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Artist: Peter Bjorn and John
Album: Writer's Block

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Name: Peter Bjorn and John
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Swedish indie rock trio, formed in Stockholm in 1999. The name of the band is coming from the first names of the band's members: [b]Peter Morén[/b] (vocals, guitar and harmonica), [b]Björn Yttling[/b] (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals) and [b]John Eriksson[/b]. In 2001 they released their first EP, [b]Forbidden Chords (EP)[/b] and a pair of singles [b]"Failing and Passing" [/b] and [b]"I Don't Know What I Want Us to Do"[/b], soon after they signed with the tiny [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/18994-Beat-That%21][b]Beat That! label[/b][/url]. Initially any fan/press attention they got had to do more with Björn's past production CV, as well as the other members guest appearances on other more well known bands records. This began to change when in 2002 the home recorded self-titled debut album was released and songs like "[b]Matchmaker[/b]" and "[b]People They Know[/b]" became favourites with the indie-rock crowd. 2004 saw the follow-up with the more complete, mature and darker "[b]Falling Out[/b]". The track "[b]It Beats Me Everytime[/b]" became a hit on Swedish radio and the album was released Stateside the following year. Two years later was released the album that would definitely launch the band, (worldwide speaking). The new album "[b]Writer's Block[/b]" (recorded in Björn's studio in Hornstull, Stockholm) is the first to showcase all three members as songwriters with each taking on lead vocalist duties, and sees the band go into a new musical direction. The first single from the album, "[Link]", features the vocal talents of [a=Victoria Bergsman] from [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Concretes,+The]The Concretes[/url] and has been hammered even before it's official release. In 2008 the band released their first instrumental album, [b]"Seaside Rock"[/b]. And the following year they released the album [b]"Living Thing"[/b] (and also a deluxe edition CD, where Seaside Rock came as a bonus CD). DJ [b][a=Mick Boogie][/b] remixed the tracks and released them in digital format, calling them [url=https://www.discogs.com/Mick-Boogie-Peter-Bjorn-And-John-Re-Living-Thing/release/2365229][b]"Re-Living Thing"[/b][/url]. The biggest highlight after [b]"Writer's Block"[/b] was the 2011 album [b]"Gimme Some"[/b], the hit [b]"Second Chance"[/b] became even better known as the opening theme of the American television sitcom [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1845307/][b]2 Broke Girls[/b][/url] which was succeeded by 2016 [b]"Breakin' Point"[/b]. On October 19, 2018 the band released their eighth album, [b]"Darker Days"[/b]! [i][u]Contact[/u][/i] : E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: @PeterBjornJohn Facebook: fb/peterbjornandjohn Instagram: @peterbjornjohn

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Release: Peter Bjorn And John - Writer's Block
Year: 2017
Genres: Pop
Styles: Indie Pop

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[feat. Evidence, Fashawn, Jerreau of Fly Union, Cookin' Soul]
"Amsterdam was stuck in my head"
"C-C-C-Cookin' Soul"
"Amersterdam"
"Amsterdam was stuck in my head"

[Talking: Evidence]
E. Ah 1, 2, ah 1, 2, yeah. First time I went it was with A.G. & Big L.
1999 Fat Beats Anniversary. Dilated Peoples.

[Verse 1:]
The place was stuck in my head, little increments of lead
The first day was like the hospital bed
The Netherlands I was panickin', ridin' around ambulance
Amsterdam dumbin' out, Cannabis Cup
Animated everybody was, rainin' still hot enough
Trains, trolley cars, live as fuck
I stay in a one star
Don't need the five cause I'm live on 101 bars
You know the odds, I'm a? fan, eatin' at any kabob stand
Cold as ice, run the shit, on or off land
And it's dry water, super flow, Sargent I Slaughter
Any odd person that shows that I oughta
I keep my passport passed on
This year introduced the one they call Fashawn
Fugee Craig, still keepin' my mask on
Last long and anything that's past is passed on

[Talking: Fashawn]
Niggas call it the gray area cause it's gray and shit over there right.
"Amsterdam"
I don't know if you know that. They got a smoke shoppe over there. This is for the gray area.
Ayo, the first time I was in Amsterdam, was with Hectic, my man Evidence.
"Amsterdam was stuck in my head"
The world Layover Tour. 2009. Straight up.
"Oh, it's a kind of stupid groove"
"Amsterdam"

[Verse 2:]
The place was stuck in my head, eyes burgundy red
My first time visiting was with Ev
The world Layover Tour
09, traveled to Netherlands
We tore it down, hit the coffee shoppes for the medicine
Thought I saw a red light, tryin' to keep my head tight
By starin' at a nympho, posted behind some window
If I go any further that'll be too much info
But fuck it, shouldn't gave me a pencil
And now it's like a song embedded in my memory
Had they hands up, see more arms than a centipede
Can't wait to go back
Nothin' like the first time
When I brought my Kodak
Sit back and press rewind
I don't think I'll ever get homesick
I ain't been home since
Globetrottin'
Switchin' time zones, the whole shit
The flights, the road trips
Peace to Cookin' Soul
I be back overseas before you know it
Grey area

[Talking: Jerreau]
Yeah. Okay.
"Amsterdam"
It's sly news ya heard? It's Jerreau ya heard? Evidence ya heard? Mick Boogie ya heard? Let's go.
"Amsterdam was stuck in my head"
Okay
"Oh, it's a kind of stupid groove
Yeah, look.

[Verse 3:]
On a world tour
Monkey Wrench, they my man
Fly each and every place with Blackberrys in hand
Leavin' e'rything behind, I call that your past
But I'll be back with more memories and shopping bags
They embrace us like it's our home
When all around the world, they singin' the same song
You only die once but you can live forever
So I put my life in my music, however
Y'all kill me
I just play dead
I got big city dreams
Don't wake me ya hear?
But you believe, if nobody dead, it's better to give than receive
I give 'em all of me
And they keep tryin' me
Like, if at first you don't succeed
I just bounce back like bad checks, hit or miss
You shoot for the stars and brick
You air ball, I ball like this
And if you say what you feel you must feel bad
Cause y'all ain't sayin' nothin' good
I'm all I ever had
Shout out to the richest of the broke rappers
Y'all wait till the price go down
I'm in another country, 'nother town
Gettin' cultured
How you gonna stop us now?
There's a means to an end
I'm makin' ends meet
For a lot of y'all rappers it's the beginning of the end
So run tell a friend
Yeah

"Amsterdam was stuck in my head"
"Oh, it's a kind of stupid groove that you can't ignore"