Swedish vocals
International relevance: ***
Probably the best children's record
ever made and a perfect example of how kids were taken seriously back
in the progg days. Released as Jojje Wadenius, ”Goda' goda'” is
really a 'lost' Made In Sweden album with Bosse Häggström on bass
and Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd on drums. And they play with the same
eagerness and precision as they did when playing to adults. Greater
precision, even.
The songs are just swinging wonderful
and the affectionate lyrics – all in Swedish – by children's author Barbro
Lindgren are from the child's perspective, always, never silly and
certainly not condescending. They acknowledge all big emotions you
have when you're small; joy, melancholy, loneliness, curiosity, the
sense of wonder when beholding things that grown-ups just pass by in
their busy grown-up world of boring grown-up things. And imagination. Puzzled self-reflection. Playfulness. Things adults should engage in a little more often.
Let's be frank: Made In Sweden never
made another album this inspiring and delightful. Some of their most
irritating mannerisms are prevalent here as well – I'm thinking of
Wadenius's annoying habit singing along to his guitar solos – but
the songs are so wonderful you can easily forgive them for it. To
paraphrase an Archimedes Badkar title, these are songs for children
of all ages.
Jojje
Wadenius made a second album of Lindgren lyrics in 1978, the less
successful ”Puss, puss, sant, sant”.
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