Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt
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Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt? (English: Why take one's life when one can't hear the chat afterwards?) is a 1977 album
from Swedish
pop
and rock
artist Magnus Uggla
.
The rebellious "Jag Skiter" (I Don't Give a Damn) became a smash hit among Swedish youth.
The song "Balladen om 70-talets största rockband" (The ballad of the 70's greatest rockband) is about a Mott the Hoople
concert Magnus Uggla attended in 1971.
The song "Varning På Stan" ("Danger Downtown") became Uggla's first hit single and was later recorded in English with the name "Hit the Girls on the Run". Uggla has stated that he was inspired by Mott the Hoople
's song "All the Way from Memphis
" when he wrote "Varning På Stan".
"Jazzgossen" is a Karl Gerhard
cover.
As a bonus tracks, the first edition of the vinyl album contained a 7 vinyl with the songs Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt and Yeh, Why not.
Varning på stan
Ja just du ska va gla
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
from Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
artist Magnus Uggla
Magnus Uggla
Per Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla is a Swedish artist, composer, actor, and occasional radio host known for his satirical lyrics. He is a member of the Swedish nobility and a descendant of several European rulers, among which John III of Sweden and Gustav Vasa...
.
The rebellious "Jag Skiter" (I Don't Give a Damn) became a smash hit among Swedish youth.
The song "Balladen om 70-talets största rockband" (The ballad of the 70's greatest rockband) is about a Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople were a British rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid 1970s. They are popularly known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.-The early years:Mott The Hoople...
concert Magnus Uggla attended in 1971.
The song "Varning På Stan" ("Danger Downtown") became Uggla's first hit single and was later recorded in English with the name "Hit the Girls on the Run". Uggla has stated that he was inspired by Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople were a British rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid 1970s. They are popularly known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.-The early years:Mott The Hoople...
's song "All the Way from Memphis
All the Way from Memphis
"All the Way from Memphis" is a single released by Mott the Hoople. The song tells a story about a rock n' roller whose guitar is shipped to Oriole, Kentucky instead of Memphis. The musician gets half-way there before he realizes his instrument is missing and takes a month to track it down. When he...
" when he wrote "Varning På Stan".
"Jazzgossen" is a Karl Gerhard
Karl Gerhard
Karl Gerhard was a Swedish revue-writer and performer. Many of Karl Gerhard’s plays and songs are politically to the left, and during the 1930s and World War II, they contained clear anti-fascist statements....
cover.
Side A
- Vår tid – 1977 ("Our Time - 1977") - 4.19
- Varning på stan ("Hit the Girls on the Run") - 4.35
- Balladen om 70-talets största rockband ("Ballad of the 70s Greatest Rock Band") - 3.40
- Jag skiter ("I Don't Give a Damn") - 3.23
- Dörrslusk - 3.38
Side B
- På turné ("On Tour") - 2.55
- Ja just du ska va gla ("Just You Should Be Glad") - 4.26
- Varit kär ("Been in Love") - 5.27
- Jazzgossen ("The Jazz Boy") - 2.46
- Ge livet en chans ("Give Life a Chance") - 3.00
As a bonus tracks, the first edition of the vinyl album contained a 7 vinyl with the songs Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt and Yeh, Why not.
Singles
Two singles were also releasedVarning på stan
- Varning på stan
- Draget (From Magnus Ugglas 1976 album Livets teaterLivets teaterLivets teater is a 1976 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. The album reached the 28th place at the Swedish album chart.In the documentary movie Rockdokumentären, Magnus Uggla stated that he was very inspired by the bands Yes and Genesis during the writing and recording of this...
)
Ja just du ska va gla
- Ja just du ska va gla
- Ge livet en chans
Contributing musicians
- Song: Magnus Uggla
- Drums: Rolf Alex, Janne Guldbäck
- Bass: Janne Bergman, Backa-Hans Eriksson, Mike Watson
- Solo guitar: Lasse Welander
- Rhythm guitar: Peter Lundblad
- Keyboards: Anders Henriksson
- Saxophone: Janne Kling
- Choirs: Magnus Uggla, Anders Henriksson
- Magnus Uggla plays the piano in "Jag skiter".