Fever Ray- Concrete Walls

[vik115maul]

fantastic song !

[licenzed]

speechess!

[Phil86vie]

i like to move slowly to this song :)

[MrHijinx87]

this is my favorite song to meditate to

[Jeremiy2]

@MrHijinx87 Sigor Ros is good too



[iloatheyoutoo]

I don't feel this song is about pain. I think its more the feeling of loneness and melancholy. The feeling you get when your sitting with the TV off and there is just silence. Its a scary feeling. Knowing its only you. The lyrics of the song are about that feeling, and how Karen can;t connect emotionally with her baby. So she trys to distract herself with the TV, Radio ext.

[TheArtistMaster]

Amazing and emotional song... and the picture you used for this song is PERFECT!... the pic alone says so much... thank you!

[bella6497]

this song is creepy but awesome i love this song

[thatzhott786]

fever f*cking ray <3

[hirnlaerm]

thx for this 

[hallobaaaby]

imagine Miss Jane singing this :D

[hobhouse1]

Outstanding.

[gweflj]

Oh how I try.... I leave the TV on....

and the Radio....

Absolutely spellbinding music.

[Worldomination901]

She has also appeared as a guest vocalist on 3 Royksopp tracks, a dUES track and used to be in a band called Honey is cool. Tracks listed below:

2000: "Wasted" by Robot – additional vocals

2001: "Axe Man" by Silverbullit – featured vocals

2001: "Lost in the City Nights" by Yvonne – featured vocals

2005: "What Else Is There?" by Röyksopp – featured vocals

2008: "Slow" by dEUS – featured vocals

2009: "This Must Be It" and "Tricky Tricky" by Röyksopp – featured vocals

[collegetournorth]

does anyone know which other singers sing just like her or close, I search electro but i can't find anything as close to this, so does anyone know what kind of specific music this song is or what kind of music it relates to, and does anyone know anyone who sings like this, if anyone knows that would be great.

[thatzhott786]

@collegetournorth probably bjork?

[checkoutniandra]

i think always this deep voice is symbolizing the voice of her soul or astral body that hates all that tv and radio and wants to get some sleep instead of being into some kind of boring energy.

i thought that that was really clear standing for the song to everybody and now where i read the comment of erinlozano77 and Galleke i again see the unlimited form of expression coming out of just a great piece of art. thx karin

[Gallleke]

its cool you guys like to understand songs so much, but I prefer listening to the music just like that, without research bout karin

I just love to listen to this just before sleeping

[GamelessOne]

theres no reason you can't do both, it's more fun

[Gallleke]

yeah :P

[tucsondood]

@Gallleke thats what i do too. or when im driving long distance

[erinlozano77]

okay this is about Karin's children screaming and crying and her not being able to distract them with the T.V. or the Radio. So she wants to bury her head in concrete. Simple, yet eloquently geeky

[SPORTINGMUSE]

Haunting...............mesmeri­sing...............this is music for the more selective of the populace.

[anipeura]

@SPORTINGMUSE Do you know of any other music that fits this category? I've listened to Fever Ray: Fever Ray about fifty times and need some more of the same. I've listened to The Knife, which is what people usually recommend, and they're great but they're not the same. Suggestions? Anyone?

[ooohhhpoker]

i stumbled across this song by accident looking for someone else and i think this is going to be one of those songs thats just sick to listen to

[Eskimotto]

fever ray is testament to the fact that when music comes from somewhere real, it makes the listener feel something real.

listen to 'if i had a heart' and tell me it doesn't evoke some sort of emotional response.

listen to it again knowing that it's lyrics and imagery are in reference to a time when karin suffered from post natal depression, and found it difficult to love her children and you will understand.

this album heavily references fertility, motherhood and childhood. it is amazing.

[ChyaChing]

this girl is a deeper surreal evolution to Portishead. Yummy and eloquently defined ;) More! More I say! This or MTV Music......Hmmmm.....Tough decision. lol x }

[VJSco]

very nice

[Mijn4Kwartjes]

karin dreijer said this was about her having children, and the walls getting closer to her. In a way. Nothing too evil. :)

[silversofva]

this creepily reminds me of what happened to that  Yale student, poor girl..

[sleeper7271]

This is incdredibly beautiful.

[Reegstrasaurus]

there's something deep about her music..beyond surface emotions..

[Marleh1]

Totally amazing! Hope she will return next year.

[danishdidgeridoo]

amazing when played at roskilde 09

[neonfoxincolour]

i always pictured this song as being demonic in a sense. it sounds completely sinister and maybe that's why I like it. i can picture some large demonic figure or some super distorted one to go along with this song.

[soniasolandres]

Not demonic. More like angelic. An angel looking for somone... Desperately, through concrete and everything, guided only by love, blind to all obstacles. Makes me want to reach out and hug him. Concrete must be the most painful material ever invented.

[spanishthalia]

i live between concrete walls when i took her up she was so warm i live between concrete walls in my arms she was so warm eyes are open the mouth cries haven't slept since summer eyes are open the mouth cries haven't slept since summer i live between concrete walls when i took her up she was so warm i live between concrete walls in my arms she was so warm

[nord1967sur]

Oh, how I try leave the TV on

And the radio...

[SireRumpelstiltskin]

OH man totally reminds me of great bands like the knife, portishead, etc.

[spanishthalia]

Maybe since the SINGER from The Knife is the same Singer in this band Fever Ray , lol

[spanishthalia]

I feel this song like a sharp knife dug deep slowly going down my wrist as the drops of blood seduce my thighs down to my knees. so in me deep....

[Aueneye]

Let me guess, your a fan of the colour black?

[IRulesMe]

black's not a colour, it's a shade ;)

[Aueneye]

Heh, smart-ass;)

In my defense however I was appropriating the position of an archetypal 'depressed teen' whose favourite 'colour' is black. But yes. Black is not a colour. Ironically however white is. Or rather all colours combined.

[soniasolandres]

Actually it's a continuous controversy wether white and black are colors or non-colors. But I never heard of it being a shade. A shade of what?.. Grey? Which is composed of black and white? Isn't this a little too recursive a function for a definition?

[seormojon]

you make suicide sound beautyfull

[Eskimotto]

suicide is many things. but beautiful it is not.

[iKorbot]

@Eskimotto Who is to say it is not? I don't advise it at all, yet the pure emotion and dire is something that can be expressed and felt by any human open to emotion. It is not the act nor the conentation that follows it, but the feeling and understanding. You sometimes have to face the darkness to understand it, and come though the other side unsaved... that is beautiful to some. BTW what does this have to do with suicide, this songs not about that???

[kostym]

Best song on the album!

[ikdoeikdoestyle]

Definitely album of the year, she is brilliant

[Gallleke]

Yeah definitely

[blackflower75]

@ikdoeikdoestyle So Beyond True..............

[sternumagnum]

Predator. Stalker. Serial killer.

"I Live Between Concrete Walls

When I Took Her Up She Was So Warm"

Wanna take a look inside the garden? Come on in.

Brilliant album.

[artulusis]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PhilTheRapist]

Fucking tripped me the fuck out last night

[sjmeek81]

This is sexy time fantastic

[KalixWyntircat]

Don't kill yourself Karin. First we had Ian Curtis, then Kurt Cobain, then Elliot Smith. You are now our sole siren, the one bridge between life and death, the complete understanding that all will come to an end and the least hopeless thing we can do is pretend to not care. Amazing.

[gigaubuntu]

My guess,

A girl in prison, though she has a radio. She's there for killing her baby

"In my arms she was so warm" (her baby)

and

"havent slept since summer" due to guilt

But that's just my interpretation.

[Tiamariatiralla]

Karin had a baby not long ago, I guess it's just sleepless nights and crying babies and what that does to you. Speaking from experience ;)

[narbuvold]

Could be, but my guess is that it's about not being able to relax. You may sleep, but if you are stressed or have regrets it doesnt actualy felt like you've "slept"

[Wiggles2000]

Nah... the only thing imprisoning her is the life she leads >_>......... she leaves the tv and the radio on as habit. To keep the house from feeling empty.

anywho it doesn't really matter, its up to your interpretation, awesome music though

[niamejia]

I may be wrong.... but my interpretation would be a ghost of some sort that rapes/disturbs the same girl every night and won't let her sleep:

eyes are open the mouth cries

haven't slept since summer

And then do the stuff that one usually do when you can't sleep because of fear, like leaving the T.V on and the radio...

[karenwilson]

One of my fave songs on the Fever Ray album.

[Pennywise126]

just great!! love the atmosphere...

[TALIOO]

I thought the avarage comment would be "I wont be able to sleep for the rest of my life"

[inbetweenandaround]

what a music...

[Katakomb]

fantastic!

[sorunas]

listen close and you will understand

[twofishdj]

I havn't been able to get this song out of my head....I love you Fever Ray!

[emidark]

I liveee between concrete walls!!!!!!!!!!!!

[adalsteinnjor]

sweet god-slapping cock

[Trikstark]

XD I Lolled

[oinker124]

This makes me want to trip and walk through the woods...........

[sharinfoo101]

Sweet . . . you never hear much horror electro anymore

[blagkonijn]

I like to call it : 'graveyard'

why make music about love and happiness? the most basic emotions, yes, but lets not forget fear, anger, pain... those emotions produce nice music too...

but you dont hear them, on the radio..

[Nhordmyr]

@blagkonijn imagine what would happen if you would. you dont want 80% of your environment to realize how unsatisfied they really are. less people would consume, less people would work effecient. and so on.

radio has it's own pattern. one song lifts you up, the next one confronts you with sadness. insane

[ivangud]

@blagkonijn Now that is just a stupid statement. Just look at Lady GaGa, to make an obvious example of songs that are about fear, anger and pain

[im8teennow]

@ivangud

Are you really so idiotic as to sight a gimmick like Lady Gaga as someone who sings about GENUINE feelings of fear anger and pain

or did you just think of the shittiest singer you could for trolling on this comment thread?

[ivangud]

@im8teennow So you're trying to tell me that Lady GaGa doesn't sing about genuine feelings of fear, anger and pain? You need to ligthen up. Just because she is 'mainstream' doesn't mean she is singing without soul. You don't like her style? Good for you, I don't like it either, but lots of people like it. She is different.

[im8teennow]

@ivangud I dont dislike her because she's mainstream, i like plenty of mainstream artists

I dislike her because she's ingenuine commercialist bullshit.

Im not here to start a flame war about this bitch,

there is NOTHING you or anyone else can say to change my opinon of it so you and any future posters might as well just SAVE IT

Enough about Gaga

I'm here for Fever Ray.

[AngeloNiklis]

@im8teennow

I just don't like stuff like Gaga because they got no importance outside their showiness... Dreijer-Andersson has a mind and philosophy that I can relate to... it's easy to relate to Gaga et al but it get's boring... Gaga, Madonna, Jackson... they're all of a maturity level just above Sesame Street (perhaps unfortunately)... ah, what a bunch of bullshit talk anyways... more validity and relevance from Fever Ray than any real pop star.

[nonSteel]

@blagkonijn

omg, shut up. you're over analyzing music, and spirituality, and life.

[ChuyChips28]

@blagkonijn

Exactly. Humans have emotions. It's not "over analyzing". It is obvious from listening what the um, "mood" here is. Lady Gaga is okay and everything, BUT HER MUSIC IS NOT ABOUT PAIN. I hear Lady Gaga at parties, but this? No, I don't. People aren't always happy, music doesn't have to be either. If you want to be "uplifted" or w/e listen to some Uncle Kracker or something that is happy.

[detsyn]

i love when she makes her voice sound like this :D Karin Dreijer rules.

[venusasaboyo]

beautiful