Detektivbyrån — E18
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EXCELLNT! Thanx RP! 
scott_bruce wrote:
Of all the comments ever posted on RP, this one technically says nothing, but in fact says it all....
Of all the songs ever played on RP, this is clearly one of them....
Of all the comments ever posted on RP, this one technically says nothing, but in fact says it all....
Amelie soundtrack ripoff.
The opening toy piano reminds me of the band PRAM.
robinvankuijk wrote:
A great idea! I want this as my mobile phone's ringtone. It would be something ... going off while attending church.
Could someone pick up the phone? That ringtone is very annoying!
A great idea! I want this as my mobile phone's ringtone. It would be something ... going off while attending church.
Goddammit, this is SO annoying to listen to. It reminds me of TV in Scandinavia prior to the emergence of daytime crap, where only a test-pattern with a eardrum-piercing 1kHz tone would be on. Good times.... LOL.
Watch this! Amazing :-):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q
Of all the songs ever played on RP, this is clearly one of them....
Reminds me a bit of that wonderful film Amelie
Liked it until the accordion came in. Strange, I love bagpipes, but, hate accordions. 
midigitguy wrote:
Variety is what makes the world go round. I friggin hate accordians and find it taints my potential appreciation of musical forms that utilize it.
Really.. nails on the chalkboard.
But diversity rules!
What he said. Had to PSD.
Variety is what makes the world go round. I friggin hate accordians and find it taints my potential appreciation of musical forms that utilize it.
Really.. nails on the chalkboard.
But diversity rules!
What he said. Had to PSD.
greiffenstein wrote:
Variety is what makes the world go round. I friggin hate accordians and find it taints my potential appreciation of musical forms that utilize it.
Really.. nails on the chalkboard.
But diversity rules!
Acordion is the most underrated instrument around. So glad to hear it front and center for a change!
Variety is what makes the world go round. I friggin hate accordians and find it taints my potential appreciation of musical forms that utilize it.
Really.. nails on the chalkboard.
But diversity rules!
isparos9 wrote:
Hear, hear!
I usually don't comment on the songs that I don't like, afterall taste is something subjective and I just mute my winamp when this song plays and unmute it when it's over. Life goes on, there are obviously people that like to listen to this song on RP and i totally respect that.
But seriously what annoys me is not that I find this song so bad but the fact that it has literally received much more attention due to the similarity with the 'valse d' amelie' of tiersen and it gets to be played about 2 times per month on RP while from the Amelie soundtrack there is only one! song in the music library of RP and we hardly ever listen to it.
Bill i really think you should play E18 less times and consider adding more song from the Amelie OST, please :)
But seriously what annoys me is not that I find this song so bad but the fact that it has literally received much more attention due to the similarity with the 'valse d' amelie' of tiersen and it gets to be played about 2 times per month on RP while from the Amelie soundtrack there is only one! song in the music library of RP and we hardly ever listen to it.
Bill i really think you should play E18 less times and consider adding more song from the Amelie OST, please :)
Hear, hear!
This is the song that is stuck in my dog's head. If a melody could describe her brain waves, this is it!
Acordion is the most underrated instrument around. So glad to hear it front and center for a change!
anyalein wrote:
This comment spells it out.
Whimsy is so underrated.
This is just plain fun.
Whimsical and quirky. I like it...
This comment spells it out.
Whimsy is so underrated.
This is just plain fun.
Can't explain why I like this, especially the very beginning, but I do.
uuu, like the song =) thought it was something from Amelie that I somehow missed while listening to the soundtrack!
and, then, reading comments, found this:
isparos9 wrote:
so, adding my vote for including more songs from Amelie to RP, and playing them more often! ;)
and, then, reading comments, found this:
isparos9 wrote:
the fact that it has literally received much more attention due to the similarity with the 'valse d' amelie' of tiersen and it gets to be played about 2 times per month on RP while from the Amelie soundtrack there is only one! song in the music library of RP and we hardly ever listen to it.
Bill i really think you should play E18 less times and consider adding more song from the Amelie OST, please :)
Bill i really think you should play E18 less times and consider adding more song from the Amelie OST, please :)
so, adding my vote for including more songs from Amelie to RP, and playing them more often! ;)
i love this. can't think of music happier than this. it reminds me of when my son was a baby, crawling all over the floor at break-neck speed.
I like the sound of accordion, it reminds me of the old Paris or simply post-war France. The piano and the drums are light, it is a good song, I like :) except maybe the part that sound a tad bit too much like a video game background music, therefore only 7 from me
Whimsical and quirky. I like it...
this would make a nice little ballet.
ekin wrote:
Eradicate agressives posts
STOP THE BAD MUSIC
Eradicate agressives posts
Not my cup of tea I'm afraid
I agree with the comment below, but in much smaller lettering.
Yeahh
completly Tiersen's land
completly Tiersen's land
Whimsical
Orsonwellsian.
After hearing this song, I went to the computer to see who this was and rate them down, but I found out that I had already done this. Oh well, at least it's not a polka.
Very very annoying.
stunix wrote:
" perfect pitch " tossed the banjo into a dumpster and it landed in the middle of an accordion....both insterments are beautiful if played well.
My father played the piano accordian in his younger years, I think although its not the sweetest sounding instrament, it gets alot of stick from people. Cmon, its a portable piano with acompaniment, it just happens to be played by banjo players (if you know what I mean.) why was there no Dueling Accordians?
" perfect pitch " tossed the banjo into a dumpster and it landed in the middle of an accordion....both insterments are beautiful if played well.
Too Tiersenesque...
ce wrote:
I'm not sure if this is a cover or a remix or a ripoff of Yann Tiersen.
AMG says:
"Formed in Wermland, Sweden, in 2005, Detektivbyran is a whimsical trio whose compositions nod to the tender glockenspiel- and accordion-based compositions of Yann Tiersen, the sprightly glitch pop of I Am Robot and Proud, and the click-blippity mania of old-school eight-bit video games."
I think there is more than a nod in this song, it's more a kneeling on all fours and chanting "We're not worthy".
I'm not sure if this is a cover or a remix or a ripoff of Yann Tiersen.
AMG says:
"Formed in Wermland, Sweden, in 2005, Detektivbyran is a whimsical trio whose compositions nod to the tender glockenspiel- and accordion-based compositions of Yann Tiersen, the sprightly glitch pop of I Am Robot and Proud, and the click-blippity mania of old-school eight-bit video games."
I think there is more than a nod in this song, it's more a kneeling on all fours and chanting "We're not worthy".
Another little gem from another culture. One of the main reasons I love RP.
Is the accordion player having a seizure? Or am I?
Could someone pick up the phone? That ringtone is very annoying!
Please make it stop!
Proclivities wrote:
I can't listen to this. It has no soul. Like a plastic children's circus.
Proclivities wrote:
I didn't know plastic children had their own circuses.
They do! The cotton candy is made out of real cotton - it lasts forever.
I can't listen to this. It has no soul. Like a plastic children's circus.
Proclivities wrote:
I didn't know plastic children had their own circuses.
They do! The cotton candy is made out of real cotton - it lasts forever.
I usually don't comment on the songs that I don't like, afterall taste is something subjective and I just mute my winamp when this song plays and unmute it when it's over. Life goes on, there are obviously people that like to listen to this song on RP and i totally respect that.
But seriously what annoys me is not that I find this song so bad but the fact that it has literally received much more attention due to the similarity with the 'valse d' amelie' of tiersen and it gets to be played about 2 times per month on RP while from the Amelie soundtrack there is only one! song in the music library of RP and we hardly ever listen to it.
Bill i really think you should play E18 less times and consider adding more song from the Amelie OST, please :)
But seriously what annoys me is not that I find this song so bad but the fact that it has literally received much more attention due to the similarity with the 'valse d' amelie' of tiersen and it gets to be played about 2 times per month on RP while from the Amelie soundtrack there is only one! song in the music library of RP and we hardly ever listen to it.
Bill i really think you should play E18 less times and consider adding more song from the Amelie OST, please :)
anumidium wrote:
I didn't know plastic children had their own circuses.
I can't listen to this. It has no soul. Like a plastic children's circus.
I didn't know plastic children had their own circuses.
Whimsical, picturesque, and rather wonderful.
This is annoying...
Sounds like Marvin the Martian.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_the_Martian
Elroweho wrote:
Actually, after those opening notes, i was expecting this
Did somebody just open a music box??
Actually, after those opening notes, i was expecting this
I love this song. Such a fun journey
Sounds like a mix of Yann Tiersen and Beirut, love it.
Regrettably this song doesn't have the longevity of other pieces (like La valse d'Amelie, which this is often compared to). I can understand how some poeple like it for its sparse instrumentation but the fundamental theme of the piece just isn't sufficient to hold things together.
It's nice and tinkly though, sometimes everyone likes nice and tinkly. (I just mute it and listen to Amelie's Waltz. :-)
(and yes, remarkably similar to The Guild's intro music!)
It's nice and tinkly though, sometimes everyone likes nice and tinkly. (I just mute it and listen to Amelie's Waltz. :-)
(and yes, remarkably similar to The Guild's intro music!)
Sounds a bit like Beirut to me.....I like!!
Don't get the hate there, guys. This is a lovely take on, if I'm not mistaken, a traditional folk song...and another one that I probably won't acquire but will identify in some years, "Oh, yeah, I used to hear that on Radio Paradise."
anumidium wrote:
No. With a plastic children's circus you get plastic little clowns you can set on fire.
I can't listen to this. It has no soul. Like a plastic children's circus.
No. With a plastic children's circus you get plastic little clowns you can set on fire.
Love this song! Is this from the final scene in the movie "Amelie"?
I was thinking the same thing! You go, Codex!
emh wrote:
emh wrote:
A 6 for reminding me of The Guild.
Crap. My 17 year old just walked in the kitchen and was like, what the f? That is what I ask you? Music diversity is wonderful but come on...tuning out!
I can't listen to this. It has no soul. Like a plastic children's circus.
Did somebody just open a music box??
My father played the piano accordian in his younger years, I think although its not the sweetest sounding instrament, it gets alot of stick from people. Cmon, its a portable piano with acompaniment, it just happens to be played by banjo players (if you know what I mean.) why was there no Dueling Accordians?
Just a bad copy of Tiersen's compositions
modrakocka wrote:
I'm not sure if this is a cover or a remix or a ripoff of Yann Tiersen.
AMG says:
"Formed in Wermland, Sweden, in 2005, Detektivbyran is a whimsical trio whose compositions nod to the tender glockenspiel- and accordion-based compositions of Yann Tiersen, the sprightly glitch pop of I Am Robot and Proud, and the click-blippity mania of old-school eight-bit video games."
I think there is more than a nod in this song, it's more a kneeling on all fours and chanting "We're not worthy".
Definitely, I must have heard this 10 times, and always assumed it was Yann Tiersen.
I'm not sure if this is a cover or a remix or a ripoff of Yann Tiersen.
AMG says:
"Formed in Wermland, Sweden, in 2005, Detektivbyran is a whimsical trio whose compositions nod to the tender glockenspiel- and accordion-based compositions of Yann Tiersen, the sprightly glitch pop of I Am Robot and Proud, and the click-blippity mania of old-school eight-bit video games."
I think there is more than a nod in this song, it's more a kneeling on all fours and chanting "We're not worthy".
Sorry, I had to turn this to mute. Waiting for the song to change...
A 6 for reminding me of The Guild.
zenmumu wrote:
Awewome waves... 7ish
Awewome waves... 7ish
suesblues wrote:
Gotta agree. Brutal.
sorry this is horrible, anything with a hurdy gurdy makes my skin crawl 
Gotta agree. Brutal.
bumping this up a little, not so bad
This song makes me feel sad, like a repressed childhood memory of being lost at a fair or something. Although I don't think I ever was.
Gotan Project meets Zamfir.
sorry this is horrible, anything with a hurdy gurdy makes my skin crawl
Pee Wee Herman's 'Soundtrack to The World's Worst Carousels.'
robco1 wrote:
It's probably a repressed memory of some traumatic childhood event in a future life.
Why do I have the mental image of a mime doing the robot dance? 
It's probably a repressed memory of some traumatic childhood event in a future life.
This song is really, really bad as a matter of fact it is so bad I like it!
I just recently discovered Detektivbrån for myself (I live in Sweden). Should have known that RP has already played this years ago. :)
9
One of those songs that causes me to rush to the RP web site to give it a lousy rating. How annoying! Sounds like a bad ring tone.
GOD I love this time signature!!!
DSOM wrote:
I was sure it was The Guild's theme, too.
Wait? This isn't the theme from The Guild? Damn.
I was sure it was The Guild's theme, too.
Very nice music, different.
a-shultz wrote:
Definitely, I must have heard this 10 times, and always assumed it was Yann Tiersen.
Well that was entertaining! :)
It sounded quite like Yann Tiersen's music for Amelie in some parts, no?
It sounded quite like Yann Tiersen's music for Amelie in some parts, no?
Definitely, I must have heard this 10 times, and always assumed it was Yann Tiersen.
I try to avoid "1" ratings, myself.
1 -> 1
Quirky but fun; Is that what 'Air' would sound like if they tried to make an acoustic album featuring accordions and triangles?
Liking it though!
Heartily
audiophelia wrote:
Reminds me a bit of the Harry Potter theme.
I like them both, but don't hear it at all. Curious as to what similarities you're hearing other than incidental instrumentation, please expand. Well that was entertaining! :)
It sounded quite like Yann Tiersen's music for Amelie in some parts, no?
It sounded quite like Yann Tiersen's music for Amelie in some parts, no?
Gotta say, I like this song a lot. It reminds me of the film Amelie...a film I absolutely adore.
Accordions remind me of France, and that just makes me happy.
My 2.77 Euros. YMMV.
Anton - On Hilton Hilton Head Island
Accordions remind me of France, and that just makes me happy.
My 2.77 Euros. YMMV.
Anton - On Hilton Hilton Head Island
For those who do not enjoy this song, you need more whimsical fantasy in your lives.
Wait? This isn't the theme from The Guild? Damn.
Oh My Gawd.
PLEASE make it STOP!
PLEASE make it STOP!
LastChance wrote:
This might help to ease y(our) pain:
https://www.accordionpage.com/jokes.html
Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion.
This might help to ease y(our) pain:https://www.accordionpage.com/jokes.html
bugleboy624 wrote:
It is very similar. The Guild theme is a lot simpler tho, almost like someone tried to make a MIDI version of this song's intro. But it's different enough that I'd chalk it up to synchronicity.
I swear I thought it sounded just like the theme to "The Guild."
It is very similar. The Guild theme is a lot simpler tho, almost like someone tried to make a MIDI version of this song's intro. But it's different enough that I'd chalk it up to synchronicity.
Yann Tiersen?
LastChance wrote:
I'll take two!
Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion.
I'll take two!
I swear I thought it sounded just like the theme to "The Guild."
Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion.
robco1 wrote:
Look on the bright side, I suppose it is better than a robot doing a mime dance!
Why do I have the mental image of a mime doing the robot dance?
Look on the bright side, I suppose it is better than a robot doing a mime dance!
This is really strange and has bells, which of course, means I love it!
Hey Bill...for help with your butchery of Swedish...just say Detective Bureau, then add an 'n' to the end...you'll be really close then.
8!! I like it!! Sounds a lot like Yann Tiersen!!!
The beginning very much reminds me of the intro to The Guild.
audiophelia wrote:
audiophelia wrote:
Reminds me a bit of the Harry Potter theme.
Why do I have the mental image of a mime doing the robot dance?
budaloco wrote:
For the love of god, cant´s stop laughing!!!!! GREAT comment!!!!!
alphachimp wrote: I always wondered what explosive decompression at 30,000 feet with a gypsy tour group carrying broken cellphones would feel like. Now I know.
For the love of god, cant´s stop laughing!!!!! GREAT comment!!!!!
Agree with you that's a 10 for alphachimp comment !
(
alpha chimp) and I LiKE this tune, song, music, explosive decompression
alphachimp wrote:
For the love of god, cant´s stop laughing!!!!! GREAT comment!!!!!
I always wondered what explosive decompression at 30,000 feet with a gypsy tour group carrying broken cellphones would feel like. Now I know.
For the love of god, cant´s stop laughing!!!!! GREAT comment!!!!!
More_Cowbell wrote:
Rocks
Sucks
Rocks
treehugger wrote:
Awesome analogy. And both Volvo and Detektivebyrån are from Goteburg.
Yes, my second home. Lived there for 10 years (mid 80's to mid 90's). Maybe that's why I find this band so endearing.
Awesome analogy. And both Volvo and Detektivebyrån are from Goteburg.
Yes, my second home. Lived there for 10 years (mid 80's to mid 90's). Maybe that's why I find this band so endearing.
pugifat wrote:
One's from Sweden, the other's from Denver. Glad to help
I always get Detektivbyran and Devotchka confused...
One's from Sweden, the other's from Denver. Glad to help
Sucks
Wonderful!
Reminds me a bit of the Harry Potter theme.
Awful!
Pieter wrote:
Awesome analogy. And both Volvo and Detektivebyrån are from Goteburg.
darrenwwwa wrote:
No, that's like comparing a Citroën with a Volvo.
I would have sworn this was Yann Tiersen.
Great song.
Great song.
No, that's like comparing a Citroën with a Volvo.
Awesome analogy. And both Volvo and Detektivebyrån are from Goteburg.
Pieter wrote:
Could be me: my Old Man would have rather been killed than trying anything else but the shark brand. For the sake of rebellion I switched to the stockfish as soon as I got my driver's licence.
darrenwwwa wrote:
No, that's like comparing a Citroën with a Volvo.
I would have sworn this was Yann Tiersen.
Great song.
Great song.
No, that's like comparing a Citroën with a Volvo.
Could be me: my Old Man would have rather been killed than trying anything else but the shark brand. For the sake of rebellion I switched to the stockfish as soon as I got my driver's licence.
eruwenolorien wrote:
you totally snaked my comment!
This reminds me of the intro to "The Guild."
you totally snaked my comment!
web-series "The Guild" has a theme song with an opening that sounds so much like this, that I thought it was the same song at first.
This reminds me of the intro to "The Guild."
Very Yann Tiersen. I like it.
why does this remind me of 'the legend of zelda'? oh yeah i definitely had the gold edition game cartridge!
Farfegnuggan. I know we're heading into Octoberfest. But really? 
I always get Detektivbyran and Devotchka confused...
yaaaay! haven't heard in a while!
Reminds me a bit of that wonderful film Amelie
I immediately thought this was Yann Tiersen until I looked at the comments.