{"id":349,"date":"2010-11-28T00:47:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T22:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=349"},"modified":"2011-05-05T10:53:47","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T08:53:47","slug":"meet-me-tonight-in-atlantic-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"Meet me tonight in Atlantic City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anssi Kela – Espoo; November 27th 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

I first heard about Anssi Kela from my friend I. and got curious enough to buy his album \u201cAukio\u201d. Even though my Finnish is nowhere near good enough to understand what he is singing, I loved it from the start. I translated a few of the songs and knew I had found a great storyteller. I love singer\/songwriter music and was on the lookout for a concert every time I planned a trip to Finland. Last time I went there, I got lucky.<\/p>\n

So in the early evening of November 27th\u00a0a few friends and I made our way to Espoo on the bus. It was cold, windy and there was lots of snow to walk through, but we easily made it to the Kultturikeskus. Upon arrival we ralized that it was going to be a seated concert – weird. It fit the place though and the motto of the evening “Two Poets”. Strangely, Anssi was first and not Yona as advertised.<\/p>\n

We managed to sit at the front with some other people and waited for the gig to start. At 19:00 Anssi walked out among the crowd, strumming his guitar, singing \u2018Milla\u2019. No frills, no microphone, just a few chords and a clear voice. Wonderful! He made his way to the stage and sat down. After one more song he introduced his piano player Saara Metsberg and bassist Antti Karisalmi and proceeded to ask us what we wanted to hear, since he did not have a setlist. Luckily I had I. to translate everything for me.<\/p>\n

Slowly, people asked for different songs. For some, he said they could not play them in this setup, but he chose \u2018Kaivos\u2019, \u2018\u00c4l\u00e4 mene pois\u2019 and \u2018Uudet autot\u2019. I asked for \u2018Albin Stenman, but apparently was not loud enough. After these three Anssi talked about the song voting he\u2019d had on his website prior to the concert. He had listed a number of cover songs and asked which ones we wanted him to play. It made me happy when he announced that two Springsteen songs had won. Apparently that had only happened on the last day before the concert. He wondered if Antti , who is a Springsteen fan, had something to do with it. “Altlantic City” was played Seeger Sessions style and “Darkness on the Edge of Town” was a slow but wonderful version.<\/p>\n

After \u2018Sormus\u2019 Anssi introduced a new song he had recently written. It sounded nice enough, but I could not figure out what it was about, only understood a few of the words. The request for \u2018Aamu\u2019 made us laugh, because Anssi misunderstood \u201cHamu\u201d and wondered which song that could be. Apparently he had watched \u201cThis is Spinal Tap\u201d recently, because he mentioned the movie and then surprised us with \u2018Stonehenge\u2019. \u2018Nummela\u2019 followed and the request \u2018Mikan faijan BMW\u2019 endid it all.<\/p>\n

All in all a wonderful gig. I\u2019d love to go and see Anssi again, especially at a regular gig where I do not have to sit down.<\/p>\n

Setlist
\n<\/span>
\nMilla (solo)
\nMurhaballadi (half soolo, half trio)
\nKaivos (request)
\n\u00c4l\u00e4 mene pois (request)
\nUudet autot (request)
\nAtlantic City (Springsteen cover)
\nDarkness On The Edge Of Town (Springsteen cover)
\nSormus (request)
\n“Mit\u00e4 tapahtuu” (new song)
\nAamu (request)
\nStonehenge (cover)
\nNummela<\/p>\n

Encore<\/em>
\nMikan faijan BMW (request)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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