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Pelle Carlberg: hard at work on the song of the summer
Published Thursday, June 01, 2006 by Michael K. | E-mail this post
A while ago I mentioned Swedish singer-songwriter Pelle Carlberg, whose "Riverbank" was one of my favorite songs of last year (and which reminds me, I've got to go back and finally order the CD)
He's posted a new song - or rather, a song in progress - on his site and I think you ought to hear it, if nothing else for the wonderful title of "Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls." Download it here. A pithy, all-too-true statement on the relations between the brainier elements of the sexes. A gentle, jangly buildup, the inevitable handclaps, and a breathlessly-delivered chorus with just a little too much jammed into it, but in the most charming of ways. What's not to like?
It's too long by about a minute, but then he does say it's a rough version and I've got faith that he'll end up with another gem by the end.
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