I was hoping so for Tomas Ledin.

"I think it should take a little Swedish lesson"

So this looks like this week's episode of the foreground, when Emil Persson asks Tommy Körberg, 70, he thinks Tomas Ledin, 66, is a Buttery artist.

The attack is hard, but maybe no surprise.

Already in 1996, he commented on the remarkable sales of Tomas Ledin:

"There is a kind of intellectual pedophilia.

Two years later:

– He is of such an embarrassing kind.

And 2010 saw a new saw in connection with the "summer" program of Körberg.

In the "foreground", Tommy Körberg tells him that he and a friend usually quote Ledin's song "Wings of Steel".

– Then I laugh, then I scream. "I'm sitting here with a jacket in the shower, that's rock'n'roll, steel wings." I do not know. It's an unusual poetry. But he knows it, "says Körberg in the" Prologue ".

So, why does Tommy Körberg have such strong opinions about Tomas Ledin?

It depends partly, of course, on the faith in the honesty of the actor and musical artist Körberg. Questioning someone about Ledin's texts, he wants to answer honestly, even if it hurts a friend.
"It's my truth, it's not everybody's truth, I say what I think and I think it's even a human thing to say what you think." there will be no discussion, says Körberg now a few days after sawing.

"To hurt someone, what is it?", Continues Körberg. If you are good friends, you should be able to hurt each other. I usually call it raw cordiality.

In other words, Swedish artists are extremely positive towards each other. Körberg describes a Sweden where "hybrid and victimhood are in the same breath".
"It's really nasty," he says.

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Körberg's laughter for the lyrics

It's also important to keep in mind that artists come from different backgrounds, "said 74-year-old Tommy Rander, who brought Ledin and Körberg to perform on the same stage at the Galaxy. ANC Tomas Ledin has participated in the same support giant as the Mikael Wiehe program and the Empire Empire.Körberg comes from the theater world and has a different vision of the texts, says Rander.
But adds that in the past you have been more confrontational than you fought for musical positions in another way in the 70s and 80s:

"It's a good wind compared to the storm," Rander said.

Körberg agrees with Rander that the texts are very important to him. He does not regret sawing.

– It's just a linguistic desire. I care about the texts. And a lot with me. It's not just me. There are many personalities who say the same thing, says Körberg.

– The music and the lyrics have a synthesis in gold. Many missed it, not just Tomas. I do not know what he's writing for the lyrics today, I have no idea, I did not listen to orkat, but it's common knowledge that many actors in the industry have a lot to laugh about when reading his texts.

He is very popular.

– yes but that's because no one is listening to the lyrics. It's a chorus. You must not be so careful. But it's a professional injury at home. I am injured at work. People are different kinds. I think you should strive for smart texts, but it's not everyone who can, says Körberg.

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"Can sing any fan"

It all started with an interview in Aftonbladet 1996.

"The fact is that it happened a long time ago when I called his lyrics of intellectual pedophilia, and it's a mistake that people have read too much of strange," he said. said Körberg.
How should you read it?
– Yes, it's intellectually … intellectually huh … yes, I can not stand it. I think it's just reading his words myself.
He laughs before saying.
– Which probably should not be done, but it belongs to the generation who thinks you can sing any fan. It seemed even to Abba at first. It's just laughter, it's not words. I am a bit of a different opinion.

Tommy Körberg does not write his own words.
– I have done a lot of things. But I did not write any texts myself. Björn Ulvaeus wonders why I do not do it, but I think he's writing a lot better, so why would not he do that? Björn Ulvaeus writes bad texts. He understands what to do, says Körberg.
What should it do?

"It's something that poetically elevates our rather gray little reality.

Tommy Körberg currently plays in the critically acclaimed performance "Lola" at Cirque in Stockholm. Tomas Ledin is aware of the autumn tour "Sharp Mode Deluxe" and the musical movie "Part of My Heart", based on his songs.

The artist, whose career has been marked by many popular songs, recently explained how the hit song "Summer is short" was almost not released. The Disc Society's director, Stikkan Anderson, watched the song, but Björn Ulvaeus celebrated it shortly afterwards.

– That was good. Like I'm doing something that might work, said Ledin.

In 2013, Tomas Ledin also received a king medal "for the appreciated efforts of Swedish folk music" and in 2014 he won a Grammis.

Tomas Ledin does not want to comment on Tommy Körberg's point of view.

"You may think it's strange, but it must represent it." I have no comments on it, he says.

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