Sweden 2001

Let’s start with something simple, like Sweden 2001:
Somehow I find it provoking when people say; “This is not a typical ESC-song!” Oh, God. What is a typical ESC-song?? There’s more variety in this competition than anywhere else. It’s hiphopdancernbrockpopclassical; almost anything. There’s almost NOT a genre that hasn’t been presented in the ESC.

So of course it’s bullshit. But if you insist of calling something a typical ESC-tune, it would be the something of the schlager-genre. Nothing wrong with that, it’s just that the ESC is about much more than schlager. Anyhows, I love schlager and I LOVE the Swedish Melodifestivalen. The Mother country of the schlager genre proves with a spectacular show that we in Norway have yet another thing to envy them. Luckily, the Norwegian broadcasting has decided on a model like Sweden’s and it seems that has improved the quality of the songs as well. A cool show attracts cool songwriters. Enough babbling. Here’s the list:

1 Kom ner på jorden 7p, 7p
2 Ingenmansland 12p, 4p
3 Om du förlåter mig 5p, 3p
4 Om du var här hos mig 10p, 8p
5 Allt som jag ser 3p, 5p
6 I går, i dag 2p, 1p
7 Vända om 8p, 10p
8 Lyssna till ditt hjärta 1p, 2p
9 Jag känner dig 4p, 12p
10 Om du stannar här 6p, 6p

My points to the left. For once, I had a ballad on top. The winner song; "Lyssna till ditt hjärta" is one of the worst from this country, but I remeber liking it back then. 2001 was not a great year!