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Track: Young Folks
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 Featuring Victoria Bergsman - Young Folks
Year: 2006
Genres: Rock, Pop
Styles: Indie Rock, Indie Pop

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LYRICS

If i told you things i did before
told you how i used to be
would you go along with someone like me
if you knew my story word for word
had all of my history
would you go along with someone like me

i did before and had my share
it didn't lead nowhere
i would go along with someone like you
it doesn't matter what you did
who you were hanging with
we could stick around and see this night through

and we don't care about the young folks
talkin' 'bout the young style
and we don't care about the old folks
talkin' 'bout the old style too
and we don't care about their own faults
talkin' 'bout our own style
all we care 'bout is talking
talking only me and you

usually when things has gone this far
people tend to disappear
no one will surprise me unless you do

i can tell there's something goin' on
hours seems to disappear
everyone is leaving i'm still with you

it doesn't matter what we do
where we are going too
we can stick around and see this night through

and we don't care about the young folks
talkin' 'bout the young style
and we don't care about the old folks
talkin' 'bout the old style too
and we don't care about their own faults
talkin' 'bout our own style
all we care 'bout is talking
talking only me and you

and we don't care about the young folks
talkin' 'bout the young style
and we don't care about the old folks
talkin' 'bout the old style too
and we don't care about their own faults
talkin' 'bout our own style
all we care 'bout is talking
talking only me and you
talking only me and you

talking only me and you
talking only me and you

(Thanks to anon & mouse for these lyrics)