 
>tour progresses the number can be drop. Recently there have been only 
>three songs from Into The Wild, this is correct.
>
>-- 
>TapioM.
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>Lainaus Igor Shveitser < zlenko_iv at mail.ru >:
>
>>  Sorry to say that, but in Moscow even during the Sea Of Light tour 
>> it was different, only 3 songs off it were played. And most of the 
>> time here it is the same. Even last year, when they visited the city 
>>  twice, one gig if I am not mistaken was without new songs at all 
>> and  the other featured Nail, Into The Wild and one more which I 
>> don't  remember at the moment. With John Lawton in Italy it was 
>> different -  good overal but the newest one being solely Against The 
>> Odds.  Perhaps it is way different in other countries but every time 
>> I see  them live they strongly if not entirely rely on the oldies. I 
>> think,  Tapio, somewhere deep inside the band still has doubts if it 
>> is  being loved not for the name and achievements of the past but 
>> for  what they have been since David and Ken left.
>> Cheers, Igor
>>
>>
>> Wed, 28 May 2014 15:08:00 +0300 ?? Tapio Minkkinen < tapio at uriah-heep.fi >:
>>> I don't think this is not correct that Heep is shy to play new
>>> material. On the contrary in my opinion they've played them a lot.
>>>  From 2001 to 2007 there was an exception to this but that's natural
>>> as there wasn't a new album to promote.
>>>
>>> On Sea Of Light tour they played six songs from the album, they
>>> changed the songs a bit so that different new songs were played but
>>> there was always the same number of new songs in the set.
>>> On Sonic Origami tour the set included eight new songs.
>>> On Wake The Sleeper tour they played the whole album in its entirety,
>>> 11 new songs.
>>> At the start of Into The Wild tour they played seven songs from the
>>> album, after a while two new songs were dropped from the set so there
>>> were five new songs.
>>> Lately there have been only three or four songs from Into The Wild in
>>> the set but it's understandable as the album is already three years old.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> TapioM.
>>>  tapio at uriah-heep.fi
>>>
>>>  www.uriah-heep.fi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lainaus Igor Shveitser <  zlenko_iv at mail.ru >:
>>>
>>>>  If you really believe in new material, you surely will play it
>>>> live. Mick Box's Heep was often quite shy in that regard.
>>>> Unfortunately. Honestly, I'd rather hear them play ALL new songs
>>>> than all the classics - those belong to history now while the new
>>>> ones are what this band is really about.
>>>> Cheers, Igor
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wed, 28 May 2014 12:35:00 +0100 ?? Iain Barnes <  i.barnes3 at ntlworld.com >:
>>>>> Maybe your right Bob but this is a common trend with Heep. If you
>>>>> believe in the song surely playing it live is a great way to
>>>>> advertise the fact you have a single and album available to buy.
>>>>> The set list is a good one but its basically been this set list for
>>>>>  over 2 years now. Surely it's time to add some fresh songs
>>>>>
>>>>> Iain
>>>>>
>>>>> On 28 May 2014, at 12:22, Bob Winward <  uriahheep at comcast.net > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There must be a reason they are not playing it.  My guess is they can
>>>>>> control access to the song that way and may feel playing live 
>>>>>> reduces their
>>>>>> chances of making money on the release.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/28/14 7:16 AM, "BARNES IAN" <  i.barnes3 at ntlworld.com > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes thanks Claudia, great to hear you enjoyed the show.  It was a shame
>>>>>> they
>>>>>>> didn't play One Minute though.  I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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