Comus & line up for Melloboat 2008,Sweden
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Topic: Comus & line up for Melloboat 2008,Sweden
Posted By: Evans
Subject: Comus & line up for Melloboat 2008,Sweden
Date Posted: December 15 2007 at 16:47
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Okay, noone can ignore it here.. So, who here are going to be seeing Comus glorious return to grace with me in march next year? If you haven't heard of it, say so and i or someone else can provide a few links to this... potentially mind-blowing event. :) -------------  'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..' |
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Posted By: Endless Wire
Date Posted: December 15 2007 at 20:09
Don't think I know what you're talking about...Feel free to enlighten me (and forgive my ignorance )------------- . |
Posted By: Hamfari
Date Posted: December 15 2007 at 20:41
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wish I could go but like the Stones said... ya can´t always get what ya want
http://www.myspace.com/melloboat - www.myspace.com/melloboat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab6p4ErGLVM - TRAILER FOR THE MELLOBOAT TRIP 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab6p4ErGLVM - ------------- Nobody needs to go anywhere else. We are all, if we only knew it, already there. |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: December 15 2007 at 22:08
The lineup looks killer, a little bit of everything....too bad I'm not Swedish ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: December 16 2007 at 06:09
Looks like a fab event - mmmmm Opeth 
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Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: December 16 2007 at 17:09
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Noo, this is what i didn't want to happen! Here they CAN (and will) ignore it... ah well. I guess it's right should be right after all, huh.. Ah well, i'm still gonna bump it now and then to make sure that no one will miss it unless it's on purpose. And it's too bad none of you could be there, it would be nice if some from PA would, not that i'd ever dare talk to anyone, haha.. ------------- 'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..' |
Posted By: Baza
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 07:47
| I'm going, I bought the ticket (which is quite cheap for such an event). I just need to buy plane tickets and maybe book a hotel room in Stockholm because I'll arrive probably a couple of days before the event. |
Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: January 04 2008 at 16:50
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Yeah, so anyway...
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Posted By: MusicalSalmacis
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 22:24
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I really REALLY want to go to this event, I even have a friend who is also very interested but unfortunately were not 18 tough luck... the lineup is godlike, Trettioåriga Kriget and Mats & Morgan omg... |
Posted By: Firefly
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 11:22
Wooot!! nice to see my trailer posted here (that wasn't me pimping the damn thing
 )In case nobody read the melloboat thread (there are 2 floating around here I believe), here's what I just wrote in the first Melloboat thread I found...
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Hamfari wrote:Posted By: Firefly
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 11:23
And by the way, Fredrik Thordendal has agreed to join the Mats/Morgan team for the boat trip, and they'll be playing some of Special Defects' Sol Niger Within.
And I think Lars Hollmer will be doing something too.
I think under 18s can go if they have someone of age who takes responsibility for them. I think there's a way around this age thing. Email mailto:info@mellotronen.com - [email protected] and ask!!
And of course...I'll be there. I'm not the biggest talker on PA, but I am a member.
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Posted By: Firefly
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 11:57
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By the way, should you need to be matched with someone to make up a cabin, please email mailto:info@mellotronen.com - [email protected] and we'll help you out. |
Posted By: MusicalSalmacis
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 23:33
I might do just that! I just have to make sure I have the money for tickets  |
Posted By: Firefly
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 20:49
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Excellent. Hope you can make it.
For the Swedes on the board, I'm not sure if it's this Thursday or next Thursday, but P3 will be airing an interview with Mikael Åkerfeldt regarding the boat trip and Comus etc, and they'll be playing a bit of Anekdoten for good measure...
 Uhm...I think half the programme will be on radio the other half on the net. I think it's from 21:00 to midnight or something to that effect.I'm a bit hazy on the details, so I'll get back to you on that one.
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Posted By: Jshutt64
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 23:25
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I would kill to go to Melloboat with that killer lineup. Some of my favorite bands on there. Alas, I am an American.
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Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: January 15 2008 at 12:43
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Aw, come on, Jhsutt (wtf?), it's not that far! :) Would you really miss the first Comus appearance for over 30 years? ------------- 'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..' |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: January 16 2008 at 21:15
I wish this was closer to me! 
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Posted By: Firefly
Date Posted: January 17 2008 at 16:00
First...and only. As far as I know, it's a one time only reunion, especially for this boat trip. Of course, it's possible it might turn into another Led Zep-type reunion, who knows. November was supposed to do a one-time appearance only on last year's Melloboat, and that ended up in them being reunited, so...you actually never know. But if it's financially feasible, I wouldn't take the chance of not going because it's too far.
Of course, if it's not financially feasible, you have my
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Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: January 17 2008 at 18:46
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I am so happy to be swedish right now. You work at mellotronen, firefly? You're not the guy who just recently disovered Fleetwood mac's Rumours, are you? ------------- 'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..' |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 17 2008 at 19:31
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I really want to go.
Tell them to sail towards New Jersey! ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Eerichtho
Date Posted: February 25 2008 at 12:36
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What a KILLER event this would be. I sure would very, very much like to attend this... But aaah...I'm so angry at meself right now for not knowing earlier that such a wonderful event is being held and very, very disappointed of the fact I will be 18 only on the 20th of March!  Comus! Opeth! Anekdoten! Fredrik Thorendal playing Sol Niger!!! aaaeh...  Would someone who's over 30 and attending this once-in-a-lifet And if anyone here that is over 30 hears about this event for the first time just now or hasn't yet booked the tickets, then I'd really recommend attending (for hell's sake, Comus is reuniting!!!) and this way the whole event would cost less if we'd do the booking at the same time... Actually, I think I will see to it that my dad will absolutely love prog by the end of this week and get off his busy schedule and then supervise me on this Melloboat. Like that would happen... At the same time, it's not really a very big tragedy and I guess it wouldn't really matter much if I went or not.. Still hoping though... As they say, hope is for the dumb... |
Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 15:24
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I'll still be 19 so there's not much for me to do, but keep trying, Eerichtho, and maybe i'll see you there! : )
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Posted By: Baza
Date Posted: March 10 2008 at 09:59
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I just came back from the Melloboat, it was great!
I have a lot of photos, but I'm coming home only a week from now, so I'll have to wait to upload them until then . But a lot of photos and videos will pop out on the internet in the next few days, I'm sure.
I only saw the shows at the big stage - Anekdoten, Opeth, Trettioriaga Kriget and Mats & Morgan on Saturday, and Bo Hansson, Comus, Katatonia and Leaf Hound on Sunday.
The highlight of the festival was definately Comus. 5 out of the 6 original members of the 1971 lineup were there. The only guy who didn't come was the flute/hand drums player, and he was replaced by Bobbie Watson's husband (she is from the original band, and she is a very nice person). They even brought in their original roadie! They haven't played together for 35 years, so they were a little bit rusty, but still, hearing "Song to Comus", "Diana" and the other songs was an unforgettable experience. The bind might do another show in the U.K., but there won't be a reunion. Their setlist was:
Song to Comus
Diana
The Herald
Drip Drip
The Prisoner
Venus in furs (Velvet Underground cover that Comus used to play at the end of their concerts)
and "Song for Comus" for the second time
Bobbie Watson said that we were the best audience they had this year.
 I got myself a copy of their collection album signed by all the members.
Opeth were also great, the new guitarist and drummer are doing a good job. Actually, all the bands were great...
I have to go now, but I'll try to write more about the festival in the near future.
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Posted By: Detric
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 13:13
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Probably the best weekend ever! :)
This picture of Andy in the background and Roger in action says it all:
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Posted By: Limbus
Date Posted: February 24 2009 at 14:13
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Hello - well, there was a reunion, and there still is - we are rehearsing and currently writing new material in true First Utterance style! An east coast USA tour is in the offing for the end of May. Can't say more now cos confirmation still needed. Please check our sites at www.myspace.com/comusofficial and www.comusmusic.co.uk for updates and merch. Hope to see you all soon. 
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