Amerikanen Reacts To Svenska Klassiker: Imperiet - Märk hur vår skugga

[@SteamboatW]

This is a REAL classic. How many 200 year old songs can chart 200 years later?

[@rimmersbryggeri]

Alot actually. Turn Turn Turn by the The Byrds (Pete Seeger) comes from Ecclisiastes in the bible And All Around My Hat by Steeleye Span is another exmple. Iron Maiden's Rime of the ancient mariner is also based on a simularly aged piece of poetry as this one.

[@SteamboatW]

@@rimmersbryggeri That is just the lyrics... and they were poems that modern artists have put music to. Not the same thing. This is an actual 200 year old hit song. Not the same thing.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

@@SteamboatW Except it's not the same musical arrangement so it's actually almost exactly the same.

[@SteamboatW]

@@rimmersbryggeri No.. Putting music to an old poem - and making a cover with another arrangement isn't the same thing. The first is a new song, the second is a cover of an old one.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

@@SteamboatW this has made the reverse journey from a song into what isbasically preformance poetry.

[@robearth]

It’s basically a poem about friends dying from alcoholism. Bellmans songs are often on this subject, glorifying, ridiculing and mourning alcoholism. Love that you’re doing this! Keep it up :)

[@hide3reptiles365]

If I'm not mistaken he would tend to glorify it in earlier years and increasingly mourn it with progressing age, as with other things too in life.

[@annalundquist7247]

The song is a funeral march. You can hear it even though Thåström slightly changed the rythm. The lyrics mostly reflect on our certain mortality through pictures of the funeral act, mythology/afterlife and decay, but also rememberance and farewell. The diseased person was someone in Bellmans circle of friends and drinking buddies.

[@grossteilfahrer]

The context: "Till grälmakar Löfberg i stärbhuset vid Dantobommen, diktad vid graven. Dedicerad till Doktor Blad." To quarrelmaker Löfberg (?) in the foreclosed estate by Dantobommen, written by the grave. Dedication to doctor Blad. This is my off the top of my head translation, with a good measure of "artistic freedom" - I aim for almost singable but haven tried to rhyme. Its a 30 minute work so dont judge me too hard! Movitz, my brother, notice how our shade Cafrries a darkness within it How gold and purple, in the shovel over there Contrasts to gravel, clumps and clay bits Charon waving from his roaring stream then the gravedigger three times joins in (three shovels of dirt over the casket) No more of your grapes you will crush Therefore, Movitz, come help me to raise A gravestone over our sister (This verse is not in thåströms version, but in the original) "Ach längtansvärda och bortskymda skjul, Under de susande grenar, Där Tid och Döden en skönhet och ful Til et stoft förenar! Til dig aldrig Afund sökt någon stig, Lyckan, eljest uti flygten så vig, Aldrig kring Grifterna ilar. Ovän där väpnad, hvad synes väl dig? Bryter fromt sina pilar." Comes out to: Oh you beloved, and away obscured shack under the windrushing branches Where time and Death into one matter twines ugliness, and beauty To you envy never searched for a path Luck that otherwise in flight nimble, fast Never around the graves is flitting. There, armed en'my, what's for you to see? He piously breaks his arrows The small bell tolls, to the drone of the big With wreath the Cantor in the door now stands And at the prayer of the loud choirboys song This place is now sacred The path up to the Temple's grave-sprinkled place Is trodden slowly between yellowed rose leaves Rottened planks and stretchers Until the long and black-dressed row Softly and in tears will bow down low Thus, into resting from fighting and ball went quarrelmaker Löfberg, your spouse There from the grass, long necked and thin She still stares back at your house She was divided from "the Dantobom" today (name of her and Löfberg's tavern where Bellman and Movitz were regulars and drank a lot) And with her all our lustful boozed jaggs Now who will order the bottle? Thirsty was she, and thirsty am I We are thirsty all together....

[@merjahiltunen3235]

Vilket jobb du gjort. 👍

[@grossteilfahrer]

@@merjahiltunen3235 I googled and could not find any decent translation. I hope this conveys the main points

[@rickardelimaa]

Excellent translation! Tycker du fångat tanken i texten bra. Just "klutar" är tygstycken, vilket jag antar att folk sveptes in i när de begravdes.

[@grossteilfahrer]

@@rickardelimaa Jag sjöng in texten bara för att.. håll till godo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGqcYaeeg8qtsKc

[@canderson7531]

That was excellent Ronny! I'm also having difficulty with these words and contexts to which I'm unfamiliar. This was very helpful! This song has been enchanting me since I've heard Cornelius Vreeswijk's version on a CD given to me as a gift, so I've been dying to know what the lyrics meant. I am like Jonathan in that I was only understanding 40% of the words which lacking the context made it mostly incomprehensible. I truly only understood the part about being thirsty, men det kan väl alla förstår! :)

[@tamaraandersson2532]

As a teacher, let me tell you that when I teach Bellman we go through the lines pretty much one by one to decipher old language and grammar, as well as historical, personal, intertextual or mythological references. So please don't feel bad if you don't understand all of the lyrics. Lots of Swedes don't.

[@satanihelvetet]

The song is originaly named Fredmans Epistel n:o 81 (The number 81'th of Fredmans epistles), and is a kind of funeral anthem.

[@kristerforsman2448]

In fact, it is not only older outdated Swedish in this song. These are mostly a bit unusual but still (but rarely) used synonyms. In addition, it is related to people and events from Bellan's circle.

[@TheRobinrosenberg]

There is some french, Mon Frère, there too

[@kristerforsman2448]

@@TheRobinrosenberg Oui, le français était très populaire au 18ème siècle

[@johanhemblom446]

Fun fact: Thåström worked as a casket bearer at funerals in his youth.

[@birthekjaersman4241]

I tried to translate the old Swedish to English In essence, he is in deep mourning at her funeral Mark how our shadow, mark Movitz my brother! Within the darkness is complete How gold and purple in that shovel Is replaced by gravel and rags Charon waves from his roaring river And three times also the grave digger too You will no more squeeze your grapes (meaning you will have no more drinks, that said to the dead woman who is getting buried) Therefore Movitz, please help me lay the grave stone over our sister (not really his sister but a drinking companion, many Swedes were more or less alcoholics then, even the smallest children were given brännvin with a piece of cloth drenched in brännvin and then put in the mouth, to keep them quiet when in church, or if the mother was too starved to have enough milk for the child) Oh desirable and hidden harbour Under these hissing trees Where Time and Death unites one beauty and one ugly to one dust To you envy never sought a path Happiness, how ever fast and agile Never hurries around the graves Armed enemy? Does not matter. He will piously brake his arrows Little churchbell clings with great bell’s deep chimes The church singer stands with a wreath by the church door And with the barking of the choir boys song Hallows this place The way up to the churche's grave adorned town Is trod ’tween yellowed leaves of roses Molting planks and stretchers Until the long and black clad row Bows deeply in tears Thus went to rest, quarrelmaker Löfberg, thine wife There, to the grass, no matter how much you, thin and gaunt, Stretches to look back She left the Danto bommen today (one of the toll posts you then must pass to get into Stockholm) And with her all joyfull gatherings Who will now order a bottle Thirsty she was, and so thirsty am I We are all thirsty

[@johannessordfarne4553]

Bra översättning (!) även för yngre svensktalande, då de har svårare att förstå äldre svenska än de har med nutida engelska. Ett talande exempel, en mig närstående ungdom trodde att det talades ett annat språk än svenska i gamla svartvita filmer och blev chockad över att det var det språk som talades när mor/farföräldrarna var unga på 40-talet. :) Nå. Bellman blir tidlös i din översättning, jag önskar fler fick ta del av den.

[@JonathanRollinssthlm305]

Thank you very much for taking the time to translate this! It helped me understand the song a great deal more. It's beautiful and sorrowful. I see why Bellman has been interpreted so much over the years.

[@MTEvideo]

@@johannessordfarne4553 åh herregud….!

[@birthekjaersman4241]

@@JonathanRollinssthlm305 Thank you! It was my purpose. Bellman is so central to our cultural heritage it was important for me to try to give you a sense of what he is for us. Maybe not so much for the young people today, but most certainly for us middle-aged people.

[@birthekjaersman4241]

@@johannessordfarne4553 Tack! Det är synd om det är så för de unga i dag. De missar i så fall så mycket av den kultur som dagens svenska samhälle bygger på.

[@unggrabb]

Absolutely masterful use of voice and music to depict the drama and provide for the atmosphere at the cemetary, yellow rose petals, rotting planks, a row of dark delressed in the prosession. The amercian foold could easily have obtained a translation.... google translate or wikipedia are excellent sources. You can't seriously claim not to get it. Really

[@samkardav385]

I moved to Sweden 1999 and I heard this all the time in a radio :) Melodifestivalen. Martin Svensson - "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow"

[@TykoDork]

React to Hanna från Arlöv med Nationalteatern

[@lisakovanen1975]

Reagera på "Visa från Utanmyra" med Jan Johansson. Svenskt vemod! Bara piano och bas.

[@SillaellerEva]

En klar favorit❣👍

[@yeahbee8237]

It sounds like it looks in the woods by a lake, I dont hear vemod I hear tranquility

[@jokervienna6433]

This song has an enormous Swedish music heritage behind it. It is deeply embedded in the Swedish soul/folk music because of the references. Bellman should be mentioned.

[@Salve01]

Absolut - Nu är Jonathan verkligen på väg mot svenska klassiker.

[@canderson7531]

Bellman was mentioned.

[@EllakGr]

Tack! 'Märk hur vår skugga' är verkligen en klassiker i ordets rätta bemärkelse. Både Cornelis Vreswijk och Fred Åkerström, som du reagerat till tidigare, har spelat in låten. Som andra skrivit tidigare, så vore det intressant att se vad du tycker om 'CC Cowboys'.

[@emmak5839]

Fan va du är bra! Hoppas du kommer förbi Malmö någongång så jag kan få se din stand-up. Jag rekommenderar låten Beväpna er av Ebba Grön, ganska kontroversiell men också jävligt grym

[@johanhemblom446]

Eller Skjut en snut! Långt före Ice-T Cop killer som blev bannad har jag för mig.

[@TheRobinrosenberg]

This is, I think, the best version of this song. Another really good cover in a similar style by Thåström is Briggen Bluebird av Hull. The original was written by Evert Taube, an popular song writer/singer among an older generation, now deceased. Taube performed this song himself, but Thåström nailed it. If you want something performed by Taube you might like Brevet från Lillan.

[@MS-hc1ei]

So true. When I was a kid my mom would come in full speed when she heard the first tones of Balladen Briggen Blue Bird av Hull and hit the OFF button on the radio. Not because it was bad but because she would start crying because of the sad lyrics. I didn't hear it until I was about 20 and than I understood her reaction. It was Taube singing then (kind of), but I love to Thåströms version.

[@millepill]

No, it's not Taube. It's written by Bellman in 1790.

[@HenrikBSWE]

@@millepill Briggen Bluebird av Hull is Taube, not Bellman.

[@jessicajohansson9254]

It's good but not the best version. Cornelius version wins, every time

[@thamachoswedishpotat]

Worth noting is that this isn't necessarily a cover of Bellman's old song, but instead a cover of Cornelis Vreeswijk's cover of Bellman. Sort of a double cover.

[@alexandrach2934]

Jag säger det igen: lyssna på "Håll mitt hjärta" med Björn Skifs! Den ÄR, rent objektivt, en svensk klassiker, och den är ett utmärkt exempel på ett väldigt speciellt stämningsläge som utgör en mycket viktig dimension av svensk kultur. Missa inte den låten!

[@elisabethsundstrom3450]

Håller med 💖

[@loevet2]

We were teenagers then, and late Friday nights you could hear drunk teenagers sing (loudly) "Torstig var han, torstig var jag ..." We all knew that part of the lyrics!

[@klaskristian1]

Fullständigt brilliant! Ja den är skriven på gammal vers svenska. Inte ens jag som är född här förstår allt, men bra är den! Noice var bra. "Dolce vita" är nog den jag gillar mest!

[@kristerforsman2448]

This is a very common song by Bellman at school graduations in primary school for more than 30 years. "Now it is green in the embrace of the valley, now meadow and lid smell. Come along, join us on a hiking trip in the happy time of spring! Every day is like a golden bowl, to the board filled with wine. So drink, my friend, drink sun and fragrance, for the day is yours. " "Nu grönskar det i dalens famn, Nu doftar äng och lid. Kom med, kom med på vandringsfärd i vårens glada tid! Var dag är som en gyllne skål, till brädden fylld med vin. Så drick, min vän, drick sol och doft, ty dagen den är din." Bellman still lives in our culture.

[@lisakovanen1975]

This is NOT Bellman. It is Bach and Lindström (lyrics).

[@DiDisaan]

Imperiet - Die Mauer borde vara nästa låt

[@johanhemblom446]

Die Mauer är en Ebba Grön-låt men absolut en klassiker! När det kommer till Imperiet så borde Jonathan ta upp deras egna låtar. Var e vargen, Blå himlen blues, C.C Cowboys, Du ska va President, Kickar etc.

[@DiDisaan]

@@johanhemblom446 sant, tänkte fel där

[@satanihelvetet]

Som Johan här säger, så skrevs 'Die mauer' och spelades in av Ebba Grön. Själv tycker jag Thåström har gjort fantastiska live-versioner av den under 2000-talet, som jag nog föredrar.

[@TheBurtonian]

Its a funeral. His friend the lady who had the pub has passed.

[@TheBurtonian]

And again this is the soundtrack of the swedish soul.

[@SteamboatW]

Lägg till "Bakom mina solglasögon" med Docenterna till din lista... ... och självklart "Balladen om Briggen Blue Bird av Hull", också med Thåström.(Imperiet)

[@satanihelvetet]

Du menar förstås Docenterna?

[@SteamboatW]

@@satanihelvetet Ja, självklart. Fingrarna slant lite på tengentbordet.

[@Stroheim333]

The song and poem is about a man who found his only joy in life in alcohol, and is now dead and buried. He did not necessarily die from alcoholism. An interesting thing with Bellman's poem is that there is no Christian salvation or hope present.

[@karllantz]

ÄNTLIGEN! Så jag väntat på denna reaktion!!! Å detta sägs redan innan jag sett den! ;-)

[@Salve01]

Skivan Du har i bakgrunden: Reagera på den också!

[@hannavictoriamorck5313]

Min musiklärare pratade alltid om Briggen-låten och om hur hans övriga familj alltid grät floder när han spelade hemma.

[@TFEasterbunny]

I love this song, but I wouldn't say it's tylical for Imperiet, it was more of a solo thing for Thåström under the same name. A fun detail is that the single (with blue bird) became such a success that Thåström moved from sweden and started making (well, 10 years later) heavy industrial metal to escape the lime light and main stream in sweden. More typical Imperiet songs would be Var e Vargen, Du ska va president, CC Cowboys and a butt load of others...

[@jerryhall5709]

If you like Bellman you should listen to "Ack du min moder". It starts by a man waking up in the gutter, filthy and depressed. Condemning his parents for creating him. Then the evening falls, pub opens again and soon he is drunk and happy, thanking his mother and father.

[@polksaladannie7294]

Absolutely!! Sung by Fred Åkerström with Trio CMB, that is the BEST version! 💕

[@TheMartinSan]

One of my fav songs :) But I can't even get my high school students to understand the lyrics without pretty extensive explaining :)

[@johankaewberg8162]

Well, the song is 300 years old, and language changes... I remember we got to try to analyze the lyrics in fifth grade. Not easy even for a native Swedish speaker! BTW, saw that "Balladen om briggen Blue Bird av Hull" was on the same disc. Very good Taube song. Please do that one sometime.

[@fordhouse8b]

Not quite that old, about 230 years old, from the 1790’s. Love both the interpretation of this song, as well as the the one of Balladen om briggen Blue Bird av Hull.

[@kattahj]

It's not easy to understand! In addition to the old-fashioned language, there are references to mythology ("if Charon is waving from his roaring river") and bits of French like "mon frère"!

[@deefoxah]

Glimmande nymf - Fred Åkerström. Classic

[@herrglad9726]

You should do "Tusen Dagar Härifrån" by Perssons Pack & Jakob Hellman.

[@persoderstrom1]

Goosebump from the first note to the last

[@Looxoor]

Grym video som vanligt! Missa förresten inte Ronny Svedmans översättning här i kommentarerna, komplett med kontext. Nu till en önskning som inte ligger inom ramen för den här serien av videor men jag vill ändå få ur mig den (kanske som en parallell "vanlig" reaction-serie): Jag hade blivit överlycklig om du reagerade på någon av Harry Macks Omegle bars. Något jag är säker på att du redan hört men som ändå hade varit fantastiskt att se reaktion på. Tack återigen för den här serien, riktigt kul att titta på!

[@raduapreotesei9458]

Refreshing to hear such a “bildad” American! ❤️

[@carls8286]

Damn.. it always makes me tear up..

[@nordicmind82]

This is Imperiet singing Cornelis edition of the old Bellman song. Some words are slightly rewritten from the original-original. You should do an upbeat Imperiet song too. They have so many so, but for example, C.C Cowboys, Var e´ vargen, Du ska va president, are notable hits of theirs that are upbeat. Still very different from Ebba Grön.

[@109Eken]

Det här är en bra uppskattning hur det kunde låtit på Bellmans tid börjar med att måla upp en gatuscen där alla olika språk som talades i Stockholm vid tiden hörs. Nästan som en tidig stand up kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnfGpntsnrSCr8k

[@Rooztr]

You should listen to Blå Himlen Blues by Imperiet, there is also a great live version of it from Otionteatern.

[@thamzource8971]

Really liking this content, keep it up!

[@JohnnyJoe]

I love Imperiet, have listen to them since childhood. I hope you will listen to Thåström solo songs. "Om Black Jim" "Vacker död stad" "Alla vill till himlen" "Karenina" "Från himlen sänt" "Flicka med guldbruna ögon" "Fan fan fan" "Den druckne matrosens sång" "Höghussång" etc etc etc

[@FranzenAxel]

Lasse Holm - Canneloni Macaroni! Thanks. 🍝😋

[@minnamalmstrom3329]

This was the first song. Thåström sang after he have had larengitus, he had lost his voice.

[@TantSmowkie]

I love this song, but tbh, the song mentioned in the background of your video, Balladen om briggen Blue Bird av Hull, is my fave from that single. I grew up with older sisters (and a mom) who listened to Thåström, and Briggen Blue Bird was listened to a lot, until I asked my oldest sister what it was about and she kindly told me (I was like 7 or 8, I didn't need to know that!) and I couldn't listen to it for *years* without bursting into tears. But it's AMAZING, an absolutely wonderful song, and Thåström's voice when he sings it is just... gutting tbh. It's gorgeous. I would like to suggest some other Imperiet though, because imo this isn't the most Imperiet sounding Imperiet song x'D For example "...som eld" is more in their "normal" sound (and also probably my fave of theirs after Briggen Blue Bird). I'm gonna shut up now (and go listen to Briggen Blue Bird and cry for a bit), because otherwise I'll start listing Great Songs By Joakim Thåström, and we don't need that xD Love the reaction videos! Keep up the great work =D Also, btw, don't worry about not understanding Märk hur vår skugga, I *still* don't understand it, and I'm 40+ and born and raised in Sweden x'D

[@QueenMegaera]

I think languagewise this is almost like Shakespeare for an English speaker. You can get the gist without research, but most people need a dictionary to understand all the words and old-fashioned grammar. How many words you have to look up just depends on what you've read before.

[@LasseKroner]

Svenskt vemod när det är som bäst.

[@SuperHygglo]

Bästa låten Thåström gjort som soloartist är Fan fan fan, den borde du göra en video med

[@VADARENSLILLAPOJK]

Jag var rädd för den här sången då jag var lite!

[@_Wolfsbane_]

Bellman = Quintisentially Swedish and this is a really good interpretation of "Märk hur vår skugga". If you want more Bellman, try Fred Åkerström.

[@josefinandersson5492]

Cornelis har gjort en version av den också som jag föredrar före denna. Men även denna är bra. 🙂

[@Pena3434]

Fuckin awesome! I'm a Swede living in LA and I have a different version of the song but this is fun AF!

[@matildaborgenstierna9629]

Även Daniel Adams Ray och Oskar Linnros fångar det typiska svensk popsoundet med låtar som "gubben i lådan" och "från och med du"

[@pickamaterina1313]

check out Carola - Främling she was only 16 when she did this song

[@johannesmarkstrom3241]

Det är ju Bellman och hans sånger kommer fram när vi festar i Sverige. Just den här sången speglar vårt melankoliska kynne. Men sången slutar ju med att vi alla är törstiga och då åker glasen upp i en skål efter vrål.

[@mikaelt3241]

Det var en helt annan tid när denna låt släpptes än det är nu. Idag tvekar jag på att den skulle bli en hit.

[@MatsMonsen]

Den är väl inte helt representativ för hur Imperiet låter - även om det är en fantastisk låt. Skulle vilja slå ett slag för CC Cowboys eller Kickar också

[@PJxpanterx]

Den här känns ändå in i själen, tror man måste vara uppväxt här och ha den svenska kulturen i sig för att förstå faktiskt, annars är den nog lite svår...

[@uMe_underground]

Die Mauer med Ebba grön borde väl va intressant att höra om?

[@malinfagerlund7813]

This is old swedish and I don't think many people, including me, understands all of it.. but it's basically about (from what I gather) a funeral for a woman who died under the hands of an alcoholic and abusive husband, so it's actually really sad.

[@olleh2399]

I belive she is his widow, her husband is looking on "long necked and skinny" perhaps meaning his skeleton is revealed when the womans body is interred. It seems he was abusive as he is characterized as a "quarreler" and Bellman is showing his disdain over the fact that she has to be buried in the same grave "where time and death unites the beutiful and ugly into a common dust" although imperiet changes the lyrics out a bit so it sounds like "She" looks back long necked and skinny, whereas in the original it is "you" refering to the husband. For many women at that time the death of the husband meant freedom, and as widows they were much more able to participate in society than as married women, so to Bellmans character she is in a way being led back to her chains which she had previously escaped. At least that is my interpretation.

[@aeh2435]

Den här låten visar verkligen vilken bra röst Joakim Tåström har. Samma som låten Vintersaga visar vilken bra röst Jerry Williams hade

[@birthekjaersman4241]

Sorry, men ska man känna, verkligen känna, Vintersaga ska man höra originalet med Monica Törnell. Jerry Williams is overdoing it. Det blir bara för mycket. Men Monica, WOW!

[@aeh2435]

@@birthekjaersman4241 Monikas är också väldigt bra men jag föredrar Willians verson

[@njorun1829]

Please listen to more Imperiet! "Balladen om Briggen Blue Bird av Hull" is another melancholy song with a sad ending, but I have it on good authority that in reality it actually ended well. It's originally written by Evert Taube and based on a true story. "Var e vargen" by Imperiet still gives me goosebumps (but has a very different vibe). Also Thåströms band before Imperiet called Ebba Grön. Their song "Die Mauer" (lyrics in Swedish) is about the Berlin wall. These are just a few examples but there's a lo like!

[@livedandletdie]

Most Swedes don't understand the lyrics either, I mean it's modern Swedish, The Swedish language we all speak is from this time period when Carl Michael Bellman wrote his poems. Before that time, no Swede today could understand what was said, because just a generation or two before Bellman, Old Swedish which was untainted by German and French was spoken, and trust me, as someone who likes to study linguistics as a hobby, good glorious god is the words so different, and of course the letters a lot different. I mean back then æ was still part of our alphabet. Example.. aptananarsbilætir(Evening Pictures) compared modern Aftonsbilder.

[@Kemperstomper]

Älskar ebba grön och thåström och brukar aldrig ha några problem med melankolisk musik, men den här låten så deprimerande att jag aldrig klarar av att lyssna på den.

[@KimOfDrac]

Balladen om Briggen Blue Bird (bakgrundsbilden) är också riktigt bra

[@rolandkarlsson7072]

Its a funeral. A woman has died, probably due to alcohol. And it is written in the typical language of Bellman. Maybe they spoke like that in the 18th century or maybe it is just his ways of writing texts, or rather poems with a melody. Some words I do not really think is the normal way people did spoke. There are lots of references to classic Greek things, like gods and stuff and the wording is quite eloquent.

[@ronniepersson7854]

You got to lisen to Radhus, låghus och dårhus. One of Thåström and Swedens best song.

[@MartinAhlman]

Vill du höra mer Bellman så finns "Trio CMB" (och många andra) att lyssna på. Vill du lära dig mer om Stockholm på Bellmans tid, läs "1793" och "1794" av "Niklas Natt och Dag".

[@ann-sofiejohansson3954]

Yes it's old swedish But I think you felt it? Didn´t you. Death, funeral and that you are alone My kids in school love it - despite they don´t understand all words.

[@livedandletdie]

Notice how our shadow, notice Movitz my brother, within a darkness enclosing, note the gold and purple in that shovel there, exchanges with gravel and cloth. Charon Waves from his roaring river, and three times since the gravedigger himself, more thou thine grape won't squeeze. Therefore Movitz, Come help me to vault gravestone over our sister. The next verse is missing from the song but is part of the poem. Oh longings worth and away hidden shed, beneath the whizzing branches, where time and death a beauty and ugly, to dust unites. To you an envy seeked a path, happiness, else in flight so limber, never among the graves runs. Enemy there weaponed, what thinks well you? Breaks piously his arrows. The tiny bell chimes to the big bell's roar, leafclad stands the cantor in the archway. And by the bellowing boys prayer, hallows this place. The way up to the temple's graveclad stead, trampled between rose's yellowed blades(as in leaves), rotting planks and biers. Til unto the long and blackclad row, deeply bows down in tears. So go to rest from brawl and ball(the fancy thing not the sport thing), quarrel maker Löfberg your betrothed. There towards the grass tall and thin(as in width not as in barren), you still stares back. She from Danto Tollgate got divorced this day, and with her all fun folks. Who shall now the bottle order, thirsty is her and more thirsty am I, we're thirsty everyone. It's a really really a song that straddles the line between Vemod(literally feeling hurt but is a feeling of sorrow) and Melancholy. It's about death and alcoholism, and how despite the harm it causes us we still thirst for more, whether you're prim and proper or impoverished beyond belief, a respite that kills. I'll write the translated lyrics down in a better fashion in a reply.

[@livedandletdie]

See how the sorrow engulfs, the riches turns to waste, as death calls and you won't taste more wine. So let's raise the stone over or lost ones. We long for the day which in our grave lay, but we don't envy those who does, enemy or friend we all will grieve. To sounds of choir and bell, among the visage of the graves, we stand in black and stricken with grief. As we take our bow from the bouts of our lives, lives go on but still the bottle seek to quench the memories and our loss. See that's what I call condensing all of that sad stuff into a short form. Which is easy to read and follow.

[@stefanpersson3865]

Its a song from a poem from Bellman and it,s aboute Alcoholism and a man drinking him self to death a dark song.

[@elisabethsundstrom3450]

Snälla lyssns på kornelis Wreesvijk , Bellman märk hur vår skugga 👍🏻❣️

[@millepill]

Fredmans Epistel 81 is written by Carl Michael Bellman in 1790.

[@patrikolofsson8001]

Lasse Tennander - Rötter

[@tinawikstrom1389]

"Tvivel" med Lars Winnerbäck och Lisa Ekdahl. "Flickorna på tv2" med Gyllene Tider. Tips från mig.

[@matildaborgenstierna9629]

Du borde lyssna på "Jag är en vampyr" av Markus Krunegård. En äkta indieklassiker som spelas på i princip varje fest!

[@joakimhegsund3871]

Yay! My suggestion :)

[@outernothingness1177]

Two classic songs you HAVE TO do: Olle Adolphson: Trubbel Anders F Rönnblom: Det är inte snön som faller

[@gunillalindkvist2688]

my favourit---- of course im from sweden :)

[@witchfromthenorth5294]

Ser att du har ” briggen blue bird av hall” bakom dig! Du måste höra den!!

[@lisakovanen1975]

"Fred" med Imperiet.

[@JohannaSarkar]

Eller Blå Himlen Blues

[@KaminishinoYari]

Yo Jonathan, if you like Marie Fredriksson but you want "more" from her voice, I got you covered - check out her song "Den Bästa Dagen" - so much soul and dynamic vocals. You are going to love it! also it's a great song if you're feeling a bit down and just wanna get going. Peace!

[@svenhellman378]

Vart tog Kent vägen??

[@cajsa-stinaolofsson4500]

Reagera på ”Jag hade en gång en båt” av Cornelis Vreeswijk med Ann-Louise Hansson.

[@satanihelvetet]

The song is definatly a Swedish classic and also Imperiet has it place at such a list. But I wouldn't choose this version of the song and not this song with Imperiet. For the song I would have chosen Cornelis Wreesvijks version. For Imperiet I would have chosen 'Var är vargen', 'CC Cowboys' or 'Du ska vara president'.

[@drefk1973]

2:20 before it starts. Americans really love to hear themselves talking huh?

[@hiskeligt]

Totally cool if you dont understand the words lol, I dont think many swedes do either!

Gör en video om "Du är den ende" med Lill Lindfors kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6DNhGpmpbekadE

[@polmus]

Björn Afzelius - Sång Till Friheten. Snälla, Tusen Bitar räckte kanske inte, men han har så många bra låtar. Han förtjänar många fler chanser.

[@bolindell1376]

Eftersom du kan svenska så skriver jag inte på engelska. Ett förslag på en visa från slutet av 1950 - talet som är mycket bra. Den heter " VÅRVISA av och med OLAV GERTHEL " en mycket duktig sångare och låtskrivare. Se videon där texten finns med, jättefin text.

[@andreasrundgren6479]

Mikael Wiehe Den jag ville va....

[@CALLE92JOHANSSON]

Epistel 48, Solen glimmar blank och trind. More of a 1700-banger IMO and probably a real sommarplåga.

[@liseprahl3609]

❤️

[@apskalleapa]

It's about drinking and death, I think.

[@elisabethsundstrom3450]

Bellman var en bra poet , men språket är så gammalt nu , jag förstår det men inte de unga i dag 👍🏻🤣

[@ulfosback9093]

It's a fun channel to watch . Please check out Ulf Lundell. Rom I regnet.

[@mn4169]

Fred Åkerstöm ska du lyssna på. Han tolkar Bellman till perfektion. men denna har en särskilt plats i mitt hjärta.

[@periaadoc]

And at last: the Swedish anthem. And this time from the real north :A SONG FOR SWEDEN - DU GAMLA DU FRIA - KZbin