They felt that they wanted to progress their music. This album was obviously directed at the scandinavian market mainly since its swedish and has gotten the best reviews of any of their albums here in Sweden.
It´s an interpretation of a poem by one of the most beloved Swedish poets - Gustaf Fröding. The poem is called "En sångarsaga". It means in english "A Singer´s Fairytale". Mando Diao has made several recordings in Swedish. Search for "mando diao fröding".
"En vano forzaré, doblaré la vieja reja Inexorablemente dura No se romperá, no quiere resquebrajarse Pues en mi llevo forjada esa reja Y hasta que yo no sea destruido No será destruida la reja" G. Fröding
English translation (kinda): I saw a sleepers Raised chin The black beard laid young and weak at the silver lining of the shirts collar around an countenance proud and pale i saw a singers melancholy forehead the dark hair in holy descent the manly swarming sad lip that maybe sang in king alberts hall I saw his death gloomy eyes open to find someone he never found he sealed them again and in the same moment the vision glimpsed in the air disappeard But for a long time Mellow melodic His thoughts spoke the dark language his bearly burning Singers tale From some Welsh or anglish town Have i not loved some one one that was sweet and kind did i sleep and did i dream did i lay against womens knees mean while the dark red sun set behind the oaks away She gave me an brides night praised at the star light over us swing gloomey the crowns branch over branch wind was in willow and bay it beat between bulrush and stone Everything she gave her man Golden kingdom vouge Mean while she stroke my head Mildly my hair she twist Gave me my soul for my sake She broke her holy oath For a long time we drank eyes by tears are wet or with response mode ridicule Love through good and bad Love in sin and joy Love in desire and crime Did i just hear, that the monks voice in my ear said life is good to see too loves chin is red now have your beloved one gone white now osviva is dead now shall osviva sleep for long time in slumber cool the rest and the dream and the death all was her own choise Never she never regret she walks to the heavens hall Monk, that is song and legends Monk, thats the witches tale That when the final fall shed its last leafes shall a liberator walk through the valley of death by then the years whiz over my soul still Then the day has come Soon will the battle stand Then the liberators ghost strong will go through the world Like sea in swell when that wind comes as waves in wandering the hum went forth by the idea of today in the night of Hades recondite and secret and wondersome but again it sank in the deapth of the dark where my dreams my thoughts swam and again it rised up and came back and visions i had and words i perceived and over the face it fell a glimpse of clearer lights than before but still weak as a moone shines flicker from lifes night through the gates of death
I know they're from Sweden, but it so weird to hear them sing Swedish. Especially considering that I don't understand a bit. But the song is awesome anyway :-)
don't worry it's only for this album and maybe the next album will be in english otherwise you can always try to learn swedish I learnd english in 3rd grade
I don´t understand anything.But when the music tells you something, in this cases... it´s the important. I´ll invent the lyrics to sing it. Any quick lessons to learn swedish in one mounth?
Mando Diao måste ha funnit inspiration i Alan Parsons Projects låt "The turn of a friendly card". Jag hittar inte studioversionen av "en sångarsaga" men där börjar likheterna vid 00:59, i denna liveversion runt 00:55... Alan parsons låt börjar likheterna runt 00:40 och några sekunder framåt... Vad tycker ni?
I like the new Songs, but what happened to them? The old style was so awesome and this is like soft Pop music Ô.o And i think that the people who don't understand swedish (like me) feel a bit strange..
This whole album they used lyrics from poems from one of Sweden's most famous poets from the 1800s (Gustaf Fröding) and made music out of it. Would be strange if they made punk out of it. This style is so worthy and made these very old poems come to life again.
