Sunday, August 16, 2009

Young Folks; Peter, Bjorn & John

I had never heard this tune before chasing by this kind of songs. Neither had met the group too. It is a new band, therefore.

A new indie rock band founded in 1999 by these three Swedish guys: Peter Morén, Bjorn Yttling and John Eriksson (duh!), or in order of appearance in the photo, Bjorn, Peter and John.


To sing “Young Folks” with them, they invited Victoria Bergsman, The Concretes' lead vocal, another new indie rock band. This tune became a wide world hit in 2006, reaching top 20 in the UK Singles Chart. It featured in comercials, TV series (Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy) and videogames (FIFA 08).

I found this about the whistle here in Songfacts: “The whistled hook was originally added by the trio as a marker for a future instrument before realizing that it was just what the song needed”.

If I told you things I did before
Told you how I used to be
Would you go along with someone like me?
If you knew my story word for word
Had all of my history
Would you go along with someone like me?

I did before and had my share
It didn't lead nowhere
I would go along with someone like you
It doesn't matter what you did
Who you were hanging with
We could stick around and see this night through

And we don't care about the young folks
Talkin' 'bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talkin' 'bout the old style too
And we don't care about their own faults
Talkin' 'bout our own style
All we care 'bout is talking
Talking only me and you

Usually when things has gone this far
People tend to disappear
No one will surprise me unless you do

I can tell there's something goin' on
Hours seem to disappear
Everyone is leaving I'm still with you

It doesn't matter what we do
Where we are going to
We can stick around and see this night through

And we don't care about the young folks
Talkin' 'bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talkin' 'bout the old style too
And we don't care about their own faults
Talkin' 'bout our own style
All we care 'bout is talking
Talking only me and you

And we don't care about the young folks
Talkin' 'bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talkin' 'bout the old style too
And we don't care about their own faults
Talkin' 'bout our own style
All we care 'bout is talking
Talking only me and you
Talking only me and you

Talking only me and you
Talking only me and you

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