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Kent — Den Döda Vinkeln
Album: Du & Jag Döden
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Released: 2005
Length: 4:11
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Jag var länge ensam enda barnet
Ett monster underst i en hembyggd våningsäng
Och på håll såg jag ljusen dö i dimman
Precis när mörkret tändes upp igen

Och jag såg dig springa över skaren
I jakten på din sagolika vy
Och du lärde mig att fullständigt försvinna
In i dina tankar i ditt huvud står jag fri

Ge mig en vinterdrog
Ge mig allt du har
Kom nu jag är kroniskt låg
Bara mörkret hörs
I ditt öga var en storm jag såg
Som sommarsnö
I döda vinkeln ser jag allt du gör

Och där kommer dom jag ser dom mellan träden
Snälla kan du hjälpa mig att fly
Deras ögon är som mareld över världen
Jag kryper där i askan fågel Fenix född som ny

Ge mig en vinterdrog
Ge mig allt du har
Kom nu jag är kroniskt låg
Bara mörkret hörs
I ditt öga var en storm jag såg
Blåsa sommarsnö
I döda vinkeln ser jag allt du gör

Ge mig en vinterdrog
Ge mig sommarsnö
Kom nu jag är kroniskt låg
Bara mörkret hörs
I ditt öga dansar stormar små
Men det är du som för
I döda vinkeln ser jag allt du gör
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I think these guys have a few New Order records in their collection. None the worse for it either.
Sounds like Thai pop music sung in Swedish

Latter half did pick up
 saeys wrote:


Being Swedish I can tell you that most of Kent's texts are very open for interpretation. :-)



It seems to be about a child  who feels really alone, probably seperated parents.
I have this sneaking suspicion that if I had grown up in Sweden, these guys would have been my favourite band...

Like everything else I've heard by them, this rocks! It has a great groove and vocals with a killer edge that I really appreciate. Sad they seem broken-up!
Music from Sweden!
 
It picked up near the last half of the song, so that part is getting my vote of 7 otherwise it would have been a 6.
 meatmike wrote:

I still don't understand, but I still like it alot.
 

Being Swedish I can tell you that most of Kent's texts are very open for interpretation. :-)
I love listening to music in another language. One of the reasons why I love this station. 
 jacopo777 wrote:
Uh, Kent.  What exactly kind of album cover is this?
 
What's wrong with the album cover?
Not a bad song, but I keep hearing -
"Torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool. Loving both of you is breaking all the rules". Aaargh! Out of my head!
 justin4kick wrote:

Google Translate:
I was a long lonely only child A monster at the bottom of a self-made bunk beds And elsewhere, I saw the lights die in the fog Just as darkness was lit up again And I saw you run across the snow crust In the pursuit of your fabulous view And you taught me how to disappear completely Enter your thoughts in your head I stand free Give me a winter drew Give me everything you have Come now I'm chronically low Only dark heard In your eye was a storm I saw As summer snow The blind spot, I see everything you do And where will they I see them through the trees Please can you help me to escape Their eyes are like the bioluminescence of the world I crawl where the ashes a phoenix born like new Give me a winter drew Give me everything you have Come now I'm chronically low Only dark heard In your eye was a storm I saw Blowing summer snow The blind spot, I see everything you do Give me a winter drew Give me summer snow Come now I'm chronically low Only dark heard In your eye dances storms small But it is you who for The blind spot, I see everything you do
 
I still don't understand, but I still like it alot.
Why do I like Kent so much even though I have no idea what they're saying?
Uh, Kent.  What exactly kind of album cover is this?
 KaiT wrote:
Great groove here. I really liked this a lot. {#Bananajam}
 
Me too, gotta tap my toe..
Love the album art {#Cheesygrin}

Like the track too {#Music}
Great groove here. I really liked this a lot. {#Bananajam}
 jim747 wrote:
Their best album by far, need a translation?

 
Google Translate:
I was a long lonely only child A monster at the bottom of a self-made bunk beds And elsewhere, I saw the lights die in the fog Just as darkness was lit up again And I saw you run across the snow crust In the pursuit of your fabulous view And you taught me how to disappear completely Enter your thoughts in your head I stand free Give me a winter drew Give me everything you have Come now I'm chronically low Only dark heard In your eye was a storm I saw As summer snow The blind spot, I see everything you do And where will they I see them through the trees Please can you help me to escape Their eyes are like the bioluminescence of the world I crawl where the ashes a phoenix born like new Give me a winter drew Give me everything you have Come now I'm chronically low Only dark heard In your eye was a storm I saw Blowing summer snow The blind spot, I see everything you do Give me a winter drew Give me summer snow Come now I'm chronically low Only dark heard In your eye dances storms small But it is you who for The blind spot, I see everything you do
Kent is quite popular here in Denmark,so this was a nice surprise.
It's so amazing to suddenly hear good lyrics in swedish here.... thank you for gordeous choice of music {#Dance}
I always enjoy a good singing voice, and this one is a good one.
Their latest album, Tigerdrottningen (Tiger Queen), is very much worth listening to as well.
I like it a lot
{#Bananapiano} Sweden rules........again..........
Another band I never heard of and really like - Thanks once again Bill
 I thought it was KEANE until I realized they weren't speaking English... good though...
chef
 dave216j wrote:
Loved this song when I first heard it about 5 years ago, and finally was able to get a version of my own two weeks ago.  Listening to it now on the home spinner, along with about 35 other tracks that I originally heard here on RP - Ragpicker's Dream to World Party to Kroke - and wanted to echo comments to say thanks, Bill, for enriching my life through cool and eclectic music!
 
Me too!
Nice, but they'll never replace ABBA.
 It's definatly Swedish :)Nadine wrote:
 leathepea wrote:
Um...English please?
 
why? it's so great in swedish (is it in swedish?)...my ears think, it sounds so funny...

 


 leathepea wrote:
Um...English please?
 
why? it's so great in swedish (is it in swedish?)...my ears think, it sounds so funny...

Their best album by far, need a translation?
Um...English please? Good groove though.
this sounds so scandinavian. i like it :o)
 fredriley wrote:
Is it me, but does the figure on the right look like an elf-sized version of Vladimir Putin?

This is another fine track from Kent, and kudos as ever to RP for bringing listeners in the anglo-saxon world in touch with excellent Scandinavian music which we'd otherwise never hear {#Clap}
 
Firstly, no, it's not just you, that does look like a mini-Vlad.

Secondly, Kent is one of the few groups I discovered on MTV (!) back in '98 when they embarked on their brief foray into English versions of their albums (Isola and Hagnesta Hill). I think I prefer the 'original' Swedish versions musically, but it's nice to know what he's singing about...
Loved this song when I first heard it about 5 years ago, and finally was able to get a version of my own two weeks ago.  Listening to it now on the home spinner, along with about 35 other tracks that I originally heard here on RP - Ragpicker's Dream to World Party to Kroke - and wanted to echo comments to say thanks, Bill, for enriching my life through cool and eclectic music!
Is it me, but does the figure on the right look like an elf-sized version of Vladimir Putin?

This is another fine track from Kent, and kudos as ever to RP for bringing listeners in the anglo-saxon world in touch with excellent Scandinavian music which we'd otherwise never hear {#Clap}
Fantastic swedish band :)
i'm like 90% positive that this isn't even english.
I thought this was a Death Cab for Cutie song.
 Rotterdam wrote:


Wow! Me too - am really impressed. This is like a window on the mindset of another culture. It speaks of the climate and what it does to people's brains. Without having read the lyrics, I would have put this down as pleasant. The lyrics make it special.
 


Ah, the pride of Sweden. RP never stops amazing!
Nice to hear a band from Sweden on RP, HEJA SVERIGE!

kent - Eskilstuna 5 by ~flickanmedtvnerver
Mica  ©2008-2010 ~flickanmedtvnerver

kent in Eskilstuna 12 july 2008.



 a_genuine_find wrote:
Ja, das guuud dere, fur sure
chef
 
try the encheferizer for the exact translation: https://kerry.lothrop.de/chef/


I like this. It reminds me of another band I like called Dungen. I will now look up the info about them and be more informed next time I hear them, sorry. (His voice reminded me of the guy in Dungen; maybe we Americans think all Swedes sound the same!)

I've not heard this before.  Great!  A solid 8.
I love these guys! Thanks for playing.
Heja Sverige!!
Ist das der David Gates von Brot?

Ja, das guuud dere, fur sure
chef
 Krispian wrote:
After reading the translated lyrics I bumped this up to an 8.
 
Jocke Berg's lyrics are always interesting, I'm happy that he has kept on writing in Swedish. For me as a native speaker it definitely adds an extra dimension to Kent's music.

 westslope wrote:
I like it on the first listen.
 
The whole album is solid. One of their best, in my opinion.

wie kent ze niet
thank god they don't have just ABBA...hehehe
 kimacho wrote:
Speaking of musicians in Gothenburg, how about some Jens Lekman?!!!
 
1. Gothenburg rocks.
2. Kent is from Eskilstuna

 umeswede wrote:
Since I am from Sweden, but have lived in the US for a long time, I thought about the title "Den döda vinkeln". Am I the only one who would translate it "the blind spot"?
 
I think that is an accurate colloquial translation, it gets used that way a lot. One hears the term "döda vinkeln" when you are in driving class for example. But I wonder what that the literal translation might be different, more like "death's view" and that seems to be how Jocke is using it in this song.


muchos gracias, Bill.....


You can find the English lyrics here:

https://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/nordic-countries-lyrics-translation/51062-kent-den-d-da-vinkeln.html
Wow! I'm In Sweden right now and I am so impressed to hear this on the RP feed!  Thanks for the translation of the lyrics too.
 Krispian wrote:
After reading the translated lyrics I bumped this up to an 8. Thanks gobits.
 

Wow! Me too - am really impressed. This is like a window on the mindset of another culture. It speaks of the climate and what it does to people's brains. Without having read the lyrics, I would have put this down as pleasant. The lyrics make it special.
I like it on the first listen.
 jhorton wrote:
Sounds like Thom Yorke and Sigur Rjos had a love child.
 

Hahaha. Pretty spot-on. Cool stuff though. Where else but RP is a Seattleite like me going to hear this?
Sounds like Thom Yorke and Sigur Rjos had a love child.
 umeswede wrote:
Since I am from Sweden, but have lived in the US for a long time, I thought about the title "Den döda vinkeln". Am I the only one who would translate it "the blind spot"?
 
I would definately translate it as the blind spot. (the song is still an 8 on my scale)

Since I am from Sweden, but have lived in the US for a long time, I thought about the title "Den döda vinkeln". Am I the only one who would translate it "the blind spot"?
After reading the translated lyrics I bumped this up to an 8. Thanks gobits.
Here's a translation I did - apologies for any misspelligns. My Swedish is a bit rusty but I think I got the gist of it. Hope y'all enjoy! For a long time I was the lonely only child a monster at the bottom of a homemade bunk bed and in the distance I saw the lights die in the mist just when the darkness lit up again And I saw you running over the crust in pursuit of your fabolous view and you taught me to completely disappear Within your thoughts in your head I stand free Give me a winter drug give me all you've got Come now I am chronicly low only the darkness is heard In your eye was a storm I saw as summer snow In the dead angle I see everything you do And there they come. I see them between the trees Please can you help me escape their eyes are like fire over the world There I crawl in the ashes, the Phoenix born anew Give me a winter drug give me all you've got Come now I am chronicly low only the darkness is heard In your eye was a storm I saw blowing summer snow In the dead angle I see everything you do Give me a winter drug give me summer snow Come now I am chronicly low only the darkness is heard In your eye small storms dance but you lead In the dead angle I see everything you do
skdenfeld wrote:
That cover begs the question: Is Smeagol's version of Solitaire really solitary when playing with Gollum?
That cover begs the question: Is Smeagol's version of Solitaire really solitary when playing with Gollum?
ekeyte wrote:
Great tune.
Yeah. That's a further pleasant surprise of Rebecca and Bill!
Great tune.
I was listening to this, and I realized that I couldn't understand what he was saying, and I thought...am I really that stoned? Cool tune!
There is something about the cadence or pronunciation of this that makes me think I SHOULD understand it, and I keep straining to make out the words... alas, I don't think it is going to work. Liked the song very much BTW.
Kent the Band I met the whole band one time, before they even were famous. They came walking in a park, they had bought some hot dogs for lunch. I guess they could not afford much more then. I came walking with my daughter in a stroller, and told her - Oh! Look there's a band called Kent. If I had known they would have become that famous I guess (well I don't really know what I would have done)I would have said hi, or something nice. Anyway, I'm swedish, married to an American, living in Sweden! Loves Radio Paradise. It is an utopia for ears and emotions. Love Marie (Mrs. Superfido however that happened hahhaa)
LadyLovelyLocks wrote:
....reminds me of a friend who would only date foreign men ... soon as she could understand them, she moved on. date...........?
musikalia wrote:
It's always nice to hear something non-English here on RP, and quite respectable that this band hasn't sold-out enough to start singing in English.
For the record, the band did record english versions of their mid-career albums, but not so anymore. I guess they did not sell, maybe because some of the originality was lost. There is an example here on RP.
I can't understand a word these guys are saying, but I like it ....reminds me of a friend who would only date foreign men ... soon as she could understand them, she moved on. I have the same relationship with Rammstein
musikalia wrote:
It's always nice to hear something non-English here on RP, and quite respectable that this band hasn't sold-out enough to start singing in English.
Agreed, heartily. Nonetheless, it gave me a few seconds of reality vertigo . . . could not figure out why I could not figure out what he was saying. :LOL:
Second song by these guys that I've heard, and I like it!
There was a young fellow from Kent Whose tool was exceedingly bent...... oh damn! I'm from Kent.
Speaking of musicians in Gothenburg, how about some Jens Lekman?!!!
Hmm. I am no native speaker, however I would have done some things a little differently. dissolved_girl wrote:
The Angle of Death I was always the lonely, only child A monster beneath a homemade bunkbed. From a distance I saw the light die in the fog Exactly when the darkness ignites again. And I saw you run over the rocks In hunt of your fantastic view And you taught me to disappear completely Inside your imagination, in your head I'm free Give me a winterdrug Give me everything you've got Come on, I am chronically down Only darkness is heard In your eyes I saw a storm as summersnow From death's angle I see everything you do There they go, I see them between trees Please can you help me flee Their eyes are seafire over world I crawl through the ashes, a Phoenix reborn Give me a winterdrug Give me everything you've got Come on, I'm chronically down Only darkness is heard Blowing summersnow From death's angle I see everything you do Give me a winterdrug Give me everything you've got Come on, I am chronically down Only darkness is heard Small storms dance in your eye But it is you that drives them From death's angle I see everything you do
It's always nice to hear something non-English here on RP, and quite respectable that this band hasn't sold-out enough to start singing in English.
Great band. I saw them live here in Gothenburg a couple of years ago, they put on a great show. This record is good even if you do not talar svenska.
Roll on the Eurovision Song Contest, I hear Morrissey may be doing it for the UK - null points there then
Can't understand a damn word they're saying, but I love everything I've heard from this group.
It seems more than a few people in this thread are trying to learn swedish. Quite interesting to see how such a small language can spark such an interest.
trekhead wrote:
If they're Swedish, why does the cover art show a young Jimmy Durante playing strip poker with Paris Hilton?
dissolved_girl wrote:
I'm learning Swedish so I've had a go at the translation as well. I had no idea what to translate "mareld" as either, since I had no idea what it meant, so I've gone with Fenrisulf's description.
Nice translation. The word mareld literally means sea fire. It is an effect caused by sealiving organism that glows when disturbed. The most common organism that causes this in Swedish waters is the Seasparkle (latin: Noctiluca scintillans).
Heh, it's kind of weird to hear songs in my native language on Radio Paradise - it always takes me a while to reallize what it actually is. Normally, the first thing I notice is that I can't quite translate the words and that it sounds a bit like Kent; which leads me to the suspicion that maybe it's Swedish - which upon closer inspection it is. ;)
Really enjoying this! Tried learning Swedish a few years ago but it didn't take, so thanks to those providing translation!
Wait. If they're Swedish, why does the cover art show a young Jimmy Durante playing strip poker with Paris Hilton? HUH?? 8.
7 9
Love it!
What an F'n gr8 song.
New group to me - very nice/interesting... If the lyrics have been even somewhat closely translated, I nominate this as the "poster song" for those who live (throwing a dart) at a latitude >40°. Good tune/lyrics.
"Thank you for shopping at IKEA." Very cool band from Sweden. Thanks for introducing them to me, RP. Likeable tune.
fabelaktig. vakker.
This song rocks!
So far one of Kent's most impressive songs. /me likes
I'm soooo surprised to hear one of my favourites bands in RP...and in Swedish!!(I've always thought that they sound much better in Swedish than in English) BTW good cd cover,very good cd and one of their best songs ever("den döda vinkeln") Barcelona,Spain
dissolved_girl wrote:
I'm learning Swedish so I've had a go at the translation as well. I had no idea what to translate "mareld" as either, since I had no idea what it meant, so I've gone with Fenrisulf's description. The Dead View For long I was a lonely, only child A monster under the bed And from far away I watched the light fade in the mist Just as the darkness lights up again And I saw you running over the snow In pursuit of your fantastic view And you taught me to disappear utterly Into your thoughts, in your head I stand free Give me a winter drug Give me all you have Come now I am chronically low Only the darkness is heard In your eyes was a storm, I saw Like summer snow In the dead view I see all you do And there they come, I see them between trees Please can you help me flee Their eyes are like water sparkling over the world I crawl into the ashes, a Phoenix born anew Give me a winter drug Give me all you have Come now I am chronically low Only the darkness is heard In your eyes was a storm, I saw Blow summer snow In the dead view I see all you do Give me a winter drug Give me summer snow Come now I am chronically low Only the darkness is heard In your eyes dances a little storm But it is for you In the dead view I see all you do
These great lyrics (albiet translated) plus the great music get an upgrade from 8 to a 9.
I'm learning Swedish so I've had a go at the translation as well. I had no idea what to translate "mareld" as either, since I had no idea what it meant, so I've gone with Fenrisulf's description. The Dead View For long I was a lonely, only child A monster under the bed And from far away I watched the light fade in the mist Just as the darkness lights up again And I saw you running over the snow In pursuit of your fantastic view And you taught me to disappear utterly Into your thoughts, in your head I stand free Give me a winter drug Give me all you have Come now I am chronically low Only the darkness is heard In your eyes was a storm, I saw Like summer snow In the dead view I see all you do And there they come, I see them between trees Please can you help me flee Their eyes are like water sparkling over the world I crawl into the ashes, a Phoenix born anew Give me a winter drug Give me all you have Come now I am chronically low Only the darkness is heard In your eyes was a storm, I saw Blow summer snow In the dead view I see all you do Give me a winter drug Give me summer snow Come now I am chronically low Only the darkness is heard In your eyes dances a little storm But it is for you In the dead view I see all you do
This is good . . . dig the trippy english translation of the lyrics . . . reminds me of Robyn Hitchcock and his band the Soft Boys This is a song RP should put in the playlist . . . Only the Stones Remain Men were executed, women bled Beads and fish changed hands and Children stayed up late Uh huh Colored drums they stretched the night There's a taxidermist looking for a fight But now he's gone Ah yeah, only the stones remain Girls were decked with flowers and violated while Boys spat juice from out of their fresh young bulbs Soldiers crossed their hearts and died and Pretty girls turned cold inside But now they're gone Only the stones remain Oh they're gone, yeah Only the stones remain And the stones have forgotten them The stones have forgotten them They break your body and drain the life out of it It sinks into the soil while the soul flies up into the air above And when there's no more tears to cry, there's Nothing left to do but laugh Stained glass elaborations collapse and candyfloss evaporates, honey Only the stones remain, here they go Ah yeah, only the stones remain Now they're gone Ah yeah, only the stones remain Ah yeah, only the stones remain Girls were decked with flowers and ovulated while Colored drums expressed the night There's a taxidermist grinnin' with deligh
Is this Swedish or is today Sunday? Solid tune.
No more winter drugs for this lot, judging by these lyrics they have had quite enough already
pretty good... cool cd cover.
Gregorama wrote:
Can't learn Swedish this week. Any hint of what the lyrics are about?
just scroll back and read the former posts
Can't learn Swedish this week. Any hint of what the lyrics are about?
I listened to Kent for the first time at RP. I like the whole CD. Thank you, Bill.
coentje wrote:
I really like this band! Maybe someone could translate the lyrics to this song?
And for those who like Kent and want a challenge: Learn Swedish! Jocke Berg writes excellent lyrics and I'm very happy they stick to Swedish (mostly).
First the Cardigans, now Kent? What is this, swedish hour at RP?
Thanx, couldn't find the word anywhere, not so common word...
Fenrisulf wrote:
Here is a translation. It looks a bit weird, but the text is weird in Swedish too, very hard to translate in to proper English... Couldn't find a good English word for "Mareld", a kind of nature phenomenon where the water glow in the dark so i wrote "seafire"...
I like "seafire" but I think the scientific word would be phosphorescence. Thanks for the translation!
Here is a translation. It looks a bit weird, but the text is weird in Swedish too, very hard to translate in to proper English... Couldn't find a good English word for "Mareld", a kind of nature phenomenon where the water glow in the dark so i wrote "seafire"... Hmm, quite long contribution... :) For long I was the only child A monster at the bottom in a homebuilt bunk bed And at distance i saw the lights die in the fog Just when the darkness were light up again And I saw you running over the crust In the hunt for your fabulous view And you learned me to entire disappear In to your minds in your head I stand free Give me a winter drug Give me all you got Come now I am chronic low Only the darkness is heard In your eye it was a storm I saw Like summer snow In the Dead View I see everything you do And ther they come I sees them between the trees Please can you help me flee? Their eyes are like seafire(?) over the world I crawl in to the ash Phoenix born as new Give me a winter drug Give me all you got Come now I am chronic low Only the darkness is heard In your eye it was a storm I saw Blow summer snow In the Dead View I see everything you do Give me a winter drug Give me summer snow Come now I am chronic low Only the darkness is heard In your eye the storm is dancing small But that is you as before In the Dead View I see everything you do
I really like this band! Maybe someone could translate the lyrics to this song?
PE wrote:
This song is extremely good, quite surprised to hear it hear on RP. And it sure sounds like a Mellotron.
You're surprised to hear it on RP ? Playing extremely good songs is what they do !
This song is extremely good, quite surprised to hear it hear on RP. And it sure sounds like a Mellotron.
Isn't there the sound of a mellotron in this track? In all case, a very good song, IMHO.