On a recent visit to a charity shop I spotted a compilation CD with the dull but (mostly) factually correct title "Swedish Pop Music". Further inspection revealed that it was issued by the Swedish government in 2009 to mark the Swedish Presidency of the EU.
Not the most compelling reason to buy the album perhaps but when I saw it included the likes of Lykke Li, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives and Maia Hirasawa (whose video for "And I Found This Boy" is a thing of pure joy that has featured here many times over the years) I decided it was worth investing 50p.
Most of the tracks on the album are Noughties indie-tinged pop, some of which are included in the videos below. But there are two that really don't fit at all. Needless to say, those are the two that you are getting. And before you ask - yes, it's that Benny.
"Cirkus Finemang" - Benny Andersson's Orkester
"Leksands Skänklåt" - Kebnekasje
That Benny is a god.
ReplyDeleteI listened to about 90 seconds of that first track. It then dawned on me I could switch it off. 83 seconds of track 2.
ReplyDeleteProving that contrary to what you claimed at Rol's place yesterday you don't HAVE to listen to every song all the way through.
DeleteI hope there was some Jens Lekman on there.
ReplyDeleteOn your two selections, I kept waiting for the singing to start.
That Maia Hirasawa song is great though. And I really need to check out some more Hello Saferide.
There wasn't but that is probably because he didn't release any new music in 2009. Hard to believe from the two tracks I shared but everything on the compilation was current at the time it was released.
DeleteI like Lykke Li. A lot. I read a review of the Soundtrack of our Lives way back in the mid 00s and went tearing down to a record shop to buy what sounded like the greatest rock n roll album of the 21st century- and unfortunately it wasn't. I mean it was alright but not much more than that
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