[Heeplist] Rock the Haus Set List?

[Tapio Minkkinen]

Hi Pete

Thanks a lot for the great review. I know that of course if I got a  
change to see Heep on this tour I would enjoy the shows very much  
despite of what songs they play. Having seen Heep several times  
recently I know how great this line-up is live. It's just that seeing  
the set list was and still is a disappointment because during the last  
couple of years their set lists have been very interesting and they've  
played many songs that they haven't done live that often. This set is  
mostly a "Best Of The 70's" set and is not as interesting to me  
personally as it would if there were songs such as "The Hanging Tree",  
"Traveller In Time", "Against The Odds" etc.

I have also heard that Heep would have changed management but as it  
was sort of confidential info I have not mentioned this on the list. I  
haven't seen that this would have been announced officially.

-- 
TapioM.
tapio at uriah-heep.fi

www.uriah-heep.fi



Lainaus Pete Wharton <heeplistpete at ntlworld.com>:

> Tapio, I agree the set list looks boring on paper, but they have added a few
> tweaks here and there and it does work quite well. I've just got back from 4
> gigs in Germany and they are evolving it slightly as they go. I got to one
> sound check where Russell suggested a tweak to the opening of Look At
> Yourself which they tried out then and incorporated that night.
> Gypsy is interesting as an opener, Phil starts it with what appears to be
> the middle section where the guy has been whipped etc. before reverting to
> the heavy opening we all know and love :-)
> Look At Yourself follows on nicely from it, especially now that Mick
> augments the opening to it more.
> Rainbow Demon seemed to develop that lower toned more menacing sound it
> deserves between the first night and second.
> The Law is my least favourite track from Outsider but it's done well, I'd
> still prefer any other track instead of it though.
> Wise Man to me was the stand out track from the set. The rest of the band
> leave the stage after Magician's Birthday to the "surprise" of Phil and
> Bernie, who then proceed to do Wise Man as just Phil on keys and Bernie
> singing. It really does work beautifully and if it's on Youtube or anywhere,
> then it's well worth a look and listen.
>
> All four of the gigs were well received. Stuttgart was very busy, I'd
> estimate about 800 or so there. I have to say how Davey Rimmer has grown
> into his role now. I had a good opportunity to watch him during July Morning
> (as I always did with Trevor) and there was one point when he lifted his
> guitar and I really thought he was gonna do a Trevor slide but no, not quite
> yet. Talking to him afterwards, he said how difficult he thought it was to
> do that. One thing that came out of the conversations I had with both Davey
> and Russell was just how much respect they truly had for the work that Lee
> and Trevor had done. Bernie was very talkative after the show too. UK fans,
> nothing is confirmed yet, but there is a possibility of them doing some UK
> gigs as support to Bad Company that could give them good exposure in the UK.
>  In Ulm there was no support band, so Rich Wagner and I got caught out a bit
> expecting to be able to get space when we turned up to see the support band
> and had to stand at the back of the venue, by the doorway, even the upstairs
> balcony was full.
> Mosbach was a nice venue, but seated. Well it was until Heep appeared and
> Bernie got everyone standing up right from the off! Fortunately I'd been put
> on the guest list and they'd given me a seat in the upstairs balcony rather
> than the seat right at the back I'd bought, so I was able to fully enjoy
> being able to see the show properly without tall people bobbing round in
> front of me :-) and give my weary legs a rest at the same time! I'm not sure
> about numbers downstairs, but the balcony had spare seats.
> At Oberhausen I got a chance to meet up with some of the Dutch Heepsters and
> wee Joe from Scotland too, so it was back to the normal near the front
> bopping away during the gig this time. It was the first time Mick was using
> his new amps too and they sounded good. It's also cool I think that his
> speaker cabinets have Mick Box on them where you might normally see Marshall
> or whatever.
>
> Talking to Russell and Davey in the bar after Ulm, they were definitely
> committed to taking the Heep cause forward. I can't think of any other good
> gossip that came out of the chats I had, although I believe that Heep now
> have new management. Martin Darvell having sold up his interest in Liscombe
> Park etc and moved to Devon to concentrate on his horses.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of
> Tapio Minkkinen
> Sent: 25 November 2015 13:34
> To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Rock the Haus Set List?
>
> Hi Scott
>
> This is the set list they have been playing on the German tour. I have to
> say this has got to be the dullest set list from Heep I have ever seen. The
> previous set they had used for one year so it's of course good that they
> make changes.
>
> Four songs from Outsider and the rest is all stuff from the early 70's
> (except Wise Man). The Magician's Birthday and Wise Man are the interesting
> points for me in the show, all the other old songs are those they've done on
> almost every tour since 2007 when Russell joined the band.
>
>
> 1. Gypsy
> 2. Look At Yourself
> 3. Rainbow Demon
> 4. The Law
> 5. The Outsider
> 6. Sunrise
> 7. Stealin'
> 8. The Magician's Birthday
> 9. Wise Man
> 10. The Wizard
> 11. One Minute
> 12. Can't Take That Away
> 13. July Morning
> 14. Lady In Black
> 15. Bird Of Prey
> 16. Easy Livin'
>
>
> --
> TapioM.
> tapio at uriah-heep.fi
>
> www.uriah-heep.fi
>
>
>
> Lainaus Scott Manion <scottmanion at earthlink.net>:
>
>> Have checked Setlist.fm but haven't seen anyone post what they are
>> playing on the Germany Tour.
>> Any insights?  Any special bits making the show?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Scott