Monday 15 November 2010

Håkan Hellström - River En Vacker Dröm


Håkan Hellström (born 2 April 1974) is a Swedish musician. He got his Swedish breakthrough in the year 2000 with the song "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg" ("Don't feel sorry for me, Gothenburg"). Hellström played drums in the Swedish indie pop band Broder Daniel between 1988 and 1994, then briefly for Swedish alternative rock band Honey Is Cool. In 1997 he rejoined Broder Daniel to play the bass, until 2003 when he left the band again to focus completely on his solo career. Although sometimes accused for consistently singing out of tune, he has over time grown to be popular with all ages due to his enthusiasm, scene energy and interpretations of old popular favourites live.

Håkan visited "Hovet" at the weekend for a concert, sold out is just the name when he visit Stockholm, an incredible audience that, in principle got the ceiling to lift. Håkan is liked well labeled a night like this, even when you read the paper days after being hailed to the skies. However, Håkan is not one of my favorite in my record collection, I'll be honest, I do not even own anything with him. It was a nice evening if nothing else.

So today's song is "River, a beautiful dream" which is a single taken from the sixth album, "Two steps away from Paradise". A vinyl edition was released October 11, 2010, limited to 300 copies. "Anders Nunstedt" described this song as "An indie gospel music that sounds as if it existed in the hymnal for 100 years. Majestic, yet touching."

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Music video by Håkan Hellström performing River en vacker dröm. (C) 2010 Universal Music AB. Produced by Björn Fävremark. Video director: Torbjörn Martin. Photography: Johan Boisen. Post-production: Daniel Bladini



More info @ Håkan Hellström's Official Website (in Swedish)

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jag älskar HÅkan och hans texter! Jag kan alla utantill. Han är strålande live!
Oftast brukar jag få en massa skit för att jag lyssnar på Herr Hellström. Ta mig fan, nästan så att folk jagar mig med pålar och hotar med spö! Iallafall så hånar dom mig på jobbet i fikarummet helt öppet. Men jag ger mig inte. Han är glädje och sorg som berör så starkt!
Hans nya låtar har dock inte fångat mig på samma sätt.

Stones said...

Ja jag kan förstå dig. Antingen så älskar man eller hatar man Håkan :) Men att han är en entertainer är ju solklart, att sälja slut hovet och ha en sådan publik som han har är en stor bedrift.

Fredrik said...

Hatar är ett allt för svagt ord. Hatar gör med med Hitler, Håkan... Nej nej nej.

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verifieringsord: mamdma

Fattas bara ett n så passar det på herr H. :D

Stones said...

Hehe Fredrik, ja det kanske är så.