Living in Danger @ Gatufest

After WOF09, Ulf says hello to the crowd... "We're in the capital of Norrland, the biggest, best, most fantastic... " The crowd loves it and gives a scream. He asks them if they are the best and, of course, they agree. He mentions being from GBG and thanks the crowd for coming out on "this fantastic evening".

He says the next song was the seventh single from their first album. He talks about performing it live in 1994 for the first time. He tells the crowd the song's title, Living in Danger, and seems almost out of breath as he says it.

Jakob plays some of the LID background music as Ulf speaks to the crowd. The stage crew is also working during his speech. They bring a guitar to Jonas and reset both Jonas and Jenny's mics to the proper places on the stage.



The song starts slowly, as Jenny and Jonas begin singing their lines. Ulf comes out with his bullhorn and begins his part.



I decide to take some crowd shots to see how the audience is doing back there. People are watching but not yet reacting to the song.

I am able to pan around to the big screen to see what it looks like from the perspective of people who are not as close to the stage.



The lighting is more muted for this song than the previous two. The lights have a blue, white and purple hue. The lighting slowly changes to red, yellow and orange with a little white mixed in as the fire backdrop plays.



My video camera picks up the performance but doesn't pick up on the band member's faces as well as in previous songs. The bass contains even more buzz in this clip and the drunk guy is again waiving his arm front of my camera.

Jakob is adding little flourishes to the music as the song moves along. I enjoy the fact that he adds new little twists to the song during each performance.




Ulf joins Jakob at his keyboard while Jonas and Jenny take their customary twirl and talk. Again, I wonder what Jonas is saying to her. I guess it changes for every performance. Sometimes she smiles, while other times she nearly cracks up laughing after he say something to her.



Ulf is bouncing away as he holds the bullhorn high while delivering his vocal lines. He gets more and more into it as the song goes on.



The band stands still for this song, staying near the front of the stage during the entire performance. No running or jumping like WOF09. They stick close together and sing the lyrics without any complicated vocals. Clear and clean.

The trio walks to the center of the stage for the back to back line-up. Again, a photographer is there to capture the moment for the morning papers.



The festival camera crew shows this shot from a side angle, providing a second perspective.



I stand there appreciating the extra lyrics added to the song. The song is no longer just a cold warning about people around you. It's also about seeing the humanity in others and seeing the needs of people around you. It's a more compassionate song with those extra lyrics.

I make another audience check at the end of it all. The front row is happy with the performance, although the crowd further back isn't as into it. They're more content to sit and listen than to interact. The square is nearly filled with people at this point.