Young Folks by Peter Bjorn and John

The feature video for today is “Young Folks” by Peter Bjorn and John which features Victoria Bergsman as guest vocalist. This musical trio hails from Sweden and “Writers Block” is their third release. I talked to a number of people about this song and I find a polarity. People either say that “its ok” or they absolutely hate it. For me, I think its ok. I listen to it and then, a few hours later, I find myself humming or whistling the solo. I think that is the main reason people hate it, the whistling solo. Someone put up an emergency blog to stop Peter Bjorn and John, and, while the blog has given up the cause as of March, I offer you this quote:

“They're like a Swedish Milli Vanilli. And worse: when he messes up and starts singing over the whistling, you can actually hear him laughing about it. You can almost hear what he's thinking: these stupid American hipsters will listen to anything. You can give them a song with a whistle solo (bad enough) but then you can fake the fucking solo and laugh about it…”


With that in mind, I found a bluegrass style version of “Young Folks” by dawn Landes and the WST Band. This version has no whistling. The solo is done on harmonica and fiddle. I have been a long-time fan of the bluegrass style. If you are a Peter Bjorn and John hater, this version will do nothing to change your mind, but if you are curios, here it is.

dawn Landes - Young Folks


You can find other songs by dawn Landes on her by myspace musicians account.

More info on Peter Bjorn and John can be found on their homepage and several songs from “Writers Block” can be found on their myspace page.