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mmmm so dreamy

― dahlin (dahlin), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:16 (twenty years ago)

hehe. i love him.

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:25 (twenty years ago)

something about his juvenile lyrics are so pretty.

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:26 (twenty years ago)

that, and he's GORGEOUS

― dahlin (dahlin), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:35 (twenty years ago)

well i don't know about that....but i like him.

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:39 (twenty years ago)

i'm trying to convince him to become my friend. but i'm not sure it's working. i bet you'd have more luck, chris. you have a dog!

― dahlin (dahlin), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

Very few things in the world are worse, but I guess maybe genocide.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

worse? than being my friend? gee, thanks!

― dahlin (dahlin), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

You've never picked me up from the airport even once.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:48 (twenty years ago)

true. but i'll call you a cab any day

― dahlin (dahlin), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:52 (twenty years ago)

A Black Cab?

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 5 August 2005 12:40 (twenty years ago)

you know where i'm going here...
nice

― dahlin (dahlin), Friday, 5 August 2005 12:44 (twenty years ago)

He does a guest spot on a re-recording of one of New Buffalo's track (on her latest EP).

His show here earlier in the year was a highlight.

― Mil (Mil), Friday, 5 August 2005 22:12 (twenty years ago)

more like a death cab. he sucks.

― ihope (ihope), Friday, 5 August 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

His production is top.

― lifloak, Friday, 23 September 2005 10:41 (twenty years ago)

Maybe I will go to see him play in NYC or Boston.

― youn, Friday, 23 September 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

his voice is better than his songs

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 23 September 2005 11:05 (twenty years ago)

I'm listening to "Do Impossible Things" from his site on secretly canadian, and it's pretty good, but I agree his songs can be hit or miss. He sometimes sounds like Scott Walker.

― youn, Friday, 23 September 2005 11:14 (twenty years ago)

I was laughing while listening to 'You Are The Light" this morning on the way to work. I love his records.

― marianna (mariannapm), Friday, 23 September 2005 12:14 (twenty years ago)

"you are the light" is awful

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 23 September 2005 12:17 (twenty years ago)

Coming from someone who only seems to make negative comments on ILX in recent months, why doesn't that surprise me?

― marianna (mariannapm), Friday, 23 September 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

"You Are the Light" is good. Jens is good. My only misgiving about him is that so far he never seems to live up to his influences (Walker, yeah, but more specifically Magnetic Fields) and falls somewhere between Fan Modine and Her Space Holiday in my hierarchy of Merritt-alikes. Prove me wrong, Lekman.

― marc h. (marc h.), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:06 (twenty years ago)

well, maybe above Fan Modine, too.

― marc h. (marc h.), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

I don't only make negative comments : (

the david berman poem that the title and verse come from is good

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

I wish more of his songs were like "You Are the Light". He's no St. Thomas, howev. That guy is my favourite Scandinavian. Except Tuomas.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

I didn't know tuomas was scandinavian

"yoo-eh, ah go-ut boo-ested" is what makes "you are the light" awful, otherwise it's just a bit boring

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:56 (twenty years ago)

when does he say that?!

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

Is Finland not Scandinavian? (I am wholly ignorant of European Geography)

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

I think of scandinavia as sweden-norway-denmark

finland and iceland and stuff are nordic but not scandinavian, maybe

finnish people may disagree, if they like

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)

I used to know a Finnish guy who described himself as "from Scandinavia", but maybe he was just simplifying for the dumb American.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

"you are the light" is the only Jens Lenkman song worth listening to, and its shelf life is like 10 listens.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

Try to get hold of the Rocky Dennis (his pseudonym for a while before he got well known) version of the Maple Leaves ep - better versions on there plus a great song that samples Beat Happening not on the Jens version. It's a rare single but I think it's getting reissued on a comp soon.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 23 September 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

scandanavia = iceland norway sweden finland denmark.
sweden and norway and denmark share a lot of language, whereas iceland is more isolated in its language/culture, and finland is totally crazy awesome in language. at least that's what i've come to understand from reading the economist.

― carly (carly), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)

I read the economist

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

i know, it's good, right?
i bought my dad a subscription for christmas/hanukkah last year when i was a wealthier and better daughter.

― carly (carly), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

it's quite expensive

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

how did you know I read the economist?

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

no, i didn't. i was just being enthusiastic about it. i sensed an immediate camaraderie re: the economist.

― carly (carly), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

a few years ago they did a special report on scandanavia, which was awesome, and which i have been milking ever since whenever someone brings it up. i learned that the icelandic word for computer is a word that means female soothsayer, tulva? or something like this, because there's a national aversion to incorporating english/non-icelandic words into the language.

― carly (carly), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

nice but I still think iceland and finland are trying to jump on the bandwagon

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

Jens was absolutely wonderful at Mono a few weeks back. I totally get the Magnetic Fields reference, but Jens is sweeter, less arch. I think his stripped down one man and his uke thing is more affecting than the busy arrangements of the record. He performed Julie (correct me if I'm wrong) completely unamplified. Unplugged the uke and stepped infront of the mic stand. It was truly special. You'll be able to see it for yourself when the film goes up on the Plan B website...
Dahlin has a brief cameo...

― Stew (stew s), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

yeah, finland's association with scandanavia has been a top-down development, a result of the efforts of statesmen, according to the scandanavian history book i've been trying to read but failing to get through.
(xp)

― carly (carly), Friday, 23 September 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

: )

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 23 September 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

he needs to cut the jokey lyrics, they aren't that funny.

― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 24 September 2005 11:48 (twenty years ago)

ten months pass...

I like "Black Cab."

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 12 August 2006 05:25 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://www.headphones-on.com/2007/04/sample_pirate_or_musical_named_1.html

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 22:51 (eighteen years ago)

I tried to like Oh You're So Silent Jens a few times over the past year and just couldn't get into it, but then for some reason it came up randomly on my ipod a few weeks ago and I thought it was very nice! in an older magnetic fields kind of way

― akm, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 22:54 (eighteen years ago)

oh you're so silent jens is still my fave, but i like the latest record a lot more than i expected to. postcard to nina may get old but that hasn't happened yet

― electricsound, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 23:22 (eighteen years ago)

'a postcard to nina' is fantastic songwriting, something that sets this kid apart from joe average. it does stand out quite prominently as the best track on the record, but there are other shining moments as well.

― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:50 (eighteen years ago)

RJG, on scandinavia

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

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Just saw him live for the first time (a fan since 'Maple Leaves' came out. GREAT show, he covered Ten City's 'That's The Way Love Is' rather splendidly. Such a natural performer.

― Cragenham Craig (Craigo Boingo), Friday, 21 September 2012 21:39 (thirteen years ago)

*out)

― Cragenham Craig (Craigo Boingo), Friday, 21 September 2012 21:39 (thirteen years ago)

He's pretty cool. Did he have other people on stage? I'm seeing him in Glasgow next month.

― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 21 September 2012 23:10 (thirteen years ago)

Julia out of The Ladybug Transistor was on bass, I didn't recognise the others but there was also a drummer, keyboardist, violinist on stage. A fine band, they sounded properly great.

― Cragenham Craig (Craigo Boingo), Friday, 21 September 2012 23:50 (thirteen years ago)

six months pass...

I'm not usually this soppy, but he turned up at a fan's wedding and provided the music during the ceremony. I love the way that he still performs shows requested by fans (I saw him live for the first time a couple of years ago because he came all the way to the UK for a charity show after one such email).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB7LE2hJSBk

― Jill, Monday, 8 April 2013 23:11 (thirteen years ago)

so rad

― johnny crunch, Monday, 8 April 2013 23:22 (thirteen years ago)

aw.

― a similar stunt failed to work with a cow (Merdeyeux), Monday, 8 April 2013 23:46 (thirteen years ago)

That was so moving. Perfect song choices too. What a guy!

― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 21:57 (thirteen years ago)

that's awesome. jens seems like a good guy.

― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 22:02 (thirteen years ago)

That is lovely.

― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 23:40 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

heat http://pitchfork.com/news/56528-jens-lekman-shares-wwjd-mixtape-featuring-unreleased-songs-wwjd-i-remember-and-whats-that-perfume-that-you-wear/

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:46 (eleven years ago)

three months pass...

this guy is good

― Treeship, Friday, 12 December 2014 03:35 (eleven years ago)

i like the one about thwarted artistic impulses. "i picked up a seashell to illustrate my homelessness / but a crab crawled out making it useless."

― Treeship, Friday, 12 December 2014 03:36 (eleven years ago)

That's probably my favourite Jens lyric. Love this guy.

― Kitchen Person, Friday, 12 December 2014 09:14 (eleven years ago)

two years pass...

https://www.sounds.nl/detail/3607858/cd/jens_lekman/life_will_see_you_now
http://ew.com/music/2016/12/22/most-anticipated-albums-2017/

news of a new album Life Will See You Now out 17/2 has leaked out it seems

― ufo, Friday, 23 December 2016 04:22 (nine years ago)

That's great news. He's touring in March too.

― Kitchen Person, Friday, 23 December 2016 10:56 (nine years ago)

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/jens-lekmans-new-lp-life-will-see-you-now-out-in-february-listen-to-whats-that-perfume-that-you-wear/

― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 16:47 (nine years ago)

http://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm

'Hotwire The Ferriswheel' is a duet with Tracy Thorn, and 'How We Met, the Long Version' is Postcard #29

it's nice to see him working with samples again

― ufo, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 23:32 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

the new album is pretty disappointing overall, it's more energetic than I Know What Love Isn't, but the music & lyrics are both quite meandering. the songs on I Know What Love Isn't were generally stronger despite the very bland arrangements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgSC6Kh0N5s

the first three tracks are the best but probably could have been Kortedala b-sides

― ufo, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 17:34 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

I love this album.

― Jeff, Friday, 31 March 2017 16:53 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

Now the sun is out this album makes more sense than in cold, dank February.

― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 14 May 2017 16:31 (nine years ago)

One of my favorites of the year.

― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 May 2017 18:02 (nine years ago)

Yeah, this is a wonderful album. I do prefer his previous two, but there's so much to love here. Looking forward to playing it more now the sun is out as Dan says.

― kitchen person, Sunday, 14 May 2017 19:03 (nine years ago)

how can i tell him is so devastatingly pretty

― meekseeks mill (voodoo chili), Sunday, 14 May 2017 20:26 (nine years ago)

seven months pass...

i found this album a bit disappointing but i am really looking forward to seeing him in march, the venue has a capacity of 50 so it should be very intimate

― ufo, Saturday, 16 December 2017 02:10 (eight years ago)

I loved it enough for it to place

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 December 2017 02:15 (eight years ago)

the first three tracks are great but then the rest was just ok, which is only disappointing by his very high standards

― ufo, Saturday, 16 December 2017 02:20 (eight years ago)

“Evening Prayer” is a beautiful song, conceptually and musically.

― treeship 2, Saturday, 16 December 2017 02:41 (eight years ago)

Best album of 2017.

― Jeff, Saturday, 16 December 2017 03:54 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

My list of a dozen good 'uns..

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 January 2018 05:34 (eight years ago)

Good #1 pick, that's an all time great song for me.

― omar little, Sunday, 28 January 2018 05:37 (eight years ago)

great strings

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 January 2018 05:44 (eight years ago)

Great choices. Your Arms Around Me is the only real omission. Easily my favourite Jens moment.

― kitchen person, Sunday, 28 January 2018 06:18 (eight years ago)

Great list. The only ones that I would rate higher than most of these are Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill, which nicks the Martha Reeves Heatwave progression to great effect, and the recent How Can I Tell Him, a gorgeous ballad I listed at #5 in my 2017 singles list

― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Sunday, 28 January 2018 07:11 (eight years ago)

three months pass...

Anyone been keeping up with the CORRESPONDENCE tracks he's been quietly releasing? Forever Young, Forever Beautiful is really nice.

― triggercut, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 11:29 (eight years ago)

Also, I saw him earlier in the year and he covered Do You Believe In Magic? to open his set, and it was wonderful.

― triggercut, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 11:33 (eight years ago)

I’d missed the Correspondence tracks so will go and seek them out, thanks!

― michaellambert, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 15:36 (eight years ago)

two months pass...

Really loving "Revenge of the Nerds" from CORRESPONDENCE.

― purrington, Saturday, 21 July 2018 04:45 (seven years ago)

six months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgSC6Kh0N5s

this song is so touching

― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 16 February 2019 15:29 (seven years ago)

three years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxJb9qeAmL4

a new version of julie

― just sayin, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 01:39 (four years ago)

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