{"id":1683,"date":"2012-04-21T19:38:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T17:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2017-06-22T13:02:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T11:02:18","slug":"grow-me-a-garden-of-roses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=1683","title":{"rendered":"Grow me a garden of Roses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poets of the Fall \u2013 Finlandia Klubi, Lahti; April 20th<\/sup>, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was the regular morning flight from D\u00fcsseldorf, no sleep on the plane this time, but 5 hours the previous night felt enough. Met my friend N. at the airport where she had arrived in the morning. It became clear immediately that she would not make the track to Ylih\u00e4rm\u00e4 the following day with me, but return to Russia instead. Can\u2019t blame her \u2013 stranded without a car or driver this is gonna be ridiculously expensive. I still had small hope that there may be another way, but I decided not to worry about that yet and concentrate on the day at hand and the Lahti concert first.<\/p>\n

We took a train, arrived to rather shitty weather, rested, went to the Sibeliustalo, met a few people there, waited. Easy front row, bigger stage than the last few gigs. A tweet from soundcheck had shown the stand up bass. \ud83d\ude42 Went to talk to Petri a bit, but he was rather busy. He sold lots of T-Shirts.<\/p>\n

This was an early gig, they started shortly after 9:00 p.m. There was quite a sizeable crowd with lots of Russian girls who had come for the gig. They immediately set the tone for the gig, but yelling much louder than the rest of the audience. It made me smile to see a bit of the Russian gigs imported to Finland. There was quite a distance between us and the stage and no boxes n front of it for Marko to step on. The stage gave him a lot of room to move though.<\/p>\n

Even though the guys have their own lights this tour it does not mean everyone is well lit. This time, Ollie was in the dark a lot, at least at times when he was standing in his usual spot. I could see him well enough though and I realized early on that I was not in the mood for taking pictures so I didn\u2019t take many.<\/p>\n

The setlist is so familiar to me by now, that I\u2019ve caught myself zoning out at times, just caught up in watching the guys and not even realizing which song I was just singing along to. Weird, but in a good way. \u2018Kamikaze Love\u2019 is still a strong opener. If anything it has gotten better over time. Funnily enough, the intro reminded me of the intro to \u2018Dreaming wide awake\u2019 this time around.<\/p>\n

I have no memory of \u2018Dreaming wide awake\u2019 whatsoever, but \u2018Temple of Thought was beautiful\u2019. I just absolutely adore this song. <3 For \u2018Roses\u2019 the Russian girls threw a lot of roses on stage. Apparently they were meant for Jaska, but everyone was having fun with them. Captain stuck one in his keyboard, Marko tried to place one behind his ear, but it fell off, so he tore it apart, Ollie stuck on one his guitar and Jani on his bass.<\/p>\n

For \u2018Cradled in Love\u2019 some burning lighters went up in the air. That was really nice. Of course I did not have mine ready this time so I just watched. During \u2018Locking up the Son\u2019 I jumped and \u201cturned back time\u201d with my fellow diehard fans. What else is there to do? And \u2018War\u2019? I could not quite decide whether I should watch Ollie play guitar or follow Marko with my eyes, so I alternated between both.<\/p>\n

My perception of time was screwed up somehow during this gig. On the one hand it seemed extremely short, felt as if it had barely started when they already played \u2018Late Goodbye\u2019 and on the other hand it felt slow somehow and I can\u2019t even explain in what way.<\/p>\n

At some point I was wondering if the guys were plotting something behind Marko\u2019s back, because there was a lot of walking back and forth and talking to each other going on between the guys. I also saw them pointing side stage and laugh a lot. I was really curious why, but I never found out. They seemed to be having fun though and especially Ollie was in a great mood that night, the smile rarely leaving his face.<\/p>\n

During \u2018The Lie eternal\u2019 I got an almost triumphant smile from Marko, as if saying \u201csee, I know the lyrics\u201d, because he didn\u2019t mix up the first and second verse like he did in Berlin. \ud83d\ude42 This audience was great at singing along. They proved it during \u2018Stay\u2019 and \u2018Illusion & Dream\u2019. I also think nobody raised their glass twice this time. I fleetingly wondered how it must feel like to see all this for the first time. I do remember being very much in awe during my first gig, but that hasn\u2019t changed much. I was also unable to take everything in and could not remember the setlist as soon as it was over, but that has not changed much either. I only know the setlist now, because it has been pretty much the same since the first concert this year.<\/p>\n

\u2018Gravity\u2019 has never been a song I\u2019ve paid much attention to on the album, but I absolutely love it live. There\u2019s something magical about it that gets every crowd going. \ud83d\ude42 When \u2018Late Goodbye\u2019 started I wondered where time went so quickly.<\/p>\n

The acoustic part brought out the double bass. The lighting was really bad so I watched happily instead of taking pictures. There were lots of Shakira movements to be seen during \u2018Sorry go round\u2019. \ud83d\ude09 I fully expected \u2018Someone Special\u2019 next and was taken by surprised when I heard the first notes to \u2018Shallow\u2019 instead. This time I recognized it right away. Such a beautiful song. <3 Apparently they had not decided how many songs to play acoustically, because after \u2018Shallow\u2019 Jani exchanged a few words with Marko and only after that he put the double bass away.<\/p>\n

\u2018Dreaming wide awake\u2019 rocked the house and for \u2018Carnival of Rust\u2019, Jaska picked up the remaining roses, held one between his teeth and \u201cfed\u201d one each to Ollie and Jani too. Marko walked off stage after the song and Jani did the band introduction. I asked myself if they were going to skip \u2018Lift\u2019 tonight, but they did not, they just dragged \u2018Carnival of Rust\u2019 out a little longer. Marko returned with the first notes of Lift and the show was brought to a powerful end. Just amazing. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

We had been hoping to see the guys after the gig, because it had been comparably early, but no such luck. Only Jani showed up briefly, but was in much of a hurry. Sometimes it\u2019s just not happening and the guys are only human. What counts is that the concert was great and they have never disappointed me in that respect. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I chatted with the Cheerios for a while then left with N. and S. At our hotel, we looked at pictures, chatted into the night and finally got some sleep. I hope we all dreamed happy dreams about good music and concerts. I know I did.<\/p>\n

11 gigs down, 5 to go. Next stop: Ylih\u00e4rm\u00e4<\/p>\n

Setlist<\/span><\/p>\n

Kamikaze Love
\nDiamonds for Tears
\nTemple of Thought
\nRoses
\nCradled in Love
\nLocking up the Sun
\nWar
\nThe Lie Eternal
\nStay
\nIllusion & Dream
\nGravity
\nLate Goodbye<\/p>\n

Acoustic:
\n<\/em>Sorry Go Round (Bossa Nova)
\nSomeone special
\nShallow<\/p>\n

Encore:<\/em>
\nDreaming wide awake
\nCarnival of Rust
\nLift<\/p>\n

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