Over the decades I've only really followed 3 music groups.....The Beatles, Abba and First Aid Kit. Saw First Aid Kit in Melbourne live 2018. Fantastic. Look forward to their next project.
Seams like Johanna still the same woman unaffected by fame. You can see clearly through her soul. And she still a very nice sister too. . . Is her personality that makes her so enchanting. God bless them both.
With regard to why they sound so American: There are lots of replies about subtitling American shows, and learning English in school, but surely there is also a linguistic reason for it? If two languages have basically the same sounds (vowels, consonants) then it is much easier to transition between them. I think you could have the same teaching methods, and TV subtitling, in Italy (for instance) and not produce the same result. Also, one of the influences on the American accent, along with English, Irish, Scottish, German, etc, was Swedish/Nordic. It's said that Minnesotans still sound a bit Scandinavian :) And don't forget the Vikings were in America 500 years before Columbus :)
Think you're on to something here. It is way more simple for swedish speaking people to get into english or say german, french or italian. That said, during the last 500 years it was mostly german and french. You americans came late:)
@@user-mv6he6gl8m I think you're missing the point here - why they speak English with an American accent and not a British one. The answer is probably that the younger generation have seen so many U.S. films on cinema and TV; and of course also listening to American artists. Maybe that's the English accent kids are being taught at school these days - it wasn't like when I went to school.
Class act shocking I came across them by mistake there vocals are just savage why there not on the bigger picture on folk music is beyond me name 2 female vocalist that would match them as a unit there ain't any roll on Waterford altogether now gig .
paul mayle Thats's an argument ??, 'it's rubbish'. You are very young. Try giving some examples to support your comment. I never listen to the radio, by the way. Also i'm 62 so my choice in music is possibly different to yours.
Are you dense? Have you ever visited a music school? ALL of them can sing like that. And even amateur bar acts can sing live. The question is rather: "which artist canNOT sing live and why are you 62 and have no clue about singing?"
For English...to not be their first language, their American accent, is absolutely spot on. There is absolutely no hint, of a Swedish accent. Beautiful performers...beautiful music. So refreshing to hear singers...who can actually sing and have true talent, in this day and age. Their music is very mature, compared to todays youth sound. And what is really impressive...is for a young duo, to have actually heard of Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons. These Swedish girls know more about past American music, than American kids. And...their English is better.
I love it when really young people say "when I was really young." Especially funny when a 5-year-old says it, but anything up to 30 is good for a laugh.
the worst part about having discovered a band as great as first aid kit many years ago is that I have yet to find a band that comes close to being as good as them :(
This is sooo strange. Two Swedish viking Girls hailing from Stockholm singing Americana and American folk. I cannot Believe it. They even sing and play very well.
There's another band that plays American blues songs written by actual African Americans. The band is from London Ing ga land. I can't believe it either! And to top it all off, they can play their own instruments too! They are touring the UK at the moment, I think they call themselves the Rolling Stones. It might be worth checking them out.
Patrick Megan check out Larkin Poe. (you sound like you like open tuning blues) Two sisters playing American southern rock and blues who are from the deep south of the U.S. and play their own lap steel and all the other instruments on their record and work with Elvis Costello, Steven Tyler, Bob Seger etc. They are indie so don't get on TV much.
I have listened to Larkin Poe and yes they are great but they hail fom US and also from the South where blues originates from. But when I listen to these two siblings coming from a strange country called Sweden where this kind of Music are never Heard. Besides English is not their native tounge.
FAK is great! Looking forward to their concert at the Greek theatre here in L.A. Interesting how the EU is keeping blues, and rock alive. Less so here in the states. FAK has a major U.S. record company behind them, and record in L.A. Larkin Poe are signed in Germany. Funny world.
Love em, but I'm curious how they developed such (nearly) perfect american accents in their English. You can't even tell that they're scandinavian when they sing.
As we swedes start learning english in school at 9 years old the mayority of us learn it really well. You can most often hear a quite strong scandinavian accent when we speak as many of us are a bit rusty and stick to our "melody" of speaking even in the english and I also think most of us don't mind having a swedish accent and don't aim for sounding english or american but... it's different when we sing as it is reciting a text I think. It makes us more comfortable. Let's just say that we have the skill to speak without an accent but most of us don't bother.
American tv shows with subtitles in Swedish. Friends etc. simple as that. Swedes often have pretty good accents when transitioning to English (american)
They may have had an American teacher in primary school. I have a relative from Croatia who speaks English with an American accent as she had American teachers all the way thru school in Croatia.
The biggest reason for swedes speaking English well is that we put subtitles on all American and English televisions shows instead of dubing them like they do in many countries like Germany Italy France spain.
Go check out Zara Larsson, Alexander Skarsgård, Joel Kinnaman, or any internationally known Swede for that matter and listen to their accents. People doesn't know they are Swedish.
I'm Dutch, and I was taught British English at school. Recently I was told that I had an American-English accent. So I guess that's the influence of TV/radio. Can't say I'm proud of that influence though. On the ohter hand, ‘British’ is quite diverse as well.
I doubt that very much. I a Hungarian and I can tell you my fellow Hungarian have watched American tv-programmes since the early 1960 and nobody and I mean nobody can speak such flawless English. Not even English with American accent.
Such a huge sound from one guitar and two celestial voices.
These ladies are crazy talented .
Throw in some keyboards and you'll have ABBA...
These gals. Flawless harmonies. Simply beautiful people.
Even just in this simple setting, their harmonies kill me. So awesome.
I just saw these incredible sisters along with the rest of their band in Raleigh, NC. What an awesome show! So Love, Love First Aid Kit.
You girls are the best. Female version of Simon and Garfunkel. Saw you live in Sydney. It was the best show ever.
Female version of Simon and Garfunkel is good but I was thinking along the lines of a modern day female version of the Everly Brothers. :)
These girls are simply wonderful! LUV their unique sound.
What wonderful talent, their harmonies are so beautiful that they bring out tears of joy.
Sibling harmonies can't be eclipsed and Klara and Johanna are among the finest exponents of this precious ability.
Love frist aide kit. Best music I've heard. Im amazed...keep on rockin..fan 4 ever......
Loving this group and they're great
I was front row for their concert at Falls Festival this new year and these girls are amazing they have come so far and have such impeccable vocals.
They're just amazing
Love these ladies
Watch all their videos ,they are fantastic works of art .
Amazing song and voices.
Can't wait to see them tonight!
Over the decades I've only really followed 3 music groups.....The Beatles, Abba and First Aid Kit. Saw First Aid Kit in Melbourne live 2018. Fantastic. Look forward to their next project.
John Butcher you need to hear more music
Yes Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande
@@sellammar1 Good lord noooooooooooo thank you.
sellammar1 lol...good one
Tales from the Borderlands introduced me to them, glad it did
Magical. Love it.
Seams like Johanna still the same woman unaffected by fame.
You can see clearly through her soul.
And she still a very nice sister too. . . Is her personality that makes her so enchanting.
God bless them both.
These two could sing 'Hickory Dickory Dock ' it would still be a masterpiece!!!!!!!!
Lovely voices.
Johanna's accent sounds really Irish in parts of this! (like 2:00) I love it
just love them!! x
Klara is glued to that guitar
I live this song. Beautiful.
Scrolled down for the "yeah comments".
The Yeah sisters.
You've jinxed the whole interview!... Cannot stop thinking about that now
Yeah!
Haha Fargo style
yeah?
John Robertson yeah
Best 2018 for sure
Love these girls/women.
Fabulous song.
With regard to why they sound so American:
There are lots of replies about subtitling American shows, and learning English in school, but surely there is also a linguistic reason for it? If two languages have basically the same sounds (vowels, consonants) then it is much easier to transition between them. I think you could have the same teaching methods, and TV subtitling, in Italy (for instance) and not produce the same result.
Also, one of the influences on the American accent, along with English, Irish, Scottish, German, etc, was Swedish/Nordic. It's said that Minnesotans still sound a bit Scandinavian :)
And don't forget the Vikings were in America 500 years before Columbus :)
Think you're on to something here. It is way more simple for swedish speaking people to get into english or say german, french or italian. That said, during the last 500 years it was mostly german and french. You americans came late:)
@@user-mv6he6gl8m I think you're missing the point here - why they speak English with an American accent and not a British one. The answer is probably that the younger generation have seen so many U.S. films on cinema and TV; and of course also listening to American artists. Maybe that's the English accent kids are being taught at school these days - it wasn't like when I went to school.
love there music
reminds me a lot of turin brakes (and thats a very good thing btw!)
Class act shocking I came across them by mistake there vocals are just savage why there not on the bigger picture on folk music is beyond me name 2 female vocalist that would match them as a unit there ain't any roll on Waterford altogether now gig .
Simply loveleh
So cute!
I think that Johanna is the most beautiful girl in this world
Magical.
Few young artisits who can sing live, let alone early in the morning.
thats rubbish, there are loads of great young artist if you look around instead of accept the rubbish that mainstream media thinks we shoud like :)
paul mayle Thats's an argument ??, 'it's rubbish'. You are very young. Try giving some examples to support your comment. I never listen to the radio, by the way. Also i'm 62 so my choice in music is possibly different to yours.
Tilly Dalglish, ruth notman, lucy ward, jossienne clark, :)
paul mayle thanks. I'll look then up :)
Are you dense? Have you ever visited a music school? ALL of them can sing like that. And even amateur bar acts can sing live. The question is rather: "which artist canNOT sing live and why are you 62 and have no clue about singing?"
For English...to not be their first language, their American accent, is absolutely spot on. There is absolutely no hint, of a Swedish accent. Beautiful performers...beautiful music. So refreshing to hear singers...who can actually sing and have true talent, in this day and age. Their music is very mature, compared to todays youth sound. And what is really impressive...is for a young duo, to have actually heard of Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons. These Swedish girls know more about past American music, than American kids. And...their English is better.
true talent
Am soo in love!
Drink a shot each time they say "Yeah".
no
Yeah!
Most of the times they are very good live.
Think they’re fabulous
Johanna is stunning.
I got goosebumps and I'm not even there
I came here for johanna because of 2ne1.... she's so beautiful and yeah she's really talented...
This was my 18th birthday!
I love it when really young people say "when I was really young." Especially funny when a 5-year-old says it, but anything up to 30 is good for a laugh.
Considering they're Swedish they sound sooooo American
blame the media xD
They’ve spent a ton of time there to be fair.
the worst part about having discovered a band as great as first aid kit many years ago is that I have yet to find a band that comes close to being as good as them :(
Different genre, but to me no less good then First Aid Kit: The War On Drugs, The Boxer Rebellion, to name two.
Superb
Johanna is stunning, yes..
Their voice sounds no different from the recording one 😲
johanna is nice and wild, can't get better than that xD
Johanna is so overwhelmingly beautiful
Yeeeah
yeeeas
Yeeeeah
Belessamo
Yeahhh
This is sooo strange. Two Swedish viking Girls hailing from Stockholm singing Americana and American folk. I cannot Believe it. They even sing and play very well.
There's another band that plays American blues songs written by actual African Americans. The band is from London Ing ga land. I can't believe it either! And to top it all off, they can play their own instruments too! They are touring the UK at the moment, I think they call themselves the Rolling Stones. It might be worth checking them out.
Patrick Megan check out Larkin Poe. (you sound like you like open tuning blues) Two sisters playing American southern rock and blues who are from the deep south of the U.S. and play their own lap steel and all the other instruments on their record and work with Elvis Costello, Steven Tyler, Bob Seger etc. They are indie so don't get on TV much.
And their American accents sound super great but I'm sure these Brits are disgusted by it. LOL
I have listened to Larkin Poe and yes they are great but they hail fom US and also from the South where blues originates from. But when I listen to these two siblings coming from a strange country called Sweden where this kind of Music are never Heard. Besides English is not their native tounge.
FAK is great! Looking forward to their concert at the Greek theatre here in L.A. Interesting how the EU is keeping blues, and rock alive. Less so here in the states. FAK has a major U.S. record company behind them, and record in L.A. Larkin Poe are signed in Germany. Funny world.
Luv them 🇸🇪👍🇦🇺
The Southmountain Sisters
Johanna :Yeahhhhhhhhh
Where is Bjorn and Benny?
I got it :))
Whoa. I always thought Johanna was the younger one.
Seriously... Me too!
only band apart from The Pierces who sing better live than recorded...genetics rule the music industry😁
Love em, but I'm curious how they developed such (nearly) perfect american accents in their English. You can't even tell that they're scandinavian when they sing.
As we swedes start learning english in school at 9 years old the mayority of us learn it really well. You can most often hear a quite strong scandinavian accent when we speak as many of us are a bit rusty and stick to our "melody" of speaking even in the english and I also think most of us don't mind having a swedish accent and don't aim for sounding english or american but... it's different when we sing as it is reciting a text I think. It makes us more comfortable. Let's just say that we have the skill to speak without an accent but most of us don't bother.
American tv shows with subtitles in Swedish. Friends etc. simple as that. Swedes often have pretty good accents when transitioning to English (american)
They may have had an American teacher in primary school. I have a relative from Croatia who speaks English with an American accent as she had American teachers all the way thru school in Croatia.
The biggest reason for swedes speaking English well is that we put subtitles on all American and English televisions shows instead of dubing them like they do in many countries like Germany Italy France spain.
Go check out Zara Larsson, Alexander Skarsgård, Joel Kinnaman, or any internationally known Swede for that matter and listen to their accents. People doesn't know they are Swedish.
Swedish???
Yes.
Kennet Eriksson where they raised in America?
@@skollybob nope
@@skollybob no, they were born and raised in Stockholm / Sweden 😊👍
Elvish girls. Elves.
Who is the male interviewer who has taken over from Charlie?
3:07
One of the very few genuine musical acts from the millennial generation.
Ok Boomer
Johanna is such a cutie
42 comments that's totally without musical ear
Raised hair on my arm
Oh Yeah?
Sorry, did she say she was living in Chester? I'm close by and no-one told me!
Why do they have American accents?
95% of young swedish people have american accents because TV and internet.
They went to a school where everyone spoke English that way
Most Swedes are influenced primarily by American culture so that's how most people speak English.
I'm Dutch, and I was taught British English at school. Recently I was told that I had an American-English accent. So I guess that's the influence of TV/radio. Can't say I'm proud of that influence though. On the ohter hand, ‘British’ is quite diverse as well.
I wonder if Klamath has hyperthyroidism...
You Say year sisters
That blonde presenter is huge.
She destroyed her beautiful skin with tattoos.
Learn't their English by watching US TV
I doubt that very much. I a Hungarian and I can tell you my fellow Hungarian have watched American tv-programmes since the early 1960 and nobody and I mean nobody can speak such flawless English. Not even English with American accent.
That's what I mean, their English is flawless, just with a strong American Accent!
I think they are close to 20 tours in the US, and made 3 records Omaha Ne¨*2 + Portland Or. that's easily 3 years in the US
That would explain it!
Most people in Sweden talks pretty good english.
McGovern's awful accent ruins the whole interview. Argh.
Eee by gum , give us a tune 😀
This interview dreadful.