Traffic Hamburg 73
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Topic: Traffic Hamburg 73
Posted By: MagicMoo
Subject: Traffic Hamburg 73
Date Posted: January 17 2012 at 12:13
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Hi everybody!
Since this is my first concert review, it took me quite a while to decide. But going back to my youth, maybe the most impressive show was Traffic's Hamburg show in 1973 (On-the-Road-Tour). It was the Shoot-Out-Line-Up and Winwood played guitar for most of the show. The setlist was superb and I'd like to show it: Shoot Out... (played very straight and to the point, sure like on the album) Rock & Roll Stew Who knows what tomorrow might bring Fourty-Thousand Headmen Roll Right Stones (what a beauty, they played it with the utmost timing and sensibility) No Face No Name No Number Glad > Freedom Rider Tragic Magic (this song is aptly titled, again I like it live more than studio, where it feels a little sterile) Sometimes... (great emotive ballad) Light up or leave me alone Low Spark (together with Roll Right Stones imo the highlights of this faultless and marvellous show). The interweaving of the instruments (Rebob especially supported geniously)was great and always had an air of ease. Traffic in the following year played again in Germany (When the Eagle Flies-Tour, saw them in Münster), but it was not the same anymore,somehow one could feel that it was their swan song. |
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Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: January 18 2012 at 02:34
wow, I've been in Münster too!  can't compare though, found it a great event nevertheless ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: MagicMoo
Date Posted: January 18 2012 at 09:29
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Man, you got good taste!
Hm Münster. I think it was March 74. If i do remember correctly, they played all of When the Eagle flies except Something New, which for me had an air of melancholy. Münster went like this (maybe not exactly): Heaven is in your Mind Love John Barleycorn Fourty-thousand Headmen Graveyard People Pearly Queen When the Eagle flies Walking in the Wind Dream Gerrard Memories of a Rock 'n' Roller Mr. Fantasy So, for me, that show didn't have the 'flow' of Hamburg. And it didn't have no Roll Right Stones or Low Spark, although it had Mr. Fantasy. I think they did improvise heavy on Dream Gerrard, but the song's arrangement just isn't that beautiful. Otherwise, the craftsmanship was also great. Thing is, with a group having such high standards, the expectation of the audience/listener does also grow and grow. If one imagines the Münster show as a one-off and compared to nowadays musical landscape (which doesn't mean, that there are no more groups worth listening) it surely also was brilliant. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 06:32
| Well, i believe you that it was great, just listen to "On the road" (the best Traffic record IMO)and you'll understand how great they were at the time. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 08:37
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Much prefer the 73 set-list to 74's, because I'm not a big fabn of When the Eagle Flies, and the set list is filled with songs from that album
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Strangely enough, I find the live On The Road very exciting and filled with energy, but the Santa Monica 73 film concert on DVD (see the database) is somewhat a bit cold and even a bit boring...
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