Saturday, June 3, 2017

73. I'd like to do that whole thing again

73. "Det Är Inte Lätt Att Vara Ödmjuk" by Johnny Andersson

After nearly two years of living in Sweden, there are only two songs other than hymns that I can sing parts of in Swedish by heart. I can sing the first verse of the Swedish version of "The Bare Necessities" from the Jungle Book. I listened to that tape quite a bit, and it actually helped me learn a lot of Swedish phrases. I can also sing the chorus to the Swedish equivalent of "Oh, Lord It's Hard to Be Humble" by Mac Davis. The second song makes this list because it's a favorite sing-along memory of walking and/or biking the streets of Sweden while singing this with my companions--at least the fun ones.

Here's the music and lyrics in case you'd like to sing along too.



And now, because I know the only Swedish words you know are "Frusen Glädje!"--which is pretty much all the Swedish anyone really needs to know--here are a few visual treats left over from the 80s.



She's not only guilty, she's unrepentant.



Who eats ice cream with a strawberry?!



This is why people hated 80s yuppies. They'd eat all the ice cream and the go out and make potholes in their fancy cars.



I just can't help myself either. Let's have some more of that frozen 80s commercial goodness!



Yes. The penguin works here.



Finally! A REAL COMPUTER KEYBOARD!



He sure likes to polish/fondle that heater! Better back it up some more, Randy!

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