Don't like what Ian does in the intro and outtro of MFN - he gets this 'marching band' thing going. Totally out of place, IMO of course.
I’ve not heard Ianto’s drum intro yet but I do remember how Chad’s drum into in 2001 really evolved and lengthened as the tour progressed. The drum part in the early sections of the tour was a bit basic in comparison to the July 2001 gigs when the intro to mark’s guitar riff often exceeded 5 mins and as a drummer Chad started to really go for it; exactly the energy and approach needed!
So pleased to hear Mark’s form gets better by the day, maybe he was knackered or under the weather in Barcelona, who knows!
There’s a few days off early May here and there. Given Guy has already said both he and Mark were up against it due to Local Hero work maybe some of the other desired songs such as OSAAT might already have been rehearsed but needed more time, so they may get chance to work these up a bit more to being happy to present these to an audience ... time will tell.
