Hurdy Gurdy
A question.
Nay, but first a brief history lesson. "It's all over when the fat lady sings." The said fat lady being a Valkyrie in Viking helmet.
It could safely be said that Northern Europe is melody driven, historically speaking. Where better than the frozen north to brew up pop records then? Exactly.! It just makes sense.
So, as dictator/founder of this blog I am recommending a maximum of: 2 Abba CDs. The Cardigans back catalogue, it being small (and yes, you can own the A Camp CD too). 1 Wannadies CD for curiosity value; ditto Grass-Show; 1 Kings Of Convenience/Erlend øye CD; no Idha CDs (too Anglophilic); no black metal; no Roxette (not *even* Look Sharp).
However, bonus points will be given for the first Neneh Cherry album on CD (the one with "Buffalo Stance" and "Manchild") and if any MP3 blogger can put up "Got To Get" by Leila K featuring Rob N' Raz, I would love you forever.
Nay, but first a brief history lesson. "It's all over when the fat lady sings." The said fat lady being a Valkyrie in Viking helmet.
It could safely be said that Northern Europe is melody driven, historically speaking. Where better than the frozen north to brew up pop records then? Exactly.! It just makes sense.
So, as dictator/founder of this blog I am recommending a maximum of: 2 Abba CDs. The Cardigans back catalogue, it being small (and yes, you can own the A Camp CD too). 1 Wannadies CD for curiosity value; ditto Grass-Show; 1 Kings Of Convenience/Erlend øye CD; no Idha CDs (too Anglophilic); no black metal; no Roxette (not *even* Look Sharp).
However, bonus points will be given for the first Neneh Cherry album on CD (the one with "Buffalo Stance" and "Manchild") and if any MP3 blogger can put up "Got To Get" by Leila K featuring Rob N' Raz, I would love you forever.
posted by Marc at
8:25 PM
1 Comments:
this is amusing for me in that i was pondering the abba question myself the other day. i am not going to deny it: i am a fan. in a limited way. they are discotastic without being all that disco.
i love disco. it deserves a separate post, but not tonight.
i think as far as greatest hit compilations go, abba gold is fine. it has some great songs. abba white or silver or grey or whatever it's called need not be acquired. i agree with the limit you have imposed, any more than that suggests a perverse interest in 'couple power' or something equally sinister, and look what happened to agnetha, bjorn, benny and frida; hardly role models for the modern relationship.
do the wannadies join tasmin archer in one hit wonder land? i love sleeping satellite). or did they release more than that romeo and juliet song? (actually there was a lot of scandinavian pop on that soundtrack wasn't there?)
i notice you have left icelandic music out of the grouping... care to expand? and no mention of finnish jazz either...
oh, eurovision! how i love thee.
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