Amerikanen Reacts to Svenska Klassiker: Carola - Främling

[@bbeightynine]

If someone would ever make a collection/album called “Swedish Classics” the first track would be “Främling” and the album cover would be of 16 year old Carola with her classic yellow dress from when she by a total knock out won Melodifestivalen in 1983! (It’s a little pity you didn’t catch/reacted to that original video from Melodifestivalen 1983 in Malmö. It’s such a classic moment and milestone in Swedish pop culture history when she won)

[@Huxteble]

Han reagerar på musik - inte tv-ögonblick. Självklart ska det bara vara studioversioner.

[@bbeightynine]

@@Huxteble In general I agree. To many poor sound quality or live versions out there. But this one is an exception IMO. Such a classic moment.

[@susannes7023]

I was 9 years old when I saw Carola perform in Melodifestivalen 1983 and she scored the highest points from all the juries that did the voting back then. A mega star was born that night and she has been working hard ever since. She is an amazing singer and person. Her voice is unique and brilliant, noone else can sing like her. She took a couple of years off in the 80s and made her huge comeback in Melodifestivalen 1990, when she was like ... 23. You should really react to a later song by her, a great ballade called När löven faller. It has everything a great ballade should have, you're going to love it!

[@bbeightynine]

Great comment. 👏🏻 Personally I prefer “All the reasons to live” but “När löven faller” is very good too 🥰

[@susannes7023]

@@bbeightynine That's a good one too, absolutely

[@sirtogii5216]

Her voice really was something else. Completely natural and effortless.

[@ge_mig_nat_som_kanns]

Bert Karlsson (record label) rang during the performance to be the first one to sign her

[@evanm1815]

Stop it! It's such a banger!!!

[@martenlof7492]

Detta är verkligen en svensk klassiker!

[@rateit1474]

I think the reason why she didn't win ESC in 1983 is a technical error with the micorphone in the beginning of her song. But she won it in 1991 instead.

[@agnetalarsson8067]

Carola was a banger herself when she won melodifestivalen with this song 💪👏

[@Merecir]

First ever to get max points, all 12 pointers.

[@KajsaG561]

I was the same age 16 and shed a tear when she said " I thank god" ( for winning) :-) And I wasn't evan religious

[@agnes8755]

Rekommenderar dig att lyssna på You & me song med The Wannadies! En riktig 90-tals indie-banger ❤️

[@mogges]

Verkligen!

[@Smartphonekanalen]

This song and album is a Swedish treasure. I grew up with it during the 80's and played the LP every week. Maybe the song is about you Jonathan? :)

[@meteerbil2078]

1983 we only had 2 tv channels in Sweden. Of course 80 % looked at this. What else could we look at?

[@susannes7023]

Yes, when chosing between Eurovision song contest and Kulturmagasinet, choice is not so difficult! 😆

[@johnnyjonsson1938]

Thank you for the reaction!😊 I think the live version would've done more justice but it might would've resulted in copyright issues because of SVT. She's just as good live and she was also recognized for her stage presence for such a young age. Other songs where she's really belting it out is "När löven faller"(suitable for autumn) "Säg mig var du står"( You may have heard it before because it's well-played at nightclubs). Herreys won Eurovision one year later with "Diggi-loo Diggi-ley" sweden's second Eurovision win after Abba. Ann-Christine Bärnsten - Ska vi plocka körsbär i min trädgård🍒 is also a mello classic.

[@mercurious5053]

The song is actually quite goofy but Carolas voice makes it something really special 💚

[@SekGuy]

It might not be a banger, but it was a banger!

[@bbeightynine]

I think there was at least one copy of her debut album in every Swedish household at the end of 1983 - all because of this song. It was a banger, became a banger and broke all records at the time. “Främling” is the very definition of a banger 🙈

[@Huxteble]

@@bbeightynine Kommersiell braksuccé. Not a banger.

[@elisabethsundstrom3450]

Älskar Carola , hon har så bra röst ( jag har faktiskt körat en gång När hon uppträdde i Luleå ) tyvärr blev hon misskrediterad o Sverige för att hon var kristen 🥲media var inte snälla

[@johankaewberg8162]

When I watched this live, 11 years old it definitely was a banger. The visual performance adds a lot. A true Swedish heroine, but also questionable because of her strange religious belongings.

[@kattahj]

Det här är typ den första popsången jag minns!

[@aliciabergman1252]

Såg Carola i Stjärnorna på slottet, kan verkligen rekommendera ☺️

[@bbeightynine]

Jaa - Jonathan måste verkligen se Carolas egna avsnitt av Stjärnorna på slottet. Det var verkligen bra och visar på hypen som var där och då 1983 och de närmaste åren.

[@aliciabergman1252]

@@bbeightynine Precis och hur hon har hanterat det. Även om jag inte själv är religiös tycker jag det är fint att hon såg sången som ett uppdrag av Gud.

[@senchaholic]

Carola - säg mig var du står

[@joeljohansson6097]

It should soon be time for lena ph - kärleken är evig?

[@momma636]

AAHH yes 1983 I was 11 years old and guess I kinda looked like her, during her summertour that year I chose between Flashdance and hanging outside the park, i chose the movie haha

[@Steffe]

Några kompisar påstod sig ha träffat Carola när hon var sjutton år, typ strax efter schlagervinsten. På något ställe med bubbelpool som var poppis då. Då var jag lite avis, men det är preskriberat nu.

[@rositawangdahl457]

Please react to "Flickan och Kråkan" ...it's old/classic

[@petugg]

You should really check out Orup’s cover of Främling - it’s a completely different song.

[@Huxteble]

Han gjorde om den till moll. Väldigt snyggt!

[@knoparenSOC1]

😊😊👌👌👌😊😊

[@hannaskoog7897]

You should React to her Fångad av en stormvind, She won 1991 in Eurovision but then it called just Melodifestivalen !!! I have always love her…. ♥️ This song is so good… i remember i had a sweatshirt with her on when i start school i was 7 year!!!

[@susannes7023]

Has been done

[@susannes7023]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoOyiICigc6sms0

[@DanielKling]

Klassisk schlager är extremt "basic", helt rätt. Tror det är det som gör det så lättsmält, och därför populärt. Det är som mac & cheese, liksom. Enkelt och lättsmält, men inte direkt nåt kulinariskt mästervärk.

[@bbeightynine]

”Främling” är verkligen inte en basic song. Lasse Holm borde geniförklaras och adlas av kungen för både arr och komposition i den här låten. 😂 Men visst - med begränsning att en låt inte får vara mer än 3 minuter i Mellot blir det ju inte utsvävande låtar på samma sätt som låtar på rena albumsläpp 🙃. Ganska ovanligt när vers, refräng och brygga alla tre är som enskilda refränger var för sig 😂

[@music4u531]

How old must a song be to be called a classic? For cars it's at least 20-25 years.

[@bbeightynine]

This song is 39 years old. I think it is the Goldilock-zone for a classic ☺️

[@elizabethlillieronn1040]

Stranger by carola

[@ofalltrades705]

Gunnar Wiklund Vi ska gå hand i hand

[@elizabethlillieronn1040]

Listen to The english version instead by Carola främling its mutch better

[@music4u531]

Sveriges Bruce Springsteen, Ulf Lundell - (Oh la la) Jag vill ha dig

[@eh-modo]

No offense but is there anything more boring than Ulf Lundell?

[@music4u531]

@@eh-modo Det kan man tycka och då gillar man nog inte Bruce heller. Här en svensk version av The Boss låt Sandy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5Dde2hrhtRmq5Y

[@eh-modo]

@@music4u531 Jag lyssnade en sväng nu på "Sandy" men tyvärr. Du har rätt, jag är inte helt såld på Bruce heller. Självklart tycker jag texterna (musiken har jag eg. inte heller nåt emot) alltid är fantastiska men när det gäller Ulf L. (och Bob Dylan) ligger min aversion mot deras divalater djupt och sedan klarar jag inte av deras sångstil alls. Faktiskt bara en låt med Dylan som jag älskar och det är "Hurricane", Ulf orkar jag sällan med ens en halv minut. Nåväl, jag är glad att vi alla har våra egna musiksmaker och jag dissar aldrig nån för det. Bara kul att kunna diskutera det. Min käre sambo älskar Bob & Bruce :)

[@Matildavux]

Solala sessions med Helen Sjöholm sjunger Come give me love av Ted Gärdestad!

[@marieljunggren8568]

Unfortunately Carola became an arrogant diva and rumors say she could be very nasty. But her voice is special.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

I really *really* dislike Carola, partly because of the music which is not to my liking, but also that she was (is?) part of a right wing christian cult(ish) organization. It was a bit pathetic to see her after performing this in ESC and sitting hugging her bible like if it was a Teddy bear

[@arbitraryify]

aye, it feels very dated.

[@Motbilder]

Gaaah, it was so much worse than I remembered. Not the singing, that's still good, but the song is incredibly bland and boring.

[@Aqua_Vortex1.0]

Are you sick? The song was asome idiot!

[@elizabethlillieronn1040]

Listen to carolas english version of främling.stranger she tell you how we swedes think about strangers