Jens Lekman @ Little Havana, 20.1.07

I attended the above gig on Saturday with my sisters and a couple of friends. The gig was nice and intimate, we were upstair at the Red Room with some 100+ gig-goers. There were three opening acts, Jerome Kugan, Lurks and Laila's Lounge, each played a set of 4-5 songs.

Finally around 11pm, Jens Lekman came on stage with a ukulele little acoustic guitar. According to the man himself, he was on vacation in Malaysia, but he couldn't resist the fans. He played a solo brief set of simple pop gems, with a good amount of black humour thrown in between songs. He also promised to come back with a full band. The set consists 10-12 songs, those I can recall are crowd-favourite 'Black Cab', 'Maple Leaves', 'You Are The Light', 'Pocketful Of Money','A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hilland', 'Julie' 'Tram 7 to Heaven' and Jens' rendition of Paul Simon's 'You Can Call Me Al'.

Towards the end, the audience requested for more, Jens said that he was afraid that one more song might spoil the whole night, but anyone could go up to him later and ask him play any song after he has taken some rest and water. In a short while, I saw Jens coming out back near the stage, so I went up to him and thanked him for a great night. He is not exactly a pop star, but I felt somewhat nervous around him, as it was probably the closest I got to an artist. I even acted like a fan boy, asked him to pose a photo with me and signed a tour poster. After seeing what I've done, other people also followed, came up for photographing and signing. I didn't stick around for long, so I have no idea had he really played more songs upon request.

I had an enjoyable night, and money was well spent.

Songs I wish Jens Lekman would have played,
Rock Dennis Farewell Song
Run Away With Me

Next up, Muse 25.02.07.