and again..

I've also been compiling a celebratory mix of some Swedish gems for the inevitable celebrations to come.
Ravi's apparant disdain for my planned creation of an ABBA tribute band has left me with little choice but to up my game and make a Sweden tribute band instead. It's a very mainstream track list, I'm sure you'll agree however I wasn't all that limited in my choices really.

Sweden has a finger in every pie musically, most albums seem to have a Swedish connection, well most good albums, the less said about David Hasselhoff the happier Ravi will be no doubt.

Tracks:
Temptation-Originally by Arash
Life Is A Flower-Originally by Ace Of Base
Erase/Rewind-Originally by The Cardigans
Show Me Love-Originally by Robyn
Crucified-Originally by The Army Of Lovers
The Visitors-Originally by ABBA
All The Girls (Alla Flickor)-Originally by Linda Bengzting
Moving Up-Originally by Miio
Play It For the Girls-Originally by Danny
Fading Like A Flower-Originally by Roxette
On A Night Like This-Originally by Pandora
Buffalo Stance-Originally by Neneh Cherry

Also, Video Killed the Radio Star was something I could have gone for, but lets face it, that would have been far too predictable, Take On Me was another obvious choice I avoided.

It would seem Jens Lehmann, son of Herbert T. Butterfingers and a blancmange, has yet to make a cock-up, but I'm sure Micheal Ballack's talent for booting it over the bar and into a supporter's face will provide the hilarity until he's back on form. Its strange that no-one has made mention of the fact that although the Krauts beat Poland 2-0, they had to rely on a Pole to get the goals.. just saying.
The Swedes just needed Ibrahimovic, that sex offender in midfielder [Petter Hansson], a bunch of lazy Greeks and an opposition goalie who is actually older than the Pope's gran.

Sure, Henrik Larsson "bungled" that free kick, but he was actually saving a boy in the crowd from a large and angry mosquito. Henrik is a keen supporter in the fight against Malaria.

Harry Redknapp was heard to remark after the game that he wouldn't be signing any swedes, but what does he know? He has spent most of his managerial career angry, confused and writing sick notes for his son. He knowingly accepted a job managing Portsmouth for Christ's sake, he's hardly The Football God's representative on Earth, that is Swedish Coach Lars Lagerback.

He played great defensive football, its so simple: don't concede, nick a cheeky goal, everyone's happy and he can go back to taste testing Lager.