Rise and Shine-The Cardigans-Live in studio Jan. 11, 1994

[andrea111292]

I like her natural hair colour!

[EzelWesik]

I remember this and how the Cardigans whole career "skyrocketed" after it. "Nobody" had heard of them before this performance and suddenly afterwards "everybody" knew about them.

It really was an overnight breakthrough.

[jordimla]

nina looks so fat in this clip. and she's really a brunette!

[DSBac]

Fat? That's an insane statement. If what Nina looks like here qualifies as "fat", then there must not be a words to describe the size of female singers like Cass Elliot, Aretha Franklin, or Ann Wilson (all of whom are fine artists)...

We can see she is a brunette, of course.

[jordimla]

you want to know the word to describe aretha, mama cass and ann wilson? OBESE

[DSBac]

I'd think more like "freakishly obese". All I'm saying is, Nina looks, and is pretty thin in this video. She's only "fat" compared to some starving Ethiopian or some anorexic person.

But who knows, maybe fatness is only in the eye of the beholder. :-P

[jordimla]

@DSBac Thx for taking the time to reply to this rather inane volleying of opinion regarding body mass. I guess, what i was trying to say that Nina is very plump in this compared to how she looks now which is very slim and svelte. She started shedding off the pounds in 1996 which for better or worse she has managed to maintain except for a few periods of weight gains such as CNN My City...clip in Malmoe where she looks like she's pregnant.

[bolderr]

they were so twee...

...and then fame destroyed their innocence....

[DSBac]

Eh... sort of "twee". Their lyrics were never very innocent. The songs did sound that way at times. I think the band were probably as responsible for destroying their innocence as fame was. Just in IMO...

[PHUKMLtd]

What happened to this band???

This is when they were good. A rare interesting modern band......until lovefool - then it was all over. Problem was they shouldn't have listened to the critics and tried to be a 'rock band', instead, they should have carried on in the 'easy scene' . Thanks for posting this up.

[DSBac]

Well, I'm a big fan of the Cardigans early work. I consider "Life" to be one of the best albums ever. But I'm also a big fan of their later material, especially Long Gone Before Daylight. To be sure, they are very different sounds, but I happen to love it just as much. So... what happened was they just wanted to do something different musically. I don't expect they'll ever revisit the style they were into back then, but one never knows...

[Peanutrocket]

I totally agree with you PHUKMLtd...

"Life" was probably one of the best albums in the 90s! So refreshing, arrangements, melodies, everything was just so perfect and beautiful! Cardigans still put up some very good songs here & there, but nothing compared to the songs on "life" Sweeden had bunch of very talented pop bands around that time... Eggstone is also one of them! But like you, I wish the cardigans would have sticked to their "original" style..

[sonicnewboy]

bands mature as much as people

if they kept doing the same sound over and over again

we'd probably get bored of em

[DSBac]

I could go either way...I think. I really do think "Life" is an incredible album, but for some reason the Cardigans don't seem to thrilled about it these days. I know people (including the band) like to use the word "matured" to describe how they've evolved musically. I don't care for the term since it suggests the previous work is "immature" in some way. That said, I love their new stuff (mainly LGBD) and glad they did it. But I don't think I'd get bored if they stuck w/ the "Life"style either.

[tpw321]

The guitarist looks like that kid from hanson.

Great band, (not hanson)

[DSBac]

Yeah, Peter did have that look for a short time! This is VERY early footage for them and they all look so young in this clip. But yeah, ahem, better than Hanson, for sure. :-)

[AgentF84s]

soo cute

[schapoff]

OMG!! They're so great!!

[FMGreen]

Holy cow! The lead guitar work in the background is so incredible and tasteful! Thanks for this video!!!

[EASYRIDERCZML]

SO CUTE :-)

[miguelnu88]

so sweet!!! just to think that this was 14 years ago makes me feel so old!

cute video :D