we could stick around and see this night through
It's the bongos I tell you! The bongos!
There has to be something in the Swedish air that subtly lead the people to create such amazing music inspite of their dark 30 day long nights ( thanks Frostbite, for that bit of knowledge). Here's Peter, Bjorn and John, joined by Victoria Bergman of The Concretes fame in a duet that sings of that fuzzy wordless happiness that can only come during that dazed first period of a relationship. When you’ve just met and only want to be with each other, whilst at the same time worrying about how much you want to show your true self to the other person so as not to scare them.
" Its lyrics capture the first mad rush of new love (and the strange calmness and certainty that can exist at the centre of its storm) with heartbreaking beauty." so say The Times in their review, and I can not agree more.
Her voice is a big draw, but it's the whole thing that eventually counts. Those crazy bongos ( the background hand-drummed pongpongpong-pongs that start about a minute and a half in... ) anywhere else would sound utterly insane, and the whistling is simply summer lovely. The slinky bassline that thumps itself happily away under your nose as you take in the pretenseless lyrics never tires you out, and before long you know you are listening to one of the best tunes of 06.
Edgy pop. Alternative folk. It does not really matter what you call it, for sometimes, you discover something so especially unique that you can never again find the same in another.
If I told you things I did before, told you how I used to be/
would you go along with someone like me?
That's cute.
Peter, Bjorn and John with Victoria Bergsman - Young Folks
Below for a link to PBJ's myspace site, where you can find a video of the song.
There has to be something in the Swedish air that subtly lead the people to create such amazing music inspite of their dark 30 day long nights ( thanks Frostbite, for that bit of knowledge). Here's Peter, Bjorn and John, joined by Victoria Bergman of The Concretes fame in a duet that sings of that fuzzy wordless happiness that can only come during that dazed first period of a relationship. When you’ve just met and only want to be with each other, whilst at the same time worrying about how much you want to show your true self to the other person so as not to scare them.
" Its lyrics capture the first mad rush of new love (and the strange calmness and certainty that can exist at the centre of its storm) with heartbreaking beauty." so say The Times in their review, and I can not agree more.
Her voice is a big draw, but it's the whole thing that eventually counts. Those crazy bongos ( the background hand-drummed pongpongpong-pongs that start about a minute and a half in... ) anywhere else would sound utterly insane, and the whistling is simply summer lovely. The slinky bassline that thumps itself happily away under your nose as you take in the pretenseless lyrics never tires you out, and before long you know you are listening to one of the best tunes of 06.
Edgy pop. Alternative folk. It does not really matter what you call it, for sometimes, you discover something so especially unique that you can never again find the same in another.
If I told you things I did before, told you how I used to be/
would you go along with someone like me?
That's cute.
Peter, Bjorn and John with Victoria Bergsman - Young Folks
Below for a link to PBJ's myspace site, where you can find a video of the song.
Yep that's Victoria. She recently split from the Concretes and gone solo. Her voice has always been around this blog, just listen to the first song on the radio blog above. Just for the record, iTunes shows that the playcount for Say Something New is 65 since sept 1 of last year.
Labels: Peter Bjorn And John, Swedish Music
posted by Zhan at 11:54 PM
1 Comments:
The melody merrily dances in my mind and cheekily dodges all my attempts to recall where I seem to could have heard such a unique tune before.
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