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Watch & Listen To This: On The Road Again

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You wouldn't expect a musician from Norway to be singing country music, but that's exactly what Kurt Nilsen is doing!

And, he's doing it quite well!

Click here to check out Lost Highway, his exquisite duet with country music legend Willie Nelson.

This is some dope shit right here.

Smoke it!

    Posted: May 13, 2008 at 11:30 am / Email this  »
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    1. HRM says – reply to this


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      Perez just loves the Norwegians don't U!?!

    2. cooler says – reply to this


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      top 5 drunk celebrity videos : http://u-f63a2t0of.clb1.com

    3. hmm says – reply to this


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      first!

    4. gabbb says – reply to this


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      first

    5. dpdev says – reply to this


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      hm

    6. bubble says – reply to this


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      That's Nilsen. Kurt NILSen.
      Not that it matters…

    7. elliethedolphin says – reply to this


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      Kurt Nilsen is really good! You misspelled his name though :p

    8. zoe says – reply to this


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      Awesome, Loved it!

    9. we says – reply to this


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      Dope shit??? Was that a joke on Smokin Willie??
      Lame Perez…..VERY LAME!!!

    10. Jax says – reply to this


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      Willie is a legend, what a man and a singer. In Austin he is a bigger deal than bbq.

    11. Franchise Whale says – reply to this


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      Great stuff! Thanks for sharing, one fresh
      idea and you can change the world, keep
      up the great work.

    12. Mariias says – reply to this


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      Go Norway!:D

    13. Linda says – reply to this


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      I LOVE it!!!

    14. ObamaGirl says – reply to this


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      This is beautiful! I love Willie Nelson, he is truly a living legend. Kurt's voice is quite beautiful, as well.

    15. cammy says – reply to this


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      willie nelson is awesome! and that's a beautiful song. nice duet.

    16. M from Toronto says – reply to this


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      Only time I ever voted for Idol. was World Idol and I voted for Kurt. I love him, and I love Willie Nelson, this is beautiful, and it came at a time when I needed to hear something this good.

    17. Snatchmund says – reply to this


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      Isn't that the guy that won Norway's version of American Idol?

    18. Helle says – reply to this


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      its Kurt Nilsen, not Nielsen :p

    19. anne says – reply to this


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      this is the guy that beat kelly clarkson on world idol! norway rules :)

    20. yngona says – reply to this


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      Very nice. FYI: Europe is big on country music. Germany's unofficial national anthem is 'Take Me Home Country Roads'. Any where you go in Europe, you will hear country music. Not the crap they play today in the states, which is actually pop, but old school country .. like this clip.

    21. Kimberly says – reply to this


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      Damn Good! Thank you Perez for the diverse music recomendations.

    22. carrie68 says – reply to this


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      Kurt was the winner of Norway Idol as well as World Idol. He beat out Kelly Clarkson in World Idol!!!

    23. Molle says – reply to this


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      Wow, I did not expect do see a post about Kurt here… I am from Norway too, so I kind of know a lot about him. He used to be a plumber. How ironic?

    24. peter says – reply to this


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      beautiful Kurt! Love the song!!!!! You are a World Idol (over Kelly clarkson). Willie is a ledgend!

    25. the witch says – reply to this


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      like melted chocolate and whipped cream on fresh strawberries! delicious!!!

    26. marte says – reply to this


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      another reason to love ya, perez!
      love from oslo, norway

    27. Li.Ho says – reply to this


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      Why the sudden interest in Norwegians Perez??

    28. Thea says – reply to this


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      GO KURT !!
      He has an AMAZING voice, truly.
      Willie is just KING.

    29. Eirin says – reply to this


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      Kurt Nilsen is so good!

    30. Laurel says – reply to this


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      Perez, they are covering a HANK WILLIAMS SR song…. give Hank some credit!!!!!!!!! (Tom Petty has also covered this song, and he rocks)
      ********************************************************************************************************************************

    31. Sean says – reply to this


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      That is unbelivable!!! Good job Prez finding that!!

    32. hakkabakka says – reply to this


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      norway loves you!

    33. Mr Sweden says – reply to this


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      We need to make more music like this……..we need to stop buying black music.

      Norway, Sweden and Danish ppl started to do that………hope Americans will do the same thing.

      thank you and seig heil.

    34. OklaHOMO says – reply to this


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      Fucking beautiful, Willie rules!!

    35. cindy says – reply to this


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      WOW! Love Willie, now I love Kurt. What a great version of that song. Fantastic!!!

    36. Marianna says – reply to this


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      i don't even like country, but that song is legit!

    37. RH says – reply to this


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      He won World Idol a couple of years ago, you know :-)

    38. Heidi says – reply to this


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      Mr Sweden: Speak for your damn self!!

    39. Irish Joe says – reply to this


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      Awesome!! Some good Texas shit….

    40. JosephNYC says – reply to this


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      Kurt Nilsen is the first Norwegian Idol winner and the only World Idol winner. He is amazing!!!

    41. sparky's nemesis says – reply to this


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      Is anyone interested in Smokin' Willie outside of the south? I know someone he smoked dope with years ago (a minor celeb of course) but is tha relevant to today. He's older than dirt.

    42. idol! says – reply to this


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      kurt was the norwegian idol and he won world idol…he's amazing!

    43. GTA says – reply to this


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      It makes me prid to be Norwegian :)

    44. Marianne says – reply to this


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      Wow! Even more norwegian performers :) Norway is such a small country that the biggest newspaper we have wrote about you (Perez) writing about Erlend yesterday. But Kurt is really the best artist we have in Norway, he is so talented! This song is really great, thanks for posting it!

    45. gigi says – reply to this


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      I LOVE IT!!

    46. heidi says – reply to this


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      Kurt is actually really good. he did win the American Idol as well.
      We like your new interest in Norway Perez hah ;p

    47. Mattonna says – reply to this


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      HE IS THE WINNER OF WORLD IDOL

    48. Hege from Norway says – reply to this


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      LOVE YOU PEREZ for showing off Kurt on your site! He is really worty of it :-)

    49. Norwaywhoo says – reply to this


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      i love that your writing so much about our country lately.first erlend and now kurt. it makes me sort of proud

    50. Mizz Veronica says – reply to this


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      PEREZ YES WE LOVE YOU IN NORWAY !!!!!!!!!
      Kurt is one of our top 5 stars in Norway, and he is the shit for sure.
      Awesome voice. Just like Erlend, Morten Harket lead singer of AHA and
      don't forget that Norway is also Metal country :) ))
      Black metal is one of our biggest export of music actually…..
      Not that i think anyone here likes that lol…..
      Hey Perez, wanna come to Norway ???
      XO
      Veronica

    51. Canaduck says – reply to this


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      Kurt Nilsen has bonafide pipes. He's also very lucky to come from Norway.

    52. Bri says – reply to this


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      I said he had an amazing voice on that other Norwegian post. YOU GO KURT!!!

    53. calott says – reply to this


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      check out kurt nilsen on youtube. he sings a duet of hallelujah with three other guys! He's one of the greatest artists in Norway, and we are all so proud of him:) GO NORWAY:)

    54. me says – reply to this


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      Good

    55. jane says – reply to this


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      kurt nilsen did win the norwegian idol and world idol :)

    56. annie says – reply to this


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      Kurt is the best worlwide Idol winner ever. and im not even from Norway.. his version of that Tal Bachman song. She's So High..is even better than the originaland i love that is has teamed up with Willie Nelson.
      Willie s such a legend.
      and its true that country music is really big here in europe. specially classic
      country. not the Taylor Swift Kenny Chesney kind of crap but the Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson kind.

    57. am says – reply to this


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      Thank you for posting this and saying the good things you did. I was at one of his concerts on Friday in Oslo (with many other non Norwegians, who had travelled many km and hours to be there) where Kurt sang this in the middle of his set. He is a fabulous live artist. The love he shows for performing just oozes from the stage. Kurt's range of genre is very wide and he writes majority of his own material.

    58. Gunn says – reply to this


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      Oh my god.
      You, my fellow norwegians, really need to calm down. People from other parts of the world must think you've (we've) lost it. Shout-outs like "Whiiiine, I'm from Norway too", now that's just pathetic.
      But yeah, cool song. I wasn't so sure I'd be a fan of country-Kurt, but his voice is rather amazing.

    59. Juice Tuna says – reply to this


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      Great song!

    60. Mona says – reply to this


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      What WOULD you expect a Norwegian sing then? Just out of curiosity :D

    61. Cammie says – reply to this


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      Kurt gives me chills!

      Check out this beautiful song

    62. KatieMae says – reply to this


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      i like it.

    63. sybil says – reply to this


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      Re: Gunn –

      Knegg. :D

    64. LOVE says – reply to this


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      But….where can I buy it?

    65. kurtn says – reply to this


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      Check out youtube, searhing for Kurt Nilsen. You will be supriced, I have never seen a bad preformance by him. Unbelivable live artist. My favorite song by Kurt, is "Kurt Nilsen - I"
      Search for that and get impressed!!!

    66. Cassie says – reply to this


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      Beautiful. Amazing voice on that guy. They sound great together.

    67. Lone says – reply to this


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      Kurt is GREATE!!!!

      *form a proude norwegian*

    68. lida says – reply to this


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      I love that you're writing about the Norwegians! :D hehe.
      Erlend has a fantastic voice, and Kurt is really talented :)

    69. ELise says – reply to this


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      Godt jobba Kurt! Få Norge på kartet!!!! Jævli bra!

    70. Becky says – reply to this


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      WOW I LOVE THE SONG, WHERE & WHEN CAN I BUY IT?

    71. Synnoeve says – reply to this


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      [re =2157587]Re: Gunn[/re] Thank you -just what I was thinking. It's cool and def. important for him as an artist to be talked about overseas, if he wants to make it as a singer outside of Europe. But it doens't give us, Norwegians, the right, or any reason anyways, to act like lunatics… Just my opinion ;)

    72. Ole Norge says – reply to this


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      Sinsykt fett Kurt

    73. Anja says – reply to this


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      I am so sick of Kurt, stop giving him free publicity!

    74. K says – reply to this


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      Funny that most of the comments are from people from Norway. Cool song though, guess Perez is quite a talent searcher.

    75. Mari says – reply to this


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      This is the "hobbit" that won World Idol 2005! Love his voice!

    76. trine says – reply to this


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      Kurt rules! As someone else here commented: not ONE bad performance! He even performed "living la vida loca" on Norwegian Idol like a true star. ha ha. Not his own choice…

      Norge ruler ;0)

    77. N.Y says – reply to this


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      Kurts version of " Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen will give you the goosebumps…look it up on youtube - let me know what you think by posting a comment here

      Peace out

    78. cesilje says – reply to this


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      wow :)
      im from norway and kurt ilsen is just number one ,and erlend is a very good singer ;) its funny too fin them on you side thats great ;) keep up th good work ;) ;);)

    79. Karyn Andre says – reply to this


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      Fantastic!!! Its the same guy that won World Idol isnt it? Wow!! What a voice!!!

    80. Wendy says – reply to this


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      Hi Perez, just wanted to thank you so much for giving Kurt some long-overdue international recognition! He is an amazing artist (understatement), someone that "Idol" in any country should be grateful to be associated with, and he's even better live - I was one of the non-Norwegians at the concert that am on post #56 mentioned. Worth every penny spent and every inch travelled.
      Wendy, About-80-miles-south-of-London calling
      xx

    81. Norway 12 points says – reply to this


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      Re: Li.Ho – Why the sudden interest in Norwegians Perez??

      Answer: because Norwegians are the toughest and coolest people on earth! The Vikings still roules!

    82. ninanorway says – reply to this


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      Kurt is absolutely amazing, him winning the world idol ( and beating sulking Kelly ) was better then anything !!! love love love kurt! when he finally duets with Kelly you will love this man even more !
      go norway!

    83. OtotheY says – reply to this


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      Re: Mr Sweden –
      asswipe.. go suck on your mamas tits..

    84. Kjell Larsen says – reply to this


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      Re: Snatchmund – Thats the guy who won the world idol when kelly Clarkson lost.NorwayRe: Snatchmund –

    85. Norway girl says – reply to this


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      Kurt beat Kelly Clarkson hahaha in World Idol, remember that?! It was so fun coz Kelly and that english dude thought they were so clear! *ROFL*

    86. Dagi says – reply to this


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      We all gotta look to Scandinavia again.. It's sooo damn beautiful!

    87. IAmFromNorway2 says – reply to this


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      Makes me proud to be Norwegian! I remember when Kurt won and Kelly Clarckson got so shocked!!! lol

    88. Cathy says – reply to this


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      Kurt Nilsen has an amazing voice and is very radio friendly. I would love to be able to buy his Cd's here in the US, but have had to order his last 2 recent Cd's from a company in Norway. I would love to see him go international. Check out his My Space page to listen to more of his music.

    89. Anja says – reply to this


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      I love you already Perez. And i love Nelson and Kurt Nilsen.
      If Kurt were an american, his name would be Nelson, pretty kewl to think about. Perezcious!
      I have really never liked country music, but i have changed my mind.

    90. Iselin says – reply to this


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      Kurt is so amazing. And I love that he's not one of those plastic fantastics singers. His voice got him there he is, not his looks!
      I love him!
      And perez, i love you! Great that you trow in some norwegian stuff.. Makes me happy ;)

      Jeg elsker deg Perez. Du er utrolig rå.. Fortsett å skriv om norske ting.. :)
      (I love you perez. Your'e awsome! Keep writing about norwegian stuff.. (: )

    91. Peaches says – reply to this


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      Remember people. Kurt Nilsen is the one who won World Idol a few years back!

    92. mercudia says – reply to this


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      Kurt has one of the worlds most beatiful voices. I really really LOVE to listen to him. Thanks for mentioning him in your blog Perez :D
      Go Kurt!! Your the BEST!

    93. Jon The Good Guy From Norway says – reply to this


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      Cathy:

      Send me your address and I will gladly send you all of Kurt Nilsens stuff. Every CD… I am just so glad that people in the US like Kurt, so I will ship all hist stuff your way. :-) Kurt is the King.

    94. Jon The Good Guy (still from Norway) says – reply to this


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      Hi all my friends in the US,

      You are a greate nation, and you have a lot of great musicians. I also respect your effort in the A-stan and Iraq. Bless all the guys and girls serving abroad, also the Europians.

      I really hope you also like our Kurt from little Norway. He's go the "country voice", don't you think..? Could he make it in the US as a country singer?

    95. Ruth from Norway says – reply to this


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      How cool!!
      I've always loved Kurt as an artist of course. When he won World Idol I do remember Simon Cowell said that if this was a radio cometition he would have won without question. And he did, on TV.!!
      He is such a great artist in Norway. A few years ago Bryan Adams was in Norway and Kurt was hired in to do the warm up, and people said after that the reason why they came was Kurt. How cool!!
      Welcome to Norway Perez, it's a beutifull country:)
      (Sorry for my bad english)

    96. Vææær så snild says – reply to this


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      Stop emberrassing Norway please, nobody cares if youre from the same country as Kurt. I know we`re all starving for some international attention, but for the love of God…

    97. Marianne fra Norge says – reply to this


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      Re: Ruth from Norway –
      - Simon said that Kurt looked like a Hobbit and the only way for him to win World Idol was if it were a Radio competition, but then he won as you said, but there were no more World idol ((I think … )because everyone was 100 % shure that Kelly Clarckson would win, and then she dident) hehe

    98. Britneyfan says – reply to this


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      Re: Mr Sweden – what is the matter with u? racist.

    99. Siw says – reply to this


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      Yeah, its great :D I smoked it. Kurt has an awsom voice. And Erland really looks like you Perez… ;) Keep up the good work writhing about our small but beautiful country. Love ya!!

    100. Siw says – reply to this


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      Mr Sweden: What the fuck is your prob?? Sweden was neutral in the war and the war was over like half a century ago.. Move on, grow up and crawl back into your nazi basement where you and your buddies can shave eachothers skulls and jerk off to a pic off Hitler. Biatch…

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