- [Narrator] Funding for this program is supported in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, Jennine and John Speier And these STAGE supporters.

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] Your favorite local musicians like you've never seen them before.

Intimate collaborations between iconic artists and the musicians they want you to know about.

Tonight, Soul Asylum featuring Loki's Folly.

It's all happening right now live on the legendary 7th Street Entry stage.

Beloved Minnesota rockers Soul Asylum returned to the Entry for the first time in years.

Please welcome to the stage: Soul Asylum.

(upbeat rock music) ♪ Grandfather watches the grandfather clock ♪ ♪ And the phone hasn't rang for so long ♪ ♪ Time flies by like a vulture in the sky ♪ ♪ Suddenly he breaks into song ♪ Waiting by the phone ♪ Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone ♪ ♪ Waiting by the phone ♪ Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone ♪ ♪ Hello, speak up, is there somebody there?

♪ ♪ These hang-ups are getting me down ♪ ♪ In a world frozen over with overexposure ♪ ♪ Let's talk it over, let's go out and paint the town ♪ ♪ Waiting by the phone ♪ Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone ♪ ♪ 'Cause I want somebody to shove ♪ ♪ I need somebody to shove ♪ I want somebody to shove me ♪ You're a dream for insomniacs ♪ ♪ Prize in the Cracker Jacks ♪ All the difference in the world is just a call away ♪ ♪ Waiting by the phone ♪ Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone ♪ ♪ Waiting by the phone ♪ Waiting for you to call me ♪ Call me, tell me I'm ♪ Tell me I'm not alone ♪ 'Cause I want somebody to shove ♪ ♪ I need somebody to shove ♪ I want somebody to shove me ♪ I want somebody to shove ♪ I need somebody to shove ♪ I want somebody to shove me (audience cheers) Come on!

You're much too kind.

(pounding drums) ♪ I went to the doctor, I was feelin' bad ♪ ♪ Got it pretty good ♪ I went to church trying to see what they had ♪ ♪ Got it pretty good ♪ The psychiatrist sent me back to the priest ♪ ♪ He just said, "keep your trousers creased" ♪ ♪ You know, I got it ♪ I got it ♪ I got it pretty good ♪ I tried being mean ♪ I tried being nice ♪ I tried taking all your advice ♪ ♪ It's time to shine, shine ♪ A fine time to remind me ♪ I'm just fine, fine ♪ A fine time to unwind ♪ And now's it's my time to shine ♪ ♪ I got it ♪ I got it ♪ I got it pretty good ♪ I got the joke, I'm on my knees ♪ ♪ Got it pretty good ♪ I tried bein' nice, I tried bein' mean ♪ ♪ Livin' my life just keepin' it clean ♪ ♪ Got the fever, I got the fever ♪ ♪ I got it pretty good ♪ Well, I need a good hammer ♪ And a couple of nails ♪ Build me a boat ♪ I'm gonna set my sails ♪ My time to shine, shine ♪ It's a fine time to remind me ♪ ♪ I'm doing just fine, fine ♪ If I could find the time ♪ But now's it's my time to shine ♪ (fueled guitar riffs) ♪ It ain't good or bad, it ain't wrong or right ♪ ♪ I got it pretty good ♪ I ain't giving up, gonna stay in the fight ♪ ♪ I got it pretty good ♪ I'm unraveling, I'm gonna unwind ♪ ♪ I'm winding down if I could find the time ♪ ♪ You know I got it ♪ I got it ♪ I got it pretty good ♪ I tried being mean ♪ I tried being nice ♪ I tried taking all your advice ♪ ♪ It's time to shine, shine ♪ A fine time to remind me ♪ To live your life, time ♪ Like it's on the line ♪ And now's my time to shine ♪ I got it ♪ I got it ♪ I got it pretty good ♪ I got it ♪ I got it ♪ I got it pretty good ♪ I got it ♪ I got it ♪ I got it pretty good ♪ I got it ♪ I got it (rapid drum rhythms) (audience cheers) - This, of course, is the infamous 7th Street entry.

I don't wanna talk about all the sex and drugs in the bathroom, and... I used to go to a guitar store right across from my high school.

As a matter of fact, some kid yelled out, "I see you out there, Dave Pirner.

You're skipping class."

And I was going to the guitar store, which was called, get this, "Knut Koupeé."

Knut Koupeé.

It was one of those places where I'd walk in and be kind of mesmerized by all the guitars, and just, it was still kind of bubbling up inside me that that's what I wanted to do.

My favorite band at the time was the Suicide Commandos.

And still my favorite band.

Anyways, Chris Osgood was teaching at the Knut Koupeé.

When I found out that Chris was teaching lessons at Knut Koupeé, I was like, "Sign me up," you know?

And he was great 'cause I would say things like, "Oh, could you teach me how to do this?

'Cause I think it will impress my friends."

He goes, "That's what it's all about, man.

Impressing your friends."

And he just had this great attitude.

At this time, Chris's band was called Speed Wiener and he let me come down here when I was 16.

So I had to stand in that back corner, and I couldn't talk to anybody and I just had to sort of pretend like I wasn't there.

And the opening act was Husker Dü.

(bright rock music) It was very exciting to be in there.

The Entry was what it was all about.

(acoustic guitar strums) (increasing tempo) ♪ Two boys on a playground ♪ Tryin' to push each other down ♪ ♪ See the crowd gather 'round ♪ Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd ♪ ♪ Black gold in a white plight ♪ Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride ♪ ♪ I don't care 'bout no wheelchair ♪ ♪ I've got so much left to do with my life ♪ ♪ Moving backwards through time ♪ ♪ Never learn, never mind ♪ That side's yours, this side's mine ♪ ♪ Brother, you ain't my kind ♪ You're a black soldier, white plight ♪ ♪ Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride ♪ ♪ Sure'd like to feel some pride ♪ ♪ But this place just makes me sad inside ♪ ♪ Mother, do you know where your kids are tonight?

♪ ♪ Keeps the kids off the streets ♪ ♪ Gives 'em something to do, something to eat ♪ ♪ This spot was a playground ♪ This flat land used to be a town ♪ ♪ Black gold in a white plight ♪ Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride ♪ ♪ Sure'd like to feel some pride ♪ ♪ But this place just makes me feel sad inside ♪ ♪ Black gold in a white plight ♪ Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride ♪ ♪ I don't care 'bout no wheelchair ♪ ♪ I've got so much left to do with my life ♪ (audience cheers and applauds) (band members shouting indistinctly) (fast-paced rock music) We were playing all these dumpy warehouse parties and house parties, really anywhere that would have us you know, we don't care if we get paid.

We'll play for beer, we'll do whatever.

It's just all these little baby steps.

"Oh my goodness.

They have a working toilet at this club and that's great.

Oh, we made it all the way to Chicago without breaking down."

On the third try, you know.

If you come in with expectations you're not gonna make it.

And we made some demos in our practice space, and I went out to New York, and I took them to seven or eight different record labels.

And Columbia was like, "We want this band."

And lo and behold, this thing that was on the outskirts started to be recognized by the labels and by the so-called industry.

It was so instinctual to just weather the storm because it seemed to always be there.

We used to make a joke about there was a black cloud following Soul Asylum around, and it seemed that way.

It just seemed like everything was just kind of a disaster.

And you just kind of expect that, you know, if everything breaks on stage, we will sort it out when it breaks.

But we should probably learn how to not have that happen.

And that's a big part of what the punk thing is about to me is that you're learning as you go along.

You're not coming out of Juilliard and going, "Okay, I'm going to find other musicians of my ilk."

You're hanging out with your friends, and teaching each other how to move around on a guitar, and learning from each other, and really starting from nothing.

Which is kind of a beautiful thing to me.

To just have that ambition without having any of the talent (laughing) to back it up and then just going, "Ah, well I'll make do with what I got, you know."

(audience cheering) (mid-tempo rock music) ♪ They say misery ♪ Loves company ♪ We could start a company ♪ And make misery ♪ Frustrated Incorporated ♪ Well, I know just what you need ♪ ♪ I might just have the thing ♪ I know what you'd pay to see ♪ Put me out of my misery ♪ I'd do it for you, would you do it for me?

♪ ♪ We will always be busy ♪ Making misery ♪ We could build a factory ♪ And make misery ♪ We'll create the cure ♪ We made the disease ♪ Frustrated Incorporated ♪ Frustrated Incorporated ♪ I know just what you need ♪ I might just have the thing ♪ I know what you'd pay to feel ♪ ♪ Put me out of my misery ♪ All you suicide kings and you drama queens ♪ ♪ Forever after happily ♪ Making misery ♪ Did you satisfy your greed?

♪ Get what you need?

♪ Was it only envy?

♪ So empty ♪ (audience) Frustrated Incorporated ♪ ♪ (audience) Frustrated Incorporated ♪ ♪ Frustrated Incorporated ♪ Put me out of my misery ♪ Frustrated Incorporated ♪ I'd do it for you, would you do it for me?

♪ ♪ Frustrated, frustrated, frustrated ♪ (audience cheers) (upbeat rock music) ♪ Go ahead, spit it out, I can take it ♪ ♪ Don't do this, don't do that, try and fake it ♪ ♪ I have seen it all ♪ Tell me there's something wrong, make me see it ♪ ♪ How I try, I must be wrong, it must be me ♪ ♪ I have been wrong before ♪ And I confess ♪ That I am having a hard time ♪ And I confess ♪ Your hard time's harder than mine ♪ ♪ When its over, I'm coming over ♪ ♪ I'll use your shoulder, it'll soon be over ♪ ♪ But I'm losin' it, losin' it, losin' it ♪ ♪ Losin' it, losin' it, losin' it ♪ ♪ Suck it up, rip it out, still I'm learnin' ♪ ♪ Light it up, put it out, keep it burnin' ♪ ♪ I've been burned before ♪ Come on out, I know you can make me happy ♪ ♪ Just a smile, just ahead, make me happy ♪ ♪ I've been happy before ♪ And I confess ♪ I am having a hard time ♪ And I confess ♪ Your hard time's harder than mine ♪ ♪ When its over, coming over ♪ Use your shoulder, soon be over ♪ ♪ Losin' it, losin' it, losin' it ♪ ♪ Losin' it, losin' it, losin' it ♪ ♪ Losin' it, losin' it, losin' it ♪ ♪ Losin' it, losin' it, losin' it ♪ ♪ I am having a hard time (audience cheers and applauds) (acoustic guitar strums) - So we're in the key of D. For you bass players, that's this one.

That's a joke, Oskar.

(all laugh) Are you ready with that tambourine?

- Yes.

- Ready?

One, two, three, four!

♪ She walks into the outhouse ♪ The cold night breathes into her face ♪ - Hi, I'm Annie.

I'm Nissa.

And I'm Oskar.

- And we're Loki's Folly.

I really wanted to learn to play guitar to be in a band and was looking for a teacher.

We went to Twin Town and we found Ryan there.

- I started as Loki's Folly's bass, guitar, and drum teacher and became their producer and been working with them ever since.

♪ She reaches through the darkness ♪ - Ryan told me about Loki's Folly and he said "Oh, go check 'em out.

They're down at the Icehouse."

And I was kind of blown away.

I was like, "These kids aren't messing around," you know?

So I was kind of following them around a little bit and then I was like, "Is this weird?"

♪ She starts wondering what they mean today ♪ ♪ Just mean to be mean ♪ And thinkin' about that scene, do they ♪ ♪ Just want to be seen ♪ Try not to seem so ♪ Just like anyone ♪ Just like anyone ♪ Like anyone (guitar chords) (tambourine shakes) (musicians laugh) (audience applaud) Was perfect.

Were you singing along on that one, Oskar?

- Which one?

(others laugh) - The song we just played.

- Classic bass player.

- What?

- [Announcer] Here's Annie, Nissa, and Oskar.

Loki's Folly.

(intense punk music) ♪ Why do you come up to me ♪ Oh, why do you sit next to me ♪ ♪ Oh, how do I tell you that I ♪ I hate you, I hate you ♪ I hate everything you say and do ♪ ♪ I hate you, I hate you, I hate you ♪ - I mean, it just worked for me.

It's like, it's unique, and it's powerful, and they're pissed off about something and I like that.

They don't seem that pissed off in regular life.

But I don't know, maybe you guys are like that all the time.

Ask your guitar teacher, do they just come in like, like, (imitates Loki's Folly screaming).

- Like.

(all laughing) ♪ I'm nothing like you ♪ Oh please, go away ♪ I hate you, I hate you ♪ I hate everything you say and do ♪ ♪ I hate you, I hate you ♪ I hate everything you say and do ♪ ♪ I hate you, I hate you ♪ I hate everything you say and do ♪ ♪ So, go away, go away ♪ Leave alone ♪ Please, oh please, go away ♪ Go away ♪ Please, leave me alone ♪ I hate you, I hate you ♪ I hate everything you say and do ♪ ♪ I hate you, I hate you ♪ I hate everything you say and do ♪ ♪ I hate you, I hate you ♪ I hate everything you say and do ♪ (audience applauds and cheers) - It's not very fun to yell "I hate you" at someone just in a conversation but doing it through a song is really fun.

- I think most of our songs tend to, whether they pull from stories or not, tend to have some sort of personal connection or meaning.

And I think it's definitely our way of expressing our own emotions, especially any emotions that are like, hard to communicate.

- And like, trying to express my frustration as an autistic woman going through schooling, and kind of really struggling with people in our situations not really acknowledging my need for help and kind of trying to, you know appease the situation and tell me that, you know, the things I were was experiencing weren't real or that I shouldn't be complaining about them.

And I think having this path of being able to give myself a voice was really helpful.

(audience applauds and cheers) This is a song Nissa and I wrote together in our basement, 'cause we're all siblings, so we all live in the same house.

It kind of started off just being very, very silly, and kind of just, you know, what rhymes with peach.

(laughs) But then I think we got a little serious in some of the verses.

So you know, we can't all have fun all the time.

♪ I'm sitting on my beaches, eating peaches ♪ ♪ The government is corrupt ♪ Employ an abogado with the avocado ♪ ♪ Now the world is gonna erupt ♪ What's going on ♪ What's going on ♪ Everything varies just eat some cherries ♪ ♪ Don't mean to interrupt ♪ Roaming through the streets eating all the beets ♪ ♪ Now everything's gonna blow up ♪ ♪ What's going on ♪ What's going on ♪ I'm sittin' on my beaches ♪ Eatin' peaches ♪ The government is corrupt ♪ Employ an abogado with an avocado ♪ ♪ Now the world is gonna erupt ♪ What's going on ♪ What's going on ♪ What's going on ♪ What's going on ♪ (audience cheers and applauds) ♪ Thank you all very much.

- The way I remember it is Annie signed up for guitar.

And it wasn't too long after that Nissa wanted to play drums.

Oskar, you joined shortly thereafter.

I remember you said you wanted to, when you were seven, you started taking bass lessons and you said, "Hey, I gotta wait until I'm nine.

Not ready yet."

Is that right?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- I don't know why it was nine.

- You were just very adamant about it though.

- That was when you were old enough.

- You guys probably always had the master plan of starting a band, but it just kind of, in those lessons, we really started diving into observing bands that you like, taking notes.

You guys would go to a concert.

I remember we would do little essays on what you learned from the shows.

We were learning covers.

- As Ryan will know from the amount of covers he had to teach us of this band, Green Day was one of our first favorites.

But then we kind of developed other interests.

We'd learn about a band, figure, hear something like Green Day or something, and then we'd play it for our parents, and like our mom would be like, "Oh," with like Green Day.

She was like, "Oh you like this band?

You should try The Replacements.

They're really cool, they're from here."

And then it would just kind of like evolve from there.

Like a lot of the local music, like Soul Asylum and you know, Replacements, and Husker Dü, and Babes in Toyland.

We just were like, "Wow, this is so cool.

They're from where we're from and like we could be just like them 'cause we're in the same place they were playing the same type of stuff."

I didn't fully grasp the concept that there were all these bands that were from here.

That was a very exciting moment when I realized that there were so many of the bands that we listened to are from where we live.

(bass strums) - [Tech] That good?

Okay.

- Okay, first of all, I was just excited they wanted to play music together, because I've always found that making music is a communal thing, and it's more fun to do with friends and family, If you can do that, that's amazing.

I guess kind of along the way I was always thinking, "Wow, this is actually turning into something more than just a couple kids that wanna play an instrument.

This is actually... They're creating their own world here and their own universe of music."

I started kind of secretly I would tell them, I would say, "Is it okay if I, you know, record this?"

And I was kind of secretly playing it for some outsiders that I thought could help the band out and could offer some feedback and advice and stuff.

And everybody was unanimously saying, "This is really cool."

You know, there's a lot of support I guess, (audience cheering) for what they were doing.

- This next song is "Appease The Girl."

And on the record we were lucky to have a very special guest on that too.

So, he might be here tonight.

The song is "Appease The Girl," with special guest, Dave Pirner.

(electric chords) (energetic punk music) ♪ Appease the girl, don't let her know ♪ ♪ Appease the child, just let her go on ♪ ♪ She doesn't really know what she's talking about ♪ ♪ She doesn't really know what's going on ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, why do you scream ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, why don't you move ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, she isn't breathing ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, she doesn't see me ♪ ♪ Poor tiny girl can't speak for herself ♪ ♪ She's only a child, can't do any harm ♪ ♪ But one day you'll find out what she'll do ♪ ♪ Yeah, one day you'll find out exactly what she'll do ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, why do you scream ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, why don't you move ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, she isn't breathing ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, she doesn't see me ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, why do you scream ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, why don't you move ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, she isn't breathing ♪ ♪ Little little little girl, she doesn't see me ♪ (audience cheers and applauds) Thank you.

(smooth music) (crew member chatting) - And I've learned so much about music since I started.

You start to see the similarities in all different kinds of music, which is a bit of a revelation.

You know, all styles of music have more in common with each other then they don't.

I like the arts, man.

I think that you should have an art class and you should have a music class.

Should you have to?

Meh, maybe not.

If music class was like math class was to me, then I would say opt out.

Which I couldn't opt outta math, but I wasn't good at it.

So I struggled and I learned to dislike it.

And I think that if you're trying to force somebody to like music or art, and they're just not having it, let them move on to math.

But it should be encouraged as something that is important and something that you might fall into for the rest of your life.

You'll get some more keys and more passes to understand how music works and what can before this and how this affects that.

And the instrumentation, and all that sort of stuff is kind of universal.

It's not rock and roll, it's not jazz, it's not this or that and the other thing.

It's just music.

So all that perspective that is gained from just listening to people that know more about it than you.

'cause there's a lot of punk rock people that when you're 18 you think you know absolutely everything.

You need teachers and you need mentors and you need people to encourage you.

And I was shown that from the Curtiss As and the Chris Osgoods, and the Suburbs, and they were always very encouraging to me.

They were never like, "Ah, you're never gonna make it, kid."

They were like, "This is for everyone."

Everyone has a go.

(rock music) ♪ I fell in love with a hooker ♪ She laughed in my face ♪ So seriously I took her ♪ I was a disgrace ♪ I was out of line, I was out of place ♪ ♪ Out of time to save face ♪ See the open mouth of my suitcase?

♪ ♪ Saying leave this place ♪ Leave without a trace ♪ Leave without a trace ♪ Leave without a trace ♪ I tried to get a good job ♪ With honest pay ♪ I might as well join the mob ♪ The benefits are okay ♪ Standing in the sun with a popsicle ♪ ♪ Everything is possible ♪ With a lot of luck, and a pretty face ♪ ♪ And some time to waste ♪ Leave without a trace ♪ Leave without a trace ♪ Leave without a trace ♪ I tried to dance at a funeral ♪ ♪ New Orleans-style ♪ I joined the Grave Dancers Union ♪ ♪ I had to file ♪ Trying to do the right thing, play it straight ♪ ♪ The right thing changes from state to state ♪ ♪ Don't forget to take your mace ♪ ♪ If you're out walking late ♪ I liked to see your face ♪ You left without a trace ♪ You leave without a trace (audience cheers and applauds) - When "Runaway Train" came out, we went out on tour and I was like, "Let's not play it."

And the band was like, "Whatever, Dave.

Whatever it is you're going through, it seems like a stupid idea, but okay."

To me it was, it was a way to propel forward and not rest on the laurels of the song everybody seems to know.

But more often than not, I mean, we were playing in the Entry and this guy came back and he said, "Me and my friend drove down from Alaska to hear 'Runaway Train.'

And you didn't play it."

You know, I felt bad.

A lot of people say that to me.

"We drove four hours to come and you didn't even play our favorite song."

And it started to kinda wear on me.

And then I started feeling like an ... And then I'd end up explaining, you know, taking 10, 15 minutes to explain to somebody why I wasn't playing it.

And then I realized that I could have played the song in the time that I'm explaining why I'm not playing it.

So I was like, "Ah, screw it.

I'll just play it."

And I enjoy playing it every time I play it now.

It's fun and easy to play, and I enjoy the reaction.

You can tell in the audience that people get emotional.

Like, sometimes people will start crying (rock music) You know, you see a couple move a little closer together.

♪ Call you up in the middle of the night ♪ ♪ Like a firefly without a light ♪ ♪ You were there like a blowtorch burning ♪ ♪ I was a key that could use a little turning ♪ ♪ So tired that I couldn't even sleep ♪ ♪ So many secrets I couldn't keep ♪ ♪ Promised myself I wouldn't weep ♪ ♪ One more promise I couldn't keep ♪ ♪ It seems no one can help me now ♪ ♪ I'm in too deep ♪ There's no way out ♪ This time I have really lead myself astray ♪ ♪ Runaway train never going back ♪ ♪ Wrong way on a one-way track ♪ Seems like I should be getting somewhere ♪ ♪ Somehow I'm neither here nor there ♪ ♪ Can you help me remember how to smile?

♪ ♪ Make it somehow all seem worthwhile ♪ ♪ How on Earth did I get so jaded ♪ ♪ Life's mysteries seem so faded ♪ ♪ I can go where no one else can go ♪ ♪ I know what no one else knows ♪ ♪ Here I am, just drowning in the rain ♪ ♪ With a ticket for a runaway train ♪ ♪ And everything is cut and dry ♪ ♪ Day and night ♪ Earth and sky ♪ Well, somehow I just don't believe it ♪ ♪ Runaway train never going back ♪ ♪ Wrong way on a one-way track ♪ Seems like I should be getting somewhere ♪ ♪ Somehow I'm neither here nor there ♪ ♪ Bought a ticket for a runaway train ♪ ♪ Like a madman laughing at the rain ♪ ♪ A little out of touch, a little insane ♪ ♪ It's just easier than dealing with the pain ♪ ♪ Runaway train never going back ♪ ♪ Wrong way on a one-way track ♪ Seems like I should be getting somewhere ♪ ♪ Somehow I'm neither here nor there ♪ ♪ Runaway train never coming back ♪ ♪ Runaway train, tearing up the track ♪ ♪ Runaway train burning in my veins ♪ ♪ Run away, but it always seems the same ♪ (audience cheers and applauds) (guitar strums) - I know this one!

(audience laughs) And I know this song.

This is one, we were working on this in the, they call it "the basement."

I don't know if y'all have been in the basement but it used to rival CBGB'S dressing room back in the day, if you could call it a dressing room.

Anyway, somebody called it a green room today.

And I got a little chuckle outta that.

(guitar strums) ♪ Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole ♪ ♪ Is there somebody that you want to talk to?

♪ ♪ You know that pretty soon you'll be able to fly ♪ ♪ How is this going to affect you?

♪ ♪ Do you think it might wreck you?

♪ ♪ Your friends might reject you ♪ ♪ Say you took it too far ♪ You said you want to be, want to be ♪ ♪ Hooked on glossy pictures and drugs I've never seen ♪ ♪ We'll treat you with advice from a fashion magazine ♪ ♪ One day she just walked into that magazine ♪ ♪ I wonder if she'll ever come back ♪ ♪ And they all said she would crack ♪ ♪ They said her mind was one track ♪ ♪ Said she took it too far ♪ You said you want to be, want to be ♪ ♪ Want to be, want to be ♪ Closer to the stars ♪ Every time you move your lips ♪ ♪ Let me give you a few tips ♪ Yesterday you were too young ♪ Tomorrow you will be too old ♪ To regret all the things you've done ♪ ♪ Who're you trying to hustle?

♪ Somebody you want to show your muscle?

♪ ♪ Second hand excuses never went too far ♪ ♪ What's this scene you're making?

♪ ♪ Your ideas have been taken ♪ When you awaken alone in someone's car ♪ ♪ Shaking ♪ Yes tremblin' ♪ You said you want to be, want to be, want to be ♪ ♪ Closer to the stars ♪ Closer to the stars (audience cheers and applauds) Alright, we're gonna bring Loki's Folly up here.

I guess in a way I'm living out what I thought was possible when I was 17.

Maybe what you dream of when you're a kid isn't always impractical.

And maybe if your parents tell you that that's not cool, or your friends make fun of it, or everybody just thinks there's no way.

I mean, that was me.

And it's cool.

I mean, I certainly would be miserable in a lot of other jobs.

I could pretty much guarantee you that.

- This is Soul Folly, Loki's Asylum.

They got a record called 'Sisu.'

Which means, correct me if I'm wrong, empowerment in the face of adversity.

It means have a good time all the time no matter what.

That?

- Yeah!

- Something like that.

♪ She walks into the outhouse ♪ The cold night breathes into her ♪ ♪ The flies are standing still now ♪ ♪ The moon, it spills through the place ♪ ♪ And she starts wonderin' what its like to be ♪ ♪ Liked by everyone ♪ And like everyone be ♪ Just like anyone ♪ Just wants to be so ♪ Just like anyone, just like anyone ♪ ♪ She reaches through the darkness ♪ ♪ Her fingers touch the porcelain ♪ ♪ She spins and pulls her pants down ♪ ♪ The cold air holds her like a thief ♪ ♪ She starts wondering what they mean ♪ ♪ Do they just mean to be mean?

♪ ♪ And thinkin' bout the scene ♪ Do they just want to be seen?

♪ ♪ Try not to seem so just like anyone ♪ ♪ Just like anyone ♪ The door comes screeching open ♪ ♪ She walks into the evening air ♪ ♪ She disappears in the darkness ♪ ♪ All's left, the faint smell of her hair ♪ ♪ She starts wondering what its like to be ♪ ♪ Liked by everyone ♪ And like everyone be ♪ Just like anyone ♪ Who just wants to be so ♪ Just like anyone ♪ And wondering what they mean ♪ Do they just mean to be mean?

♪ ♪ And thinking 'bout the scene ♪ Do they just want to be seen?

♪ ♪ Just like anyone, just like anyone ♪ ♪ Just like anyone, just like anyone ♪ ♪ Like anyone ♪ Just like anyone ♪ Just like anyone ♪ Just like anyone (audience cheers and applauds) - Loki's Folly and Soul Asylum, signing off.

Thank you.

- [Narrator] Funding for this program is supported in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, Jennine and John Speir, and these stage supporters.

(bright music)