The Cardigans

Released: October 14, 2005

Songwriter: Peter Svensson Nathan Larson Nina Persson

Producer: Tore Johansson

[Intro]
Sit
Good dog
Stay
Bad dog
Whoo
Down
Roll over

[Verse 1]
Well, here's a good man and a pretty young girl
Trying to play together somehow
I'm wasting my life, you're changing the world
I get drunk and watch your head grow

[Pre-Chorus]
It's the good times that we shared
And the bad times that we'll have
It's the good times
And the bad times that we had

[Chorus]
Well it's been a long slow collision
I'm a pitbull, you're a dog
Baby you're foul in clear conditions
But you're handsome in the fog
So I need some fine wine
And you, you need to be nicer
For the good times and the bad times
That we'll have

[Verse 2]
Sometimes we talk over dinner like old friends
Till I go and kill the bottle
I go off over any old thing
Break your heart and raise a glass or ten

[Pre-Chorus]
To the good times that we shared
And the bad times that we'll have
To the good times
And the bad times that we've had

[Chorus]
Well it's been a long slow collision
I'm a pitbull, you're a dog
Baby you're foul in clear conditions
But you're handsome in the fog
So I need some fine wine
And you, you need to be nicer
For the good times and the bad times
We know will come, yeah

I need some fine wine
And you, you need to be nicer
We need to be nicer
You and me
For the good times
And the bad times that we had

[Outro]
Sit
Good times
Bad times
Sweet wine
Bad wine
Good cop
Bad cop
Lapdog
Bad dog
Sit

One of the most pleasing pop groups of the ‘90s, the Cardigans specialized in sugary confections that would grow annoying very quickly if they weren’t backed by solid musicianship and clever arrangements. The band’s 1995 breakout album, Life, reflected the Cardigans at their most saccharine – the sunny disposition of vocalist Nina Persson being the major argument in favor – and critics inserted the group into the space age pop revivalist camp. the Cardigans later proved that they were more difficult to pigeonhole, however.

Even the band’s origins showed that their later appearance was quite misleading; two heavy metal fanatics formed the group in October 1992 in Jonkoping, Sweden. Guitarist Peter Svensson met bassist Magnus Sveningsson in a hardcore group, though he had previously trained in music theory and jazz arranging. The two later grew tired of metal and decided to form a pop band with vocalist Nina Persson – an art-school friend who had never sung professionally – plus keyboard player Lars-Olof Johansson and drummer Bengt Lagerberg.

All five Cardigans moved into a small apartment in 1993 and began recording a demo tape that entered the hands of producer Tore Johansson later that year. He liked what he heard and invited the group to record at his Malmö studio. Signed to the dance-oriented Stockholm label, the Cardigans released Emmerdale in May 1994. The single “Rise & Shine” became a hit on Swedish radio soon after the release of the LP, and a readers poll in Sweden’s Slitz magazine voted Emmerdale the best album of 1994.

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I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer - Single 2

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I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer - Single 3 (2005)
I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer - Single 2 (2005)
I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer - Single (2005)
Super Extra Gravity (Limited Edition) (2005)
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