Swedish vocals, instrumental
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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...
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.
ReplyDeleteJag misstänker att det hör till ovanligheterna. :-)
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