This is probably THE soundtrack of a whole generation of swedish indie kids, it's been covered by several other artists, it's had a rock club named after it and there's even a memorial stone in Slottsskogen, Göteborg, that says "Spela Shoreline"! Absolute classic for anyone who's got a relation to it, maybe less so for people that mainly get their music from the radio. Don't think it ever got much airtime on the bigger stations.
I mean you don't necessarily listen to radio music just cause you're not into indie. Especially since indie rock like Broder Daniel is played on the radio constantly lmao.
@@baverfjantyeah, I kinda grew up on black metal and I would have loved hearing just one song on the radio. Don't get me wrong, I like Shoreline and I'm not trying to act as if my music is cooler or anything, just wanted to add a different perspective. Maybe they played Shoreline 1-2/day and that felt as if it had no air time, while I would've been happy if they played a song just once 😂😂.
@@loris-bismar P3 sometimes delivered in that sense. Musikguiden plays all kinds of genres, and when they have a guest DJ it's sometimes a person who's really into metal. Marc UÅ often plays a lot of punk music but if I'm not mixing him up with someone else I've also heard him play some black metal on the radio :D
Fun fact: when I was younger there was a place that had "varannan shoreline" nights, meaning that every other song was literally just shoreline. Yes, LITERALLY. Shoreline, another song, shoreline, another song, shoreline. It was the weirdest and funniest shit ever 😂
”Spela Shoreline!” Blev den svenska motsvarigheten till ”Play Freebird!” efter att låten spelats i tv och sen dröjde så länge innan den kom på skiva. Alla DJs var tvunga att alltid ha bootleggen redo.
The "tattoo or sticker or.." under his eye is a BD star. Hundreds of thousands of mainly teens had those under their eyes around Sweden for a decade. That and the big fluffy hair, especially in the neck (knullrufs), extreme happy promiscuity, and special clothes were huge cultural signifiers. They were star-shaped sequins! :D
Even though I was way too metal back then to like this music and got really annoyed when people mixed us up with the indie kids, because of "alternative clothing", I really did like the indie girls 😂. I was a teenager myself during this time, just to be clear 😅🫣
I think you need to research it more to get close to know how much of an Icon this band was/is. Probably the biggest band in the alternate scene, an Icon,a recluse and a genius. Watch the documentary 👌
I was a 14 year old girl when this song was released and it was my jam! I one hundred percent agree that the lyrics are basic, but I think that was a smart move to capture younger teenagers who kind of fit the image of broder daniels teenage angst :)
Broder Daniel is probobly one of the most polarizing bands in Sweden, you either loved them or you hated them. They were all about the emotions and if you couldn't relate to the emotions it was pretty hard to like. At least the first album, when the singer of the band said, and i quote "rehearsal is only for losers".
I think the Nordic depression is pretty unique. A whole country can be depressed and relate 100% to ONE song. At the same time. Or at different times. The point is; the lyrics won't make sense to someone who doesn't understand what BD are all about = sadness, frustration and relating to teenagers in any way they can basically. This song, if I was to really interpret it, would be kids singing about a boring town where nothing happens, where no one listens to them (especially not their parents /"the office building"\) and a town where basically you're born, you do nothing and then you die young because what's the point of living in a place where nothing happens? I think people interpret it in their own way, but I can totally get your point of view here. Depressing (I mean REAL sadness, not just broken hearts) songs don't really get that much attention in America.
I think he was referring to the vocabulary, rather than the meaning of the lyrics. Remember that English is his first language, which means he's less likely than the average Swede to get excited about English lyrics that could have been written by a middle schooler. 😉
Always refreshing watching your reaction and that you always speak your mind! 'Shoreline' is the only BD-song I can stand barely because of the music. The lyrics, as you said, leaves a bit to be desired. I think this channel needs some more serious rock numbers, so please react to 'Var är vargen', 'CC Cowboys' by Imperiet and 'En vacker död stad' by Thåström as others have mentioned earlier. Pretty sure you find the lyrics a bit more intriguing than in this song...:)
I think the success of this song comes from it being both sad and sweet at the same time and also because many people can relate to the lyrics about having a hard time in your youth. For me as a swede and Broder Daniel fan the lyrics sound great but I'm not surprised if they sound weird for a native english speaker who is not very into this band. :)
The singer is generally struggling with spoken english. 😄 this reminds me of the song "Undo", Sweden's entry to Eurovision a couple of years ago. People with English as their native language had huge issues with the grammar in that song. 😄
I levde i sthlm mellan 90-99 och var alltid på broder Daniel och Håkan Hellström spelade bas i bandet. och på en spelning de hade åt jag upp alla deras ostmackor hahaha :D
Om du vill ha ett tips på en annan BD banger rekommenderar jag 'Whirlwind'. Del av soundtracket till filmen 'Fucking Åmål', som är i särklass den bästa ungdomsfilmen Sverige har producerat. 'Whirlwind' är inte heller något lyricistiskt mästerverk, men som med många av BD's låtar fångar den en känsla som resonerade med den tidens ungdom.
I like this one more than any of Hellströms Google translated songs, though the English is a bit cheesy... there's a reason why he, in his solo career, is singing in Swedish...😉
I recommend Var är vargen by Imperiet or CC Cowboys which is in English by the same band. While I'm talking about Thåström I'd also love a reaction of En vacker död stad by Thåström solo 🙂
I agree. Time for some Imperiet and Thåström classics! Come on with the requests people! Var är vargen, CC Cowboys by Imperiet and En vacker död stad by Thåström :)
There are two versions of CC Cowboys, the original is in swedish (except part of the chorus) and far superior. To be found on the "Blå Himlen Blues"-album. They made one album with lyrics translated to english, it isn't very good I think.
Haha, hajade också till på "waiting.. for something lasting" ;D Snyggt språk, haha. Texten består av simpla floskler och klyschor. :P Fast atmosfären och mellodi är betydligt bättre. Synd att lyriken förstör låten för min del.
Jag håller med. Dessutom är det ganska patetiskt av de här övre medelklassbarnen från Majorna, Vasastan eller Lorensberg att tycka synd om sig själva för att pappa advokat eller mamma universitetsadjunkt jobbade för långa dagar. Det är nog få i Bergsjön eller Biskop som kan relatera. De hade nämligen RIKTIGA problem.
@@herrgoteborgare fast det där är ju som att säga att man inte kan eller får må dåligt eller lida av psykisk ohälsa om man inte kommer från vissa omständigheter eller social bakgrund. Bara för att det alltid finns någon som har det sämre så har alla rätt till sina känslor.
@@snuttepinglan t.o.m. psykiatriker som ju borde veta bättre får ibland för sig att rikedom/skönhet gör en immun mot depressioner och ångestproblem... dumt som in i helvete är det, det finns ju hur många exempel som helst på "lyckade" personer som bedövar sig med droger och/eller tar sitt liv. Bor de under en sten liksom?
@@mogges Jag tror att herrgoteborgare menar att om någon hotar dig med en pistol eller om du flyr för ditt liv eller är så djupt nere i knarkträsket att du t ex måste prostituera dig eller råna någon för att överleva (eller om du känner någon som har det så), så är jag ganska säker på att du har annat att tänka på än "shadows in the alley" och de " in the office buildings" osv och därför lätt blir provocerad av något som ter sig som bortskämt gnäll i jämförelse. Med det sagt, så tror jag att det är ganska oundvikligt att personer med olika bakgrund kommer att skriva olika slags texter (och kanske musik), vilket gör att vissa kan relatera medan andra inte kan det. Om det räddar några liv, så är det gott nog för mig. I en perfekt värld skulle vi mötas halvvägs, men så fungerar det ju inte än så länge tyvärr.
Om du vill ha med lite fler engelskspråkiga låtar måste du lyssna på något av The Cardigans!! Lovefool har du garanterat hört, men Carnival och My Favorite Game tycker jag att du borde lägga till i listan!
Anna Ternheims version of Shoreline is so much better.. I think you could listen to "Bara om min älskade väntar" with Nationalteatern. Swedish translation of Bob Dylans "Tomorrow is a long time".
Är personligen inte en stor broder Daniel fan men sången är helt ok. Lite väl emo kanske. Andra har säkert givit dessa förslag tidigare men jag slänger in min röst: Snook - Lejonhjärta
Hurula plays this style of rock better than Bröder Daniel IMO, with Swedish lyrics that aren't cringe. Check out "22" or "Betongbarn" or "Ont Som Jag".
Well. There are children rhymes. Henrik Berggren invented teenage rhymes and they sucked. Broder Daniel probably would have been great if they hadn't carried that mother load of crap vocals and crap lyrics. Or I can be totally wrong and that's what made them interesting. ?
