Line #49 Music/Kent


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: Kent is dead, long live Kent!]]
3	[floatboxright: Influenced by: Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/{{The Cure\|Band}}, Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain, Music/DavidBowie, Music/DepecheMode, Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/{{U2}}]
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5	->''"Vi är inte längre där, nej, vi är nån annanstans"''[[note]]''We are no longer there, no, we are somewhere else''[[/note]]
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7	''Kent'' was a Swedish alternative rock/pop band from Eskilstuna, consisting of Joakim "Jocke" Berg, Martin Sköld, Sami Sirviö and Markus Mustonen.
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9	Past members were Harri Mänty and Martin Roos. The band was founded in 1990 under the name "Jones & Giftet" (literally “Jones & The Poison”) and released their first album in 1995 under their new and final name, "Kent".
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11	They were the most popular rock/pop band in Sweden and Scandinavia, with thirteen released studio albums and over three million records sold. With the exceptions of two TranslatedCoverVersion albums, all of their songs are written in Swedish. Their music style is often described as "[[GrimUpNorth melancholic]]" and they are sometimes described as the Swedish answer to British Bands like Music/{{Keane}} or Music/{{Coldplay}}.
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13	On the 20th of March 2016, the band released their last studio album ''Då som nu för alltid''. Their last concert took place on the 17th of December 2016.
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15	!!Discography:
16	* 1995 - ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Kent]]''
17	* 1996 - ''Verkligen'' (''Really'')
18	* 1997 - ''Isola'' (''Island'')
19	* 1999 - ''Hagnesta Hill''
20	* 2000 - ''B-sidor 95-00'' (''B-sides 95-00'')
21	* 2002 - ''Vapen & ammunition'' (''Arms & ammunition'')
22	* 2005 - ''Du & jag döden'' (''You & I death'')
23	** 2005 - ''The hjärta & smärta'' (''The heart & pain'') (EP)
24	* 2007 - ''Tillbaka till samtiden'' (''Back to the Present'')
25	* 2009 - ''Röd'' (''Red'')
26	* 2010 - ''En plats i solen'' (''A place in the sun'')
27	* 2012 - ''Jag är inte rädd för mörkret'' (''I'm not afraid of the dark'')
28	* 2014 - ''Tigerdrottningen'' (''The Tiger Queen'')
29	* 2016 - ''Då som nu för alltid'' (''Then as now forever'')
30	* 2016 - ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum Best of]]''
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34	!!''List tropes about us, ohohoh, we are forever:''
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36	* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: In "Den andra sidan":
37	-->Och jag vet att vi ses\
38	På den andra si''dan''
39	* AlbumIntroTrack: "18:29-4" is the intro to the album "Röd" and surprisingly sounds like it's sung by a church choir.
40	* AlbumTitleDrop: "Stoppa mig juni (Lilla Ego)" from the album ''Hagnesta Hill'', "Sundance kid" from ''Vapen&Ammunition'', "Vi är för alltid" from ''Då som nu för alltid'', "Oprofessionell" from ''Isola''.
41	* AlliterativeTitle: The song "Svart Snö" and the album ''Hagnesta Hill''.
42	* LaBelleEpoque: Subverted. They have a song that is called so, however it is about today Sweden.
43	%%*BigRockEnding
44	* BookBurning: From "Egoist":
45	-->The wind carries a smell of smoke\
46	All around Sweden book-pyres are smoldering
47	* BSide: ''B-sidor 95-00'' is a collection of all B-sides until the year 2000.
48	* CallAndResponseSong: Occurs in "Dom som försvann":
49	-->The camera glides over goldish yellow fields\
50	''Yes, we know that you need help!''\
51	This city will drive me crazy tonight\
52	''You will never find home again''\
53	Want to give you everything tonight\
54	''You will never be yourself again, you will never be yourself again, you will never be yourself again''\
55	The camera glides over goldish yellow fields\
56	''Yes, we know that you need help!''\
57	This city drives me crazy again\
58	''You will never be yourself again''\
59	And I really think that my soul dies of hunger\
60	''One gets tired of your damned whine, one gets tired of your damned whine''
61	* ContinuityNod: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bubOcI11sps announcing video]] for their last album, ''Då som nu för alltid'' is basically ''consisting'' of this trope: It's full of references to old songs, albums and music videos by the band, in an amazing way.
62	** "Gigi" and "Falska Profeter" from their lasts album contain elements of the music played in the background of said video.
63	** Some of the songs from ''Då som nu för alltid'' contain some lines that are callbacks to older songs.
64	** The ending of "Vi är inte längre där" resembles the ending of "Min värld".
65	* CensoredTitle: A weird case. At least in the German music store, in a song title, the word "fick" is censored, making the title "Hur jag f*ck dig att älska mig". The thing is, in Swedish, "fick" only means the past form of the verb "to get". In German though, it means exactly that what it looks like...
66	* CharacterTitle: "Columbus"
67	* TheCityVsTheCountry:
68	** Many of their songs are about moving from a small town to a big city, and the following emotion of feeling lost. Examples are "Columbus" or "LSD, någon?".
69	** "Ensam lång väg hem" is about the opposite: Realising that you are missing the city after spending some time in the country.
70	* DressRehearsalVideo: Several music, for example the videos for "Var är vi nu?" and "Mirage".
71	%%*EchoingAcoustics
72	* EitherOrTitle: "Mannen i den vita hatten (16 år senare)", "Stoppa mig Juni (Lilla Ego)", "Vals För Satan (Din vän pessimisten)", "Kräm (så nära får ingen gå)".
73	* EpicInstrumentalOpener:
74	** "Mannen i den vita hatten" has an intro that lasts 1:38 minutes.
75	** The intro of "Mirage" is 1:29 minutes long
76	* EpicRocking: "Ensammast i Sverige (8:20), "En Timme En Minut" (8:11), "747" ([[RunningTimeInTheTitle 7:47]]), "Det finns inga ord" (6:59), "Vals för satan" (6:47), "Mannen i den vita hatten" (6:38), Stoppa mig Juni (6:22), "Falska Profeter" (6:20)
77	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Den sista sången" ("The last song") was the last song on their last album, as well as the last song on their last concert.
78	* FadeOut: "Den andra sidan", "Socker", "Hur jag fick dig att älska mig", "Ff", "Chans", "Columbus", "Alla mot alla", "Ensammast i Sverige"
79	* FadingIntoTheNextSong:
80	** Done between the first four tracks on the album "Röd".
81	** Done between "Sömnen" and "Vy från ett luftslott".
82	* ForeignLanguageTitle: "Mirage", "La Belle Époque", "Music Non Stop", "Team Building".
83	* GreatestHitsAlbum: Published one in 2016.
84	* GriefSong: "M" is about Jocke Berg's late grandmother, Margit.
85	* GrimUpNorth: Many of their songs are about this sentiment, for example "Stoppa mig Juni (Lilla Ego)", "Ensam lång väg hem", "Columbus" and "LSD, någon?", just to name a few.
86	* ItsAllAboutMe: Played with in "Vi är för alltid" from their last album:
87	-->They are going to sing songs about us (Oh, we are for forever)\
88	They are going to make movies about us (Oh, we are for forever)\
89	They are going to write books about us\
90	---\
91	(but later:)\
92	---\
93	[[SelfDeprecation I'm just joking, nobody's gonna write books/I'm just joking, nobody's gonna make movies/ I'm just joking, nobody's gonna song songs about us, no songs about us]]
94	* KidsRock: A choir of children appears in "Dom som försvann", "Andromeda", "Egoist" and "Den sista sången".
95	%%LastChorusSlowDown:
96	* LocationSong: "Sverige", "Columbus", "Ingenting" and many others. Like Jocke Berg once said:
97	-->"There are two kinds of lyrics I write. One kind is based in places and the other is based in feelings. You move between those two whether you want to or not."
98	* LongRunnerLineUp: The four core members who formed the band all stayed together for twenty-six years. They did have a couple of rhythm guitarists come and go during that time, but the members who started the band all stayed until the end.
99	* NewSoundAlbum: After releasing several albums usually classified as Alternative Rock, Kent released ''Tillbaka till samtiden'', a Synthpop/-rock album. They more or less kept that sound and idetify themselves as a pop band now.
100	* NonAppearingTitle: "Mannen i den vita hatten", "La belle époque", "Klåparen", "Ff", "Vy från ett luftslott", "Lsd, någon?" and and and...
101	* TheNounWhoVerbed: "Dom som försvann"[[note]]"Those who disappeared"[[/note]]
102	* OdeToYouth: Quite a few, for example "Ingen kunde röra oss", "Var är vi nu?" and "Stoppa mig Juni (Lilla Ego).
103	* OneLetterTitle: "M".
104	* OneManSong: "Ismael"
105	* TheOner: The music video to [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ykM558k_D0w "Var är vi nu?"]] is filmed in one shot.
106	* OneWordTitle: "Egoist", "Klåparen", "Mirage", "Sverige", "Elefanter", "Skogarna", "Andromeda", "Ingenting", "Sömnen", "Kevlarsjäl",...let's just say it's not uncommon!
107	* OnlyFriend: "Din enda vän"
108	%%*PachelbelsCanonProgression
109	* ThePlace: "Sverige", "Berlin", "Flen / Paris", "Gamla Ullevi"
110	* ProgressiveInstrumentation: "Stoppa mig Juni", "Förlåtelsen" and the [[EpicInstrumentalOpener intros]] of "Mirage" and "Mannen i den vita hatten". Also, "Ensam lång väg hem", to a downplayed extent.
111	* QuestioningTitle: "Var är vi nu?", "Lsd, någon?"
112	* RecycledLyrics: The line "Vi kommer alla någon annanstans ifrån än där vi råka vara just nu"[[note]]We all come from somewhere else than we happen to be right now[[/note]] from "Falska Profeter" reappears in "Den sista sången" as "Vi kommer från nån annanstans är där vi är just nu"[[note]]We come from somewhere else than we are right now[[/note]].
113	* RegionalRiff: At the beginning of "LSD, någon?" there are Scandinavian sounding violins.
114	* RejectedApology: The protagonist in "Generation ex" does this because he doesn't believe in a future of the relationship with his (former) love anyways.
115	* RunningTimeInTheTitle: "747" is 7 minutes and 47 seconds long.
116	* SelfTitledAlbum: Their first album is called ''Kent''.
117	* ShoutOut: Kent uses often references to other works in their songs. Here are a few examples:
118	** The name of their album ''Tillbaka till samtiden''[[note]]''Back to the present''[[/note]] is a Pun[[note]]"Back to the future" is called "Tillbaka till framtiden" in Swedish[[/note]] and a shoutout to Franchise/BackToTheFuture.
119	** "Palace & Main" has references to Series/StateOfGrace and Creator/MichaelCaine
120	** "Vid din sida" references to Creator/TSEliot's poem "Literature/TheWasteLand"
121	** "Den vänstra stranden" mentiones "In Liverpool" by Music/SuzanneVega.
122	** [[Music/TheBeatles "Here comes the sun"]] and [[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven "Für Elise"]] are mentioned in "Vintervila".
123	** "Max 500" mentions Creator/JohnKeats, Charles Baudelaire, Creator/MaryShelley, [[Music/BillieHoliday Lady Day]] and Creator/FredAstaire.
124	** "Kungen är död" ("The King Is Dead") is most likely a shoutout to the album ''The Queen Is Dead'' by Music/TheSmiths.
125	** The beginning of "Din enda vän" is a sampled monologue from the movie ''Film/BonjourTristesse''.
126	** One of their newest songs is called "Literature/{{Nostromo}}".
127	%%*SongStyleShift: "Minimalen"
128	* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Markus Sång (Papin jahti)" is sung completely in Finnish by drummer Markus Mustonen.
129	* StudioChatter: The beginning of "Sverige".
130	%%*SubduedSection
131	* TextlessAlbumCover: ''Då som nu för alltid'', ''Tigerdrottningen'', '' Jag är inte rädd för mörkret''
132	* TitleTrack: Subverted with "Verkligen", which is a B-side of the "Gravitation"-EP and ''not'' featured on the album ''Verkligen''. Otherwise, this trope is completely averted, there hasn't been a single title track in twenty-six years.
133	* TranslatedCoverVersion: There are both a Swedish and a English version existing of their albums ''Isola'' and ''Hagnesta Hill''.
134	%%*TruckDriversGearShift
135	* WordSaladLyrics: "Markus Sång" aka "Papin jahti" ("The priest's hunt"):
136	-->Kultainen kikkeli rannalla hyppeli. Pappi juoksi perään. (The golden dick was jumping on the beach. The priest ran after).
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