And Kaizers have played all types of genres: blues, rock, blues, dance, rap, blues, dub (yes – they were great at dub), classical etc. But if you’ve played two blues songs with great response, you should play something else. So naturally, I ett med verden was followed by Støv og sand. Someone had told Janove once, that if you’ve played a blues song with a really good response, you had to follow up with another blues song.
Terje went up to him and whispered something, and then Janove wondered if there was someone there from Molde? The Norwegian football season had started that same day, and Stavanger had won their game, over Molde. *gg* Well, it’s on paper now, that’s gotta count for at least something? ? I remember some people next to me shouting at Janove, trying to get his attention to a guy that had come all the way from Tokyo – but they didn’t get through. Janove had his usual “where are you from” routine, asking if there were people there from some random Norwegian cities. Janove pointed out several times that the audience was crazy! Really crazy! They had been playing at Samfundet for ten years, and they had never experienced an audience this great there before! He almost fell down, but luckily there was a roadie there to give him a hand.
I think he usually steps on a monitor to get up, but it wasn’t at its usual place for this show. When it was time for the big drum part of En for orgelet, Janove almost couldn’t get up on the oil barrel. As usual, not too much talking during the first songs. The show started with Aldri vodka, Violeta – a perfect opener – followed by Diamant til Kull (yay!), Tusen dråper regn and Din kjole lukter bensin, mor. ? I did try to write down some of the highlights afterwards, but if I’ve gotten them wrong or backwards please don’t kill me. And unlike Susi, I’ve got crappy short term memory. I hadn’t planned to write anything, so I didn’t take any notes during the show. Not that I don’t like the song, I just think they have so many songs that are better… ?Īnd this is where it gets hard to write this report. I wouldn’t have minded if they’d swapped Støv og sand for something else. Thank you, Trondheim!Īnd the setlist was perfect. And I kept being amazed for the rest of the show. The room practically exploded! I can honestly not remember the last time I was at a show with that kind of energy and joy from the audience.
And I was completely blown away by the reaction of the audience. With no warning, the lights dimmed and “Russian Dance” started playing. ? So we got to talk some more, and enjoy the quite relaxed and laid-back atmosphere. ?įinally, we were let in to the “circus tent” – that’s what the concert hall looks like – and found a nice spot up front. But when we got to the venue we had to wait in the main hall for an hour and a half – it’s a good thing time goes fast when you’re in good company. We arrived in Trondheim a couple of hours prior to when the doors should open, just enough time for dinner and getting the luggage safely stowed away at a hotel room – or so we thought. ? In no time tickets for the train next morning were bought, and guest list passes (!) were in place. Kaizers have cost me a lot these past years, I’m sort of glad they’re taking this long break. Well, there went the last of my savings – again. ? So, they arrived here on Wednesday, on Thursday we were up late having some drinks when someone mentioned the words “I wish you were going to Trondheim with us”. I had actually only met one of them before, and only briefly during a concert at Ås last year, so I could only hope that the visit would be okay – you never know what to expect when you’re going to spend several days with someone you’ve barely met. I had a couple of friends from the USA that were going there, and they were going to stay here a few days before and after the show because they wanted to see a bit of Oslo when they were in Norway. I had my last concerts lined up, five more to go before Kaizers’ big break.