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Title: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 01:43:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MxMJ6hfzBE

I can't decide whether I like this better than Evert's own rendition, but her crooning certainly adds a certain je ne sais quois
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Drakken on August 06, 2009, 01:54:23 PM
Quote from: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 01:43:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MxMJ6hfzBE

I can't decide whether I like this better than Evert's own rendition, but her crooning certainly adds a certain je ne sais quois

I find it very beautiful, definitely added. And I agree that her singing renders well the melancholy of this song.

However, I cannot find Evert Taube's version on Youtube. And my knowledge of Evert Taube is very, very thin. :(
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 02:40:55 PM
How much Bellman do you know, Drakken?
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Drakken on August 06, 2009, 02:42:23 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 02:40:55 PM
How much Bellman do you know, Drakken?

Except for "Gustafs skål", none. :(
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 02:43:29 PM
Quote from: Drakken on August 06, 2009, 01:54:23 PM
Quote from: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 01:43:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MxMJ6hfzBE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MxMJ6hfzBE)

I can't decide whether I like this better than Evert's own rendition, but her crooning certainly adds a certain je ne sais quois

I find it very beautiful, definitely added. And I agree that her singing renders well the melancholy of this song.

However, I cannot find Evert Taube's version on Youtube. And my knowledge of Evert Taube is very, very thin. :(

There are always other venues to acquire hard-to-find mp3s.  :pirate

Should you venture boldly forth into the unknown, make sure you get his early works, as the stuff produced in the winter of his years may be quaint but is generally of low standard music-wise.

Edit: I constantly get Sven-Bertil and Evert confused. Embarrassing.  :blush:
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 02:44:14 PM
Quote from: Drakken on August 06, 2009, 02:42:23 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 02:40:55 PM
How much Bellman do you know, Drakken?

Except for "Gustafs skål", none. :(

Nigga's a giant (as you know). Study his work.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 02:44:28 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL_J0Kjxj_c

Although to be entirely fair, he does have character.  :D
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 02:55:04 PM
And for the grand finale, one of my favourite walzes. "Sjösala vals" performed by his son, Sven-Bertil.

Never fails to put a smile to my face.  :wub:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd3FlRE0vzM&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd3FlRE0vzM&feature=related)
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 02:57:55 PM
 :rolleyes: Brother?

Edit: fuck you
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 02:58:43 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 02:57:55 PM
:rolleyes: Brother?

Edit: fuck you

:P
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 02:58:59 PM
Sven-Bertil is a great guy.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 03:00:15 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 02:58:59 PM
Sven-Bertil is a great guy.

I am confident that, like all of his ilk, when you meet him he turns out to be a real asshole and a pedofile.  :P
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 03:03:44 PM
Quote from: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 03:00:15 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 02:58:59 PM
Sven-Bertil is a great guy.

I am confident that, like all of his ilk, when you meet him he turns out to be a real asshole and a pedofile.  :P

Sorry, any guy who's played a German paratrooper in a major movie is OK.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 03:11:28 PM
Cornelis Vreeswijk was God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJgdrkMtyA0
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 03:12:58 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 03:11:28 PM
Cornelis Vreeswijk was God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJgdrkMtyA0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJgdrkMtyA0)

A drunkard and a whoremonger, Cornelis is my kind of guy. :smoke:
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 03:14:34 PM
Chasing two transvestites down the street in a rage after they followed him home under false flag = classic.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 03:18:17 PM
:cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJRdt7AK_VA (may not be SFW)
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 03:22:24 PM
 :lol:

He did have a penchant for writing pretty offensive melodies.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 03:26:45 PM
Robert Gustavsson does a pretty impressive Cornelis!  :worthy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DA787H1b2M&feature=related
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 03:28:27 PM
While we're on the subject of drunkards, here's a party classic that you should be ashamed if you've missed, Drakken:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S_rlCH4Nrg
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 03:31:44 PM
Modern classic (feel free to ignore the mime, listen to the song): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4HH6FDwj5Q
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 03:37:14 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 03:31:44 PM
Modern classic (feel free to ignore the mime, listen to the song): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4HH6FDwj5Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4HH6FDwj5Q)

:lol:

FFS! :bash:

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.panelsonpages.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F04%2Fjump_the_shark.gif&hash=46811875e8e2b5c6f7973a4f01581606fde26761)
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Drakken on August 06, 2009, 05:15:21 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 03:14:34 PM
Chasing two transvestites down the street in a rage after they followed him home under false flag = classic.

I think I am not following you on this. :huh:
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 05:28:04 PM
Quote from: Drakken on August 06, 2009, 05:15:21 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 03:14:34 PM
Chasing two transvestites down the street in a rage after they followed him home under false flag = classic.

I think I am not following you on this. :huh:

Cornelis Vreeswijk supposedly did this on one occasion.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 05:31:39 PM
According to his wiki entry, he was incarcerated for 2 months for battery since he gave one of them a gash with his knife. Doesn't say anything about chasing them down the street though, only that he realized his mistake when in his appartment.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: The Brain on August 06, 2009, 05:33:11 PM
Quote from: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 05:31:39 PM
According to his wiki entry, he was incarcerated for 2 months for battery since he gave one of them a gash with his knife.

He got the operation free? Nigga should be grateful.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Drakken on August 07, 2009, 09:22:04 AM
Quote from: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 03:28:27 PM
While we're on the subject of drunkards, here's a party classic that you should be ashamed if you've missed, Drakken:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S_rlCH4Nrg

Being in Canada, and thus without a thriving Swedish community, it's easy for me to miss all the Swedish classics.  :cry:
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Drakken on August 07, 2009, 09:24:40 AM
On that note, to show that I am not ALL that ignorant, today is the 119th anniversary of Anna Månsdotter's execution for murder and incest in the notorious Yngsjö murder case.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Ed Anger on August 07, 2009, 09:32:55 AM
I love the little circle above letters.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Slargos on August 07, 2009, 01:51:42 PM
Quote from: Drakken on August 07, 2009, 09:22:04 AM
Quote from: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 03:28:27 PM
While we're on the subject of drunkards, here's a party classic that you should be ashamed if you've missed, Drakken:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S_rlCH4Nrg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S_rlCH4Nrg)

Being in Canada, and thus without a thriving Swedish community, it's easy for me to miss all the Swedish classics.  :cry:

I may have exaggerated a bit.

Personally, I do not see your infatuation with that blighted country. You're 200 years too late for any meaningful nationalist fervour, and any patriotism today is seriously misdirected, since the country is full of swine, swindlers, cowards and sycophants.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Lucidor on August 08, 2009, 05:00:34 PM
Drakken, you should check out "Svarta Ballader" by Sofia Karlsson. She's putting some own colour to the old Thorstein Bergman arrangements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_LKPg5YlKI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGi7rBpcpM0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9waLGmk5eA


All her albums are on Spotify as well.
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: jimmy olsen on August 08, 2009, 07:28:45 PM
Quote from: Slargos on August 06, 2009, 05:31:39 PM
According to his wiki entry, he was incarcerated for 2 months for battery since he gave one of them a gash with his knife. Doesn't say anything about chasing them down the street though, only that he realized his mistake when in his appartment.
2 months for battery in Sweden! :o
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Barrister on August 08, 2009, 08:58:13 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 07, 2009, 09:32:55 AM
I love the little circle above letters.

You probably love Motley Crue as well. <_<
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Drakken on September 24, 2009, 01:57:18 PM
Another classic Swedish folk tune I knew I had heard somewhere, and now that I have finally identified after some search: Jag vill tacka livet, by Arja Saijonmaa.

http://www.imeem.com/people/SZoRLP/music/Uejkrrzs/intiillimani-och-arja-saijonmaa-jag-vill-tacka-livet/

Oddly, last time I have heard it in as a background song in a documentary on Olof Palme's murder. :blush:
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Drakken on September 24, 2009, 02:00:54 PM
Also, I have finally decided to take back the feather and begin writing again, in the full aim to finally publish (I'm like 10 years late). So I'll need to catch up on contemporary and classic Swedish poetry (no, Millenium doesn't count).

Any good website to order Swedish books internationally? Seems Sweden is too backward to have an Amazon page. :P
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Gambrinus on September 24, 2009, 02:30:24 PM
The imho two best sites, cdon.se and www.adlibris.com, do not ship overseas. The oldest one actually does: http://www.bokus.com/
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Pat on September 24, 2009, 06:32:00 PM
You may also want to acquaint yourself with Jussi Björling, if you have not already. He is a great source of inspiration for Pavarotti who has modelled his career after him by taking the same roles, listening to his renditions of operas, and trying to sing the same way.

Some swedish songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t944plCTZ4 (Till havs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXPPMYyJl-g (Ack Värmeland, du sköna)

And while not in Swedish, his rendition of Nessun Dorma is one of the most beautiful things out there, at least in my opinion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUbA5y1hnFg
Title: Re: Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes
Post by: Pat on September 24, 2009, 06:39:02 PM
There's also Bokbörsen, http://www.bokborsen.se/ , for second-hand literature. If you ask the sellers nicely, I'm sure they'll be happy to ship overseas.