Amerikanen Reacts to Svenska Klassiker: Gyllene Tider - Flickorna på TV2

[@C.Silfverbielke]

React to Växeln Hallå - Janne Lucas :)

[@ulvsbane]

På den tiden så hade vi bara två TV-kanaler, TV1 och TV2. Och mellan varje program så brukade det vara en person, oftast en man, som fyllde ut tiden och presenterade nästa program. TV2 hade då några attraktiva kvinnor, som bröt mansdominansen och blev en riksomfattande snackis. Jag var dock lite för ung för att uppskatta detta :)

[@audhumbla6927]

ändå så jäkla märklig låt xD åhå-hå-hå-hå-hå, tänk å få sätta på! hahaha

[@Mouseend]

Alias "Hallåa", jo det är ju weird med den är ju snuskig, så är ju inte så skumt att den är lite weird i den delen. Men väldigt svängig

[@chapno4255]

hrvat?

[@madmmxx]

Å nej, ingen Ratata.. Som jag väntat. Hoppas du hittar den.. Bra substitut dock. Flickorna på TV2 är från tiden då vi endast hade två TV kanaler i Sverige varav TV2 hade hallåor som presenterade tv programmen. Sångaren är Per Gessle (Roxette)

[@merjahiltunen3235]

En riktig klassiker är ju "Lyckliga gatan" med Anna-Lena Löfgren. Många veckor på Svensktoppen på 60-talet.

[@JonathanRollinssthlm305]

This one is on the list! Stay tuned...

[@DanielKling]

@@JonathanRollinssthlm305 Det tipset påminde mig om 34:an med Lennart Ljung. Även det en riktig klassiker, 40v på svensktoppen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6SzooRvhsqHodE

[@vansting]

This is from the time when reggae was big in Sweden and the girls that presented the programs where really hot. Jonathan, you need to adjust your volume when you talk, it’s way to low comparing to the music.

[@EllakGr]

I agree that you need to adjust the volume when talking Jonathan. It's so low you have to increase the volume making the eardrums bleed with the music volume getting to high. Besides that another incisive reaction. The reggae influence is big in this song though.

[@Frankdinho2]

Staffan Hellstrand-Lilla fågel Blå

[@bigbang1891]

Grejen är ju att det var en stor grej med en kvinnlig tv-presentatör på svensk television. Innan hade det bara vart män. Hallåan var dessutom en icke attraktiv kvinna i mångas tycke 😅 Men eftersom de var en storbgrejbdå så gjorde de en låt om den.

[@catharinarooth7442]

Vilken underbar överraskning. Gyllene Tider är mina favoriter. Önskar igen Juni, Juli, Augusti med dem. En annan låt som är väldigt speciell och en lek med ord är Robban Brobergs Båtlåt eller Uppblåsbara Barbara.

[@ma6835]

”Smile” - Atomic Swing ”Let the best man win” - Louise Hoffsten

[@kattahj]

Jag har hört att sången var inspirerad av en rad ur Hasse & Tages "Hon och jag": "Det enda jag får sätta på är TV-apparaten." Och det här är typiskt en sån där låt jag sjöng som barn utan att förstå dubbelmeningen. :-)

[@JohnnyJoe]

Pelle Almgren & Wow liksom - "Omåomigen" (1991).

[@marcussehlin4729]

Cornelis Vreesvijk - Cecilia Lindh

[@kimmoengman5876]

Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson had in the group Roxette 4 number ones in US charts. Please give Jerry Williams an other try he had some great hits in the 1960s and later a song as "did I tell you" are classics.

[@edflintlaw]

Per Gessle has many great songs without Gyllene Tider, going back 40 years, and right now.

[@freddiebystrom5134]

Make a reaction to Lasse Holm - Canelloni Macaroni! 🤙

[@katam6471]

I was about to make this comment the other day, but didn't get to it.

[@jessicajagengard7164]

Peter lundblad. Ta mig till havet

[@vendelayindustries]

This was their breakthrough song in 1979, and the thing is that Per Gessle, the singer of the group (who also writes all of their songs) got so convinced that this is the formula to go so he wrote a whole albums worth of material of this kind in time for the planned second album, but those were all rejected by their producer- Perhaps the best thing to happen, so he had to develop his song writing a little.

[@lisakovanen1975]

Moviestar!

[@C.Silfverbielke]

Ja!!

[@MathiasHeinel]

IZ-A-BANGER, FOR SURE. My youth, man!

[@momma636]

A great song, love these guys. And yeah he wants to bang the girls hahahaha it was ment to schock a little. Check out mellosong Sommaren som aldrig säger nej by Malta from the early 70s now that has a great line in it: Dina bröst är som svalor som häckar!

[@dataolle]

Per Gessle is a master of great melodies and silly lyrics. You should react to some Roxette songs.

[@audhumbla6927]

there is no way to sing this song without doing his creepy raspy h*rny "åh-håh-håh, håh-håh-hå" hahahahahahhahahaha

[@ingearven]

1979 we only had tv1 and tv2 no commercial was legal. We had a very strict state tv more than now. Even radio was forbidden to broadcast exept for the state. I remember the first cutie on tv2 Ann Lindmark she is now an anchor on tv4

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

Då har du dåligt minne för hon heter Anna Lindmarker.

[@EnergyCuddles]

This song ♥ Considering the year this song is from, I think lyrics as suggestive as these HAD to be filled with double entendres to become so popular! x)

[@idanorrman6933]

När vi två blir ett: med gyllene tider är såå bra du borde lyssna på den

[@gronahannah8829]

I suppose you already know that the siner Per Gessle is also the male singer in Roxette!

[@JonathanRollinssthlm305]

You suppose correctly!

[@SLDIKJF]

Jag skulle vilja höra ett annat klassiskt svenskt band som du har missat - Wilmer X! Det finns många bra, några förslag: "Vem får nu se alla tårar", "hon är ihop med en insekt", " Ah du, hur fan ser du ut?", " Möt mig i din djungel", "Mambo feber",

[@bellshusse]

Teknikens under! 👌 Bzzz....

[@danielstengards]

Natsonaltiatern reaction

[@heidikojonen4027]

Hahaha! I haven't heard this in such a long time and didn't really reflect the meaning of the song then - but you're TOTALLY RIGHT!

[@sirtogii5216]

Brilliant reaction to a great Swedish classic.

[@AnderssonHenning]

Haven't you done any Roxette songs at all? Can't find any. If not you should do The Look (where Per is singing, like in this song), but you should also do Listen to your heart where Marie Fredriksson is singing and the megahit It must have been love (from the movie Pretty Woman).

[@madmmxx]

Gissar att han i inte gjort någon reaction till Roxette pga att han redan har hört dem, de var ju jättestora även i USA. Dvs samma läge som Abba och Ace of Bace.

[@alyssapowell1799]

Gyllene Tider hopefully will be finding a much wider audience next summer since there's a new biopic movie being made about them.

[@nilsjohansson1860]

JAAAA MR ROLLINS ÄNTMIGEN DET VAR SÅ JÄVLA LÄNGESEN DU LYSSNDE PÅ EN RIKTIG KLASSIKER

[@lyckastahl9311]

Omg I listened to this song when I was like 9 years old. It was such a banger hahah still in like 2009 (for me at least). I didn’t know it was that old tho

[@da8171]

The real reason people got trampled to death at "Masten" was because of the band. Not because it was cold. Gyllene Tider was the big thing in Sweden back then and people rushed to the stage. I know because my dad worked at the hostpital where these people were taken. And he told me about it. And two people I work with was there and told me the same thing. So it's a no brainer, it was because the band was in such hype at the time

[@MegaKnightlord]

Gyllene Tider var samtida med Noise, vanligt var att antingen gillade man Gyllene Tider eller Noise, inte båda... Noise mest känd är väl "En kväll i Tunnelbanan"

[@mercurious5053]

Yeah that one is so much fun, just got to laugh! Try Noice - same era. Du lever bara en gång, maybe?

[@legobil_]

I mean, you have to keep in mind the age of this song. From the time where we basically only had 2 TV-channels, both were state television. Tbh, I’m not even 100% sure the final phrase “sätta på flickorna på TV2” even had the same meaning back then as it have today, as it might be interpreted today… Banging them, that is…

[@bikbok1019]

Yes it had the same meaning

[@katam6471]

@@bikbok1019 It certainly had! I was in my early teens and remember well being a bit embarrassed, but also having fun at the fact that a younger cousin didn't understand the double meaning of the lyrics.

[@satanihelvetet]

I remember that time when they still had those "hallåa" on tv, presenting the next show coming up. At a short time in the early 90's there was a young and very beautiful girl from Gotland in that place on tv. I believe I've met her once at a bar in Visby, not knowing then she was on tv.

[@erikapeterson2827]

Inte min favorit med Gyllene direkt. Bättre upptempo med dem är tex "Leva livet", "Tylö sun" & "Ljudet av ett annat hjärta". Bland de lugnare låtarna kan jag rekommendera "Kung av sand", "Billy" & "Flickan i en Cole Porter song"

[@polmus]

We had some pretty girls on TV2!! (He's talking about the girls that spoke before each show).

[@Griexxt]

Det konstiga är att jag inte har något minne av att hallåorna på TV2 var speciellt heta på den tiden. Och en stor del av dem var män.

[@jugalator]

Nej, jag tror faktiskt låten är skriven halvt på skämt? Haha...

[@susanneandersson1373]

Skulle så gärna vilja se dig LYSSNA PÅ skuggor i skymningen med Dan Hylander. en annan jag gillar med honom är svart kaffe och poesi.

[@bikbok1019]

Agree totally!

[@momma636]

Mm Dan och Raj Montana Band har många fina låtar, hoppas att det blir nån spelning med Dan på St Gertrud i Malmö i år. Har saknat det

[@lisakovanen1975]

OBS! Jonathan, se till att det är den ENGELSKA VERSIONEN av MOVIESTAR du lyssnar på (både engelska och svenska versionen har titeln Moviestar). Det är den engelska som är känd, även i Sverige.

[@bbeightynine]

För mig är båda lika kända - men den engelska versionen är givetvis den som blev internationellt känd 🙃

[@katam6471]

Det var den svenska versionen som låg på Svensktoppen. Minns att det dröjde innan jag ens visste att det fanns en engelsk version också.

[@lisakovanen1975]

Jag sjöng bara den engelska och jag var typ 11 år.

[@johankaewberg8162]

There are so many girls on so many channels now… I can relate to a simpler time when you had to choose between SVT 1 or 2 to get your perv on.

[@jugalator]

Yep, this text is quite something, haha...

[@SteamboatW]

... "sätta på" is a double entendre.

[@JonathanRollinssthlm305]

Sure is!

[@Kramttin]

It's hard to misinterpret "sätta på flickorna på TV 2" though. 😏

[@elsa7801]

Listen to Ola Håkansson/Secret service. Otroligt bra!

[@katam6471]

Föreslår "Oh, Susie".

[@elsa7801]

@@katam6471 Även cry softly är bra:)

[@serguei1985]

Would be cool a react to Laleh!

[@pargack]

Tyvärr valde han den sämsta låten från den annars utmärkta plattan ”Gyllene Tider” från 1980. Den här hoppar man jämt över.

[@Ulrika-gt5qr]

NEJ, den är ju bäst.

[@jokervienna6433]

I´ve never seen you react to a Wilmer X song. It was a band from Malmö, "Swedens Chicago". A true classic would be "Teknikens under". The lyrics are as true today as they where back then.

[@jokervienna6433]

Might be a challenge for you to understand the dialect of Southern Sweden. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH7ZZ5yel6umjc0

[@manspalmberg693]

Okay this is not a classic but you need to listen to Malåberg - Esbjörn Hazelius. So so Beautiful

[@ann-sofiejohansson3954]

You know that the blond guy to the right is Per Gessle, member of the Roxette? He´s a genious, but I never liked Gyllene Tider.

[@bikbok1019]

”Flickorna på TV2” is a corny song with lousy lyrics, I can’t believe it even charted. More of an earbug than a classic, according to me. Some other classic songs I recommend are ”Bakom mina solglasögon” with Docenterna; ”Oh, Susie!” with Secret Service; ”Röda läppar” with Magnus Lindberg, ”Så länge vi har varann” w Ratata;

[@gunillad9195]

Har du upptäckt Ola Magneii Nya perspektiv, Kliff, Påtalåten, Rulltrappan , Tomma tunnor mm, mm, mm....en oändlig låtskatt att ösa ur !

[@samirawestling1026]

Oh, you can still play this, young Swedish woman here that was at the last concert r in Stockholm . Best moment of the hhing❤❤

[@susannes7023]

I just heard this song on the radio in my car yesterday and it kind of hit me how bad the lyrics are ... 😆 But the song is great anyway and very classic indeed. Gyllene tider was my very first experience of pop music when I was a kid.

[@felicianilsson3770]

The concert where the deadly accident happened took place at Masten in Kristianopel where my mom grew up and lived at the time. Her older brother were at the concert and their parents (my grandparents) worried sick when they heard the news, but thank god my uncle was fine!

[@DanielOlofsson]

Love you give swedish best the love it deserves. Per Gessle is one of the best songwriters in the worlds hand down.

[@calihapamama]

I’m really glad that Per Gessle stopped affecting that raspy voice as he got older.

[@MajinVegeto89]

I liked this song as a kid (and still do) but I had no idea what the lyrics were about

[@swedesweeper]

Have you not reacted to Eddie Meduza???? Shame on you😉

[@annaunger9328]

In Italian it's called "gioco di parole", in English a pun? So to me this entire song has a double meaning. "Sätta på flickorna på TV2" also literally means fu..ing them. And this is only one part of the lyrics that has double meaning. The funny part is, if you write down the hidden version of the lyrics, the golden line is a lot clearer 😂

[@annaunger9328]

I was too fast commenting 😅 now you got it 😁

[@rolandkarlsson7072]

Hi Jonathan. The girls on TV2 is not the news girls. Way back then we had something called "hallåor" which was a pretty girl/woman that announced the next program. That is why they sing that they got a minute between programs.

[@rolandkarlsson7072]

BTW, here you have one of the girls on TV 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYiohIpreseqotk

[@emns-fn9xh]

The lyrics for this are so messed up, super problematic😅

[@Brokenintwoarms]

Darin - Ta mig tillbaka, är en fin klassiker. Vore kul att se din reaktion till den låten.

[@sweedkilla5210]

Rollins With history and nostalgia Ingen kan älska som vi

[@filipsoderling5366]

Peter LeMarc -Håll om mig!! Eller, Hemma vid ett hav

[@ceciliastenman2951]

Jag pushar igen för Thåströms Flicka med guld, och gärna Cornelis balladen om fredrik åkare och den söta fröken cecilia lind. Eller hans fräckis hönan agda...

[@acidead7904]

We do definitely smoke weed in this country 😂

[@andreassandstrom7833]

The singer was in Roxette

[@klaskristian1]

Yes i guess be does. I would not be surprised if the song is about that. Back in the 70thies we had Only one channel. So women was not abundent!😃

[@semipalatinsk1]

Från 1969 två kanaler, TV1 och TV2.

[@klaskristian1]

@@semipalatinsk1 Ja, det stämmer säkert. Få kanaler var det ialla fall

[@madvikins]

You must do your research

[@polara1se]

Noice är myyycket bättre.

[@rebeccamaria87]

Den här låten har ju en så otroligt opassande kvinnosyn, haha 🙈

[@msgn8i11s2]

Its not a bannger? But he sings about banging... hahaha🙂

[@tommiejonsson8952]

I don't know how familiar you are with swedish slang, but the expression "sätta på ngn", translated verbatim "Turn on sb" actually means "bang sb", but at the time this was written, that expression didn't exist, but almost everybody who hears the song today think that it does mean that. And btw, he's not talking about masturbation, he's talking about the girls of tv2 turning him on as he turns them on - although, that particular phrasing only works in english.

[@fartreta]

According to Fula Ordboken "sätta på" definitely was used in that sense then, and had been attested in written text at least since the 1960's.

[@lisakovanen1975]

I was young in 1979 and I definitely got the meaning of "sätta på" as banging.

[@tommiejonsson8952]

@@fartreta Ok. I got the info in my comment from an interview with Per, so maybe he didn't know the expression was "invented" at that time, or I don't remember the interview correctly.

[@Huxteble]

@@tommiejonsson8952 Jag tror inte Per Gessle, övriga medlemmar, skivbolag m.fl. var så naiva att de inte fattade att det var en dubbelbetydelse i slutet av låten...

[@marox79]

Strangely enough, that phrasing could also work in Spanish.

[@spocktn8337]

All is equal in Sweden. Hate that thought or different class on planes and trains. Nobody tell us we don't have the right to be first on the plane. Haha! And i really don't see the logic of getting the fattest, slowest richest passengers on board first in the front of the plane blocking everything for the rest. Except the plane might stall if you put them all at the back.

[@Nekotaku_TV]

This song is great, love the simple honesty of a man at that time. Today it would be too "offensive". So dumb.

[@roslanflod5206]

Tjena i was Youngs its funny i thougt, now its not Nice

[@Huxteble]

En modern klassiker som använder samma humorform: dubbelbetydelse oskyldigt/ekivokt, är mellolåten "Åh När Ni Tar Saken I Egna Händer" med After Dark.

[@bluewonk8910]

Excuse you! Are you insulting our line culture!? 😶 We're obviously the best people in the world at standing in line. I am shocked! 😂

[@JonathanRollinssthlm305]

Haha I stand by my assessment!

[@michaeltempsch5282]

Ever seen people trying to get on trams in Gothenburg? More like a flock of vultures over a carcass...

[@tommyhenriksson]

You need more gain!!! Can’t hear you while riding the morning tram

[@karinsusanna]

This Song 🤢