is it just me... Who has noted the huge change in our collective approach to crazes? It used to be that fads were strictly reserved for youngsters. From Elvis, over disco, to 80s MTV, new trends were solely directed at adolescents, considered the only ones hip and happening enough to go along with a new craze any responsible adult would dismiss as silly. That has changed significantly. In today’s world we’re all teenagers.
It happens every year: the cold winter months take you by surprise and you need extra fuel to keep you warm. Then the festive season comes around and, suddenly, you have a whole spare tyre around your waist that not only keeps you cosy and warm but also wobbles in a funny way when you walk. Before you know it, people are calling you “lardy boy” (even to your face) and you know it is time to bring out the dreaded scales.
Scan Magazine’s music fanatic Karl Batterbee takes a look back at the decade gone by in Scan pop hits. Who makes his list of nougthies’ greatest export hits? Find out below where you can also take a glimpse into the Scandinavian pop future!
“To encourage hope in
others is the essence of
Christmas. We all have a
common future”
“2010 is, without doubt,
going to be an equally
challenging year”
I particularly remember one December where my – at the time 4 year old – sister, showed us an unexpected definition of the concept “presents”.
My Mom has a birthday in December andmy other sister and I were preppingmy 4 year old sister for Christmas, thinkingmy Mom’s birthday would serve as a nice introduction to the general idea of presents.
“Norway shall be
a leading nation in
environmental policy”
“I hope we can all give
an extra thought to those
who are less well off”
This month, two massive pop acts which are already well established in their respective Scandinavian homelands are being shipped to the UK. And two other artists, who’ve already been given the UK seal of approval, unleash their new wares!
There are so many wonderful things about Scandinavia: there’s Norway, with its fjords and mountains, Finland with lakes and wilderness, Sweden, with forests and archipelagos…. and then there’s Denmark, known primarily for its bacon.
Friday, February 12, 2010
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