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Atmosphere perform "Say Shh" at First Avenue

January 29, 2015

Slug of Atmosphere
Slug of Atmosphere on stage at First Avenue
MPR Photo / Nate Ryan

Watch Slug, Ant and DJ Plain Ole Bill kick off their incredible 80 minute set from First Avenue with the now-famous song that kicked off The Current's first radio broadcast in 2005.

As Andrea Swensson writes in her recap of the Jan. 24th show:

By the time Atmosphere took the stage the crowd was so well-primed that they seemed up for just about anything. As many predicted, Slug kicked off his set by revisiting the now-infamous song that the Current played when it launched exactly 10 years ago, and before he played it he told a little story to the crowd.

"So here's an idea I had today," Slug said. "What if I pledged this song to the Current? What if I said, hey, 'Say Shh' — you can have this song?" As the audience roared its approval, he explained that he asked his cohorts at Rhymesayers if it was possible and they only had one response: "Shhhh."

With that, Atmosphere launched into the song and led the crowd in a bouncing sing-along of all the local landmarks shouted out in the song, with an extra couple of lines about St. Paul, the Current, and Mark Wheat.

(See full recap by Andrea Swensson and photos by Nate Ryan and Leah Garaas at the Local Current blog.)