tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131356222024-03-12T19:40:00.596-07:00Jul igen - Christmas AgainA celebration of the Christmas Record.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-1192550886890011632012-12-27T06:13:00.001-08:002012-12-27T10:47:00.922-08:00The true story of Christmas at the Brothel <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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long article about Christmas Music, both old and new. The text is in Swedish,
and it is part of a Christmas Album: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zNNBrKbu7ZQKOwvxfnY0GO6zThDEF6Tlox-3C5k4oVPuw12E8rA2OWDbTNE5K9Fqntg51ncJZHPmVsqRwXM5N8NYv7CBGXuQFScmqbK2ze-PN1WZOZ5hRebSHJ6f4OMSHEYVBA/s1600/Bordellmammans+Julvisor+-Front.jpg" imageanchor="1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Kapten Stofil</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. You can still buy
it at Adlibris and other Bookstores at the Internet (at least the Scandinavian
ones).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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content in this article, but I start out with a short piece about Christmas at
the Brothel, se Cover. I think this was the most interesting part of the
article. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The text is in Swedish!:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Operettcharmören, kompositören, mytomanen, bedragaren,
kleptomanen m.m. Johnny Bodes framgångar med <i>Bordellmammas visor</i>
inspirerade andra som ville åka snålskjuts. Det gäller till exempel <i>Bordellmammas
julvisor </i>från 1972. Vi kan nu avslöja att några av plattans upphovsmän är
författaren Kjell E. Genberg, som skrev texterna, och schlagerartisten,
programledaren etc. Lasse Holm som finns bland sångarna och musikerna.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Enligt Lasse Holm kläcktes idén till skivorna av en Leif
Malmborg, som egentligen gav ut tidningar varav vissa mer åt det “porriga”
hållet (en av hans skapelser var tidningen <i>Helgarv</i>). Lars Malmborg och
Lasse Holm var båda delägare i en studio (KMH) på Hornsgatan i Stockholm men
Malmborg blev senare utköpt av Bert Karlsson. Enligt Lasse Holm var
Bordellmamma-skivorna bland det första som producerades i denna studio:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">− Man kan säga att det var vår första pilot ihop, så att vi
kunde se att allting funkade och att mixerbordet höll.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Kjell Genberg säger att han lärde känna Lasse Holm redan kring
början av 1960-talet då han fortfarande spelade i bandet Moonlighters. Genberg
var vid den här tiden manager för flera artister, och hade ännu inte börjat
översätta Vilda Västern-böcker och skriva den långa serien om Ben Hogan som
kanske de flesta förknippar honom med. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">På plattan medverkar en rad studiomusiker (t ex Sone Banger på dragspel),
huvudsångaren heter LasseHolmström och dessutom medverkar Billy Gezon, som var
huvudsångare i bandet Gimmicks och som även han varit medlem i Moonlighters.
Lasse Holm spelar gitarr och bidrar även med vissa sånginsatser. Enligt Kjell
Genberg körade en rad kvinnor som till vardags arbetade på Stockholms
Stadsteater, men han kan inte erinra sig några namn. Det kan inte heller Lasse
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Kjell Genberg må förlåta, men texterna saknar något av Johnny
Bodes genialitet. Som julskiva måste den ändå betraktas som något av det mest
udda som getts ut, åtminstone på den svenska marknaden. Texten till ”Räven
raskar över isen” ger en uppfattning om stilen på hela albumet:<br />
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”Pigan ligger uti sängen<br />
Bredvid henne ligger drängen<br />
- Får jag lov, får jag lov<br />
Att köra in hela staken<br />
Sängen knakar och pitten står<br />
Pigan flämtar och satsen går<br />
Jag fick lov, jag fick lov<br />
Att köra in hela staken.”<br />
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Ett spår som sticker ut är “Luciasången”, som handlar om en påtänd prostituerad
som bjuder ut sin kropp för en tia. Sången är hjärtskärande falsk, tempot
långsamt, texten beskriver ett tragiskt öde och det är svårt att se kopplingen
till de pornografiska grovkorniga lustigheterna på resten av skivan.<br />
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”Uti vår konkurrens, blev hon utslagen<br />
Inte ett rum till hands, för posering på dagen<br />
Gatan är hennes hem, vänlig mot varje lem<br />
Är lilla Lucia, blott för en tia.”<br />
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<i>Bordellmammas julvisor</i> följdes av skivan <i>Gammeltjo med Bordellmamma</i>
som kom till på samma sätt. Båda gavs ut på bolaget <i>Kondom</i>. Så vitt
Kjell Genberg minns fick upphovsmännen bakom skivorna aldrig några reaktioner
från Johnny Bode själv som vid det här laget var märkt av sjukdom och ett hårt
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För mer information om Johnny Bode rekommenderas Ingmar Norléns numera
svåråtkomliga biografi eller </span><a href="http://johnnybode.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">JohnnyBode-sällskapets hemsida</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">. Finally an example of what it sounds like:</span></span></div>
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Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-64895524775495353872012-12-27T05:33:00.003-08:002012-12-27T07:24:51.724-08:00Enjoy my lists with Christmas Music at Spotify!Normally I will produce a large number of CD:s with Christmas Music that I share with close and distant friends in December. This Year I decided to try to share my music on Spotify, easier I figured. Of course it also means that some of the more unusual recordings that I have will not be found on these lists. But still I like the feeling to be able to reach out to more people.<br />
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The first one includes some of the more odd stuff that I found out about throughout the years. There is a far better supply with American recordings compared to a small market as the Swedish, but the listeners might still find some pretty unusual songs from Sweden as well. Enjoy!<br />
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My Second List Consists only of Scandinavian Music, originally recorded on 78's. There are not that many of these recordings around on CD, I have more than you find at Spotify. But this is at least something, last year there were hardly anything. When I shared old Swedish Christmas Music I was in contact with particularly Swedish-Americans and they really enjoyed it. It might possibly be exotic for others as well. At least you might find it interesting to hear the Christmas Standards in Swedish!<br />
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Last I want to share a list with more harmonious music, folk, jazz and singer-song-writer, some are singing in Swedish, most of them in English. Not all songs are about Christmas, many are more about Winthertime in general, so the music will last a little longer.<br />
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Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-14948391442470211632012-12-27T05:22:00.001-08:002012-12-27T05:22:29.331-08:00Christmas in the Wild West - again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This i one of my favourite Christmas Songs, I shared it before and the reason I write about i another time is becouse I found that someone tried to translate the lyrics, possibly a machine. However I am still trying to find the original song. I suppose this is an American song, but I simply can' find it. So anybody with information, please tell me!<br />
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Cacka Israelsson was one of the singers introducing Country Music to the Swedish Audience. There is a tribute to him on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/257035061528/?fref=ts">Facebook</a>.<br />
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Here the lyrics in English - some parts are blurry and therefore there are some question marks:<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The winter night is dark and quiet<br />
The moon is lighting up our journey<br />
We're riding homewards, hey Ole Faithful<br />
Soon we're at home by our hearth<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Christmas presents in the sack<br />
I will put under the Christmas tree<br />
Willy and Andy, Wild Bill ???<br />
Are dancing like kind children<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Giddy-up, Ole Faithful, this speed is not enough<br />
See, fallen Christmas trees lie here<br />
Increase the hunt, increase the pace if you can and want to<br />
Before the rice grain porridge gets cold<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm the Santa Claus of Kansas<br />
And I play the violin<br />
Hear them partying, hear them dancing<br />
Hear them shooting with their pistols<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ole Faithful's knocking on the door<br />
Whinnying aghastly with ???<br />
Opens up and lets us understand<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">White man with beard be welcome in house<br />
Bring sack, leave horse outside<br />
All to the table which is looking quite nice<br />
Lutefisk and ham like it should be<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Trotting in the bleak winter night<br />
Both Texas Jack and Wild Bill has arrived<br />
They have all come here to celebrate Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When we sit here by the porridge<br />
We're the same old gang<br />
We have such a nice time on our gatherings<br />
Come sing along to our chorus<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everybody has received their Christmas presents<br />
Andy got a new guitar<br />
Bill got a jacket with shiny buttons<br />
Willy got creaky boots<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We're not going to hesitate<br />
We tell Texas Jack that he should put<br />
On his new bullet-proof shirt<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Night is coming, we're slowly riding homewards<br />
And we cowboys are talking and laughing<br />
When each and everyone of us is trotting homewards<br />
We take our leaves by swaying our hats<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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We've had a good time<br />
Thus the horse and I say<br />
Hi, friends and Merry Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-33167303191491679602011-01-30T08:35:00.000-08:002011-01-30T08:35:27.050-08:00Christmas in the local pizzeria<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/CtrfLWzWRCs?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Christmas is over, but I rather share this video now than wait until next Christmas. It is performed by Grotesco, my absolut favourite Comedy group right now. This song about Christmas in a local pizzeria in a trashy suburb is from the last season and was sent in Swedish TV just before last Christmas.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-79050195824078775332010-12-24T16:33:00.000-08:002010-12-25T02:23:21.762-08:00Fantastisk hjul med kulstötaren Jimmy Nordin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIcX8WkZz3_Psa2TSjVefsnO7G8RFp1jKfsfTUIAxmzCrU1HdugpvvMXZL_HkapIni_p1l3VmaZQsRlYGsg-uFaaroVrBBgkzjSwtIOUvTJ3l_4IiNeaZVt0M5ntJleQvJAgRsw/s1600/sprcd04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIcX8WkZz3_Psa2TSjVefsnO7G8RFp1jKfsfTUIAxmzCrU1HdugpvvMXZL_HkapIni_p1l3VmaZQsRlYGsg-uFaaroVrBBgkzjSwtIOUvTJ3l_4IiNeaZVt0M5ntJleQvJAgRsw/s1600/sprcd04.jpg" /></a><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxSqb7Awcof4eJt3RknDP2vF4qi5PoTMEMG87za8op8-cO2iGe12FUbfET4smN5ykls_3-6oYPplgE' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxpeXvk1nbZwZtc-jUEiaeL1HofvhniXPva_rwl8fNCQIRRZaSADvHSgZXdvnOZlEvzcbPBs8fM0MA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><b>Kulstötaren Jimmy Nordins julskiva</b> är en av mina verkliga favoriter. Den kom en gång i ett kuvert från en tjej som berättade i brevet att hon var tillsammans med en sportjournalist som fått den av Jimmy själv i samband med en intervju. Hon hade sett mig i TV och insåg att hon satt på en ovanlig skiva som jag kanske skulle vara intresserad av. Den låt som gått mest på Sunkits julfester är "En officiell låt för den svenska julen" (..."hoppas det blir en kul en" - bra rim). Men där är det Sören Tallhem som sjunger. Jimmy har en ljus röst som han i den här intervjun oblygt jämför med Niel Youngs. Kommentarer överflödiga. I Fantastiska jul är det han själv som sjunger.<br />
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God Jul önskar jag er alla!<br />
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Merry Christmas also to my english spoken readers. The interveiw is unfortunately in Swedish. But it is about a shot-putter that made a Christmas Record a few years ago. You can hear one of the songs in the second film. He has a tiny voice but no lack of self confidence, in the interveiw he compares himselves with Neil Young. Judge for yourselves.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-31663472752706813062010-12-09T02:36:00.000-08:002010-12-09T02:36:03.527-08:00Dags för Jul-Sunkit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoRcitKP4plqrjyJilrYAimJKhbO-yVWcKyBBdL2VSP5cb6Mf0QYWnYgdTzbKD2ZD3d49tYRA3-z7cyOU5Y_QeUfxB9TPs_hrVBaTVbuofoxrWVdPr6GvVJwYV6crKdw7tGenuw/s1600/Eva-Luva.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoRcitKP4plqrjyJilrYAimJKhbO-yVWcKyBBdL2VSP5cb6Mf0QYWnYgdTzbKD2ZD3d49tYRA3-z7cyOU5Y_QeUfxB9TPs_hrVBaTVbuofoxrWVdPr6GvVJwYV6crKdw7tGenuw/s320/Eva-Luva.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Så var det snart dags för årets Jul-Sunkit.</b> Spelar liksom förra året med Trampe och datumet är i år som oftast sista måndagen före jul, alltså den 20.e december. Hjärtligt välkomna till Bröderna Olsson alltså, alla som älskar udda, konstiga, lustiga, ovanliga och mer eller mindre njutbara julskivor.<br />
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I år utlovas t ex liveversionen av Lotta Engbergs och Sven Wollters uppskattade nyinspelning av Fairytale of New York, Klasse Möllbergs orytmiska julrapp, Loa Falkmans insjungning av Bella Notte från Lady och Lufsen och mycket mer.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-532700870255135402010-11-27T04:47:00.000-08:002010-12-25T02:25:16.390-08:00My Favourite Christmas Songs<div style="border: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiajbaqCTynMkwOYZKvQItCKL_u1x43aXhVR-bY37gsWL7s10npILJ7iIjF70qpAdM2koTKw2WcWjEhpMFcmvXcgd1m_ZXVL2S05dn1Jt3EZ0hTEC3TxXBzaOiDUNYTKcWXEdNqg/s1600/martin%252C-kay---A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiajbaqCTynMkwOYZKvQItCKL_u1x43aXhVR-bY37gsWL7s10npILJ7iIjF70qpAdM2koTKw2WcWjEhpMFcmvXcgd1m_ZXVL2S05dn1Jt3EZ0hTEC3TxXBzaOiDUNYTKcWXEdNqg/s200/martin%252C-kay---A.jpg" width="195" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrW7nYOeacadKQ_JOEBem1_9fe-0ReXkhR4g4kr9gpcq1eUh4Qp-p-NfOPcD4wgO1Ad6WBPlCuIsD5ZTeWj-EExusxQ3NpPU1oZwcHjNkBKdvGl59po-N9c3Wz3cjZMkfpyniXRA/s1600/Klasses+julskiva.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrW7nYOeacadKQ_JOEBem1_9fe-0ReXkhR4g4kr9gpcq1eUh4Qp-p-NfOPcD4wgO1Ad6WBPlCuIsD5ZTeWj-EExusxQ3NpPU1oZwcHjNkBKdvGl59po-N9c3Wz3cjZMkfpyniXRA/s200/Klasses+julskiva.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I Just Got a Letter from Magnus Nilsson</b> at <a href="http://www.sunkit.com/">Sunkit</a> with a request from a journalist looking for the best Christmas Songs ever. He asked me to send my favourites. A difficult task to put up just a small list of favourites. There are so many. Then of course most people would say: Do you consider this to be Good Music? In fact I do. The letter is in Swedish, but you can all read the list of songs (and some of the songs can also be found in You Tube, follow links):</div><div style="border: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Hörde av Magnus Nilsson på Sunkit att du söker tips på bra jullåtar, han tyckte jag skulle höra av mig. Vet inte om mina tips passar in, jag sysslar ju mest med "Jul-Sunkit" (om det nu blir något sådant i år, verkar lite osäkert vad jag förstår). Alltså hellre än bra, fast just därför bra (tycker jag). Men här är i alla fall en lista med förslag:<br />
(A rought translation: I heard from Magnus Nilsson at Club Sunkit that you are looking for great Christmas songs, he suggested I should get in touch with you. I don't know if I would pick the right kind of songs, I am mostly interested in Incredible Strange Music, songs that might not be so good, but maybe good just becouse they are not if you understand. This is a list of Christmas Music that I like. Some of the songs you can listen to at You Tube, just follow the links.) </div><div style="border: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHqaY3SPens">"Jul i vilda västern"</a> med Cacka Israelsson</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Julen är här" med Thore Skogman</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Nisses juljoddel" med Klasse Möllberg (finns tyvärr inte på You Tube så ni får hålla till godo med <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtjZpuBQWxc">"Den deppiga granen"</a> från samma julkalender)</div><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9r5gSWKAIo">"Jul i Las Palmas"</a> med Harry Brandelius</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Jag vill inte va din pepparkaksgubbe" med Lasse Berghagen</div><div style="border: medium none;">"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLBXhxuEN1c">Mr Russian, Please Don't Shoot Down Santas Sleigh"</a> med Shana Lynnet</div><div style="border: medium none;">"En officiell låt för den svenska julen" med Jimmy Nordin och Sören Tallhem</div><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEQq9w1gzCs">”Bjällerklang”</a> med Anna-Lisa Ingemansson </div><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cGpzfmIDlY">"Skinnknuttarnas hjulafton"</a> med Johnny Svängman Showband</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Come on Santa Let's Have a Ball" med Kay Martin and her Body Guards</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Julkortslåten" med Lasse & Morgan</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Santa Baby" med Mae West (eller för all del Eartha Kit)</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Skinkan är för stor morsan" med Totte Wallin och Gunnar Svensson</div><div style="border: medium none;">(framfördes endast i TV-programmet Totte på TV den 5 dec 1987, något svåråtkomlig med andra ord)</div><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c20MP-rFOw4">"I am a Christmas Tree"</a> med Wild Man Fischer</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Come All Ye Faithful" med Slim Spincter (mannen som pruttar fram sina låtar, troligen i armvecket men ändå)</div><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjazUl6IKZg">"Jag vill ha en Beatles i julklapp"</a> med Anita Lindblom (heter egentligen Beatlesbossa)</div><div style="border: medium none;">"En julaftonskväll på Hawaii strand" med Kurt på Tappen</div><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB32lzvG9ws">"En bling bling jul"</a> med Dogge Doggelito</div><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzHQ_2XNsqA">"Jinge Bells"</a> med Don Charles and his Singing Dogs</div><div style="border: medium none;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51f2aL9kYAw&playnext=1&list=PL936DA836ED0DC23C&index=13">"Vart tog tomten vägen?"</a> med Loket</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Jag önskar er alla en riktigt god jul" med Paul Paljett</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Jul i främmande hamn" med Erik Källquist</div><div style="border: medium none;">"Kom hem till jul pappa" med Jigs</div><div style="border: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border: medium none;">Ett axplock, säkert mer än vad du orkar och behöver. </div><div style="border: medium none;">Lycka till!"</div>Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-70249232281368265982009-12-25T10:51:00.000-08:002009-12-25T11:17:27.047-08:00The Worst Christmas Ever<OBJECT id=BLOG_video-1b359fbdd94eb99e class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="1b359fbdd94eb99e"></OBJECT><br /><strong>Sufjan Stevens made the only Christmas Record </strong> that I can play without my daughter complaining. "Songs for Christmas" is a beutiful box with five records originally made 2001-2006, they are all individually packed with nice covers. A strong recommandation, buy it and save it for many a Christmas to come.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-53093569644666242622009-12-18T05:24:00.000-08:002009-12-19T04:27:23.097-08:00Christmas Mix 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymC__pWYVy-eBB7P27EW2KrodZaMehvr82tcWRFaXRNYI-98he5IHCFXQS_oXc9yRXbU9MmD9wvg_qoBFbSZu5BhjQc0z4qc3BnaZuZUbCOtQIJbxKmyOiSa_2K2a8P4y3FQ2oA/s1600-h/Klasses_julskiva.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymC__pWYVy-eBB7P27EW2KrodZaMehvr82tcWRFaXRNYI-98he5IHCFXQS_oXc9yRXbU9MmD9wvg_qoBFbSZu5BhjQc0z4qc3BnaZuZUbCOtQIJbxKmyOiSa_2K2a8P4y3FQ2oA/s200/Klasses_julskiva.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416571287911532242" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cuR1DBO-rKPtuRekVHS5u5cPVRSx2gXUWBapVldsdL5kV57ds4Yfy4oiFZ9DCE_9VVidSAOAudQoXIiocqd96EYXfgXtKOOnJILKkmmmuZCO8uARkdIK0RZDFHBxL3Mvuz0j7A/s1600-h/ljudolfsjulblandning.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cuR1DBO-rKPtuRekVHS5u5cPVRSx2gXUWBapVldsdL5kV57ds4Yfy4oiFZ9DCE_9VVidSAOAudQoXIiocqd96EYXfgXtKOOnJILKkmmmuZCO8uARkdIK0RZDFHBxL3Mvuz0j7A/s200/ljudolfsjulblandning.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416571231187486722" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LhevmiHsEULvhkD-Al2VTEMa30aEx9wiMF_zAfj1bCPlUmmRlOD8VMIkU3gfxjFqOkLToS1aBzAMzRTBxKRs7Bmxb85ZRHQgccB8lzSqoP08GH6onJp_zojfimw5PtPXJP1mIQ/s1600-h/lotta-engberg-jul-hos-mig.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LhevmiHsEULvhkD-Al2VTEMa30aEx9wiMF_zAfj1bCPlUmmRlOD8VMIkU3gfxjFqOkLToS1aBzAMzRTBxKRs7Bmxb85ZRHQgccB8lzSqoP08GH6onJp_zojfimw5PtPXJP1mIQ/s200/lotta-engberg-jul-hos-mig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416571133358635970" /></a><strong>I promised to give you some examples from my Christmas Mix 2009:</strong>(The Swedish version of this list was published at <a href="http://kulturbloggen.com/?p=15997">Kulturbloggen</a>.)<br /><br />1) ”Bling, bling jul” with Dogge Doggelito, hip-hop and suburbs brings Christmas Joy. Listen at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB32lzvG9ws">You Tube</a>.<br />2) New for this year: ”En julsaga” is a Swedish version of Fairytale in New York with an odd couple, Lotta Engberg, singer and Bingo-hostess in television and well known actor Sven Wollter. Listen <a href="http://musikbutiken.telia.se/Magellan/pages/main.jsp?storeId=12401&pageId=collectionDisplay&viewId=10813553">here</a>.<br />3) ”I’m a Christmas Tree” with Wildman Fischer – 28 seconds with a man that got his first record produced by Frank Zappa. Live version <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9g_aYVwP9k">here</a>.<br />4) ”Bjällerklang” with Anna-Lisa Ingemansson must be the best version of Jingle Bell that ever was (vote and listen at <a href="http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/ostergotland/program/artikel.asp?ProgramID=442&Artikel=3268637">Radio Östergötland</a>). <br />5) ”Det var så länge länge sen” (It was long, long time ago) with Mats Hagberg Band is an odd song from Ljudolf Studio, they produced a Christmas Records even last years. A song that deals with the problem of too little fun and too little sex at Christmas. Listen at <a href="http://peoplesmusicstore.com/catalogue_items/548526">Ljudolf Studio</a>.<br />6) ”Skinkan är för stor, morsan” (The Pork is too Big, mum) with Totte Wallin and Gunnar Svensson was never recorded, I got it from somebody that copied it from at TV-program. Everything is too big when it's Christmas, even the food. <br />7) “Mister Russian, Please Don't Shoot Down Santa's Sleigh” with The Sensational Little Shana Lynette takes us back to Cold War. Listen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLBXhxuEN1c">here</a>.<br />8) ”Jag ger dig julen” (I give you my Christmas) is the closest you would get to a Swedish version of ”Do they know it’s Christmas” with Klasse Möllberg.<a href="http://kulturbloggen.com/?p=15997"></a><a href="http://kulturbloggen.com/?p=15997"></a> (You might still find it in certain shops but I can't find at netshop that sells it.)Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-76677501182669330002009-12-18T05:16:00.001-08:002009-12-19T04:39:37.279-08:00Old Music Usually Better Than New<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyx_lsMez73eloIO5EnVj1D4L5603o4SU_CppPVnCulN00OmgAotSbhYR5LEVjaxFrLsG7OXBRsV2Xz8i_RalQJ5hXBFaudNLgNGNhRiSZSCLpguX2b1htmn2xjQm4zMidGZHDnw/s1600-h/sufjan_xmas2_dennyrenshaw.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyx_lsMez73eloIO5EnVj1D4L5603o4SU_CppPVnCulN00OmgAotSbhYR5LEVjaxFrLsG7OXBRsV2Xz8i_RalQJ5hXBFaudNLgNGNhRiSZSCLpguX2b1htmn2xjQm4zMidGZHDnw/s320/sufjan_xmas2_dennyrenshaw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416571809977073650" /></a>Sorry Swedish again. This is an article that I have written for another blogg, <a href="http://kulturbloggen.com/?p=15997">Kulturbloggen</a>:<br /><br /><strong>Bästa julskivan är gammal – ju förr desto bättre</strong><br />Julmusik är extremt enformigt, ofta handlar det om nya versioner av 8-10 välkända låtar som återvinns på skiva efter skiva. ”Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…”, ”Dashing throught the snow..” … (slipper man själva bjällerklangslåten – som för övrigt är den äldsta av dessa standards - så har de i alla fall lagt på lite bjällror i bakgrunden”, bjällror är julljudet framför andra). <br /><br />När man handlar julklappar får man den definitiva överdosen. Då spelas smetig julmusik så att sirap rinner ur öronen, för några år sedan gick facket ut och vädjade för sina medlemmars räkning att de skulle slippa höra julmusik mer än 2 timmar om dagen.<br /><br />Med detta sagt så får jag ändå medge att jag älskar julmusik. En annan sorts julmusik. Jag älskar det sakrala, vackra och klassiska. Som riktigt bra inspelningar av brittiska Christmas Carols. Eller när London Symphony Orchestra med kör tar hela Albert Hall i besittning och sopranerna klarar alla höga tonerna i "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" med den självklarhet som bara en av världens bästa körer har.<br /><br />Jag älskar också det som väl kan beskrivas som raka motsatsen: när Sufjan Stevens sätter sig i vardagsrummet med sina vänner och skapar lägereldsstämning på sina fem underbart söta julplattor inspelade under början av 2000-talet, senare samlade till ”Songs for Christmas”. Här är det snarare närhet och innerlighet som utvinns ur samma sång. Att höra "Det är en ros utsprungen" med Sufjan är som att höra den för första gången.<br /><br />Andra nödvändiga julplattor för mig är den avstressande Ital Skurks ”Fira jul i fred” (reggaeband från Stockholm) och sist men inte minst Blind Boys of Alabamas fantastiska energkick ”Go Tell it on the Mountain”. <br /><br />Det tar tid att lyssna in en julplatta liksom andra bra plattor och man brukar dem ju bara en kort tid per år. Därför är det inte säkert att det som just landat håller i längden. Jag har ännu inte skaffat mig och lyssnat in mig på Bob Dylans julskiva, men en gissning är att den kan bli en sådan favorit. Jag trodde Chris Isaacs julskiva var en klassiker, men den spelar jag aldrig någonsin längre, det där visar sig alltså med tiden.<br /><br />Nytt är ingen fördel i min julvärld, helst ska det vara gammalt och gärna mycket gammalt. Jag har en back med stenkakor som går varm varje jul och där finns favoriter som ”Julgranen från mina barnaår” med Harry Brandelius och Thor Modéns klassiska ringlekar på Skansen med Skansens kör. <br /><br />Avslutningsvis älskar jag det fåniga, tramsiga och löjliga. Låtarna som spelas när jag är jul-DJ på klubb <a href="http://www.sunkit.com">Sunkit</a> veckan före jul och som går varma även här hemma under julstöket. Falsksång, pretentiösa försök att skapa nya julhits och udda artister vars mission få förstår (utom vi på Sunkit) gör mig alltid på gott humör. Återkommer med en lista över årets favoriter.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-70676716077231307592009-12-14T01:51:00.000-08:002009-12-14T02:01:00.803-08:00Read about Christmas records at Sunkit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cri4cpxWk4dTpTqQyE7Ybg0tR93iIIS0Upb5Jt4dsPI6A035hyphenhyphenKNUssb3uFx08qBu6Iw4ynnugfluKPqjnZwDcNBuDC5j6dY42EfmZqdjqd9dty9lAYlfmWZCOJOqoxykmnmSA/s1600-h/Hylands+julskiva.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cri4cpxWk4dTpTqQyE7Ybg0tR93iIIS0Upb5Jt4dsPI6A035hyphenhyphenKNUssb3uFx08qBu6Iw4ynnugfluKPqjnZwDcNBuDC5j6dY42EfmZqdjqd9dty9lAYlfmWZCOJOqoxykmnmSA/s320/Hylands+julskiva.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415028074076159394" /></a><strong>I just wrote an article</strong> in swedish about Christmas Records at <a href="http://www.sunkit.com">klubb Sunkit</a>. It starts like this:<br /><br /><strong>"Det är något särskilt med julen. Och det är något väldigt särskilt med alla julskivor. Anna-Lena Lodenius är samlare, ständig gästdiscjockey på Sunkits julfester – och här berättar hon om några av sina favoriter.</strong><br /><br />Någon gång i början av december skickade Fredrik af Trampe ett mail:<br /><br />Du måste gå in på Spotify och lyssna på Sven Wollters och Lotta Engbergs svenska version av Fairytale in New York. Vad ska man säga?<br /><br />Sven Wollters eventuella sångförmåga och märkliga skivutgivning är ett kärt samtalsämne, och hans första (?) julrelaterade skivinspelning ger nya infallsvinklar. Det är något med kombinationen Bingo-Lotto-Lotta som sjunger om att vinna på lotteri och raspiga Wollter som föremålet för hennes stora kärlek.<br /><br />En annan jul rätt nyligen var det Lasse Berghagen som fick mailboxen att fyllas i december. Han framträdde precis som Lotta Engberg med egen julshow i TV4 och gav samtidigt ut en julskiva. Urvalet av låtar kändes relativt normalt, med ett undantag: Jag vill inte va’ din pepparkaksgubbe. En text som man kan grubbla mycket över och för varje gång blir man mer och mer rosig om öronen. Exempel:<br /><br /><em>Jag vill inte va din strut med karameller<br />som du kan gå och suga på<br />en julbock vill ja inte vara heller<br />nej jag vill va nåt mycket bättre än så…</em><br />Dessa två exempel visar att det, som Magnus Nilsson påpekat, inte är all musik som kräver några års karantän för att platsa på Sunkit."Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-84564567015865292862009-12-07T14:05:00.000-08:002009-12-08T00:48:10.116-08:00A Christmas-rap<OBJECT id=BLOG_video-61b785deef81737e class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="61b785deef81737e"></OBJECT><br /><br /><STRONG>Two rather old men, known from television</STRONG>, tries to sing in modern hip hop-style about Christmas. The result is rather amazing. Harald Treutiger was presenting the first Swedish version of "Robinson", amongst other things. Leif "Loket" Olsson is mainly known for "Bingo-Lotto", a program that was raising money for sports. <br /><br />This is from the same album as another video that I shared last (<a href="http://juligen.blogspot.com/2008/12/father-christmas-meets-adolf-hitler.html">"Father Christmas meets Adolf Hitler"</a>).Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-21612461000701036822009-12-07T01:56:00.000-08:002009-12-07T03:54:08.807-08:00New Christmas-favourites for 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhbhe8LFhhOgCrYhHo6imXHS9G_3aKJq9-Itpe8d7XyyTcEsANhRb8C0A6HQZ0RD5793hjhqT2c8JmmYFUeQSHr3UXb5eYc9DcwHEY0535H6UMLb99iE3h0HyFu8ZMASdvh_-sg/s1600-h/ljudolfsjulblandning.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhbhe8LFhhOgCrYhHo6imXHS9G_3aKJq9-Itpe8d7XyyTcEsANhRb8C0A6HQZ0RD5793hjhqT2c8JmmYFUeQSHr3UXb5eYc9DcwHEY0535H6UMLb99iE3h0HyFu8ZMASdvh_-sg/s200/ljudolfsjulblandning.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412436658941051346" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxGOnh2WYqbEKSTnW0um_4lmZCjpmuUuEuNszn4XNZ3A2ii17oC-CrFiiyNefF62R6dCfAVtBcsZU5PDEbHj091T829maCZCX8FSIbgM3tKfY99qU02EF2qQzzoTgjrRmU26lxQ/s1600-h/lotta-engberg-jul-hos-mig.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxGOnh2WYqbEKSTnW0um_4lmZCjpmuUuEuNszn4XNZ3A2ii17oC-CrFiiyNefF62R6dCfAVtBcsZU5PDEbHj091T829maCZCX8FSIbgM3tKfY99qU02EF2qQzzoTgjrRmU26lxQ/s200/lotta-engberg-jul-hos-mig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412436281349787938" /> </a><strong>I am a slow starter this year</strong>, so far little has been done to my Christmas Music Collection. It is so big right now that I rather need time to listen to what I have than finding new songs. Still there are some new records that I want to recommend. Unfortunately they are all in Swedish.<br /><br />The first record was out already last Christmas, but somehow I never got hold of it. Swedish Hip Hop-legend Dogge Doggelito performs <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB32lzvG9ws">"Bling Bling jul"</a>. A song that I will certainly play at <a href="http://www.sunkit.com/">Klubb Sunkit</a>. This year the Christmas Party will be at the 21 of December and I will play records together with my friend Trampe who also is a great lover of Christmas Music.<br /><br />Another of my favourites this year I found on a CD with Christmas Music, "Ljudolfs Julblandning" that I got from Monica at Sunkit. She is also represented with a song on that CD, a nice song. But at Sunkit I will rather go for <a href="http://peoplesmusicstore.com/catalogue_items/548526">"Länge länge sen"</a> with Mats Hagberg Band. A rough translation: It was a long, long time ago since I had some fun, and soon it's Christmas and things will get messed up, it was a long, long time ago since I had sex...<br /><br />Last but not least Trampe pointed out to me that we finally got a Swedish version of "Fairytale in New York" (Pouges and Kirsty McColl) with a rather odd Swedish Couple Sven Wollter and Lotta Engberg. "En julsaga" is too good to be true if you ask me, and Sven Wollter proves yet another time that he is not a singer and never was. Try it out <a href="http://musikbutiken.telia.se/Magellan/pages/main.jsp?storeId=12401&pageId=collectionDisplay&viewId=10813553">here</a>. (He is a legend from stage and film and apparently still a Communist, she is a popular singer and leads various TV-programs.)Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-9095090303861333582008-12-21T22:26:00.000-08:002008-12-25T14:05:03.429-08:00Let's hope there will be a White Christmas<strong>I don't think we will have a White Christmas </strong>this year, but there is always a possibility of celebrating with the classical version of White Christmas with Bing Crosby together with Marjorie Reynolds from the movie "Holiday Inn" 1942. <br /><br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-188f0b2fe1ca0b8 height=266 width=320 contentId="188f0b2fe1ca0b8"></OBJECT><br /><br />The second videoclip is from the finale of the movie "White Christmas" 1954. I was lucky to just get it almost for free on DVD.<br /><br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-39ab5c3ce1d6e14a height=266 width=320 contentId="39ab5c3ce1d6e14a"></OBJECT><br /><br />I will also share <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/175689174/White_Christmas.rar.html">a couple of Swedish versions of the song</a>. Last time I did it was 2006 but these are slightly different. Hope you enjoy it: <br /><br />* "Jag drömmer om en jul hemma" (I'm dreaming of a Christmas at home") - Bertil Boo, "the singing farmer" known in Sweden from the films with Åsa Nisse. I think this is from the end of the 40ies or possibly beginning of the 50ties.<br /><br />* "Jag drömmer om en jul hemma" - Bengt Westin, should be about the same time as Bertil Boo but I don't know anything about the singer.<br /> <br />* "Jag drömmer om en jul hemma" - Lasse Lönndahl, wellknown singer in Sweden, this recording is from the 60ties. <br /><br />* "White Christmas" - Hep Stars, popband from the 60ties. Benny Andersson, the organist, later was known as one ot the members of ABBA.<br /><br />* "White Christmas" - another popversion with Lena Maria and Sweet Wine from the 70ties.<br /><br />* "White Christmas" - Vikingarna (The Wikings), thypical Swedish dancemusic, I think this recording might be from the 70ties.<br /><br />* "White Christmas" - Vit Aggression (White Aggression). The last one is probably the most disgusting version there will ever be. This is a White Power-band and they put a racist message into the song. Remember I warned you: This is certainly not very nice.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-64481193421331251382008-12-18T04:32:00.000-08:002008-12-18T04:41:29.227-08:00Christmas Music in Swedish Channel Four<strong>This morning I visited </strong>the morning program in Channel 4 and played some of my Christmas records. This is of course in Swedish but the rest of you might still be able to listen to some music and look at some of my covers. <br /><br />They had some severe technical problems and I didn't get any information at all about what they wanted from me. I was spending the whole morning in the studio and played music 4 times. They show the first three times at their websajt:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tv4.se/1.283438?videoId=1.774355">First time</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.tv4.se/1.283438?videoId=1.774358">Second time</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.tv4.se/1.283438?videoId=1.774355">Third time</a>, together with TriadAnna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-58977519830763902132008-12-17T03:04:00.000-08:002008-12-25T08:00:45.847-08:00Nostalgic Christmas in Denmark<OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-456c65d2f96af2a7 height=266 width=320 contentId="456c65d2f96af2a7"></OBJECT><br /><strong>This is a nostalgic videoclip from Denmark</strong>. I never heard of "Julebal i Nisseland", but it looks like a traditional TV-show to me. I found it quite amusing. Hope you like it as well. And I would be grateful if anybody happens to have information about the film.<br /><br /><strong>This is some information I got from "Anders":</strong><br /><br />Anders said... <br /><em>The clip is from the film "Far til fire i sneen" (1954). It's the second film of a whole bunch of "Far til fire" films. They're hugely popular in Denmark and are still being produced today (but obviously with a different cast.)<br /><br />The original "Lille Per" (the brat who sings the song) was a popular child actor, and they continued to use him for way too long, which made him look totally ridicolous in his boyish outfit. And as the story goes with child actors, he developed an addiction for hard narcotics, tried his luck as a pop singer, and ended up as a photographer for a hard porn magazine.</em><br /><br />More info here:<br /><a href="http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_til_fire">http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_til_fire</a><br /><br />and here:<br /><a href="http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_til_fire_i_sneen">http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_til_fire_i_sneen</a>Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-1263732556019754012008-12-12T04:32:00.000-08:002008-12-12T05:55:03.953-08:00Six different versions of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98-mJceiUcVmTPXMRxNHSTXakO4fckttyYF_TbKQCKiXba_1yErh_DpRlLzsYKQDwMzw28_NeEwXM0yWdD4FiKFrY9DHlvTyMZpfJD7Ph_PSu581aVbqriLyRAR7ZQ_TBzaxZMA/s1600-h/Torsson.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98-mJceiUcVmTPXMRxNHSTXakO4fckttyYF_TbKQCKiXba_1yErh_DpRlLzsYKQDwMzw28_NeEwXM0yWdD4FiKFrY9DHlvTyMZpfJD7Ph_PSu581aVbqriLyRAR7ZQ_TBzaxZMA/s320/Torsson.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278893839439468802" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-CRKZSK7kEd8Y0rXO6SSk_iZ9FAePfJnptv_ypDLzEyiBWq72tkUnJKkgHdm-285VcAjqn_Y_kMHpJwJ98R7YYUtyNd_UPsb5jx5C_mtUoTDxlPqbt7TA6Vc0VohtMHSYEGsqQ/s1600-h/glittergloggochrocknroll.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-CRKZSK7kEd8Y0rXO6SSk_iZ9FAePfJnptv_ypDLzEyiBWq72tkUnJKkgHdm-285VcAjqn_Y_kMHpJwJ98R7YYUtyNd_UPsb5jx5C_mtUoTDxlPqbt7TA6Vc0VohtMHSYEGsqQ/s320/glittergloggochrocknroll.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278893986236464466" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRV50BZNwhppLw_rqqqf798D03d3LWzo4UYZz5qS8FXy4usf2-iHKY-YqAJOJOJtAcKJ0G4BI-d_3JPMwpRMp5wuv7x2Ag0bfgx3VBW1tMAjv6YgdBPEMxA4tYbcz2IDE3I8HZQ/s1600-h/kul-i-jul.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRV50BZNwhppLw_rqqqf798D03d3LWzo4UYZz5qS8FXy4usf2-iHKY-YqAJOJOJtAcKJ0G4BI-d_3JPMwpRMp5wuv7x2Ag0bfgx3VBW1tMAjv6YgdBPEMxA4tYbcz2IDE3I8HZQ/s320/kul-i-jul.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278893650942296242" /></a><strong>Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer</strong> is of course one of the most well known Christmas Songs. Interesting also because the invention of the song is so closely linked to the commercial side of Christmas celebration. The poem was printed in a book that was distributed to customers visiting Montgomery Ward, a big American warehouse, 1939. The author was a copy writer named Robert L.May. <br /><br />A few years later May came up with the idea of composing a melody and asked his brother in law who was a composer, Johnny Marks. The record was an immediate success; 2 million copies were sold more or less at the same time as the records hit the stores. The first Swedish versions appeared in 1950. <br /><br />I share <a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/52628734c6d551e9/">six versions of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer </a>and as a bonus you also get a different Swedish song about a Reindeer:<br /><br />• “Rudolf med röda mulen”, Lou Sandy, the first Swedish version from 1950. <br /><br />• “Rudolf med röda mulen”, Alice Babs, famous and brilliant singer, also recorded during the 50ties.<br /><br />• “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, Melodeers, recorded at the dance hall Nalen in Stockholm during the mid 50ties.<br /><br />• “Rudolf med röda mulen”, recorded for Indiska, a Swedish chain of shops selling clothes and other stuff from India, a modern instrumental version with traditional Indian instruments. <br /><br />• “Rudolf med röda mulen”, Janne Andersson, Swedish popstar. The song is from the album “Glitter, Glögg and Rockn’roll” (Glitter, Glühwein and Rockn’roll) recorded during the 70’s as a Swedish answer to Phil Spectors legendary Christmas Records. The result? Judge for yourselves! <br /><br />• "Rudolf med röda mulen", Micke B Tretow, legendary producer that used to work with ABBA. This is a strange experimental version that might amuse somebody. I don't think it was ever sold in ordinary records stores. <br /><br />• “Rolf Ren” with Torsson, a different song about a reindeer by a slightly ironic but very charming band from southern Sweden. The story is basically that the reindeer has too short legs but in the end of the song they will still bring him along because they need someone to carry the youngest son of Father Christmas. From the middle of the 80ties.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-43919558802891994152008-12-10T00:38:00.000-08:002008-12-11T02:06:36.329-08:00Christmas Special with German favourite Heino<A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMObnrfw7f2qE488jaDdErrDfq8Azec0n3YwuDXo4IVKrbuQSYNJJSwpPnLVN9fipmmoU37Fwnh0qPJ5uGOJ0oexdmXtQR74hVEve5pev31R2t65WYJE-QpYl0h2Ml_8qgIBXZjw/s1600-h/heinoxmas.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278083479443361570 style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMObnrfw7f2qE488jaDdErrDfq8Azec0n3YwuDXo4IVKrbuQSYNJJSwpPnLVN9fipmmoU37Fwnh0qPJ5uGOJ0oexdmXtQR74hVEve5pev31R2t65WYJE-QpYl0h2Ml_8qgIBXZjw/s320/heinoxmas.jpg" border=0></A><STRONG>Almost 24 minutes with the German singer Heino </STRONG>is maybe more than most people need. But here is <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg4Ju7vT0GI">a film that I found at You Tube </A>that will certainly provide a German touch to your Christmas celebration. Heino is walking around in a wintry landscape surrounded by well behaved and singing German children; together they present a number of Christmas Songs. He sings German translations of the most well known songs as well as local German favourites. I've tried a few times to upload it to the blog but didn't have any success, probably because it' too big. I also had problems with uploading this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZBVsdEt_LA">Medley with Christmas </a>songs, so I might as well give you the links instead.<br /><br />Until Yesterday I only had one Christmas-song with Heino but then I discovered <A href="http://www.falalalala.com/fireside/index.php?topic=2009.0">a full album</A> that was shared at <A href="http://www.falalalala.com/">falalalala.com</A>, a Mecka for people that are interested in Christmas Music.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-49331250074423719012008-12-09T06:04:00.000-08:002008-12-09T06:04:01.121-08:00Four versions of Frosty the Snowman<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0qN55kRNPo5lwriR3LD73Qz_jDMRNJc78jELpHrttk5iI-Hrr6hippdhRaILbgnX6nYV7ETZCOBLwyfSWLBnRsM909WaonxEIjTqRq8kEzaMLF1EP6exSyrzdGnON418tZZeWQ/s1600-h/B%C3%A4ttre+Lasse+och+Towa.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0qN55kRNPo5lwriR3LD73Qz_jDMRNJc78jELpHrttk5iI-Hrr6hippdhRaILbgnX6nYV7ETZCOBLwyfSWLBnRsM909WaonxEIjTqRq8kEzaMLF1EP6exSyrzdGnON418tZZeWQ/s320/B%C3%A4ttre+Lasse+och+Towa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275935932283246210" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYz4e0cIl6DDobMFNqs_ZviXDeXWPwpMuNIxG_ZD_yAUDwcS7bZQt8lG7UXbyDDVhVZ2mqLJjTtjwAGi9jK6CItPUuvpe89zvj0Zm0HddB194Ea_J22bmiuKzGxZijdVDjvN7CQ/s1600-h/merry+x-mas+everybody+-+front.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYz4e0cIl6DDobMFNqs_ZviXDeXWPwpMuNIxG_ZD_yAUDwcS7bZQt8lG7UXbyDDVhVZ2mqLJjTtjwAGi9jK6CItPUuvpe89zvj0Zm0HddB194Ea_J22bmiuKzGxZijdVDjvN7CQ/s320/merry+x-mas+everybody+-+front.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275936808578282066" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFZr77ou-OjQ9KGhr_LO1sS-u3wjLCnrGYAR3qITDF790rZP1qhymQnwUIEfiV6Nhm7EXTJHP0Nf6EBdwhQNpdjBrXRJN7NrlKBLSzlj3sccU_yEefCg3n3iLWikZ7zPzEmxOig/s1600-h/spotnicks_parisf.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFZr77ou-OjQ9KGhr_LO1sS-u3wjLCnrGYAR3qITDF790rZP1qhymQnwUIEfiV6Nhm7EXTJHP0Nf6EBdwhQNpdjBrXRJN7NrlKBLSzlj3sccU_yEefCg3n3iLWikZ7zPzEmxOig/s320/spotnicks_parisf.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275935780614238962" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGICUBOJbtVN8DgKkzpWIVGv4c20kM9L8PXLBTy1Z_qtiw53KYhajpWPvrhGkQ78RveGxjugDILMmFtz4217WBdy6e8eQifQ8IZR_7r7n3Uws3eWLB_1aD1buNrnTUvuHlefSCQ/s1600-h/image393.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 149px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGICUBOJbtVN8DgKkzpWIVGv4c20kM9L8PXLBTy1Z_qtiw53KYhajpWPvrhGkQ78RveGxjugDILMmFtz4217WBdy6e8eQifQ8IZR_7r7n3Uws3eWLB_1aD1buNrnTUvuHlefSCQ/s320/image393.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275935695691052530" /></a><strong>"Frosty The Snow Man" </strong>is one of the most silly Christmas-songs that I know of. Still you find it in so many different versions. I want to share some very different Swedish versions. Two of them are old, I particularly like Margret Jonsson when she flips out in the "hopp lalalala hopp lalala..." towards the end of the song. The Spotnicks were quite famous during the early 60ties, partly becouse of their costumes (se picture, this is not their Christmas Album - it's the small green cover - but the other one I show just to give you an idea of what they looked like). Ultima Thule is a patriotic skinheadband. They made at least two Christmas Records with different skinheadband and both contains this version of Frosty The Snowman. As I said last time I shared something with Ultima Thule: Not very enjoyable but maybe of some interest. Last I want to share another song about a Snowman. Cacka Israelsson was Swedens first artist performing in a country style. <br /><br /><strong>Four different versions of <a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/52245266f2cf3f3f/">Frosty the Snowman </a>and one bonus song:</strong><br />Snögubben Froste - Monica Lind (from the 50ties)<br />Snögubben Froste - Margret Jonsson (from the beginning of the 60ties)<br />Frosty The Snowman - Spotnicks (60ties, instrumental)<br />Frosty the Snowman - Ultima Thule (skinheadsband)<br />Snögubben (The Snowman) - Cacka Israelsson (50ties)Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-57554619783968995872008-12-07T04:10:00.000-08:002008-12-07T13:18:47.782-08:00Norwegian version of Yngve Stoor<OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-b798e3ab7913e7b3 height=266 width=320 contentId="b798e3ab7913e7b3"></OBJECT><br /><br /><strong>Can't help sharing this video </strong>that I found at You Tube. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_(singer)">Sputnik</a> is is a musician and truck driver from Telemark in Norway. He plays country music, but in this video he sings a popular Swedish Christmas Song that I shared just recently: "Sjömansjul på Hawaii". And he does it in a lovely and unexpected way. Enjoy!<br /><br />For more information about Sputnik, visit<a href="http://www.sputnik.no/"> his website</a>.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-55234832460966100942008-12-05T03:14:00.000-08:002008-12-05T07:20:24.869-08:00Klasse Möllberg brings back childhood memories<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWu_qzY82-xwKSNr710glioJFwmHIhZDeTDYaPD5rcDOsPQHjDdw9NcWm91mvmNolg_aWAhhUUTPKtycO2Ew2kNvSGVAr7bBultVKKBJpNPaBw6hvXLGpC8-encvZ-uvDWVecYFg/s1600-h/Klasses+julskiva.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWu_qzY82-xwKSNr710glioJFwmHIhZDeTDYaPD5rcDOsPQHjDdw9NcWm91mvmNolg_aWAhhUUTPKtycO2Ew2kNvSGVAr7bBultVKKBJpNPaBw6hvXLGpC8-encvZ-uvDWVecYFg/s320/Klasses+julskiva.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275525411578616066" /></a><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-e6bf71f9c374da97 height=266 width=320 contentId="e6bf71f9c374da97"></OBJECT><br /><strong>One of the most wicked Christmas Songs </strong>that I know of is "Nisses juljoddel" (A Christmas Gnomes Yodel). It was an instant success during the Christmas Party at Sunkit, it's a song that makes you smile and dance at the same time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.klassemollberg.com/">Klasse Möllberg </a>is a multi talented person (<a href="http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klas_M%C3%B6llberg">Wikipedia</a> for more information, all of this is in Swedish). Many children know him as "Banarne", regular partner of Trazan Apansson in Childrens programs and from "Electric Banana Band". It's impossible to translate but it a paraphrase of Tarzan, Trasan in Swedish means cloth. Banarne is supposed to be some kind of monkey; his name is combined of the Swedish word for banana and Arne, a common male name.<br /><br />Klasse Möllberg also made a program for Children before Christmas 1992 and recorded the songs from the program, <a href="http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klasses_julskiva">Klasses julkalender</a>. There is a tradition in Sweden with a Christmas Calendar in radio and TV. <br /> <br /><strong>Listen to <a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/52191622a9e02024/"> 3 songs from "Klasses julskiva":</a></strong><br /><br />* Nisses juljoddel (A Christmas Gnomes Yodel)<br /><br />* Jul med Fantomen (Christmas with the Phantom)<br /><br />* Snögubben är naken (The Snowman is naked)Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-86366337216639948852008-12-04T03:36:00.000-08:002008-12-13T05:28:09.629-08:00Christmas in the Brothel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0k8Prl58EWEyWc9zmup3yR841hp7tk5sd2_RUvNLnD95q1Z59O2B-YwnwrUU2KzRv9aPW4mvjapSounAbmceEjmRm4hapwlISq9axyfx5dTlw3OXwCxazFU7yQFybz12jtudiA/s1600-h/Bordellmammans+Julvisor+-Front.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0k8Prl58EWEyWc9zmup3yR841hp7tk5sd2_RUvNLnD95q1Z59O2B-YwnwrUU2KzRv9aPW4mvjapSounAbmceEjmRm4hapwlISq9axyfx5dTlw3OXwCxazFU7yQFybz12jtudiA/s320/Bordellmammans+Julvisor+-Front.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275155470052482338" /></a><strong>This year I was thinking of sharing the whole album "Bordellmammas visor"</strong> that I shared some parts of last year. But now I found out that they are selling it as a CD. So my suggestion would be that those that are interested are bying it instead, it's rather cheap by the way if you by it at the Internet, e g <a href="http://www.ginza.se/index.aspx?artnr=40089">Ginza</a>.<br /><br />If anybody wonders: I have a similar policy as other similar blogs, I share music that can not be bought on a CD. Most of it is ripped from e g an LP, EP or sometimes even 78's. Most of the music I share has no commercial value, and if somebody thinks differently please tell me and I remove the links.<br /><br />For more information about "Bordellmammas julvisor", please read my<a href="http://juligen.blogspot.com/2006/12/christmas-at-brothel.html"> posting from 2006</a>.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-4505411430758067712008-12-03T01:49:00.000-08:002008-12-03T04:55:24.957-08:00New information about the Christmas Party at Sunkit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vbS_65wVIypSBZ6qk5C0kBLLkczm_UG-SpLDrJoxiP0zpGiBlSfGAn6hl-8ziKr2I8Vhri1OUolOw8_jugmFmsyCu-ZSjT4eXmA7FJzC9HWVkm0OVKrFygAoqUqWXYPqbxF9Kw/s1600-h/187_magnus_tomte_dj.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vbS_65wVIypSBZ6qk5C0kBLLkczm_UG-SpLDrJoxiP0zpGiBlSfGAn6hl-8ziKr2I8Vhri1OUolOw8_jugmFmsyCu-ZSjT4eXmA7FJzC9HWVkm0OVKrFygAoqUqWXYPqbxF9Kw/s320/187_magnus_tomte_dj.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275499448865777410" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw45RRK_5iGNlyDo4nh2li91e4fmENl_AbFRX2QsfQZVyX8WUfjoalVFrVMrYWa5p6RLY8LYpvf-V7zJWI3DOUZYeVpxTlYeaiHDxFp9h_e6G684T4o9pVjHfAafL3p4WpHeaEkA/s1600-h/141_arvid.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw45RRK_5iGNlyDo4nh2li91e4fmENl_AbFRX2QsfQZVyX8WUfjoalVFrVMrYWa5p6RLY8LYpvf-V7zJWI3DOUZYeVpxTlYeaiHDxFp9h_e6G684T4o9pVjHfAafL3p4WpHeaEkA/s320/141_arvid.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275499122086738242" /></a><strong>Important information</strong> for those heading for the Christmas Party at <a href="http://www.sunkit.com">Sunkit</a>: The time is changed to Monday the 15th of December. The Christmas Music will start at 8 pm as usual and continues for an hour or two. Then the regular party is on until 1 am, same as usual. I suppose there will be ham and mustard, I will se if I can find the red hats but usually it gets too warm anyway. We have a lot of new music but we will also play all the old favourites.<br /><br />I am not quite sure about the pictures but they are probably from Erik Brodin that uses to take pictures at Sunkit. I hope it's OK that I'm using them. If not, please tell me and I will remove them. Apart from me (hiding in the shadow back of the bar) and Per you can se Ahrvid, a regular at Sunkit, and Magnus, one of the DJ:s.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-4380696776448049802008-12-01T07:18:00.000-08:002008-12-01T12:27:35.993-08:00Father Christmas meets Adolf Hitler<OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-8a71e0d70f3310fc height=266 width=320 contentId="8a71e0d70f3310fc"></OBJECT><br /><br /><STRONG>How can it be that Father Christmas suddenly disappeared?</STRONG> He is not under the Christmas Tree, maybe he took a ride with his car? Leif "Loket" Olsson (lok = locomotive in Swedish, don't ask med why he got this name) is a Swedish TV-personality, he introduced a Lotto-program in Channel Four but was replaced by younger faces a few years ago. During his most popular period he also recorded a Christmas Record together with <A href="http://www.hansedler.com/OnStage.php">Hans Edler</A>, a legend in Swedish entertainment. <br /><br />Hans Edler appears in the video and puts on a Hitler-mustasch for some reason. The lyrics are of course in Swedish but the story basically is about trying to find Father Christmas and rumours that he took his old car (a Ford) downtown and joined the line of unemployed. The message is that he should know that he is badly needed when Christmas is approaching.<br /><br />For those with an interest for Hans Edler and a knowledge of Swedish I would also recommend <a href="http://www.sunkit.com/museum/artister/hans-edler/index.shtml">Sunkit</a>, you can even listen to music examples from his early experiments with electronic music, <a href="http://www.sunkit.com/shop/skivor/elektron-kukeso/index.shtml">Elektron Kukesi</a>.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13135622.post-24445608391093566462008-11-27T09:28:00.000-08:002008-12-02T03:29:46.710-08:00Dances Around the Christmas Tree<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoC_aP0tf2VKaoLJVliXRQpkY8NMKAND-Rgg0jegb01yWF6LuAcYZvSJnvJUuI0DkaCPcopde8J8Jcdsu0HZb5evitMYaCVQZn84aFmUw0kh-d1MyyhZDR1uaTPOqUjAjkVpSTWA/s1600-h/maj.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 174px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoC_aP0tf2VKaoLJVliXRQpkY8NMKAND-Rgg0jegb01yWF6LuAcYZvSJnvJUuI0DkaCPcopde8J8Jcdsu0HZb5evitMYaCVQZn84aFmUw0kh-d1MyyhZDR1uaTPOqUjAjkVpSTWA/s320/maj.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273025554000265154" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie4IRsj6zoLo1wuCJdPwH15XIGjNZ7JkrQ6w5zvBK0Nael2ctZga_aPc4qSSJJQTgZycjNUD6133VLuHsl_ZyMXYpptUhyphenhyphenYxJGEfnYERcV_Aepa8IbOozXO3Ia8BDbr7SPHk1Vg/s1600-h/julmarknad1925.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie4IRsj6zoLo1wuCJdPwH15XIGjNZ7JkrQ6w5zvBK0Nael2ctZga_aPc4qSSJJQTgZycjNUD6133VLuHsl_ZyMXYpptUhyphenhyphenYxJGEfnYERcV_Aepa8IbOozXO3Ia8BDbr7SPHk1Vg/s320/julmarknad1925.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273025461838359362" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHwXbh_MBdN0PkAcp4WjMxvEYPYl5Hhd5e3hxiqTeAn4bzJzpUqtJHaEfIyjOW2DRRt31FCbuRIWXE7McB7yIghqBRUDJQCTWgJCcchbXAZtzO8iJl-afvSjoHcg0lIf0xZ684Q/s1600-h/thorli.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHwXbh_MBdN0PkAcp4WjMxvEYPYl5Hhd5e3hxiqTeAn4bzJzpUqtJHaEfIyjOW2DRRt31FCbuRIWXE7McB7yIghqBRUDJQCTWgJCcchbXAZtzO8iJl-afvSjoHcg0lIf0xZ684Q/s320/thorli.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273025805388355010" /></a><strong><a href="http://www.skansen.se/">Skansen</a> in Stockholm is an open air-museum </strong>founded already in 1891 by Arthur Hazelius. The traditional Christmas has been celebrated here ever since and they have a nice Christmas Fair. When I was younger I used to work and sell things. It was nice but had the disadvantage that you needed to put traditional dresses on and they didn't really protect you from the cold. My memories are mainly that I was freezing all the time. Still it can be quite nice to come here for a visit some time in December. <br /><br />The music I will share with you are from the 30ties of possible 40ties, I'm not sure. They are singing melodies for dances around the Christmas Three and the lead singer is Thor Modén, at that time a well known comedian appearing in many films. He performs together with Skansens womens choir. There are probably children dancing around the three as they are singing, that's the way it used to be. <br /><br />The pictures shows a modern poster for Skansen, an old picture from Skansen in the 20ties and the third one, as you probably already guessed, is Thor Modén. There are many records with dances around the Christmas Tree but this is my all time favourite, it really puts me in the right Christmas mood.<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.2shared.com/file/4351768/74a1b8be/Poturri_p_julmelodier_del_1.html">Dans kring granen, part 1</a> (Dances around the Christmas Three) <br /><br /><a href="http://www.2shared.com/file/4351771/1466315b/Potpurri_p_julmelodier_del_2.html">Dans kring granen, part 2</a> (Dances around the Christmas Three)<br /><br />Download the whole record in <a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/52146204d83f74d9/">one zip-file</a>.Anna-Lena Lodeniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172180750609806188noreply@blogger.com4