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The Cardigans — My Favourite Game
Album: Gran Turismo
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Released: 1998
Length: 3:38
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I don't know what you're looking for
You haven't found it baby that's for sure
You rip me up and spread me all around
In the dust of the deed of time

And this is not a case of lust you see
It's not a matter of you versus of me
It's fine the way you want me on your own
But in the end it's always me alone

And I'm losing my favourite game
You're losing your mind again
I'm losing my babay
Losing my favourite game

I only know what I've been working for
Another you so I could love you more
I really thought that I could take you there
But my experiment is not getting us anywhere

I had a vision I could turn you right
A stupid mission and a lethal fight
I should have seen it when my hope was new
My heart is black and my body is blue

And I'm losing my favourite game
You're losing your mind again
I'm losing my favourite game
I've tried but you're still the same

I'm losing my baby
You're losing a saviour and a saint
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One of the darkest albums of the late 90s. Great work
Want to play again?
Love it....... In These Shoes?  - Kirsty MacColl,  Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top, then The Cardigans.
More clothing segues please BillG ? Chair dancing is great exercise first thing for an October working morning
 chunkymunky wrote:

I saw this bunch at Werchter one year.  There were a lot of men gawping at the large screen when she was on (me included)...


gawp |ษกรดp| 
verb [no object] informal
stare openly in a stupid or rude manner: what are you gawping at?



 smartn1 wrote:
 
 
Garbage are a great band, agreed that mare Garbage needs to be played.
There's a wicked, hot car crash video for this song on YouTube. Worth searching for. 
 Montreal_Mort wrote:

Agree w my Montreal bro - AlienNLight - this could be a Garbage song. Love Garbage! Want more pls BillG!!



I always think this is Garbage at first 

Edit: reading that statement aloud sounded wrong. This sounds like Garbage, but it's certainly not garbage. 
Brilliant album - high(est)light for me is the subsequent track Do You Believe - the Deftones did a great cover of that too! ๐Ÿ‘Œ
Agree w my Montreal bro - AlienNLight - this could be a Garbage song. Love Garbage! Want more pls BillG!!
 actusreus wrot
great song while sitting on the porch at sunset while smoking a cigar and sipping bourbon


cigar?
I love this, always have since it was a number one in the charts here. Also love Erase/Rewind.
Clothes based segment Kirsty MacColl In these shoes?, ZZ Top Sharp dressed man, then The Cardigans.  NICE Bill 
Highly recommend this one's music video.
Holy crap... there's comments on here "Posted 15 years ago".  It's going to be strange in the future to see online posts that are 40 or 50 years in the past.
Good Tune! 
"No, the CardiACS"
Pair that with Garbage ๐Ÿ˜ˆ
Just realised Nina Persson sounds a lot like Sheryl Crow (and thats a compliment to both of them IMO!)
Needs more lyrics.
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:

The oldest comments on this song are about 16 years ago and a few things have changed since then, attitudes to women,  the Me Too" movement etc.  Well I would just like to make a philosophical comment about life and I don't care if it is not PC anymore...  Nina Persson was at her peak of her beauty and female sexuality when "Erase,  Rewind" and this song were out.  Nina is still a beautiful mature woman today but looking back there is that time - that evanescent moment in life when beauty is at its peak.



This is a very nice way of saying "Still would"
The oldest comments on this song are about 16 years ago and a few things have changed since then, attitudes to women,  the Me Too" movement etc.  Well I would just like to make a philosophical comment about life and I don't care if it is not PC anymore...  Nina Persson was at her peak of her beauty and female sexuality when "Erase,  Rewind" and this song were out.  Nina is still a beautiful mature woman today but looking back there is that time - that evanescent moment in life when beauty is at its peak.


 
Timbo080 wrote:
Love that guitar riff!
 

Midrange  S C O O P

I agree about this is almost Garbage. Btw, BillG - how about more Garbage?!!
God...i miss Chrissy Amphlett ..js.
 kcar wrote:
Wow, I always thought this was Garbage! The voice isn't the same but almost everything else fits...

Had to re-read that comment to realize it was Garbage with a capital G, and it's actually a good thing 


 Lindo525 wrote:
Once again: The bananas keep perfect time. How DO they do that??
 
Years of professional dance training and experience.
Hot take: THIS is The best single by The Cardigans...
 all_ears wrote:
Bought this CD after being exposed to Cardigans by RP. Listened to it again on a recent roadtrip, and decided the disc as a whole was mediocre, to my taste. But, I like this song, and think it's the strongest on the album.
 

Your taste is correct. EMPIRICALLY .

This band is the bane of all Cardiacs fans.
Bought this CD after being exposed to Cardigans by RP. Listened to it again on a recent roadtrip, and decided the disc as a whole was mediocre, to my taste. But, I like this song, and think it's the strongest on the album.
this image is so influenced by Patrick Nagel, it almost had me.
not a bad song either.

I saw this bunch at Werchter one year.  There were a lot of men gawping at the large screen when she was on (me included)...


OIvandal wrote:
Nina Persson


 



 

 Lindo525 wrote:
Once again: The bananas keep perfect time. How DO they do that??
 
They're all wearing tiny watches.
Once again: The bananas keep perfect time. How DO they do that??
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Wow, I always thought this was Garbage! The voice isn't the same but almost everything else fits...
Love that guitar riff!
Still a Great Song.
Love it.
 {#Bananajam}{#Drummer} {#Dancingbanana_2}
Blegh. PSD
Yuk {#Beat}  1
Used to do a cover of 'My Favourite Game' in my last band. RP played The Cars - 'Just What I Needed' about 10 mins ago. Used to do a cover of that one in one of my old bands too. Pure coincidence i'm sure, but its a bit wierd the way these cards turn some times, isn't it?
Love the video. Yummy.
I love the groove, the purring vocals! One of the catchiest songs ever, and I always love hearing this LOUD!
 unclehud wrote:
Little help, please!  What effect do you use to make your guitar sound like that?

 

Just my opinion but the bass sounds like it is split in to a clean but compressed channel and also thru a fuzz box then mixed.

the guitar is just heavily distorted and possibly put thru a phaser or a wah wah and left slightly phased giving that hollow tone.

thats how I would have recreated it 20 years ago, but probably nowadays you get an electronic box from korg or yamaha and select preset number 462 or something similar.
Volume up! {#Bananajam}
Just a feel good tune...
Nina Persson {#Hearteyes}


Timeless. {#Dancingbanana_2}
Classic.
Great.
My Favourite Song {#Angel}
Well, if this isn't irritating....
 fredriley wrote:
The video to this is seriously frightening and exhilarating - it got my heart pumping in more ways than one {#Hearteyes}
 
Dear fredriley:  Merry Christmas from yer man Jools!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUkMzshkVy0 

(... and I guess you get that tone from your Les Paul if you play it next to your knee.)
 Eric_Gustafsson wrote:
Sweden rules........as always! {#Bananapiano}

 
Ja! Tack så mycket! I'd no idea that this band was Swedish, so thanks for the info. RP does have a 'thing' for Scandinavia artists, a 'thing' which I heartily endorse. 10 from the Scandophile Nottingham jury.

The video to this is seriously frightening and exhilarating - it got my heart pumping in more ways than one {#Hearteyes}
Sweden rules........as always! {#Bananapiano}
I've always hated this guitar riff....so annoying {#Wall}
{#Headache}*unbearable!*
I saw this bunch at Werchter one year.  There were a lot of men gawping at the large screen when she was on (me included)...


OIvandal wrote:
Nina Persson


 



Little help, please!  What effect do you use to make your guitar sound like that?
So miss the days of just going for a drive. Soothing to the soul.
 Ericocean wrote:
Oops, I always thought this was Gwen Stefani
 
I'd consider that an insult for the Cardigans :)
My favourite song to listen while driving :) So powerful!
 Ericocean wrote:
Oops, I always thought this was Gwen Stefani
 
Off topic. My paternal grandmother lived in LaVale.
 
Small f-'n world.
 fredriley wrote:
Sheer rockin' meaty goodness. This just cries out for speakers up to 11 and crazy dancing {#Dancingbanana_2}
 
Well said, Nottingham Jury!
Oops, I always thought this was Gwen Stefani
Hard to rate this song...the vocal parts, and the instrumentals backing the vocals, are fantastic!  But the musical interludes....OMG./WTF??  Horrible!!!  So the average of 8 and 1 or 2 is about a 5?
Got my feet a-movin'. My favourite cardigan.
I thought this was No Doubt. I don't mind them, actually, but I have a feeling if this song really was by No Doubt it would be covered with abuse, not praise.
 fredriley wrote:
Sheer rockin' meaty goodness. This just cries out for speakers up to 11 and crazy dancing {#Dancingbanana_2}
 
Yes !
Can we expect more from a rock song? SEXY..., very!!!!
Sheer rockin' meaty goodness. This just cries out for speakers up to 11 and crazy dancing {#Dancingbanana_2}
 ick wrote:
I think this played during the rally race on Forza 3 for Xbox if I am not mistaken.
It was the intro screen theme to Gran Turismo 2 on the original Playstation; can't say about Forza 3, never played it.


I think this played during the rally race on Forza 3 for Xbox if I am not mistaken.
Still love this song...
Awesome Bass Line
great song while sitting on the porch at sunset while smoking a cigar and sipping bourbon
 I'm at the national bridge tournament. I hope I don't lose in my favorite game today.
I love this song. Perfect for listening on the road.


Nina Persson

Check out the video; cruise control for dummies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMH5_pyiFg0

Nina Persson you Rock!!!
PUMP UP THE VOLUME guys'n'girls,
great-great stuff!


She's pretty hot! {#Devil_pimp}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Her voice always does it for me.  Lovely.
This is a big sexy song.
Here we go Sweden, yes this is great!
 crockydile wrote:
Annoying! {#Headache}
 

Bah. You never needed inspiration trying to get through Grand Valley Full in a front-wheel-drive car, didja?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e701QHyCr0o

{#Tongue}
Classic 90's Alt-Pop.  Their "Iron Man" cover crushes... just like almost everything else they did.  Incredible pop craft.
Annoying! {#Headache}
Swedish delight.
 SweTex wrote:
They're Swedish, it's gotta be good..
 
{#High-five}

 ortallcowgirl wrote:
bill, the wiki entry takes you to a sweater not the band.....
 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cardigans

Bill's wikipedia link appears to have been corrected, if it was ever incorrect.


 losing my favorite game
bill, the wiki entry takes you to a sweater not the band.....
 ShakeyNeil wrote:
Way over played on radio in Europe (UK). I am very tired of this song. Kind of boring to begin with.

 
Those of us who long ago gave up to listening to sh1tey music FM in the UK aren't tired of this song, and indeed I think I heard it first on RP so haven't had time to get tired of it. Olé, Bill & Becky. 8 from the (unjaded) Nottingham jury.

This is good, but I prefer the slightly slower acoustic live version.  Wish Radio Paradise would add that to the playlist.
 ShakeyNeil wrote:
Way over played on radio in Europe (UK). I am very tired of this song. Kind of boring to begin with.
 
Whinging when you should be enjoying.  What a tiresome comment that was very uninteresting to begin with.
Way over played on radio in Europe (UK). I am very tired of this song. Kind of boring to begin with.

Most excellence. Like said: swedish gotta be! And they were the top amongst. Pure rock n roll
Reminds me of when I saw them open for Smashing Pumpkins in ATL.  '95 or '96, this must have been.  Damn, I'm old.
Very good but what do you expect? They're Swedish, it's gotta be good..{#Tongue-out}
 nigelr wrote:
This lady has a very, very sexy voice. 'Nuff said by moi!
 

She has a sexy more than that too.
This lady has a very, very sexy voice. 'Nuff said by moi!
Perfect.
LMAO I was about the comment the same. Sounds just like Charlie Brown's teacher.

Funny how I never noticed the song Favorite game and album title Gran Turismo. Very cool.
{#Jump}{#Dancingbanana} 
kazuma wrote:
Is that a sample of Charlie Brown's school teacher in the background?
LOL, nice!
Nice song, but a bit overplayed in the european radio stations.
when will someone upload stuff from the latest album? I would, but RP doesn't accept data downloaded from itunes.
WOW!! haven't heard this in forever! great song
Hellooo college dorm room! *Flashback!!*
Frater_Kork wrote:
My my.. A comment thread without a Nina picture in it.
... we'll soon remedy that Frater_Kork with one swift klik!
My my.. A comment thread without a Nina picture in it.
mmm I've always liked the sound of the band and of course... Nina's voice and... Nina!
Still pretty OK tune.
esotericderek wrote:
Aaahhh....the days of playing Gran Turismo 2. Excellent intro track by an under-appreciated band. More, please!
I'm glad someone else remembers blasting through Grand Valley & Trial Mountain with the sound turned up! I'm not the biggest Cardigans fan in the world, but this song gives me great memories.
Channeling Gwen Stefani...