Top 40(+2) Herman Dune - I Wish That I Could See You Soon

#2 Herman Dune - I Wish That I Could See You Soon

The band Herman Dune first came to my attention via a YouTube clip of the 'In progress' version of this video(Watch it: here). In that version, you could see the green screen people holding the letters and the green screen steps.

The guileless unaffected geekiness of that version just seemed to match the song's innocence and hopeful hopelessness much better than the finished spot with visual effects.

Hearing this song now makes me want to wear pornj (hot pink+orange, for the non-disorienteers on this site), let my hair recede further and dance like only a gangly scrawny white guy can dance.

So much to love here: the white-boy trumpet, the clean chords on David Dune's guitar, the way that way that they call the back-up singers 'Angels' and actually prompt for them by name. Has anyone ever answered, "Do you really think she'll wait for you?" more happy-go-luckily than "I have no way to say and there is nothing I can do" than Herman Dune?

What good-hearted person couldn't like this song?

Side bar: what is it about the Swedes that make them such great creators of perfect pop music? And why does the combination of neutral accents and slight imperfection of their English diction create such a charming mix? Witness the way they sing, "AndI'mlike/ the sooner the better, do you/really think she'll wait for you?". What native English speakers would've broken the 'do you' away from the next line and isn't it all the more charming for it?

And while we lived, loved and laughed to 'Crazy' all year long, this'll be the song we put on every mix cd we make for every new crush for the next 10 years, and the song from this list most likely to be played at my wedding, if/when that ever happens.

I'm guessing if there were a 'times played' feature on YouTube that I'd have played the in-progress video over a 100 times in the last 3 months of 2006.

I'm pretty sure that the tip of the hat goes to Swedish music focused mp3 blog, Swedes Please. Head over there and know that they provide the perfect pop goodness, duty-free.

Also, take a look at Herman Dune, live, acoustic and doing laundry on the Concert a Emptor from La Blogoteque, here. 'I Wish' begins at 3:26 of the clip.