Why the Swedes?

[secski]

i agree, abba were pretty influential.. lol, they even won eurovision. ;p

i wanna be backstage at a eurovision, i reckon it would be so much fun, being silly on a live broadcast

[turnaround]

Old question, and thread but still answered here.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/why-is-sweden-so-good-at-pop-music/280945


Good read, thanks scandipop.



Why Is Sweden So Good at Pop Music?

[B Steady]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic simply the best

lol

[Raul_esp]

Old question, and thread but still answered here.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/why-is-sweden-so-good-at-pop-music/280945


Good read, thanks scandipop.



Why Is Sweden So Good at Pop Music?

Great Article!

[Rebecca]

Thanks, yes, it's a great article

[ShockdioN]

I think its the fresh water that we drink

[rebekahELLE]

Thanks for sharing the recent Atlantic article.  It gives interesting insight.  Max Martin's quote about his early exposure to music education in the after school programs is info I was unaware of.  Early exposure to language and music makes a difference.  I remember also he said that he concentrates on the melody first while writing a song.  It's the music that always gets our attention first with pop, not the words.

[Gino]

In addition to the geopolitical reasons, there is other simple but super important reason (I THINK) and that is that swedish is a very *musical* language by its own nature, it has more tonal qualities than english and tonal languages help to naturally develop innate music skills (check this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/tonal-language-musical-learning-cantonese_n_3007722.html)

I don't know folk/classic swedish songs (Im from Argentina), but I bet they are very *popish/sticky* because of this same thing

These guys has melody rooted/naturalized in their mental-structure/collective-unconscious, so it flows naturally for them

[turnaround]

Very interesting thesis Gino!

In addition: Jörgen Elofsson mentioned in that recent interview that Sweden is a very musical country and that they have the most choirs per population worldwide.

[ShockdioN]

The weather?

Whatever the reason, swedish music is fantastic. Dont forget that dude who wrote Save Tonight, eagle eye cherry, i think he's swedish too.

yup, he is Tityo's brother and also Nana Cherry's

[nznexus]

because we have max martin. DUH!

[Romb]

I remember someone made a theory  that it might be because of some Swedish lullaby composer that all kids were exposed to, hehe.
But my personal opinion - it's not that Swedes are more talented humans (there are plenty of them, but you can't narrow it down to a nation), but more like they have that culture = industry = possibilities.

It's like saying that the most talented actors are from Hollywood, which isn't true. Hollywood is just a place where all those talented people have that culture = industry = possibilities.

[j.fco.morales]

I think the main reason is the education.