November 30, 2004
Did someone say The Cardigans?
You’re from Sweden, so you know the Cardigans? That must be the most common question I get in Japan. To get an idea of Japanese people’s view of Swedish music I had a brief look around in music stores in central Tokyo. This is what I found.
In the pop/rock section in a major music store: Ana (Spiderman2 soundtrack), Mando Diao (rock from the 60’s in 2004), Sugarplum Fairy (copy of Mando Diao but younger), Last Days of April (cool, slow rock), The Sounds (argh, don’t like them) and of course The Cardigans (but just their old albums, strange).
In the worldmusic section I found Lisa Ekdahl (jazz, sing-songwriter), Svante Thuresson (jazz), Stina Nordenstam (hm, what genre?) and a CD with the title “Tittis bästa” (whatever that might be). So whether you’re Japanese or Swedish, what is your opinion on the selection above?
The Cardigans?