As a swede I still really dislike the period at 1999 to 2006 when they would change any songs originally in swedish to english when they perform it for Eurovision, just because they were chasing some idea of mass appeal due to more people understanding english but 90% of the time the song always sounded better in swedish since that was what the song was written for and the only reason it isn't 100% is cause Take Me To Your Heaven did actually manage to win while changing language, but I would still say the song sounds better in the original language.
I don’t agree at all. Actually understanding what a song is about is a big deal in deciding if you like it or not, and I usually never voted for the ones sung in native languages I didn’t understand.
And also usually the winning song would switch back to original language if it won: like Charlotte Nilsson won and she started with Take me to your heaven but then switched to Tusen och en natt mid-song which was great. She had already won, and she didn’t have to present it to potential voters but could sing it as originally intended.
@@josephinenilsson1541 I wholeheartedly disagree, it not being in a widespread language is not something that has ever stopped good songs from getting high scores or winning Eurovision. Many winners of Eurovision has been in their own languages and in the latest one Italy won in italian with 4 of the top 5 songs all being non-english. If you are dismissing songs simply for not understanding the language, that is on you.
2009 Malena Ernman is Greta Thurnbergs mother. She is also as you said an operasinger. Worked mainly in Berlin, Vienna and Amsterdam. Pretty famous if you like opera.
aka a really evil woman exploiting her underage autistic child with hallucinations just to virtue signal and sell books and stay "relevant", and the whole world played along. EVIL.
@@kbernholdsson Ja du Karl.... ditt oklara åsyftande gör din kommentar svårtydd. Malena? Stackars Greta? Jag, från ett anonymt trashkonto? Jag la bara in en liten upplysning till omvärlden. Relevansen är väl uppenbart väldigt liten, då Greta fallit i folkets glömska och krig nyss brytit ut i europa... Så det måste nog vara du som försöker nått. Relevansen har du dock helt missat. Glad påsk.
Eurovision is one of the most watched (yearly) tv events. Usually around 200 million viewers worldwide. With a peak of around 600 million viewers in the late 80's. For context, in 2015, Super Bowl had 168 (114 in U.S) million viewers while Eurovision had 200 million. It is definitely the most watched music event.
@Blubblib yes the Olympics are every 4 yrs, as the World Cup, though for the Olympics, the gap will be 3 yrs since 2020 didn't take place thanks to...you know what. Then you have the EuroCup, which is every 2yrs? I have a doubt there. Italy won that I know, eliminated by North Macedonia ffs ! So, no World Cup this year for them. Second time.
@@coucoubrandy1079 you seem to be confused. the olympics will be held every 4th year and the eurocup is still held two years. the og comment is talking about annual tv events. are 4 and 2 years annual?
Oohh.. I just want to give you some "fun facts" :) Carola - same person from 1983, 1991 and 2006. Tommy Nilsson - 1989- the others are just his background singers :) 1996-Den vilda...the guy who.plays the piano; Peter Grönwall, is the son of ABBAs pianist Benny Andersson..like father like son. He's also married to the singer in grey jacket :) Charlotte Nilsson who won 1999 with Take me to your heaven and later as Charlotte Perelli 2008 sang Hero 8s the same person. 2009 - Malena Ernman opera singer with La voix is the mother of the young environment activist Greta Thunberg 2020.. the Mamas is the same singers from 2019 who backed up John Lundvik and his Too late for love :)
Let's add some more. 1965, not strange that guy won in Sweden, he sang all the six songs at the national qualifier. 1971, 1972, 1994, same blond singer, Marie Bergman, with Carola (-83, -91, -06) the only person to represent Sweden three times. 1978, 1981, Björn Skifs, was the first Swede to get to No. 1 at the US billboard list, the very same day that ABBA won in 1974. It is said to be the day the Swedish pop "wonder" started. He did it with "Hooked on a feeling", the song now revived as soundtrack for the movie "Guardians of the galaxy". 1985, 1999, both the singers originating from the south of Sweden have been doing country music and worked a lot in Tennessee. 2013, Robin Stjernberg, was one of the song writers for Robin Bengtsson (2017). 2016, Frans, first got famous as an 8 year old in 2006, singing a song about Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. I really like your open minded reactions and urge to learn more about the world, keep it up!! :)
Kikki Danielsson who represented Sweden in 1985 used to be a country star in Nashville - she even has the keys to the city! Christer Björkman who represented Sweden in 1992 then went on to organize the Swedish competition and to lead the ESC to a new era. He is now the project leader of the American Song Contest who starts in a couple of weeks. Also, since you hardly reacted to ABBA, I hope you know who they are. If not, you are in for a ride there.
ᗅᗺᗷᗅ not the norwegian fishy company. as in "Abbas** sur jäkla sill" Som SVT brukar utrycka det: Finns även med i-senap gravad och inlagd.* *gäller även vårdtagare. ** Former Copennys of the Swedes, Like IKEA Absulut Volvo ... P.s. Love Norway
7:10 just an unforgettable and iconic moment in all Eurovision editions and in all music history ABBA performing "Waterloo" in UK 1974 gives Sweden their first victory, shock the world, and begin your fame and in 2005 "Waterloo" was voted the best song in Eurovision history anf in 2010 ABBA was included in Hall Fame of Rock and roll
1981 Björn Skifs is the singer in the band that made a cover on the Song Hooked on a feeling, that is played in Guardians of the galaxy. Thanks to that loads of people watched the band Blue swede's video on youtube.
Also on the Reservoir Dogs soundtracks but most well known in many people of a certain age's mind for being the song that accompanied Ally McBeal's dancing baby.
I understand that some people today may feel uncomfortable with Roger Pontare's "When spirits are calling my name". So I just want to tell you that he represents his culture the Sami, which in many aspects is similar to older American culture.
Is it sensitive for a white male to be singing about spirits? I’m Swedish by the way, so for me it is super clear that he is representing Sami, but even if I didn’t know that I would just think he was goofy. Like a hippy or something, running around in a skirt singing about spirits in the wind 😂🙈 I’m obviously not getting something here.
This is such nostalgia for me. I was born 1990 and as a kid we gathered as a family around the TV to watch this every year. Loreen is actually one of my favorite artists of all time.
Most of the singers in the really early numbers had long and glorious careers in Sweden! Some made international records too - for example, Alice Babs sang with Duke Ellington and Monica Zetterlund with Bill Evans.
Björn Skifs who represented Sweden in 1978 and 1981 was also the lead singer of the group Blue Swede, who had a number one hit with their cover of "Hooked on a feeling" which was used in Guardians of the Galaxy vol.1. In 2010 he sang at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
You should react to the full Heroes performance by Måns Zelmerlöv (the guy with the little stick people in his performance), it's a really cool performance!
Sweden is a huge music exporter actually, and have been since the 70’s I think. Also fun fact: Marlena Ernman from 2009 entry is Greta Thunbergs mother 😎
Am I the only one that think it is weird to see the older artists when they were young? Like Tommy, Lotta, Carola and Herreys. I am so used to seeing them today, that it is weird to see them back in the days
I really enjoyed this reaction! I din’t know if it was my request but I am so happy for this reaction! Fun fact! Tomorrow (Saturday 12th) we Swedes will actually choose the representative for Eurovision 2022!! We have this show called ”Melodifestivalen” which determines our representative each year and it’s a BIG deal in Sweden!.. Actually it would’ve been nice to see your reaction to our final 12 songs and which one you think should win and represent us! 😄 And you will also get a more broader vision of todays music here in Sweden! There are plenty of ranking lists or recap on YT so just search ”Melodifestivalen 2022 final top 12” or ”Melodifestivale 2022 final recap” 🙂
We in Sweden do know that Melodifrestivalen is camp as hell at the same we go all in. It's a folk fest and the news papers write about the contest for months before hand. See it as all the talent shows that Simon Cowell has dreamed up but with a pedigree of tradition, new songs with hopefully some good refrains and a lot of fun where we can enjoy it and at the same time laugh about all of it's silliness. Mello forever.
Fun facts. Björn Skifs that won 1978 and 1981 is the same guy that sang 'Hooked on a feeling' (everyone that has seen Guardians of the Galaxy knows what song I'm talking about, lol)
You do know that ABBA from 1974 became a worldwide phenomenon. Do you remember Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, Fernando, Take A Chance On Me, etc etc etc. They returned in 2021 after 40yrs away with a new album called "Voyage" which hit No 1 in 20 countries (No 2 in the US) and became the 2nd best selling global album (just behind Adele) that year.
Guy singing 1992, Christer Björkman is the guy who is in charge of American Song Contest that started yesterday 🔥🔥 And has been a long running executive producer for Swedish Qualification Melodifestivalen.
Eurovision isn't a true reflection of real music trends in the various competing countries - it's a world of its own! Some people hate it but I absolutely love it - camp, kitsch, crazy, over the top, unashamedly fun. You should watch the whole competition one year. It's quite the production.
I was actually at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013 during a school trip, pretty nice to be back in my home city (was born in Malmö) to be able to see the contest, nice break from regular school life. It was an amazing trip.
1978 and 1981 is Bjorn Skifs singer of the band Blue swede, famous for the song "Hooked on a feeling" Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga made famous for young people of today in the movie Guardian of the galaxy.
Lena and her mic stand was a thing back then. I met her in one of those "Sunday lunchtime why don't have a party at noon" thingamajig. She's a truly funny person. And sweet!
1998 Jill Johnso, a great countrysinger, big in Nashville. Do check her out, she is fantastic! In the beginning the songs should be sang in each countrys native language and show the culture of the country. Later on, if a country who didn´t have english as its native language often sang in english if the won the competition. Nowadays almost everyone sing in english.
Someone might have said this but you recognised the name Nilsson a couple of times: it's a common last name (if you know an American named Nelson, they probably had a European ancestor called Nilsson) so Tommy Nilsson and Charlotte Nilsson are not related or part of the same band. You might have recognised Charlotte again a couple of year later when she had changed her name to Charlotte Perelli. I should also mention that some of the songs in English were in Swedish when they won in Sweden but translated when they competed in ESC, for example Take me to your heaven which in Swedish is called Tusen och en natt, When spirits are calling my name which in Swedish in När vindarna viskar mitt namn, etc. Oh, and Satellit simply means "satellite"! Listen to the singer, Ted Gärdestad, and give us your reaction. He sadly committed suicide way too young but he really was one of those young, pained geniuses.
It was first that the artists had to use their original language and then they had to choose a language for a while in the 70s then you did not get it again so it was the period in Swedish during the 80s-90s and then it disappeared and then it was mostly English. Since she as you saw in 2009 is an opera singer but her daughter is better known as it is Greta Tunberg (but more for scolding the UN for not taking the climate seriously) But also that very many people think that the best song usually comes second as they have the people voting and then they have "experts" who vote and often they differ a lot between who gets the votes so since the early 90's it is many times where it the best song comes in 2-3 place but with the viewers calling in it is someone that little girls think looks good so they could get many votes for how they looked and not for the song and several got an expensive phone bill for a kid voted 10-50 times (payment number) but we have many good artists and there are 15-40 artists who will perform their own song and it must never have been played before anywhere either and if you search on YT by name you will find that most have had a long career in music
The song Sol och vår (Sun and Spring) is pretty fun when you listen to/read the lyrics "When the sun and spring arrive, and you are nineteen years old, there is so little you understand, and all the young girls, should be kept inside, when winter turns to sun and spring" and that is just the part you listened to in this video. She is basically calling out all the young girls and warning them to not be swept of their feet by the first boy to pay attention to them now that there is warmer weather.
True story, when Carola won swedish eurovision 1983 my parents decided to have a baby, 9 month later, i was born. eurovison is and was big in sweden :)
the singer at 1978 and 1981 Björn Skifs made it big internationally with one song under the name Blue Swede - Hocked on a feeling. And ofc hes famous in Sweden for other songs and his acting but that song blew up.
So the 2010 entry This is my life, won with about 30 points over one of the best Eurovision songs out there. The song is called Keep on Walking, by Salem Al Fakir. And I, to this date, am still very salty that his song didn't win the Swedish show
You should look at the whole ”euphoria” song with loreen, it got one of the highest scores ever in eurovision. There was a swedish guy in Americas got talent a few years ago. Chris Kläfford singing ”imagine”, a lot of people like that audition.
I hate to admit it, but the swedes rock eurovision. But dont tell them that a dane admitted it. I still listen to both diggeloo diggelej and Fangat av en stormvind. :D
Late to the party, but this norwegian has to agree. I love Eloise, Heroes and everything Bjørn Skifs. And Carola of course. And The Mamas! Denmark has a lot of great songs too. And Finland... and Iceland. Who can forget Dadi (sorry for the spelling, Iceland) Oh dear, I'm biased, perhaps. But what the heck... the Nordic countries are great.
The reason it took until the 2000s before Swedish actors started to sing in English during the Eurovision is that before then, with the exception of a couple of years in the 70s, all songs had to be performed in the country's native language.
Sweden has won ESC 6 times, Ireland is in the lead with 7 wins. Fun to know, in the end of march this year 2022 there will be an American Song Contest, a bunch of Swedish people are behind it.
Naah the song is good but the people of swe voted for Andreas Bagge, the winner cornelia got saved by jury points.... Check him out. Anders Bagge - bigger than the univers
You said you recognized Robin Bengtsson in the song from year 2017, he looks a lot like the broker Fredrik Eklund, also a Swede who is a star in the American TV-series Million Dollar Listing New York and also Million Dollar Los Angeles
Here is a fun fact. Many famous artists has been in ESC. The biggest surprise is probably Celine Dion in 1988, her entry in ESC was for Switzerland. It was the starting point for her career. Olivia Newton John in 1974 more known in the movie Grease. Julio Iglesias in 1970 that helped his career. Enya in 1973 with her siblings. Lulu 1969 but more known for singing the Bond theme for the man with the golden arm.
I'm not sure if anyone has pointed this out but Charlotte Nilsson who won in 1999 is the same person that went to ESC for Sweden in 2008, but by then she had married and taken her husband's name Perelli 😊
You should react to all entries from 2020. There were several good songs that could have won. Fun fact: when the competition was cancelled, Sweden decided to hold their own competition to find out who the Swedes would have voted for (obviously not including their own entry). The swedes crowned Iceland their favorite entry of 2020 and gave them a special award.
Lill- Babs 1961 and Lasse Berghagen 1975 was married at one time, sadly a few of the entries has passed away, Ted Gärdestad commited suicide Monica Zetterlund died in a housefire. 1978 Björn Skifs if have heard the song Hooked on a feeling in the movie Guardians of the galaxy it´s him singing. 1984 Herreys of course the choreography was important! Richard Herrey had a small part in FAME tv series and all 3 brothers had attended school in America don´t remember if t was performing art or what
Ingvar Wixell's song set a couple Firsts in the Contest's history. The song was the first song not to be a song in a country's national language, Ingvar sang in English and Sweden's language is Swedish. The song was also the first song be an English-language from an non-English speaking country.
Swedens song 2018 with Benjamin is a classic in my home, You said in the video that he reminded you of Micheal Jackson and that is correct he is a super fan of Micheal! Great video btw! Mutch love from Sweden!
1989- Tommy Nilsson has been asked to sing in the group Toto. And if you do not know who toto are, I can say that it is probably among the world's greatest musicians who are behind, for example, thriller. he unfortunately said no tho.
”Nilsson” is a common last name in Sweden and not a group, Charlotte (winner 1999) changed her last name later to “Perrelli” (due marriage) and represented Sweden again in 2008.
Glad you checked out the songs, but you didn't really react to anything apart from the fact that time changes and black and white turns to colour. It would have been interesting to hear your actual thoughts about what you saw and heard.
It’s so nice to hear al songs again in this way. Some of them is really really good. Bjorn Skifs forgot the lyrics to the song so he said some fictional words! Now it’s funny! 😁 Kikki Danielsson as someone said was a really good country and western singer. She recorded some of her albums in my cousins husbands studio in Nashville. And she lived in their house during that time! Fun fact. 😁😄
Probably has been said but... the Carola in 1983, 1991 and 2006... Is the same one :) I literally grew up with her and Eurovision. (she was 16 the first time she competed iirc)
Fun fact, Tommy Körberg - Stad i ljus(1988) is frequently played as the last song at university parties in Sweden as a tradition.
And is also seen as a christmas song ??? we Swedes can be weird
It's a crime that it performed so badly at Eurovision, it's a brilliant song brilliantly performed.
I wasn't even aware of that, so when it played at my Uni graduation, I just hummed along bc I didn't (and still don't) in fact know the lyrics xD
Also the last song they play at Rockbaren in Gothenburg.
As a swede I still really dislike the period at 1999 to 2006 when they would change any songs originally in swedish to english when they perform it for Eurovision, just because they were chasing some idea of mass appeal due to more people understanding english but 90% of the time the song always sounded better in swedish since that was what the song was written for and the only reason it isn't 100% is cause Take Me To Your Heaven did actually manage to win while changing language, but I would still say the song sounds better in the original language.
Yeah it was the worst. It might still happen
Yes. I didn’t like It hurts even in Swedish but it were so much worse in English
I don’t agree at all. Actually understanding what a song is about is a big deal in deciding if you like it or not, and I usually never voted for the ones sung in native languages I didn’t understand.
And also usually the winning song would switch back to original language if it won: like Charlotte Nilsson won and she started with Take me to your heaven but then switched to Tusen och en natt mid-song which was great. She had already won, and she didn’t have to present it to potential voters but could sing it as originally intended.
@@josephinenilsson1541 I wholeheartedly disagree, it not being in a widespread language is not something that has ever stopped good songs from getting high scores or winning Eurovision. Many winners of Eurovision has been in their own languages and in the latest one Italy won in italian with 4 of the top 5 songs all being non-english. If you are dismissing songs simply for not understanding the language, that is on you.
Sweden has always had extremely good vocalists in the ESC, and definitely been a front runner for years. Thank You Sweden
2009 Malena Ernman is Greta Thurnbergs mother. She is also as you said an operasinger. Worked mainly in Berlin, Vienna and Amsterdam. Pretty famous if you like opera.
aka a really evil woman exploiting her underage autistic child with hallucinations just to virtue signal and sell books and stay "relevant", and the whole world played along. EVIL.
@@audhumbla6927 who’s really trying to be relevant here? 😆
@@kbernholdsson Ja du Karl.... ditt oklara åsyftande gör din kommentar svårtydd. Malena? Stackars Greta? Jag, från ett anonymt trashkonto?
Jag la bara in en liten upplysning till omvärlden. Relevansen är väl uppenbart väldigt liten, då Greta fallit i folkets glömska och krig nyss brytit ut i europa...
Så det måste nog vara du som försöker nått. Relevansen har du dock helt missat. Glad påsk.
Glöm inte Bamse - Världens starkaste björn
@@nilsottomanz vad fan har han med nått att göra 🤣🤣 Men ja Gud välsigna Bamse ❤💪🏻
Eurovision is one of the most watched (yearly) tv events. Usually around 200 million viewers worldwide. With a peak of around 600 million viewers in the late 80's. For context, in 2015, Super Bowl had 168 (114 in U.S) million viewers while Eurovision had 200 million. It is definitely the most watched music event.
Actually, it's second to the Olympics opening ceremony. And few in Europe cares about american sports tbh. I really admire the swedes.
The UEFA Champions League final has more
@@coucoubrandy1079 The Olympics is not annual though, is it? If not, don't forget the World Cup Final
@Blubblib yes the Olympics are every 4 yrs, as the World Cup, though for the Olympics, the gap will be 3 yrs since 2020 didn't take place thanks to...you know what. Then you have the EuroCup, which is every 2yrs? I have a doubt there. Italy won that I know, eliminated by North Macedonia ffs ! So, no World Cup this year for them. Second time.
@@coucoubrandy1079 you seem to be confused. the olympics will be held every 4th year and the eurocup is still held two years. the og comment is talking about annual tv events. are 4 and 2 years annual?
Oohh.. I just want to give you some "fun facts" :)
Carola - same person from 1983, 1991 and 2006.
Tommy Nilsson - 1989- the others are just his background singers :)
1996-Den vilda...the guy who.plays the piano; Peter Grönwall, is the son of ABBAs pianist Benny Andersson..like father like son. He's also married to the singer in grey jacket :)
Charlotte Nilsson who won 1999 with Take me to your heaven and later as Charlotte Perelli 2008 sang Hero 8s the same person.
2009 - Malena Ernman opera singer with La voix is the mother of the young environment activist Greta Thunberg
2020.. the Mamas is the same singers from 2019 who backed up John Lundvik and his Too late for love :)
Just a correction! It's 1983 for Carola, not 1986. 😊
@@josefinelagerstrom2643 haha yes!! I don't know what i was thinking about when I wrote that! Thanks ! 😊
Let's add some more.
1965, not strange that guy won in Sweden, he sang all the six songs at the national qualifier.
1971, 1972, 1994, same blond singer, Marie Bergman, with Carola (-83, -91, -06) the only person to represent Sweden three times.
1978, 1981, Björn Skifs, was the first Swede to get to No. 1 at the US billboard list, the very same day that ABBA won in 1974. It is said to be the day the Swedish pop "wonder" started. He did it with "Hooked on a feeling", the song now revived as soundtrack for the movie "Guardians of the galaxy".
1985, 1999, both the singers originating from the south of Sweden have been doing country music and worked a lot in Tennessee.
2013, Robin Stjernberg, was one of the song writers for Robin Bengtsson (2017).
2016, Frans, first got famous as an 8 year old in 2006, singing a song about Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
I really like your open minded reactions and urge to learn more about the world, keep it up!! :)
Kikki Danielsson who represented Sweden in 1985 used to be a country star in Nashville - she even has the keys to the city!
Christer Björkman who represented Sweden in 1992 then went on to organize the Swedish competition and to lead the ESC to a new era. He is now the project leader of the American Song Contest who starts in a couple of weeks.
Also, since you hardly reacted to ABBA, I hope you know who they are. If not, you are in for a ride there.
ᗅᗺᗷᗅ not the norwegian fishy company. as in "Abbas** sur jäkla sill"
Som SVT brukar utrycka det: Finns även med i-senap gravad och inlagd.*
*gäller även vårdtagare.
** Former Copennys of the Swedes, Like IKEA Absulut Volvo ...
P.s. Love Norway
@@nilsottomanz swenglish go brrrr
2022 and I'm still getting goosbumps of Euphoria.
7:10 just an unforgettable and iconic moment in all Eurovision editions and in all music history
ABBA performing "Waterloo" in UK 1974 gives Sweden their first victory, shock the world, and begin your fame
and in 2005 "Waterloo" was voted the best song in Eurovision history
anf in 2010 ABBA was included in Hall Fame of Rock and roll
1981 Björn Skifs is the singer in the band that made a cover on the Song Hooked on a feeling, that is played in Guardians of the galaxy. Thanks to that loads of people watched the band Blue swede's video on youtube.
Number one on the US billboard list in 1974
Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga, Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga, Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga
Also on the Reservoir Dogs soundtracks but most well known in many people of a certain age's mind for being the song that accompanied Ally McBeal's dancing baby.
I understand that some people today may feel uncomfortable with Roger Pontare's "When spirits are calling my name".
So I just want to tell you that he represents his culture the Sami, which in many aspects is similar to older American culture.
Basically, or litterly he and his song representative of the native tribe culture of the Sami people.
Why would we be uncomfortable with it? I don’t understand?
@@josephinenilsson1541 White male singing about spirit I guess, it's American English thing?
Is it sensitive for a white male to be singing about spirits? I’m Swedish by the way, so for me it is super clear that he is representing Sami, but even if I didn’t know that I would just think he was goofy. Like a hippy or something, running around in a skirt singing about spirits in the wind 😂🙈 I’m obviously not getting something here.
@@josephinenilsson1541 well so am I. But yeah today normally people don't sing about spirits in general 😂
”That dude look simular, i think i have seen him somewhere” - yeah dude a couple of seconds ago 🤣 he did another song a couple of songs back 😅
This is such nostalgia for me. I was born 1990 and as a kid we gathered as a family around the TV to watch this every year. Loreen is actually one of my favorite artists of all time.
Most of the singers in the really early numbers had long and glorious careers in Sweden! Some made international records too - for example, Alice Babs sang with Duke Ellington and Monica Zetterlund with Bill Evans.
9:23 thanks for acknowledging Ted Gärdestad, a travesty that he got 17th honestly. Loved his music growing up, RIP.
Never stop loving - Sluta aldrig växa upp!
Björn Skifs who represented Sweden in 1978 and 1981 was also the lead singer of the group Blue Swede, who had a number one hit with their cover of "Hooked on a feeling" which was used in Guardians of the Galaxy vol.1. In 2010 he sang at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
You should react to the full Heroes performance by Måns Zelmerlöv (the guy with the little stick people in his performance), it's a really cool performance!
With Kids (Ragazza e Ragazzo - niente piccolo) verson:
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Numero due:
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No! If he’s gonna watch anyone of them it should be Euphoria!
Sweden is a huge music exporter actually, and have been since the 70’s I think.
Also fun fact: Marlena Ernman from 2009 entry is Greta Thunbergs mother 😎
Fun fact, The Mamas who won in 2020 were also background singers to John Lundvik in his 2019 winner song. :)
Jill Johnson is a great countrysinger.
The Mamas was background singers to John Lundvik 2019.
Am I the only one that think it is weird to see the older artists when they were young? Like Tommy, Lotta, Carola and Herreys. I am so used to seeing them today, that it is weird to see them back in the days
The way he sed "satellite" shock me down to my core. He was so close to pronouncing it correctly. I speak Swedish fuently btw 👏
I really enjoyed this reaction! I din’t know if it was my request but I am so happy for this reaction!
Fun fact! Tomorrow (Saturday 12th) we Swedes will actually choose the representative for Eurovision 2022!! We have this show called ”Melodifestivalen” which determines our representative each year and it’s a BIG deal in Sweden!.. Actually it would’ve been nice to see your reaction to our final 12 songs and which one you think should win and represent us! 😄
And you will also get a more broader vision of todays music here in Sweden!
There are plenty of ranking lists or recap on YT so just search ”Melodifestivalen 2022 final top 12” or ”Melodifestivale 2022 final recap” 🙂
Yessss mello this year was AMAZING
Can’t wait for next year 😁
From, a fellow Swede
I liked the vid. Sweden, well you can't go wrong when you have to vote. We all have eurovision weekends don't we ? And we live it !
And maybe he could try to guess who won ..(But I think the wrong song won)
@@lillanlofgren7424 Who was your pick?
@@aporcelaingirl Anders Bagge "universe"
We in Sweden do know that Melodifrestivalen is camp as hell at the same we go all in. It's a folk fest and the news papers write about the contest for months before hand. See it as all the talent shows that Simon Cowell has dreamed up but with a pedigree of tradition, new songs with hopefully some good refrains and a lot of fun where we can enjoy it and at the same time laugh about all of it's silliness. Mello forever.
1978, 1981 etc, Björn Skifs aka the Blue Swede, most famous song is the Hooked on a feeling which appeared in the marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy
Fun facts. Björn Skifs that won 1978 and 1981 is the same guy that sang 'Hooked on a feeling' (everyone that has seen Guardians of the Galaxy knows what song I'm talking about, lol)
I love watching your videos. Not because you seem so fascinated by my home country, but because you seem like such a genuinely positive person.
You do know that ABBA from 1974 became a worldwide phenomenon. Do you remember Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, Fernando, Take A Chance On Me, etc etc etc. They returned in 2021 after 40yrs away with a new album called "Voyage" which hit No 1 in 20 countries (No 2 in the US) and became the 2nd best selling global album (just behind Adele) that year.
Guy singing 1992, Christer Björkman is the guy who is in charge of American Song Contest that started yesterday 🔥🔥 And has been a long running executive producer for Swedish Qualification Melodifestivalen.
as a person who was born in sweden and lived their whole life there. its really amazing to whatch someone react to our old eurovision songs😊
Eurovision isn't a true reflection of real music trends in the various competing countries - it's a world of its own! Some people hate it but I absolutely love it - camp, kitsch, crazy, over the top, unashamedly fun. You should watch the whole competition one year. It's quite the production.
I was actually at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013 during a school trip, pretty nice to be back in my home city (was born in Malmö) to be able to see the contest, nice break from regular school life. It was an amazing trip.
1978 and 1981 is Bjorn Skifs singer of the band Blue swede, famous for the song "Hooked on a feeling" Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga made famous for young people of today in the movie Guardian of the galaxy.
A number one in the US if I'm not mistaken.
Lena and her mic stand was a thing back then.
I met her in one of those "Sunday lunchtime why don't have a party at noon" thingamajig.
She's a truly funny person. And sweet!
It's very cool to see Tusse in Eurovision considering I grew up in the same small town as him where everyone knows each other practically
1998 Jill Johnso, a great countrysinger, big in Nashville. Do check her out, she is fantastic! In the beginning the songs should be sang in each countrys native language and show the culture of the country. Later on, if a country who didn´t have english as its native language often sang in english if the won the competition. Nowadays almost everyone sing in english.
Sweden did have its own "Eurovision song contest" without voting for our country, when corona canceled. So sad for all artist missing out the festival
Love Carola
Thank you! Really nice to remember some decades of Melodifestivalen. Some is rather good and some is better. So fun to see. 😊
I loved that you liked Satellit with Ted Gärdestad! His songs are so beautiful.
Shame he made a suicide
Someone might have said this but you recognised the name Nilsson a couple of times: it's a common last name (if you know an American named Nelson, they probably had a European ancestor called Nilsson) so Tommy Nilsson and Charlotte Nilsson are not related or part of the same band. You might have recognised Charlotte again a couple of year later when she had changed her name to Charlotte Perelli. I should also mention that some of the songs in English were in Swedish when they won in Sweden but translated when they competed in ESC, for example Take me to your heaven which in Swedish is called Tusen och en natt, When spirits are calling my name which in Swedish in När vindarna viskar mitt namn, etc. Oh, and Satellit simply means "satellite"! Listen to the singer, Ted Gärdestad, and give us your reaction. He sadly committed suicide way too young but he really was one of those young, pained geniuses.
Great video! I’m actually from Sweden so this is very fun to watch!😀👍🏻
Good work, mate, thanks!
Tomas Ledin 1980 is from my home town. His dad was my Principal.
It was first that the artists had to use their original language and then they had to choose a language for a while in the 70s then you did not get it again so it was the period in Swedish during the 80s-90s and then it disappeared and then it was mostly English. Since she as you saw in 2009 is an opera singer but her daughter is better known as it is Greta Tunberg (but more for scolding the UN for not taking the climate seriously)
But also that very many people think that the best song usually comes second as they have the people voting and then they have "experts" who vote and often they differ a lot between who gets the votes so since the early 90's it is many times where it the best song comes in 2-3 place but with the viewers calling in it is someone that little girls think looks good so they could get many votes for how they looked and not for the song and several got an expensive phone bill for a kid voted 10-50 times (payment number)
but we have many good artists and there are 15-40 artists who will perform their own song and it must never have been played before anywhere either and if you search on YT by name you will find that most have had a long career in music
Satellit means satellite. This is one of those songs they still make Swedish kids sing at the end of every turn until this very day.
Funny you say that Eric Saade sounds like Zac Efron because he did the swedish voice of Troy Bolton in High School Musical :D
I recommend you to listen to Swedens Melodifestival winner this year. 2022.
Cornelia Jacobs. With Hold me closer. It’s a really good song. 🎵🎶🙋♀️
Björn Skifs 1978 is the Singer on Blue Swedes "Hooked on a feeling". You know, the "oogachaka" song. It was number one in the US.
Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley was my favorite song as a kid ❤️ Would sing it anywhere and everywhere.
Realizing that Loreen was 10 years ago. Probably the best since Abba!
Someone probably already said so, but 2020 the mamas are also the choir/background singers of the 2019 number
The song Sol och vår (Sun and Spring) is pretty fun when you listen to/read the lyrics "When the sun and spring arrive, and you are nineteen years old, there is so little you understand, and all the young girls, should be kept inside, when winter turns to sun and spring" and that is just the part you listened to in this video. She is basically calling out all the young girls and warning them to not be swept of their feet by the first boy to pay attention to them now that there is warmer weather.
I’m actually from Sweden and it was fun to se our music from 1958-2021🇸🇪
Ted Gärdestad (1979) have worked together with ABBA and they even sing in the chior in some of his songs. Like ’Come give me love’ and ’Helena’.
True story, when Carola won swedish eurovision 1983 my parents decided to have a baby, 9 month later, i was born. eurovison is and was big in sweden :)
Sweden is the largest exporter of music per capita in the world. Watch more swedish music / productions!
Dar is so sweet, he never even called out the cringe in some of the songs.❤😂
Not sure if anyone already wrote this, but Family Four is actually ABBA before they changed their name
the singer at 1978 and 1981 Björn Skifs made it big internationally with one song under the name Blue Swede - Hocked on a feeling. And ofc hes famous in Sweden for other songs and his acting but that song blew up.
So the 2010 entry This is my life, won with about 30 points over one of the best Eurovision songs out there.
The song is called Keep on Walking, by Salem Al Fakir.
And I, to this date, am still very salty that his song didn't win the Swedish show
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I really loved this video!! 😍
1995 is my birthyear as well. 😄 Very nice reaction. 👍
You should look at the whole ”euphoria” song with loreen, it got one of the highest scores ever in eurovision. There was a swedish guy in Americas got talent a few years ago. Chris Kläfford singing ”imagine”, a lot of people like that audition.
17:43 fun fact, that's Benny Anderssons son on the piano, from ABBA, such father such son.
Björn Skifs are singing Hooked on a feeling with his band Blue Swedes. I think he´s been touring in USA.
I can see why Little Babs was a legend in her country here. She's got a lot of personality.
Fun Fact: 1988 City in Lights are always played last on the dancefloor at 2-3am, when they turn on the lights and its time to go home.
I hate to admit it, but the swedes rock eurovision. But dont tell them that a dane admitted it.
I still listen to both diggeloo diggelej and Fangat av en stormvind. :D
Ja har det hårdt ved af indrømme det men de virkelig næsten aldrig dårlige ( ligsom ogs )
Late to the party, but this norwegian has to agree. I love Eloise, Heroes and everything Bjørn Skifs. And Carola of course. And The Mamas! Denmark has a lot of great songs too. And Finland... and Iceland. Who can forget Dadi (sorry for the spelling, Iceland) Oh dear, I'm biased, perhaps. But what the heck... the Nordic countries are great.
The reason it took until the 2000s before Swedish actors started to sing in English during the Eurovision is that before then, with the exception of a couple of years in the 70s, all songs had to be performed in the country's native language.
Fun fact: The singer from 2009 Malena Ernman is Greta Thunberg's mother.
Sweden has won ESC 6 times, Ireland is in the lead with 7 wins.
Fun to know, in the end of march this year 2022 there will be an American Song Contest, a bunch of Swedish people are behind it.
It's possible they might equal Ireland this year.
Naah the song is good but the people of swe voted for Andreas Bagge, the winner cornelia got saved by jury points.... Check him out.
Anders Bagge - bigger than the univers
@@malinmorneschold Bagge’s song was boring, the only reason he got so many votes is because every swede already loves him
Fun fact: Björn Skifs is the soloist in the Swedish dub of Disney’s Brother bears.
You said you recognized Robin Bengtsson in the song from year 2017, he looks a lot like the broker Fredrik Eklund, also a Swede who is a star in the American TV-series Million Dollar Listing New York and also Million Dollar Los Angeles
Robin Bengtsson also looks a little bit like Cillian Murphy - 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Inception, Peaky Blinders, etc.
Here is a fun fact. Many famous artists has been in ESC. The biggest surprise is probably Celine Dion in 1988, her entry in ESC was for Switzerland. It was the starting point for her career. Olivia Newton John in 1974 more known in the movie Grease. Julio Iglesias in 1970 that helped his career. Enya in 1973 with her siblings. Lulu 1969 but more known for singing the Bond theme for the man with the golden arm.
Im swedish and my mom has worked in a lot of clothes shops and alot of these people buy clothes from her shops so i hve also met alot of these ppl
I'm not sure if anyone has pointed this out but Charlotte Nilsson who won in 1999 is the same person that went to ESC for Sweden in 2008, but by then she had married and taken her husband's name Perelli 😊
Not to be confused with the tire manufacturer Pirelli
- have a goodyear
You should react to all entries from 2020. There were several good songs that could have won. Fun fact: when the competition was cancelled, Sweden decided to hold their own competition to find out who the Swedes would have voted for (obviously not including their own entry). The swedes crowned Iceland their favorite entry of 2020 and gave them a special award.
fun fact. Sweden is the world's 3 largest music exporter. After USA and uk
Is this still true? I heard that about 20 years ago. :D
9:17 it means satellite, the guy who's singing is one of Sweden's most beloved artists ever, Ted Gärdestad
The Mamas are just superior, Tusse is also amazing but that’s the name of my cat
Lill- Babs 1961 and Lasse Berghagen 1975 was married at one time, sadly a few of the entries has passed away, Ted Gärdestad commited suicide Monica Zetterlund died in a housefire. 1978 Björn Skifs if have heard the song Hooked on a feeling in the movie Guardians of the galaxy it´s him singing. 1984 Herreys of course the choreography was important! Richard Herrey had a small part in FAME tv series and all 3 brothers had attended school in America don´t remember if t was performing art or what
In school, we literally sang Voices at graduation!😂 And I was the only one at the stage since I held the swedish flag!
Ingvar Wixell's song set a couple Firsts in the Contest's history. The song was the first song not to be a song in a country's national language, Ingvar sang in English and Sweden's language is Swedish. The song was also the first song be an English-language from an non-English speaking country.
Swedens song 2018 with Benjamin is a classic in my home, You said in the video that he reminded you of Micheal Jackson and that is correct he is a super fan of Micheal! Great video btw! Mutch love from Sweden!
The opera singer from 2009 is the mother of activist Greta Thunberg
What does Satellit mean? That means Satellite. 😂
You seem to have missed that under the song title is a translation of what it means.
Alice ("Lil") Babs was the voice of Snow White in the Swedish dub of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
Lill-Babs (1961) was married to Lasse Berghagen (1975) and their daughter was married to Tommy Nilsson (1989).
2020 The Mamas. If you go back to 2019, those are the same women that were the choir behind John Lundvik
1989- Tommy Nilsson has been asked to sing in the group Toto. And if you do not know who toto are, I can say that it is probably among the world's greatest musicians who are behind, for example, thriller. he unfortunately said no tho.
Fun Fact: The Mamas ( 2020 ) were actually the backup singers for John Lundvik ( 2019 )
29:09 that transition was really smooth🔥
Tomorrow (saturday) will determine our entry for 2022 😄 great timing for this video whether intentional or not
”Nilsson” is a common last name in Sweden and not a group, Charlotte (winner 1999) changed her last name later to “Perrelli” (due marriage) and represented Sweden again in 2008.
Glad you checked out the songs, but you didn't really react to anything apart from the fact that time changes and black and white turns to colour. It would have been interesting to hear your actual thoughts about what you saw and heard.
Björn Skifs represented sweden twice and you might know his big international hit “hooked on a feeling”
It’s so nice to hear al songs again in this way. Some of them is really really good. Bjorn Skifs forgot the lyrics to the song so he said some fictional words! Now it’s funny! 😁
Kikki Danielsson as someone said was a really good country and western singer. She recorded some of her albums in my cousins husbands studio in Nashville. And she lived in their house during that time! Fun fact. 😁😄
The singers in the middle, in Afro-dite (2002) and The Mamas (2020), are from The States.
Tommy Körberg are singing in the popular theather Chess and Anthem.
Probably has been said but... the Carola in 1983, 1991 and 2006... Is the same one :) I literally grew up with her and Eurovision. (she was 16 the first time she competed iirc)