Monday, 23 November 2009

Box of Crayons 2: Nobel, Lego, Expensive Beer and Really Good Racing Drivers.

Scandinavian pop is wicked. Not just wicked, it’s really really bloody brilliant. The neptunes were fun for a bit, and Timbaland only makes music for Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado now. If you want a good pop record made, go to Scandinavia. Consistently awesome since FOREVER (well ABBA).

Check it out- 26 songs from Scandinavia.

Erase/Rewind- The Cardigans (Swe)
Chewing Gum – Annie (Nor)
Heartbeat – Annie (Nor)
Sitting Down Here – Lene Marlin (Nor)
Take You Home – Annie (Nor)
My Boys – Taken By Trees (Swe)
Freestyler – Bomfunk MCs (Fin)
Seven – Fever Ray (Swe)
Nothing to Worry About – Peter Bjorn and John (Swe)
Boat Behind – Kings of Convenience. (Nor)
Blue Monday - Flunk (Nor)
Turn Back Time – Aqua (Den)
Barbie Girl – Aqua (Den)
Hate to Say I Told You So – The Hives (Swe)
Glorious – Andreas Johnson (Swe)
Sandstorm – Darude (Fin)
Are you Still Having Fun? – Eagle Eye Cherry (Swe)
Heartbeats – The Knife (you might know the cover version from the Sony advert with the balls) (Swe)
Triangle Walks – Fever Ray (Swe)
Gimme Gimme Gimme – ABBA (Swe)
Life is a Flower – Ace of Base (Swe)
Call on Me – Eric Prydz. (Swe)
Buddy X 99 – Neneh Cherry vs Dreem Teem. (Swe)
My Favourite Game – Cardigans. (Swe)
License to Kill – A-ha (Nor)

Please forgive the Annie triple hit, it took great effort not to fill this with Annie. :-D
Some get in on a technicality. I don’t care.
The Ace of Base track could have been “all that she wants” but I like “life is a flower” better.
You can use the Youtube below to check all of the tracks. I have made links for my favourites/ones I can be bothered with. Naturally, I've picked the tracks, so they are all pretty darn wonderful. :-D

Here is a pie chart showing relative dominance. These statistics were compiled from official statistics or the list above. Whichever I came across first, yeah?

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