One year later, their power and brilliance remains undiminished: Old songs we loved are made new and great again, via the genius of TV4's "Så Mycket Bättre" re Ace of Base, Jenny Berggren, Lisa Nilsson, Kleerup. @aceofbase @jennyberggren @kwidewitt @kleerup #Sweden

One year later, their power and brilliance remains undiminished: Old songs we loved are made new and great again, via the genius of TV4's "Så Mycket Bättre" re Ace of Base, Jenny Berggren, Lisa Nilsson, Kleerup. @aceofbase @jennyberggren 
@kwidewitt @kleerup 


Ace of Base - The Sign (Official Music Video) https://youtu.be/iqu132vTl5Y

Lisa Nilsson - När kärleken Tar slut (The Sign) (Live on TV4's "Så Mycket Bättre") https://youtu.be/dV1QtwT5CwM

Great Lisa Nilsson -@kwidewitt- on 'När kärleken tar slut" on @TV4 #såmycketbättre causes Jenny Berggren to cry! :-) https://t.co/FqHZGDYkAm

— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) November 5, 2016

Wow! :-) Lisa Nilsson -aka @kwidewitt- singing 'När kärleken tar slut," on @TV4's @nyhetsmorgon Dec. 21, 2015 https://t.co/SimRqJ3rwp

— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) November 5, 2016

Kleerup - Longing For Lullabies (feat. Titiyo) - Official video https://youtu.be/Mu_dr9M2vjA

Kleerup & Lisa Nilsson - Longing For Lullabies (Live on TV4's "Så Mycket Bättre") https://youtu.be/EROHkyGeshU

I can't even begin to tell you how OFTEN I've found myself singing or humming this amazing song the past year, esp. the last few months in and around South Florida.

More recent segments and music videos from TV4's "Så Mycket Bättre" at its YouTube Channel that I subscribe to: https://www.youtube.com/user/samycketbattretv4

In my opinion, the past two season have been the best of the past ten years, offering so much more insight that U.S. TV programs into music artists' thinking, their feelings about their craft and the industry and how they have been treated in it.
Sometimes, you are even convinced that you have really seen a glimpse of their private side that few people see besides their family, friends and industry colleagues.
And that definitely lingers with you, too

@SaMycketBattre https://twitter.com/SaMycketBattre

Amos Barshad asks, 18 years later, How Does Ace of Base’s 'The Sign' Hold Up?; Answer: Weather's fine, jump into the pool, it's like you never left; @scandipop

Amos Barshad asks, 18 years later, "How Does Ace of Base’s The Sign Hold Up?"; Answer: Weather's fine, jump into the pool, it's like you never left.

Ace of Base - The Sign (Official)

http://youtu.be/DNPjeIamsck

In the past year or so, I've probably only wanted to post something about Ace of Base's The Sign album about... oh, 8-10 times, esp. when I saw a perfect example or analogy to the lyrics of one of the many singles that float around in my brain.

But each time, I 'pocket vetoed' myself -and you know how painful that can be.

That album, one I actually have on a shelf just a few feet away from me and my computer right now as I write this, is one of the building blocks of "Scandipop," to utter the word that is also the name of the very popular U.K.-based music blog that I've mentioned here before, which I follow and subscribe to via my Blogger Dashboard/Google Reader function, which allows me to see the first paragraph of any blog post I subscribe to within seconds of it going online, instead of waiting for an email -cool!

I subscribe and read Scandipop in large part due to Karl Batterbee's enthusiastic and wide-ranging eyes and ears for all things pop music, Scandinavian and schlager, plus so much more, namely, a keen and discerning sensibility for understanding of what music appeals to people
and why.

Even when music groups, singers or producers I'm personally not too familiar with on account of being located here in South Florida get mentioned, they're always mentioned with some helpful context for understanding them in the bigger music picture I do know very well.

You know, the "pop pantheon"?

http://www.scandipop.co.uk/

scandipop, @scandipop  https://twitter.com/scandipop

Plus, well, and it's only my opinion, Karl's a bit of a Pied Piper on his blog and because people know inherently that he pays close attention, folks in the know in and around the music business let him know what's what, which is all to our advantage, no?
.

He has an entrée to the music world that is VERY different than most bloggers or pop music reporters, because Scandipop doesn't just have enthusiastic readers who 'like' music, it has enthusiastic readers who actually BUY music, a difference WITH a distinction.

Record labels and media types in Europe pay close attention to what he says/thinks.

So, all that said, I've now got a good excuse to post something here about that album from 1993, thanks to the really expansive post Thursday at the Vulture blog of New York magazine, which I've also given a head's up to others about as well, including Karl.

(You remember 1993, right? Dan Marino injured and the one-year era of Scott Mitchell as Dolphins QB?)

Posts about the the national debt limit, meaningful cuts in spending and President Obama's flip-flopping and gamesmanship will have to wait 'til later.

I saw the sign

And it opened up my eyes

I saw the sign

No one's gonna drag you up

To get into the light where you belong

But where do you belong

New York magazine

Vulture blog

Nostalgia Fact-Check: How Does Ace of Base’s The Sign Hold Up

By Amos Barshad

July 7, 2011 at 3 p.m.

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/07/nostalgia_fact_check_how_does.html

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Be sure to also read Karl's interview earlier this year with the two remaining members of the band: Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg.

Scan magazine

The Return of Ace of Base

By Karl Batterbee

February 11, 2011

http://www.scanmagazine.co.uk/2011/02/the-return-of-ace-of-base/

Ace of Base - Don't Turn Around (Official)

http://youtu.be/INi7srItF6g

The band's official hemsida, I mean website, is at http://www.aceofbase-music.de/ but does NOT seem to be as well-maintained and updated as you'd think it ought to be considering everything. Like for instance, releasing a new CD, The Golden Ratio.

In the year 2011, you simply can't go four months without any new and original content on your website.

Just saying...

Scan magazine: http://www.scanmagazine.co.uk/