Songs from various bands that didn’t make it to Spotify etc for one reason or another.
Well, some of them are actually out there on the usual platforms, maybe in another mix or a different version. Check them out here first!
A DAY LIKE TODAY MARY MAPLE DIGIBAR-054 RELEASE 18 SEPTEMBER 2017
A DAY LIKE TODAY Words & music: Lasse Forsberg, 2015 Originally written for Baby Said Yeah! in 1985. Rushing home in the pouring rain From another hard working day Covered up in dirt and aches And my mind filled up with rage And the news of the world today You’d better keep you in your place OK I’ll get so satisfied if I just go with the tide Ooooh, I’m in a rut There’s no way out What brings about a day like today Money makes the mare to go Yeah, by now we all oughta know And I’m cursing the weather girl But the rain keeps drowning our world It’s a shame it’s a frame to blame Where they make us all bleeding lame Never bury the hatchet Before it’s time to bury yourself
I WANNA GET MARRIED NOW (Live at Robin Hood) BABY SAID YEAH! DIGIBAR-057 RELEASE 25 OCTOBER 2017
I WANNA GET MARRIED NOW Words & music: Forsberg/Österman/Parkin/Svahn/Lönn, 1987 Runnin’ round the city Lookin’ for you Tryin’ to make it good now Tryin’ to make it through Like it was before, baby Just me and you Like it was before, baby Just me and you It’s been two long years since I saw your face Come on, baby, get me out of this place Ooo-oooh, you silly cow I wanna get married now Scannin’ the city Lookin’ for you Tryin’ to make it good now Tryin’ to make it through Like it was before, baby Just me and you Like it was before, baby Just me and you
SOM OM VINDEN ALDRIG VÄNT LASSE FORSBERG DIGIBAR-060 RELEASE 12 JANUARY 2021
SOM OM VINDEN ALDRIG VÄNT Text & musik: Lasse Forsberg, Hammarbyhöjden 2021 Här är en sång ifrån ett fjärran sjuttiotal med Sheena, Pauline, Brenda Ann gitarr och tonårsskval på radion var det Poporama vid Hedåsen gökottedrama och fast det var så länge länge sen så är jag där igen så jag är där igen som om vinden aldrig vänt så är jag där igen trots tidens gång så minns jag han som gav mig spö det var sista april intill en sjö jag skulle dö… på radion var det Poporama vid Hedåsen gökottedrama och fast det var så länge länge sen så är jag där igen så jag är där igen som om vinden aldrig vänt så är jag där igen men dagens enda stora drama bland tallbarr, starr och sopporama en motionär med stav och hund ett elljusspår som slingrar runt en rullstensås som ruvar tungt och fast det var så länge länge sen så jag är där igen så jag är där igen som om vinden aldrig vänt så är jag där igen så är jag där igen så är jag där igen
VASAPARKEN LASSE FORSBERG CD Radio single CD-BAR 041 RELEASE APRIL 2012
VASAPARKEN Text & musik: Lasse Forsberg Här i början av en barndomssång har jag nynnat på en tom perrong och lagt upp en näve kopparmynt på ett järnvägsspår våra drakar flög högt över marken den vida världen bortom Vasaparken var bara nåt vi hörde talas om ibland här vid Hammaren har man hängt förut det var här som all magi tog slut inte samma sak med ICA-kort på ett järnvägsspår och våra drakar flög högt över marken den vida världen bortom Vasaparken var bara nåt vi hörde talas om ibland medan Tintin tog oss med till fjärran land och våra drakar flög högt över marken den vida världen bortom Vasaparken var bara nåt vi hörde talas om ibland och Benny tog i smyg ett bloss med världsvan hand och jag satt tyst och alla höstlöv stod i brand
SUMMER KNEES ELVERT UNDER GROUND CDBAR-021 RELEASE JUNE 1994
SUMMER KNEES Words: Lasse Forsberg Music: Lasse Forsberg/Ola Broquist Sandviken July 1992. Do you remember when we were young Still feel the Orange-Igloo on your tongue? You were Kid Curry, I was Hannibal Hayes When we nicked the Merry bottles from the dray We were the boys from the south side of the rails Hiding in the attic, telling White Lady tales Boys in the backyards, angels and bastards Those were the endless days of fun No time for breakfast, we had to make new kites Or just watch the excavators on the building-sites Pow-wow in the wigwam, drinking lemonade We were The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Ivanhoe in the glade We were the boys on the south side of the rails Lying in the grass watching the vapour trails Boys in the backyards, angels and bastards Those were the endless days of Boys in the backyards, angels and bastards Those were the endless days of fun We were the boys on the south side of the rails Kings in a world of Flintstones and rusty nails Boys in the backyards, angels and bastards Those were the endless days of Boys in the backyards, angels and bastards Those were the endless days of fun
THE CURSE OF TIME ELVERT UNDER GROUND CDBAR-020 RELEASE FEBRUARY 1994
THE CURSE OF TIME Words: Lasse Forsberg. Music: Ola Broquist. 1993 When the heavy scent of summer Feels like musty sheets And the barking of the mongrels Echo down the dusty streets Then I can see a better time Then I’m gonna make you mine When the stinking summer’s gone away, gone away - When the grystal curse of winter Turns us blue with cold And the howling of the greay wolf Rings across the frosty wold Then I can see a better time Then I’m gonna make you mine When the biting winter’s gone away, gone away Hey hey hey! What’s another year Says the man who’s going to live forever… Feel the heavy scent of summer Hear the barking of the mongrels Feel the crystal curse of winter Hear the howling of the grey wolf And I can see a better time Then I’m going to make you mine When the stinking summer’s gone and When the awful autumn’s gone and When the biting winter’s gone and When the sickening springtime’s gone away Gone away, gone away…………!
TOO MUCH LEDIN ON THE RADIO ELVERT UNDER GROUND UNRELEASED STUDIO VERSION LINNAHALL STUDIO TALLINN, ESTONIA
TOO MUCH LEDIN ON THE RADIO Words & music: Lasse Forsberg Sitting here in my padded room Waiting for the crack of doom Since the day you went away Everything’s gone down the drain Well, I’ve gone numb from head to toe Can’t turn off this radio And RIGHT NOW they’re playing CRAZY ABOUT YOU again Too much Ledin on the radio… They keep me locked up in this place ‘Cause I’m acting like a mental case They say it’s something here inside So they keep on firing my brain Need a miracle somehow Wish I could touch that dial now Tell me tell me banana how to ease my pain! Too much Ledin on the radio Gimme gimme psycho mercy I wanna wanna psycho mercy Gimme gimme psycho mercy Let me outta here! Too much Ledin on the radio
ELVERT UNDER GROUND - UFOs ÖVER JÄRBO Rehearsal 1997.
UFOs ÖVER JÄRBO (Instrumental Adventure Theme) Music: Forsberg/Broquist/Hammarberg/Östblom Sandviken 1997
ELVERT UNDER GROUND - I'M A DIRT-TRACK COSSACK Previously unreleased demo version 1995
I’M A DIRT-TRACK COSSACK Words & music: Lasse Forsberg 1995 Dedicated to the world’s best speedway team The Cossacks, wherever they are… Today I’m gonna win a dirt-track race My killer machine is gonna set the pace I’m muddy all over but I ain’t slowing down Round and round Round and round I’m a dirt-track Cossack riding round and Round and round Round and round I’m a dirt-track Cossack riding round and Just turning left with an iron hand I’m gonna land upon the winner’s stand See nothing through my goggles But I ain’t slowing down Round and round Round and round I’m a dirt-track Cossack riding round and Round and round Round and round I’m a dirt-track Cossack riding round and Tra la la la la la la la Tra la la la la la la la Tra la la la la la la la Tra la la la la la la la Tra la la la la la la la Tra la la la la la la la Now I’m on the last lap and I ain’t slowing down Round and round Round and round I’m a dirt-track Cossack riding round and Round and round Round and round I’m a dirt-track Cossack riding round and round I’m a dirt-track Cossack riding round and round I’m a dirt-track Cossack riding round and round
SUNSET HOME ELVERT UNDER GROUND XMAS DEATH RECORDS XDR-001 RELEASE DECEMBER 1991 7" SPLIT SINGLE STEVEPOPS/ELVERT UNDER GROUND
SUNSET HOME Words and music: Lasse Forsberg 1991 Bright and early every morning we gather on the porch For a taste of the usual that’s whiskey made by George We’re the merry old men we don’t sit around and moan We have the time of our lives tucked away at the sunset home We were packed on board a coach for a mystery trip up north With our clinking bottle bags we were swaying back and forth And we belted out “Oley!” as we emptied out the bags Drowned the voice of the guide and took the mickey out of the hags We’re the merry old men from the sunset home And we’ll have another round before they shove us in the ground! We made a stop at a parish hall in a one horse town for tea As the matron served the soup we ducked out and hit the street And we found a cozy bar where we drank with steady hands Told the barmaid we’d done a bunk then we had whiskey of all brands We’re the merry old men from the sunset home And we’ll have another round before they shove us in the ground! Course we missed the bloody bus going back to our abode But we managed to hitch a ride with a champion of the road We got home with the milk had a shot in George’s room And Chris picked up his whistle for to play a merry tune We’re the merry old men from the sunset home And we’ll have another round before they shove us in the ground! We’re the merry old men from the sunset home And we’ll have another round before they shove us in the ground! And we’ll have another round before they shove us in the ground! In the cold damn ground!
SIT DOWN BY YOUR HARP, DEAR
TUCKERS LILLA KAPELL
DIGIBAR-059
RELEASE 26 OCTOBER 2019
SIT DOWN BY YOUR HARP, DEAR Words & music: Lasse Forsberg, Sandviken 1992 I was out with the boys, had a rare ould time Now I feel like a dead rat and thrown down a mine Well, the boys brought me home and they put me to bed Now I’m lying here guarded by an owl at my head Won’t you help me, my love, I’m so tired I could die Sit down by your harp, dear, sing a sweet lullaby And the angels above, both distant and dear Will be guiding my dreams, I have nothing to fear The night being cold and the stars are all bright Tuck me in now, my darling, and turn out the light Like the sea and the shore, like the moon and the tide I’ll be with you forever and a day by your side I’ll be with you forever and a day by your side
GLITTER GIRLS
BABY SAID YEAH!
RECORDED MAY 1985
STUDIO HPD, SANDVIKEN
GLITTER GIRLS Words & music: David Herbie Parkin His hands are dirty Her hair is messed He’s getting ready She’s getting dressed And hey, you are in front of me But no no no, I just can’t believe That the people that I saw Were like the people next door The glitter girls have lost their souls, one by one, They’re coming in out of the cold, out of the cold Striking matches Striking poses The morning opens The night closes And hey, you’re still in front of me But no no no, I just can’t believe That the people that I saw Were like the people next door The glitter girls have lost their souls, one by one, They’re coming out of the cold, one by one The glitter girls have lost their souls, one by one, They’re coming in out of the cold, one by one The glitter girls have lost their souls, one by one, They’re coming in out of the cold, out of the cold
TALLINN TRAFFIC ELVERT UNDER GROUND UNRELEASED VERSION RECORDED 1994 LINNAHALL STUDIO TALLINN, ESTONIA
TALLINN TRAFFIC (Instrumental) Composers: Forsberg/Broquist/Hammarberg/Östblom
CARRY ON, SHIRLEY MARY MAPLE UNRELEASED DEMO VERSION RECORDED 2019
CARRY ON, SHIRLEY Words & music: Lasse Forsberg Dedicated to the one and only Sir Knox of The Vibrators It didn’t take long to realise You still got that twinkle in your eyes The sun is coming up, the dogs are on their beat And it’s gonna be a wonderful morning on your street You are what you love wherever you may roam You are what you love wherever you may roam And Parkway surely carries you back home You still got all the time in the world With a smile in your heart and a dream unfurled The sun is going down, the dogs pop in for a treat And it’s gonna be a wonderful evening on your street You are what you love wherever you may roam You are what you love wherever you may roam And Parkway surely carries you back home From your seat you see the whole world passing From your seat you see the whole world passing by You are what you love wherever you may roam You are what you love wherever you may roam And Parkway surely carries you back home