Tag: Oskar Häggström

Tim: He’s got a crush on her (or him); she (or he) is way out of his league; whenever they’re in the same room the time seems to go very quickly, or to be more precise “Hour like a minute”.

Tim: Disappointingly there’s no happy resolution, Teenage Dirtbag-style, at the end of this, it’s just a “yeah, I like you…okay then”, and we as listeners are left to wonder if anything did ever come of it.

That’d be nice, sometimes, if romantic songs had sequels, so the first one could be like this, and the second could be that yeah, she decided to go for it, and ooh, then we could have a whole SERIES of songs, each one documenting a further stage in the relationship, going through multiple dates, marriage, tricky patch, kids to make it better, everything becoming wonderful, growing old together and seeing the grandchildren go off to school and write songs of their own. As it is, we’ve got nothing. Ah, well.

Tim: Music’s alright though.

Tim: So here’s a thing, every year on Swedish Idol, the week before the final the four remaining contestants perform songs they’ve written themselves (with assistance from more experienced writers, obviously). Sometimes they’re a bit awful, but more often than not they’re alright.

Tim: Ooh, you cynic.

Tim: I mean it wouldn’t be a series winner, and you’d struggle having a major chart hit with it, but it’s not a bad tune.

Tim: Lyrics are there, good bit of “oh-oh-oh-oh-oh” going on. Basic idea of the whole thing is to show off what sort of an artist they might be should they go on to win, and given this I wouldn’t mind hearing more from him. Tonight, I believe, is results night, so I guess we’ll see how Sweden feels then.