FSC Sweden

[A-lister]

Gosh, I'm really struggling to choose my entry for August. I already have 5-7 songs listed that I want to use for Sweden

 

[r3gg13]

Gosh, I'm really struggling to choose my entry for August. I already have 5-7 songs listed that I want to use for Sweden

If "Din Soldat" is on that list, then you MUST send it while it's hot!

 

[A-lister]

Just quoting this for the new page

FSC#65 - JULY 2014

Owlmother
Papa Said No

Owlmother is the musical alias of 33-year-old indie-electro-pop singer/songwriter Lina Stina Wedin. Wedin released her self-produced solo debut album "Ugglemor" (Owlmother) back in 2010 and her follow-up "Räddhare" (Frightened hare) in 2012. Wedin is currently working on her third album due this year (or 2015), and the Swedish entry for July 2014; Papa Said No (originally premiered back in October 2013), is most probably the first single release and teaser of that upcoming album. Some of Wedin's previous songs have been featured as theme songs in a documentary aired on SVT, however she has yet to have any commercial or mainstream break and is currently unknown to most Swedes.

The first time I heard Papa Said No, I simply fell in love with the song and I find it a hidden gem ready to be exposed to more people and FSC is a good way of doing just that. It's a heavy 80's influenced indie-pop track which is both uplifting, nostalgic yet melancholic at the same time. I hope you'll enjoy this song as much as I do!

MV:

Song:

 

[A-lister]

If "Din Soldat" is on that list, then you MUST send it while it's hot!

This is the issue, whatever I do something will turn "old" when it's that song's turn

 

[r3gg13]

This is the issue, whatever I do something will turn "old" when it's that song's turn

Then "Din Soldat" it is

 

[A-lister]

So, yet another bad result for Sweden I must say FSC is becoming a bit too predictable results-wise. Oh well :/

A very big thank you to everyone that did support the Swedish entry for FSC#65 July 2014 atleast!

#22
46 pts







... and a reprise of:

The Swedish (my) jury votes:

 

[r3gg13]

I'm quite glad that you enjoyed both the Indonesian and the Malaysian entries . I was expecting you to like Hungary more though!

 

[A-lister]

I'm quite glad that you enjoyed both the Indonesian and the Malaysian entries . I was expecting you to like Hungary more though!

I guess I should like Hungary more, atleast on paper, but somehow it wasn't quite there for me

Asia, as a continent, did really good in the Swedish votes this month. My top. 3 + 2-pointer were Asian entries (yes Turkey, you included ), the only one left out this month was (but atleast they got points from me two months in a row the previous editions).

 

[r3gg13]

I guess I should like Hungary more, atleast on paper, but somehow it wasn't quite there for me

Asia, as a continent, did really good in the Swedish votes this month. My top. 3 + 2-pointer were Asian entries (yes Turkey, you included ), the only one left out this month was (but atleast they got points from me two months in a row the previous editions).

Time to do an Asian sweep and vote for as well

 

[A-lister]

FSC#66 - AUGUST 2014

Lykke Li
Gunshot

For the August (#66) edition, Sweden is sending one of its currently biggest international names in music; the 28-year old singer-songwriter Li Lykke Svensson Zachrisson or just Lykke Li. The entry; Gunshot, is her second single taken from her third album; I Never Learn, released in May 2014. Lykke Li debuted back in 2007 and released her debut album the following year, however it wasn't until her critically acclaimed follow-up album Wounded Rhymes (2011) and its lead-single I Follow Rivers, that she would reach her mainstream and international breakthrough.

Gunshot is a lyrically clever and musically dark indie-pop affair with a great hook and beautiful verses about a lost love and broken heart, hope you will all enjoy it!

LYRICS:

[Verse 1:] I am longing for your poison
Like a cancer for its prey
Shot an arrow, in your harbor
Where you waited in the rain
I am siren, I am ivy
I am no one, I'm nobody
I am longing for your honey
I am longing for your love

[Chorus:] And the shot goes through my head and back
Gunshot, I can't take it back

[Verse 2:] Lay me down in your ocean
Carry me and my burden
I was dreaming about you honey
I was hoping you'd save me

[Chorus:] And the shot goes through my head and back
Gunshot, can't take it back
My heart cracked, really loved you bad
Gunshot, I'll never get you back

[Bridge:] And I ache, while you're not here
Feel you aching
Wide awake, why you're not here
I can feel you firing straight into my heart

[Chorus:] Goes through my head and back
Gunshot, can't take it back
My heart cracked, really loved you bad
Gunshot, never get you back, never get you back
Never get you back, never get you back, never get you back

 

[A-lister]

The Swedish entry for FSC#67-September has been submitted and added to the private Sweden forum, the Swedish votes for FSC#66 they have also been sent.

 

[A-lister]

After a rather struggling 2014 in FSC so far, Sweden is finally back in the top and it's the second Swedish win since I've joined (the last Swedish win was May 2013 - 15 months ago!)...

A very big thank you to everyone that supported the Swedish entry for FSC#66 - August and made "my" second win possible!

#1
157 pts











And a reprise of the Swedish (my) jury votes this month:

 

[r3gg13]

Here's your trophy!

(Sahistul used to do it, but hasn't done it in several editions, so here we go )

 

[A-lister]

FSC#67 - SEPTEMBER 2014

Albin feat. Kristin Amparo
Din soldat

After 15 months, FSC is finally back in Sweden!

For September 2014, the 67th edition of FSC, to round up the summer of 2014, Sweden is sending the biggest hit of summer 2014 in Sweden; Din soldat (Your Soldier), performed by rapper Albin Johnsén and singer Kristin Amparo. This entry marks a comeback for Amparo in FSC, who was featured on the Swedish FSC entry for July 2013; Dance Our Tears Away, which ended at a respectable #5. Din soldat marks Amparo's second mainstream hit in Sweden, and is the breakthrough single for 24-year old Johnsén.

So put on your dancing shoes and let's have a good time to this catchy Swedish uptempo Pop-HipHop track.

LYRICS:

Så, ey,
Låt mig vara din soldat!, ey x3

[Verse 1] Har du också tänkt 'sista gången'?, och gjort samma miss om och om sen?
Har du också legat vaken hela nätter?, panik, massa press, pressat tänder?
Har du också lovat dig själv?, att imorgon 'tar jag tag i mig själv'?
Har du också provat deras norm? - sen fattat att du inte e som dom?
Har du också satt dig i en bil?, bara kört tills du inte har bensin?
Har du också tänkt 'om jag flyr'?, kommer allt bli bra inuti?
Har du också fattat till slut att den enda som kan rädda dig är du?
Du behöver inte bära allt själv, för jag har känt allt precis som du känt.

[Chorus] Jag har sett hur den där skiten alltid tär på dig,
Ja kommer kriga för din skull och finnas där för dig!
När du stupar nästa gång så vill jag bära dig, låt mig vara din soldat!
x2

[Verse 2] Har du också kört huvudet i väggen?, så hårt att det känns som du sprängt det?
Har du också svurit att aldrig?, ge upp det du drömt om som framtid?
Har du också stått på ditt jobb?, sen känt du är värd mer än så!?
Har du också stressat ihjäl dig? – för en lön som knappt ger dig skäl nej!?
Jag har också tappat ibland och snabbt försökt komma ikapp.
Jag har också sett när det faller och försökt bygga nytt ifrån marken.
Jag har också vart nära min gräns, så jag fattar precis hur det känns.
Men jag lovar att allt kommer vända, om vi lovar att tro på oss själva.

[Chorus] Jag har sett hur den där skiten alltid tär på dig
Ja kommer kriga för din skull och finnas där för dig
När du stupar nästa gång så vill jag bära dig, låt mig vara din soldat!
x2

[Middle 8 Rap] För dom pekar, blickar in oss, vinkar hitåt, måste bli nått.
Skapa normer, väcka sorger, bygga luftslott utav ångest.
Informerar, propagerar, ger oss manus för att leva.
Så vi blundar för det skeva, men om vi vågar kan vi segla.

[Chorus] Jag har sett hur den där skiten alltid tär på dig
Ja kommer kriga för din skull och finnas där för dig
När du stupar nästa gång så vill jag bära dig, låt mig vara din soldat!
x2

Låt mig vara din soldat x3

LYRICS [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]:

So, ey,
Let me be your soldier!, ey x3

[Verse 1] Have you also thought 'the last time'?, and then made the same mistake over and over again?
Have you also been lying awake whole nights?, panic, lots of pressure, pressed teeth?
Have you also promised yourself?, that tomorrow 'I'll pull myself together'?
Have you also tried their norm? - then understood you're not like them?
Have you also got into a car?, just drove until you're out of gas?
Have you also thought 'If I run away'?, everything will be fine inside?
Have you also understood in the end that the only one that could save you is you?
You don't have to carry everything by yourself, 'cause I've also felt as you felt.

[Chorus] I've seen how that sh*t always depletes you,
I'll wage war for your sake and be there for you!
When you're falling next time, I'll want to carry you, let me be your soldier!
x2

[Verse 2] Have you also hit the head in the wall?, so hard that it feels as if you've burst it?
Have you also sworn never?, give up what you dreamt about as future?
Have you also stood at your job?, then felt you're worth more than that!?
Have you also stressed yourself to death? – for a salary that barely gives you any worth no!?
I've also lost sometimes and quickly tried to catch up.
I've also seen when it falls and tried to build new from the ground.
I've also been close to my limit, so I understand exactly how it feels.
But I promise that everything will turn around, if we promise to believe in ourselves.

[Chorus] I've seen how that sh*t always depletes you,
I'll wage war for your sake and be there for you!
When you're falling next time, I'll want to carry you, let me be your soldier!
x2

[Middle 8 Rap] For they point, gaze at us, wave this way, must become something.
Create norms, awake sorrows, build castles in the air out of anxiety.
Inform, propagate, give us scripts for living.
So we close our eyes for the skewed, but if we dare we can sail.

[Chorus] I've seen how that sh*t always depletes you,
I'll wage war for your sake and be there for you!
When you're falling next time, I'll want to carry you, let me be your soldier!
x2

Let me be your soldier! x3

 

[A-lister]

The Swedish votes for FSC#67 - September have been cast plus the Swedish entry for FSC#68 - October (+ back-up) has been added to the private Sweden forum.

Don't forget to support the Swedish entry for this month in case you like it!

 

[Yoni]

I sure hope the Queen of the Clouds will make an appearance sooner or later.

 

[A-lister]

I sure hope the Queen of the Clouds will make an appearance sooner or later.

We'll see... There's a good bunch on that album, unfortunately the best song imo is too old, her second best single has already been used (it's not even on the album for some odd reason :/).

 

[A-lister]

A respectable top. 10 for the Swedish "host" entry...

A very big thank you to everyone that supported the Swedish entry for FSC#67 - September

#7
84 pts








And a reprise of the Swedish (my) jury votes this month:

 

[A-lister]

FSC#68 - OCTOBER 2014

Linnea Henriksson
Cecilia

For this month, Sweden is sending (the soon to be) 28-year old Linnea Henriksson. Henriksson finished fourth in the Swedish Idol 2010, but is the only one from that edition of Swedish Idol that has crossed over to get a somewhat healthy career in music afterwards. Henriksson released her debut single Väldigt kär/Obegripligt ensam (Very 'in love'/Incomprehensible alone) back in 2011, but it wasn't until the release of the single Lyckligare nu (Happier Now), the following year, that she scored her first hit-single in Sweden with a top. 3 position on the Official Swedish Singles Charts. Both of these tracks are taken from Henriksson's debut album Till mina älskade och älskare (To my loved ones and lovers), also released in 2012.

Cecilia, this month's Swedish entry for FSC, is taken from Henriksson's follow-up album Du söker bråk, jag kräver dans (You're looking for brawl, I demand dance). The song was served to Swedish radio in summer of 2014 disguised as a club version which was remixed by former FSC entrant John De Sohn, but the version chosen for FSC is the more acoustic based, slowly-built-up, charming and light, yet mysterious and deep, album version of the song. The song has also been covered by former FSC-winner Petra September Marklund.

Album version (and FSC entry):

Official Radio Mix version mixed by John De Sohn (#5 in FSC#53):

Linnea Henriksson - Cecilia (John De Sohn Remix)


LYRICS:

[Verse 1] Minns du '94?
Hon tittar upp och fnissa till.
Hon svarar ja,
fast hon inte var född än.
Flickan äger världen,
och ni blir ett vackert par.
Bara synd
att den som får gå är jag.

[Bridge] Nu är stunden jag vet
rätt längesen du va min
Jag kan låtsas ett tag till,
kvällen är alldeles för fin.

[Chorus] Åh Cecilia
hon är allt för dig.
Åh Cecilia min vän, baby
Sättet hon rör sig
och hon förför dig igen.
igen x4
igen x4
igen x4

[Verse 2] Natten våndas stilla,
stjärnor glittrar över stan.
Inget prat
där vi sakta går hand i hand.
Hör vår tystnad tala,
jag hör den viska hennes namn.
Är det hon jag är
när du tar mig i din famn?

[Chorus] Åh Cecilia
hon är allt för dig.
Åh Cecilia min vän, baby
Sättet hon rör sig
och hon förför dig igen.
igen x4
igen x4
igen x4

[Middle part]

igen x4
igen x4
igen x4
igen x4
igen x4
igen x4
igen x4
igen x4

[Chorus] Åh Cecilia
hon är allt för dig.
Åh Cecilia min vän, baby
Sättet hon rör sig
och hon förför dig igen.
igen x4
igen x4
igen x4

igen x4
igen x4

LYRICS [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]:

[Verse 1] Do you remember '94?
She looks up and giggles.
She answers yes,
though she wasn't born yet.
The girl owns the world,
and you become a beautiful couple.
Only pity
that the one that has to go is me.

[Bridge] Now is the moment I know
quite long ago I was yours.
I can pretend a little while more,
the evening is way too pretty.

[Chorus] Oh Cecilia
she is everything for you.
Oh Cecilia my friend, baby
The way she moves
and she seduces you again.
again x4
again x4
again x4

[Verse 2] The night agonizes slowly,
stars glistening over the city.
No talk
where we slowly walk hand in hand.
Hear our silence speak,
I hear it whispers her name.
Is it her I am
when you take me in your arms?

[Chorus] Oh Cecilia
she is everything for you.
Oh Cecilia my friend, baby
The way she moves
and she seduces you again.
again x4
again x4
again x4

[Middle part]

again x4
again x4
again x4
again x4
again x4
again x4
again x4
again x4

[Chorus] Oh Cecilia
she is everything for you.
Oh Cecilia my friend, baby
The way she moves
and she seduces you again.
again x4
again x4
again x4

again x4
again x4

 

[A-lister]

The Swedish entry for November has been submitted, and the votes from Sweden for FSC#68 October have been casted.

Don't forget to support the Swedish entry for October in case you like it!