3X3: Three concerts in three weeks
Week 1: Jonathan Johanson
My brother, in some unknown way, found a free event where this swedish singer, Jonathan Johansson (that was our week’s obsession at that time) would be performing. The event was sponsored by Grolsch, a beer company, and their idea was to promote a new singer with the help of an established artist, in this case Jonathan.
The place was really cool: it had a lounge with a bar and a DJ playing. When the actual concert started, we went into a tiny and crowded room. The sound system was way too loud, to the point that we could not differ one song from another. The music sounded more like noise, as if the band was tripping the whole time. Jonathan has a lot of potencial but we were pretty disappointed after the concert. it could have been so much better.
Brandon’s concert was an odd experience.
For starters, I almost didn’t get in since I was underaged and my parents weren’t with me (my older brother was). But seeing my desperate look the bouncer let us in. The only problem was that we would have to watch the concert from above, in this room that made me feel like we were at the screening of some movie in the theaters. It was terrible, I wouldn’t be able to shout or fangirl.
I was a little disappointed with the performance. Brandon, even though extremely charming and friendly, he didn’t seem to have a bond with the city or the people there. Though he was super friendly and even sang happy birthday to a guy that was turning 40, and Read My Mind as a surprise. To be honest the best parts were when he sang old songs from The Killers. There were a few songs that I liked in the album, but surprisingly they did not sound really good live. A shame, because The Killers ALWAYS sound much better live.
“What a shame” is the expression that suits the whole experience. Brandon has so much potential, but a large sum of the album was not that interesting and neither was his performance.
Week 3: Adam Tensta and Erik Hassle
This, of all three experiences,was the coolest and weirdest one! My dear friend Ida and I went to this live session/ live broadcasting made by the Swedish Radio (P3), where two swedish artists performed.
Because we arrived late, we didn’t quite know what was happening, and it took us a long time to understand that we were actually listening to the radio, but live! Adam Tensta was rapping on the stage, and though I had no idea who he was, I found his performance amusing and actually liked his music (I’m not a big fan of rap, specially swedish rap). After three or four songs, he was interviewed and then there was a break, when we could grab something to drink, while the ads were playing.
Erik hassle then entered the scene and sang songs from his latest EP “Somebody’s Party”, that had a nice and interesting beat. The only problem was that the lyrics didn’t seem to work with the rest of the song. They were way to cheesy, uninteresting and plain. The thing with Erik is that all of his lyrics are like this, but the difference is that his preview works sounded better because the lyrics got along with the song, in a way that even though it sounded cheesy, it sounded right. But when listening to this new work you expect the lyrics to be more introspective and in a way (warning: this will sound cliché), deeper and with some kind of symbolism, but instead it is just him repeating over and over about how he gets emotionally needy when his “baby” isn’t around.
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