He grew up list… Read Full Bio ↴Erlend Øye was born on 21 November, 1975, in Bergen.
He grew up listening to Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Suzanne Vega and The Smiths. During high school in the mid-'90s, he and some friends formed the band Skog ("forest" in Norwegian), taking inspiration from A Forest by The Cure. In 1996, he joined the band Peachfuzz as electric guitarist, playing several times in London between 1996 and 1998. In 1998, he moved to London, and then in 1999 to Manchester.
When he was back home in Bergen for vacations he jammed with Eirik Glambek Bøe, his former high-school and Skog mate. The duo formed Kings of Convenience in 1998 and released the debut record, Quiet is the New Loud, in 2001. In the same period, he collaborated with the electronic Norwegian duo Röyksopp, lending his voice for the song Poor Leno and Remind Me on the record Melody A.M.. As a result, he became interested in electronic music. He spent the next years either in Berlin or traveling around the world. He recorded his solo album Unrest in ten different cities with ten different electronic artists. He the toured as a DJ, and released a remix record for the DJ Kicks series in 2004.
In the same year, Kings of Convenience released the second record Riot on an Empty Street. He also founded another project in Berlin, The Whitest Boy Alive. The band originally started as an electronic band, but slowly developed into a band with no programmed elements. Debut record Dreams was released in 2006, while Rules was released in 2009. In 2006, he appeared in the Italian movie Shooting Silvio acting as a DJ during in a house party.
In 2009, Kings of Convenience released Declaration of Dependence. In 2013, he released a new single, entitled La Prima Estate, sung in Italian and inspired by his time living in Italy. He is currently working on more songs in Italian, which will be collected in the future. In 2014, The Whitest Boy Alive announced the end of the project. On 3 October, 2014, he will release his second solo album Legao, recorded in Reykjavík with Hjálmar, a reggae group from Iceland. Despite currently living in Sicily, he is stlll involved in the Bergen music scene, promoting local bands and assisting the organization of the annual Traena Music Festival.
Prego Amore
Erlend Øye Lyrics
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I was with the other people and they had to eat.
I couldn't go alone, I didn't know my way.
Don't know the language, so I had to stay.
Woke up in the morning with a job to do.
Twenty seconds later got stuck in the queue.
When in Rome they're digging to extend the lines,
they're running into ruins, gotta stop all the time.
didn't really happen 'cause the clouds were down.
Brought a CD player to be checking our song,
didn't do recordables we moved along
to an elevated garden overlooking the street.
She was standing with a spinett at the side of her feet.
Shouted to her promising to make her a star.
She didn't have the time and she left in a car.
Prego amore vieni con me.
Prego amore vieni con me.
Waiting for a DJ, but he never turned up.
Figured that he didn't 'cause he knew he would suck.
I was sitting in the rhythm backing the beat.
Couldn't see her dancing back on the street.
Just because you got the magic happening then
doesn't make it certain it'll happen again.
Just because you know someone is looking for you
doesn't have a say in who they're running into.
The lyrics of "Prego Amore" by Erlend Øye tell a story about a man who is in Rome and looking for love. He is lost and doesn't know the language, but he wants to find a woman who will be good to him. However, he is faced with many obstacles, such as getting stuck in a queue and not being able to see the city due to the clouds. He tries to make a connection with a woman who is playing a spinett, but she leaves.
The song is about the randomness of life and how things don't always work out as planned, despite our best efforts. The man in the song is searching for love, but he is confronted with unexpected difficulties along the way. He tries to make a connection with a woman, but she leaves without giving him a chance. The lyrics suggest that sometimes things just don't work out, no matter how hard we try.
Line by Line Meaning
I was looking for a woman to be good to me.
I was searching for a woman who would treat me well.
I was with the other people and they had to eat.
I was with a group who needed to eat.
I couldn't go alone, I didn't know my way.
I couldn't go by myself, I was unfamiliar with the area.
Don't know the language, so I had to stay.
I didn't understand the language, so I had to remain where I was.
Woke up in the morning with a job to do.
I woke up early with responsibilities to fulfill.
Twenty seconds later got stuck in the queue.
Shortly after, I got stuck in a line of people.
When in Rome they're digging to extend the lines,
they're running into ruins, gotta stop all the time.
In Rome, they're digging to expand the transportation system but they keep finding ruins which causes constant delays.
Went upon a hill to get a view of the town,
didn't really happen 'cause the clouds were down.
I climbed a hill to see the town, but my view was obstructed by low-hanging clouds.
Brought a CD player to be checking our song,
didn't do recordables we moved along
to an elevated garden overlooking the street.
I brought a CD player to listen to our song, but we couldn't record it, so we continued on to a garden that overlooked the street.
She was standing with a spinett at the side of her feet.
She was standing next to a spinet (a type of musical instrument).
Shouted to her promising to make her a star.
I yelled to her and promised to make her famous.
She didn't have the time and she left in a car.
She couldn't spare the time and left in a car.
Prego amore vieni con me.
Prego amore vieni con me.
Please, my love, come with me.
Waiting for a DJ, but he never turned up.
I was waiting for a DJ but he never arrived.
Figured that he didn't 'cause he knew he would suck.
I assumed that he didn't come because he knew he wasn't very talented.
I was sitting in the rhythm backing the beat.
I was playing the music that set the rhythm for the others to follow.
Couldn't see her dancing back on the street.
I couldn't see her dancing from where I was sitting.
Just because you got the magic happening then
doesn't make it certain it'll happen again.
Just because something was successful the first time doesn't guarantee future success.
Just because you know someone is looking for you
doesn't have a say in who they're running into.
Knowing someone is searching for you doesn't affect who they might meet or interact with along the way.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ERLEND OTRE OEYE, MARIO DE-BELLIS, MARIO PIERRO
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