These days we have a program on Norwegian tv where Norwegian artists cover each others songs. It's a group of seven artists who in the end all will have covered each other, covering one artist in every show. Next week one of my 90's heroes will be up, the lead singer and song writer of a band called CC Cowboys, Magnus Grønneberg. I am so looking forward to see what the others will do with his songs. I tried to describe CC Cowboys music and role in Norwegian music for my Dutch boyfriend yesterday, and found it quite difficult. It's something very gritty about the music and raw and real and straight from the heart. Hm.. Maybe it's just very rock'n'roll. This song is fairly old from 1990 so the style here is a lot more gritty then what has been made later. To me this song brings back memories of being a kid and aspiring teenager and hearing this tunes from by brother's bedroom who was in the early twenties. It was something very dangerous, fantastic and scary about them, I was instantly hooked.
As to what the lyrics are about.. Not that sure, but they are quite brilliant anyway. There was a book released in Norway with the same title as the song, so it might be it, other than that it seam to have some quite clear references to what happens to a man coming home from war.
Below the video you find the lyrics quickly (!) translated into English.
(The film in the video are fragments from a performance at Svalbard acoustic DVD. More here.)
Det satt en stakkars faen - A poor bastard sat
På en benk ved der jeg bor - On a bench close to where I live
Hans øyne var fulle av tårer - His eyes where filled with tears
Han skreik til alle som gikk forbi - He screamed at everyone
who passed him
De ristet på hode å sa: - They shook their head and said
Hærregud hvor jeg er lykkelig - My God, how lucky/happy I am.
Ref:
Eeeelsker jorden, - Love the earth
Blir elsket av jorden - Being loved by the earth
Jeg elsker deg, - I love you
Jeg elsker deg, - I love you
Ååå du elsker meg. - Oh, and you love me
I 1945 våknet han opp fra sin drøm - In 1945 he woke up from his dream
Som har punka hele gutten - That had fucked up the whole boy
Bombing, Plyndring, - Bombing and pillaging
Horing og Drikking - Whores and drinking
Alt som hører nervekrigen til. - And everything that is
part of the nerve (gas) war
Etter krigen reiste han til moderland igjen, - After the war he went home
to his motherland
Til sin kjære hustru som ventet ham hjem, - To his dear wife
who waited for him at home
Men ting var ikke så vel - But things were not that well of
Hun hadde fått en ny venn - She had gotten a new friend
Så bar det ut i drømmene igjen. - Then it was off into the dreams again.
Refrain
Medalijen på sitt bryst - With the medal on his chest
Raste han rundt - He was raging around
Med Vin, sprit og øl i sine årer - Wine, spirits and beer
filled his veins
Å som tiden går det er 40 år i år - Oh, how time flies,
it's 40 years ago this year
Siden en bom så dagens lys. - Since a bom was born.
Ref.
Et sørgelig historie, - A sad story
Fra en sørgelig pen -From a sad pen.
Jeg krever ingen benåding - I need no pardon
Jeg ber ingen bønn, - I pray no prayer
Ber ingen bønn, - Pray no prayer
Jeg ber ingen Bøøøønn - I pray no prayer
Ref.
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