Every last one of their songs sounded exactly the same and the world was like okay this is the one we like now shut the fuck up and go away
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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.
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.
WTF? When I sober up, I got some Googling to do apparently. 😞
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.
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.
I started, but have not yet finished, The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory by John Seabrook. It was interesting reading about what a milestone this was in the development of modern pop music.
(I stopped reading because I decided I should go back and listen to the songs as they’re referenced in the book, especially ones I wasn’t familiar with, but haven’t done that yet.)