How did you find Kent?

[ИНА AK-47]

(I'm sure there has probally been a topic similar to this in the past, and I know there is a forum policy policy about digging up mouldy old threads instead of starting new ones - but things might have changed and chances are it hasn't been touched in months...even years! Why not have something new-yet-old to talk about? )

So todays question is : How did you find Kent? Radio? Internet? Did a car stop at a red light, the windows down and the music blaring and for a few moments you nodded your head and said "yeah..." under your breath?

I found Kent, or more, was introduced to it, during a relationship to a jaunty Swedish fellow. I'd moved to Gothenburg from Winnipeg to be with him and was completely culture-shocked. I loved the city and the people but I couldn't speak the language other than a muttered "tack!". My English was handy but I hated using it (people often mistook me for a Russian tourist.) and my French and Russian were completely useless. I tried to immerse myself in the language so I could get a more natural feeling of it and found many witty Swedish comedy shows on the telle but alas, no good swedish music! On a whim one day he played me a burnt CD with the last 4 tracks as Kent, thinking I might enjoy "that sort of thing." Kärleken Väntar, VinterNoll, Max 500 and Ingenting soon became the only thing I listened to and I demanded translations...and of course, more CDs. Eventually I learnt Swedish and began to explore and enjoy the music on my own.

We broke up, but when I was standing in the airport, waiting for my flight back to Canada, his entire kent CD library was stashed secretly in my carry-on...and I was grinning the whole way home.

[m@rco]

http://forumet.kent.nu/showthread.php?t=1496

In 2000, when music non stop was playing on Mtv.

[luckyguerin13]

A friend sent me "If You Were Here" in 2000, but I wasn't into that kind of music then. I became obsessed with Sweden in 2003 because of hockey and then later on I was obsessed with Swedish bands/music. My Swedish friend re-introduced me to Kent in 2005 and I've loved them since.

[SportfreundeFCkeane]

whatevs, I'll roll with it. I actually stumbled onto this forum somehow, thought the idea of liking a Swedish band who sings in Swedish would be attractive and it was....woot! Then I joined this forum like 2 years later lol.

[LeoE]

Filesharing, a looong time ago.

[Marishka]

Thanks to my colleague Marc who first told me about kent and then finally brought me into their music!

[Suvi]

I honestly don't remember. Om Du Var Här and Musik Non Stop were quite big hits in Finland (at least I think they were), so I must have heard them both on radio.

[Kentina]

I was at an ice hockey match here in Vaasa, Finland (spring 2005) and heard the song Max 500 there! Funny.
I thought: "Hey, this has to be Kent, sounds great, some new song maybe..." (I had heard some songs before, from Vapen & Ammunition that I liked), then I went to a CD-store and bought Du & jag döden, my first Kent-CD. And then after I bought all Kent albums! (: Now I'm here, I love Kent, and listen to Kent all the time.

[m@rco]

Now I'm here, I love Kent, and listen to Kent all the time.

2008-04-09, 09:35 #8
Kentina
Erfaren medlem


Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Vasa, Finland
Posts: 11,122

And you hang out on the forum and post a lot of messages .

[Kentina]

2008-04-09, 09:35 #8
Kentina
Erfaren medlem


Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Vasa, Finland
Posts: 11,122

And you hang out on the forum and post a lot of messages .

Hah, yeah, I have been very active here since October 2005.

[Sorrow]

Radio and that my sister bought all the records and played them all day long. And when she got tired ("i hate kent") I found out I was dependent

[m@rco]

Hah, yeah, I have been very active here since October 2005.

Yeah, you posted regurarly in the Enghlish section at the old forum . Why don't you do that anymore. And what happened to your Finnish friends, they are inactive.

Oh, and please revive your Oh vidueor ekjd llksf topic , I mean, the I hate CC skiing topic . (My Finnish really sucks).

[Kentina]

Yeah, you posted regurarly in the Enghlish section at the old forum . Why don't you do that anymore. And what happened to your Finnish friends, they are inactive.

Oh, and please revive your Oh vidueor ekjd llksf topic , I mean, the I hate CC skiing topic . (My Finnish really sucks).

Oh sorry about that. I see that you have missed me alot so I promise to be more active then here in the English section. *hug*
I don't know what happened to the other Finnish Kentfans, I think that the new forum has something to do with that and we have an own Kentforum in Finnish. But I like kent.nu, this new forum looks and works better than the old one.

[Apbjarn]

I hated Kent, but my friend showed me some songs and I like.. 'WOW, this is some really good shit'.. Then I just went crazy about them

[m@rco]

Oh sorry about that. I see that you have missed me alot so I promise to be more active then here in the English section. *hug*

That would be nice indeed.