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The third and last day with a Kaizers concert in Oslo, and this time, the report will be a bit shorter. Which doesn’t mean that the concert was bad, not at all! It was just a bit different from the other two concerts. Kaizers put more focus on the songs, didn’t talk that much (hardly at all, actually) between the songs, and the setlist was a bit more “traditional” as well.
The special thing about this concert was that there was no age limit on the gallery. This means that the gallery was full of kids who were experiencing their very first Kaizers concert – and that was really great! The atmosphere on the gallery was much better than the other days. I was down in front of the stage, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the atmosphere up on the gallery was (even) better than down in front this time! In any case, the Jackal didn’t have to ask them even once to get up, and of course they were joining in and singing along all the time. Cool!
Apart from that, there’s not a lot report. The setlist didn’t hold that many surprises (but the suprises that were there were even better – Bris and Evig pint, yay!). As always, the Russian introduction won the vote before Hjerteknuser (even though Kaizers had planned so many great specials for the French introduction, like the rockets…), but this time, not only the Jackal got a shot of Vodka, but he also gave one to Killmaster and one to Thunder and one to the audience (which the security obviously didn’t like to see at all, uhem). As always, they dragged out the break in Svarte katter (while Omen was combing his beard and found out that he didn’t have hair to comb), and there was another very long break in 170.
The conclusion of the concert was a bit strange – not because of the band, but because of the audience. Omen and the Jackal came out again to play Kvite russer. But the audience wanted to hear Die Polizei instead – and so they didn’t really sing along loudly, and started to shout for Die Polizei in the middle (!) of Kvite russer. Which – of course! – the Jackal didn’t like too much. At least they finished the song before disappearing. I could have understood it as well if they had just left… =:-/
But still: a great conclusion for three amazing concerts in Oslo!
Here’s the full setlist: I ett med verden, Tusen dråper regn, Knekker deg til sist, 9mm, Støv og sand, Ompa til du dør, Prosessen, Diamant til kull, Din kjole lukter bensin mor, En for orgelet en for meg, Kontroll på kontinentet, Bris, Evig pint, Bøn fra helvete, Philemon Arthur & the Dung, Resistansen, Svarte katter & flosshatter, Hjerteknuser, Maestro. First encore KGB, Drøm videre Violeta, 170. Second encore Min kvite russer.
This time there will also be photos of the concert, but it’ll take a few days, I guess…
Seems I got through my birthday rather well! At least I was asked for my ID at the door this time… For a concert with an 18-year age limit. On my 33rd birthday… Well, I’ll just take that as a compliment!
This time, we were there just after the doors opened and managed to find a nice place in the front on the left side. The support Jenny Moe was… well, not that spectacular, I gotta say. But then, we only saw the back of her piano, actually.
And then the concert started! Unselfish as I am, I had sent in my birthday wish setlist beforehand, and it almost looked like Kaizers would actually play it – but “only” for the first couple of songs and a few other highlights, the remaining songs were different in the end. But the setlist was great! Except that I really really missed På ditt skift… =:-( Pretty pretty please, play that tonight, yes?!
The setlist: I ett med verden, Tusen dråper regn, Djevelens orkester, Señor Torpedo, Femtakt filosofie, Di grind, Støv og sand, Delikatessen, Psycho under min hatt, Philemon Arthur & the Dung, Gresk komedie, Bøn fra helvete, Apokalyps meg, Den andre er meg, Din kjole lukter bensin mor, En for orgelet, Diamant til kull, Svarte katter & flosshatter, Hjerteknuser. First encore Medisin & psykiatri, Drøm videre Violeta, Dieter Meyers Inst. Second encore Prosessen.
The atmosphere was great – not quite as enthusiastic as the first night, but then we were standing in front of the stage this time. And to save some time, here are the details as plain list instead of long text:
And for the rest of the report, I hand over to my friends, since I might be a tiny bit biased… =;-)
After a fantastic pre-show dinner with birthday cake and ice cream to celebrate Susi’s birthday, and after the fantastic concert, the evening climaxed when the Jackal entered the stage for the final encore holding two champagne glasses and a champagne bottle. This was, of course, to celebrate two things. First, Violeta Violeta vol. II has sold to platinum in Norway. Secondly, it’s someone special’s birthday! This very special fan, who turned 33 this evening, and has come all the way from Germany! And of course, this special fan had to come up on stage and answer a few questions. The 1700 fans in the audience cheered wildly as Susi was lifted up on stage! And the Jackal thought this would be a perfect time for a small interview…
– How did you become a fan? “Well, I saw a concert, and I just fell in love…”
(more wild cheers from the audience)
-WOW, you speak Norwegian fluently!!! Why is that? “To understand the lyrics, of course!”
– How many concerts have you seen? “I’m not sure, about 130-something…”
– 130 concerts!!! Now THAT’S a FAN!!!
(and the crowd goes wild…)
So, this is why he had TWO glasses – one for Kaizers Orchestra, and one for Susi, the number one fan! Hellraizer opened the champagne bottle, filled the glasses (and of course had to spray some champagne on the front rows) and the last song of the evening was of course dedicated to Susi! She sat on stage through Prosessen, and disappeared off stage with the band afterwards… We can’t write about everything that happened after that – but we CAN say that it was a great birthday party!!!
(Let’s do it again next year!)
And now that we’ve finished off this last part of the report in English, it’s time to translate it to German… Except, at this point there’s only one person left writing, and I really don’t know German… So bear with me – but I’ll have to ask Google translate for help. So if the German version is completely unintelligible, please try to read the English one instead… *gg*
And one last thing, that can’t be repeated enough:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSI!!!!!
– written by Lena with a little help from Mox –
Three concerts in Oslo! Just perfect, and a chance for me to celebrate my birthday in Oslo. Something that hopefully won’t have too much negative impact on my reports, but well… let’s see. =;-)
The first night already had a couple of “firsts”. I mean, I’ve seen this band well over a hundred times by now, but still it was the first time that I:
And actually, that already says a lot about the concert. The atmosphere was just amazing, the band seemed really enthusiastic, and the audience was having a great time. OK, of course a bit less up on the gallery (since, according to the Jackal, all hardcore fans were down in front of the stage – ey! -, and people on the gallery are sitting and only standing up when requested) – except for the very last row, of course. In the end, Kaizers just kept coming back – very unusual for them, but they just HAD to this time! According to the set list, they had planned four songs as encore – and the last one of these was “Sonny” – yay! After that, they came back once more for Resistansen, which really got the audience singing and dancing. And then, after they went of again, the audience kept shouting for “Die Polizei”, so that they didn’t really have a choice – any yes, we got that final song! And we kept singing for at least ten minutes after the band went off. Sooooo nice! =:-)
As mentioned, we missed the first couple of songs and arrived during Støv og sand. But here’s the complete set list: I ett med verden, Tusen dråper regn, Knekker deg til sist, 9mm, Støv og sand, Kavalér, Blitzregn baby, Philemon Arthur & the Dung, Prosessen, Enden av november, Far til datter, De involverte, Jævel av en tango, Diamant til kull, Bøn fra helvete, Din kjole lukter bensin mor, En for orgelet en for meg, Svarte katter & flosshatter, Hjerteknuser. First encore KGB, Tokyo Ice til Clementine, Drøm videre Violeta, Sonny. Second encore Resistansen. Third encore Die Polizei.
A couple of details: Almost everyone at the concert had seen Kaizers before. The other ten were welcomed to the family by the rest, of course. *g* According to a student study (uh… sounds weird in English *g*), Kaizers are the band that is played most at concert “vorspiels”. The poor Jærbladet journalist who had wondered before if people in Oslo can sing along at all during a Kaizers concert, since they don’t really understand, was easily convinced: Oh yes, people in Oslo sing along just as much as people in Stavanger! And Kaizers will never be serious, because that ruins a concert. Actually, they are all about “tull og tøys”, thus fun and nonsense. =;-) Hellraizer even won a silver medal at a kidding-competition in Germany! Once more, the “Russian opening” for Hjerteknuser won; even though the French opening is so great – with parachutes and so on… *lol*
And as always, the hero of the day was Helge! Under Far til datter, he stood there emotionless and not caring, hitting the oil barrel without squinching, and then as always under Svarte katter. Our “Helge” chants didn’t really have a chance to spread since we were on the gallery – but well, new day today… *g* Helge thanked the audience for the applause, through the Jackal – “He just asked me to say that. It’s… hmm, not telepathy, but it works through the beard!”
Yay, such a great opening concert! And tonight it’s time for my birthday concert. Maybe we’ll even make it in time tonight… *cough*
After the rather small Samfundet in the rather big city Trondheim, it was now time for a concert in a huge hall in a tiny town. The hall in Levanger had place for a few thousand people, and almost 2000 were actually there in the end. Wow, pretty impressive! In the beginning, we were a bit skeptical, because the hall was divided into two parts: one without age limit and one with an 18-year limit. As a result, the “free” part filled up quickly, while there was hardly anyone in the other section. But until the concert started, both sides had filled up nicely, and the atmosphere was great.
The concert started with the support band Blomst, who had won the competition to get to warm up for Kaizers. And rightfully so! The music was really good, and they managed to warm up the crowd, with their own songs and a strategically placed Raga Rockers cover. =;-)
Kaizers didn’t have to do much afterwards to conquer the crowd – in the beginning, the Jackal joked a bit about how more and more of the people on the stands in the back (thus the parents *g*) would stand up the more Kaizers would be playing. Lateron he didn’t even have to mention it anymore; everyone got up on their own, and in general, everyone participated and was engaged in the concert, singing and clapping along, in the front and in the back. Yay! As a result, the audience was really loud as well, and the atmosphere was amazing. When the Jackal lost his microphone at some point in time, he took a looooong time to find it and get it to work again, so that the audience “had to” take over the singing in between. Which we gladly did, of course. =;-)
Before they played “Din kjole lukter bensin, mor”, the Jackal explained that they had practiced a duett with an artist from Trøndelag, but well… he got sick, so Hellraizer had to jump in and take over. No problem!
Hjerteknuser got the Russian introduction again, and Helge had the shot glass for the intro in his jacket pocket. (Who knows, maybe he also did in Trondheim, but I couldn’t see it there. *g*) This time, I could see Helge much better and could watch him throughout the concert, suddenly going into slow motion, bewitching his lamps, or going completely crazy during Svarte katter. Hach, so cool!
At the end of “Drøm videre, Violeta”, there were “2000 wolves in the hall”, howling at the moon – really impressive. At the end of Maestro, the Jackal changed the chorus into “Sving din hammer, Levanger!”, and after the encores, he dragged each of the band members (and Helge a couple of times) into the spotlight so the audience could applaud – which we did, of course!
There’s not really a lot more to report in addition to that. As mentioned, the atmosphere was great; so it wasn’t necessary for the band to talk a lot. We were standing pretty much in the center in the front, so of course we had great fun. And even though the setlist didn’t contain many highlights for me, the concert was awesome! Entirely different from the one in Trondheim, but great (and with much better sound)!
The full setlist: I ett med verden, Tusen dråper regn, Knekker deg til sist, Delikatessen, Støv og sand, 9mm, Din kjole lukter bensin mor, En for orgelet en for meg, Diamant til kull, Prosessen, Bøn fra helvete, Enden av november, Apokalyps meg, Den andre er meg, Evig pint, Kontroll på kontinentet, Svarte katter & flosshatter, Hjerteknuser. Encore KGB, Drøm videre Violeta, and Maestro.
After the concert, it was snowing strongly outside, and it was quite chaotic. So we didn’t have a chance but to change our plans and drive to Oslo the next morning instead of that night… Which made it much more exciting to see if we’d make it back in time for the Sonny play that night. But it was much easier driving during the day than in the dark of night with huge amounts of snow in the air and on the ground…
Gnaah… the concerts on this Kaizers tour are really really inconvenient for people who don’t live in Norway. Lots of concerts in one city (which would be great!), but from Monday to Friday… yeah, sure. =:-( And on the weekends, Kaizers keep playing up in the VERY north… *sigh* But well, that just means you have to be really creative when planning your concerts and figure out that Trondheim and Levanger are fairly close! So like that, I managed to fit in two concerts and another evening with Sonny (this time in Oslo), with a reasonable amount of vacation days. Yay!
So I got on my way to Trondheim for the last of the concerts there. Samfundet is known for an amazing atmosphere and great concerts – yeah! But actually, it started out rather disappointing. Last time at Samfundet, we stood on the stairs and had a great view at the stage. This time, no one was allowed to stand there… So we decided for the stands instead, and got a good place with okay view there, but the sound was just awful! I’ve never experienced such bad sound at a Kaizers concert before… probably that was mostly due to where we were standing and it would have been better in the center, but where we were standing, it was almost impossible to even understand anything that was said on stage… And the setlist didn’t really hold any surprises in the beginning – at least no positive surprises. 9mm?! I mean, really…?! =:-/
After half the concert I started wondering what I should write in the report – up to then, Kaizers just played one song after the other, without any talking in between; and while the audience obviously was in a good mood, I’ve definitely seen a more enthusiastic audience before. And the bad sound… No, that wasn’t what I had expected and hoped for for my trip to Norway. =:-(
OK, there were some highlights – we got to hear Diamant til kull and Prosessen, but they were followed by Ompa til du dør and Bøn fra helvete. These two are great songs, no doubt, and I usually like to hear them, but considering that I could have gotten songs like På ditt skift and Tokyo Ice instead?!
And then the concert finally started. I mean, REALLY started! Hellraizer took over the microphone and started out with Rullett. =:-) And as a “mini encore”, we got another Hellraizer song, namely Dr. Mowinckel, yeah! (After the Jackal put on the required protective clothing – read: working gloves. *g*)
And then, from one second to the other, the concert turned absolutely awesome. No idea what the reason was that I couldn’t enjoy the concert that much before – maybe it was just me and my mood, maybe it was that the audience was too “reserved” (even though I don’t really think that; shortly after, the Jackal said that this was the best of the concerts in Trondheim), or if Kaizers themselves had to warm up a bit first – but well, it doesn’t really matter either. In any case, from then on we got a lot of talking between the songs, the audience didn’t just sing along but was fascinated by everything that happened on stage, and everything was just amazing! =:-)
The Jackal mentioned that Kaizers have the world’s best fans (and no, this is not just something that the newspapers write, but it’s true!) – but well, that’s not much of a surprise, since he himself is a big fan. He attended ALL concerts! And he actually knows the band! And he hangs out backstage!! *lol* Probably he even knows all the songs, pff… *g* And the best fans in the world don’t only like the old songs, but they like the new ones even better! We were about to protest when we found out that the next song was… Drøm videre, Violeta. So we didn’t complain. *g* And when the whole Samfundet waves their hands in the air in unison, this looks really really impressive…
Not sure, that might have been later when they played Hjerteknuser. Or during both songs, don’t remember. *g* Before Hjerteknuser, we were asked to decide if we wanted the French or the Russian opening for the song. Seems like this was not the first time that the Russian opening won – but we are supposed to tell everyone who’s going to attend a concert the next weeks to decide for the French opening, because they came up with a great intro there as well! So you know now. *g* And we got the Vodka opening, and the song started when the Jackal put down his glass. =;-)
Svarte katter was very impressive – in the beginning, Killmaster got up on his barrel (which works especially well if you’re busy writing down some setlist notes and don’t look at the stage until the song has started, and you’re completely surprised *g*). Since his hair is gone again, Helge did not take out a comb this time under his “big moment”, but wiped off his sweat. And anyway, he was the coolest guy on stage during the whole concert, as always. *g*
The Jackal stated once more that he definitely has the best job in the world. And we should get such a job as well! Don’t worry, that’s easy, no problem at all. “I mean, Hellraizer can’t play guitar either!” You just need some good ideas, and then it doesn’t matter, you can get this job even if you can’t really play the guitar… *lol*
As encore, we actually got the Gypsy Finale – even with the old “Do you want one more song? Or two more songs? Or THREE more songs?” to start it. Yaaaaaay! Nostalgia! =:-) And party! *g* By that time, Kaizers had the whole Samfundet under their control, absolutely. So it was no surprise whatsoever when the audience won the competition between band and audience about who was louder! But the band put soooo much more heart into it! At least that’s what they said… pff. We were louder and more heartily!! *g*
As conclusion, we got a beautiful version of Bris, with only the Jackal on acoustic guitar and Helge on the organ, and off they went… And then the boxes with shot glasses were sold out, grr… Let’s hope they find some more until Sunday!
But in any case: AWESOME! I WANT MORE!
And here’s the complete setlist:
I ett med verden, Tusen dråper regn, Femtakt filosofi, 9mm, Støv og sand, Din kjole lukter bensin mor, En for orgelet en for meg, Diamant til kull, Prosessen, Ompa til du dør, Bøn fra helvete, Rullett, Dr. Mowinckel, Philemon Arther & The Dung, Kontroll på kontinentet, Drøm videre Violeta, Svarte katter & flosshatter, Hjerteknuser, Dieter Meyers Inst. First encore Sigøynerblod, Bak et halleluja, and Resistansen, second encore Bris.
Bericht von Maestro Morker
Für Kaizers aus dem Frankenland zuerst nach Wien und dann nach Kopenhagen? Hell yeah! Das klang zumindest bei der Buchung noch nach einem grandiosen Plan (war es am Ende auch, keine Sorge… nur teuer und arschkalt), und ich freute mich sehr auf diesen, für Kaizers Orchestra ja legendären, Konzertsaal und erwartete gute Stimmung – zu Recht!
Nach dem viel zu kurzen Auftakt in Wien einige Tage zuvor war ich auch mehr als heiß auf ein richtiges, langes Konzert. Zum FM4-Geburtstagsfest sei im Übrigen noch gesagt (die wirklich Interessierten werden ja den Mitschnitt gesehen haben), dass es eine viel zu kurze, aber dafür höchst intensive Regen-Matsch-Schlammschlacht war und Kaizers einen extrem schwierigen Job sehr gut bewältigten. (Kettcar war übrigens auch großartig, aber das nur am Rande.)
Zurück zum Vega. Das Ding war sehr voll, wenn auch wohl ein paar mehr noch reingepasst hätten, und die Leute waren heiß auf Kaizers. Nach der Vorgruppe “The Eclectic Moniker”, die für mich den Stempel “höchst amüsant” verdiente (völlige Durchgeknalltheit als Showkonzept ist auch nicht schlecht, musikalisch allerdings fast ein wenig zu klassisch Rock&Western, aber ich war auch einfach ungeduldig evtl.) und bereits vom Publikum über Maßen gefeiert wurde, steigerte sich die Stimmung unter klassischem, immer lauter werdenden Bak-et-hallejula-Lalalalalala, je näher der Russian Dance rückte.
Dass Kaizers hier im Vega ein absolutes Heimspiel hatten, war von Beginn an klar, und Janove hätte bei den meisten Liedern problemlos sein Mikro weglegen können (wie es dann bei Resistansen und später Die Polizei auch geschah). Die Band nutzte wohl die Gelegenheit, um ein wenig etwas auszuprobieren, die Setlist überraschte mich auf jeden Fall einige Male kräftig. Nach dem Einstieg mit I ett med verden schien man sich erst einmal zu denken: “Lassen wir die Verrückten da unten sich ein bisschen müde tanzen”. Hevnervals und Knekker deg til sist als zweites und drittes Lied waren daher dementsprechend perfekt gewählt. Hier erst einmal die komplette Setlist:
I ett med verden – Hevnervals – Knekker deg til sist – Di grind – Tusen draper regn – Støv og sand – Drøm videre Violeta – Kavalér – Bøn fra helvete – Apokalyps meg – Jævel av en tango – Bak et halleluja – Resistansen – Kontrol på kontinentet – Din kjole lukter bensin, mor – En for orgelet – Svarte katter & flosshatter – Hjerteknuser
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KGB – Maestro – 170
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Die Polizei
Nur dreieinhalb wirklich neue Lieder, dafür mit Kavalér, Apokalyps meg und Jævel av en tango drei Lieder, mit denen ich wirklich nicht gerechnet hatte. Gerade Jævel av en tango war unglaublich überraschend, und ich habe zum ersten Mal verstanden, wie das Lied live funktionieren kann… nämlich dann, wenn ein gesamter Saal mitsingt… es war sehr beeindruckend.
Apropos Saal grölt mit: Es ist natürlich schon etwas anderes, wenn man Kaizers in einer ihrer Hochburgen erlebt, als in, sagen wir, Schorndorf. 😉 Und gerade die klassischen Mitsingstellen in Bøn fra helvete, Maestro oder auch Din kjole lukter bensin haben in der Masse richtig Spaß gemacht (von die Polizei oder Resistansen gar nicht zu reden). Drøm videre, auf das ich mich sehr freute und bei dem ein Stoffelefant auf die Bühne flog, funktionierte live fantastisch, und das Wolfsgeheul am Ende hat definitiv Potential, Kavalér hingegen wirkte irgendwie verloren. Vielleicht auch, weil es evtl. nicht ganz so bekannt ist wie der Rest und man den Eindruck hatte, dass viele das Lied nutzten, um einmal durchzuschnaufen.
Nun hin zu den kleinen Dingen, die mir im Gedächtnis geblieben sind. Bereits die Vorgruppe hatte einige Luftballons losgelassen, die auch bei Kaizers noch ab und an durch den Saal schwebten. Bei Bak et halleluja schwebte einer der Ballons, just zum ersten Refrain, Richtung Janove, der, wie jeder Mann der mal gekickt hat, nicht widerstehen konnte und versuchte, den Ballon möglichst schön wegzuschießen. Allein: Der Ballon flog ein wenig hin und her und kam nicht ganz bis zu Janove, der sich streckte, aber das Ding nicht wirklich erwischte. Die erste Reihe gab ihm einen erneuten Versuch und spielte den Ballon zurück. Dieser Versuch gelang, aber Sänger und Publikum standen so im Bann dieser sportlichen Eleganz, dass fast vergessen wurde, mit dem Lied weiterzumachen. Ich glaube, Helge war schon seit ‘ner Minute am Pumpen für die zweite Strophe. 😉
Bei Resistansen gab es ein Lautstärke-Duell zwischen Rune und Publikum, bei dem Janove mit Runes Perfomance nicht wirklich zufrieden war. In der Folge zeigte sich, dass auch Kaizers Spinal-Tap-Fans sind, als Janove Rune anwies: “Turn it to eleven…” <Rune schreit irgendwas zurück> “Well, that’s one louder, isn´t it?” Auch für Dänemark hatte Janove bei En for orgelet (große Trommel) sprachliche Leckerbissen bereit. Da die Artikel durcheinander zu wirbeln ja nicht möglich war, entschied er sich dafür, den Songnamen auf sehr sehr dänisch (vermute ich, meine Dänischkenntnisse sind eher gering) auszusprechen, En for orgelet en for maaaaaaaaaaaaaiii… Das Publikum war in jedem Fall sehr amüsiert. Das Gleiche galt für eine kleine Einlage vor Bøn fra helvete, als Janove das Publikum darüber abstimmen ließ, ob er den großen oder den kleinen Axtstil zum Verdreschen der Fässer nehmen sollte. Selbstredend wurde es der große…
Verwirrend für alle war die Platzierung von Bak et halleluja und Resistansen, ziemlich in der Mitte des Sets. Die Folge davon war absolute Uneinigkeit, auf welche Art und Weise nach Hjerteknuser denn Zugaben zu fordern seien. Das klassische Lalalala, wildes Schreien und Gestampfe sowie Versuche einzelner, die Polizei anzustimmen, ergaben eine grandiose Kakophonie.
Für mich persönlich waren Hevnervals, Drøm videre Violeta und Jævel av en tango die Höhepunkte bzw. unvermuteten Höhepunkte des Sets. Mit Støv og sand dagegen konnte ich mich bisher nicht komplett anfreunden, und das hat sich auch live nicht wirklich geändert. Und Apokalyps meg war noch nie mein Lieblingslied…
Das Set endete mit Die Polizei, bei dem Janove eigentlich gar nichts mehr sagte, sich an eine Tonne lehnte und sichtlich zufrieden mit dem Geleisteten war. Das sehe ich genauso, wobei das wirklich euphorische Publikum natürlich viel zum gelungenen Abend beitrug. Die Sucht ist damit erst einmal gestillt für den Anfang, und dann kommen ja auch schon bald die Deutschlandkonzerte. Man sieht sich dort!
Well, I start to see a pattern here: Kaizers Orchestra concerts in Switzerland are always amazing! This time as well – even though I went there expecting “probably a typical slow warm-up concert in front of an audience that doesn’t really care”… Gosh, was I wrong! The concert was absolutely awesome – as always in Switzerland. *g*
The concept of the night was “Sounds nordic, sounds good!”, a festival organized by the Scandinavian embassies, with a wild mixture of artists from the four countries. Sounds like a nice idea of course, but then, who is such a festival aimed at? Do the organizers expect all Scandinavians from the area to come (just like all Portuguese came to see Xutos & Pontapés in concert *g*)? Or was it for the people working at the embassies? Or for the fans of the four bands?
There were definitely some Scandinavians in the audience, and some embassy people as well (but surprisingly few people that looked like they don’t usually attend rock concerts), and the rest of the audience consisted of fans, apparently! Namely fans of Kaizers and of Mando Diao, because the headliner of the night was Caligola, a side project of two members of Mando Diao. But to get straight to the point: The real headliner definitely didn’t come from Sweden! =;-)
When the second band of the night, the Figurines from Denmark, started playing, the audience was already listening intently, enjoying what they heard. But before Kaizers came on, it clearly filled up in the front. And there were quite a few fans with Kaizer shirts! They were up front; the Scandinavians stood further back, but they also knew the lyrics; and in between: all the new members of the Kaizers family!
Kaizers started with I ett med verden, followed by Knekker deg til sist – uh, what?! I had expected them to play the same setlist as the day before in Vienna. That concert had been streamed live. And I had been looking forward to getting to hear Tusen dråper regn in Zurich, because they had only played that in Norway during last year’s festival summer, not in Europe… He he, guess I got my hopes down to soon, because it was the next song. =;-)
But of course the Jackal had to get an overview first where the audience came from. Six people from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden (always the same six, of course *g*), and the rest from Zurich. A good sign! So the Jackal announced that they had flown in a special guest star to join in a duet for the next song. None less than Hellraizer Kaizer, in his new handsome double-breasted suit of course! And as you probably guessed, the next song was Din kjole lukter bensin, mor. And by then it really started to show that the audience obviously knew the new songs as well, because they loved that song – and even more so the following En for orgelet, en for meg (where they did the part with the concert drum again!).
And this is the moment where the style of this report goes from “by the way, this was a great concert” to “Waaaah! Just awesome! What the hell was that, soooo amazing!!”. OK, maybe a little better worded. *g*
At that point in time, the audience got really into the concert. They were really enthusiastic, and so of course the Jackal animated the audience more and more, and everyone went along. And in addition, this was the very first time that we were asked to sing in German “Eins für DIE Orgel, eins für mich”! Which is grammatically correct! In contrary to “eins für das Orgel”, what we had to sing last year… *g* Yay! And I always thought that the Jackal WANTED to sing it wrong… *lol*
The next song was an old one that they had re-recorded a while ago… hmm, okay… “Die Polizei”, or which song? Naah, come on, that doesn’t fit, in the middle of the concert?! Well, I was wrong again. Not Die Polizei. But: Kavalér. Uh… what?! What the hell?!? Just like that? At a normal concert? Yeeeeaaaah! Wow. =:-D
They continued in a more “usual” way, but by that time, Kaizers had already proven that they manage to surprise you, over and over again! And of course the audience was hanging on their lips; everyone was dancing, jumping, and singing. So nice… =:-)
Next up were KGB and Bøn fra helvete (with Omen stacking the working gloves to pass the time *g*). After that, the Jackal noticed that apparently, there was a soprano in the audience – at least that’s how it sounded. And of course he had to imitate that. =;-) And the next song was a song to which you can really say “aaaah” (imagine that sung in a soprano voice, of course *g*): Kontroll på kontinentet!
This time without the band introduction, but you hardly noticed that this was missing. During Bak et halleluja, we had to repeat the “wop” before the verse until we got it right in gypsy style. After that, we got a traditional, composed by Janove’s great-grandfather: Resistansen. Once more, the Jackal was a bit overwhelmed by his artistic streak, and he started improvising excessively. When the audience stood with their hands in the air during the “ooooh” part later on, he finally got to try out the trick that a Danish artist told him to do in Switzerland: just wave the arm. And it worked: the whole audience magically did a La Ola! Actually, it worked so well that the whole band looked a bit baffled. *gg*
Next, we got the big hit single Hjerteknuser, and then Svarte katter & flosshatter. As always, Omen was the big star of that song! Not only because he seemed to be on a ghost hunt whenever he was not playing (at least that’s what it looked like *g*), but of course because of his performance on the megaphone. And after his second part, he didn’t need a comb this time – well, of course not, without hair… – he just twirled his mustache. *g* And by the way, Kaizers have been trying to convince him to finally record his solo record, but no success up to now… =;-)
As conclusion, Kaizers played Maestro and 170, before they had to leave the stage (they were running late already…). The audience demanded more, but there was no time for that – still, the atmosphere was just amazing, and this was the proof that Kaizers had managed to conquer the audience completely. This is always soooo great to see! =:-)
Afterwards, Caligola were… hmm, not really interesting, I would say. Some of the songs were quite nice, but all in all, it didn’t catch on. And the gowns were just silly. As a result, people started to leave pretty soon, and the audience was rather quiet. So all in all, Kaizers might not have been the last band of the night, but for many they were definitely the headliner! =:-)
Actually, I didn’t really plan on writing another report this weekend, and this one won’t be that long either (note after finishing: muahaha… *lol*). But I guess I can come up with a few sentences about the “fan weekend” after all!
First of all, as a short explanation: Yes, I saw the play four times now. And yes, that IS a lot – it wasn’t really planned like that, however. Originally, I had planned to see it twice in order to be able to really understand it. But then, there was the choice between the weekend with the premiere and the fan weekend, and different people bought the tickets – so each bought two tickets of course, because we wanted to see it twice, right? =;-) And hey, no doubt: best decision ever! I had been a bit skeptical beforehand… four times is a lot. But no, the play was so impressive and great that I would love to see it even more often! Actually, I’m currently looking at the Oslo dates, trying to figure out if I can somehow squeeze in one of the dates there… =;-)
What was really interesting to see was how much the shows differed. Of course, everything that happened was exactly the same each day – but there were small differences in the details. There were some things that you just didn’t notice every time, and others that were a little bit different every time! Also the wording of what the actors said differed quite a bit, which is something I hadn’t expected. And what I found particularly impressive was how sometimes, you suddenly saw something completely new on stage, even though it had been the same (presumably) during all other shows before, but you just didn’t notice at all. So I got to see some new stuff also during my fourth visit! Plus, there were so many small details that you might have noticed before, but suddenly you understood that they actually do have a meaning after all. For example (SPOILER WARNING!), Monello dies in Djevelens Orkester when Lucifer blows her breath in his face. Vicente, however, survives – why doesn’t she kill him as well? Well… he’s still wearing his gas mask, while Monello lost it! Or the rosary that Victoria gives to Sonny in the beginning and which obviously protects him from Lucifer resp. death, until he throws it at Victoria’s feet – and is shot two seconds later.
Another interesting part was that there are obviously “good” and “bad” shows. The second fan show was much worse in quality than the other shows – no idea why, but some jokes and some parts with important content were quite unclear and didn’t get as much focus as during other shows. This didn’t hurt the overall impression at all; but I thought it was interesting to see how much you notice something like that when you’ve seen other shows before. But what was really impressive, in turn, was the audience’s reaction after the fan shows. I mean, the audience at the premiere was really enthusiastic, but this time: Wow! Of course, that was an audience that is used to concerts. So they didn’t just clap, but scream as well. And overall it was so much louder than at the other shows – and you could see that in the reaction of the actors as well. They seemed totally blown away – so nice! =:-)
So, now a bit about the special parts of the fan show: On both nights before the play started, Helge came on stage and played the piano for a bit until Tore Renberg, Geir Zahl, and Vegar Hoel (Sonny) joined him on staged and were interviewed by Jan Zahl. Guess there’s no reason to mentioned that on the second night, Tore banged shut the stage door just when Geir was about to come out… uh, oops, too late to not mention it.*g*
This interview was definitely really entertaining! It was a bit more “formal” the first night and much funnier and more relaxed the second night. Contentwise, there wasn’t really a lot of new information, but it still was very interesting! Even though most answers didn’t really contain clear statements – for example, Geir has no clue how the Kaizers universe actually came about (“There’s only one man who knows, and he’s not here.”); the history and all in all most decisions about the play just “happened” somehow, in a cooperation between Tore and Kaizers, and there was no clear structure who was responsible for what. Tore, as fan of the band, pretty fast got a good idea about what especially Janove wanted to see in the play; mainly, it should contain the three parts of war/resistance, mafia, and “after the war” (which is quite logical, since these are what the three albums are about, respectively). Of course it was a risk for Kaizers to give control of the play into someone else’s hands, but it wasn’t too bad, since they knew Tore as a fan and they could contribute quite a bit. In addition, they recorded the music, and the actors took over the singing only. After Tore delivered the play, it still changed quite a bit of course when the actors started working with it.
After that, it was time for questions from the audience – on the first night, Jan caught the audience off-guard with that so there were hardly any questions. Of course I was prepared the second night… and Jan asked exactly the question I wanted to ask, almost word by word, as the first “official” question. No fair! *lol* Basically a chicken/egg question: Did they decide beforehand which songs should be included, or was it the story that came first, and then they used the songs that fit in? Again, the answer was somewhere in the middle; there were a few songs that HAD to be in the play, of course, but there were some songs as well that they wanted to use but just couldn’t fit in.
In the end, there was a bit of kidding with Helge (who of course did NOT answer the question he was asked), and then it was time to start the play! On the first night, Helge and Geir were in the audience to watch again, before they signed programs and posters for the randomly selected winners during the break. The second night, they disappeared right after the interview. That and the fact that Janove wasn’t there at all (even though that was promised when the tickets were sold) was criticized by some fans. And rightfully so – even though it was absolutely understandable as well that Janove deserves a free weekend once in a while and that Geir and Helge might not be so enthusiastic about everyone flooding them with autograph and photo requests… still, that wasn’t really “fair”, because it was advertised differently.
We didn’t mind at all though. These were the fan shows, so there were so many many nice people there which we finally got to meet again (hey, the last tour was more than a half year ago already! *gg*), and of course we concluded the night at Cementen. The result: A huge part of the Kaizer fan family in one place, lots of discussions about the play, first plans for the upcoming tour, and of course a lot of old stories and joking around. Hach… soooooo nice! =:-)
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