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Re: Popular songs in Sweden

Great! Neil Young...you make me curious...

Re: Popular songs in Sweden

Bo Kaspers Orkester

Bo Kaspers Orkester has been one of the best selling bands in Sweden during the '90s and '00s. Their style was mostly jazz-pop in the beginning, but over the years they have varied their sound with for example soul and Latin American styles. Their lyrics usually depict relations and everyday situations.

Bo Kaspers Orkester - Puss 1994 ("Kiss")
Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hon är så söt 1994 ("She Is So Sweet" about the singer's newborn baby. The band performs in his house in this video.)
Bo Kaspers Orkester - Allt ljus på mig 1998 ("All Lights on Me", a song that shares A LOT with Donny Hathaway's "The Ghetto")
Bo Kaspers Orkester - Undantag 1998 ("Exception")
Bo Kaspers Orkester - I samma bil 2006 ("In the Same Car")

Re: Popular songs in Sweden

Bob Hund

Bob Hund is well known for their live act and stage appearance of Tomas Öberg, vocalist and presumed lyrics mastermind. When the 80's music life in Sweden belonged to "Ebba Grön" sooner to become "Imperiet" the 90's was Bob Hund's.

1996 Bob Hund released a great single Istället För Musik: Förvirring. In the video the band seem influenced by the film "Idioterna" ("The Idiots") by Lars von Trier. See his "Melancholia" btw.

The same year came their arguably best album: "Omslag: Martin Kann" and this was their single from that album: Düsseldorf

Before this they released an ep (Bob Hund) in 1993 and an album in 1994 also named Bob Hund. The album has this epic song: Det Skulle Vara Lätt För Mig Att Säga Att Jag Inte Hittar Hem Men Det Gör Jag, Tror Jag which resembles "Like A Hurricane" or "Down By The River" (I promised you some Neil Young references)

Neil's true, childish, whining voice as expressed in "I Believe In You" or "A Man Needs A Maid" might have their equvalence in Jag Är Inte Arg or Våffeljärnet

Bob Hund's swan song might be Jag Rear Ut Min Själ, Allt Ska Bort (Rust next?) which might be about psychotherapy and the experiences of finding a true self (Neil just rocked his ass off). Maybe if he'd been brought up in cold Sweden and have a background as syntrocker... Bob Hund were a bit of ousiders who wants to share their experiences of that. Nowadays they walk the streets of Stockholm as ordinary men. Viva rock'n roll!


Some links:

Selected Songs (Spotify link)

Bob Hund Film, part 1

Bob Hund Film, part 2

Bob Hund Film, part 3

Bob Hund Film, part 4

Bob Hund Film, part 5

Bob Hund Film, part 6

Bob Hund Film, part 7

Re: Popular songs in Sweden

Fred, I don't know why but I wasn't able to access the Spotify list.

Very interesting comparison with Neil Young. But, since there are so many Pixies fans in this forum, I think we should mention that the bands that are usually named as Bob Hund's primary influences are Pere Ubu and Pixies.

A couple more favorites:
Bob Hund - Nu är det väl revolution på gång 1998 (their biggest single)
Bob Hund - Ett fall och en lösning 1997 (inspired cover of Pere Ubu's "Final Solution")

Re: Popular songs in Sweden

Henrik
Fred, I don't know why but I wasn't able to access the Spotify list.

Very interesting comparison with Neil Young. But, since there are so many Pixies fans in this forum, I think we should mention that the bands that are usually named as Bob Hund's primary influences are Pere Ubu and Pixies.

A couple more favorites:
Bob Hund - Nu är det väl revolution på gång 1998 (their biggest single)
Bob Hund - Ett fall och en lösning 1997 (inspired cover of Pere Ubu's "Final Solution")

Thanks, Henrik!

Yes, Pixies and Bob Hund are VERY close as this might illustrate even further:

Pixies - Crackity Jones or Pixies - Crackity Jones

Bob Hund - Nånting Måste Göras or Bob Hund - Nånting Måste Göras


"Ett Fall & En Lösning" was there in print but lost and amnesificated when everything I had written for a few hours went up in smoke and I had to start all over again... I wonder if Tomas is trying to imitate Jamiroquai here: Bob Hund - Ett Fall & En Lösning

Some 21 (!) years earlier: Pere Ubu - Final Solution

Re: Popular songs in Sweden

Henrik
Fred, I don't know why but I wasn't able to access the Spotify list.
At one point this morning the same thing happened to me. Please notify me if it happens again! Works now.

Re: Popular songs in Sweden

Do you often wonder what happened to one of the best songwriters of our era? - Benny Andersson of Abba?

Actually he never quit writing songs after Abba. In the 80's he took it a bit easier and started doing folk music and wrote musicals, "Chess", "Mamma Mia" and "Kristina From Duvemåla". He might now be regarded as doing "art music" and the songs below, although not art music, are his, sometimes in cooperation with Björn (second male Abba) or someone else, Tim Rice etc . They are easy listening and many of the best performers of our country have worked with him.

Ellen Page - I Know Him So Well
Benny Anderssons Orkester - Our Last Dance
Tommy Körberg - Anthem (from "Chess")
Gemini - T.L.C.
Tommy Körberg - Guldet Blev Till Sand
Benny Andersson Orchestra - You Are My Man
Gemini - Mio Min Mio
Ainbusk Singers - Jag Mötte Lassie

Benny & Björn related

Re: Popular songs in Sweden

Does Yngwie Malmsteen have a following in Sweden?

Re: Popular songs in Sweden

Henry
Does Yngwie Malmsteen have a following in Sweden?
Not more than elsewhere, I think. And you won't see him in any of my posts...!

Btw, this feature takes a few days break but will be back.