Talk:Music of Sweden

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Some stuff to add:

  • bob hund
  • Stefan Sundström
  • Rastahunden (reggae)
  • Alexandersson & Paulsson
  • The Soundtrack of our Lives
  • Petter (rap)
  • Nationalteatern
  • Swedish Disco Phenomenon (ie Garvis)
  • Swedish Metal Scene


Guaka 18:56, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Melodic Death Metal

I think a section referring to the Melodic Death Metal movement out of Gothenburg should be here.

I agree. Go ahead and add something. Tuf-Kat 19:45, 21 September 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Classical music

Shouldn't there be a paragraph on classical music also... or is that taken for granted? / Habj 11:21, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree. The lack of one can probably be attributed to Wikipedia's systemic bias towards popular culture. I've added a paragraph on Sweden's world-famous opera singers to the black metal bands at Sweden#Music, and I'm copying that text here now. But there is of course a lot more to be said about other kinds of classical music. Unfortunately, my knowledge in the area is very limited. Feel free to add anything that could help.
Oh, and we could do with a mention of the many well-known jazz acts as well, such as Alice Babs and Arne Domnerus. / Alarm 11:38, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Structure

The structure of this article is strange, starting with speleman music continuing with pop and music export, and then continuing with folk song. / Habj 11:29, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Melodifestivalen?

How come this article does not even mention Melodifestivalen? Bravada, talk - 21:44, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Björn Afzelius?

..?

[edit] Sources?

This article needs quite a lot of work, I think. I was especially baffled by the section on choirs. It claims that Swedish choirs are the best in the world and that speaking Swedish gives you a better singing voice. The last statement sounds like utter nonsense to me and I should really like to see some evidence to back it up! Whoever wrote this article needs to add references. Nothingbutmeat 15:27, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UK & American artists living in Sweden?

How about including that Andy Bell of Oasis lives in Sweden and well known rapper J-Ro (former member of Tha Alkaholiks)lives in Malmo. VsanoJ 15:46, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it matters much. Apparently J-Ro has collaborated some with Swedish rappers, but I don't think Andy Bell has done much work for the Swedish music industry. 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * (talk) 13:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hardcore

Besides Refused there are no mention of swedish hardcorebands. While bands like Mob 47 and Anticimex aren´t well known to the majority, they have been a huge influence for many bands around the world. They should be mentioned here.

[edit] Organization

Some sections of the article are really out of place. For example, in the "electro" section, there are links to hardcore punk bands, and there is a separate section for techno music. I plan on moving the groups in the electro section to the right place, and integrating the "electro", "techno", and "chiptune" section into an "electronic music" section, since they are all subgenres of electronic music. JasonMath (talk) 04:37, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Is it just me....

...or shouldn't Per Gessle be mentioned somewhat more prominently on this page than two passing links to Roxette and Gyllene Tider? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.138.236.178 (talk) 20:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)