NEW SONG THREAD

[Ann]

TASTE OF SALT

great song Anna,I love it and I love the sea


and while reading the lyrics,I thought of STIC :-*on the beach

[Cece]

Some of my favorites...........




Title: En kväll i juni.
Written & Performed by Lasse Berghagen.
(Song was written for his daughter Malin Berghagen)

Yes, it was one evening in june
when the summer is at its best
she danced for grandpa who she likes the best
her grandpa satt humming on a summer melody
suddenly he lit up, he became young and he became free

He removed his jacket, kicked off both shoes
then he spit out his snuff
said "my lovely, may I have this dance?"
she was beautiful, he was proud, straight back like a pine tree
it was summer, it was happiness and they danced and sang

Na na na.............

Then he remembered and said;
"yes, you should have seen your grandma, she was just as beautiful as you, where she danced in the grass, just like you do now
her hair was bleached by the sun her mouth was wild strawberry red
She was lovely as a lily her love was like passion"

So I removed my jacket, kicked off both my shoes
then I spit out my snuff..........................

[Cece]

This is one of the most beloved ones....



Title: Öppna Landskap
Written & Performed by Ulf Lundell
(It is really not an unofficial national anthem, but it is so beloved that people call it that sometimes)

Swedish & English translation lyrics are in the youtube clip.

[Cece]

Adore this one too.



Title: Visa vid vindens ängar
Written & Performed by Mats Paulson (Swedish Fan Favorite Håkan Hellström recorded this, making it popular once again). Here they make it a duet.

A wind passes over the wind's meadow
it flutters in a tulle curtain.
And I will write a summer song
with sun and flower scent in the melody.
I wanted to sing about Katarina
to tones of wood fleuts and alder cymbal
but the wind's tones becomes the summer's songs
I only listen in birch leaf hall

A wind passes over the wind's meadow
it flutters in a tulle curtain.
And I will write a summer song
with sun and flower scent in the melody.
A girls walks in the aspen grove,
I have a yellow-turned photography.
With the years she became a dream, a fairytale
a lonely wanderer's sympathy.

I wanted to write a little song
where moments become eternity.
But words become mute and tones deaf,
and the song's purpose becomes secret.
It becomes a secret.

I only want to sing
I only want to sing

-- Repeats --

I wanted to sing
I only want to sing
about Katarina,
about how I feel.
I stood under your summer window

[Cathy]

Nice songs, Cecilia Love all three of them I was abt to post the last one, Visa vid vindens ängar, but I was too lazy to make the translation ;D Thanks

[Cathy]

I hadn't seen the last video, the duet before... Can't remember seeing it live either but it was FANTASTIC!!! What a duet and the sing-along with the audience! Loved it! Now you've almost made a Håkan Hellström fan out of old me ;D I've never really got what it is that's so great with that kid but he really hit the ball out of the park with this one! The old guy did his part really well too but it wasn't him who got all the girls screaming ;D Thanks for posting

[Cathy]

One more from a Swede ;D

Trubbel by Olle Adolphsson sung by beautiful Monica Zetterlund with the gorgeous voice . A song about just how complicated life can get ;D




The meadows shine of all the summer's flowers.
The bees are buzzing and birds are singing everywhere.
The wind blows through the tree’s high crowns
But in my garden is it withered, dark and cold.
Here it is scrubby and overgrown, ugly and chaotic
and just as hopelessly dull and gray as in my chest.
Outside there’s the smell of summer's scents.
Out there it is summer, but in here it is fall.

I lived happily here with you and my cats
a life in sin and without the need to be saved.
I’ve reconciled with my character, because I've never
been able to say no to anything whatsoever.
And never refused myself one or the other,
and lived my life, until one day I was shattered.
At first you cheated on me with another,
one that you said was much nicer than I am.

Our quarrel took weeks, the cries mixed up with tears
and I was thoroughly compared to your nice, new friend
Until you confessed that he had left you
Then there was dead silence here in the garden again!
From that moment on the man became twice hated
He had been playing with you, with us for a little while
And I, I felt that I too was scorned
I wanted to fight, and walked toward my life's defeat

I had the hammer prepared under my jacket
When he came out wearing a silk scarf and said: Good day!
Come in and sit down for a while so we can talk!
I just stammered, now I do not remember what ...
And I was invited to cognac and cigars
and could not get myself to say no!
And when we parted, we were best friends and chums
and I took the things that you had forgotten back home for you!

I walk around in my Pompeii, among the ruins
I walked around in the remnants of our lives
But you must never give me prods on sequins
and never shall you become another's pastime!
No, for the past, we bind beautiful wreaths
and take our lives and my cats as they are.
And despite all the lack of love and brokenness and fringes;
I will love you all my life, I have you dear!

[Cathy]

There are soooo many songs ;D ;D Ok..so this is the most beautiful song EVER We sang this alot in school, holds fond memories

Tusen bitar (Thousand pieces) by Björn Afzelius




It is said that above the clouds, the sky is always blue
But it may be hard to believe when you can’t see it
And it is said that after the rain, the sun comes out
But it rarely helps those who became wet

When friends disappear, or love runs out
you look at everything with different eyes
You practice, and slowly you become better at seeing
the difference between truths and lies

Anything can break in two, but a heart can break into a thousand pieces;
If you say you are my friend, I’m sure you are

It is said that there is always something good in what happens
And faith is often the thing that gives us strength
Yes, you say a lot of things, but we know so little about ourselves
When the anxiety and loneliness arrive

When friends disappear, or love runs out
you look at everything with different eyes
You practice, and slowly you become better at seeing
the difference between truths and lies

Anything can break in two, but a heart can break into a thousand pieces;
If you say you are my friend, I’m sure you are

[Cece]

Björn Afzelius' "Sång till Friheten" (Song for freedom) is just as good as "Tusen bitar" in my opinion.



You are the most beautiful I know
You are the most precious in the world
You're like the stars
like the winds
like the waves
like the birds
like the flowers on the ground

You are my guiding star and friend
You're my faith, my hope, my love
You're my blood
and my lungs
my eyes
my shoulders
my hands and my heart

Freedom is your beautiful name
Friendship is your proud mother
Justice is your brother
Peace is your sister
Struggle is your father
The future your responsibility

[Cece]

And this one.....
I am super curious who will do their version of this song of next season of "Så mycket bättre" !!



Mikael Wiehe -- Flickan och kråkan (The girl and the crow)

I sat the other day reading my newspaper
a day like so many others before.
And I thought of all those dreams you dreamt
that one after one have ended

Then I saw an image of a girl
with a shot wounded crow in her arms
she runs through the forrest
as fast as she possibly can

And she runs with streaming curls
she runs on thin legs
and she prays and begs and she hopes and she thinks
that it should not be too late

The girl is small and her hair is so bright
and her cheek is so gaspingly red
the crow is unwieldy and cawingly black
in a while it's soon all dead

But the girls, she runs for its life
with a shot wounded bird in her arms
she runs to safety and warmth
for what is real and true

And she runs with twinkling eyes
she runs on thin legs
for she knows that it's true, what her father has said
that if there's life, it's never too late

And I started the shiver in agony and need
I shook of fear and terror
for I knew all clearly and sound
that it was the image of myself I had seen

For my hope is a shot wounded crow
and I am a running child
who thinks there is someone who can help me yet
who thinks there is someone with answers

And I run with pounding heart
I run on thin legs
and I pray and I beg, though I really know
that it's already too late

[Cathy]

I'm starting to wonder if I did anything BUT sing during my first 9 years in school ;D ;D I think I've sung all the songs that you and I've posted and then a 1000 more esp. Evert Taube And me and my old friends from school still sing these songs when we get together

[Cece]

Jul 17, 2011 17:51:41 GMT Cathy said:

I hadn't seen the last video, the duet before... Can't remember seeing it live either but it was FANTASTIC!!! What a duet and the sing-along with the audience! Loved it! Now you've almost made a Håkan Hellström fan out of old me ;D I've never really got what it is that's so great with that kid but he really hit the ball out of the park with this one! The old guy did his part really well too but it wasn't him who got all the girls screaming ;D Thanks for posting

Håkan released an EP in 2002 with 4 classic songs: "Trubbel", "Äntligen på väg", "Visa vid vindens ängar" och "Jag ger dig min morgon".
That EP is awesome!!!!!! Check it out if you can. Probably on Youtube.

You called Håkan a "kid"... ;D He is slightly older than you are, Cathy dear. You sound like a dinosaur calling him "kid".

I have very mixed feelings about Håkan. I liked his former band Broder Daniel. Their song "Shoreline" is to die for!!!!!! And he has some good songs as a solo artist (Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg, Kom igen Lena, Ramlar).
But then there are also some work of his that I do not care for. Some songs do not fit his voice, making it sound false.

[Cece]

Jul 17, 2011 23:26:47 GMT Cathy said:

I'm starting to wonder if I did anything BUT sing during my first 9 years in school ;D ;D I think I've sung all the songs that you and I've posted and then a 1000 more esp. Evert Taube And me and my old friends from school still sing these songs when we get together

I know what you mean. Taube has some awesome songs. However, I do not care for his singing voice at all. I prefer when others sing his songs. Like Magnus Johansson. I downloaded "Svenska eliten sjunger Taube" via isohunt and it is absolutely terrific!!!!!!

[Cece]

I almost forgot the one artist I appreciate the most when it comes to old Swedish national treasures....

CORNELIS VREESWIJK

[Cathy]

Feb 26, 1974 7:09:13 GMT Cece said:

Håkan released an EP in 2002 with 4 classic songs: "Trubbel", "Äntligen på väg", "Visa vid vindens ängar" och "Jag ger dig min morgon".
That EP is awesome!!!!!! Check it out if you can. Probably on Youtube.

You called Håkan a "kid"... ;D He is slightly older than you are, Cathy dear. You sound like a dinosaur calling him "kid".

I have very mixed feelings about Håkan. I liked his former band Broder Daniel. Their song "Shoreline" is to die for!!!!!! And he has some good songs as a solo artist (Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg, Kom igen Lena, Ramlar).
But then there are also some work of his that I do not care for. Some songs do not fit his voice, making it sound false.

He still looks like a kid ;D ;D

I really don't like the songs Känn ingen sorg, kom igen Lena etc... That's why I'm surprised.... ;D

And abt Evert Taube.... Well singing wasn't his strong suit ;D He just wrote wonderful, never dying songs! His son, Sven-Bertil has a nice voice though!

Right! Post some Cornelis!! Brevet från kolonin maybe!

Have to go to work now ;D

[Cathy]

Speaking of Håkan... I just HAVE to post this ;D It's the sing-along version of the song Trubbel I posted before.

This is the ESSENCE of Sweden ;D It wont get more Swedish than this ;D It's summer, it's this TV sing-along-show that we all watch on Tuesdays during summer, either on TV or in the audience and we SING! If we can or we can't doesn't matter! It's TOTALLY corny but pure joy! ;D I think we're a singing people, sing every chance we get ;D

[annaitaly]

LA BAMBOLA (The Doll) - Patty Pravo




You make me turn, you make me turn
like i was a doll
then u pull me down, u pull me down
like i was a doll
You dont notice when i cry, when i'm sad and tired,
you only think abt yourself

No boy, no boy, abt my love dont laugh
i dont want to play
when u play u can hurt to tears
from tonight i will never put in any guy's hands my life

no boy, no...u wont put me among the 10 dolls that u dont like anymore, oh no, oh no

[Ann]

Cathy,here we go again



She is simply amazing

[Cathy]

Wonderful, I love that song Like it even better in Swedish, though ;D

[annaitaly]

SONO COME TU MI VUOI (I AM LIKE U WANT ME) - MINA




I am like u want me
and i love u like i've never loved before
I'm the only one who can understand
everything there's to understand abt u
Maybe if u kissed me
Maybe u would better understand
I'm the one u can love
Can't u see that i'm only 2 steps far from u
and u dont know how much love i gave u
And u dont know how much wasted love
waiting silently for u to notice me
to understand what u already know
that i'm like u want me

[Cathy]

Cool song, Anna! I like it

Good that you're bringing this old thread back to life

[Cathy]

Jag vill ha en egen måne (I want my own moon) by Ted Gärdestad

How many times have I sat round an open fire singing this with my friends? 1000! ;D



You've never believed in tears;
it is not suitable for a man
If you are over fifteen springs
there are no feelings left.

Can you understand two wet cheeks;
they dry just as quickly
You can't help tears from flowing, when you has lost a friend.

I want to have my own moon,
Where I can go
Where I can forget that you left me
I can sit on my moon and do what I want
I stay there until everything is worked out.

You think you know how things should be,
you know how everything fits in
Except when I'll explain how I feel.

You do not care about me any more,
and it has taken me so hard
You could never accept that something is difficult.

I want to have my own moon,
Where can go
Where I can forget that you left me
I can sit on my moon and do what I want
I stay there until everything is worked out.

I want to have my own moon,
Where can go
Where I can forget that you left me
I can sit on my moon and do what I want

[annaitaly]

Very good melody à la Beach Boys
Like it!!!

[Cece]

This song is about

Someone has translated the lyrics to English in the clip, but some of them are somewhat off. Especially in the beginning!!! "I know that I might not be a beauty in your eyes" for instance. NOOO!!! The REAL translation is: "I know that I'm not a beauty or anything".

Also the title/chorus is off. It's not about being unable to hide the love, that is not the case at all. The real translation is: "Never will I stop loving you".

Finally, it's supposed to be "never give up" instead of "never give in".

Everything else is good enough.

[annaitaly]

GUARDA CHE LUNA, GUARDA CHE MARE (look what a moon, look what a sea)




Look what a moon, look what a sea
Starting from tonight i'll have to stay without u
Mad of love, i'd want to die
while the moon from up there is looking at me

All the regret just left
Coz i committed a sin desiring u so much
now i'm all alone to remember and i'd like to tell u
Look what a moon, look what a sea!

But look what a moon, but look what a sea,
in this night without u i'd want to die
coz i'm alone to remember and i'd like to tell u
Look what a moon, look what a sea!

[Cathy]

Thanks Cool song!

[Cathy]

Ängeln i rummet (The angel in the room) By Eva Dahlgren



There lives an angel in my room
She has her nest above my head
She makes me calm
And she whispers to me
Everything I'm telling you

Someone else lives in my body
She has the most beautiful of souls
She is love and hope
And she tells you
How much I love you

There dwells a spirit by my feet
That blows heat on the skin
It tickles and you saw me smiling
But when she breathes on me
Is because you should come and get warm

And here I am with everything else
Which makes a human whole
And I hope
I hope you have the strenght
And that the angel in the room
It is her that you see

[annaitaly]

Sweet this song

[Cathy]

Nov 3, 2011 23:04:21 GMT Cece said:

This song is about

Someone has translated the lyrics to English in the clip, but some of them are somewhat off. Especially in the beginning!!! "I know that I might not be a beauty in your eyes" for instance. NOOO!!! The REAL translation is: "I know that I'm not a beauty or anything".

Also the title/chorus is off. It's not about being unable to hide the love, that is not the case at all. The real translation is: "Never will I stop loving you".

Finally, it's supposed to be "never give up" instead of "never give in".

Everything else is good enough.

Thanks for the song I love a lot of things that Jonas' does!

I have a baaad memory from this song though ;D ;D We had a big office party...maybe 100 -150 people there...everyone is having fun...enjoying dinner and wine....And when the meal is finished this girl stands up...(somewhat drunk) and starts rambling....I love this job so much and most of all I love all of YOU so I want to sing a song....Everyone is starting to look for the HOLE in the floor that one wants to appear so there is something to sink through and just disappear....But no hole and she stood up and sang this little tune ;D ;D More or less off key....

[annaitaly]

What a shitty figure!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Too hilarious!! LOL LOL LOL!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D