Sunday, July 22, 2018

LARS ALDMAN – Nånting har hänt... (Nacksving, 1976)

Swedish vocals, instrumental 
International relevance: **
 
I interviewed Lars Aldman long ago about his role as a host for influential Swedish 80's radio show ”Bommen”. I couldn't resist asking him about the two albums he made for Nacksving in the late 70's. I remember his reply very well: ”I made them, and that's all there is to it”. He was clearly not open to discuss the topic further, I got the impression he was a bit embarassed  about them and most of all wanted to forget his short musical career. I don't blame him. I don't really want to be reminded of them either.

But I have a work to do, and that includes having one more look at Aldman's first album from 1976, recorded with a session band including Nynningen's Bengt Blomberg and Bernt Andersson. It's an awkward attempt at political rock à la Gothenburg where Aldman resided, with some singer/songwriter tracks and an impossibly lousy reggae track (”Livets mening”). The lyrics are as embarassing as the vocals which don't get any easier to ignore as they're much too loud in the somewhat amateurish mix. It's telling that the highlight is the short instrumental ”Första snön”. Of the vocal tracks, ”Döda zonen” is probably the best. Or the least worst...

2 comments:

  1. Jag tyckte mycket om Nånting har hänt, men tydligen var jag rätt ensam om det. Hittar den ingenstans, så jag får väl leta på mina gamla rullband. Text o ackord vet jag att jag skrivit ner men hittar inte.

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  2. Jag misstänker att det hör till ovanligheterna. :-)

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