Jen Goes Digital has written it for me in her comment to my last entry:
“Well first there was something wrong with my harpsichord in Toronto. Peter van der Velde and two other stage men stood around looking under the lid like it was an automobile. I never even played it tonight. That’s ok, I faced the crowd all night. We changed the intro back to the way it was in Glastonbury. We stopped marching out to Brennid þið vitar, ever since my ass-slapping incident in Scotland. After I gave the thumbs up that my keyboard was okay, Bjork slapped me ten. During Declare Independence, I took one of the Wonderbrass girl’s flags. I ran around the stage with it like a crazy man. I took it over to Damian. He let me touch the reactor table. I changed the way Declare Independance goes. It was the ‘Declare Jonas Sen Mix’. I kicked ass on Oceania as per usual and on Cover Me, even though Bjork was singing over my shoulder and sharing my song book. Good thing, she caught the pages as the wind turned them too soon.”
Hmmm…
Ten minutes before walking on stage last night, on the Virgin Festival in Toronto, I was told that smoke was coming out of the electronic harpsichord I usually play on. I would have to play everything on the Yamaha CP300.
Björk said to me: “Well, Jónas, it is Bruce Willis time.” Meaning: Stay cool under pressure. I usually like to prepare when I have to play songs on a different instrument from the one I’m used to. So the harpsichord blowing up just before walking on stage was kinda stressful.
It went quite well though.
To celebrate I couldn’t help dancing. Maybe I was a bit wild. Probably why Björk said to me as we were going back to the dressing rooms: “You are mad!”
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September 9th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Haha. You’re the best. You’d make Bruce Willis proud.
September 9th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
þú ert brjálaður
September 9th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Sanity is highly overrated.
September 9th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Fantastic show at the Virgin Festival last night. You guys killed!!!
What happened during Wanderlust?! It still sounded great, even if the beats were all off!
September 9th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
well done!
September 10th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
It was the best concert I’ve ever been to.
September 10th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
What exactly happened on Wanderlust? Björk couldn’t help but laugh it off after a couple of mishaps :p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d1Ceg97yRY
Jónas, you rocked on Cover me!!! And it was hilarous to see you jump around like a mad man after being so properly seated through the whole show.
September 10th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Please, someone post a clip or photo!:-) Must see!
September 10th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
since I met Bjork (musically) I’ve bought all DVD releases and I admire the diferent sound in live performances than the album. for example, isobel in the post tour bjork plaid it with an acordeon and in homogenic tour and vespertine with mixes from mark bell and matmos respectively. so the lovely thing is when you hear an ancient song in homogenic or vespertine style/sound. After reading a bjork quote where she explains the versatility of her songs to be played with diferent instruments I think. since the debut of the volta tour i’ve been missing wonderful songs like isobel, Humbeh and you’ve been flirting again, songs that bjork have played in every tour she has done and i think these are the greatest song of bjork ever for her fans to be played live, and i wonder why this song are out of the current crew style? is this because tecnically they can’t be played by brass and the reactable or means björk is livin a stage behind??? I would love to hear my favorite song isobel in volta style. would be GREAT!
September 10th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
All my 251 pictures can be viewed on myspace. Just click on my name.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
Jen you are HILarious girl! I couldn’t tell whether that myspace page was yours or Bjork/Einars! LOL
When do we get to meet YOU?
~lava
September 11th, 2007 at 2:29 am
I’m not as interesting as Icelanders.
September 12th, 2007 at 1:48 am
Somehow I doubt that.
L
September 12th, 2007 at 4:06 am
Well, if you are a “mad guy”, Jónas, for trying to solve the puzzle, then you will understand the message we must deliver:
“Milady, we received your message and decide to spot a sign. We accept the invitation for the fertility rites in the lands of Hi-Brazil. You can count with our presence…”
P.S.: We saw you at the eye of “you know who”…
Thank you very much.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Major kudos for keeping your cool and having a good time. I can say that I for one have never seen a harpiscord of any kind smoke so it must have been under some pressure! touring must have all sorts of things to keep you on your toes and its cool you handle with such grace. Best Wishes Jónas!