Amerikanen Reacts To Svenska Klassiker: Pernilla Wahlgren - Piccadilly Circus

I listened to "Piccadilly Circus" for the first time. Here's my reaction.
Here's the Spotify playlist of all of the reactions I've done: open.spotify.com/playlist/5Dz...

[@annelhvass]

Nu är det dags för Nanne Grönvall med "Avundsjuk"!! Nanne måste upp på din lista av artister med klassiker, en av våra mest populära kvinnliga låt/textförfattare. PLEASE!!

[@susannes7023]

Jaaaaa! Avundsjuk är ett måste! Även Håll om mig, där kan vi snacka om att bli rånad på segern.

[@merjahiltunen3235]

Verkligen! Hon är så bra i just den.

Pernilla’s parents are both famous actors as well, Hans Wahlgren and Christina Schollin. Two out of three brothers of Pernilla is also famous actors, Nicklas and Linus Wahlgren.

[@DoliSkipper]

Interestingly, by not winning the Swedish Melodifestivalen you have a big advantage over the winner, in the sense that your song can be played freely on the radio and be featured on television. So a fourth place song like this can become a big hit on the swedish charts while the winning song is not supposed to be played on the radio until the big Eurovision contest. The same thing happened in 1986 I think, with the song "Dover Calais" ending up in second place but becoming a huge hit, a "landsplåga" even on the Svensktoppen etc charts.

[@wibjorn]

I say this again, you should check out the MEGA hit from, I think, 1993 by the band Atomic Swing: STONE ME INTO THE GROOVE

[@hannavictoriamorck5313]

Bra att du är med i hela den super-svenska kulturen ”fel låt vann”. Det är en av essenserna med melodifestivalen att få bråka lite om det efteråt. 🤩

[@Huxteble]

Ja, kvällstidningarna kanaliserade alltid folkets vrede över detta. Sen infördes tittarröstning och folkets val vann automatiskt. Så de gick miste om den godbiten.

[@megan88]

Det senaste Stora Bråket! är väl fortfarande Peter Jöback-Las Vegas VS Nanna Grönvall- Håll om mig

[@Asa...S]

Perhaps you could check out the english version as well (you don´t have to react to it, you could just watch it): "Pernilla Wahlgren Piccadilly Circus english version". It´s not as good as the original though. And definitely not a classic, I think a lot of people don´t even know there was an English version. Fun fact. The Italian brothers behind her are Emilio and Vito Ingrosso. Emilio was her boyfriend, later husband, and they became the parents of artist Benjamin Ingrosso and influenser Bianca Ingrosso. The other brother, Vito, became the father of Sebastian Ingrosso of Swedish house Mafia. There was a third brother, Nicola Ingrosso (who changed his name to their mothers name, Perelli) and married the singer Charlotte Nilsson (who won Eurovision Song Contest in 1999 with "Take Me To Your Heaven". They´re divorced now, but her name is still Charlotte Perelli.

[@lisathornadtsson6071]

Verkligen svenska Kardashians! De hade han helt rätt i! 😂

[@josefinelagerstrom2643]

Hon är bara 17 år när hon sjunger detta.😳 Född på julafton 1967.

[@josefinelagerstrom2643]

Kanske till och med när hon var 16. Bidragen skickas in året innan och väljs på hösten, i detta fallet 1984 - då hon inte ens fyllt 17 år.

[@brunojonsson7106]

En låt som du måste reagera till är " If I used to love you" av Daniel Lemma. En riktig soulklassiker!

[@Carrovirvelvind]

Jaaa!!! Den är helt underbar!😍

[@AndyWre]

Videon finns på min kanal 👍

[@MayaShantiSoulpeace]

I agree, Pernilla should have won. Really nice reaction!

[@JonathanRollinssthlm305]

Thanks for watching!

[@jagelskardey]

Damnit Jonathan, Bra vibrationer SO is a swedish classic, you should've filmed a reaction to it! haha

[@jonasolofsson4128]

Tycker du ska lyssna på Alina Deverceski - flytta på dig. One hit wonder, men det går inte att inte höra den bara någon nämner orden flytta på dig :)

[@marcusljung]

Nog Sveriges jobbigaste låt haha.

[@n.g.4852]

Önskemål: Den Vilda One More Time Tack för en underbar, vanlig dag Agneta Fältskog Amors Pilar Stefan Sundström & Apache Mio Min Mio Gemini

[@birthekjaersman4241]

Den Vilda och Mio min Mio! Jaaa!!!

[@Steffe]

I remember reading about the songwriters, Stock, Aitken and Waterman. They were looking for a female singer. It stood between Pernilla Wahlgren and Kylie Minogue.

[@annacolliander8682]

I loved this song, and still do ;). I bought it on tape and played it in my room when I was little.

[@SprakfaleafSweden]

I love your reaction to this ooold song! It sort of made it better ; D

[@legobil_]

I mentioned on insta, but I’ll say it here aswell: Andreas Johnson - Glorious. A song in the same vein as Patrick Isaksson - Utan Dig Är Jag Underbar but in english. Really well made and entertaining!

[@rebeccacrichton6219]

Look at the dancingperforming also, the 2 brother in the background. One of them is Biancas, and Benjamins father

[@christerpalmgren2419]

Jon, don’t hate on Bra Vibrationer! That banger should be the Swedish national anthem!!

[@lindaha80]

You did miss how both her parents are famous, her paternal grandparents were also actors. Her fathers maternal grandfather was a singer from Italy. And 2 of her 3 brothers are also famous. Her 3 oldest children's father are one of the dancers to this performance (both dancers are brothers), and was for a few years, on her tours. Laila Bagge was once married to her brother Niclas with whom she has a son. And as you said, 2 of her 4 children are also famous. The Wahlgren family is almost like an institution in Sweden, with so many different celebrities, and are connected with a lot of other celebrities through out our history, as distant relatives.

[@lindaha80]

And as someone else said, the Ingrosso Brothers are also connected to different celebrities either by marriage or blood. 😊

[@mercurious5053]

Great reaction 🌞 just remembered Jan Johansson - his version of Emigrantvisa is a real classic, please do that tune soon. 🙂

[@Cookie_moonlove]

this! is why I looked up and sent you links with good audio for songs to react to. like in the beginning here it makes all the difference if you have a good version or not. yes live may be fun and also some videos might have more views but that does not mean good audio, it just means many have watched the uploaded video and so many swedish songs are uploaded with terrible audio and shitty home made videos with corny weird clips and pictures edited which can ruin the impression of the song. I'm so happy to see you looked for a better version!

[@johankaewberg8162]

Fyrstrukna ciss. Gåshud, tack för den reaktionen!

[@bbeightynine]

Back then Swedish viewers couldn’t vote - it was a jury of experts choosing the winner. 🙃 You should have done a reaction to “Bra Vibrationer” also? 🤷‍♂️ (Btw the Perikles song is maybe not a Swedish classic per say cause that is really a cover of an Italian older song ☺️)

[@spocktn8337]

As I remember as a 10 year old it sparked a small revolution among young people fed up with the old mossy people in the jury groups deciding the winner.

[@bigbang1891]

Killing Danielsons Bra Vibrationer är en klassiker för mig iaf. Precis som den här är det. Om du vill ha en ballad som var med i melodifestivalen kan du ju alltid testa "Driver dagg faller regn" med Andreas Lundstedt

[@jerryhall5709]

She has done comedy and acted in more sinister movies like "Ormens väg på Hälleberget". My favorite song is Svindlande affärer.

[@elisabethsundstrom3450]

Håller med dig 👍🏻💖den är fortfarande bra 👍🏻

[@jennynordstrom5005]

Ainbusk- Älska mej borde räknas som en klassiker

[@birthekjaersman4241]

Ja! Och "Jag mötte Lassie!"

[@Steffe]

I also remember reading that a young Pernilla didnt appreciate all the attention she got from older men, but hey, I'm still only four years older!

[@C.Silfverbielke]

Kikki Danielsson - Papaya coconut!

[@bjornjonsson6583]

Some other songs from Melodifestivalen to react to: Inger Berggren - Sol och vår Family Four - Härliga sommardag Sound of Music - Alexandra One More Time - Den vilda Lotta Engberg - Fyra bugg och en Coca-Cola Janne Lucas - Växeln hallå Björn Skifs - Fångad i en dröm

[@carinaandersson7492]

Tonen är ett C är ett av de högsta, och det är få som kommer upp i den sades det det var a big thing då det begavs sig😘

[@edflintlaw]

If you hit a note like that, you better win something. Ouch.

[@Drasut]

THE WAY YOU ARE - Fältskog/Håkansson

[@tobiasliin]

Hmm, for me Good vibrations was a song by Marky Mark and the funky bunch. Cover?

No, covers isn’t allowed in Melodifestivalen, it need to be original and unpublished material.

[@jagelskardey]

@ Nu missar du nog grejen. Hans fråga handlade inte om en Mellolåt.

[@moonglow9251]

The next song "Var ska vi sova inatt" is not a genuine Swedish song, though. It's a translation from the Italian original - "Sarà perché ti amo".

[@MrGrandcherokee98]

Grotesco - Tingeling

[@cecilialinghall5330]

You are missing out on The dancing ;)

[@JonathanRollinssthlm305]

I chose audio quality haha

[@sonjaolsson3257]

Yes👍

[@niklaself2679]

You should listen to "om du vill bli min fru" by Drängarna.

[@rolandjernstrom9024]

Swedish Pagans - Sabaton Live from Wacken

[@anna-karingronberg1942]

There were only jury votes at the 80's. That jury was in to dansband. She was ahead of her time.

[@listonheinz9103]

När du ändå kör lite Pernilla W så gör ”Svindlande affärer” nångång i framtiden, jag har alltid gillat den låten av någon anledning… Inget jag skulle erkänna öppet dock.

[@klutttmuttsprutt6087]

Var ska vi sova inatt is not a Swedish original. The italian band Ricchi e poveri recorded it as Sara perche ti amo (Because I love you) in 1981. Still a classic.

[@Huxteble]

Spelades på San Siro inför Milan-match när jag var där för två år sen.

[@billytheschmid]

Suggestions: John Holm - "Maria, många Mil Och År Från Här", "Sommaräng", "En vanlig dag", or if you dare some more political lyrics... "Långt bort härifrån" Lillebror Söderlundh - "En valsmelodi" (Lyrics from Nils Ferlin poem) Lasse Tennander - "Rötter" or "En liten stund på vår jord" Keep the great videos rollin'

[@lisathornadtsson6071]

På den tiden fick inte svenska folket rösta. Då var det en jury som bestämde vem som vann. Därför en del riktigt bra låtar förlorade tyvärr.

[@JonathanRollinssthlm305]

Interesting!

[@rickardelimaa]

Å andra sidan så vann konstiga låtar när bara svenska folket röstade. Därför vi numera kör 50-50(?) svenska folket och jury-röster.

[@fartreta]

Juryerna hade ju ganska konservativ och svennig smak, och därför hade mer samtida pop med discoinfluenser i allmänhet inte lika stor chans som typiska schlagers och känslosamma ballader.

[@semipalatinsk1]

Fast "Bra vibrationer" var ju också en riktigt bra låt!

[@Huxteble]

@@semipalatinsk1 Nja... en dansbandig Take on me-pastisch.

[@janorsell1173]

Kolla in Tomas Ledins På vingar av stål och/eller Robert Brobergs Öken.

[@jonridderstrale4438]

Bra vibrationer is a classic and the superior song. Rätt sång vann!

[@Drasut]

Pernilla Wahlgrens mamma, Christina Scholin, har också spelat in en platta.

[@filippak2302]

Please react to :teddybears song ”hey boy”

[@emmabe]

I suggest that you now listen to Ronny & Ragges version of that song. :)

[@fartreta]

Tycker den sista tonen i sticket är mer av ett gällt skrik än sång. De kanske borde kört låten någon tonart lägre. Bortsett från det är det ju en klassiker.

[@kattahj]

De kunde ha stannat på tonen före, den var vacker!

[@Huxteble]

De var ju ute efter en spektakulär effekt - och lyckades. Det är inte SM i välljudande sång.

[@Drasut]

'Svindlande affärer' är bättre låt av Pernilla.

[@carpetclimber4027]

@Jonathan Rollins Now you know why Sweden is such a huge music exporter. It's not because of PR and the shit music we actually sell to compete with US hit charts vomit, but the sheer raw talent and power, the combination with a very musical language... Sweden is just made for music, period. And the government promotes growing your musical talent from school.

[@loevet2]

How did she loose? Well, maybe because a lot of old people didn´t like her voice. I remember my father talking about how odd it was that she was screaming. Our neighbour talked about "young people of today" and their bad taste of music and artists. They called Pernilla a child. Too young to represent Sweden in ESC. So younger people voted for Pernilla and older people voted for Bra Vibrationer.

[@Asa...S]

Back then people couldn´t vote, it was just juries. But they were in different age groups and you´re correct, the older people, especially those in the age groups 35-40, 40-45, 45-50 ranked her lowest among the 5 who made it to the final. But the age groups 50-55 and 55-60 had her as their second favorite. (The 50-55 had Tillbergs "Ta min hand" as their favorite" and the 55-60 had Danielssons "Bra vibrationer" as their favorite). In the age group 15-20 Wahlgren was the favorite. In the age group 20-25, 25-30, 30-35 she was 4th out of 5.

[@herrgoteborgare]

Vadå ”yngre röstade på Pernilla”? Vad menar du? Det var ju enbart jurygrupper på den tiden, finns det verkligen fog för påståendet att de yngre i jurygrupperna röstade på Pernilla? Redovisa dina källor tack!

[@Asa...S]

@@herrgoteborgare Källa: Poängsiffrorna från de olika jurygrupperna finns i en tabell i artikeln "Melodifestivalen 1985" på Wikipedia. Sändningen från "Melodifestivalen 1985" finns dessutom på Öppet Arkiv på SVT play, så där kan du se hur många poäng de olika jurygrupperna gav varje låt. Den yngsta jurygruppen (15-20) gav Pernilla Wahlgren 8 p vilket var den högsta poängen.

[@Barbro247]

Lyssna på popsicle-not forever

[@fredrikaprili3149]

Lite för många skojfriska låtar nu kan jag tycka:)

[@ingridswenson8927]

Hon tar höga C i sången inte många som kan ta den höga tonen😮

[@danielnorrelokke333]

Fan, man mins när hon utvaldes till sveriges sexigaste för typ 20 år sen av Café eller Slitz och Aftonbadet visade bilden hon gjorde för den utmärkelsen (top 100 lista om man inte mins fel)

[@mackan7086]

Please react to Curly Sue by Takida. Thanks for a great channel btw.

[@ASund67]

Här gör hon en repris: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIHLeoB6mtiJj5Y

[@Svettjan]

Both very good songs, but I would still say that Bra Vibrationer is a bigger classic than this one.

[@klaskristian1]

Hmm Inte min kopp te!