The BEATHOVENS Summer Sun (single: Triola TD 314, 1966) In the mid-1960s Ray Davies of the Kinks, with his acoustic guitar and nasal voice, could have patented the word "melancholy." Just think of songs like "I Go to Sleep," "Let the Bells Ring," "Too Much on My Mind," and "Sunny Afternoon." But then the Beathovens came along with "Summer Sun," a song with a tight but effective production, where Bengt Anderssons voice and the lyrics communicate a feeling that autumn is approaching, a feeling of lost love and moments gone forever. In Sweden it would be almost 10 years before John Holm succeeded in communicating something similar in "Den Öde Stranden" ("The Deserted Beach"). But why keep writing, when the radio keeps tormenting us with "Sommaren är kort" (Summer is short).

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