Anna Ternheim — Lovers Dream
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Please put me to sleep
If there's room beneath your feet
See, I left my home
I could not get used to living alone
Put me to rest
Lay your head on my chest
Hold my hand
When you leave
Don't wake me up
Just to see how you say goodbye
Maybe I could be yours
Maybe you could be mine
God, I waited so long
Maybe my time has come
To walk by your side
Please put me at ease
Now my soul is ready for peace
Give me the lover's curse
Now I am ready for you
My rebel, my hope
Maybe I could be yours
Maybe you could be mine
God, I waited so long
Maybe my time has come
To walk by your side
Maybe I could be yours
Maybe you could be mine
Maybe I could be yours
God, I waited so long
To walk by your side
God, I waited so long
To walk by your side
If there's room beneath your feet
See, I left my home
I could not get used to living alone
Put me to rest
Lay your head on my chest
Hold my hand
When you leave
Don't wake me up
Just to see how you say goodbye
Maybe I could be yours
Maybe you could be mine
God, I waited so long
Maybe my time has come
To walk by your side
Please put me at ease
Now my soul is ready for peace
Give me the lover's curse
Now I am ready for you
My rebel, my hope
Maybe I could be yours
Maybe you could be mine
God, I waited so long
Maybe my time has come
To walk by your side
Maybe I could be yours
Maybe you could be mine
Maybe I could be yours
God, I waited so long
To walk by your side
God, I waited so long
To walk by your side
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You need to be driving an Alfa Romeo through small villages at dawn when you play this.
In black and white.
In black and white.
Shaggy27 wrote:
I just turned 13.....40 some years ago!
this gem is already 13yrs old.....my lordy
I just turned 13.....40 some years ago!
enkay wrote:
In a neutral kind of way.
You're thinking of Switzerland.
In a neutral kind of way.
You're thinking of Switzerland.
FlatCat wrote:
Amazon is also terrible to authors/musicians
Actual published author checking in. Amazon is great. It was the pre-Amazon publishers that were terrible. As always, the question is (hi Roberta Flack) "compared to what?" Yeah, maybe Amazon isn't a nonprofit charity that only wants to help authors, but it's a lot better (for authors) than what it replaced.
Amazon is also terrible to authors/musicians
Actual published author checking in. Amazon is great. It was the pre-Amazon publishers that were terrible. As always, the question is (hi Roberta Flack) "compared to what?" Yeah, maybe Amazon isn't a nonprofit charity that only wants to help authors, but it's a lot better (for authors) than what it replaced.
Everything about this is just beautiful.
Andybob wrote:
What a hauntingly horrible piece of coverart.
What a hauntingly beautiful piece of music.
What a hauntingly horrible piece of coverart.
I'm getting a hint of Emilíana Torrini, which is a good thing.
this gem is already 13yrs old.....my lordy
adib wrote:
Nah
7 -> 8
With all the strings and arpeggios, this has the potential to be cheesy & sentimental, but she keeps it over the line in 'haunting & beautiful' territory.
With all the strings and arpeggios, this has the potential to be cheesy & sentimental, but she keeps it over the line in 'haunting & beautiful' territory.
Nah
The production is really good on this one
7 -> 8
With all the strings and arpeggios, this has the potential to be cheesy & sentimental, but she keeps it over the line in 'haunting & beautiful' territory.
With all the strings and arpeggios, this has the potential to be cheesy & sentimental, but she keeps it over the line in 'haunting & beautiful' territory.
6 to 7 ..
I'm digging these melancholy lyrics.
There’s also a great duet version with Guillemots‘ Fyfe Dangerfield.
Between radio paradise and WFMU out of jersey I have heard so much fine music and really broadend my tastes
Andybob wrote:
I AGREE
What a hauntingly beautiful piece of music.
I AGREE
Yes! She was so inspired and inspiring! But years ago...
test
enkay wrote:
In a neutral kind of way.
Yes, Sweden practices armed neutrality but remains always pro-western.
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I bought this CD last year and enjoy it thoroughly.
In a neutral kind of way.
Yes, Sweden practices armed neutrality but remains always pro-western.
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I bought this CD last year and enjoy it thoroughly.
Andybob wrote:
yes.
What a hauntingly beautiful piece of music.
yes.
What has this music got to do with Amazon? Please dont abuse RPs music forum to vent your spleen about what you dont like about modern life. Thank you.
What a hauntingly beautiful piece of music.
love this line,...
"don't wake me up just to see how you say goodbye"
"don't wake me up just to see how you say goodbye"
rdo wrote:
Screw Amazon? Poor people cannot afford to shop in those expensive CD shops you go to in the UK. Shame on you. The digital revolution, the really important revolution, has enabled all people to enjoy to fruits of civilization —- this is breaking down the old "class" barriers more than any god damn slogan.
we have a local amazon stock center, i havnt heard any bad reports about it, infact i often hear about lots of freebys and give aways, though I dont know how legal that are.
Better than all the slave drivers of old, and it beats working in a coal mine for tokens you can only spend in the mine owners shop!!! you dont know how good we have it, and it aint gonna last long, theres a storm a coming, enjoy your song.
Screw Amazon? Poor people cannot afford to shop in those expensive CD shops you go to in the UK. Shame on you. The digital revolution, the really important revolution, has enabled all people to enjoy to fruits of civilization —- this is breaking down the old "class" barriers more than any god damn slogan.
we have a local amazon stock center, i havnt heard any bad reports about it, infact i often hear about lots of freebys and give aways, though I dont know how legal that are.
Better than all the slave drivers of old, and it beats working in a coal mine for tokens you can only spend in the mine owners shop!!! you dont know how good we have it, and it aint gonna last long, theres a storm a coming, enjoy your song.
Storyman wrote:
Check out Project Pimento
Play more songs with theremin... really like that part.
Check out Project Pimento
Play more songs with theremin... really like that part.
Dirge
This reminds me of pre 75 mac. Don't know why.
Eric_Gustafsson wrote:
In a neutral kind of way.
Sweden rules.......
In a neutral kind of way.
Ternheim kind of reminds of the gorgeous Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, who plays a journalist in the outstanding danish TV show BORGEN, about Denmark's first female prime minister and her struggles to stay in power without betraying her convictions and loosing her family. (Highly recommended!)
ooohhh, burn.... I like "ready-rolled rant" - think i may steal that, Fred.
fredriley wrote:
Hobby horse mounted and ridden. It doesn't take much to get you off on to a ready-rolled rant, I see...
rdo wrote:
Screw Amazon? Poor people cannot afford to shop in those expensive CD shops you go to in the UK. Shame on you. The digital revolution, the really important revolution, has enabled all people to enjoy to fruits of civilization --- this is breaking down the old "class" barriers more than any god damn slogan.
But Amazon is terrible to their workers. Low pay and benefits, constant harassment to meet very difficult targets, extreme conditions (dangerously hot warehouses). Amazon is also terrible to authors/musicians and publishers (who admittedly have their own problems). Amazon drives local shops out of business. They are essentially an online version of Walmart.
Screw Amazon? Poor people cannot afford to shop in those expensive CD shops you go to in the UK. Shame on you. The digital revolution, the really important revolution, has enabled all people to enjoy to fruits of civilization --- this is breaking down the old "class" barriers more than any god damn slogan.
But Amazon is terrible to their workers. Low pay and benefits, constant harassment to meet very difficult targets, extreme conditions (dangerously hot warehouses). Amazon is also terrible to authors/musicians and publishers (who admittedly have their own problems). Amazon drives local shops out of business. They are essentially an online version of Walmart.
rdo wrote:
Screw Amazon? Poor people cannot afford to shop in those expensive CD shops you go to in the UK. Shame on you. The digital revolution, the really important revolution, has enabled all people to enjoy to fruits of civilization --- this is breaking down the old "class" barriers more than any god damn slogan.
Hobby horse mounted and ridden. It doesn't take much to get you off on to a ready-rolled rant, I see...
Screw Amazon? Poor people cannot afford to shop in those expensive CD shops you go to in the UK. Shame on you. The digital revolution, the really important revolution, has enabled all people to enjoy to fruits of civilization --- this is breaking down the old "class" barriers more than any god damn slogan.
Hobby horse mounted and ridden. It doesn't take much to get you off on to a ready-rolled rant, I see...
fredriley wrote:
Thanks for the tip, but I think I'll stick with the delectable Anna. For all that they're a good band, The Doves have all the subtlety and finesse of a nail-studded club across the bonce, whereas Anna is subtle, evocative, atmospheric and so typically Scandinavian. It's the devil's own job finding her CDs in proper record shops in the UK, though (screw Amazon).
Screw Amazon? Poor people cannot afford to shop in those expensive CD shops you go to in the UK. Shame on you. The digital revolution, the really important revolution, has enabled all people to enjoy to fruits of civilization --- this is breaking down the old "class" barriers more than any god damn slogan.
Thanks for the tip, but I think I'll stick with the delectable Anna. For all that they're a good band, The Doves have all the subtlety and finesse of a nail-studded club across the bonce, whereas Anna is subtle, evocative, atmospheric and so typically Scandinavian. It's the devil's own job finding her CDs in proper record shops in the UK, though (screw Amazon).
Screw Amazon? Poor people cannot afford to shop in those expensive CD shops you go to in the UK. Shame on you. The digital revolution, the really important revolution, has enabled all people to enjoy to fruits of civilization --- this is breaking down the old "class" barriers more than any god damn slogan.
I like her intelligent Lyriks, and her decent vocal!
Isn't she singing to Death? The eerie saw. The line "Now my soul is ready for peace." The slow pace.
LizK wrote:
True!!!!!still we created the worlds we live in -Ourselves,rules whatever we do-is Ours,is Done)))
Oh the yearning, the dreaming, the wishing. Maybe I could be yours. Maybe you could be mine. Then all the dreams come true.
You are mine!
Time goes by. And you can't even take the trash out. Born in a barn, buddy? I'm what? What?
You are mine!
Time goes by. And you can't even take the trash out. Born in a barn, buddy? I'm what? What?
True!!!!!still we created the worlds we live in -Ourselves,rules whatever we do-is Ours,is Done)))
Sweden rules.......
Oh the yearning, the dreaming, the wishing. Maybe I could be yours. Maybe you could be mine. Then all the dreams come true.
You are mine!
Time goes by. And you can't even take the trash out. Born in a barn, buddy? I'm what? What?
You are mine!
Time goes by. And you can't even take the trash out. Born in a barn, buddy? I'm what? What?
Papernapkin wrote:
Indeed.
A dreary dirge.
Indeed.
A dreary dirge.
Hmmm reminds me Goldfrapp... so obscure and gloomy!
love it.
Another RP descover. Thx
love it.
Another RP descover. Thx
d48m02h1918 wrote:
Thanks for the tip, but I think I'll stick with the delectable Anna. For all that they're a good band, The Doves have all the subtlety and finesse of a nail-studded club across the bonce, whereas Anna is subtle, evocative, atmospheric and so typically Scandinavian. It's the devil's own job finding her CDs in proper record shops in the UK, though (screw Amazon).
Listen to the beginning of this song, and then listen to the beginning of a far better song by Doves called "Sea Song". 
Thanks for the tip, but I think I'll stick with the delectable Anna. For all that they're a good band, The Doves have all the subtlety and finesse of a nail-studded club across the bonce, whereas Anna is subtle, evocative, atmospheric and so typically Scandinavian. It's the devil's own job finding her CDs in proper record shops in the UK, though (screw Amazon).
Listen to the beginning of this song, and then listen to the beginning of a far better song by Doves called "Sea Song".
Shesdifferent wrote:
... yes, WHO signed off on THIS cover? Ugh.
This girl is my alter ego. X-cept I wear a better bra.
nate917: You couldn't wear a worse one if you made it out of oyster shells.
nate917: You couldn't wear a worse one if you made it out of oyster shells.
... yes, WHO signed off on THIS cover? Ugh.
love love love this
Very deep and moving....
Nice song!
listen_n_sf wrote:
I wish this woman would get a boyfriend.
AvoidingWork wrote:
It is a saw indeed : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_saw
So the haunting part in the middle sounds like it's being played on a saw. Does anybody know?
It is a saw indeed : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_saw
listen_n_sf wrote:
Maybe she has, and that's why she's singing such melancholic songs.
I wish this woman would get a boyfriend.
Maybe she has, and that's why she's singing such melancholic songs.
Actually, that might make her more melancholy and depressed! 
Shaken_Bake wrote:
Shaken_Bake wrote:
Are you kidding? Then these songs wouldn't be nearly so melancholic and depressing! 
listen_n_sf wrote:
listen_n_sf wrote:
I wish this woman would get a boyfriend.
I really like this...meant to rate it last time but alas work interrupted me.....
This performance was broadcasted on Haldern Pop, Rockpalast by WDR, a german tv channel.
So the haunting part in the middle sounds like it's being played on a saw. Does anybody know?
Are you kidding? Then these songs wouldn't be nearly so melancholic and depressing!
listen_n_sf wrote:
listen_n_sf wrote:
I wish this woman would get a boyfriend.
I wish this woman would get a boyfriend.
Wow, I am working on my laptop while RP is playing. I didn't even notice the transition from Lucinda Williams to Anna Ternheim. Great Mix, GOOD JOB!
Love
I LOVE this song!
Check it out live on an amazing YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZXH4MxIZ_c
Check it out live on an amazing YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZXH4MxIZ_c
Shesdifferent wrote:
You couldn't wear a worse one if you made it out of oyster shells.
This girl is my alter ego. X-cept I wear a better bra.
You couldn't wear a worse one if you made it out of oyster shells.
westslope wrote:
Eerie song, hits that note which in the mind creates yearning. The trifling over the geography of frigid coasts adds nothing to the discussion. Nor does the cattiness about her complexion. But the Tarantino/Lynch observations did. Any analysis of her voice, musicality, etc.
| Posted: Nov 28, 2009 - 16:48 | < Reply > |
sub-arctic wrote: Inside a Norwegian head, maybe. Last time I checked Sweden had no rocky Atlantic coast. But yes, the long dark winter is hard to avoid... And Danish and Icelandic. Doesn't it blow cold off the Baltic on occasion? |
Eerie song, hits that note which in the mind creates yearning. The trifling over the geography of frigid coasts adds nothing to the discussion. Nor does the cattiness about her complexion. But the Tarantino/Lynch observations did. Any analysis of her voice, musicality, etc.
Another FEMALE singer........
just adding to the crap I read on the previous thread....
I like almost everything played on this station....male/female/soul/jazz/blues/etc
Don't pigeonhole.
just adding to the crap I read on the previous thread....
I like almost everything played on this station....male/female/soul/jazz/blues/etc
Don't pigeonhole.
Thanks for this reminder.
ziggytrix wrote:
Your favorite supermodel has pimples. People in my line of work remove them digitally before you see them.
Real life is real.
love this song!
cohifi wrote:
We can't all be perfect! I just attended my Grandmother's funeral this past week. So there.
Oh, geez. So sorry for your loss! *hugs you* Shows how we never know what another person is going through, or how our off-the-cuff comments might hurt someone. I try to be careful, but sometimes...
Were you close to your grandmother? (Um, and don't use her funeral as a weapon, unless she left explicit instructions to do whatever it takes to gain credibility. And even then, be who you are, do what you do, and stay true.)
I'm still hugging you. Losing a loved one is never easy.
We can't all be perfect! I just attended my Grandmother's funeral this past week. So there.
Oh, geez. So sorry for your loss! *hugs you* Shows how we never know what another person is going through, or how our off-the-cuff comments might hurt someone. I try to be careful, but sometimes...
Were you close to your grandmother? (Um, and don't use her funeral as a weapon, unless she left explicit instructions to do whatever it takes to gain credibility. And even then, be who you are, do what you do, and stay true.)
I'm still hugging you. Losing a loved one is never easy.
Stingray wrote:
...with pimples?
Look at the cover-shot and repeat that!
Something reminds me of my grandmother!
Your favorite supermodel has pimples. People in my line of work remove them digitally before you see them.
Real life is real.
...with pimples?
Look at the cover-shot and repeat that!
Something reminds me of my grandmother!
Your favorite supermodel has pimples. People in my line of work remove them digitally before you see them.
Real life is real.
First the lovely tone of Kathleen Edwards...then the sweeping haunts of Anna T. Very nice.
Stingray wrote:
...with pimples?
Look at the cover-shot and repeat that!
Something reminds me of my grandmother!
We can't all be perfect! I just attended my Grandmother's funeral this past week. So there.
...with pimples?
Look at the cover-shot and repeat that!
Something reminds me of my grandmother!
We can't all be perfect! I just attended my Grandmother's funeral this past week. So there.
zipper wrote:
...with pimples?
Look at the cover-shot and repeat that!
Something reminds me of my grandmother!
beauty
...with pimples?
Look at the cover-shot and repeat that!
Something reminds me of my grandmother!
Enough boring girls already tonight - BILL!
SWITCH GEAR, please!
Too many of them! Way too many!
SWITCH GEAR, please!
Too many of them! Way too many!
calypsus_1 wrote:
Anna Ternheim and Fyfe Dangerfield - "Lovers dream" Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLLpUJLHovU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLLpUJLHovU
Super! Many thanx for that link.
Gave it a 9. Reminds me of my son's girlfriend. She's been singing at local cafes.
Love it.
calypsus_1 wrote:
Anna Ternheim and Fyfe Dangerfield - "Lovers dream" Live:
I think I've clicked on your links about 30-40 times and have discovered some great live performances...
Just wanted to say thanks!!!!
Anna Ternheim and Fyfe Dangerfield - "Lovers dream" Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLLpUJLHovU
"Fyfe Dangerfield is the lead singer of Guillemots"
"Great song, Anna is so beautiful, and the sound is apooky but romantic at the same time."
I think I've clicked on your links about 30-40 times and have discovered some great live performances...
Just wanted to say thanks!!!!
beauty
Interesting discovery (for me anyway) !
Sounds a bit like a female Radiohead...
Sounds a bit like a female Radiohead...
"Fyfe Dangerfield is the lead singer of Guillemots"
"Great song, Anna is so beautiful, and the sound is apooky but romantic at the same time."
(Edited: 13-02-14)
or a david lynch movie . . .
JCH wrote:
JCH wrote:
Haunting. This belongs in a Tarantino movie.
Haunting. This belongs in a Tarantino movie.
sub-arctic wrote:
Inside a Norwegian head, maybe. Last time I checked Sweden had no rocky Atlantic coast. But yes, the long dark winter is hard to avoid...
And Danish and Icelandic. Doesn't it blow cold off the Baltic on occasion?
SweTex wrote:
Din gris...
Hey fellow Swedes, thought you'd like to know that it's 27 degrees Celsius here in Dallas today....Hehehe...
Din gris...
I turn my head when I hear her voice "Who's this??" I had just fallen in love with "Black Sunday Afternoon" the other day. She is phenomenal. When music from Sweden is good; it's really, really good.
I really liked this!
I'm beginning to like her... alot!
Hey fellow Swedes, thought you'd like to know that it's 27 degrees Celsius here in Dallas today....Hehehe...
Such a great transition from Sophie Solomon/Lazarus. I thought it was the same song, in fact. I love songs with unexpected transitions that work... but no, the unexpected transition RP's. There is an art to RP :-)
Tagish_girl wrote:
Er, those waters would be Skagerrak, Kattegat and Öresund, which are connected to the North Sea. Still no Atlantic coast, I'm afraid...
Check your map, specifically between Strömstad and Helsingborg...
Er, those waters would be Skagerrak, Kattegat and Öresund, which are connected to the North Sea. Still no Atlantic coast, I'm afraid...
westslope wrote:
Might be a nordic thing, but I find the entire album quite uplifting, actually... the more I listen to it, the better my mood gets =)
No. Not at all. You have to climb inside a Nordic head.
We're high up on a rock face. The wind blows stiffly off the North Atlantic. Winter is coming.
Might be a nordic thing, but I find the entire album quite uplifting, actually... the more I listen to it, the better my mood gets =)
sub-arctic wrote:
Inside a Norwegian head, maybe. Last time I checked Sweden had no rocky Atlantic coast. But yes, the long dark winter is hard to avoid...
Check your map, specifically between Strömstad and Helsingborg.... I can verify the rockiness and the fricking cold Atlantic wind.
Inside a Norwegian head, maybe. Last time I checked Sweden had no rocky Atlantic coast. But yes, the long dark winter is hard to avoid...
Check your map, specifically between Strömstad and Helsingborg.... I can verify the rockiness and the fricking cold Atlantic wind.
westslope wrote:
Inside a Norwegian head, maybe. Last time I checked Sweden had no rocky Atlantic coast. But yes, the long dark winter is hard to avoid...
You have to climb inside a Nordic head.
We're high up on a rock face. The wind blows stiffly off the North Atlantic. Winter is coming.
Inside a Norwegian head, maybe. Last time I checked Sweden had no rocky Atlantic coast. But yes, the long dark winter is hard to avoid...
This song is striking ... each time I hear it I look to see what it is.
Very nice! More, please.
accordionista wrote:
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please put me at ease
now I'm ready for peas
now I'm ready for peas
Yay for Wind Power!!
Sounds like it is from the movie Dune. Anyone ever see that one? It was really pretty good...I mean come on, Sting was a main character!
please put me at ease
now I'm ready for peas
now I'm ready for peas
Shesdifferent wrote:
Funny. I don't wear bras. And I would have never noticed except for comments like this. hehe
This girl is my alter ego. X-cept I wear a better bra.
Funny. I don't wear bras. And I would have never noticed except for comments like this. hehe
jjbix wrote:
suicide anyone?
No. Not at all. You have to climb inside a Nordic head.
We're high up on a rock face. The wind blows stiffly off the North Atlantic. Winter is coming.
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This is the second song off this CD that I quite like.
I bought her CD and I like it...thanks RP...My version has a guy singing this with her...yours is better.
(Half Way To Five Points)
(Half Way To Five Points)
For some reason, every time I hear it this song reminds me of a James Bond movie. It would be perfect as the 007 signature tune after the opening scene, you know, the psychedelic opening titles with all the naked chicks silhouettes?
Just not doing much for me.
Sort of reminds me of Belly's "Low Red Moon", which I think is a good thing.
She definitely sounds like Suzanne Vega....a Swedish Suzanne Vega, I'm feeling warm and fuzzy just thinking about that concept.... 
This echos the feeling of this Monday morning. Not good. 
I like it!
suicide anyone?
Anna has complemented my music collection quite well...thanks RP
Man. I stumbled upon the video for this song while looking up the stuff she'd done and... I like the song, but I LOVE the video. I guess I'm a child of the video era, but I am always happy to find a video that stands on its own as art. The vid for girl laying down is good too... mostly in the fact that it personifies the way I felt during the chorus (main character, flying). Check them out.
boring
I was so optimistic on Inauguration Day. Now I'm all depressed again.
I really dig the chord progression in this song.
blahhhh!
she comes across as hauntingly delicious.
She has a rather weak voice but uses it well.
I'm getting a hint of Emilíana Torrini, which is a good thing.
I love the number of female Scandinavian artists on RP. It's where I was introduced to, inter alia, Agnes Obel, Eivør, Sophie Zelmani and First Aid Kit.