Kent — Dom Andra
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En ensam kvinna söker en man
Svar till: Hjärtat talar sant
En pessimist i sitt livs form
Jag vädrar blod, det luktar sorg
En utomjordings kärlekstörst
En undran vem som svek vem först
Ät fett och socker tills du spyr
Eller blir en fyra-tonsmartyr
Sälj dig, sälj dig dyrt
Kom låna törnekronan min
Lid för konsten eller brinn
Jag slåss och håller kroppen varm
En dröm om mammas ömma famn
En utomjordings kärlekstörst
En undran vem som svek vem först
Och jag blir gärna en martyr
Vi behöver nog en ny
Sälj dig, sälj dig dyrt
Ett långfinger åt döden
Vi gick över lik
Och skylta' med vår kärlek,
vårt rika inre liv
Men plåtarna till himmlen
var slut när vi kom dit
Och priset vi betalat
För att klassas som elit
Var att vi blev som dom andra
Vi blev som dom andra
Vi blev som dom andra
Och vi kommer inte längre
Vi är tillbaks på noll
Men ingen kommer sörja
Vi har spelat ut vår roll
Vi glömmer hela skiten
Det betyder ingenting
Vi skulle kommit längre
Men räckte inte till
Vi blev som dom andra
Vi blev som dom andra
Vi blev som dom andra
Svar till: Hjärtat talar sant
En pessimist i sitt livs form
Jag vädrar blod, det luktar sorg
En utomjordings kärlekstörst
En undran vem som svek vem först
Ät fett och socker tills du spyr
Eller blir en fyra-tonsmartyr
Sälj dig, sälj dig dyrt
Kom låna törnekronan min
Lid för konsten eller brinn
Jag slåss och håller kroppen varm
En dröm om mammas ömma famn
En utomjordings kärlekstörst
En undran vem som svek vem först
Och jag blir gärna en martyr
Vi behöver nog en ny
Sälj dig, sälj dig dyrt
Ett långfinger åt döden
Vi gick över lik
Och skylta' med vår kärlek,
vårt rika inre liv
Men plåtarna till himmlen
var slut när vi kom dit
Och priset vi betalat
För att klassas som elit
Var att vi blev som dom andra
Vi blev som dom andra
Vi blev som dom andra
Och vi kommer inte längre
Vi är tillbaks på noll
Men ingen kommer sörja
Vi har spelat ut vår roll
Vi glömmer hela skiten
Det betyder ingenting
Vi skulle kommit längre
Men räckte inte till
Vi blev som dom andra
Vi blev som dom andra
Vi blev som dom andra
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Is the disproportionate number of superb Swedish musicians, producers and songwriters a product of their early years music education?
whistling? nope. can't stand it. gotta block that out.
but the rest is fun and i make up my own english lyrics since i can't speak swedish and i can't translate what they're singing about. it's kind of fun.
but the rest is fun and i make up my own english lyrics since i can't speak swedish and i can't translate what they're singing about. it's kind of fun.
1wolfy wrote:
I always get happy when this song runs and I see your comment. Makes me think of my own Lotta :)
I've always really enjoyed this track. The Swedish language is an art all its own..makes me think of Lotta 
, and the many fine memories she blessed me with
, and the many fine memories she blessed me withI always get happy when this song runs and I see your comment. Makes me think of my own Lotta :)
I agree with everything that they sing!
sajitjacob wrote:
What's wrong with Abba? My sister and I would pretend to be Abba when we were little.
Kent is another of those bands that make me want to learn Swedish. Sweden produces so much great music (not abba, oh god no).
Does Bill have have relatives there? 'cause he's responsible for my crush on Swedish music?
What's wrong with Abba? My sister and I would pretend to be Abba when we were little.
coloradojohn wrote:
A foreign tongue? UK is so small town
Gotta love it when a song in a foreign tongue (although, an English cognate) is catchy enough to sing and whistle along to! Love RP, too!
A foreign tongue? UK is so small town
Gotta love it when a song in a foreign tongue (although, an English cognate) is catchy enough to sing and whistle along to! Love RP, too!
Tomasni wrote:
+1 Heja heja
Long Live Radio Paradise
My rating up from 9 to 10 Heja Sverige !
My rating up from 9 to 10 Heja Sverige !
+1 Heja heja
Kent is another of those bands that make me want to learn Swedish. Sweden produces so much great music (not abba, oh god no).
Does Bill have have relatives there? 'cause he's responsible for my crush on Swedish music?
Does Bill have have relatives there? 'cause he's responsible for my crush on Swedish music?
BWGunner wrote:
Hey, if you've got anything newer from them, send it in! I'd love to hear more up-to-date music.
SICK transition from Avalance by Kosheen!! Old school DJ in da haus!!
Hey, if you've got anything newer from them, send it in! I'd love to hear more up-to-date music.
oh gosh. what a posh
Very nice group, though can't say Swedish sounds nice... ugh.
SICK transition from Avalance by Kosheen!! Old school DJ in da haus!!
Meh.
Long Live Radio Paradise
My rating up from 9 to 10 Heja Sverige !
My rating up from 9 to 10 Heja Sverige !
As an duly unauthorized representative of the Ikean embassy, we must strongly condemn all the nice comments.
This sounds like the Swedish chef "borked" Radiohead
This sounds like the Swedish chef "borked" Radiohead
I've always really enjoyed this track. The Swedish language is an art all its own..makes me think of Lotta , and the many fine memories she blessed me with
, and the many fine memories she blessed me withKent! When i listening to music, I almost always end up again with the favourite band Kent!
Never been able to see them live, but this October, I will see them before they breakup in December.
They have a album called Isola, the album is out in both swedish and english check it out!
Heja Sverige!
I particularly like the whistling.
Sweden rules 
All Kent albums will be realised on vinyl during this autumn.
All Kent albums will be realised on vinyl during this autumn.
Cynaera wrote:
Lkw wrote:
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...
Thank you @bikinikaratebabe!
Miss you Cynaera...
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...
Thank you @bikinikaratebabe!
Miss you Cynaera...
Not sure if my browser is decoding the Swedish alphabet wrong or if it's the site, but the lyrics are all messed up. Not that I could understand Swedish anyway but it's fun to try to follow along sometimes.
Nice kitty. Cool tune, too. Kent usually gets a 6 right off the bat for me.
This is great but the last few albums they have ditched the guitars and are trying to be a Swedish Depeche Mode.
bikinikaratebabe wrote:
Thanks for this. I picked this up in Sweden on a visit a couple of years back, and although I could understand only a tiny fraction of the words (thanks to watching Wallander :)) I really love the sound of their singing in Swedish. It's nice to have a good idea of what the song's about.
I do envy Scandinavians as your languages are so close, so your average Swede/Norwegian/Dane has 3 languages even before s/he picks up English (which many speak better than the English) and German.
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...
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...
Thanks for this. I picked this up in Sweden on a visit a couple of years back, and although I could understand only a tiny fraction of the words (thanks to watching Wallander :)) I really love the sound of their singing in Swedish. It's nice to have a good idea of what the song's about. I do envy Scandinavians as your languages are so close, so your average Swede/Norwegian/Dane has 3 languages even before s/he picks up English (which many speak better than the English) and German.
Sweden rules!!
Yeah. Swedish? Really? I've been singing along to this all this time and didn't realize I was mumbling in Swedish ;0)
Swedish? I just thought they were slurring their english.
I think if this song wasn't in swedish some words would be bleeped out..
macbags wrote:
Must be you. RP is still the best radio station in the world.
Have I grown old, or has paradise? Don't telll me its me.
paradise use to be sooooooo good. Really
paradise use to be sooooooo good. Really
Must be you. RP is still the best radio station in the world.
Have I grown old, or has paradise? Don't telll me its me.
paradise use to be sooooooo good. Really
paradise use to be sooooooo good. Really
Lkw wrote:
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...
@ 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...
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.
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.
lmic wrote:
Great segue from Neil Finn! Bill, you da mix master. 
Try whistling this! Go for it Kent, ni är bast nar det galler.
KATE!! Kate? Surely Kate, running down that road? No? Oh well - still good, like.
Great segue from Neil Finn! Bill, you da mix master.
westslope wrote:
Sounds like the Eagles' "Last Resort" the way you describe it there ;) Different point of course, but still...
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...
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:
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.
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.
Katish, and wonderful.
Slett ikke så verst kjære naboer :)
The opening of this song sounds like "The Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush. Then from there on in... no resemblance.
One of the best Kent 's songs
Oh my, this brings back so many memories :)
Excellent song from an excellent album. Kinda subdued - but very well craftet pop/rock.
bought it & love it. Emotional ending..even though I don't know the language.
@ 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.
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...
They most certainly do..Lkw wrote:
I like this very much, nice 'organic' song. Kent deserves so much more attention.
I like this very much, nice 'organic' song. Kent deserves so much more attention.
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?
Takes me to Sweden 
Just try not to get this whistling in your head! I like this song.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
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...
ocsike wrote:
Olyat én is tudok, hogy nem angolul Ãrok de akkor nem érti senki 
te vagy az eggyetlen :P
ontopic: heya sweden
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?
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.
One of the best...Kent
The whistling had me thinking Bulletproof Heart, by The Silencers...
ocsike wrote:
Olyat én is tudok, hogy nem angolul Ãrok de akkor nem érti senki
Hvergang!
For me this is the BEST Kent's song.
More cowbell? No... more whistling!
Mack wrote:
whistling tunes we hide in the dunes by the seaside
many (if not most) kent fans will tell you that their best song is "747". get it, play it. :)
miamizsun wrote:
Mycket lÀtt att lyssna till, gillar jag den.
Olyat én is tudok, hogy nem angolul Ãrok de akkor nem érti senki
Mycket lÀtt att lyssna till, gillar jag den.
every once in a while you find cheesy pop that is so uplifting. thanks for this one.
brandog wrote:
They've stolen the Backstreet Boys' drum machine!!!
my thoughts exactly
Wonderful stuff !
Interesting stuff!
kent - Isola
That album should grab you, if not. Well something is wrong with you
A sound like a hundred other current bands. Nothing to complain that much about, nothing to grab you either.
interesting...
do - - - do-do - - de-da-dum Mack wrote:
whistling tunes we hide in the dunes by the seaside
What have these Swedes/Finns got? Been a lot of Scandinavian music tonight and its got me looking for my suitcase. Can anyone in Stockholm give me a bed?
Cheesy
whistling tunes we hide in the dunes by the seaside
Not my favorite by these guys, but still pretty good.
EastofSweden wrote:
No wonder, because they are Finnish
I can agree with 50/50 Swedish/Finnish. And as far as I know Eskilstuna is still a Swedish city.
not kent! mazzy star!
this one i likes.
Boseman wrote:
Hey, excellent to hear KENT on RP. They are HUGE in Sweden and have released 2 of their CDs in english - check out the allbum called 'Isola' (english version). Wonderful !!
No wonder, because they are Finnish
Er...The others? Loved it, and this also...I tend to lean towards anything I cannot understand.
Uhhh, sorry Bill, this song is not about Jesus. It's about The Others. However, Jesus appears in Socker from the same album (which, by the way, is entitled Vapen & Ammunition ).
:roll: Wow, after a Three-Jesus set, I had hoped they'd conclude it with something by, say, MC 900 Foot Jesus. Or maybe Jesus & Mary Chain? Jesus Jones? I mean, C'mon! (Personal Jesus by D-M would have been too obvious...)
Oh well - I'll take this.
Bill suggested it might be about Jesus...
turns out it's an ode to the female android designed after Mr. DeLouise.
Who knew?
You can sing along during the whistling part:
"Rubber Ducky, you're the one..."
krakan wrote:
Good grief what a weird translation; a better one might be "A love thirst from out of this world" which of course is to be taken symbolically. Anyhow the lyrics are pretty strange in Swedish too...
so what's the english translation of the swedish version (as opposed to the "english version" posted below, which is different from the swedish original)...?
something in the verse melody reminds me of Andreas Johnson - Glorious...
Harlan879 wrote:
Hmm... "The lovethirst of an alien"?! On second thought, skip the lyrics. Cool tune.
Good grief what a weird translation; a better one might be "A love thirst from out of this world" which of course is to be taken symbolically. Anyhow the lyrics are pretty strange in Swedish too...
"Dumb Android."
JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:
ABBA was from Sweden and they rocked hard ass!!
No. ABBA was never rock music. More like a pop band.
Harlan879 wrote:
Good grief, there are something like six Swedish posters to this song, commenting "what a shame nobody but us knows what this song is about," and none of them provides a translation. OK, courtesy of Google:
Dom Andra English Translation.
Hmm... "The lovethirst of an alien"?! On second thought, skip the lyrics. Cool tune.
ABBA was from Sweden and they rocked hard ass!!
Good grief, there are something like six Swedish posters to this song, commenting "what a shame nobody but us knows what this song is about," and none of them provides a translation. OK, courtesy of Google:
Dom Andra English Translation.
Hmm... "The lovethirst of an alien"?! On second thought, skip the lyrics. Cool tune.
I prefer the music over the voice.
Kind of bored with Kent right now, they are a wee bit overplayed (and overpayed, judging by the lyrics on the latest album?) here in Sweden. Still, I was a diehard fan just a few years ago. Fun to hear some swedish lyrics on RP nevertheless. :)
EDIT: nitpicker's note - the title of the song is gramatically flawed. It is supposed to be "De andra", not "Dom andra".
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...
Whistling sounds like . . . one of Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns??
Something unsettling about this, but I'll reserve ultimate judgment.
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...
Boseman wrote:
Hey, excellent to hear KENT on RP. They are HUGE in Sweden and have released 2 of their CDs in english - check out the allbum called 'Isola' (english version). Wonderful !!
hey boseman -- what're they singing in this one?
samiyam wrote:
Don't understand a word of it, but I REALLY like the structure and the tune.
"I dunno, Dick, I give it an 85... It's got a beat, you can dance to it."
lol
yoho!! thanks again for playing kent, bill! You guys aren't thinking of going to Sweden on your trip are you?
Hey, excellent to hear KENT on RP. They are HUGE in Sweden and have released 2 of their CDs in english - check out the allbum called 'Isola' (english version). Wonderful !!
samiyam wrote:
Don't understand a word of it, but I REALLY like the structure and the tune.
ditto and ditto.
Don't understand a word of it, but I REALLY like the structure and the tune.
"I dunno, Dick, I give it an 85... It's got a beat, you can dance to it."
oh those Sweeds... :-({|=
boooring...
kewl :D
They may be Swedish, but I can't wait for them to be Finnish(ed)!
:(
tg3k wrote:
Nice song overall, IMHO.
There are a lot of songs with english lyrics that are no more understandable than the words in this song. Had I not been reading the comments here, I would have never suspected it was in any language other than english. Just sounds like he's slurring the words like many other singers do.
(For example, I can't understand the vast majority of the words in the song that followed this today -- Stereophonics-Getaway.)
This is precisely the reaction I had while listening to this song. I thought the vocalist was doing some sort of pretentious artsy vocalise...After awhile, I got caught up in the melody and decided it was a decent song.
Is the disproportionate number of superb Swedish musicians, producers and songwriters a product of their early years music education?
I have no idea why, but agree with the your premise that there seems to be a disproportionate number of superb Swedish musicians. Since RP is curated, we should consider the possibility is that it is due to a bias.