Here’s a little treat for Paul from Girls from Tahiti as I think it’s pretty high up on his want list, and for a good reason as well. The a-side Med Dig is a TOTAL smasher, and one of my favourite Swedish pop songs. I know I’ve said the same thing about quite a few records already, but I’m very generous that way. I like music, unlike The Mad.
I’ve actually done some research on this band, and according to the band members I’ve spoken to, it was pressed in 1000 copies, which makes it even weirder that it is so hard to find. The band won a pop contest and got to do this record, and after it was released they toured Sweden quite a lot, or at least so much that they thought it was worth the money to get a tour bus. None the less, the band and this 7″ is more or less totally unknown in Sweden (and I assume in collector circles as well). I’ve been in contact with people in Norrkoping who lived there when the band was still around, but none of them had ever heard of them before. My guess is that they played school dances, discos etc and sold the records to an audience who had little or nothing to do with the punk/ power pop movement, and that those copies are now either thrown away, or left in boxes with junk in basements and attics.
The b-side is well played and early 80′s radio friendly reggae influenced pop in the same vein as Gyllene Tider and The Police. Not my kind of music, but at least the song is long enough for Peter to dig it.
Country: Sweden
Year: 1981
Label: Husaren/ Para
Format: 7″
Songs:
Med dig.mp3
Bara for att hjalpa varann.mp3
really like this. thanks for this one martin. oh and just because i can i hate music!
Hållermed dig Martin. What a HIT.
Great melodies & drive. Winner!!
A-sidan är jättebra, skitkul!!!!!!! B-sidan, inte så mycket…. bara okej.
Din svenska blir bara bättre och bättre Keith :).
Tack så hemskt mycket! Jag försöker med att skriva mina egna låtar i svenska, då du kan få höra hur dålig jag faktisk är………
The A-side is pretty rad, but I just can’t get into the B-side that much. Maybe it’ll grow on me later. I’ve always thought that it’s weird when a band puts out a 7″ with 2 (or more) completely different songs on it, as in, completely different styles of music. But overall, this is a good listen. Thanks!