Paradisio gig video *SPOILER*

[Brownsound]

In case you don't wanna know the set and stuff like that, don't read this!


I wrote this while watching so my comments are my thoughts at the time.


FAREWELL MY HELL - Yeah! Very good opener!
FOX - Predictable but sweet as always.
MAN OR MOUSE - Nothing out of the ordinary. Good one.
FRIENDS 'TILL THE END - FUCKING AWESOME! Totally badass, better than ever.
BOTANIC MISTRESS - A bit of a poor choice off of HFH I think.
CASH OR CLASH - Totally ripping, awesome crowdresponse. Second best so far!
OLYMPIC - A bit of a boring one, surprisingly. They don't really go off on it.
KEMP - Nice n heavy. Good rocking number. "Wanna hear some Millencolin rock n roll?!" - Erik
BLACK EYE - "Heavy metal ballad!" - Mathias. Solid as always. Great number.
BLACK GOLD - "We wanted to change a bit so we'll play some different songs." Total surprise!
Not very rocking, but it's a nice song. Could've been played a bit better. Nikola can't sing
as high as he needs to anymore, I think.
BIFTEK SUPERNOVA - It rocked a lot more live than on the album. Really good.
BATTERY CHECK - One of my favourites, could've been played a bit better but still it rocked.
BULLION - Surprising to have it so late. A classic, nothing extraordinary.
LOZIN MUST - Predictable, a bit on the dull side.
NO CIGAR - "Millencolin skate punk song #1", crowd digged it!
PEPPER - Not my favourite pick. Somethign else would've been nice.
MR CLEAN - Mathias sung from second verse until the end. Totally ripped, crowd loved it and sung the intro.
--ENCORE--
PENGUINS & POLARBEARS - It rocked a shitload! VERY good! Must see to understand, they jammed
in a few surprises during the bridge which was extremely cool!
RAY - Boring. Didn't mix well with the surrounding songs.
DANCE CRAZE - Sounded a bit off at first, a bit sloppily played. Nice surprise.
SOFTWORLD - "This is what we're all about." Extended solosection. What the hell?
Very lame ending. No thanking the crowd for the show, just extended it and went off stage.


Well. Lots of surprises. Why so few songs off of Kingwood I ask?! Lots of nice ol' tunes,
very nice to hear FTTE, Black Gold and Softworld. Biggest and best surprise definetely
FTTE! Best songs: FTTE, Mr Clean, Cash or Clash, No Cigar, Penguins & Polarbears. But the ending
fucking sucked to be honest. It was the typical encore-exit without saying anything, whole crowd
including myself expected more songs with that exit.

I'm still stoked as hell, it's gonna kick major ass if they rock as much as they did! Nikola
looked a bit bored(he wanted to catch the Juve game ), Mathias rocked like a bastard, Erik
was Erik and Larban was rock-solid.

[greener greg]

wow. ftte, softword, blackgold! thx brownsound.
i wonder why the left ray to the end.

it looks like a very good gig!

[karro]

Brownsound said:

Very lame ending. No thanking the crowd for the show, just extended it and went off stage.

... But the ending
fucking sucked to be honest. It was the typical encore-exit without saying anything, whole crowd
including myself expected more songs with that exit.

What are you talking about? "See the part but not the whole" I think Mathias thanked the crowd in between many songs if its not them all. I think at one point I heard him saying thanks in Neerlandais (we should ask Daaneel on this one to be sure). Erik did too thank the crowd. In my opinion, they thanks enough the crowd to pay themselve a scoobidoo ending ("se pousser en douce" in good quebecer).

Great show. I'm dissapointed in no way. Best parts: Friends till the end, Black eye, Black gold, Mr.Clean sung by Mathias (I was taken by surprized, I didnt think they would do that once again. and his voice improved since 2003. How lovely), Penguins medley (how incredible and surprizing), Softcore. I would like them to have played more new songs and skip on Botanic Mistress. Larzon was off beat the 3 first songs but it's maybe the online diffusion that isn't accurate and scraped the sonority making it souding empty at some points. That is probably why I found Farewell, No Cigar and Ray weird. They played exactly one hour including the encore.

Though I'm not a reference. I have difficulties to review something at the first impression due to my "sensibility", I got often things not to say out of loud and that is irrevelant in the current topic. I have also difficulties to concentrate when I got many informations at the same time from every where. That is why I don't review alot of shows. I always need myself a second hearing to be sure.

[Brownsound]

Karro said:

What are you talking about? "See the part but not the whole" I think Mathias thanked the crowd in between many songs if its not them all. I think at one point I heard him saying thanks in Neerlandais (we should ask Daaneel on this one to be sure). Erik did too thank the crowd. In my opinion, they thanks enough the crowd to pay themselve a scoobidoo ending ("se pousser en douce" in good quebecer).

It's a custom to thank the crowd AFTER the show, not just walk off like that, regardless of how much you thank them between songs. Stay behind, toss a few picks and drumsticks into the crowd, some high 5's, stuff like that. People always appreciate that.

[karro]

Millencolin are rebellous spirits.

[PepeT]

Great show, but they played the old songs too slowly :/ Nikola really wanted to watch the Juve game, and he was kinda lame at this time. Mathias, Larzon and Erik really rocked!

Hopefully Nikola can show his best at Stockholm!

[androdaking]

How do you know Nikola wanted to watch the Juve game?

[karro]

He told before Black Gold or another song. He also asked if someone knew the score.

[Brownsound]

Androdaking said:

How do you know Nikola wanted to watch the Juve game?

Mathias asked Nikola if he was enjoying himself and he said he was but he wanted to know the score.

[millencoolin2]

he was just kidding, of course....
As you´re saying looks like Nikola wanted to leave the stage before the show finish, he´s not fanatic at this point

[greener greg]

you know he loves soccer.
and he likes juventus too.too bad we did 0-0 and we left the competition! wwahhh.
and then in juve plays zlatan ibrahimovic who is swede.

"we bought our juve shirts in an italian footlocker"

[greener greg]

please, ripp this show!!!

[millencoolin2]

I downloaded and encoded from wmv to mpg, I think we should put it avaliable to download, but (yes, have a BUT) I need to upload the show in Toronto 1996, and the 2nd and the worst reason is.... FUCK´N WEB1000 isn´t working

[millencoolin2]

Brownsound said:

Nikola
looked a bit bored(he wanted to catch the Juve game

I think he was tired.... What´s happening with Nikola´s voice? He looks tired... the new songs he sang very well but the old ones sometimes his voice failed (he did little acude screams)
It´s normal when the times goes on our body changes, but to drink and to smoke doesn´t help to improve the voice

[millencoolin2]

This show has a lot of curiuosites like the first time (that I know) that they played Black Gold in a concert, Nikola mistaking the lyrics at Dance Craze, and they played Dance Craze ´til the end (the first time that they do that!!)
Mathis changed his guitar (I really don´t like the guitar that he started the show...) and Larzon in all free times between the songs is drinking... Beer??