{"id":3599,"date":"2013-09-14T13:24:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T11:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=3599"},"modified":"2021-09-24T16:00:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T14:00:46","slug":"beautiful-location-amazing-sound-and-racing-to-the-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passioncolorseverything.com\/blog\/?p=3599","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful location, amazing sound and racing to the hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir – Schloss Landestrot, Neustadt am R\u00fcbenberge; September 13th, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

This concert was listed as\u00a0taking place in Hannover on\u00a0\u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir’s homepage, but actually Neustadt am R\u00fcbenberge is abot 30 km outside the city, near the Steinhuder Meer. Seeing them play in a castle sounded good though and I was looking forward to my 3rd concert on this tour, especially because I would not have to go back to worjk the following morning.<\/p>\n

The day had started in Hamburg with too little sleep and an early taxi ride to the train station, work and back on the road again. Of course my trains were late and I arrived at the hotel with about 1 hour to spare before the doors open. Tired, hungry and in bad need of a shower I quickly said hello to my friend B. before getting ready. While waiting for her I talked to the receptionist and learned that the guys were staying at the same hotel, but had not arrived yet. The things you learn…<\/p>\n

We left, grabbed a quick bite to eat and arrived before the doors opened. A guestlist was not in place, but we bumped into Karl so he took\u00a0 care of things for me. <3 We had drinks and walked a little in the garden, ran into Ragnar who asked me if I could film one song for him. Sure thing. \ud83d\ude42 We got nice front row spots, but I was standing up mostly to take pictures.<\/p>\n

For B. this was the first concert since Rudolstadt and she had not sen Myrra live yet. The place filled quickly, including many people with Pain of Salvation T-Shirts. It was a nice venue with great lights and lots of space on stage. As soon as Myrra started, we found out the sound was good as well. It was going to be a nice night.<\/p>\n

Every night I enjoy her songs a little more and every night I remember a little more of the lyrics. There is something enchanting about Myrra’s clear and strong voice filling the room. I find it hard to not be drawn right into the music. As with \u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir he makes me wish I understood Icelandic to be able to follow all of her lyrics. As it is, I can only enjoy the sound of some of them and try to imagine what they may be about. She joked about the night wolf from the title song of her album being a fairy tale\u00a0creature in the fairy tale Icelandic woods. \ud83d\ude42 She won over a few hearts that night and B. liked it so much she went and bought the album during the break.<\/p>\n

The guys, Linda and Masha were in a great mood, telling me how amazing the catering was and how they liked the venue.\u00a0 I agreed to the latter, it suited them well and there even was a grand piano – a Steinway, no less.\u00a0J\u00f3n was certainly happy about that. Everyone enjoyed the great sound and the attentive audience. It felt as if they played an exceptionally good show just because of the surroundings. All songs were just right.<\/p>\n

I love how they mix up the setlist every time. Even if they eep the same songs the order slightly changes and it never gets boring. Having most of the English songs in there makes me happy too – once in a while I do like to understand something. \ud83d\ude42 Ragnar had told me ‘Land mins f\u00f6\u00f0ur’ was my cue – the last song before ‘N\u00fa gleymist \u00e9g’. Thus, when he started announcing the song that was once voted the Icelandic national anthem and then didn’t become it, I got ready, only to find out he was wrong. What followed was some joking about their modern setlist on a iPad that not all of them could read. When Ragnar realized he was wrong he laughed and told us “Forget everything I just said.” and asked J\u00f3n to tell the story of ‘Heyr himna\u00a0smi\u00f0ur’.<\/p>\n

After ‘You just have to know of me’ things were back on track and I got ready again. Filmed the song, but felt it was a complete failure, because I didn’t quite manage to move quickly enough and the song ended before I had reached the other side of the stage. Oh well, worth a try. For ‘Shades’ and ‘T\u00e1rin’ I sat down to listen. The audience didn’t manage to keep still after ‘Shades’ though.\u00a0We got two encores. No ‘G\u00f3\u00f0a veislu gj\u00f6ra skal’ this time, but that was OK too. ‘And so it goes’ is a nice song to end things. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Setlist<\/span> (possibly out of order)<\/p>\n

Sunday Morning
\nHei\u00f0in
\n\u00c1 me\u00f0an j\u00f6r\u00f0in sefur
\n\u00fe\u00e9r \u00e9g unni
\nLost in you
\nOr\u00f0 a\u00f0 eigin vali
\nDay and Nights
\nVi\u00f0 dagsins hnig
\nHeyr himna\u00a0smi\u00f0ur
\nYou just have to know of me
\nLand mins f\u00f6\u00f0ur
\nN\u00fa gleymist \u00e9g
\nShades\/T\u00e1rin<\/p>\n

Til hennar
\nAnd so it goes<\/p>\n

Outside was the usual bunch of people wanting to chat and get CDs signed. I stayed in the back and when most people left had a nice chat with J\u00f3n, afetr showing him my tattoo. He pretty much thought it’s crazy so I told him he’s in good company. When everyone else had left he told B. and me to just go backstage while he returned to the piano and played a little more before packing his stuff. Thus we sat there with a cup of tea, quietly talking and watching the guys get ready to leave. We accompanied them to their car and joked about racing back to the hotel. They beat us by a mile though, we could not walk fast enough. \ud83d\ude00 My night ended with a chat and bubbly wine in B.’s room before we both went to bed.<\/p>\n

\u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir\u00a0 Germany tour fall 2013 –\u00a03 concerts down,\u00a07 to go. Next stop: Esslingen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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