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Swedish people have heartbeats, too.

By Kevan • Feb 2nd, 2007 • Category: Art & Technology

Everybody knows that José González song “Heartbeats,” right? Maybe you didn’t know that Mr. González is not actually the original author of the song. Heartbeats was originally written and performed by a Swedish duo called “The Knife.” Here is a video of their very different, very European version of Heartbeats, which features lots of skateboarding children and animated birds. Go watch and listen.

After watching, I learned two things:

  • González must have a pretty killer mind for music to be able to translate that song to a quiet guitar piece, and
  • Swedish people have ridiculously great ideas for videos.

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    2 Responses »

    1. Holly Hallberg on November 16th, 2007 at 5:16 pm:

      Hi Kevan,

      I tried to watch the video you linked to but I couldn’t find it on the page.

      I guess I’ll have to search around on YouTube as I’d like to see the version you speak of.

      Hej Da,
      Holly

      http://www.huset-shop.com

    2. Kevan on November 18th, 2007 at 10:06 pm:

      Thanks a lot for the tip, Holly. I’ve added the video again.

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