This is one of my favourite reactions, to one of my favourite live Aurora performances, this is just so beautiful and the production is so good, all of which you noted. Perfection from Aurora and O.Martin on guitar and back up vocals. Not perfection in terms of sterility, just that beautiful undertone of rawness, which gives a live performance its authenticity, whilst being as close to perfection as a live performance can be.
The technical staff of the Mahogany Sessions have the same ideals, production values and skills as the wonderful people of the Norwegian broadcaster NRK who created Aurora's Nidarosdomen concert, are responsible for the HAIK series, which of course included Aurora's magical concert in the Os forest and the Nobel Peace Prize concert. A talent such as Aurora's obviously deserves the best possible technical conveyance.
No, Aurora is much better than you think ... Self taught, discovered from a video put online without her knowledge and she initial turned down the offer of becoming an artist. There are documentaries on CZcams giving the full story. This is probably Aurora's most personal song, it took a long time before she could write it and it is very infrequently performed. This was recorded in break from the 2015 Wilderness Festival on a lake in the grounds. The song:- Aurora does like to leave room for interpretation with her songs but she posted this on Facebook in 2015:- "Today is the day. 22nd of July. It's been 4 years since you left us. Since all of you left us. how time flies, we even find ourselves forgetting for a moment, nearly moving on.. Not because we forget you, but because we remember to live. But know that I will always remember you, and everyone that went down with you. I will think of love, and send love to those who needs it this today. I hope no one is crying alone. Rest in peace my friend. You are free now. "Little boy in the grass" There are interviews on CZcams where she is asked about the song and yes, it is about the Utøya massacre in 2011 and to someone important to Aurora who passed away that day. When pressed on the subject in one interview I listened to she agreed that they could have been described as girlfriend and boyfriend at the time ... He was 17 and she was 15.
Wow! That’s so intense. I had no idea about that. Tragedy can become such beautiful music when handled well. She certainly appears have handled it well.
This one is always tough to watch...her emotions are still raw....67 youths....I can't even process that scene in my head. Beautiful reaction to this....for some reason I was nervous to watch it but you immediately dispelled all that and made me love this performance even more.
@@selkie912 The first quote was from Facebook in 2015, not sure if it is on CZcams. The second quote is somewhat elusive, again I'm not sure if it is still on CZcams but @Einyen may be able to help.
This raw performance, with its tragic back story, breaks my heart to hear her anguish. I can't imagine how difficult this was for her to do. A bittersweet eulogy to the victims and perhaps a piece of musical therapy for herself and everyone affected by that horrible event. Very brave of her to reveal her feelings
Thank you and good luck with the new channel spilt. This is Aurora’s tribute song to all the family’s who lost loved ones in the 22 July 2011 massacre in Oslo and Tryrifjorden. She lost a friend that day too. Great reaction and I’m looking forward to Aurora week. Aurora is working now on songs for a new Album.
Thank you for such a sincere reaction to such a sincere artist. For many of us, her personality brings us as much hope in this world as her music does.
Great choice for the start of Aurora's week, and nice analysis as usual of probably her saddest song (written after the massacre in Utøya in 2011, where she she lost a friend, possibly a boyfriend)
@@steveogreact If you are interested I recommend spending 4 min privately watching this song in the cathedral (Nidarosdomen) in Nov 2017: youtu . be / 5n9tsO6pNQQ It is very different version with a full orchestra behind and a beat to it and much more uplifting. Here she might actually be at least closer to being "over it all" meaning that tragic event behind this song.
Yea. This is special performance. So sad and emotional. My favorite version of this song raw and just beautiful (there is also great full instrumental version from Nidarosdomen and both are a little different then album version :) ). And her expressiveness I always love it)... in some moment she even takes air like she would be crying. It is about Utoya massacre and I think boad also correspond with it as Utoya is a island (she lost someone close there). Thank you much for this reaction (and this version) and also for a Aurora week. Ps. She is natural artist without any formal education. She just started to make music as a child on old/broken piano when was 6 years old and then started to make lyrics in English from 9 years old (before of that she did not knew English good enough to make such lyrics). Even her parents did not know that she makes music for first years. She even did not wanted to be a artist only wanted to make music as a way of expressing emotions or just creating. I think (only my theory) her uniqueness in music can come from her personality (and talent) but also because as far I understand from interviews (if not please correct me) that as a child she was exposed to music but not so much: only for some music on recording which her parents listen (like Cohen, Enya, classic music etc) and she did not listen to "mainstream" music in radio/tv. She also said in some interviews that she generally does not listen to music too much. In some other she said she is working on music even in travels and has music in her head (like working on songs or has some parts/ideas in head) and if she listen to other music it sometimes "nullify" each other :). Fun fact is that she said she does not like to listen to herself :P. Of course this things comes from interviews in different moment of time and some things could change a little up to now :).
You’re right, and they didn’t even have a tv, and then you have more time to do other things. When I was a kid we had tv, but it wasn’t much going on there😅 So I used to draw, listen to music and read and of course being out in the forest😍 I’m glad I experienced that kind of childhood 👍💕
This song and video is hard for me to watch knowing what it is about. I remember when this happened and watching it on the news and realizing the horror these kids went thru that day. Very sad. Aurora did a great job (in memory) of those who lost their lives and for someone who she was close to that also lost their life that day..
Woah, flashback! O. Martin on guitar harmonizing. He was there with her from the get-go. Made Management. A bunch of great musicians located in Bergen city. They've also worked with Sigrid and many more... Tiny country. Everyone knows everyone 😅👍🏼
It was a very good reaction. We could see how you were...amazed? Moved? You started this Aurora week while I was away on a business trip (without my YT data). I don't know if I should be ecstatic or disappointed that I missed it. The good news is that I get 5 videos in a row! What a treat!
Subscribed to your new channel. Have always liked your reactions, and this is of one of my favorite performances by anyone, ever. As usual, you did it justice, and I look forward to more, especially this opening week. I've always been blown away knowing that the only lessons she's ever had for anything was creative dance, and she considered that as a profession at one point (along with astronaut and physicist.) The shear talent and depth of soul in this human is mind blowing.
Steve, there are obviously not only very talented artists of many kinds in Norway, but also sound engineers and cameramen. Another example is the excellent recording in the Nidarosdomen cathedral.
Your reaction sums up how I feel every time I watch Aurora live. I'm like, how? She just blows me away every time, with her voice, her authenticity, her ability to convey her emotions. I truly believe she's an all-time great, despite still being very young. Regarding the production of the video and audio, I believe the "Mahogany Session" folks are used to doing this type of stuff, so that's why it was so great from their side of things. Excited for your new channel and Aurora week! 🤟
Total agree on the this performance and production. But this is 100% emotions and rawness for me. Thank you for this and i should definitly follow you for Aurora week...Can´t wait man. Follow you on both channel. I would suggest A rather new one from last year! A potion for love - Vevo Live. Which is no less than a masterpiece. Her ability with very small means in the song and facial expressions that offer an incomparable multifaceted performance. It is not certain that you see everything in one listen, but after a couple of times it becomes so beautiful
She is so fantastic..... this version of the song I feel she is hurting a bit more inside.... possible it is because of she is in a boat, and it is so close "setting" as the Utøya island and water was the place where the killings took place... many were killed at the water edge, like this video. My feeling only.....
Yay, great reaction👍 and so cool that you start your new channel with wonderful Aurora 😍😍 This song is so sad, I can barely listen to it without tears in my eyes 😢 I remember it like it was yesterday, but it happened 22 July 2011 that 67 youths were shot and killed (I know you’ve got the story from others)😢❤️ You should check out this song live at Nidarosdomen as well, a quite different version, more upbeat, but still beautiful 💕 Aurora is self taught when it comes to singing and playing piano, she’s born with this amazing voice/gift🤗 I absolutely agree, I don’t know another artist that is so captivating as Aurora, she’s truly unique in so many ways😍 I recommend watching the documentary “Once Aurora”, and also the documentary HAIK with an awesome concert in the end (in the forest). Two very different documentaries, but you learn a lot about this amazing artist👍 Could you please react to: “Soft Universe” live at Nidarosdomen “Exhale Inhale” live at VEVO ✌️💕
And if you want to react to an unreleased very sad song: “Why did you have to go?” She wrote this song after she lost a friend in an accident in 2014, she also sang it in her funeral😢❤️
Thanks for your reaction! The first one on the new channel 🥳I can only agree - she has so much feeling, is so captivating and her voice is fantastic! I am not sure but think the guitarist and singer is the same man as on Murder song from the Peace prize concert (don’t remember if you reacted to that). Also beautiful harmonies!
Aurora is the queen of emotions and storytelling. One live performance with Aurora that I found particularly amazing, which says a lot!, is with a string orchestra giving it such depth. Listen to The Seed live from Bergen, czcams.com/video/WP0yDmk6yzI/video.html .
I think she is giftet. If you find time, try listening to her ever firs recording, “Puppet”. I just love your reactions. Thank you for your great work.
Great reaction, great first song for the channel and great idea for your first week! Crossing fingers that the David Bowie/Life on Mars cover is there? It is sort of missing in your Aurora portfolio:) If not keep it in mind, I think it is really good? Have a great week!
This is actually my favorite song written by AURORA. It's simply brilliant. AURORA is the best singer in the world, however I love her songwriting also. It's hard to listen to anything else after listening to her perfection. You keep me crawling live at Newcastle University is fun.
Awesome! It's interesting that Aurora seems to frequently use harsh vocalizationsee to match references to violent or brutal content in the lyrics - in this case the Utoya massacre. She does so in Murder Song and It Happened Quiet. for example. So I was wondering if you might want to devote an episode to her lyrics and their roots in folk music's storytelling by artists such as Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Enya,. Of course, she uses her body with gesture and dance to aid the storytelling, as well.
Thanks Nick. I probably won’t make the lyric-focussed video as I’m no poet: I don’t think I could offer anything of value in this area. I’m much more musically focussed. Cheers though!
This is one of my favourite reactions, to one of my favourite live Aurora performances, this is just so beautiful and the production is so good, all of which you noted. Perfection from Aurora and O.Martin on guitar and back up vocals. Not perfection in terms of sterility, just that beautiful undertone of rawness, which gives a live performance its authenticity, whilst being as close to perfection as a live performance can be.
The technical staff of the Mahogany Sessions have the same ideals, production values and skills as the wonderful people of the Norwegian broadcaster NRK who created Aurora's Nidarosdomen concert, are responsible for the HAIK series, which of course included Aurora's magical concert in the Os forest and the Nobel Peace Prize concert. A talent such as Aurora's obviously deserves the best possible technical conveyance.
No, Aurora is much better than you think ... Self taught, discovered from a video put online without her knowledge and she initial turned down the offer of becoming an artist. There are documentaries on CZcams giving the full story.
This is probably Aurora's most personal song, it took a long time before she could write it and it is very infrequently performed.
This was recorded in break from the 2015 Wilderness Festival on a lake in the grounds.
The song:-
Aurora does like to leave room for interpretation with her songs but she posted this on Facebook in 2015:-
"Today is the day. 22nd of July. It's been 4 years since you left us. Since all of you left us. how time flies, we even find ourselves forgetting for a moment, nearly moving on.. Not because we forget you, but because we remember to live. But know that I will always remember you, and everyone that went down with you. I will think of love, and send love to those who needs it this today. I hope no one is crying alone. Rest in peace my friend. You are free now.
"Little boy in the grass"
There are interviews on CZcams where she is asked about the song and yes, it is about the Utøya massacre in 2011 and to someone important to Aurora who passed away that day.
When pressed on the subject in one interview I listened to she agreed that they could have been described as girlfriend and boyfriend at the time ...
He was 17 and she was 15.
Wow! That’s so intense. I had no idea about that. Tragedy can become such beautiful music when handled well. She certainly appears have handled it well.
This one is always tough to watch...her emotions are still raw....67 youths....I can't even process that scene in my head. Beautiful reaction to this....for some reason I was nervous to watch it but you immediately dispelled all that and made me love this performance even more.
Could you help me to find those full documentaries on CZcams, I didn't succeed
@@selkie912 The first quote was from Facebook in 2015, not sure if it is on CZcams.
The second quote is somewhat elusive, again I'm not sure if it is still on CZcams but @Einyen may be able to help.
@@selkie912 You can get the gist of here- czcams.com/video/6yE1vT1Qjp4/video.html.
This raw performance, with its tragic back story, breaks my heart to hear her anguish. I can't imagine how difficult this was for her to do. A bittersweet eulogy to the victims and perhaps a piece of musical therapy for herself and everyone affected by that horrible event. Very brave of her to reveal her feelings
Thank you and good luck with the new channel spilt. This is Aurora’s tribute song to all the family’s who lost loved ones in the 22 July 2011 massacre in Oslo and Tryrifjorden. She lost a friend that day too. Great reaction and I’m looking forward to Aurora week. Aurora is working now on songs for a new Album.
Just a great authentic reaction, Steve. Thanks.
Love this song and can't wait for a week of AURORA. This song is so sad but amazing.
Thank you for such a sincere reaction to such a sincere artist. For many of us, her personality brings us as much hope in this world as her music does.
This song hit personal to Aurora. The lyrics yet hold such deep meanings behind it.. And she delivered it beautifully. Amazing vocals too
thank you so much for reacting to this...a sad and beautiful song.
I’m so excited about this channel and especially for A WHOLE WEEK OF AURORA!!!!
Let’s do this 😃
🤩
Love this Aurora week!
Great choice for the start of Aurora's week, and nice analysis as usual of probably her saddest song (written after the massacre in Utøya in 2011, where she she lost a friend, possibly a boyfriend)
Oh gosh! I had no idea about that. How terrible.
@@steveogreact
Yeah, very sad, 67 youths were shot and killed at a political sommer camp😢❤️
Yes it was terrible 😢
I had no idea the song was about it. Makes me listen to the lyrics differently than I have done before.
@@petraljungberg
Ikr❤️
@@steveogreact If you are interested I recommend spending 4 min privately watching this song in the cathedral (Nidarosdomen) in Nov 2017: youtu . be / 5n9tsO6pNQQ
It is very different version with a full orchestra behind and a beat to it and much more uplifting. Here she might actually be at least closer to being "over it all" meaning that tragic event behind this song.
Yea. This is special performance. So sad and emotional. My favorite version of this song raw and just beautiful (there is also great full instrumental version from Nidarosdomen and both are a little different then album version :) ). And her expressiveness I always love it)... in some moment she even takes air like she would be crying. It is about Utoya massacre and I think boad also correspond with it as Utoya is a island (she lost someone close there).
Thank you much for this reaction (and this version) and also for a Aurora week.
Ps. She is natural artist without any formal education. She just started to make music as a child on old/broken piano when was 6 years old and then started to make lyrics in English from 9 years old (before of that she did not knew English good enough to make such lyrics). Even her parents did not know that she makes music for first years. She even did not wanted to be a artist only wanted to make music as a way of expressing emotions or just creating.
I think (only my theory) her uniqueness in music can come from her personality (and talent) but also because as far I understand from interviews (if not please correct me) that as a child she was exposed to music but not so much: only for some music on recording which her parents listen (like Cohen, Enya, classic music etc) and she did not listen to "mainstream" music in radio/tv. She also said in some interviews that she generally does not listen to music too much. In some other she said she is working on music even in travels and has music in her head (like working on songs or has some parts/ideas in head) and if she listen to other music it sometimes "nullify" each other :). Fun fact is that she said she does not like to listen to herself :P. Of course this things comes from interviews in different moment of time and some things could change a little up to now :).
You’re right, and they didn’t even have a tv, and then you have more time to do other things.
When I was a kid we had tv, but it wasn’t much going on there😅
So I used to draw, listen to music and read and of course being out in the forest😍 I’m glad I
experienced that kind of childhood 👍💕
Beautimus!!!
I demand a month of AURORA please 🥰 greeting from Argentina
🇦🇷🤘🏻
Haha! She’s great but there are many great artists worth reacting too! Dirty Loops is next 👍🏻
This song and video is hard for me to watch knowing what it is about. I remember when this happened and watching it on the news and realizing the horror these kids went thru that day. Very sad. Aurora did a great job (in memory) of those who lost their lives and for someone who she was close to that also lost their life that day..
Woah, flashback! O. Martin on guitar harmonizing. He was there with her from the get-go. Made Management. A bunch of great musicians located in Bergen city. They've also worked with Sigrid and many more... Tiny country. Everyone knows everyone 😅👍🏼
It was a very good reaction.
We could see how you were...amazed?
Moved?
You started this Aurora week while I was away on a business trip (without my YT data).
I don't know if I should be ecstatic or disappointed that I missed it.
The good news is that I get 5 videos in a row! What a treat!
Subscribed to your new channel. Have always liked your reactions, and this is of one of my favorite performances by anyone, ever. As usual, you did it justice, and I look forward to more, especially this opening week.
I've always been blown away knowing that the only lessons she's ever had for anything was creative dance, and she considered that as a profession at one point (along with astronaut and physicist.) The shear talent and depth of soul in this human is mind blowing.
Thanks J D B! Great to have you here 🙌🏻
Steve, there are obviously not only very talented artists of many kinds in Norway, but also sound engineers and cameramen. Another example is the excellent recording in the Nidarosdomen cathedral.
Also, she has a slew of "unreleased" songs as well. They are really worth a listening.
Your reaction sums up how I feel every time I watch Aurora live. I'm like, how? She just blows me away every time, with her voice, her authenticity, her ability to convey her emotions. I truly believe she's an all-time great, despite still being very young.
Regarding the production of the video and audio, I believe the "Mahogany Session" folks are used to doing this type of stuff, so that's why it was so great from their side of things.
Excited for your new channel and Aurora week! 🤟
Thanks Tarkus! Great to have you here 🙌🏻
Love it, so stripped back. Great to start the new channel good luck with it.
such a Sad and emotionally charged performance! the song references a horrible mass shooting that took one of her friends.
Great analysis of a stunning song and and an exceptional singer (and guitarist)! Thanks Steve.
Thanks for keeping it interesting, Steve.
Thanks for being the first person to comment on this channel Evan! 🙌🏻
The vocal talent is undeniable. Not my style of music but the girl can really sing.
Total agree on the this performance and production. But this is 100% emotions and rawness for me. Thank you for this and i should definitly follow you for Aurora week...Can´t wait man. Follow you on both channel. I would suggest A rather new one from last year! A potion for love - Vevo Live. Which is no less than a masterpiece. Her ability with very small means in the song and facial expressions that offer an incomparable multifaceted performance. It is not certain that you see everything in one listen, but after a couple of times it becomes so beautiful
Thank you, it’s on my list ✅
new year, new channel, 7 in a week wow you are spoiling us Steve ...TOP MAN
Took me a couple of weeks to get it all recorded edited and uploaded 😅 Fun though! A couple of the performances are unreal.
@@steveogreact SHE Always is thanks for the hard work geezer.
She is so fantastic..... this version of the song I feel she is hurting a bit more inside.... possible it is because of she is in a boat, and it is so close "setting" as the Utøya island and water was the place where the killings took place... many were killed at the water edge, like this video. My feeling only.....
An amazing reaction ❤❤❤
So excited for the new channel! And an Aurora week is the perfect beginning. Can't wait for the next reaction.
Yay, great reaction👍 and so cool that you start your new channel with wonderful Aurora 😍😍
This song is so sad, I can barely listen to it without tears in my eyes 😢
I remember it like it was yesterday, but it happened 22 July 2011 that 67 youths were shot and killed (I know you’ve got the story from others)😢❤️
You should check out this song live at Nidarosdomen as well, a quite different version, more upbeat, but still beautiful 💕
Aurora is self taught when it comes to singing and playing piano, she’s born with this amazing voice/gift🤗
I absolutely agree, I don’t know another artist that is so captivating as Aurora, she’s truly unique in so many ways😍
I recommend watching the documentary “Once Aurora”, and also the documentary HAIK with an awesome concert in the end (in the forest). Two very different documentaries, but you learn a lot about this amazing artist👍
Could you please react to:
“Soft Universe” live at Nidarosdomen
“Exhale Inhale” live at VEVO
✌️💕
And if you want to react to an unreleased very sad song:
“Why did you have to go?”
She wrote this song after she lost a friend in an accident in 2014, she also sang it in her funeral😢❤️
@@lillm6874 Agree! Those documentaries (and the HAIK concert) are great!
incredibly sad song. But fantastic ambiance
Thanks for your reaction! The first one on the new channel 🥳I can only agree - she has so much feeling, is so captivating and her voice is fantastic!
I am not sure but think the guitarist and singer is the same man as on Murder song from the Peace prize concert (don’t remember if you reacted to that). Also beautiful harmonies!
It’s the same man, Odd Martin Skålnes, they harmonies are so good😍
He has reacted to Murder Song on his other channel 👍
@@lillm6874 Thank you! 🙂 Ok!
I so look forward to this weeks reactions! This one was great , thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Subscribed for this. Can't wait to listen. 😀 I recommend Soft Universe from Nidarosdomen
Thanks!
Aurora is the queen of emotions and storytelling. One live performance with Aurora that I found particularly amazing, which says a lot!, is with a string orchestra giving it such depth. Listen to The Seed live from Bergen, czcams.com/video/WP0yDmk6yzI/video.html .
Thanks sten!
😊👍
Amazing she is so fantastic!
I think she is giftet. If you find time, try listening to her ever firs recording, “Puppet”. I just love your reactions. Thank you for your great work.
Great reaction, great first song for the channel and great idea for your first week! Crossing fingers that the David Bowie/Life on Mars cover is there? It is sort of missing in your Aurora portfolio:) If not keep it in mind, I think it is really good? Have a great week!
Yep, it’s coming during this week!
@@steveogreact oh great! Looking forward to it:)
This is actually my favorite song written by AURORA. It's simply brilliant. AURORA is the best singer in the world, however I love her songwriting also. It's hard to listen to anything else after listening to her perfection. You keep me crawling live at Newcastle University is fun.
I do not remember you reacting to her song Puppet.
It's one I would live to hear her perform live.
I don’t believe I have. Thanks for the recommendation!
A week of Aurora, how cool. On a lark you might want to react to In Boxes. czcams.com/video/4IC6b-5pWZ8/video.html
Awesome! It's interesting that Aurora seems to frequently use harsh vocalizationsee to match references to violent or brutal content in the lyrics - in this case the Utoya massacre. She does so in Murder Song and It Happened Quiet. for example. So I was wondering if you might want to devote an episode to her lyrics and their roots in folk music's storytelling by artists such as Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Enya,. Of course, she uses her body with gesture and dance to aid the storytelling, as well.
Thanks Nick. I probably won’t make the lyric-focussed video as I’m no poet: I don’t think I could offer anything of value in this area. I’m much more musically focussed. Cheers though!
@@steveogreact No worries. Love what you do regardless! Lots of insight to the musicality.
Norwegians don't f around when it comes to their music, unparalleled production quality.
Impressive stuff
She is a marvel isn't she? Oh, and I just realized that I never subbed you. Corrected that now. Have a wonderful new year man.
Cheers Max!