Haloo Helsinki!! Let's take a Modestep, 30 Seconds
to MARS!!!
After 1 day of
full break, Hietaniemen Beach marathons the Rock ‘n’ Roll
spirit! This time we folks take off a stop forward from Kamppi, and walk near
15 minutes to the stage areas by 14:45. Though I have
already experienced Finnish new pop rock band Haloo Helsinki! at Kaisaniemi
Park concert (June 14th blog),still I would love to see very Gwen Stefani-like
Elli, Jere, Leo and Jukka open the day of the beach festival. Only releasing 10
music videos by 2013, Elli, wearing a chiffon white dress, light pink Converse,
Mickey mouse glasses and rouge Moulin lipstick, still wows the fans (mostly
males) on singing ‘Haloo Helsinki’, ‘Jos Mun Pokka Pettää’, ‘Vapaus
Käteen Jää’, and ‘Maailma on Tehty Meitä Varten’. Surely my favourite hit ‘Huuda’
jingles, I sing ‘Huuda, huuda, ilosta…’freely and happily, perhaps more of the
celebration on my Finnish ability progress forward.
16:45-18:50
Apulanta is a well-known Finnish Punk Rock
band founded in 1991, though the presented members are entirely dissimilar
since 2001. On Nokia Musiikki stage, Toni, Simo and Sami dress up the American
mid-west cowboys hats, checked shirts and spur boots, still bring the comic
1997 single ‘Mato’, but change the catchphrase ‘mato’(worm in Finnish) into ‘yiii-haaa’
a bit. Established their fame on nonsense lyrics, ‘Kuuma Kesä’ and
‘Poltettu Karma’ are the must.
On Radio Rock Stage, quite to my disappointment is
that A Day to Remember from Florida eliminating ‘You Had Me at Hello’ and ‘All
I Want’ but only ‘Have Faith in Me’. Current lead vocal astonishingly yells and
howls rather sings, which, it seems the music style is more similar to Post-hardcore
than modern rock. Checking online later on and yes, the members have been
shuffled from previous 3 to current 5.
18:50-21:55
Having been
listening to ‘Hot’ on Radio Rock and always considering it too cheesy. Not until
Finnish glam metal band Reckless Love lead singer Olli Herman, without any
entourage but bleach long blond hair, fair wheat skin tone, very Cali look,
aviator sunglasses and motor biker gloves, passing me by do I realize I miss
the chance to take a great photo. ‘Hot’ is the only adjective I can come up with
when Olli taking off his waistcoat, totally half-naked, performing alive. Yeah,
it’s hot hot of the air! Band members are just the copy version of Guns N’
Roses, yet Olli’s voice and look might own the bright future if their melody arrangement
more recklessly avant garde.
After 5 minutes, Airbourne from Down Under is just
a younger edition of (my favourite classic) Aussie fellow AC/DC: the music, the
lyrics, the outlook, and the sound. Coincidently, both include a brother pair:
Angus and Malcolm Young of AC/DC and Joel and Ryan O’Keeffe of Airbourne. ‘Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast’ makes
me really want to mix and spin with ‘High Way to Hell’ during the bridge. AC/DC
mood is ON!! At 20:55, Modestep is a brand new electronic rock starting in 2010 London, not very much alike Prodigy but owing still quite a rave style, lead singer Josh Friend’s voice is mature and experienced. ‘Show Me a Sign’ music video is a cartoon version of Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch, definitely ‘Feel Good’.
22:00-00:05
With Jared Leto, it only takes 30 Seconds
to Mars. Alongside with his younger brother Shannon, Jared formed this
alternative rock band in 1998. Some critics acclaim that the band is more a
side project of Jared’s acting career, while I have to admit their music videos
are very high artistic, nearly the perfect short films with literary themes;
which, makes me wonder how these Martians conveying the music on stage, alive.
The starting time is around 15 minutes
delayed. The pure white curtain blurs the equipments and encloses a square tent,
while the premium lights shine through the stage, we see the body shape silhouettes
of band members. The wide screen sparkles ‘LOVE’, girly screams rise. Camera
and mobile snap. Colourful polish nails up. Males’ arms crossed. The trip to
Mars has begun.
The concert concept is based on the band’s
2013-released album Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams, which Jared asking
in public on those 4 words in Finnish as well; his responses receiving is as passionate
as his Finnish national flag putting on. Wearing Ray Ban aviator sunglasses,
grey-knitted hat, loosen long coat and tank top underneath, Jared looks much
younger than his actual age. Fans love the hot hit ‘The Kills’ and ‘Kings &
Queens’, sing and clap aloud. ‘This is War’ shows the current American images
on screen : Gulf War, Bush Family, Katrina disaster, forest fire, and Barack
Obama. ‘Up in the Air’ lists over 6 languages of ‘love’, ‘lust’, ‘faith’ and ‘dreams’
in background music video, perhaps an allure to summon more international recognition,
while during the switch time, 2 acrobats jumping up and down into the air on
the seesaw….., quite slightly awkward and unimpressive. Usually the drummer of
the band is silent and hidden behind the percussions, but I find Shannon Leto
often got zoomed on the side screens, and yes, give me more of gorgeous him,
please. :-D
Photography: Mindy Yuan, www.rockthebeach.fi
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