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Sailing without the Wind
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"Vem kan segla forutan vind" - a folk-song from Aland, an island between Sweden and Finnland, in the 19th century a great sailing nation.
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Jazz, Dixieland, Swing and Sweet ...
Started out playing clarinet and soprano-saxophone in different dixielandbands in Uppsala and Stockholm, Sweden, in the 50ies, when I went to college. After that occasionally touring northen Sweden playing swing-based dancemusic a la Benny Goodman for a couple of years, when I studied at the university in Uppsala. After that more or less musically "silent" for more than 25 years concentrating on family and work. In the mid 90ies I seriously took up music-making again and I have bit by bit build up a computer-based homestudio - primarily for my own entertainment and without any intention to make my work public. My music is purely synthetic. My instruments and musicians normally only exist as voices in computers and synthesizers. As I am to a certain extent still playing the old standard jazz-tunes, I try to give my recordings an acoustic blend. My goal is to create the impression of real musicians playing together on real instruments in a realistic accoustic environment.
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Charts
Peak #91
Peak in subgenre #12
Uploaded
July 19, 2004
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MP3 3.9 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
The essence of the Swedish lyrics: "Sailing without the wind and rowing without oars is easier than leaving your sweetheart behind, when you are leaving for a long journey."
Lyrics
Vem kan segla forutan vind? Vem kan ro utan aaror? Vem kan skiljas fran vaennen sin, utan att faella taarar? Jag kan segla forutan vind, Jag kan ro utan aaror, men ej skiljas fran vaennen min utan att faella taarar.
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Anton H
Jul 16, 2010
Gday Peo, finally am finding some time to have a listen to some good music again. Really enjoyed this piece for what it is. Indeed, who can sail without the wind. I hope you are well my friend... Anton.