20 days after stepping off the stage in Albany, P2 were back for another run of dates. Their absence from gigging might help explain why the team are slow to get into their, ahem, groove. After a bit of vectoring, House meanders pleasantly enough but without ever quite catching fire. It’s not until Live Groove that they begin the process of acquiring their mojo. During the piece, Gunn’s beautiful solo bobs and weaves on Belew’s thrashing beats and soaring string section accompaniment from Fripp. It’s moments like this which make P2 so special.
Yet, writing in his diary, Gunn has a different perspective entirely. “How could I play so, so many notes and feel so little. Absolutely no feeling for the music tonight...How can this be? Especially when the audience seemed to love what we were doing.They went wild with everything we gave them.”
ET reader, Eraserhead offered his own assessment. “I found it to be more satisfying than the Space Groove album by far (though I do really enjoy the album). Lots of different sounds and textures, and the overall feeling was much more intense than the album. Robert used his fuzz tone more than I expected, and played extremely well. Adrian was obviously having a good time, and I think his drumming has improved a lot since Nashville-he's playing some killer stuff on his new toy. :) Trey impresses me more all the time, and I can't wait to see what he does next-this guy is a huge talent.”
All of which seems to prove the assertion that the musicians playing the gig on the night aren’t always the best judge as to what’s good and what isn’t. At the end of the performance, Adrian stepped out from behind the V-Drums and treated the audience to a few of solo songs including Young Lions, Men In Helicopters, and Dinosaur. Of those, only Dinosaur is captured for posterity here.
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