Ebba Grön was a Swedish punk/rock band. The band was formed in 1977 by Joak… Read Full Bio ↴Ebba Grön was a Swedish punk/rock band. The band was formed in 1977 by Joakim Thåström (Pimme), Gunnar Ljungstedt (Gurra) and Lennart Eriksson (Fjodor), all from Rågsved, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Their debut album, We're Only in it for the Drugs, was released in 1978. After their second album Kärlek & Uppror ("Love & Revolt") in 1981, Anders Sjöholm (Stry Terrarie - Kriminella Gitarrer, Garbochock, Besökarna, Stry & Stripparna) joined them. Their third album, released in 1982 and simply named Ebba Grön, also became their last; the band never recovered after Fjodor went to jail for four months for refusing to do military service, and the group disbanded in 1983. The three remaining members went on to form the group Rymdimperiet, which soon became the influential rock band Imperiet.

"Ebba Grön" was a code name the Swedish police used in an operation against a terrorist group (a part of the German Red Army Faction), planning to kidnap the Minister for Immigration, Anna-Greta Leijon, in 1976.

Their probably most famous and most played song is Staten och Kapitalet ("The State and the Capital", roughly translated) and is a song purely and very directly critical towards the Swedish politics and politicians of the time, or maybe unjust politicians in general. The song is actually a cover of Blå Tåget's Den ena handen vet vad den andra gör ("The one hand knows what the other hand is doing").

Many of their songs take up political issues or themes, but their main message doesn't seem to be overtly political. As they state in Tyna Bort ("Perish", or "Fade Away") they think music should be for your mental health and nothing else. They also seem to have been very much for living 'punk', as in caring about your freedom most, that money doesn't give happiness, young, careless and rebellious is right, and so on.

Pervers politiker
Ebba Grön Lyrics

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Mitt liv är att ljuga
dribbla med folk
senare på kvällen
så byter jag om

Då är jag en pervers politiker...

Mitt liv är att piska

piska och slå
mitt liv är att piska
kvinnor i gummi

Då är jag en pervers politiker...

Jag vill att dom ska skita
piska och slå
då känner jag kuken
då vill den stå

För jag är en pervers politiker...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Pervers politiker" by Ebba Grön are controversial and provocative, as they express an individual's inclination towards sadomasochism and violence. The song is a critique of politicians who use their power for personal gain and abuse their authority to satisfy their perverse fantasies.

The first verse suggests that the singer's life revolves around lying and manipulating people, but at night, they change into a different person - a perverted politician. The use of the term "dribbla" emphasizes the deceptive tactics used by politicians to manipulate their constituents. The second verse is even more graphic in its depiction of the perverted politician's desires, as they confess to enjoying whipping women in rubber. The third and final verse is the most disturbing, as the singer reveals that they get sexually aroused by making people suffer and that the only way they can get an erection is by seeing others in pain.

Overall, the lyrics of "Pervers politiker" are a scathing indictment of politicians who use their power to fulfill their twisted desires and a stark reminder that those in positions of authority can be dangerous if they are not held accountable.

Line by Line Meaning

Mitt liv är att ljuga
My life is to lie

dribbla med folk
to manipulate people

senare på kvällen
later in the evening

så byter jag om
I change clothes

Då är jag en pervers politiker...
Then I am a perverted politician...

Mitt liv är att piska
My life is to whip

piska och slå
whip and beat

mitt liv är att piska
my life is to whip

kvinnor i gummi
women in rubber

Då är jag en pervers politiker...
Then I am a perverted politician...

Jag vill att dom ska skita
I want them to shit