The secret of Swedish poptasticality revealed
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John Harris, writing in UK paper The Guardian, pays tribute to the glory of Swedish pop music. And, indeed, Sweden in general:
It’s great there: taxes are sky-high, but everyone is happy, and they’re so brimming with Nordic genius that they invented flat-pack furniture, Ericsson mobiles and Saab cars… Sweden is as close to heaven on earth as humanity is ever to likely to get…
Bu back to the music. Harris’s gushfest seems to have been prompted by an encounter with Peter, Bjorn and John and he reminisces about “a strange three days” he spent in 2002 trying to pin down “the mysterious reason why talented people from this dark and cold European country had so bucked pop’s Anglo-American imperialism”.
The secret formula may have something to do with booze, he concludes.
It’s Friday… let’s get dronk!
