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Amason — Älgen
Album: Sky City
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Released: 2015
Length: 4:03
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When the colour go
What colour shades the colour
What colour
White colour ages

In the way we go
I get away with it
I get the kind of

When the colour go
Trashed in a little position
I keep that
I keep that waiting

When you fall in gold
And when I miss that time
I bring my bag

When the colour go
What colour shades a colour
What colour
What colour ages

In the way we go
I get away with it
I get the kind of

When the colour go
Trashed in a little position
I keep that
I keep that waiting

When you fall in gold
And when I miss that time
I bring my bag
Comments (79)add comment
 Laptopdog wrote:

I'll have whatever the drummer's having.




I hope it's a protein shake, cus they probably need it after this
Posted 2 months ago by walk2k    [ Reply ]
test
Posted 4 months ago by jarro    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:

 Straight 4/4 my friend. The frenetic drumming is throwing you off.




A lot of people confuse syncopation with odd time signatures.
Posted 8 months ago by MM_Prague    [ Reply ]
 toomanyollys wrote:

I was listening to this thinking that the posted lyrics sound wrong, as opposed to just a bit wacky... finally found these on their own website  :)


when the color goes
what color shades a color
what color
white color raging

in the waiting row
I get away with it
I get the kind host

when the color goes
drenched in a new position
I keep up
I keep them waiting

bring the folded ghost
then when I miss that tunnel
I blame my bad luck

when the color goes,
bring nothing




This fits better with what I hear, but is still a bit wacky. Maybe it makes more sense in Swedish?
Posted 1 year ago by rob311    [ Reply ]
8>9
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Hints of Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Posted 1 year ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
Of Monsters and Men (Iceland) followed by Amason's Algen. We're touring Scandinavia today on RP.
Posted 2 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
While the song was playing I was watching the slideshow, which  usually has images relating to the song.  This song had had the full 4 minutes of moose pictures.  Moose are majestic, and yet still cute, creatures.  Just wondering if there was some other connection.
Posted 2 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]
I'll have whatever the drummer's having.

Posted 2 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
I was listening to this thinking that the posted lyrics sound wrong, as opposed to just a bit wacky... finally found these on their own website  :)


when the color goes
what color shades a color
what color
white color raging

in the waiting row
I get away with it
I get the kind host

when the color goes
drenched in a new position
I keep up
I keep them waiting

bring the folded ghost
then when I miss that tunnel
I blame my bad luck

when the color goes,
bring nothing


Posted 2 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:


4/4 but "often in phrases of 7 bars"....

Please elaborate.  Anyone.

For an oversimplified explanation: Most "Western" popular music is in phrases of four or eight bars (or measures).  On a sheet of scored music, the bars are the vertical lines which separate the beats. When a phrase of music has three or seven bars it can create a feeling of tension, as if one lyric or melodic bar is missing or was "skipped".  There are others here who can elaborate in more detail.
Posted 2 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Good Tune! I never heard of them before.  Thank You RP!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
I look to the Wiki page and I notice that Amanda is aka Idiot Wind. There can't be two, can there?
Posted 2 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
When I hear the drummer, I think of this guy:

https://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Nyango-Star.gif


(Alas, I don't know how to embed an animated gif.)
Posted 2 years ago by MLavender    [ Reply ]
 planet_lizard wrote:



But often in phrases of 7 bars which is more unusual...


4/4 but "often in phrases of 7 bars"....

Please elaborate.  Anyone.
Posted 2 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:

 Straight 4/4 my friend. The frenetic drumming is throwing you off.




But often in phrases of 7 bars which is more unusual...
Posted 3 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
Belero on an accordion.  God help us!  I had to turn it off.
Posted 3 years ago by tkelley    [ Reply ]
Never heard this band before (November 2021) so thanks a lot to RP for opening yet another door in this musical world
Posted 3 years ago by OneinAUS    [ Reply ]
...vocalist Amanda Bergman (also known as Hajen, Jaw Lesson and Idiot Wind);

Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
me likey!!!
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 123heyaho! wrote:

So what's wrong with the vocals.....?
 

It wasn't one of Darth Vader's finer performances the day they laid down the vocals.
Posted 3 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Depends when it plays in your life, ya know?
Posted 4 years ago by islanduo    [ Reply ]
Something about this song really works for me.  Very nice. 
Posted 4 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
Sounds alot like Hooverphonic especially with the vocals. Decent tune. 
Posted 4 years ago by teeyodi    [ Reply ]
 Rockit9 wrote:
 Straight 4/4 my friend. The frenetic drumming is throwing you off.
 

Thanks!  Makes perfect sense once you count it out. 
Posted 4 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Ultravox reloaded
Posted 4 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
The written lyrics do not match what I am hearing
Posted 4 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
nice seg from Radiohead, the drumming is defo similar
Posted 4 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
 MrStatenIsle wrote:
Ama say ama sa Ama mason!
 
Had the band been named AmaZon instead of AmaSon,  the singer would have one
breast... The Amazon women warriors of mythology had their right breast cut off
so it wouldn't interfere with drawing back the bowstring. Hence the name Amazon,
literally "without a breast"...And now you know the rest of the story...

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
Posted 4 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
 sonymagellan wrote:
The building of this sound is science !
rate 8 
 
It's the Sound of Science, man :)
Posted 4 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
I recommend checking the live KCRW version of this song on youtube. I didn't like the vocals at first, then I watched her sing and fell in love. 
Posted 4 years ago by Vinco    [ Reply ]
The building of this sound is science !
rate 8 
Posted 4 years ago by sonymagellan    [ Reply ]
Ama say ama sa Ama mason!
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
Amanda Bergman, also known as Idiot Wind. Really. 
Posted 5 years ago by Dragonfly_Launch    [ Reply ]
Any comments on the rest of the album?     
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 jbunniii wrote:
It was pretty good until the vocals started. Then things took an unpleasant turn.
 
So what's wrong with the vocals.....?
Posted 5 years ago by 123heyaho!    [ Reply ]
It was pretty good until the vocals started. Then things took an unpleasant turn.
Posted 6 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
It's the audio equivalent of reaming your ear with your pinky the night after a big frat party when someone puked on you, and pulling out a piece of partly-digested pepperoni. Algae indeed. 
Posted 6 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
So nice to see some RP music from this decade. Gets a little musty in here at times...
Posted 6 years ago by bentonian    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Could somebody with a better ear, more music education, etc., than mine, please describe the time signature of this song.

  Straight 4/4 my friend. The frenetic drumming is throwing you off.
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
Could somebody with a better ear, more music education, etc., than mine, please describe the time signature of this song.
Posted 6 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Interesting back-and-forth on the vocals and a lush, layered production.

 
Yes!
Posted 7 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I like {#Smile}westslope wrote:
This is growing.

Out there lyrics.....

So..... what is the rest of the CD like?      
Edit:  Swedish!?!!  Another Nordic band!?!!   It never stops!  

 


Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Where's my skinny-rib polo neck?  I know I still have it somewhere ...   PSD
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
This is growing.

Out there lyrics.....

So..... what is the rest of the CD like?      
Edit:  Swedish!?!!  Another Nordic band!?!!   It never stops!  
Posted 7 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Somebody should mash this up with Shearwater's Filaments.
Posted 8 years ago by Broken_Ear    [ Reply ]
 easmann wrote:

Another excellent drummer. Sandy Nelson started his career in 1959, Buddy Rich effectively in 1937 (however he was a bandleader at age 11, around 1930, and performed in Vaudeville as early as age 18 months, in 1919). Sandy is still with us. : )

 
And most of the musicians during the BeBop years. Now that we have the audio editing abilities where we can retouch nearly every aspect of a sound, there'll likely be folks in time who will accuse most of the bop musicians as well as folks like Zappa, etc. of recording a track at far less than ludicrous speed, speeding it up then further altering the sped up sound to have the characteristics of the other members and instruments of the combo.
Posted 8 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
 Ha ha ha Mrs Tom. {#Roflol} Hey Billbecca this is Triple Plus Good.

MrsTom wrote:
Liking this a lot. But my knee-bouncing at my desk cannot keep up with the tempo 

 


Posted 8 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
The drums at the beginning kinda sound like Bloc Party... but then there isn't the magic bass lines and the inspired melodies!
Posted 8 years ago by Mannick    [ Reply ]
Liking this a lot. But my knee-bouncing at my desk cannot keep up with the tempo 
Posted 8 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
 easmann wrote:
Apparently those commenting on the "inhumanly" fast drumming have never heard, or even heard of, Buddy Rich:

YouTube: Insane Drum Solo • Buddy Rich

 
and before Buddy Rich ( I think) was Sandy Nelson, also before his {#Drummer}time!  Youtube "Let there be drums" classic 
Posted 8 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Too manic for my Monday.

 
yep,
the drums and both of the vocals,
then there's that fiddle break, 
clean up your mess kids 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Too manic for my Monday.
Posted 8 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I have no idea what the lyrics are about, and the video is confusing, but I'll never get tired of the sound..
Posted 8 years ago by Nomikos    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
drummer is too fast to be human but fills and style doesnt sound like a drum machine.   I suspect recorded using midi and speeded up.

 
After looking at the YouTube video link posted on a previous comment I see the drummer uses both "real" drums and electronic drum pads. That is probably why there is this strange speeded up vibe going on.
Posted 9 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
She sings so passionate... love it! 
Posted 9 years ago by tfioreze    [ Reply ]
drummer is too fast to be human but fills and style doesnt sound like a drum machine.   I suspect recorded using midi and speeded up.
Posted 9 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
"Everyone in my spaceship..."
Posted 9 years ago by testpilot    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote: 2
How many arms does this drummer have?

{#Drummer} {#Drummer} {#Drummer} {#Drummer}  
2 duh
 


Posted 9 years ago by stevenstarr    [ Reply ]
Then try leadsingers own band Idiot Wind. Love her version of Ma.a you've been on my mind
Posted 9 years ago by Aldaba    [ Reply ]
ilikeitalot
Posted 9 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
Pet Sounds Presents Amason - Duvan

https://youtu.be/XQfRrAHhuoM

{#Chillpill}

Posted 9 years ago by hlx5    [ Reply ]
Digging this for sure.  Nice.
Posted 9 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
me likey
Posted 9 years ago by Jon_Lucas    [ Reply ]
The cover reminds me of The Singing, Ringing Tree.  Used to scare me badly as a kid.  Godawful song, too.
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 zeglin wrote:
Does anyone have the lyrics for this song? Would be much appreciated.

 
This page appears to have the lyrics and the video.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Magic indeed!!
Posted 9 years ago by johnybladex    [ Reply ]
Magic! {#Bananajam}
Posted 9 years ago by hlx5    [ Reply ]
Sounds like something from the Roger Whittaker Show to a Ravey Davey drum beat.  Weird.
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Does anyone have the lyrics for this song? Would be much appreciated.
Posted 9 years ago by zeglin    [ Reply ]
listen to this striiiiiiiiings..... man the stringssssss. from 8 sec. its so wonderful!
Posted 9 years ago by nino!    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
How many arms does this drummer have?

{#Drummer} {#Drummer} {#Drummer} {#Drummer}  

 
2 — {#Mrgreen}
Posted 9 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
 squidish wrote:
I like the man choir...

 
Interesting back-and-forth on the vocals and a lush, layered production.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
How many arms does this drummer have?

{#Drummer} {#Drummer} {#Drummer} {#Drummer}  

 
I agree. I couldn't place exactly why this song was uncomfortable, so I checked the comments about it. You hit it on the head. The drums make my heart palpitate. Not a good thing at 60. Too fast for my old soul. Otherwise, intriguing song.
Posted 9 years ago by stalfnzo    [ Reply ]
How many arms does this drummer have?

{#Drummer} {#Drummer} {#Drummer} {#Drummer}  
Posted 9 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
 squidish wrote:
I like the man choir...

 
I was about to say, that's what was creeping me out. At least in my headphones it sounded creepy...but interesting. 
Posted 9 years ago by jkamm14    [ Reply ]
Sorry, this needs to be deleted from the playlist. Rarely do I have to change RP, but here I go. This is little more than a background track to a melody. Or, to put it differently, its bad.
Posted 9 years ago by HearsayDave    [ Reply ]
I like the man choir...
Posted 9 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]