Amerikanen Reacts to Svenska Klassiker: Björn Skifs - Krama dej

[@johnnyjonsson1938]

I think you would really like "Björn Skifs - Det blir alltid värre fram mot natten" wich also won the Melodifestivalen!

[@asahenriksson1981]

Björn Skifs is one of Swedens best singers. His talent and unique voice shows up in this song. He is also a funny comedian. Look at his "Bilen".

[@ingegerdthoren4296]

Agree he really is!

[@jonnajois]

"Härligt härligt men farligt farligt" is great (from the same era) and "Håll mitt hjärta" (more recent).

[@susannes7023]

Björn Skifs is a great singer but also an actor, comedian, writer, performer ... He is a great entertainer with many talents! You should listen to his song Håll mitt hjärta, it's one of the best.

[@TheBurtonian]

This is pretty meta. He does a discosong about the problems with the disco. He wanna hug but the lights and the smoke and the 2 meters distance make it hard to communicate. Haha

[@feliciahallberg3098]

Freestyle - Fantasi

[@Matildavux]

He charted nr 1 in USA with "Hooked on a Feeling". En annan fin sång: "Håll mitt hjärta" (Cover med svensk text).

[@Nubbe999]

Hooked on a feeling by blue swede (björn skifs) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKOsXoh4fqdrgM0&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

[@legobil_]

My favorite song with Skifs is Håll Mitt Hjärta. I sang it at my fathers funeral, I think the melody is based on Same Old Story but with Swedish lyrics. Really, really good song.

[@michaeladler8716]

Björn Skifs the best soulsinger in Sweden. Jonathan hope you can react to Håll Mitt Hjärta with Björn, a song that spent 142 weeks on Svensktoppen!!

[@rasclaat]

"Kjell Höglund - Man vänjer sig" Classic, bit long but it catches the essence of living in Sweden 😂

[@rasclaat]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZCkioKte75mmrM

[@dejand1218]

Djingis Khan is a German Melodifestival song. Vikingarna is doing a Swedish version of it. So that actually isn't a Swedish classic per say.

[@anna-karingronberg1942]

But I can't wait to se him react to that crazy song! Later, he can react to the original version! 😃

[@bbeightynine]

Agree. Not a Swedish classic. A Eurovision classic though. Bad suggestion.

[@EwonneStrand]

​@@anna-karingronberg1942Yes 😅 älskar den 😂😂😂❤

[@y0ko12]

Björn Skifs - Det blir alltid värre framåt natten (another classic).

[@Stefan-]

Skifs är en legend, grym sångare som även gjort mycket fantastiskt rolig komik. Grymma musiker på denna inspelning också. Kommer ihåg låten väl från min uppväxt på 70-talet, han var definitivt redan då en favorit som jag tycker mycket om fortfarande, såg honom live i melodifestivalen 1978 på tv.

[@satanihelvetet]

It has got a very nice bass line too.

[@johankaewberg9512]

The stuff he did In “Chess” cemented him in place as a permanent national hero. He has sung so many good songs before that, though, and this is one. A pure heart-felt, feel-good song.

[@EwonneStrand]

Jag visste inte att han var med i den😊

[@SteamboatW]

Björn had a Billboard top 100 no. 1 in the 70's with Blue Swedes and "Hooked on a feeling".

[@annikaedvinsson4562]

The Knife - Heartbeats! ❤️

[@micke5735]

I discovered you the day before yesterday. Think I watched like 20 of your reaction videos now. You should do Veronica Maggio - Jag kommer or maybe Laleh - vara mig själv. Keep up the good work

[@susannes7023]

You should also check out Björns duet with Agnes Carlsson, "When you tell the world you're mine". Perhaps not a classic song but indeed a classic moment when it was performed for the first time at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel. It was written especially for this occasion as a surprise for the bride. Make sure to get the clip from the wedding!

[@katam6471]

Please react to Neneh Cerry: Manchild

[@lovisalindstrom7920]

This is an amazing theme in the swedish movie "Sommaren med Göran". It is a more recent movie where the main role, a man find it hard to navigate in a messed up version of reality. A great swedish romcom.

[@rickardelimaa]

Skift har en skön komisk timing. Hans film _Strul_ är en svensk klassiker.

[@tastlite]

Strul

[@Tore_Hedenberg]

Hur fick du till kursiv stil?

[@rickardelimaa]

@@Tore_Hedenberg Om du omger ett/flera ord med _ så blir det _kursiv stil._ Du kan göra samma sak med * för att göra *fet stil.*

[@Tore_Hedenberg]

@@rickardelimaa Det _måste_ jag testa. *Det gick ju!* Tack så mycket, jag har inte kollat KZbin så länge så jag kan allt. Bara sedan 2005 😒

[@bbeightynine]

Great reaction - really loved it. And also a true swedish classic. 🥰 Don’t know about the next song though by Vikingarna. That is just a cover of a great German Eurovision song entry from 1979. Very much not a Swedish classic. But it’s a classic alright - but a Eurovision classic, by the German group “Dschinghis Khan“. Besides, Vikingarna has a lot more better/real classics than that song! Strange suggestion.

[@rogerlundstrom6926]

The thing I liked about this song is that it is a song about someone being at a disco.. in a disco-style ( but with a rhythm&blues/pop musical twist)... ·... but the narrative is about him finding this disco to be a bit too impersonal, and.. kind of implies that his "heart" rather would be in the area of "slow-dancing".

[@MrMachineHead]

And next to Björn on that seventies disco dance floor you'll find Ulf Lundell singing Oh la la, jag vill ha dig...!

[@edflintlaw]

I have Håll mitt hjärta tattooed on my arm, check out that Bjorn Skiff's classic.

[@johankaewberg8162]

Good one! As always, keep going! The ocean is nigh infinite.

[@anna-karingronberg1942]

Oh, I love Björn Skifs and 70's disco, glad you liked it! Please react to "Svärföräldrarna" with Galenskaparna och After Shave! It's a brillant song in so many levels.

[@anna-karingronberg1942]

This is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5zXoa2mrtWhmMU

[@susannes7023]

Agree! That's a very good song

[@mariaviderud2291]

Jag har vart kär i Björn S och hans musik sen jag var liten. Hans sound, lekfullhet. He's a swedish banger! Min första engelska låt jag lärde mig var "hooked on a feeling" med B, sen var jag fast. Har du inte hört den lyssna in den.

[@woodsmanNo1]

Nice reaction vid Jonathan 👍

[@JonathanRollinssthlm305]

Thanks

[@freddieandersson]

Snowstorm - Sommarnatt

[@BjornNordstromArt]

You should react to: Orup - jag blir hellre jagad av vargar

[@SteamboatW]

You should try reacting to his "Vild och Vacker".

[@musicamusic5532]

Some other swedish music groups you need to check out are Roxette and Ace of base! For example "Vulnerable" and "She's got the look" by Roxette and "Life is a flower" and "Beautiful life" by Ace of base! Really good music!

[@bigbang1891]

I'm sure you know that Björn Skifs is the one behind "hooked on a feeling" That song was charted no1 on the American single list in 1974

[@annicaesplund6613]

But it's a cover. Several years before, in 1968, country and pop singer B.J. Thomas released the original version of the song, which was written by Mark James.

[@EwonneStrand]

Speaking of dej and dig, the difference is spoken and written language. We say mej, dej, sej, eran, erat, era, dom and dom etc., but write mig, dig, sig, er, ert, era, de and dem. Nowadays it is accepted to also write mej and dej) dom and dom?).

[@MartinAhlman]

You might love his version of "Hooked On A Feeling", No 1 in the US charts!

[@JonathanRollinssthlm305]

I've heard that

[@MartinAhlman]

@@JonathanRollinssthlm305 There's a reason for it, my friend...

[@rositawangdahl457]

Underbar låt. Svårt att inte digga med 👌

[@klaskristian1]

Björn Skifs är grym. Han kan sjunga pop, jazz, blues, you name it!

[@jonasolofsson4128]

Tror bestämt du har en ny kamera med? Crispy!

[@JonathanRollinssthlm305]

Thanks! Same camera, but I recently changed the settings on the recording software. Glad you like it!

[@Nubbe999]

Great actor, too bad he did not do more movies

[@muvinbird]

You have to do: hooked on a feeling...

[@patrikandersson123]

Håll mitt hjärta med Björn

[@nibel13]

Så fucking bra!

[@mattsnordqvist9059]

En Seriiös Musik Det Finns Mycket Där !+!

[@tangfors]

Hum Djingis Khan är en cover och originalet är ju bra mycket kändare, men men antar att svenska versionen också är en hitt.

[@bbeightynine]

Men knappast en ”Svensk” klassiker. Vilket ju är vad kanalen är tänkt att handla om. 🙃 Att det ska vara så svårt för somliga att tänka ett varv till innan man bara slänger iväg förslag. 🙃 Mycket mycket märkligt förslag - som tyvärr Jonathan nu lurades till att lägga tid på och göra reaktion på - vilket är lite synd när det finns så många genuina svenska klassiker kvar att reagera på.

[@hannaskoog7897]

React to Swedish Är på väg of Björn Skifs in the movie Brother Bear

[@olsa76]

Jag tycker att det börjar vara dags för en till Weeping willows? Jag tycker "While I'm still strong" slår fast att weeping willows är bästa break-up-bandet

[@andreasnilsson7711]

Yo. Sångturkarna - Sveriges favoritturkar. You need to check it out. 😂

[@androhma]

We are all different. How does it sound in church? Play me a tune....

[@Pehrcapita]

If you like this, I got a great one: "Främmande natt" by John Holm. Exquisitely funky disco arrangement but with gloomy and troubled lyrics, almost macabre. Is it a classic? Perhaps more legendary. Anyway it's quite unique and loved among pop/rock musicians at least.

[@C.Silfverbielke]

Great reaction! Now do ”Det hon vill ha” med Christer Sandelin! Just follow my lead for more bangers! ;)

[@susannebjorklund4204]

Björn Skifs är duktig, men som vi säger i Sverige, även solen har sina fläckar. Kolla in Eurovision Song Contest 1978 när han glömmer bort texten i första versen. Han räddar upp det hela snyggt. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIWqiZd_asumoqM

[@architechproducer]

Förr i tiden uttalade man "dig, mig, sig" som det stavas, om man pratade riks-svenska. Därför har det fortsatt att stavas så, även om man talar annorlunda. Nu får man lära sig att det är ok att stava "dej, mej, sej" i skolan.

[@mellertid]

Great voice, practically not a single good song. Well, imo.

[@idanorrman6933]

Sabaton: to hell and back Sarah Dawn Finer: kärleksvisan Nick Borgen: We are all the winners Teddybears: hey boys Östen med resten: hon kommer med solsken

[@bbeightynine]

Riktiga dåliga förslag som alla är för svaga (eller möjligtvis för unga eller ej komiersiella nog) för att kunnat nått en tillräckligt bred publik över flera decennier för att ännu kunna kallas klassiker (om de nu någonsin kommer göra det) - utom möjligen ”we are all the winners” med Borgen. Men även det är en stretch.

[@idanorrman6933]

@@bbeightynine vet inte hur gammal du är men för många i min ålder så klassas de som klassiker. Smaken är olika 🤷.

[@suckmybrick7629]

Loved this, thank you!