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Ace of Base - The Sign [1993] (www.youtube.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not my favorite song, but it takes me back nonetheless.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I loved this band until I learned that they were overtly Nazis. This song is about experiencing euphoria when seeing the swastika. All That She Wants is about the mythical welfare queens. I used to like their music but now that I know the meaning, it nauseates me.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Is this really true? I believe one of their members has some connections, but that seems like quite the conclusion to say that is the intended meaning by the group.

The Wikipedia pages on the tracks don’t seem to mention this. Smells like it might be a tenuous connection if any. If that’s really true, why would they leave out such an important detail? I find this hard to believe.

Also, you’re accusing the other artists in the group of being Nazis. Why? I see no apparent connection aside from that one guy’s past.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

WTF? When I sober up, I got some Googling to do apparently. 😞

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/ace-of-bases-secret-nazi-past/

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This journalist seems either to not know what "fairly noncommittal" means or is looking for the type of reaction you've given them.

Ekberg’s response has been fairly noncommittal. In a 1997 documentary, he is quoted saying “I told everyone I really regret what I did. I’ve closed that book. I don’t want to even talk about it, that time does not exist in me any more. I closed it and I threw the book away in 1987. I took the experience from it, I learned from it. But that life is not me. It’s somebody else.”

None of what the original commenter said is referenced or even alluded to in article. One member of the band was previously in a neonazi punk band before Ace of Base, and says he regrets it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

It’s a compelling article, but I don’t think it actually addresses the claims about the whole group or attempts to argue that the songs have some hidden meaning. Nevertheless, thank you for sharing. Very surprising.