There's a good chance some of you out there remember the amazing pop blog Catchy Tunes of Sweden. Sadly, it closed up a few years ago, but...
Alexander (one-half of the CTOS team) has opened a new blog! S.O.S. Revival is dedicated to the best of Swedish pop from the '80's, '90's, and '00's. This is pretty much the best blog news I can imagine at the moment, so add it to your bookmarks and leave lots of comments so he'll keep going. My addiction to Swedish pop would never have reached the full-blown level it's at now without CTOS and I'm almost positive that most readers of this blog will end up loving S.O.S. Revival.
(As a P.S., that quotation giving the post its title? It comes from the altered version of "Cry For You" playing on Jonas von der Burg's MySpace. And while you're there, listen to the clip of [former Idol contestant] Gathania's "Blackout," which starts out kind of ballad-y and with piano but ultimately reveals itself as the quality Swedish dance-pop we expect from him.)
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Glad to hear (at least one of them) are back! I only got about 2 posts before they closed - and I loved what they had!
I'm not sure about the altered version of Cry For You though - BTW, she's about to release her first album in Aus - Nov. 15th!
Gathania is incredibly good and I can't wait for this single listening to this 1-minute sample few weeks already!
She has live performance of her another song on youtube, seems like she's gonna have very strong producers' support.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOwseXFYzb4
Aaron, I think the altered "Cry For You" is just for kicks, just for a fun--like a "you haven't heard the last of me yet!"/"I'm not going to be a one-hit wonder" sort of thing.
I'm really obsessed with it as well! I wish we'd get an actual date of release. I hadn't seen that video yet and I LOVE the sound of that backing track (and what I can hear of the vocal melody sounds great)--thank you!
Thanks for the head's up, PPG. I've got the site bookmarked. :)
Yay! I really think you'll enjoy it.
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