Quarashi (Iceland) I have these guys on my iPod and sometimes I love 'em but sometimes I can't stand 'em. They're like "Check Your Head"-era Beasties with some 70's funk/soul influence.
Gling-Glo is the name of the album, not the band. For her really early stuff, there's Tappi Tikarrass and Kukl.
Favorite Norwegian bands: a-ha (let the flames begin!) www.a-ha.com Bel Canto / Anneli Drecker www.annelidrecker.com Royksopp www.royksopp.com Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band http://www.emperornorton.com/mod/artistpage.php3?artist=ralph_myerz Kings of Convenience / Erlend Oye www.erlendoye.com Flunk www.flunkmusic.com Briskeby www.briskeby.com D'Sound www.dsound.com Bertine Zetlitz www.bertine.com Favorite Icelandic bands: Bjork / the Sugarcubes www.bjork.com Gus-Gus www.gusgus.com Not too familiar with Swedish, Danish, or Finnish bands, although I do like Saybia (Denmark) www.saybia.com
I must admit that I forgot all about this thread ... But her is some (selected) Scandinavian music (Mainly Danish + a few Swedish) from the Danish top 40 (mainly this and last week, added a few related videos outside to 40), btw in no particular order... Danish top 40 (part 1) INFERNAL - Electric Light [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHoO6Ui8E7M"]YouTube - INFERNAL - Electric Light[/ame] Good smooth Danish disco/pop video, but it takes around 50 sec. or so before it really takes off... ..a bit more from Infernal : INFERNAL - Downtown Boys [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uHUxmxr4dQ"]YouTube - INFERNAL - Downtown Boys[/ame] --- Agnes Carlsson - Release Me - Official Video [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBWpETtMlPA"]YouTube - Agnes Carlsson - Release Me - Official Video[/ame] ..a Swedish made pop tune from the Danish charts --- Fagget Fairys - Feed The Horse (real home made video, put on youtube by themself) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vCngKbfDtY"]YouTube - Fagget Fairys - Feed The Horse (OFFICIAL VIDEO)[/ame] Danish lesbian duo (one of them a Muslim lesbian), have made this video that has been making music headlines not only in Denmark but now also abroad (probably rather "X-rated" by American standards)... If you like the sound of the Fagget Fairys, then you are probably also going to like other danish band THE WONG BOYS - GIT UR FUK ON : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4KrpUbYO_c"]YouTube - THE WONG BOYS - GIT UR FUK ON[/ame] - Gold teeth : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as4CVAkVnbo"]YouTube - The wong boys - Gold teeth[/ame] .
Now moving away from the Scandinavian light-pop... and into Scandinavian language rock and Pop punk... Danish top 40 (part 2) Polarkreis 18/Nephew - Allein Alene REMIX [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OCdp3cItQI"]YouTube - Polarkreis 18: Allein, Alene Nephew Remix[/ame] Danish and German bands almost never work together, so a very rare Danish (Nephew)/German (Polarkreis18) remix.. ....btw, More Nephew below...at the Roskilde festival...This time it's Music for your inner Viking .... Nephew feat. L.O.C - Hospital [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdAdRrx0-IQ"]YouTube - Nephew feat. L.O.C - Hospital[/ame] --- Celina Ree - Når du rør ved mig (when you touch me) : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUY6c1gsT3E"]YouTube - Celina Ree - Når du rør ved mig (Music video)[/ame] Danish Goth rock/Pop punk. .
Danish language R&B, Pop/rock, TV-music ... Danish top 40 (Last part) IdaAida - En Klassiker (a classic) : Video: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jixX8R-0nk0"]YouTube - IdaAida - En Klassiker[/ame] Better quality sound (no video) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDLJRnKUSqI"]YouTube - IdaAida - En klassiker med HQ sangtekst/lyrics[/ame] --- Medina - Kun For Mig (only for me) Original : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHuWj6ycquQ"]YouTube - MEDINA " Kun for mig"[/ame] ( DJ Aligator Remix ) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtI88errjpM"]YouTube - Medina - Kun For Mig ( DJ Aligator Remix )[/ame] ---- Brinck - Believe Again : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN9iln4mqzo"]YouTube - Brinck - Believe Again (Denmark)[/ame] Brinck is going to represent Denmark the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Composed and written by Ronan Keating, Lars Halvor Jensen and Martin M. Larsson... Since it has nice mainstream "Ronan Keating" sound to it, with no naked ladies or shocking elements, it will probably not win the Eurovision . ---- Sukkerchok - Hvor Som Helst Når Som Helst (any where, any place) : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45CCw2S95zw"]YouTube - Sukkerchok - Hvor Som Helst Når Som Helst[/ame] Title song from the Danish TV show, Paradise Hotel, 2009 season, rather poor if you ask me... ---- ...and finally... Just fallen out of the Danish top 40, a typical smooth Swedish pop video, that most Americans probably will like... Though her name actually sound Italian, she is Swedish... and also looks very Swedish : Veronica Maggio - Måndagsbarn (monday child) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtJxy0zc7nU"]YouTube - Veronica Maggio - Måndagsbarn[/ame] Sys Bjerre - Kegle (cone) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXmZZr7PHXw"]YouTube - [DK] Sys Bjerre - Kegle (MUSICViDEO) [HQ][/ame] Very typical Danish pop music... .
All I have to add are a couple random bands from Denmark. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivoYMJq2kiI"]Mew - Snow Brigade[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTYJgyCZ0nQ"]Carpark North - Human[/ame] Looking through this old thread, do people still recommend Sahara Hotnights and the Wannadies? I'm thinking of tracking some of that down but I'd like to have some more recent opinions on them if they're available.
NoodlesMacintosh, the otherwise brilliant 'Carpark North' video unfortunately seem to be disabled .. Danish band VETO - You Say Yes, I Say Yes... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CKWUgTdwsI"]YouTube - You Say Yes, I Say Yes[/ame] --- and likewise Danish Spleen United - Spleen Utd : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnWL8goKXsg"]YouTube - Spleen United - Spleen Utd. (2005) [OFFICIAL VIDEO + Lyrics][/ame] .
Perhaps you remember the Danish light-pop band Aqua and their Barbi girl song ?... Well, Aqua member Søren Rasted later turned more political, under the name of Lazyboy, where he and American stand-up comedian Greg Giraldo made this rather thought provoking Danish/American video called Underwear Goes Inside the Pants : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Sv21NV9CE"]YouTube - Lazyboy - Underwear Goes Inside Your Pants[/ame] Btw, this is the official video, though the title is slightly wrong.... ---- Søren Rasted then later formed the Danish pop band Hej Matematik (literally 'Hey Mathematics') , where he took a (likewise funny) swing at the North Korean government, though this is in Danish, so you will have to guess the meaning of the words : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1y1e-TbMTc"]YouTube - Gymnastik[/ame] .
...and perhaps also Volbeat then ? - The Garden's Tale : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eclMypNggQQ"]YouTube - Volbeat - The Garden's Tale[/ame] .
File this under "the one song I can enjoy from a band I otherwise dislike" category. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmDWvGKLzBE"]YouTube - Nightwish - Sleeping Sun[/ame]
Well, to make a jump in history... here is some fairly typical Danish/Scandinavian medieval music from the Aarhus band (or Aros if you like, the 2nd oldest city in Denmark and Scandinavia) Sorten Muld, though added a modern beat : Sorten Muld - Ravnen (the Raven) : [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6t5HOAPOA0"]YouTube - Sorten Muld - Ravnen[/ame] You can btw find a translation of the song somewhere in the youtube replys. .
Anybody know Kaizers Orchestra (Nor)? [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNozTHSQH_o"]YouTube - Kaizers Orchestra Kontroll På Kontinentet[/ame] Mad live music. Also worth a mention are Slagsmålsklubben (Swe) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BisgKEBj8uw"]YouTube - Slagsmalsklubben - Sponsored by Destiny[/ame] And last but not least: Eläkeläiset (Fin): [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfBS0Be7EFc"]YouTube - Eläkeläiset - Elan Humpalla[/ame] I'm leaving the metal bands out, those who are into that kind of music know them anyways.
Two best Scandinavian metal bands. Sweden's own: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfT1A5Caq84"]YouTube - OPETH - Porcelain Heart[/ame] Norway's best: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGOHk2J4jV4"]YouTube - ENSLAVED - The Watcher[/ame]
Yeah, Eläkeläiset!I like to rock "Elan Humpalla" when I'm driving through the hood with my windows down...just so the G's know what's what.
Just off the top of my head, I'm not seeing Refused, Caesars/Teddybears, The Knife/Fever Ray, and the entire metal industry.
Here is a bit of a retrospective on the best that Swedish metal has to offer: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX0p7Y3gND4"]YouTube - Scar Symmetry - The illusionist[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYnk6H5xn3E"]YouTube - IN FLAMES - Alias[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkwWWF1F2m8"]YouTube - DARK TRANQUILLITY - Focus Shift (OFFICIAL VIDEO)[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8PXXrCasE"]YouTube - Evergrey-"A Touch of Blessing"[/ame]
Sweden continued: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x60DdKy1GuY"]YouTube - Soilwork - Exile[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc98u-eGzlc"]YouTube - MESHUGGAH - Bleed[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFq2YJKYa-k"]YouTube - Amon Amarth - Runes To My Memory[/ame] (not around anymore but hugely influential) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF0U77bm9mc"]YouTube - At The Gates - Blinded By Fear[/ame]
A personal favorite, from Finland: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5IpHczLeV8"]YouTube - Insomnium "Mortal Share"[/ame]