Vogst villa on Dvergsøya is where Morten and his collaborators recorded the album. Many saw it as madness to transport all the necessary equipment to a deserted island without electricity, but Morten does not let trifles stop him. The island is outside Kristiansand on the Norwegian southern coast, the area where he has spent his summers all his life. Here he was in his prime. A journalist who was on the scene described how Morten handled the boat and fishing equipment as if it were the most natural thing, and that his large hands looked like the hands of a reliable fisherman when he arranged the fishing equipment. Later, the island was rented out to Norway's crown prince family. The Crown Princess is from the area. I don't know if they are still users of the site. I really like this song. The description of Morten on Dvergsøya fits his voice and the theme of the song.
Haha, I spent so much time writing my comment, as usual, that in the meantime you posted yours. If I had waited a bit longer to start writing I would have seen yours and wouldn't have repeated some of your info. 😜
@@sofiamar18 Considering that your comment is longer than mine, there is a certain probability that you started writing your comment long before I posted. For Matt, it's just fine that we comment, both of us, if he has a desire for the channel to grow.
@@ahkkariq7406 haha, I probably started it more than half an hour before you posted yours, there was only one comment here when I started. 😁 I take a long time to write, especially when I am checking my sources and reading while I write. 😅 Oh, of course we should comment, what I meant is that I could have made my comment a bit shorter and avoid saying the same things as you. On the other hand, if Matt reads the same thing twice, maybe there's a bigger chance he will remember it. 😁
Luckily we have Kari and others on hand to translate from the Norwegian…I just love to hear Morten sing in his native tongue…not bothered too much about understanding every word! I like this song and the whole concept behind the Vogt’s Villa album.
The website Lyric Genius has the lyrics and through your browser's translate feature can translate them to English. This is a very philosophical album. It's more musings on life and the human condition. I wouldn't say it's overtly religious but more spiritual in nature. His voice definitely takes on a different quality in Norse. Reviews at the time said that Morten sounds better in English than Norwegian, I don't agree. I think he sounds as he should in each language. Himmelske Danser is my favourite track on the album. Can't wait to get to that one.
Back to life Early one morning It was the way it was I turned to the sky But it was the earth that gave the answer Everything seemed new And I don't know what - I felt like a stranger But still content Back to life If you will let me in Let the rain remain rain Let the wind be just wind Is the earth the place Maybe this is where it happens Maybe we should go for A trip out and see I remember a girl Sick and tired of dreaming Tired of the day Like any girl I've seen Burdened with anticipation So pathetic and tired Now she walks across the earth Resilient and light Watch the birds flying Let the soul fly along Watch - everything on earth salutes When a dreamer lands Question the doubt See what emerges Watch all the world salutes A dreamer returning home
Ooooh…Morten singing in Norwegian and at the end, doing so with that scratchy voice and embellishments? What not to like? That’s the best part to me. The music was kinda okay to me. I could see me listening to this whole song just to hear that part with the scratch and embellishments.🙃Yep, I don’t care if I understand the lyrics when he’s singing like that for sure. ❤️🔥😋 I would post the meme of Barbara Streisand from Funny Girl fanning herself cause of being hot and bothered by a man right here if I could. 😂
Oh, you don't know this album? I am sorry, you have probably told me but I am starting to forget things. 😬 You will like this album, it's good that Matt will do this at the same time as OOMH, which you obviously don't like much (this I remember, besides being obvious). 😜 Well, most of the times we don't understand much of what the lyrics mean when he sings in English, so it's not so different from hearing him in Norwegian. 🤣
@@sofiamar18 No, I don’t know this album at all. Yes, very much looking forward to it. Will ease the pain from OOMH. 😂 Yes, exactly, doesn’t matter if the man sings in English, Norwegian, Greek, German, Farsi, Pig Latin, heck…anything with that voice…it’s all hot…er…good to me 😂 Man, now I want an album from Morten in Pig Latin! 😂 Ooooh, just think of him using that voice in Arabic…oh man, that would have been sooo freaking hot!❤️🔥(I love listening to Arabic) Well, now I am fanning myself 😅
@@mattsnider2667 How cool would that be? Probably would have to be done in an alternate universe. The man seems too serious to do so in this one. I bet Magne would though. 😋
Here comes the info nerd again! 😜 You have no idea of the time I spend reading and researching to comment here, and it's never easy for me to select and "condense" all the information. 🤓I am sorry if my comments get too long and overloaded. 😬 "Vogts Villa" means exactly what you said: it's the name of a "villa" on the uninhabited island of Dvergsøya, in the southern coast of Norway, where the album was recorded. I didn’t know much about it until I researched it last year, but I will spare you the details. 😉 Suffice to say that the album was recorded in 12 days in that ancient villa, where there was neither electricity nor water and they had to ship generators and all the essentials there, as well as instruments and recording equipment. Morten apparently likes to make things difficult for himself. 😅 Well, in fact it seems the villa is the place where the Norwegian crown-prince and family choose to spend summer holidays in more recent years, so I guess some improvements have been made since then (but this is just a fun fact and I am already straying from the subject 😛). The CD booklet shows a few pictures of the house and the island. This is strictly speaking Morten's second solo album (following Wild Seed in 1995), since Poetenes Evangelium (1993) is not considered a solo album but rather a collaboration / side project. Wild Seed was extremely successful in Norway, but not abroad, so I guess (but this is just a guess) Morten chose to focus on the Norwegian market with his second album and sing in Norwegian. In an interview with Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet at the time (quoted in Barry Page's book), Morten said: "Singing in Norwegian (...) requires something completely different and new from me", and I think we all notice the difference. It is as far from the "a-ha Morten" as it gets. The "country / folksy" feel will be a constant in this album. Unlike Morten's other solo albums, this one has no covers or adapted songs from other artists, all the songs were written by Morten and usual partners Ole Sverre Olsen and Håvard Rem. This one is by Morten and Olsen. The female backing vocals are by Elisabeth Moberg, but I don't know anything about her (you asked who it was, I am just answering with the info on the CD booklet 😆). No, there is nothing overtly religious in Morten's solo material (as Mary said below, and she is right). Don't expect to hear any more religion-themed songs, Poetenes Evangelium was a very specific project and Morten had no part in the writing of it. You can forget about religion now. 😉 Morten had an English version of this song and the title was "Back to the Senses" (clearly nothing to do with ressurrection 😀), he played it in several concerts in 2008 but it was never relased. I will try to post a link to a fan video of a live performance below. As I said before, going through Vogts Villa and Out Of My Hands in tandem will provide a hugely contrasting flavour to your current Morten journey. 🤪 It will be fun for us, too. Where the one is folksy, down-to-earth, filled with his own songs, sang in Norwegian in a raspy voice, the other is extremely "synthy" and commercial, with lots of "borrowed" songs and songs penned by others - indeed, Morten could hardly have done something more opposite to what he was doing in the 90s. Doing both at the same time will highlight that huge difference, I am sure. 😉
@@sofiamar18 I love all these cool tidbits from you and Kari. Unfortunately, when I check out this video you posted white the English version, I don’t have any sound. It’s not that my sound is off for I can hear Matt’s video. I also see comments from people who can obviously hear it. So strange. Ah well😋
@@shelld1261 that's weird, I can hear it. 🤔 Another of youtube's mysteries? 😛 Unfortunately I couldn't find any other upload of that song. I still have to check if I have an audio file of this song performed live, I believe I do. If I do and the audio is not too bad I can send it to Matt one of these days. 😉
@@sofiamar18 Just posted my comments for that a few minutes ago. Been a crazy time with pet sitting. Picked up some unexpected gigs. My poor clients contacted COVID on their trip and have to stay quarantined where they are. Hanging out with two old Golden Retrievers. It’s a tough life.😂 I should be caught up now, I think?
Vogst villa on Dvergsøya is where Morten and his collaborators recorded the album. Many saw it as madness to transport all the necessary equipment to a deserted island without electricity, but Morten does not let trifles stop him. The island is outside Kristiansand on the Norwegian southern coast, the area where he has spent his summers all his life. Here he was in his prime. A journalist who was on the scene described how Morten handled the boat and fishing equipment as if it were the most natural thing, and that his large hands looked like the hands of a reliable fisherman when he arranged the fishing equipment.
Later, the island was rented out to Norway's crown prince family. The Crown Princess is from the area. I don't know if they are still users of the site.
I really like this song. The description of Morten on Dvergsøya fits his voice and the theme of the song.
Haha, I spent so much time writing my comment, as usual, that in the meantime you posted yours. If I had waited a bit longer to start writing I would have seen yours and wouldn't have repeated some of your info. 😜
@@sofiamar18
Considering that your comment is longer than mine, there is a certain probability that you started writing your comment long before I posted. For Matt, it's just fine that we comment, both of us, if he has a desire for the channel to grow.
@@ahkkariq7406 haha, I probably started it more than half an hour before you posted yours, there was only one comment here when I started. 😁 I take a long time to write, especially when I am checking my sources and reading while I write. 😅 Oh, of course we should comment, what I meant is that I could have made my comment a bit shorter and avoid saying the same things as you. On the other hand, if Matt reads the same thing twice, maybe there's a bigger chance he will remember it. 😁
I can't wait when you reaction Morten Harket album Out of my hands and Brother.
Luckily we have Kari and others on hand to translate from the Norwegian…I just love to hear Morten sing in his native tongue…not bothered too much about understanding every word! I like this song and the whole concept behind the Vogt’s Villa album.
The website Lyric Genius has the lyrics and through your browser's translate feature can translate them to English. This is a very philosophical album. It's more musings on life and the human condition. I wouldn't say it's overtly religious but more spiritual in nature. His voice definitely takes on a different quality in Norse. Reviews at the time said that Morten sounds better in English than Norwegian, I don't agree. I think he sounds as he should in each language. Himmelske Danser is my favourite track on the album. Can't wait to get to that one.
What? Weird. He sounds amazing here too. I agree with you as well.❤
A lovely musical journey to Norway with this album. I really like listening to Morten sing in his native language .....
Back to life
Early one morning
It was the way it was
I turned to the sky
But it was the earth that gave the answer
Everything seemed new
And I don't know what -
I felt like a stranger
But still content
Back to life
If you will let me in
Let the rain remain rain
Let the wind be just wind
Is the earth the place
Maybe this is where it happens
Maybe we should go for
A trip out and see
I remember a girl
Sick and tired of dreaming
Tired of the day
Like any girl I've seen
Burdened with anticipation
So pathetic and tired
Now she walks across the earth
Resilient and light
Watch the birds flying
Let the soul fly along
Watch - everything on earth salutes
When a dreamer lands
Question the doubt
See what emerges
Watch all the world salutes
A dreamer returning home
Thank you Kari 🙏🏼
🥰🎶
Thank you ❤
Thanks from me too Kari! 🥰
Ooooh…Morten singing in Norwegian and at the end, doing so with that scratchy voice and embellishments? What not to like? That’s the best part to me. The music was kinda okay to me. I could see me listening to this whole song just to hear that part with the scratch and embellishments.🙃Yep, I don’t care if I understand the lyrics when he’s singing like that for sure. ❤️🔥😋
I would post the meme of Barbara Streisand from Funny Girl fanning herself cause of being hot and bothered by a man right here if I could. 😂
Oh, you don't know this album? I am sorry, you have probably told me but I am starting to forget things. 😬
You will like this album, it's good that Matt will do this at the same time as OOMH, which you obviously don't like much (this I remember, besides being obvious). 😜
Well, most of the times we don't understand much of what the lyrics mean when he sings in English, so it's not so different from hearing him in Norwegian. 🤣
@@sofiamar18
No, I don’t know this album at all. Yes, very much looking forward to it. Will ease the pain from OOMH. 😂
Yes, exactly, doesn’t matter if the man sings in English, Norwegian, Greek, German, Farsi, Pig Latin, heck…anything with that voice…it’s all hot…er…good to me 😂 Man, now I want an album from Morten in Pig Latin! 😂 Ooooh, just think of him using that voice in Arabic…oh man, that would have been sooo freaking hot!❤️🔥(I love listening to Arabic)
Well, now I am fanning myself 😅
I've infected Sofia with my forgetful mind-virus!
And I'm now imagining Morten singing in Pig Latin, LOL
@@mattsnider2667
How cool would that be? Probably would have to be done in an alternate universe. The man seems too serious to do so in this one. I bet Magne would though. 😋
Here comes the info nerd again! 😜 You have no idea of the time I spend reading and researching to comment here, and it's never easy for me to select and "condense" all the information. 🤓I am sorry if my comments get too long and overloaded. 😬
"Vogts Villa" means exactly what you said: it's the name of a "villa" on the uninhabited island of Dvergsøya, in the southern coast of Norway, where the album was recorded. I didn’t know much about it until I researched it last year, but I will spare you the details. 😉 Suffice to say that the album was recorded in 12 days in that ancient villa, where there was neither electricity nor water and they had to ship generators and all the essentials there, as well as instruments and recording equipment. Morten apparently likes to make things difficult for himself. 😅 Well, in fact it seems the villa is the place where the Norwegian crown-prince and family choose to spend summer holidays in more recent years, so I guess some improvements have been made since then (but this is just a fun fact and I am already straying from the subject 😛). The CD booklet shows a few pictures of the house and the island.
This is strictly speaking Morten's second solo album (following Wild Seed in 1995), since Poetenes Evangelium (1993) is not considered a solo album but rather a collaboration / side project. Wild Seed was extremely successful in Norway, but not abroad, so I guess (but this is just a guess) Morten chose to focus on the Norwegian market with his second album and sing in Norwegian. In an interview with Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet at the time (quoted in Barry Page's book), Morten said: "Singing in Norwegian (...) requires something completely different and new from me", and I think we all notice the difference. It is as far from the "a-ha Morten" as it gets.
The "country / folksy" feel will be a constant in this album. Unlike Morten's other solo albums, this one has no covers or adapted songs from other artists, all the songs were written by Morten and usual partners Ole Sverre Olsen and Håvard Rem. This one is by Morten and Olsen. The female backing vocals are by Elisabeth Moberg, but I don't know anything about her (you asked who it was, I am just answering with the info on the CD booklet 😆).
No, there is nothing overtly religious in Morten's solo material (as Mary said below, and she is right). Don't expect to hear any more religion-themed songs, Poetenes Evangelium was a very specific project and Morten had no part in the writing of it. You can forget about religion now. 😉
Morten had an English version of this song and the title was "Back to the Senses" (clearly nothing to do with ressurrection 😀), he played it in several concerts in 2008 but it was never relased. I will try to post a link to a fan video of a live performance below.
As I said before, going through Vogts Villa and Out Of My Hands in tandem will provide a hugely contrasting flavour to your current Morten journey. 🤪 It will be fun for us, too. Where the one is folksy, down-to-earth, filled with his own songs, sang in Norwegian in a raspy voice, the other is extremely "synthy" and commercial, with lots of "borrowed" songs and songs penned by others - indeed, Morten could hardly have done something more opposite to what he was doing in the 90s. Doing both at the same time will highlight that huge difference, I am sure. 😉
"Back to the Senses" (English version of "Tilbake til Livet") in Stavanger, Norway, 2008: ua-cam.com/video/2-AiCSmzGUw/v-deo.htmlsi=Xg4iA93y4l5B_7W4
@@sofiamar18
I love all these cool tidbits from you and Kari. Unfortunately, when I check out this video you posted white the English version, I don’t have any sound. It’s not that my sound is off for I can hear Matt’s video. I also see comments from people who can obviously hear it. So strange. Ah well😋
@@shelld1261 that's weird, I can hear it. 🤔 Another of youtube's mysteries? 😛 Unfortunately I couldn't find any other upload of that song.
I still have to check if I have an audio file of this song performed live, I believe I do. If I do and the audio is not too bad I can send it to Matt one of these days. 😉
@@shelld1261did you miss "The Sphinx" yesterday?
@@sofiamar18
Just posted my comments for that a few minutes ago.
Been a crazy time with pet sitting. Picked up some unexpected gigs. My poor clients contacted COVID on their trip and have to stay quarantined where they are. Hanging out with two old Golden Retrievers. It’s a tough life.😂
I should be caught up now, I think?