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This Is Pop

This is Ola, a professor who literallywrote the book on Swedish pop music. Roxette's...

This is Ola, a professor who literally
wrote the book on Swedish pop music. Roxette's success in the late 1980s, it started in Sweden because
they had had domestic success and they started
exploring international opportunities, started to sing in English
rather than Swedish, for example

Full Transcript

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This is Ola,
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a professor who literally wrote the book on Swedish pop music.
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Roxette's success in the late 1980s,
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it started in Sweden because they had had domestic success
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and they started exploring international opportunities,
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started to sing in English rather than Swedish, for example.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:55
Uploaded
May 12, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Banger Films

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Movie Summary

Uncover the real stories behind your favorite pop songs as this docuseries charts the impact of the festival scene, Auto-Tune, boy bands and more.
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And I was very honored when I read one of Bob Dylan's b...
S01 • E01 ♪ Not too soft ♪ - This Is Pop 00:10
♪ Not too soft ♪
S01 • E06 But the policemen were all like... "Hmm... I don't smell anything." - This Is Pop 00:06
But the policemen were all like... "Hmm... I don't...
S01 • E08 He said he liked the Brill Building writers, especially Neil Sedaka, - This Is Pop 00:13
He said he liked the Brill Building writers, especially Neil...
S01 • E07 That's the culture that I grew up in - This Is Pop 00:25
That's the culture that I grew up in
S01 • E04 "Sometimes I wonder Why I spend the lonely nights - This Is Pop 00:09
"Sometimes I wonder Why I spend the lonely nights
S01 • E01 ♪ The East Coast family... ♪ - This Is Pop 00:07
♪ The East Coast family... ♪
S01 • E06 Lou had 150,000 orchids flown in from Hawaii, - This Is Pop 00:10
Lou had 150,000 orchids flown in from Hawaii,
S01 • E05 It was full of record company people, - This Is Pop 00:05
It was full of record company people,
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He really wanted to guard the secret that they had to use a ...
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You're commenting on your own breakthrough in your debu...
S01 • E03 Remember how Benny told us - This Is Pop 00:19
Remember how Benny told us
S01 • E08 I went to RCA and I played "The Diary" to Steve Sholes - This Is Pop 00:12
I went to RCA and I played "The Diary" to Steve Sh...
S01 • E06 The policemen all had orchids - This Is Pop 00:10
The policemen all had orchids
S01 • E01 ♪ Back in school we used to Dream about this every day ♪ - This Is Pop 00:25
♪ Back in school we used to Dream about this every day ♪
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You had to basically have a kind of authentic Britishness ab...
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It was still not known to the public that it even existed.
S01 • E04 As we just saw, the 1970s were a turbulent time for country music - This Is Pop 00:09
As we just saw, the 1970s were a turbulent time for country ...
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I remember going to a pub in Soho
S01 • E02 The idea that you could tune a pitch, - This Is Pop 00:07
The idea that you could tune a pitch,