Riverside - Bielefeld 07/12/08

Rivertree wrote: Well - with Conceiving You I had to dam up my tears  ...  ...

The crowd involvement was unnecessary in my opinion, but Maruisz was quite impressive (all the reason more not to involve the people who can't sing to save their lives).

Soul Dreamer wrote: My highlight was Reality Dream III, where they were really having fun, and Mariusz and Piotr playing great.

I also felt like RD3 was a memorable one that evening.

I was there; it was quite good. Venue was a bit small for the percussion, though. Bass should have been damped as it did overpower sometimes. Made for a good wall-of-sound approach to some parts like the end of Volte-Face, though. Similarly, the keyboards could have been turned up a bit in my opinion. Nonetheless, it sounded reasonably good. Also, I laughed at Maruisz saying "Danke schön!" to the audience.

There were awkward moments, like when he had the audience start clapping and then stopped them before Ultimate Trip to show off the drummer. To be honest, they were pretty bad about rushing throughout the show (which lead me to a few surreptitious giggles along the way). Setlist was great and the audience was appreciative. I loved having the venue right across from the Hauptbahnhof (main train station).

No pictures; I forgot my camera in France.