{"id":2476,"date":"2012-10-22T22:45:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T20:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2017-06-22T12:58:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T10:58:24","slug":"signs-of-life-from-the-smile-on-your-face-to-the-lines-you-rephrase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=2476","title":{"rendered":"Signs of life from the smile on your face to the lines you rephrase"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poets of the Fall \u2013 MS Isabella; October 19th<\/sup>, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once again, Poets of the Fall have left me speechless and I am struggling to find the right words to describe the show I witnessed. Mind-blowing seems to fit, unreal also come to mind and indescribably awesome still would be an understatement. As I type these words I wonder if my readers will think I\u2019m exaggerating or if they are willing to believe that one band just manages to surprise and amaze me every single time. Now you can accuse me of being biased all you like and I\u2019m not denying that it\u2019s hard to be objective when it comes to my favorite band, but the truth is, really, that they are just that good!<\/p>\n

The gig at the MS Isabella had everything that makes these guys so special: Beautifully sung ballads and powerful rocker, guitar solos to die for, awesome sound effects, a grooving rhythm section, great sound and enthusiastic fans. The guys nailed every song, even the few times there were minor mistakes. The mood was just perfect on stage and in front. I doubt there was anyone in the audience who didn\u2019t enjoy this performance.<\/p>\n

We had gathered in front of the stage quite some time before the gig started. I didn\u2019t count, but I\u2019m guessing there were less than ten people in front row. When the curtains opened we faced the smallest stage I have ever seen the guys on. Jari\u2019s drums and Captain\u2019s keyboards took up the entire back of the stage with not much room in-between for the guys to squeeze through and take up their places. The rest of the guys had to share the space in front of them with Ollie, Jani and Jaska slightly to the back of Marko whose mic stand was maybe 40 cm from front row (I could easily touch it \u2013\u00a0 I tried ;)).<\/p>\n

The first notes of the intro had everyone clapping and the smile on my face only grew bigger when Marko started singing and I could hear him loud and clear. From that moment on I knew it was going to be great. \u2018Running out of Time\u2019 was greeted with great cheers and it only got better from there. Marko proved he does not need any make-up or masquerade to put the audience under his spell. Ollie, Jani and Jaska showed they can be very creative with having very little space to move. Somehow they managed to still change places and play together without tripping over any cables or falling over each other\u2019s feet. Captain and Jari stayed in the background, but added their own unmistakable character to the mix.<\/p>\n

The sound was pretty close to perfect this time around \u2013 loud and very clear. Only very few spoken words still got lost, but that was OK, I would not have understood them anyway. \ud83d\ude09 The lights were pretty good too \u2013 everyone could be seen (unless he was blocked by one of the others :p ). The audience loved every bit of the setlist, cheering and clapping a lot. I found myself headbanging a lot when I was not listening in total awe.<\/p>\n

Once again it was fun watching the guys. They were smiling and laughing for most of the gig, always joking with each other. Somewhere in the beginning of the show, Marko was giving Ollie a shoulder massage and later on he wiped the sweat off his face with a towel and pretended to fix up his hair. Before \u2018Cradled in Love\u2019 Marko asked who had come there alone and added that it didn\u2019t matter he was sure everyone could find someone by the end of the night. \ud83d\ude09 (My friend A. translated for me.) Jani took the cue to hug Marko from the back ad rub his belly. Just funny. Ollie pretended to stab Jari with his guitar and Jari later took revenge by sneaking up on Ollie and using his shaker right next to his ear. Captain fanned Jaska with a towel to cool him down and at the end of the show took his keyboard and pretended to throw it into the crowd.<\/p>\n

All the songs sounded great that night, but my favorites where \u2018Signs of Life\u2019 where I noticed for the first time that Marko has changed the spoken part, \u2018Miss Impossible\u2019, because I could not stand still. \u2018Jeremiah Peacekeeper\u2019, because it was so emotional and \u2018The Happy Song\u2019 where A. and I just grinned at each other singing \u201cPsycho! Psycho!\u201d in unison. Not only was Marko really close to begin with, he also leaned out to the crowd right in front of me many times so I actually needed to back up a bit if I didn\u2019t want him to bump into me. I\u2019m not complaining though. \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 During \u2018Lift\u2019 he saw me gesturing the \u201cand on and on and on\u201d part with my hand and during the next chorus he leaned down to me until we were almost touching foreheads and sang that line back to me. It was almost impossible to look into his eyes from that position, but I quite enjoyed it. \ud83d\ude00 Jaska, Jani and Ollie all came to the front to play solos, but only Ollie was directly in front of me. I just stood there and stared at his fingers in awe. How can anyone create such sounds with just 6 strings and two hands?<\/p>\n

I had looked at A. and my other friends only a few times during the gig, was mostly busy watching the stage. When the show ended I turned and saw \u201cWOW\u201d written on everyone\u2019s face. Apparently I wasn\u2019t alone in the impression of having seen one of their best gigs this year. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Soon the house band started playing on the other stage so A. and I got a seat and chatted until way into the night. None of us was tired and we enjoyed going over some details of the show again. Much later, we even ended up on the dance floor for a while, but then got tired and eventually decided it was time to call it a night. Only happy dreams awaited us.<\/p>\n

Poets of the Fall autumn tour – 5 gigs down, 9 to go. Next stop: Berlin<\/p>\n

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

Running out of Time
\nDiamonds 4 Tears
\nTemple of Thought
\nCradled in Love
\nLocking up the Sun
\nFire
\nSigns of Life
\nStay
\nIllusion & Dream
\nThe Ballad of Jeremiah Peackeeper
\nKamikaze Love
\nMiss Impossible
\nLate Goodbye<\/p>\n

Encore<\/em>
\nDreaming wide awake
\nCarnival of Rust
\nThe Happy Song \/ Lift<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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