A small excerpt from a recent interview with Morten on Radio 1 in Norway
Morten talks about the difficulties of performing at RAH, the fact that a-ha has "blacklisted" the Apollo in Manchester, and "Velvet" - Savoy version vs a-ha version.
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(The radio host mentions a-ha's concerts at Drammenshallen, Norway in 1987.)
Morten: Oh, that was a terrible place to be performing.
Host: It was?
Morten: Yeah, it's a concrete hall, you know, an ice hall. I just remember that really well, because that was one of those places...we played a lot of venues like that back then. And we had British sound technicians with us, and they always create such a hard, sharp sound. It's pure murder.
Host: Yeah, I remember that, because my ears were ringing for two weeks afterwards.
Morten: That wasn't a good listening experience. Just a chaotic event.
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Host: So what's the worst venue you have performed at?
Morten: Actually, Royal Albert Hall is an absolutely awful place to perform at.
Host: Almost like Drammenshallen?
Morten: No, it's different. A very strange place. It's a fantastic venue to be at, everything else about it is a real experience. But the sound... Being on stage there would have scared the s**t out of you. The sound is distorted and twisted in such a weird way. It's like standing inside a bubble where it's very difficult to adjust.
Host: So are you really worried about the upcoming concert?
Morten: No, that's just the way it is. There's nothing I can do about it, so I'll just have to go for it. But it's not an easy place to be performing, not easy at all. It's such a beloved people's venue, and a lot of artists want to perform there. And so you don't really take those things into consideration. But there are other venues where I refuse to perform. I have blacklisted certain venues, because it's simply so hard to get through the concerts. And that will ruin your voice, because you start straining your voice and doing strange things since you can't do anything about it. And you don't notice it, not before it's too late. And if this happens in the middle of a tour, it will have unfortunate consequences. You'll suffer because of it later [on the tour].
Host: Do you have an example of a venue where you refuse to perform?
Morten: There's this dreadful venue in Manchester, for example. An old theater that's completely hopeless.
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(Following a conversation where the host asked if Morten has some of the same problems that Paul has about deciding which songs should go to a-ha, and which ones he should use himself)
Host: And I guess you only have yourself to discuss with, unlike Paul who has Lauren, who perhaps goes like; "That song is cool, so we'll use it ourselves".
Morten: Yeah, but I actually think that they... a-ha is a completely different thing than "Wild Seed", myself, and now "Letter From Egypt". It's very different, really. If some scientist had tried to dissect this to find out what family it belongs to, it would have ended up in a completely different place. The same thing pertains to Savoy and a-ha. So when Paul writes something, or when Paul and Lauren write something, I think the material itself tends to indicate where it will end up. Normally that's how it is. There may be some conflicts areas where you think; "This could just as well have been an a-ha song" or...
Host: Like with "Velvet".
Morten: Yes, absolutely. And I have to say that I think Savoy's version of "Velvet" is better than our version. But that's just my opinion.
Host: What's better about it?
Morten: I think it's more complete, in a way. I don't think we landed in the right spot. I felt that it never came into its own, in our version. But that's just how it is, that goes for other a-ha songs as well. They may be hit songs, but that doesn't mean that they have ended up like you felt they could have been. And in this case, I think that Savoy's version of "Velvet" is superior to ours.
Traducción: Jakob
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