Alex Järvi – Förlåt

“I know this opening chorus line, Tom. Where do I know this chorus line from, Tom?”

Tim: I know this opening chorus line, Tom. Where do I know this chorus line from, Tom?

Tim: Actually, it’s probably from a lot of places, because ‘one note repeated many times in quick succession’ isn’t exactly a rarity, but whatever.

Tom: See, I had an answer there, but then you went and made things complicated.

Tim: This song’s an interesting one – it starts out not doing much, but then 37 seconds in we’re suddenly ooh, building up to something, and then the something happens, and it’s not actually all that much, but are we still building up, because it feels like there might be something, and then does that count, maybe, not really sure, and then oh no we’re back with the verse and not much happened but it was enjoyable enough.

Tom: Yep, that was an underwhelming chorus.

Tim: And actually, I think that sums up the whole song for me: not much happened but it was enjoyable enough.

Tom: Full marks in the middle eight for dropping in two English words, one of which was an f-bomb, though. I checked the lyrics, and yes, that’s the only English in the song.