Dark Star
May 11, 1972
Rotterdam Civic Hall
Nothing much to add. For 47 minutes. it is far less spacy than you might think. It starts with a strong DS structure, segues into a short and strong drums, not your bathroom break variety, moves on into the main portion which meanders around but is only truly in space for a few minutes, and then builds up to a huge climax. Finally it has a triumphant return and fades away into Sugar Magnolia. Although it meanders, other than a couple minutes of space, any individual portion has direction, the direction is just continually changing.
I don’t always love DS because I don’t love Space, but this is my favorite. This is everything that DS should be.
