Desire Avenue

The Dialogue can be discussed in this topic.

It would appear that Stina was remembering this July 1999 stay in London when she was writing the lyric for 'Parliament Square'.....unless the song was written at the time and is really that old.

Paul,thanks for posting The Dialogue entries up again.....I'd forgotten all about them.

Great,Paul! I've always wondered about the content of Nordenstam.com.
Keep them coming!

RobB wrote:It would appear that Stina was remembering this July 1999 stay in London when she was writing the lyric for 'Parliament Square'.....unless the song was written at the time and is really that old.

I suppose you're right about the timeframe. I believe that this was indeed around the time that Stina was meeting several recordcompanies for the release of This Is Stina Nordenstam. I believe those songs were already written at that point. I mean, you don't start talking before finishing the backbone of the product.

sound world wrote:Great,Paul! I've always wondered about the content of Nordenstam.com. Keep them coming!

I will Dave. I'll try to post a message a day. So that means we've got something to do over here while waiting on news on the next album, new websites or more collaborations.

pgss wrote:

sound world wrote:Great,Paul! I've always wondered about the content of Nordenstam.com. Keep them coming!

I will Dave. I'll try to post a message a day. So that means we've got something to do over here while waiting on news on the next album, new websites or more collaborations.

One post a day? Gosh,this forum won't know what's hit it!

sound world wrote:One post a day? Gosh,this forum won't know what's hit it!

That's right indeed.

But the main reason for "a post a day" is that I have to type everything myself. I've got this Dialogue on paper printed out.

http://www.archive.org/index.php
(playback officials)http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www ... enstam.com


interviews

Interview for ETC Magazine Sweden, 10-feb-04
Interview for Sex Magazine #4 Sweden, 17-dec-03
John Parish on Stina's "Sailing" Belgium, 16-jun-02
Radio interview for "Radio FM4" Austria, 22-jan-02
"She's got the look" - interview The Times, 02-dec-01
"Sk?rt vemod i ljusare toner" Dagens Nyheter, 27-nov-01
"En voix d'?claircie" - interview La Lib?ration, 6-nov-01
Radio interview for "Dress Naked" P1 Sweden, spring-01
"Musique pour une absente", interview Les Inrockuptibles, 1999
"stina" Merge Magazine, 1999
"Silence", interview Les Inrockuptibles, 1994
"Stina - And She Closed Her Eyes", interview POP magazine, 1994


Before, I read a dialogue(interview?) Stina and someone(camera man?) with using this site. I forgot the URL and someone's name. So, she said that when she was a child, she has been learned dancing, many instrument, violin in orchestra and choirs in church. now I can't find...

That's a good find,Noiser! Those are the main interviews with Stina,with the omission of the best one,on the back of a poster included with a PAS promo (which I have,but it's impossible to scan).They all used to be available on CQD.
I've translated the French ones,and I sent the Dagens Nyheter one to Daniel for translation a little while ago.Daniel??

RobB wrote:It would appear that Stina was remembering this July 1999 stay in London when she was writing the lyric for 'Parliament Square'.....unless the song was written at the time and is really that old.

we heard it for the first time in 2001, sitting in a sofa in london.
blown away.
unfortunately, stina at first didn't feel like releasing the song, and it even ended up only at the last moment on the album.

v

vero wrote:we heard it for the first time in 2001, sitting in a sofa in london.
blown away.
unfortunately, stina at first didn't feel like releasing the song, and it even ended up only at the last moment on the album.

v

v,
thanks for the info
Thats what i miss about the old CQD days,all these interesting little anecdotes that you can't read elsewhere.

vero wrote:

we heard (parliament square) for the first time in 2001...
unfortunately, stina at first didn't feel like releasing the song, and it even ended up only at the last moment on the album.

v

which opens up an alternative universe where 'this is' is released with 'parliament square' replacing ... oh... let's say 'welcome to happiness'

has anybody fiddled aound with their ipod settings to see how this would have worked in terms of flow?

iPod??
Some of us are still on record players,mate
But seriously....I'll second Rob's emotion.More posts and anecdotes please Veronique! and it's lovely to see you here.
Meanwhile I will always trust Stina's artistic inclinations; apart from anything else Parliament Square sounds like it's getting quite close to the line that Stina normally carefully avoids,namely the declaration of fact (as opposed to the 'fiction filter'-her phrase-that she deploys so beautifully) or the decalaration of a political stance.

I replied 13-13-2001

Dear lonely-writing-pop-goes-the-weasel S.
I long for the long, dark winter socks. The discreet itchiness of wool against my calves, and that little ball of lint that always builds up under your toes, remember? Being here in December is like a long drawn out meal in a cheap Italian restaurant, quagmire waiters and plaid wicker evenings.

I met a hobo in an alley the other day, I fondled his rough beard but he only called the police and I had to run away. It's good to know that there is always someone you can call when you're scared.

I want to go apple-picking. There is a kind of apple called Winter Greening that keeps for 2 years. If only that meant something.........

only joking... I mock because I feel uncomfortable (Magnus rather than Stina). Still, does anyone else not find this conversation a little absurd? The original sentiments, and any sense of how they knew each other is lost..