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Verden Er Vidunderlig
''Verden er vidunderlig'' (English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...: ''The World is Wonderful'') is the second album from the Danish pop and rock band TV-2. It was released in 1982 and is stylistically in line with the group's 1981 debut, '' Fantastiske Toyota''. The album features New Wave inspired music with lyrics on technology and alienation. The sales were equal to those of the debut, reaching approximately 26,000 units sold. References TV-2 (band) albums 1982 albums {{1980s-pop-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV-2 (band)
TV-2 (stylized as ·2) is a Danish pop rock band group formed in 1981 in Aarhus. The group is composed of Steffen Brandt, Hans Erik Lerchenfeld, Georg Olesen, and Sven Gaul. Having released 19 studio albums, four live albums and three compilations, they are one of the most commercially successful Danish bands of all time - according to the band's own sales figures, they have sold more than two million records. TV-2 was formed prior to the Danish television station TV 2, which began broadcasting in 1988. The band was originally called Taurus with lyrics sung in English. Taurus released a single album, ''Whatever Happened To The Sixties'', in 1978. Taurus changed their name to TV-2 in 1981, and begun singing in Danish at the same time. TV-2's success can be attributed to Steffen Brandt's songwriting, that often features ironic and satirical observations about the Danish middle class; making fun of its consumerism and conformity. Some of their songs, such as ''Fantastiske Toyota'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantastiske Toyota
''Fantastiske Toyota'' is the first album from the Danish pop and rock band, TV-2. The album was released in 1981; the band was at the time a quintet as Niels Dan Andersen plays the sax and keyboard. When recording it, the drummer Sven Gaul was on holiday in the US, so Eigil Madsen plays the drums for most of the songs. The album proved a moderate success compared to the later albums of the band. ''Fantastiske Toyota'' reached sales of 28.000 records. Track listing Words and music by Steffen Brandt, except "Kolde hjerner" which contains an excerpt of the poem "Jeg er havren" by Danish poet Jeppe Aakjær Jeppe Aakjær (10 September 1866 – 22 (23) April 1930) was a Danish poet and novelist, a member of the ' Jutland Movement' in Danish literature". A regionalist, much of his writings were about his native Jutland. He was known for writings t ... and "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var mig", lyrics by Brandt and Georg Olesen References 1981 debut albums TV-2 (band) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV-2 (band) Albums
Channel 2 or TV 2 may refer to: Television networks, channels and stations *Channel 2 (Iran), operated by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting *Channel 2 (Israel), a commercial television station *, entertainment and music television in Latvia *Channel 2 (Syria), a terrestrial broadcaster *TV 2 (Denmark), a publicly owned station * TV2 (Hungarian TV channel), a commercial station * TV2 (Malaysian TV network), a government-operated network *TV 2 (Norway), a commercial station *TV2 (Virgin Islands), a CBS-affiliated cable channel * Castilla–La Mancha TV 2, Spain * France 2, France * La 2 (Spanish TV channel), a Spanish television channel operated by RTVE *2DF (TV), a public television channel in Germany *Yle TV2, a Finnish television channel operated by Yle * ABC2, a national public television channel in Australia * ALLTV 2, a Philippine television network (formerly ABS-CBN Channel 2) *América 2 or Canal 2, a commercial station in Buenos Aires, Argentina *BBC Two, a public televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
