Freddie Wadling (August 2, 1951, Gothenburg, Sweden - June 2, 2016, Gothenb… Read Full Bio ↴Freddie Wadling (August 2, 1951, Gothenburg, Sweden - June 2, 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden) was a Swedish singer, actor, painter, comic book creator and opera writer, whose over 30-year musical career spans from punk to classical ballads. Although he played in many punk bands during the '70s and early '80s (Liket lever, which roughly translates to "The Corpse is Alive", Cortex and Straitjacket) and the controversial the Leather Nun, his importance for the Swedish punk scene was minor - in contrast with his influence on the alternative/experimental rock scene. He didn't receive mainstream attention in his homeland until 1988 with the Flesh Quartet. He was awarded the Cornelis Vreeswijk Prize in 2005.

In the mid eighties he was one half of Blue For Two with Henryk Lipp. Blue For Two was a rock band with heavy dependence on electronics that released five albums that were a moderate success in alternative circles.
In the eighties he was mainly associated with the swedish alternative label Radium Records.

Måla Mitt Minne
Freddie Wadling Lyrics

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En vacker dag, ska jag sitta ner
Och måla av, mitt minne utav dig
Så blå, så blå
Var himmlen där du stod i en koltrasts sång
Jag såg för första gång

Ja, jag såg för första gång

Då som djupt i guld
Solen föll på din vita hud
Som om livet blev öppnat av gud

(Ooo chalalala, ooo chalalala)

Som om livet blev öppnat av gud

En vacker dag, så ska jag sitta ner
Och måla av
Mitt minne utav dig
Mitt minne utav dig

Då som djupt i guld
Solen föll på ditt bruna hår
Som om livet fick börja den våren

(Ooo ooo chalalala)

Som om livet fick börja den våren..

(Ooo ooo chalalala, chalalala)

Overall Meaning

The Swedish song "Måla Mitt Minne" by Freddie Wadling speaks about memories and the beauty of a past love. The song opens with a series of hums that set a contemplative and curious tone. The lyrics express a desire to capture a specific memory of a past lover and paint it on canvas. The singer describes how blue the sky was when they first met, and the beauty of the moment was amplified by the song of a thrush bird. The memory is significant, as it was the first time the singer set eyes on their lover. They describe it as a moment that was so profound that they felt as if they were embraced by a divine force.

As the song progresses, the humming returns, creating a reflective ambiance. The next verse continues with descriptions of the lover, with the sun falling on their skin as if "life was opened by God." The third verse reflects on the brown hair of the lover, with the sun making it glow like gold. The chorus repeats the first lines, emphasizing the profundity of the memory, the singer's intense desire to capture it, and how it's forever etched in their mind.

The song explores the idea that memories can hold immense power and beauty, such that they are worth painting on a canvas. However, memories can be fleeting, and eventually, people move on from them. Nonetheless, this memory is so significant that the singer wants to capture it forever.

Line by Line Meaning

En vacker dag, ska jag sitta ner
One day, I will sit down

Och måla av, mitt minne utav dig
And paint my memory of you

Så blå, så blå
So blue, so blue

Var himmlen där du stod i en koltrasts sång
The sky was where you stood in a blackbird's song

Jag såg för första gång
I saw for the first time

Ja, jag såg för första gång
Yes, I saw for the first time

Då som djupt i guld
Then as deep in gold

Solen föll på din vita hud
The sun fell on your white skin

Som om livet blev öppnat av gud
As if life was opened by God

(Ooo chalalala, ooo chalalala)

Som om livet blev öppnat av gud
As if life was opened by God