Kategori: The Quiet Picture
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Sun rises so late that we have time to eat breakfast at the hotel before heading out. This is going to be the routine for the whole week – early breakfast, lunch on the road, back to the hotel for dinner. We spent the first morning in Syðradalur, it’s a place with lava rock formations…
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A couple of years ago I decided to explore all of the Nordics, not just the five countries, but the autonomous areas as well – Åland, Greenland, Svalbard and the Faroe Islands. I visited Åland ages ago as a teen but it counts, Greenland in 2015 and Svalbard last year. Which then only left Faroe Islands and…
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Song: Over the Hills and Far Away Artist: Gary Moore Year: 1987 I bet you didn’t see this coming! Neither did I, until three years ago. I had first heard this song on the old Finnish TV show ”Levyraati” where five panel members reviewed new singles. Back in those days, it was one of the very few…
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Song: Woman in Chains Artist: Tears for Fears (with Oleta Adams) Year: 1989 Woman in Chains is another one of those famous exceptions. Just like Nobody’s Hero, it carries a message that is unfortunately still very topical, even now almost 30 years later. There has been improvements, but there is no real gender equality, not even in countries…
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Song: Nobody’s Hero Artist: Rush Year: 1993 For many many years, I held Nobody’s Hero as the best song I had ever heard. If I’d made this list 3 years ago, you’d find it in the #1 spot. Unfortunately this is a song that will drop even further down in the list in the future,…
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Song: Memories Artist: Within Temptation Year: 2004 In my youth, I followed a lot of artists. With my biggest favourites, I was a bit of a collector – I needed to get every album and single they ever released. But the older I got, the more I moved from listening to artists to listening to…
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Song: Ne Lui Dis Pas Artist: Fredericks Goldman Jones Year: 1994 I first heard of Fredericks Goldman Jones when they released Nuit in 1990. It has got to be one of the slowest songs I’ve ever heard and I need to be in the right mood to listen to it. You need a little bit…
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Song: Carnival of Rust Artist: Poets of the Fall Year: 2006 I debated for a long time with myself if I should include this song on the list or not. I said that everything older than 5 years qualifies, but the first time I heard this song was in 2013. In the end I couldn’t…
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Song: Hanging on a Heart Attack Artist: Device Year: 1986 Hanging on a Heart Attack is the oldest song on the list. Back in the 80’s, long before Internet and the media deluge that surrounds us now, hearing new music wasn’t so easy. Especially if you had a taste in music that heavily deviated from…
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Song: Cose della vita Artist: Eros Ramazzotti with Tina Turner Year: 1997 Cose della vita was originally a solo single from Eros Ramazzotti, sung completely in Italian, and released in 1993. I liked the original, but didn’t think it was anything super special. The duet version with Tina Turner was released in 1997 and I didn’t actually…