Low - Nothing But Heart [Live] - Parkteateret, Oslo - August 10, 2011

Low live at Parkteateret, Oslo - August 10, 2011 -
Nothing But Heart
Description: You'll be hard pressed to find a more perfect place in the world to see Low than at Oslo's beautiful Parkteateret. The old cinema is so intimate that it feels like having the band in your living room.
Touring in support of the superb C'mon album, the band played a focused and very emotional set. Alan in particular seemed extremely energised and possessed by the music throughout. I believe this was the last night they opened with "Nightingale", but I didn't check the recent setlists beforehand, so I'm glad I got the camera out to capture "Nothing But Heart", because it was one of the clear highlights.
This video is pretty dark, but it really captures the atmosphere. There is no zoom on my camera, and I was literally standing at Mimi's feet. Along with the Primavera Sound version, I'd say this is my favourite recording of the song.

[@ComeOnAndSingMySong]

Well, Parketateret is ok, but as one that was at the concert I really think you maybe should have focused more about the atmosphere in the city and also in the concert hall a month after the right winged terror hit us. Yeah Low did a fabulous concert, as they often do but Alan was most certainly aware of the setting; as he told the Øya-shouters to shut up before they started the last song, Murderer.

[@starmelts]

Thanks for the comment! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I take it that you’re only addressing my write-up - not the video itself. At the time I suppose I didn't feel like expanding on it, but now that you bring it up, it certainly was a very special and soothing experience in light of what had happened. Coming into Oslo as a touring band at that moment must have been challenging too. But the amount of love and care that people displayed and gave each other in the city during those first weeks was unprecedented, and it was certainly there at Parkteateret that night too.
I remember that incident when Alan told the front row to shut up. He was really struggling during the introduction; stuttering, breathing heavily, and seemed to be heading towards a minor panic attack. After what felt like a ten second halt, some people (myself included) tried to help him along. I don't think it was a case of "Øya-shouting", but rather sincere and friendly encouragement from the crowd. But then again, I don't think anyone expected them to play that track either - which explained his anxious introduction. So yes, that became an edgy moment. But the universal sentiment of "Nothing But Heart" is still what at least I felt represented that night, more than anything else.
I'd be interested to hear more of your thoughts and memories, if you find the time.

[@ComeOnAndSingMySong]

@@starmelts It is ridiculous to address this so many years later, but I choose to do so because tonight we talked about the concert in relation to the political development in Norway. Then the video from the concert appeared in a search. After all, we experienced “øya shouting” during the entire concert, so I won't give in to it.
Festival passports is in general a bad idea!
In any case, the disagreement about that is insignificant, because the concert was regardless of that one of the best I've experienced with Low, and that was the band's merit.
I don't think Alan told people to shut up because he had breathing problems!
But whatever was the reason didn't spoil the experience of once again hearing one of those bands who, with their music, have challenged the genre concepts that both promoters and so-called music journalists rely on. Low will always remain as something unique!