{"id":339,"date":"2010-09-05T21:38:13","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T19:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=339"},"modified":"2011-05-05T14:11:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T12:11:05","slug":"one-day-ill-wake-up-and-ill-be-38-doing-all-of-the-things-that-i-used-to-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=339","title":{"rendered":"One day I’ll wake up and I’ll be 38, doing the things I used to hate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Milow – Gelsenkirchen; September 3rd 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Milow sings these lines in his song \u2018Born in the 80ies\u2019 and while I can relate to the rest of the song, this puzzles me a little. Actually I did turn 38 last month, but I cannot find myself doing things I used to hate. I still do what I love \u2013 going to concerts. This past Friday I made my way to the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen to see Milow.<\/p>\n

Every year, I try to see some people in concert that I have never seen before, sometimes they are those that I have wanted to see for a long time, sometimes I just spontaneously choose someone I like. With Milow I didn’t know more than three songs, but I quite like his voice and just thought it might be a nice concert. I was not disappointed.<\/p>\n

I arrived an hour before the doors were supposed to open and easily made it to front row. The theatre is beautiful, located right by the canal. While everyone settled in and people across the canal got out their blankets ready for a picnic with music, it was slowly getting dusky.<\/p>\n

The stage setup was simple: no big screens, no decoration or fuss. Just \u201cMilow\u201d spelled out in large, white letters. Before he started, however, and darkness fell, we were treated to a wonderful performance by Scottish duo Martin and James. They walked out, took their guitars, announced their name with a thick Scottish accent and played some wonderfully harmonizing songs for us. They sang beautifully and won the audience over in no time. I fell in love with their music right away.<\/p>\n

After a short break, Milow came on. His band started playing and he sang from backstage while slowly walking to the front. He started with the new song \u2018My Kingdom\u2019 and was greeted enthusiastically. I knew I like his voice. What I didn’t know is that he actually has pretty good lyrics too. The second song \u2018Stephanie\u2019 made me feel a bit uneasy for a moment, because it includes the line \u201cStephanie was killed last night\u201d, but that soon was past and I enjoyed the music.<\/p>\n

The band was great and the songs carried a lot of good vibes. In-between, he was telling stories, mostly with a twinkle in his eyes, making us laugh. \u2018Canada\u2019 made me smile because of its bold, teenage, tongue in cheek naivet\u00e9<\/a>. For a moment I wanted to believe that moving to Canada and becoming a success would be indeed as easy as it sounded.<\/p>\n

Some amazing background singers made the concert even more enjoyable. \u2018Out of my hands\u2019 was performed as a duo, \u2018Launching ships\u2019 later as a trio, both with sparse instrumentation only. It didn\u2019t matter that I had not known the songs before. Milow sang clearly and I listened. \u2018The Priest\u2019 surprised me in ist seriousness and I knew there was a true story teller at work. Finally, the three songs I knew came up, the single \u2018You don\u2019t know\u2019, the beautiful and moving \u2018Born in the 80ies\u2019 and the hit \u2018Ayo Technology\u2019 which was, as Milow put it, his \u201cdedication to gangsta rap\u201d. The response in the audience was wild, everyone was clapping, jumping and singing along.<\/p>\n

The encores started with the new song \u2018You and me (in my pocket)\u2019. He explained that it was his attempt at writing a love song. It was strange, but very funny. After \u00a0the aforementioned \u2018Launching Ships\u2019 , he brought Martin and James back on stage for the new song \u2018Move to Town\u2019 and it ended with everyone singing \u2018Dreamers and Renegades\u2019 acoustically. I thoroughly enjoyed the show and will certainly go and see Milow again.<\/p>\n

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

The Kingdom
\nStephanie
\nUntil Morning comes
\nCanada
\nDarkness ahead and behind
\nThe Ride
\nOne of it
\nOut of my hands
\nShe might she might
\nThe Priest
\nYou don\u2019t know
\nBorn in the 80ies
\nAyo Technology<\/p>\n

Encores\u00a0
\n<\/em>You and me (in my pocket)
\nLaunching ships
\nMove to Town
\nDreamers and renegades<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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