Jonas Chats Here! (Chatlog)

[Mikey]

HERE'S JONAS' CHATLOG FROM TODAY! WOW! So exciting! And a lot of news!

18 Dec 10, 10:49 AM
Jonas Berggren: Hi there! Such a nice forum this is, we have to spread the word about it. -Jonas
18 Dec 10, 10:50 AM
Mikey: Wow! Hi Jonas! Thanks!
18 Dec 10, 10:52 AM
Mikey: I can't wait till this forum picks up and more people start posting. I've missed having a place to talk about AOB in a civil way.
18 Dec 10, 10:57 AM
Mikey: Okay Jonas, I set you up as a moderator of the chat. So whenever you come here, you have the power to delete chat posts and stuff (plus your name stands out).
18 Dec 10, 11:00 AM
Jonas Berggren: Yes true.. I just talked to Ulf and we might use some of the parts from the consert in Cancun in a special video for VIB. It s a new version of the song together with a wellknown easteuropean duo that we are making at the moment
18 Dec 10, 11:01 AM
Mikey: Oh wow, that sounds awesome. I always thought VIB would make a cool video. Love Julia's voice in that one.
18 Dec 10, 11:03 AM
Mikey: Have you guys filmed a video for the It Gets Better (gay suicide/bullying) campaign yet?
18 Dec 10, 11:05 AM
Jonas Berggren: Not what I know about, maybe Ulf have done it. I ve heard about that we ll do something there soon.
18 Dec 10, 11:06 AM
Mikey: Oooh, okay. When I talked to Clara about you guys doing one, I didn't know she'd be as passionate about it as I was. She's so nice! Then she told me Ulf gave it the ok. Very cool ^_^
18 Dec 10, 11:07 AM
Mikey: There was a half-acoustic remix of All For You that played partially on the radio. It sounded really cool. You guys should totally put that online.
18 Dec 10, 11:09 AM
Jonas Berggren: Yeah, we ve found some supergirls and it s so fun to work with them! They really want to work!!
18 Dec 10, 11:10 AM
Mikey: I haven't talked to Julia, but me and Clara chat at least once a week usually. She's a doll. Very down to earth, not a diva at all. And that voice! You guys really found a rare gem in her. Julia's fantastic too!
18 Dec 10, 11:12 AM
Mikey: Clara told me she's a songwriter. Hope her and Julia can contribue to the writing of the next album, or maybe on some new tracks for like an American release or something.
18 Dec 10, 11:14 AM
Mikey: *dances around to Dancer In A Daydream*
18 Dec 10, 11:19 AM
Jonas Berggren: Cool!! We think about rec some new tracks in Jan between the promostuff. New Years Day , Heat Of The Night, So Over You, Eve, a total new One Day, and 4 songs for a BIG film about the ww2 and Raol Wallenberg!!-Interesting stuff!! film
18 Dec 10, 11:20 AM
Mikey: Oh wow, love those titles. I've wanted to hear "New Years Day" so bad ever since that title leaked almost a year ago.
18 Dec 10, 11:21 AM
Jonas Berggren: Yes Clara and Julia write music. Maybe in time..
18 Dec 10, 11:21 AM
Mikey: Oh! That reminds me. Come To Me. That song was totally perfect - how did it not make it onto Da Capo?
18 Dec 10, 11:23 AM
Mikey: For a lot of Acers, Come To Me was their favorite song of the Da Capo period. So it's just odd that it missed the album haha
18 Dec 10, 11:24 AM
Jonas Berggren: Jenny didn t want to re rec "come give me all that colour" part in the chorus again and the RC didn t like the opera voice there... Pity, it s such BL song
18 Dec 10, 11:25 AM
Mikey: That's a shame! I always said it felt like a sequel to BL.
18 Dec 10, 11:27 AM
Jonas Berggren: They also wanted Linn to sing the whole song and that was impossible course Linn hardly wanted to sing at all then... Difficult for me..
18 Dec 10, 11:27 AM
Mikey: Yeah, I can't imagine how tough that was.
18 Dec 10, 11:30 AM
Mikey: What you guys got from Linn for the song was great though. I thought the back and forth vocals between them was good, very BL, very classic AOB. It's too bad that phase of Ace Of Base had to end, but the music will always be there. So there's that!
18 Dec 10, 11:31 AM
Jonas Berggren: Even harder was that that I wasn t allowed to talk to the fans!! Each time I did that I heard all kind of neg comments from mu sisters...
18 Dec 10, 11:34 AM
Mikey: I've been an Acer since I was 9, back in '94. So chatting with you now is pretty wild, haha. Your music's been a good escape for me. There have definitely been times in my life when I needed some Ace Of Base to get me through it, haha.
18 Dec 10, 11:36 AM
Jonas Berggren: It s not to reccomind to have a musicgroup in the fam... First 3 years was ok but then.. And to have to fullfill the contracts with the RC s at the same time! So much better now! Linn and my fam are going to a restaurant in half an hour btw. Greek food, nice!
18 Dec 10, 11:37 AM
Mikey: As far as your sisters and the issues surrounding that, I think you handled yourself very well. You tried to be fair to everyone, while also struggling to keep your art top notch. That's a terribly hard juggling act.
18 Dec 10, 11:37 AM
Mikey: Aw, that's so cool. Mmm. Greek food. Sounds yummy! I'd say "tell Linn I said hi", but she has no idea who I am. Hahaha
18 Dec 10, 11:39 AM
Jonas Berggren: No she s not very interested in our carrieere these days witch is good for us both. She s so nice and caring.
18 Dec 10, 11:40 AM
Mikey: That sounds really healthy of her. Family is more important.
18 Dec 10, 11:41 AM
Jonas Berggren: True, hope others will see here also soon, I can spread the word on FB perhaps?
18 Dec 10, 11:41 AM
Mikey: That should help!
18 Dec 10, 11:42 AM
Mikey: That would be very kind of you.
18 Dec 10, 11:43 AM
Mikey: Do you still work with Ray? He was doing online stuff for you guys for about a year. He vanished though a month ago, we were good friends.
18 Dec 10, 11:45 AM
Jonas Berggren: I think so, I know he had some greif in his fam. I think somebody old died.. not sure who.
18 Dec 10, 11:45 AM
Mikey: Ahhhh
18 Dec 10, 11:46 AM
Mikey: Well, if you guys ever need someone to do similar stuff on the American side, writing stuff in English, etc...I'm always free. I have a lot of internet time lol
18 Dec 10, 11:50 AM
Mikey: It'd be a dream job to ever work for you guys.
18 Dec 10, 11:50 AM
Jonas Berggren: Interesting, we will release the album there soon, unfortunately only digital, but anyway!
18 Dec 10, 11:50 AM
Mikey: Digital is better than nothing! Better than Da Capo.
18 Dec 10, 11:50 AM
Mikey: Besides, I don't know anybody who buys physical albums anymore. Everyone uses iTunes.
18 Dec 10, 11:51 AM
rmssw: Hello, Mikey and Jonas
18 Dec 10, 11:51 AM
Mikey: Hey rmssw
18 Dec 10, 11:52 AM
rmssw: I would expect more people to be here
18 Dec 10, 11:53 AM
Mikey: I know, right?
18 Dec 10, 11:53 AM
Mikey: No Acers I know are online now, haha
18 Dec 10, 11:55 AM
Mikey: By the time they get here, Jonas will be gone lol. Hopefully he'll come back though.
18 Dec 10, 11:55 AM
rmssw: iI would love to see a physical release of The Golden Ratio here complete with singles and promotion. I really think there's an audience here that just needs to be tapped in the right way
18 Dec 10, 11:55 AM
Mikey: Yeah, there's an audience for it. The record companies just don't have enough faith.
18 Dec 10, 11:56 AM
Mikey: Or don't want to spend the money lol
18 Dec 10, 11:56 AM
Jonas Berggren: How many are there on this sight in a week? Can you give me some info so I know. I can post it on FB when I post about next songtitle from The Golden Ratio
18 Dec 10, 11:57 AM
rmssw: It's a shame. I really don't think it would take that much effort...I think some of the tracks on the album would fare better than others here, but I really think it would only take a minimal amount of tinkering to make the album perfect for the US market
18 Dec 10, 11:57 AM
Jonas Berggren: RC s in America love the album but don t have the money to promote it... Such a shame..
18 Dec 10, 11:57 AM
Mikey: We've only got about 35 people on at once before, we're still a baby of a site. So if you promoted us Jonas, we'd get A LOT more people.
18 Dec 10, 11:58 AM
rmssw: I think the Ace of Base name carries enough nostalgic value for the RCs to have a little faith.
18 Dec 10, 11:58 AM
Mikey: I try to promote Ace Of Base every day, haha. I'll just mention to random people I come across online that there's a new AOB album out.
18 Dec 10, 11:59 AM
Mikey: If Ace Of Base played some of the gay clubs in the USA, you'd make some good cash. Like Lady GaGa did.
18 Dec 10, 12:00 PM
Mikey: And smaller indie clubs
18 Dec 10, 12:00 PM
Jonas Berggren: OK I write on FB, so long for now. See you again soon-Jonas
18 Dec 10, 12:00 PM
rmssw: I think if they just played some clubs in general. There's literally no buzz about them here. People don't even know they exist anymore. I think intimate gigs could do wonders in getting the word out that the band is still alive
18 Dec 10, 12:00 PM
Mikey: Thanks Jonas! You rock. And have a good lunch!
18 Dec 10, 12:01 PM
Mikey: Enjoy the Greek food
18 Dec 10, 12:01 PM
rmssw: Thank you, Jonas

[Mikey]

Here's some more, he came back! There was more before this, but I can't get to it now because the chatbox's server is messed up at the moment. Should be fixed shortly.

18 Dec 10, 12:25 PM
rmssw: Yeah, I can't wait to hear more songs
18 Dec 10, 12:25 PM
Mikey: There's never enough Ace Of Base songs, lol
18 Dec 10, 12:26 PM
rmssw: Ideally, I think it would be amazing if we had a repeat of 1993 and the US got a new version of the album complete with some new tracks. It worked so well with Happy Nation becoming The Sign. I can only imagine how amazing The Golden Ratio's equivalent of The Sign would sound .
18 Dec 10, 12:27 PM
Mikey: I totally agree rmssw! New tracks, for sure, and updated other tracks. Giving the songs more of an edge.
18 Dec 10, 12:27 PM
Mikey: Like the guitar'y remix of All For You that played on the radio
18 Dec 10, 12:28 PM
rmssw: right
18 Dec 10, 12:29 PM
rmssw: Like I said, it would only take a little tinkering to make the album unstoppable in the US
18 Dec 10, 12:29 PM
Jonas Berggren: For example (about correcting lyrics) we did a whole spanish rec with BL the day after we finnished the song with Denniz Pop. A guy from Spain translated it and we sung it but the grammatics were wrong so we couldn t use it!!! How about that!! I still listen to it sometimes, I don t know spannish that well so I can dig it!!
18 Dec 10, 12:30 PM
Mikey: Haha Jonas, someone secretely recorded that version of Beautiful Life with a tape recorder at an Acer Meeting once. It's very bad audio quality, but we can get the idea of it! I thought it sounded awesome.
18 Dec 10, 12:31 PM
rmssw: yeah, I remember that recording of Vida Hermosa
18 Dec 10, 12:31 PM
rmssw: some Acers are sneaky
18 Dec 10, 12:32 PM
Mikey: What I think would be awesome is if some day, Ace Of Base could make a section of their website called "THE VAULT" or something, and you'd have to pay to gain access, and it'd have alternate versions of songs from the past, demos, etc.
18 Dec 10, 12:33 PM
Mikey: Come To Me, Thinking Of You, Killer On The Rampage, etc..
18 Dec 10, 12:34 PM
Jonas Berggren: Good idea! We ve acctually thought about about to do that with this records different recordings. Some are very good. And we also have lots of recordins from the past as well.
18 Dec 10, 12:34 PM
Mikey: awesome
18 Dec 10, 12:35 PM
rmssw: One thing I'd enjoy, and I know this would cause OUTRAGE among A LOT of fans, is hearing studio versions of Clara and Julia singing old songs
18 Dec 10, 12:35 PM
Mikey: I think that would sell and make you guys a lot of money. And give you a lot of happy Acers!
18 Dec 10, 12:35 PM
rmssw: but they sounded so amazing at the Cancun concert
18 Dec 10, 12:37 PM
Mikey: Jonas we have so many horrible audio quality "secret" recordings of some of the old AOB demos. Killer On The Rampage, Kings And Queens, Thinking Of You, End Of This World, Love In The Barrio, Giving It Up, etc. Every Acer I know would pay A LOT to gain access to the good quality versions of those songs. They're like a giant missing piece in the Ace Of Base puzzle.
18 Dec 10, 12:37 PM
Jonas Berggren: We will soon release the thing we did at Sirius together with the American release. We ve "saved it" for some better use.. Some old songs there, but the teaser they released wasn t that good, no reverb etc
18 Dec 10, 12:38 PM
Mikey: Oooh cool, I've been waiting to hear the Sirius thing
18 Dec 10, 12:38 PM
rmssw: The performance of All That She Wants they released sounded good...if you say it wasn't good, the real thing must be amazing
18 Dec 10, 12:39 PM
Mikey: That reminds me Jonas, I talked to Clara about Young And Proud. I think it would be a really cool song for you guys to remake with Clara and Julia. Since a lot of people get on them about their age, I think it'd be a great song from the past you could do where they're saying...who cares?! We're young and proud! Plus, it'd really suit Clara's voice.
18 Dec 10, 12:40 PM
rmssw: Most things would fit Clara's voice. She really is an amazing singer...the fan videos from Cancun more than proved that.
18 Dec 10, 12:41 PM
rmssw: It's actually hard to believe she didn't do better on Idol 2009, but luckily she didn't and Ace of Base got her, lol
18 Dec 10, 12:42 PM
Mikey: Yeah, I was surprised how well Clara's voice matched the old songs in the videos I saw from the Cancun gig. Like in The Sign
18 Dec 10, 12:42 PM
Mikey: She totally should have won Swedish Idol. Thank god she didn't!
18 Dec 10, 12:43 PM
rmssw: Yeah, she nailed The Sign.
18 Dec 10, 12:44 PM
Mikey: And that's an incredibly hard song to sing! Her and Julia are the only other people I've heard sing The Sign, and not make it sound like bad kareoke.
18 Dec 10, 12:44 PM
Jonas Berggren: We will do a medley on the tour with YAP,WFM,DC and TG and one other with AHAW,C and CLV
18 Dec 10, 12:44 PM
Mikey: OMG! That's awesome! Young And Proud live! I'd love to see that.
18 Dec 10, 12:44 PM
Mikey: and DC!
18 Dec 10, 12:45 PM
rmssw: Wow, it would be amazing to finally hear those songs live!
18 Dec 10, 12:46 PM
Mikey: "Gone with the wind I am not!" hehe...one of the best Ace Of Base lyrics.
18 Dec 10, 12:47 PM
Jonas Berggren: Greek time! See you soon
18 Dec 10, 12:47 PM
rmssw: thank you, Jonas
18 Dec 10, 12:47 PM
Mikey: Enjoy! Thanks again Jonas. Talk to you soon I hope
18 Dec 10, 12:47 PM
Mikey: take care and rock on

[joseluisaob]

Really nice!!!!!! Thanks Jonas! Thanks mikey!! I want to hear more new AOB songs from the golden ratio era

[Mikey]

Here's the rest of the chat --

Jonas Berggren: Hi now the adress is posted on FB, I hope it helps you. Btw we do check the lyrics, but not as good as we should it appears..
18 Dec 10, 12:16 PM
Mikey: Thank you so much Jonas! And I AM a writer, professionally. So if you ever need a native English speaker to look over anything, you can send it my way. ^_~ haha
18 Dec 10, 12:19 PM
rmssw: I hope I didn't offend you, Jonas. I didn't mean anything bad... Your lyrics have always been beautiful. They just need some deciphering by native English-speakers somtimes, lol
18 Dec 10, 12:20 PM
Mikey: Sometimes I like the Swenglish (Swedish+English). Hahaha, it reminds me of the poetic license that Shakespeare would use sometimes.
18 Dec 10, 12:20 PM
Mikey: Because sometimes what's right lyrically doesn't sound as good musically
18 Dec 10, 12:22 PM
rmssw: I think there's a trick to it...adding lyrical flair like that while still maintaining credibility and not sounding like you just don't speak English well. Ace of Base has managed to do that for the most part
18 Dec 10, 12:23 PM
Jonas Berggren: I rarely get affended lol
18 Dec 10, 12:23 PM
Mikey: I can't wait to hear the songs Jonas mentioned. New Years Day, So Over You, Heat Of The Night, Eve, and a new One Day!
18 Dec 10, 12:24 PM
Mikey: Yeah, I think by now Jonas has gotten a thick skin.
18 Dec 10, 12:24 PM
Jonas Berggren: Pansarskin....hehe
18 Dec 10, 12:24 PM
Mikey: haha ^_^
18 Dec 10, 12:25 PM
rmssw: Yeah, I can't wait to hear more songs
18 Dec 10, 12:25 PM
Mikey: There's never enough Ace Of Base songs, lol
18 Dec 10, 12:26 PM
rmssw: Ideally, I think it would be amazing if we had a repeat of 1993 and the US got a new version of the album complete with some new tracks. It worked so well with Happy Nation becoming The Sign. I can only imagine how amazing The Golden Ratio's equivalent of The Sign would sound .

[blooming18]

I was asleep. :-(

[Mikey]

That's okay, Jonas will come back. Oh, and Clara's going to chat here too I think.

[joseluisaob]

This is very good news for this forum!!! I'm very happy with this comunication! and very happy for you Mikey! : )

[geraldine]

Great great new! it'a pleasure to have him there...Hope that Clara, Julia and Ulf will join it! Thanks Jonas for the chat! and thanks Mikey!! so cool!!!!

[aob80]

Cool chat, what a pity I missed that. Maybe next time

[nikki]

Very nice!!!!!! Thanks Jonas!

[Vampire Aurora]

OMG That's so awesome! I loved the chat thank you Mikey and Jonas. I didn't know he was here. Let me know when he comes back and when Clara comes!

[acerfher]

Thanx for the Chatlog with Jonas! I have other perspective about thw way they are walking... I love the new ideas!