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Domen föll på en morgonflight till London
Som tysta tunga steg på väg mot dig
Domen föll trots att du alltid använt kondom
Och med lien på svaj så väntar din gamle vän
Och som ni lekte när ni var barn
Och du stod givakt med din rygg rak och tog fyrahundra slag
Sömnen kom och och du som låg så rätt i tiden
Domen föll som tårar mot din skärm
Sömnen kom som en åsikt, högervriden
Men mot dollar och yen så blir döden lätt ett skämt
Och som ni som lekte när ni var barn
Du förlorade ditt krig, du står ensam kvar
Och ingen kommer till ditt försvar
Så du står givakt med din rygg så rak och tar fyrahundra slag
| sajitjacob (Christchurch NZ) | Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 17:51 Now that I know what the album title means that album cover is brilliantly clear. |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: May 21, 2012 - 13:49 NeuroGeek wrote: I'm curious as to why this band isn't in heavier RP rotation???  Would like to hear more...This is the second song from Kent today, just since I've been at work. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 03:49 sub-arctic wrote: "400 Blows" would be more correct in this context. Does this song have any references to the famous Truffaut film Les Quatre Cents Coups? I'm not arty and sophisto enough to have seen it, but the phrase, if a good translation, is unlikely to be accidental. Fine song, whatever it means, and easily as good as the other Kent stuff played on RP. 8 from the Scandophile (is that a word?) Nottingham jury. Edit: I thought so - according to the excellent People's Dictionary of Swedish, "slag" means, amongst other things, 'strike' or 'blow'. So the title must be a direct reference to the Truffaut film. |
| NeuroGeek (Just Way Out There) | Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 09:40 I'm curious as to why this band isn't in heavier RP rotation??? Would like to hear more... |
| jim747 | Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 09:36 Great intro to what is possibly their best album to date, new one out in April 2012 though :) |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 21:55 "There was a young fellow from Kent, whose **** was exceedingly bent......" While I was born there, I must be atypical. |
| Jimmyalenius | Posted: May 08, 2011 - 03:47 Kent is my favorite band of all times! Nice to hear them here at RP. |
| jpdribbler (Berlin) | Posted: May 08, 2011 - 03:45 Roverfish wrote: These guys are trespassing on the Cure's property! I see your point, but I'll take their singer over Robert Smith anytime. |
| sub-arctic (63°50' N) | Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 00:48 SweTex wrote: Song: 400 Battles "400 Blows" would be more correct in this context. |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 11:21 Artist: Kent Song: 400 Battles Album: You and Me Death |
| Wizzuvvoz (Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.) | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 11:14 I like this song quite a bit, but evidently it's not one of their best; maybe somebody could upload some others. i'm just going by bikinikaratebabe below. I mean what with the tatoo and all |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 04, 2009 - 14:52 Had to turn it up; knew it was Kent. |
| Geecheeboy (under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | Posted: Jan 04, 2009 - 14:48 Does that little man-puppet on the cover have a set of pointy banana boobs? |
| bikinikaratebabe | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 15:47 hello, people! thought i'd might as well throw in a translation: The sentence fell on a morning flight to London like quiet, heavy footsteps coming towards you. The sentence fell even though you've always used condoms and your old friend awaits you with his swinging scythe.And how you played when you were children and you stood at attention with your back straight and took 400 blows/hits The sleep came, to you who kept up with time. the judgment fell like tears on your screen/ shield The sleep came like an extreme right-winged view (political right, extreme would be like fascism... might not be this extreme, though.) but against dollar and yen, death easily becomes a joke. And how you played when you were children You lost your war You are left there alone and no one will come at your defense So you stand at attention with your back straight and take 400 blows. Think the song is about aids, maybe? dunno, but it's fabulous. not one of my favorites, though.. if i can give you guys a few recommendations for further listening(and this comes from someone with a Kent-tattoo ):
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| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 17:29 donpdonp wrote: the cover art rules. it reminds me of tim burton. reminds me of a tim burton wheel for a  |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 17:29 Ya gotta love Kent....beautiful language.. |
| dumdane | Posted: Apr 27, 2008 - 05:54 A very good song. But Kent has done well better. Play more different Kent songs please. |
| lattalo (Beartooths) | Posted: Oct 21, 2007 - 13:19 Very good would love to hear more! |
| aquadonia (Green Bay, WI) | Posted: Oct 21, 2007 - 13:17  |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Aug 04, 2007 - 03:55 Very Nice! |
| crazyossi (Wittenberge , Germany) | Posted: Aug 04, 2007 - 03:52 great ! |
| Whirlpool (Somewhere in California) | Posted: Jul 03, 2007 - 15:28 Excellent Song. |
| saeys (Skellefteå, Sweden, Old Europe) | Posted: Mar 31, 2007 - 07:17 donpdonp wrote: what language is this sung in? some form of elvish?
And swedish is almost the same language as elvish... 
They released an album as two versions, swedish and english, a couple of years ago, but it came out nobody was interested in the english lyrics. Although one of their english songs is played here now and then. |
| Fredrikson (Stockholm) | Posted: Mar 31, 2007 - 07:11 donpdonp wrote: what language is this sung in? some form of elvish?
the cover art rules. it reminds me of tim burton. Swedish, the language of the brave and heroic. |
| donpdonp (Portland, Or) | Posted: Feb 12, 2007 - 11:39 what language is this sung in? some form of elvish? the cover art rules. it reminds me of tim burton. |
| NewFee (Toronto - Beaches) | Posted: Jan 28, 2007 - 20:25 What I like is that I've listened to RP for hundreds and hundreds and *hundreds* of hours over the years, and songs like this come on that I haven't heard before, but often like and enjoy even on a first listen, and I don't know anywhere else I can get that, let alone commercial-free. So, yet again... Thanks Bill! |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Jan 14, 2007 - 06:00 Don't understand a word they're saying, but I like it! 7/10 |
| SpaceCase (Lancaster, PA, USA) | Posted: Dec 30, 2006 - 16:14 exciter76 wrote: not bad..... like that cure influence.... but the album cover is terrible!
Terribly Excellent!  |
| AmandaMaria (The Beautiful West Coast (I don't care if it's raining)) | Posted: Dec 01, 2006 - 13:49 Has a Manic Street Preachers sound to it |
| davin (Victoria, British Columbia) | Posted: Dec 01, 2006 - 13:46 wicked. reminds me of James. in the best way possible. |
| Gish05 (Pittsburgh, PA) | Posted: Dec 01, 2006 - 13:44 Neat cover art. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Dec 01, 2006 - 13:43 8  9
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| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Nov 16, 2006 - 22:53 Excellent that your playing this! |
| savoyard (Indiana) | Posted: Nov 02, 2006 - 07:51 Cool album art. If you like this song buy the album. All their albums are excellent, but I tend to enjoy the one's in Swedish more even though I don't understand what they are saying... |
| xkolibuul (Green Mountain state of mind) | Posted: Sep 19, 2006 - 09:11 If this song was in english I would be bored, but I love hearing the swedish lyrics. Even though I don't speak any. |
| exciter76 (venice - la bella italia / Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me; no hope no harm, just another false alarm) | Posted: Sep 19, 2006 - 09:11 not bad..... like that cure influence.... but the album cover is terrible! |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Aug 06, 2006 - 12:30 These guys are trespassing on the Cure's property! Not quite knocking on the front door, but definitely looking in the front windows. That said, it's still a likeable tune, and nice to hear something from the "rest of the world" (i.e. not U.S.). |
| xs9095 (Dayton, Ohio) | Posted: Jul 22, 2006 - 20:15 Swedish U2 band meets AL Stewart in a dark ally!!!!! nuff said!!! |
| Darkmatter (Sweden) | Posted: Jul 08, 2006 - 03:58 Farquwaar wrote: Spooky freakin cover!!!
Think Bergman and The Seventh Seal. Swedish melancholy and despair.  |
| Farquwaar (The City of Brotherly Love) | Posted: Jun 23, 2006 - 12:17 Spooky freakin cover!!! |
| AphidA (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: May 25, 2006 - 08:05 sounds a lot like u2 to me |
| weevilkinevil (close to Paradise) | Posted: Apr 11, 2006 - 15:02 sjuttiosju wrote: I happen to live in Sweden. Even though it is a good thing that RP plays non-US and non-English-lyrics songs, I never understood Kent's popularity. It's OK pop, nothing more...
Upload us some better stuff then, if you please....  |
| ptegan (Paris) | Posted: Nov 14, 2005 - 23:13 This is the first song I've heard from their latest album and while it's not so bad it isn't quite as good as the tracks from their last, Vapen and Ammunition. |
| sub-arctic (63°50' N) | Posted: Oct 18, 2005 - 00:33 radiojunkie wrote: I would assume it's the "blows" meaning that's correct, since the obvious reference is Truffaut's "The 400 Blows."
But I could be wrong. You're completely right. "Och du stod givakt med din rygg rak och tog fyrahundra slag" would loosely translate to "And you stood at attention with your back straight and took four hundred blows". |
| swelements | Posted: Sep 20, 2005 - 02:03 Somehow cool, somehow plain pop. Still a 7 for me. |
| sjuttiosju | Posted: Sep 17, 2005 - 06:06 I happen to live in Sweden. Even though it is a good thing that RP plays non-US and non-English-lyrics songs, I never understood Kent's popularity. It's OK pop, nothing more... |
| Nuance (Winnipeg) | Posted: Aug 18, 2005 - 13:00 DisplacedNorthrnr wrote: Love the intro to this tune. The album cover kind of creeps me out...
Tunes ok, love the art |
| rolf (Frankfurt, Germany) | Posted: Jul 21, 2005 - 05:02 g1lgam3sh wrote: ...do we have any Nina Hagen on RP?
:nodhead: that would be nice |
| rolf (Frankfurt, Germany) | Posted: Jul 21, 2005 - 04:59    :-({|= |
| evercool (Karlstad, Sweden) | Posted: Jul 10, 2005 - 14:39 Shesdifferent wrote: Are these guys closely related to Division Kent from Switzerland?
Nope they are definitely not... Kent is a Swedish band... not a Swiss one. 8) |