“We’re going to party like it’s 1699,” sings Nina Persson on Colonia, the second album the Cardigans frontwoman has released under the A Camp name with husband Nathan Larson (Shudder To Think) and Niclas Frisk. As the lyric and album title imply, the ornate Colonia is loosely based on the theme of love in the time of colonialism and is inspired by cabaret and musicals from the ’40s. Larson and Persson—king and queen of Colonia—are guest editing magnetmagazine.com all this week. Read our Q&A with them.
Nathan And Nina: For those of you who have yet to experience the Eurovision Song Contest, you must understand that you are missing out on the most amount of sheer entertainment humanity could possibly pack into one evening. This is our Super Bowl, this is our season finale of Sex And The City. We never miss a second. These are songs that are either so good that they’re unbearable or they’re so fucking bad that they’re fucking great. We love it. A starter set and videos after the jump.
Lodi “Hard Rock Hallelujah” (Finland)
An unforgettable 2006 metal entry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKtd02tVZNo
Michalis Rakintzis “S.A.G.A.P.O.” (Greece)
Wow. Greek robot action.
Christer Sjögren “I Love Europe” (Sweden)
The country’s 2008 contribution. Absolute crap, not typical for Sweden, which can usually be counted on for something really lame but at least melodically solid. This is just awful.
Deen “In The Disco” (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Sweet Jesus, wow.
Tanel Padar And Dave Benton “Everybody” (Estonia)
The 2001 winner. That’s right, this one won.
Ruslana Lyzhichko “Wild Dance” (Ukraine)
Wild, indeed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyyytUbpudA
Vanilla Ninja “Cool Vibes” (Switzerland)
Rock on, ladies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_8pM1xccrk
Severina “Moja Stikla” (Croatia)
From 2006. Ethnic-y.
Arsenium And Natalia Gordienko “Loca” (Moldova)
From 2006. A great year for great music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6gEqBRipho
Olsen Brothers “Fly On The Wings Of Love” (Denmark)
This song … well, this song really sucks. But that’s what Eurovision is all about. Which is why it was the grand prize winner in the year 2000 AD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82pIjk07Oqs
