[ ]      [ ]   [ ]
Kent — Dom Andra
Log in above to post your comment
Wisespeke
(Celina, Texas)
Posted: Feb 29, 2012 - 20:43
 
Yeah. Swedish? Really? I've been singing along to this all this time and didn't realize I was mumbling in Swedish ;0)

micman2b
(Mebane, NC)
Posted: Sep 24, 2011 - 09:40
 
Swedish? I just thought they were slurring their english.

Null
(Out there (where the truth is))
Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 02:24
 
I think if this song wasn't in swedish some words would be bleeped out..

myersei
(Denver, CO)
Posted: May 21, 2011 - 10:07
 
 macbags wrote:
Have I grown old, or has paradise? Don't telll me its me.
paradise use to be sooooooo good.       Really
 
Must be you.  RP is still the best radio station in the world.

macbags
(atlanta)
Posted: Jan 15, 2011 - 17:34
 
Have I grown old, or has paradise? Don't telll me its me.
paradise use to be sooooooo good.       Really

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Oct 28, 2010 - 11:34
 
 Lkw wrote:
@ bikinikaratebabe: Thanks very much for the translation. Every language is unique and has its own 'hidden messages' swirling around the words, so you'll never be able to translate 1-to-1. But as far as I can see you did a great job.
 
Agreed.  Thank you, bikinikaratebabe.  Even in English, the words have their own nuance and evocative presentation.  I had never heard this before, but I like it a lot.  More so now that I have an idea of what's being conveyed in the lyrics.  Very interesting phrasing and some wicked-good imagery. Giving this a 7 until I hear it a few more times...


savoyard
(SB, Indiana)
Posted: Oct 28, 2010 - 11:27
 
Love this Song!
Normally I hate whistling, but it works here.
I wish they would come to the US on tour, but I doubt that's going to happen. 

calypsus_1
Posted: May 06, 2010 - 16:06
 

Kent 020808 1 by ~Kuvaaja
©2008-2010 ~Kuvaaja

Kent
Ankkarock
Korso/Finland

August 2, 2008



Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: May 06, 2010 - 14:44
 
lmic wrote:
Great segue from Neil Finn! Bill, you da mix master. {#Notworthy}
Try whistling this!


nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 08:26
 
Go for it Kent, ni är bast nar det galler.

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 18:23
 


lawman
(Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009 - 04:09
 
KATE!!  Kate?  Surely Kate, running down that road?  No?  Oh well - still good, like.


lmic
(Narrow Minded Couch Potato)
Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 18:27
 
Great segue from Neil Finn! Bill, you da mix master. {#Notworthy}

greyfin10
(Panama City, FL)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 08:59
 
 westslope wrote:
Everybody wants a big honkin' house on hectare of land in paradise.  Then everybody builds the same big honkin' house and the next thing you know you have a valley or hill side full of similar houses in what has become a boring low-density suburb.  Now the place looks like crap...
 

Sounds like the Eagles' "Last Resort" the way you describe it there ;)  Different point of course, but still...

savoyard
(SB, Indiana)
Posted: Dec 01, 2008 - 08:55
 
Thanks for this translation.
I always wondered what they were saying in this song. I wish they would do a few more songs in English, but maybe it's a lot of work to try and translate.
I know that my Swedish

 bikinikaratebabe wrote:
Thought i could give you guys a quick translation of the lyrics... It's quite hard to translate it because the lyrics are pretty weird in swedish too. it's one of ultimate favorite songs,but being norwegian I'm sure there are some of the sentences i don't translate right because of the slight differences in the languages.



westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Oct 31, 2008 - 01:22
 
 bikinikaratebabe wrote:
1000 thanks bikinikaratebabe for the quick translation.
in my opinion it's about how everybody is trying to be special, and in this pursuit everybody ends up as the same...

Equivalently: everybody tries to be a non-conformist and ends up being... a conformist.  Adolescence angst to a T.

 

Or let's try an ecological spin with a distinct American and Canadian flavour:

Everybody wants a big honkin' house on hectare of land in paradise.  Then everybody builds the same big honkin' house and the next thing you know you have a valley or hill side full of similar houses in what has become a boring low-density suburb.  Now the place looks like crap.

Thinking parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, increasingly the interior of British Columbia.  

And yes, all these places used to look beautiful and very special.



nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Oct 31, 2008 - 00:11
 
Katish, and wonderful.

Candela
(Trondheim, Norway)
Posted: Oct 15, 2008 - 07:31
 
Slett ikke så verst kjære naboer :)


TriskyJen
(Hudson River Valley)
Posted: Aug 28, 2008 - 18:39
 
The opening of this song sounds like "The Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush. Then from there on in... no resemblance. 

tro_73
(Barcelona living in Stockholm)
Posted: Jul 28, 2008 - 03:33
 
One of the best Kent 's songs

zakalwe
Posted: Jul 28, 2008 - 02:45
 
Oh my, this brings back so many memories :)


dumdane
Posted: May 10, 2008 - 12:22
 
Excellent song from an excellent album. Kinda subdued - but very well craftet pop/rock.
1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Apr 24, 2008 - 14:56
 
bought it & love it. Emotional ending..even though I don't know the language.
Lkw
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Posted: Apr 24, 2008 - 12:39
 
@ bikinikaratebabe: Thanks very much for the translation. Every language is unique and has its own 'hidden messages' swirling around the words, so you'll never be able to translate 1-to-1. But as far as I can see you did a great job.
bikinikaratebabe
Posted: Mar 25, 2008 - 17:37
 
Thought i could give you guys a quick translation of the lyrics... It's quite hard to translate it because the lyrics are pretty weird in swedish too. it's one of ultimate favorite songs,but being norwegian I'm sure there are some of the sentences i don't translate right because of the slight differences in the languages.

A lonely woman is searching a man.
Answer to: The heart tells the truth.
A pessimist in it's way of life
I sense blood, it smells like mourning.
An alien's thirst of love
A question of who betrayed whom first.
Eat fat and sugar till you throw up
or become a four-tons martyr.

Sell yourself, sell yourself at a high price.

Come borrow my crown of thorns
Suffer for the art or burn.
I'm fighting and keeping my body warm
A dream of being in my mama's tender arms.
An aliens thirst for love
A question of who betrayed whom first.
And I will readily become a martyr
We most likely need a new one

Sell yourself, sell yourself at a high price

Flip off death
we walked over copses
and flashed our love,
our rich inner lives.
But the plates (note: i guess to walk on) up to heaven
were no more when we got there.
And the price we payed to be classified as elite
was to become like the others
We became like the others
We became like the others

And we aren't getting further
We are back at zero.
But no one will mourn
We have played our parts.
We will forget this shit
it doesn't mean anything.
We should have gotten further
But we weren't good enough

We became like the others
We became like the others
We became like the others



well, as i realize now, the song doesn't really work as well in english. it's something about the lyrical way Kent sings this song (and all other songs) in that just can't be translated. but now u at least know what the song is about. in my opinion it's about how everybody is trying to be special, and in this pursuit everybody ends up as the same...
1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Feb 21, 2008 - 15:16
 
They most certainly do..Lkw wrote:
I like this very much, nice 'organic' song. Kent deserves so much more attention.

Lkw
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Posted: Feb 11, 2008 - 15:21
 
I like this very much, nice 'organic' song. Kent deserves so much more attention.
spraehbuer
(London, UK)
Posted: Jan 21, 2008 - 06:09
 
newwavegurly wrote:

But now that I'm hearing it again, maybe it's reminiscent of "Games Without Frontiers" by Peter Gabriel in melody instead?

that's what I heard from the other side of the room . . . still like it or because of that?

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Nov 03, 2007 - 20:51
 
Takes me to Sweden
Kristi
(Athens, GA)
Posted: Oct 03, 2007 - 10:07
 
Just try not to get this whistling in your head! I like this song.
spunkyboy62
(Grand Rapids, MI)
Posted: Oct 03, 2007 - 09:51
 
sub-arctic wrote:


I can agree with 50/50 Swedish/Finnish. And as far as I know Eskilstuna is still a Swedish city.


So when is a Finn not a Swede? When he's a Kiwi, of course.

Now Playing:

Kent - Dom Andra
Neil Finn - Twisty Bass

toomanyollys
(Kings Cross, London)
Posted: Aug 17, 2007 - 03:21
 
Fredrikson wrote:
many (if not most) kent fans will tell you that their best song is "747". get it, play it. :)


Absolutely - I've uploaded it and it's currently sitting on the LRC - go vote! It's the english version since that's the only version I have...
gumby
(Slovenia)
Posted: Aug 01, 2007 - 13:19
 
ocsike wrote:

Olyat én is tudok, hogy nem angolul írok de akkor nem érti senki


te vagy az eggyetlen :P

ontopic: heya sweden
newwavegurly
Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 08:44
 
newwavegurly wrote:
Okay... the whistling in this is soooo much like an old Howard Jones song, though the name of the song escapes me at the moment...

But now that I'm hearing it again, maybe it's reminiscent of "Games Without Frontiers" by Peter Gabriel in melody instead?
apert
(Ann Arbor)
Posted: Feb 25, 2007 - 10:29
 
Ah.. this band brings back some great memories!!
I wanted to say hi to all the swedish friends, I had the pleasure to meet many of them here in Ann Arbor MI and I made great friends.
Ciao Stefan, Louise, Peter, Gabriella, Per.
Andrea.
remifentanil
(Sweden)
Posted: Jan 26, 2007 - 06:35
 
One of the best...Kent
FilmSurgeon
(Los Angeles, CA)
Posted: Jan 11, 2007 - 16:01
 
The whistling had me thinking Bulletproof Heart, by The Silencers...
Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Nov 29, 2006 - 00:08
 
ocsike wrote:

Olyat én is tudok, hogy nem angolul írok de akkor nem érti senki


Hvergang!
Kerly
(Estonia)
Posted: Nov 29, 2006 - 00:06
 
For me this is the BEST Kent's song.
Krispian
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Sep 02, 2006 - 04:22
 
More cowbell? No... more whistling!

Mack wrote:
whistling tunes we hide in the dunes by the seaside

Fredrikson
(Stockholm)
Posted: Jun 06, 2006 - 07:55
 
many (if not most) kent fans will tell you that their best song is "747". get it, play it. :)
ocsike
(south of Budapest)
Posted: Jun 06, 2006 - 07:55
 
miamizsun wrote:
Mycket lätt att lyssna till, gillar jag den.

Olyat én is tudok, hogy nem angolul írok de akkor nem érti senki
miamizsun
(Miami Beach (3285.3 Miles SE of RP), FL)
Posted: Apr 23, 2006 - 14:34
 
Mycket lätt att lyssna till, gillar jag den.
borderlessworld
(Good Old Germany)
Posted: Apr 23, 2006 - 14:31
 
every once in a while you find cheesy pop that is so uplifting. thanks for this one.
greenplasticboy
(Pittsburgh, PA)
Posted: Apr 23, 2006 - 14:29
 
brandog wrote:
They've stolen the Backstreet Boys' drum machine!!!


my thoughts exactly
ptegan
(Paris)
Posted: Mar 25, 2006 - 07:59
 
Wonderful stuff !
highwindows
(Deepest somewhere)
Posted: Mar 10, 2006 - 13:42
 
Interesting stuff!
Mello
Posted: Jan 25, 2006 - 12:30
 
kent - Isola

That album should grab you, if not. Well something is wrong with you
xkolibuul
(Green Mountain state of mind)
Posted: Dec 27, 2005 - 10:28
 
A sound like a hundred other current bands. Nothing to complain that much about, nothing to grab you either.
elara
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Sep 10, 2005 - 14:52
 
interesting...