Great performance!!! Love this song!!!!

@UnhandyCandy280

6 күн бұрын

When Matt said bootleg, I did flinch but it's a good recording.

A great rocking performance 😊

A 10/10, 'no notes' performance.

Gravelly, gritty…almost hoarse Morten in 1994 shortly before their long break or hiatus as they prefer to refer to it. It’s a grungy, rocky…dark and dangerous version, with Pal’s guitars almost sounding like they’re crying out in pain at his rough handling…its very different treatment from their earlier live performances there is much more emotion coming through. I don’t think they played it this way ever again, after they got back in 2000 they have included this song at most concerts and it’s always great…sometimes slower and less rocky, they’ve even done an acoustic version, but I think this one is the most intense and emotionally invested version, and of course I love it! ❤️

@shelld1261

8 күн бұрын

Agreed and well put. I need a cold shower….whew whew whew ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥😅

@UnhandyCandy280

6 күн бұрын

@@shelld1261 You must be the cleanest (and coldest brrrrr) person in the US by now !!! LOL

@shelld1261

6 күн бұрын

@@UnhandyCandy280 That is a really big possibility. 🤔😂😂

I've always called this their 'Band on the road' era. No computers or fancy effects. Just them, the instruments and a room full of people. It sounds great for a bootleg. Great song with great energy. What more could anyone ask ? Roosters ? Not necessary thank you.

@shelld1261

6 күн бұрын

Yes, roosters might have been overkill here🤔😂 Can you just imagine being at THIS concert? Oh man....how freaking cool would that have been?

@UnhandyCandy280

6 күн бұрын

@@shelld1261 I got to go to a show from the EOTS tour and it was this sound. I was not ready... I needed a cold shower !!!!

@shelld1261

6 күн бұрын

@@UnhandyCandy280Oh I am so envious of you! 🥰

@UnhandyCandy280

6 күн бұрын

@@shelld1261 It actually took a few days to process how different they sounded on that tour. Sooo good.

I'm back on the a-ha reactions after a while away. Yeah, now this is a great version. Seems like it was a strange period for the band as they were playing energetic, "dirty" pop music in front of dwindling crowds with their own reduced levels of cohesion. Paul was just having a blast on the guitar and it seems he fully embraced this alternative rock direction that neither Magne or Morten were fully engaged with. Two years later Savoy made their debut with what could have been the sixth a-ha record.

@shelld1261

8 күн бұрын

Nice to see you here, Graham. 🩷😁 I am so in love with them here. Wow wow wow…❤❤❤

@nearvanaman

7 күн бұрын

@@shelld1261 they were cool as shit here. If I'd known of this a-ha at the time, I'd probably have loved them. In 1994 I was listening to Anthrax and Suicidal Tendencies.

@shelld1261

7 күн бұрын

@@nearvanaman oh wow, those bands are definitely hard core. Yes, you’re right, you would have been a big fan, no doubt, if you knew. 👍🏼 I agree they were cool as all get out here. How come you can say a cuss word and it will stay up and when I just put the first and last letter of a cuss word up with symbols in between, my comment gets taken down and I get warned? No fair! 😜😂 Anyway…no doubt I would have been a big fan too. This stuff and MB. I would have been all over this and my friends would have been too.

@pedrogappalli4489

7 күн бұрын

Concordo e até escrevi isso acima. Inclusive, existe um depoimento de Päl (DVD live Vallhal 2001) em que ele estava satisfeito com o rumo da banda em 94. Já Morten, na mesma entrevista, diz que somente à partir das ideias apresentadas para o álbum "Minor Earth" é que sentiu o verdadeiro espírito da banda novamente.

@UnhandyCandy280

6 күн бұрын

Dirty pop music could be the next album title !! I love that expression. Copyright that now !!! LOL

My great grandfather x 15 is turning in his grave that this travesty happened in his city!

@marjoriemcbride6557

8 күн бұрын

😁I never knew we were related…imagine that! 😘

@handsolo1209

8 күн бұрын

@@marjoriemcbride6557 Well, I also have a lot of Scots and Irish, so you never know!

@marjoriemcbride6557

8 күн бұрын

@@handsolo1209 There you are then…we’re family! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇮🇳🇴

@shelld1261

8 күн бұрын

Awww…we have a bit of a family reunion here. Very cool 😁

@handsolo1209

7 күн бұрын

@@shelld1261 Well, that depends on what the GGF x 15 did in Oslo. Mine was a bit of a scoundrel!

Yaaaay! What a special day! ☺ Now we finally begin the legendary concert from the 90s that has been so often mentioned here since you began the a-ha journey. I've Been Losing You is another of my top favourites, and this rocking performance is awesome. A great start of the concert, but the best is yet to come. 😉 The track stops a bit abruptly because it goes immediately into Cry Wolf without pausing, it's a cool transition that you weren't able to appreciate. 🙃 Sentrum Scene is a rather small venue in Oslo. I have been there in 2012 and 2014 to see Morten's solo concerts. 😊 Lucca being cute at 1:28? 😀 She can't miss an a-ha reaction, even if we don't see her. 😸

@shelld1261

7 күн бұрын

I am burning up over here! First we have a demo of Scoundrel Days with Morten’s hot voice and now THIS?! There needs to be warning labels for me on days like today. Whew whew whew ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥😅😅 I am extremely happy it got cut off before Cry Wolf started, but I do bet the transition rocks 👍🏼😅

@SofiaMarques18

7 күн бұрын

@@shelld1261 Next comes Vry Wolf, indeed, and though it's not a favourite of yours (to put it mildly) I think you'll still enjoy Paul's guitar work and Morten's raspy voice. 😉 And Magne may not stand out as much, but he'll say a few words in Norwegian at the end. 😁

@shelld1261

6 күн бұрын

@@SofiaMarques18 Ooh okay…I can deal with it if there’s the rasp and Pāl slaying the guitar. Plus Magne talking in Norwegian? You sold me 🥰😋

@UnhandyCandy280

6 күн бұрын

@@SofiaMarques18 Cry wolf from this tour was the best ever !!

@UnhandyCandy280

6 күн бұрын

@@shelld1261 It's the LISA version. Darker and rockier.

Matt Matt Matt…on days like this, you need to post a warning label for me. Something like “Shell, make sure you’re in a cool spot before listening. Perhaps close to a shower to run the cold water..” I mean, we are having a heat wave here in Portland, Matt. Just saying that this could have been lethal if I was outside and not in air conditioning. 🤷🏻‍♀️😅😅Wow wow wow wow whew whew whew whew❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Man. I was pacing, fanning myself, repeating things like “Oh my bleeping God! They are soooo hot! Whew! Oh my God! Whew! Whew!” 😅😅 I am cat sitting. The one cat was sleeping, but during this, his eyes were slit open a bit and he was watching me pace and looking at me like I was crazy, I swear 😂😂 If I would have been at this concert, I am sure my body would have internally combusted. That should pretty well explain how I feel about this version, no? ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🤣🤣 Man…Pål’s so gosh durn (you know what I mean) hot with shredding that guitar!🎸❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥The drums…wow wow wow 🤩🤩❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Morten’s voice? Oh my gosh, that scratch, that rasp! Fah get about it! Hot Darn!! (Something else, but I could get taken down if I put that, I don’t know😂) Only one thing lacking is a section for Magne to shine and that sucks( They should have given you a section to show off, Magne. I totally agree. I am sure you were killing it, my adorable teddy bear with the stunning blue eyes, but everything else was drowning it out and taking over. It was amazing, but would have been even that more amazing if you had a little time to show your stuff. 💖💖) but this is truly a killer version. Okay, if I was there, I would have internally combusted and my ashes would have melted to a puddle. There I think that sums it up. Whew whew whew…is the air conditioner working here? 😂😂 Again Matt’s ahassistant, please if you know something like this is coming, especially a double whammy, tell Matt to post a warning label for me. Thank you 😂😂

@SofiaMarques18

7 күн бұрын

Haha, get ready for more! I told you (and everyone who cared to read my comments 😁) some good stuff was coming! 😉 Brace yourself, this concert has some really great performances! ☺ Consider yourself warned. 😜

@pedrogappalli4489

7 күн бұрын

​​@@SofiaMarques18Para quem gosta desta fase, eu sugeriria "Live in Johannesburg South África, 1994", principalmente o que acontece em "Dark Is The Night" e "The Swing Of Things".

@shelld1261

6 күн бұрын

@@SofiaMarques18 Whew boy, thanks for the warning. I will be sure to do it somewhere that's cool or at least have an icy drink. ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥 Soooo.... just so you know, ahassistant, I will be out of town Wed-Sun. I will check on Monday to see what I missed. Get to go camping again! Whew! 🙈😭😱 I mean Yay! 😉🙃 Well, I do get to see the town my favorite show was filmed in, so that's cool. Hope you have a good week, my other S.

@shelld1261

6 күн бұрын

Oh I did watch that. I was also needing a cold shower or air conditioning there too. 🤣 Not because of how Morten looks. I am not fond of when he looks like a sex object. 😒🙄 I was really enjoying the performance. They are so crazy talented and they killed it there, I think. 💞💞

@SofiaMarques18

6 күн бұрын

@@shelld1261 Oh, another camping trip, yaaay! 😁😅 Have fun! And thank you, my other S. See you on Monday.

Penso que esta foi uma fase equivocada da banda. Talvez por pressão da gravadora de acompanhar o surto grunge e desejo antigo de Päl de colocar mais peso nas canções, apostaram na estética errada, pouco original e principalmente na apresentação e vocais de Morten. Isso confundiu e abalou a identidade do A-Ha, o que culminou no inevitável fim da banda. Mais tarde, em 1999, voltaram ao som limpo, melódico e etéreo, inclusive nas apresentações ao vivo e no álbum "Minor Earth, Major Sky", trazendo de volta a verdadeira a bela essência.

@shelld1261

7 күн бұрын

Well, I guess I am crazy for THIS is my favorite time from them. To me, it doesn’t feel like Grunge at all and interesting, for I was just talking to a fan from Russia on the “Move to Memphis” video and she said that sounded “Grunge”. I am American and this sound above is very Rock, closely to Vintage rock to me. It sounds very similar to a lot of the Bridges stuff and for that reason, this sounds very organic to me. With Memorial Beach, that was very R&B (Rhythm and Blues) to me. Morten was in a Blues band before a-ha, so that also sounds very organic to me. Grunge is stuff that came out of Seattle and groups like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Sound Garden, etc etc . To me, little to none of a-ha’s stuff sounds like that. Especially above, this is true rock to me. I could definitely see a bunch of Savoy’s own stuff sounding Grunge though. I was so in love with this sound they had above as well as the Memorial Beach flavor. I am not a huge fan of Grunge. I like some stuff here and there, but not a lot. I am soo extremely happy they had this stuff and did also some songs similar on MEMS,Lifelines, and even some on Analogue. See, I am in reverse of you, the Synthy softer stuff is just okay to me. It’s so cool though how they got to experiment and reach many people this way with all their different sounds. I might not be in love with all of it, but I think it’s totally awesome that there are people who are completely in love with a style I am not and it makes them as happy as the style I am in love with. ❤❤

@pedrogappalli4489

7 күн бұрын

​@@shelld1261Não tentaram ser "grunge", até porque nem conseguiriam. No período do grunge, a gravadora deve ter insistido em um conceito mais pesado. A ponto de Morten abrir mão da pureza de sua voz e se apresentar quase como um "afetado", com um aspecto algo "sujo". Impossível, pois não é o DNA deles. Mas, fico feliz que você gosta desta fase. Existem belas canções nela, também.

@shelld1261

7 күн бұрын

@@pedrogappalli4489 Shoot, I read what you wrote wrong. I am sorry, I thought you said they were Grunge. I took that part out of my comment. For the rest though, I will have to agree to disagree with you here. Morten doesn’t look “dirty” to me, he looks cool. This is my favorite time from him.Their looks were more hard/vintage rock. Trust me on this, especially Morten. (Look up Axel Rose for a great example with the bandannas, fancy cowboy ish kinda boots, and jeans)😉 Well, sometimes Morten looked like a skinny Fabio instead of a rocker, but I digress. 😂(If you meant “dirty” as in made to look like a sex object at times, I can agree with that too. That’s why I do the “Fabio” joke 😂. If you meant “Dirty” like his appearance was unkempt, I do disagree. Sorry if that was lost in translation) I didn’t mean to offend, I am just being honest. I am not putting down their 80’s style or any Synth and softer stuff, it’s just not my thing and that’s okay. It’s my opinion, not a fact. Just like it’s your opinion that you don’t care for this sound and think it’s not great. That’s okay too. Many people like this style from a-ha, many people prefer another style. None of that is wrong, it’s just an opinion. Many like Morten looking like a clean cut GQ model, many like Morten looking like a cool rock star with the long hair. Some may even fantasize that Morten tells everyone to stick it where the sun doesn’t shine and shave his head, grow a goatee or a beard,and dress like a rocker again. (Probably just me, but..😅) Again, all opinions, not facts. I think it’s cool to celebrate that they did so many sounds and made so many people happy. ✌🏽✌🏽 I don’t feel like the record company “forced” them to sound like this. I think they liked to experiment and wanted to try to go back to their roots a bit. Their roots before a-ha. They were actually rebelling the record company for the company wanted more of the same old sound and wanted to concentrate on their looks. Magne’s lyrics for “Lamb to the Slaughter” from MB pretty much says it all there. They ALWAYS experimented and have had different sounds through their career as a band and their solo careers. They didn’t always have the same sound, ever. Even with the later stuff, some might be similar to the 80’s stuff, but it had a twist to make it sound a little different. That’s just who they are.🤷🏻‍♀️

@SofiaMarques18

7 күн бұрын

Acho que a maioria dos fãs gosta muito desta fase, na verdade. Para mim, como para muitos, estavam no auge como banda nos anos 90. Mas compreendo o ponto de vista de quem prefere outra estética.

@pedrogappalli4489

7 күн бұрын

​​@@shelld1261 Sim! "Desleixo" parece a melhor tradução. Acho que o próprio Morten não se sentia confortável assim. Penso que a partir da volta deles em 2000, tanto as músicas quanto a estética voltaram aos 80. Nem em shows voltaríamos a assisti-los como em 1994. Acho que eles entenderam que não precisavam forçar uma postura "Rock", pois como noruegueses, minimalizam e atenuam qualquer estrelismo. No show em Oslo, 2001 (DVD e KZread), os três já mostrariam que não largariam mais o estilo único que os marcou até 1989. (É verdade, que sempre tentaram arriscar outros caminhos, mas, como é sugerido no clipe de "Lifelines", sempre acabam voltando à sua essência).