FSC Sweden

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FSC#58 - DECEMBER 2013

Lisa Miskovsky
Wild Winds

For the 58th edition of the FSC, Sweden is sending the second official single of singer-songwriter Lisa Miskovsky's fifth studio album Umeå (released in September of 2013) entitled Wild Winds. The song is the follow-up single to Miskovsky's 2012 (and so far only) bet to the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest (Melodifestivalen); Why Start a Fire?, which qualified directly to the grand final back in late February of 2012. Miskovsky, a former participant of the Swedish national snowboard team, debuted on the Swedish music scene back in 2001 with the single Driving One of Your Cars, which earned her her first top. 20 single in Sweden, followed up by her self-titled debut album released in the same year. In 2003, she would enjoy her commercially most successful era to date with her follow-up album Fallingwater, earning her her first and so far only #1 charting album and Platinum-seller, aswell as her so far only top. 10 single on the official Swedish Singles Chart with the album's lead-single Lady Stardust.

The track Wild Winds, this month's FSC entry, is a melodic soft mid-tempo adult contemporary-alternative Pop song, with the echoes of Nordic melancholy and calmness. Originally released back in May 2013, it's probably more fit for the autumn and winter, and therefor a perfect pick for a December edition of FSC.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1] I can hear the wild winds blow
Blood is running through my frozen veins
One hundred words for cold
Won't tell you how I feel inside

You are always there for me to take the blame
Footprints in the snow we ride to hide away

[Chorus] If you got light will you lead the way
If you got the will can you say it's okay
If you want love, I can give you mine
If you come to care for this dream I found
I hope you find peace, oh I really do

[Verse 2] Winter comes with no regrets
Makes you wonder why you always stay
Way up here my mind is set
Such a great escape, such a great escape

Everything we knew will change into something new
Footprints in the snow we run with broken shoes

[Chorus] If you got light will you lead the way
If you got the will can you say it's okay
If you want love, I can give you mine
If you come to care for this dream I found
I hope you find peace, oh I really do

[Final Chorus] And if you want a word, I can give you two
First we got is false and the other one is true
If you want clues imma tell you lies
Keeping us secret in this heart of mine

If you want more, I will let you down
Settle in the peace of the dream I found
I hope find yours oh I really do

 

[A-lister]

The Swedish entry for January has been added to the Private Sweden forum

Don't forget to vote for the Swedish entry for December if you like it!

 

[A-lister]

A big thank you to everyone that supported the Swedish entry for FSC #58 December 2013

#14
60 pts









... and a reprise of:

The Swedish (my) jury votes for FSC #58 December 2013:

 

[A-lister]

SWEDEN in FSC 2013

April: Duvchi - Whole Life Tour 8th
May: Petra Marklund - Händerna mot himlen 1st
June: Panda DA Panda - Spegelen 22nd
July: John De Sohn feat. Kristin Amparo - Dance Our Tears Away 5th
August: Miriam Bryant - Push Play 2nd
September: Sofia Jannok - Jávrrit juiget 3rd
October: Avicii feat. Dan Tyminski - Hey Brother 6th
November: Veronica Maggio - Sergels torg 6th
December: Lisa Miskovsky - Wild Winds 14th

2013 marked the comeback for Sweden in FSC, after a half year of absence from the contest. Sweden re-joined as a jury in March 2013, and sent its first entry in 7 months back in April 2013. It's been a pretty successful year for Sweden in FSC, with 7 top. 10 positions and its second win in the FSC.

I'm very happy that I was persuaded to join this forum contest, it's been lots of fun and a great opportunity to get a bit closer to other forum members aswell but most of all a great way to share and explore music from our countries.

I wish you all a Happy New Year 2014, and looking forward to a new year of FSC and lots of new great music!
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[Luki]

Duvchi, Panda DA Panda, Sophia Jannok & Veronica Maggio. Whole Life Tour is one of my favourite 2013 songs, once again thank you for showing it is to us.

 

[rjb99]

Agreed - whole life tour is my absolute favourite entry from 2013, and i would never have heard it if you hadn't have picked it. That's what I love about FSC.

 

[A-lister]

Duvchi, Panda DA Panda, Sophia Jannok & Veronica Maggio. Whole Life Tour is one of my favourite 2013 songs, once again thank you for showing it is to us.

Agreed - whole life tour is my absolute favourite entry from 2013, and i would never have heard it if you hadn't have picked it. That's what I love about FSC.

Happy you liked it! As for Duvchi's song, I simply fell in love with it and had to bring it to the FSC when I joined!

And yes rjb99, that's what I really like about this contest aswell... I've got to know alot of great music this year thanks to the other "FSC'ers" that I would probably have never heard of if it weren't for this contest.

 

[A-lister]

FSC#59 - JANUARY 2014

Stockholm Syndrome
Karma

Stockholm Syndrome: Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson, Melanie Taylor & Martina Braun Wolgast

ENTRY:

For the 59th edition of FSC, and the first edition of FSC 2014, Sweden is turning up the speed and send the quirky club track Karma performed by the girl group Stockholm Syndrome. The song was released in late March 2013 by then trio Stockholm Syndrome (which currently is a duo after original member Melanie Taylor left the group).

The group Stockholm Syndrome was created back in 2010 as a project by Swedish-Moroccan hit-producer RedOne under the initial name of Love Generation. The original 4-piece line-up released their debut, self-titled, single the same year but were a commercial failure. The group entered the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest Melodifestivalen, with the RedOne produced entry Dance Alone back in 2011, where they ended up qualifying to the Second Chance round. In 2012, they entered Melodifestivalen once more with the entry Just a Little Bit (this time as a trio), but didn't make it to the final. In 2012 the group changed its name and started out with a fresh sound and image leaving their record label and producer RedOne. The debut single under the new name Pretty Girl got released back in October 2012 and was later followed up by this month's Swedish FSC entry Karma. None of these singles were commercially successful though and it remains to see if the current duo will have any commercial luck as an independent act.

Nevertheless, the song is chosen because it was time for another uptempo entry from Sweden after a couple of midtempo ones, it's also a bit different from the standard dance tracks (and in particular girl-group songs) and why not start the new year with a bang? Its quirky lyrics, cool production and general attitude is either a love or hate affair, but it's worth a try! So let's kick-start this new year 2014

LYRICS:

Don't you dare show up here in my face,
After what you done you should behave
Cuz you know karma is a bitch she'll make you pay
She'll mess you up and make you go insane

You motherfucker she will bust the windows out your car
Spread the word about your slutyness by your local bar
Tell your momma 'bout your drama with her best friend
I bet you don't know how bad this will end

You know that bitch called karma we were talking about
She happens to be my very best friend and no doubt
That she is not very happy no not satisfied
And she'll be bringing you down and taking me high

Bringing you down and taking me high

When the bouncer kicks you out then don't blame me,
Don't blame me
When your boss finds your website search history,
Don't blame me
When the girls find out how small you really are,
Don't blame me
When you no longer can find your brand new car,
Don't blame me

You motherfucker she will bust the windows out your car
Spread the word about your slutyness by your local bar
Tell your momma 'bout your drama with her best friend
I bet you don't know how bad this will end

You know that bitch called karma we were talking about
She happens to be my very best friend and no doubt
That she is not very happy no not satisfied
And she'll be bringing you down and taking me high

Bringing you down and taking me high

 

[A-lister]

The Swedish votes for FSC#59 have been sent, while the entry for February has been added to the Swedish Private Forum aswell.

Don't forget to support the Swedish entry in this month's edition if you like it!

 

[A-lister]

So, FSC#59 - January 2014, marks the second worst result for a Swedish entry in FSC history

Nevertheless, a big thank you to the few of you that did support the Swedish entry in this edition

#30
31 pts








... and a reprise of:

The Swedish (my) jury votes for FSC #59 January 2014:

 

[A-lister]

FSC#60 - FEBRUARY 2014

Agnetha Fältskog
I Was a Flower

ENTRY:

For the 60th edition of FSC, we're slowing down the tempo with a proper ballad. Now 63-year old Agnetha Fältskog, debuted on the Swedish music scene in 1967 with the self-penned single Jag var så kär (I was so in love), which was later followed up by her self-titled debut album in 1968.

In 1968 Agnetha would also meet her future husband, the singer and songwriter Björn Ulvaeus, for the first time. The couple married in 1971 and in 1972 Agnetha (that already had released four solo albums at that time), would join the formation of the new group named ABBA, consisting of herself, her husband Björn, Benny Andersson and fellow singer and friend of Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

ABBA entered the Swedish selection for Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen, in 1973 with their entry Ring Ring, which earned them a third place in the competition. The group would once again try their luck in 1974's Melodifestivalen with the entry Waterloo, which won the Swedish selection and then went on to win Eurovision Song Contest of that year. The Eurovision success would also mark the international breakthrough for Agnetha and ABBA, which would become the most successful Pop group of all time. Agnetha and Björn divorced in 1979, and ABBA would break-up as a group a couple of years later in 1983.

Agnetha's solo-career re-started in 1983 after the ABBA break-up, but after releasing three English-language albums during the 1980's, Agnetha left the music-scene and wouldn't return again until as lat as 2004, when she released her first studio album in 17 years consisting of covers from her 1960's favorite songs. In 2013, Agnetha returned to the music scene once more with her fifth English-language and ninth studio album with original material entitled A.

I Was a Flower is a bittersweet, timeless and melodious ballad, with beautiful lyrics that many people could rely to about lost love and a broken heart. The song is picked from the album A.

LYRICS:

Careless hands, reckless heart
Tore me from the ground
I followed you
Like a river follows the sea

Hollow dreams, precious pride
A blossom by your side
I followed you
You were everything to me

But now you walk right through me
Like I'm an empty ghost
Now, when I need you the most

I was a flower
Now look at what you've done
You've made my colours fade
Too close to the sun
Once I was innocent
Beautiful, life had just begun
I was a flower
Now look what you have done

Crazy nights, wicked ways
I wither in the haze
Followed you, till I followed you too far
I needed you, your face was kind
I trusted you, my faith was blind
Now I don't know who you are

I was a flower
Now look at what you have done
You've made my colours fade
Too close to the sun
Once I was innocent
Beautiful, life had just begun
I was a flower
Now look what you have done

But now you walk right through me
Like I'm an empty ghost
Now, when I need you the most

I was a flower
Now look at what you have done
You made my colours fade
Too close to the sun
Once I was innocent
Beautiful, life had just begun
I was a flower
Now look what you have done
(Now look what you have done)
Now look what you have done
(Now look what you have done)

Careless hands, reckless heart
My life had just begun
Now look what you have done

 

[MrGerbear]

Oh no not Agnetha! I might have to give Sweden some points this edition finally.

 

[A-lister]

Oh no not Agnetha! I might have to give Sweden some points this edition finally.

Huh?

 

[A-lister]

So, the Swedish entry for FSC March has been added to the Swedish Private forum!

Oh, and please don't forget to vote for the Swedish entry for February if you like it

 

[A-lister]

... and Sweden is finally back in the top. 10!

A very big thank you to everyone that made it possible and supported the Swedish entry for FSC#60 February 2014!

#10
80 pts






::rw ( + )


... and a reprise of:

The Swedish (my) jury votes:

 

[A-lister]

FSC#61 - MARCH 2014

Elin Överfjord
Nu

Nu is the debut single (released back in late August 2013) by Swedish newcomer; 18-year old Elin Överfjord. Elin has yet to achieve her commercially breakthrough, so only time will tell where this young singer will end up. This catchy, dancy Pop tune in Swedish could very well have been a hot contender for Melodifestivalen, maybe we'll see Elin on there in a year or two?

LYRICS:

[Verse 1]
Vi flammar upp
tankesätt, ett plus ett
älskade stund
lever nu
Kärlek så ung
du min gäst, ingen stress
älskade dröm
lever nu

[Bridge]
Han viskar genom min kropp
Du vet att jag vill göra allt för oss
Jag svävar ett fallskärmshopp
Han tar emot mig vid känslans topp

[Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Vi bygger något vackert
I det, finns du och jag
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Vi drömmer oss en helt ny dag

Och lever här och
NU...

Lever här och
NU...

[Verse 2]
Känslan är störst
Ändå så fjäderlätt
Framtidens kurs
Lever nu
Skrivet i tusch
Våra namn, som blev ett
Klart att vi törs
Leva nu

[Bridge]
Han viskar genom min kropp
Du vet att jag vill göra allt för oss
Jag svävar ett fallskärmshopp
Han tar emot mig vid känslans topp

[Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Vi bygger något vackert
I det, finns du och jag
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Vi drömmer oss en helt ny dag

Och lever här och
NU...

Lever här och
NU...

[Middle 8]
För den känslan är du
Och den andas här och nu
Ingenting har ett slut
Om vi lever här och nu
nu - nu – nu - nu...

[Final Chorus]
NU...
den andas här och nu
NU...
lever här och nu

Och lever här och
NU...

Lever här och
NU...

[Coda]
För den känslan är du
Och den andas här och nu
Ingenting har ett slut
Om vi lever här och nu

LYRICS (ENGLISH TRANSLATION):

[Verse 1]
We're going up in flames
mindset, one plus one
beloved moment
living now
Love so young
you are my guest, no stress
beloved dream
living now

[Bridge]
He whispers through my body
You know that I want to do everything for us
I glide a parachute jump
He catches me at the emotional peak

[Chorus]
Oh- oh -oh- oh
We build something beautiful
In it, there's you and me
Oh- oh -oh- oh
We dream ourselves a brand new day

And living here and
NOW...

Living here and
NOW...

[Verse 2]
The feeling is greatest
Yet so light as a feather
The future course
living now
Written in ink
Our names, which became one
Of course we dare
live now

[Bridge]
He whispers through my body
You know that I want to do everything for us
I glide a parachute jump
He catches me at the emotional peak

[Chorus]
Oh- oh -oh- oh
We build something beautiful
In it, there's you and me
Oh- oh -oh- oh
We dream ourselves a brand new day

And living here and
NOW...

Living here and
NOW...

[Middle 8]
For that feeling is you
And it breathes here and now
Nothing has an end
If we're living here and now
Now - now - now - now...

[Final Chorus]
NOW...
it breathes here and now
NOW...
living here and now

And living here and
NOW...

Living here and
NOW...

[Coda]
For that feeling is you
And it breathes here and now
Nothing has an end
If we're living here and now

 

[ParadiseES]

One of the best entries this month and probably the best Swedish entry since the summer

 

[A-lister]

One of the best entries this month and probably the best Swedish entry since the summer

Glad to see your support

 

[Terence]

The best Swedish entry since... February

 

[A-lister]

The best Swedish entry since... February

lol

not sure if that's a good or a bad thing? haha