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Adios Pamplona

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Written on location in Pamplona, September 2021. All field recordings made in Pamplona (and Burguete), same period. Recorded in Malmö October–December 2021. Photo provided by Karin Stenbeck.

Dedicated to The Peña Sueca.



"It's hard to describe exactly how, but Pamplona has always been an important part of my life. As far back as I can remember, my parents were surrounded by crazy friends, artists and art dealers, always up to some mischief, coming up with strange pantomime or absurd miniature plays. And they were all obsessed with this little Spanish town, with its San Fermin fiesta, bull runnings and bull fights. I guess it all more or less started when my stepfather went there the first time in 1959, after having read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. He went home to Lund and told all his friends about it, and for many decades they all returned, even founding a peña - a local club of fiestadores - under the name Peña Sueca (= the Swedish peña).*

I went to San Fermin myself in 1995 and 1998, eventually deciding that this wasn't for me (party 24/7 with no chance of sleep), although I found much beauty as well, such as the final candlelit ceremony of Pobre de mí. Sadly my stepfather passed away in August 2019, so we decided to go there one final time in honor of his memory this September (which was very nice, we even met a few people who still remembered him). Adios Pamplona was written during this stay.

Petter H / Testbild!


* Many of these people ended up on the cover of The Ocean Tango album, although the photos weren't taken in Pamplona but in San Sebastian, with art dealer Anders Tornberg in the lead."

lyrics

En las montañas
pasando los valles 
Navarra - te quiero seguir 
Cuando los veo
Pamplona mi amor, te recuerdo 
Sobre murallas siguiendo tus calles, Pamplona 
Siempre intentar
del todo te dejar no puedo 
Durendal la espada, Olifant el cuerno 
Bailando, soñando, canta! 
Todas las canciones nuestras van a terminar

credits

released December 24, 2021
Music - Petter Herbertsson
Lyrics - Christina Tovoté

Petter Herbertsson - lead vocals, guitar, double bass, harpsichord, percussion, vibraphonette, glockenspiel, Fender Rhodes
Katja Ekman - backing vocals
Karin Christensen - backing vocals

Catalogue #: Bibliotek Nr. 7

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