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I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« on: May 30, 2018, 08:43:47 AM »
The thread for bands that show massive amounts of Swedishness, but aren't. Like this one, which is sort of like ABBA meets Rick Derringer by way of Manfred Mann...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yiq4ocwQJs

Or, as Billy described it:

It's like ZZ Top met Queen on an Acid trip, mashing in a good deal of Scissor Sisters ending up with an "intelligent"(ish) The Hives. This is so utterly Swedish it's unbelievable they're not...

BUT THE BAND IS FROM ENGLAND! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE???  :wall: :think: :twitch: ??? :o :squint:

Sooooooo... what other bands are 100% Swedish except for the fact that none of the members are Swedes?

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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2018, 08:48:01 AM »
Like these guys, kind of a Queen meets ELO with a dash of Chuck Mangione...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgBKS4JCsec

BUT THEY ARE FROM CINCINNATI, OHIO, US OF A!~~~!!!!
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2018, 09:01:23 AM »
Just for comparison, this guy *is* Swedish... a metal cover of Roxette's "The Look". Yeah. That's Sweden for ya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r30-PaXokII
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2018, 09:03:38 AM »
Same guy, doing a Disney version of "Run to the Hills"... just another point of comparison so we know what's Swedish. Let the further research for evidence of Swedishness done by non-Swedes commence...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyuVZe1AYnk
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2018, 09:23:38 AM »
Swedish in this sence must be: not quite out in the boondocks enough to actually be original (like (random exaple) Norwegians), but close enough to to some degree pretend they "know what's going on", without really knowing...
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2018, 09:40:14 AM »
Like these guys... my daughter came across this one and I thought, "Probably Swedish."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2cOm9yfGSM

Turns out, yes, they are Swedish.
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2018, 09:42:57 AM »
But THIS group?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1P76BZfgn8

ITALIAN!!! No way! This is SO SWEDISH!!!
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2018, 10:00:36 AM »
Quote from: Zzzptm on May 30, 2018, 09:40:14 AM
Like these guys... my daughter came across this one and I thought, "Probably Swedish."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2cOm9yfGSM

Turns out, yes, they are Swedish.

Don't seem like memory serves quite right either...

https://www.komunumo.net/forumo/all-them-other-guys/bet-you-haven't-heard-this-one-in-a-while/msg363/#msg363

But "srsly"... Did they really have another go at it? Damn Swedes...  :smug:
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2018, 07:06:48 PM »
I believe that The Eagles of Death Metal are Swedish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZrctLnsF4M

Let me know if you can confirm, Billy.
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2018, 03:19:21 AM »
^^^ Sorry, they're as American as it gets. The Palm Desert band with the least Palm Desert sound. They've got a pretty Swedish name, though... :)
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2018, 09:03:00 AM »
Quote from: Billy Underdog on July 26, 2018, 03:19:21 AM
^^^ Sorry, they're as American as it gets. The Palm Desert band with the least Palm Desert sound. They've got a pretty Swedish name, though... :)

Is it possible their band members include Americans of Swedish descent?
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2018, 09:28:36 AM »
Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme? Sounds pretty American-American to me... :)
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2018, 09:36:13 AM »
Quote from: Billy Underdog on July 26, 2018, 09:28:36 AM
Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme? Sounds pretty American-American to me... :)

Well I don't know...Homme sounds pretty swedish to me...could be german too though...
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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2018, 09:59:37 AM »
Looked it up... Homme is 25% Norwegian, 12.5% Swedish.

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Re: I Can't Believe They're Not Swedish!
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2018, 10:26:01 AM »
Quote from: Zzzptm on July 26, 2018, 09:59:37 AM
Looked it up... Homme is 25% Norwegian, 12.5% Swedish.



Crap... :P
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