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Svavar Kn\u00fatur – Filmforum, Bottrop; March 26th, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

The second Svavar Kn\u00fatur show I saw this week was even funnier than the first one. It was a great evening with hilarious stories and a completely different setlist than the previous one. I had such a good time.<\/p>\n

To my surprise I made it to Bottrop without any delays and waited at the venue’s bar for more people to show up. Soon, I saw familiar faces and we got in and sat down at the front. I was so tired I was cold, but otherwise I looked forward ton the show.<\/p>\n

Svavar started with the same trio of songs he had played in D\u00fcsseldorf, one after the other, without interruptions. It was a good start and afterwards he told us about his 15 year project of dealing with grief and how he had finished it this past year. He treated us to a beautiful new song called ‘L\u00e6r\u00f0u a\u00f0 flj\u00faga’. Wonderful.<\/p>\n

We got to hear a bit about his family and the farm where he grew up and how happy they were here on their little farms and near the little village where he went to school. We got ti hear a lovely version of ‘Clementine’ and then its sister song ‘\u00c1starsaga \u00far fj\u00f6llunum’. He said that many of the people in the room \u00a0looked familiar and made fun of his face blindness. From there he moved on to famous actors and a brief rant on how Mads Mikkelsen only gets to play the villain in Hollywood movies, while he has all kinds of roles in Danish films. True that.<\/p>\n

I always love it when he plays ‘Lady Winter’ and ‘Hope and Fortune’ – both sngs are very dear to me. This time we also got the story of how ‘Hope and Fortune’ was written over zoom. It was quite funny. Svavar talked about things going wrong in life and how his January was very different from what he had imagined. Thus, he played ‘Isn’t it funny?’ and then ended the first set with a great rendition of ‘November’<\/p>\n

Of course set 2 started with ‘Jan\u00faar’ and a lovely sing along. It always amazes me how he gets everyone to actually believe they can sing in a language they don’t know and it really works. I love it. \ud83d\ude42 Svavar joked about Nordic people, starting with claiming that Swedish is the language that sounds the cutest of all the Nordic ones. We got to hear examples of how everything in Danish sounds somewhat harsh, Norwegian happy and Swedish just cute, even when they are trying to rob you or cut you in two with a chainsaw. He gave us examples of course and acted it out too. \ud83d\ude00 It was hilarious. “This song has nothing to do with that,” he ended and played ‘Tiger and Bear’. It made me smile even more.<\/p>\n

While he was singing, he remembered a story that made him smile and talked about friends he met the previous days, which lead to speaking about a chess tournament where he played. His impression of nerdy chess players was so funny. Did they want to hear him? No, but they ended up listening anyway. If you want to know why, you’ll have to ask Svavar. ‘Wanderlust’ was the song that followed and another fun sing-along.<\/p>\n

Apparently it was a good day for telling stories about sports tournaments, because we now heard about a cross fit tournament, where he played ‘The Hurting’. The funniest part was his detailed description of disbelief on people’s faces when hey recognized that he was not a roadie, but really the singer of this “workout song”. \ud83d\ude00 Of course h still didn’t tell us what ‘The Hurting’ really is about, but some secrets are not meant to be shared. The song is always fantastic and this was no exception.<\/p>\n

As a contrast to this rocker, we got a lovely ukulele version of ‘Girl from Vancouver’. It made me so happy. Then someone requested ‘In stiller Nacht’, which was beautiful. After that, he spoke about the rise of right wing parties and described his observation that it happened in Iceland after billionaires started buying houses and raising rents and people had less money to live on. His conclusion was that it is easier to trick people if they are worried and scared. True that. In the end, someone asked for ‘Undir Birkitr\u00e9’ and he gladly played it for us – what a lovely way to end the show with. <3<\/p>\n

The encore was Suede’s ‘The wild ones’ and it was perfect. What a cool cover that was. I loved everything about this nigh and can’t say I was sad about being able to catch an earlier bus than I had planned. I quickly said goodbye and smiled all the way home. See you again in the fall.<\/p>\n

Setlist<\/u><\/p>\n

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\nMorg\u00fann
\nRefur
\nL\u00e6r\u00f0u a\u00f0 flj\u00faga(Learn to fly)
\nClementine
\n\u00c1starsaga \u00far fj\u00f6llunum
\nLady Winter
\nHope and Fortune
\nIsn’t it funny?
\nNovember<\/p>\n

Jan\u00faar
\nTiger and Bear
\nWanderlust
\nThe Hurting
\nGirl from Vancouver
\nIn stiller Nacht
\nUndir Birkitr\u00e9<\/p>\n

The wild ones (Suede cover)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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