Saturday, November 29, 2008

Retro Saturday: Bjorn Skifs

I noticed his name among the Swedish Grammy nominations this week. So let's take a little nostalgia trip with the man who represented Sweden at ESC in 1978 and 1981.

"Fangad i en Drom" which he sang in Dublin in 1981 was my favourite of his two entries, although I never figured out the significance of the gloves :) indeed his styling was completely wrong but his vocals were just right for the drama of the song. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qKd8aqEqbVw

"Det Blir Alltid...." from Paris in 1978: indeed his styling wasn't any better three years earlier either, this achieved notoriety in Sweden for him just making up the words as he went along. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LYoPjN0CbXI&feature=related

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