{"product_id":"norge-mitt-norge-lp","title":"Norge, mitt Norge...? \/\/ LP","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNorge, mitt Norge …\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEight artists, led by Valkyrien Allstars (The Valkyrie All Stars), Moddi and Solveig Slettahjell, have turned the lyrics and music of Norway’s national treasure trove of songs inside out on the new CD released 17 May – Norway’s national day. The point of departure is: What is Norway in 2012?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the middle of Norway’s national month of May, and exactly on the most important of days, 17 May, a day of flags, children’s parades\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eand marching bands, KKV is releasing a CD\/LP with new versions of old national songs. Not only the melodies have been refurbished and rearranged by \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eValkyrien Allstars, \u003c\/b\u003ebut the lyrics have also been twisted and pulled into puns (the Norwegian original of one of these songs has \"Å Vestland, Vestland\" – a tribute to western Norway – while the new version has turned it into\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\"Oh, wealth land, wealth land; the lyrics of \"Ja vi elsker\" (Yes, we love this country), \"Å eg veit meg eit land\" (Oh I know so well a country), \"Norge, mitt Norge\" (Norway, my Norway) have all be played with in Norwegian) with the underlying idea that today we understand something else when we speak of a national state than we did in the 1800s and early in the 1900s, when most of these songs were originally written. Or do we?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn addition to Valkyrien Allstars, the band playing on all the songs, the following artists appear on the CD: \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eModdi, Viggo Sandvik, Solveig Slettahjell,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAissa Tobi, Sudan Dudan, Trond Granlund\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOslo Fagottkor \u003c\/b\u003e(The Oslo Bassoon Choir).\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe album has been released on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of NOPA. NOPA is the association of Norwegian composers and songwriters. The following authors have supplied new lyrics for old melodies: \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHans Rotmo \u003c\/b\u003e(\"Det stig av hav eit oljeland\" (A land of oil (the original has no land of oil, but a magic land of elves) arising from the sea) and others),\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Håvard Rem \u003c\/b\u003e(\"Deilig er Norden\" (the original says oh beautiful earth, not oh beautiful Nordic countries),\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Gro Dahle \u003c\/b\u003e(\"No ser eg atter slike ostehyller\" (the original praises the view of Norwegian nature and mountains, not “cheese shelves”) and more),\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Jon Fosse \u003c\/b\u003e(\"Gode, gode venen min\"), \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIngvar Hovland \u003c\/b\u003e(\"Bli hos meg\")\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and Erik Hillestad \u003c\/b\u003e(\"Å velstand, velstand\"). The latter author is also behind the new text for the national anthem, no longer \"Yes, we love this country\", instead \"Yes we knead this country\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCan we speak of owning a country in a time when people have many connections and belong in many places, with many cultures in their blood and soul? Is a country free when its borders are closed to most people? Does Norway embrace diversity when we have a rigid immigration policy and when new technology undermines a viable broad cultural life?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese are questions raised by the songs on this album, which was recorded in the old Parliamentary room at Bygdøy in Oslo, in the room where the concept of Norway as an independent state was hammered out from 1814 to 1854.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrack list:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Å eg veit meg eit land\/ Valkyrien Allstars                                     2:53\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Det stig av hav eit oljeland\/ Moddi                                               3:23\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Å velstand, velstand\/ Viggo Sandvik                                            2:39\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Bli hos meg\/ Aissa Tobi                                                                 4:20\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Havard Hedde\/ Sudan Dudan                                                       4:25\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Gode, gode venen min\/ Solveig Slettahjell                                  4:25\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. No ser eg atter slike ostehyller\/ Viggo Sandvik                           4:11\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. Bendik og Lilja\/ Sudan Dudan                                                       3:58\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9. Handa hans far min\/ Trond Granlund                                           3:10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10. Norge, mitt Norge...? Valkyrien Allstars                                     1:49\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11. 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