Thanks to Jordan, I now realize that IKEA wasn't the only great thing to come out of Sweden.
Below are just a few of my favorite Swedish dance bands of the 70's:
Dansganget Family = A flamboyant Spanish pirate and his four illegitimate children.
United by their love of music...and hair.
Rick Springfield and a young Daniel Day Lewis took the Swedish Men's Gymnastics team, leotards and all, and formed an unstoppable musical force.
When they were rejected from the High School audiovisual club, they knew their only path to social acceptance was to form this band. The green vests were absolutely crucial.
Translation: Three Boys and a Girl.
This was the first time they had ever emerged into natural sunlight.
Myth: Adam from Mythbusters moonlighted as a Swedish band member.
Myth confirmed!
The two in the back were recruited from the Stockholm 2nd Ward Beehive class--or else they just stole the clothes of two 14 year old Swedish girls.
(P.S. Why wouldn't you wear washed denim overalls to your band's photo shoot?)
These guys met under a bridge where they were working as trolls.
What was my grandma circa 1973 doing in Sweden?
Bob Candys?! More like Eye Candies!
5 comments:
Annie, I can't believe you forgot the Herrey's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBw7MIgx2OA
They are considered a national treasure in Sweden and they are MORMON. People joined the church because of these guys.
Holy Crap!!! Where did you find these gems.
From 1964 to 1999, the Swedish Band ABBA had continuous recording and tour successes, and in 1999, 22 of their songs were integrated into the musical, Mamma Mia, which is still running ten years later. Surely, ABBA is worth a mention here. Note: use any photo from your blog entry to represent the ABBA members--they all look exactly like these handsome people pictured here.
Annie! Stop it! You make me laugh so hard! It's 1:08 in the morning and I'm gonna wake the kids!
YOU ARE ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE I KNOW!!! Your comments were priceless. I have told everyone I know about this and may just post a link to it on my blog. Annie... consider yourself very firmly kicked... you're amazing.
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