Speaking of all things Swedish....
In honor of my new favorite Swedish vampire film, Let The Right One In, I decided to take another look at all my old concert photography shots of Jens Lekman. I'm amazed at both how much my style has changed and how much more of a direction I have now. Man, my photos used to be just awful.
Anyhow, I salvaged a couple of Jens.
www.jenslekman.com/
I have to admit, I am not so keen on the latest Jens album, Night Falls Over Kortedala but I love listening to both When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog and Oh You're So Silent Jens.
TOP TEN JENS LEKMAN LYRICS:
1. Yeah I got busted so I used my one phone call to dedicate a song to you on the radio
-From “You are the Light”
2.In church on Sunday making out in front of the preacher.
You had a black shirt on with a big picture of Nietzsche.
When we had done our thing for a full christian hour,
I had made up my mind that there must be a higher power.
-from “A Higher Power”
3. I saw her in the anti war demonstration. It was a sweet sensation of love
-from “I Saw Her in the Anti War Demonstration
4.“When I said I wanted to be your dog
I wasn’t coming on to you
I just wanted to lick your face
Lick those raindrops from the rainy days”
-from “When I Said I Wanted to be Your Dog”
5. And if I’ll be your psychologist, who would be the psychologist’s psychologist?
-from “Psycho Girl”
6. And Lou Reed said in the film “Blue in the face” that compared to New York City Sweden was a scary place. They seem to have a point after meeting with this girl.
-from “The Cold Swedish Winter”
7. A man walks into a bar orders a beer and a bowl of peanuts but the bar turns into a spaceship and the bartender gives him a haircut. I can’t remember the rest of that joke…
-From “A Man Walks into a Bar”
8. I know why Mona Lisa smiled. Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy and left her. It’s the only way into my heart.
-from “A Man Walks into a Bar”
9. “She can remember the boy who kissed her but it was meant for her evil b-side sister.”
-from “At the Department of Forgotten Songs.”
10. I don’t want a girl who thinks she has to fake. I don’t want a girl who laughs at every little joke I make…I don’t want a girl who thinks there’s only me to please…I don’t want a girl who thinks she has to cater to my every need. I don’t want a girl to go down on her knees. I just want someone to share my life with and that someone could be you.
-from “Someone to Share My Life With”
