| Robyn - Cobrastyle (Live on Late Show with David Letterman) - 237 sec
Robyn performing "Cobrastyle" on the Late Show with David Letterman on May 1, 2008.
A little "Cobrastyle" history:
"Cobrastyle" began its life as "Press Trigger", a 2001 single recorded by Cobra over the Black Shadow label's Buzz rhythm (most people will recognize this rhythm from Sean Paul's worldwide hit "Give Me the Light").
In 2004, Teddybears STHLM recorded a new version of the song for their album "Fresh!", with guest vocals by Cobra himself - or Mad Cobra as he's generally known outside Jamaica. The Teddybears added a new chorus ("My style is the bomb ..."), inspired by the Sugarhill Gang's 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight", and called their track "Cobrastyle".
Robyn originally recorded this song for the soundtrack of the 2006 Swedish movie "Säg att du älskar mig". At this point, Teddybears member Klas Åhlund had already produced much of Robyn's eponymous 2005 album, and this track - now called "Girliestyle" - was actually credited to Teddybears STHLM vs. Robyn. "Girliestyle" featured reworked lyrics to fit Robyn better, removing much of Cobra's original Patois.
Later that year, Robyn released her "Rakamonie EP" in the UK, and one of the tracks included was "Girliestyle" - or "Cobrastyle" as it was now called. Since then, "Cobrastyle" has been included on all subsequent releases of the "Rakamonie EP" and her self-titled album (the latter was finally released in the US on April 29, 2008 - almost three years to the day after its Swedish release).
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 | | Robyn - Be Mine! (Acoustic Piano Version) - 537 sec
Robyn performing "Be Mine!", the first single off the Swedish edition of her self-titled album, on SVT's "Gomorron Sverige" ("Good Morning Sweden") on May 27, 2005.
With Robert Elofsson at the piano and Staffan Dopping as host.
(And please don't bitch about the spelling of "konichiwa". That's how it's spelled in the name of her record label. Deal with it.)
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| | Sophia Somajo - Stockholm Calling - 246 sec
Check out myspace.com/sophiasomajo for more.
And buy her EP at cdon.com!
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| | Robyn with Björn Yttling - En dejlig rosa (Tsunami Memorial) - 179 sec
Robyn performing the traditional Swedish folk song "En dejlig rosa" (a.k.a. "Jag vet en dejlig rosa") at Stockholm City Hall, January 10th 2005, as part of a memorial service for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.
With Björn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John fame) at the piano.
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